. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF PELLA 107. Figure 22 Jackal-proof fencing along the southern flank of Kruisberg, erected to separate the controlled grazing camps on the plains in the southern half of the Reserve from the commonage in the northern half. (1980) small numbers of livestock herded in the vicinity of the village. To most people this appeared to have been done without any obvious purpose but, in terms of the long-term agricultural planning, this fence was intended to be the
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF PELLA 107. Figure 22 Jackal-proof fencing along the southern flank of Kruisberg, erected to separate the controlled grazing camps on the plains in the southern half of the Reserve from the commonage in the northern half. (1980) small numbers of livestock herded in the vicinity of the village. To most people this appeared to have been done without any obvious purpose but, in terms of the long-term agricultural planning, this fence was intended to be the baseline from which the boundaries of the so-called 'economic units' would be determined. By November 1976 the Superintendent could report the sinking often boreholes at a cost of Rl 8 999, of which four had been successful, the installation of two waterpoints (windpumps, reservoirs, pipelines, and drinking troughs) at a cost of R9 000, and the installation of two dipping units for R4 000. Together with the cost of the fencing these minimal improvements had already cost some R45 000 (Annual Reports of RCAPA for Pella: 1974/1975, 1975/1976), which the residents believed had been met with the money derived from the taxes that they had paid and that appeared to have been of no benefit to anyone, except those farmers in whose areas they had been carried out. Since there had been some muted opposition to the idea of paying taxes (on average about R5 per annum) when the Administration of Coloured Affairs took over, especially among the lower income groups and those who conveniently forgot that they had defied the Church in the payment of dues and spread it about that they had in fact lived free under the Church, there was thus already an undercurrent of dissatisfaction in the community that would be likely to surface in response to any unpopular measures that might be introduced by the Regional Office or Advisory Board. Consequently, when the Regional Office presented the Developmen
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