Skanskopeiland is een van die besproeiingsnedersettings wat in die vroeë twintigste eeu langs die Benede-­‐Oranjerivier (vandag bekend as die Gariep) gevestig is met die doel om blanke armoede te help verlig. Na afloop van die Carnegiekommissie se ondersoek na blanke armoede en die daaropvolgende Volkskongres in Kimberley (1934) was dit in die 1930’s beide die staat en die kerk se benadering om arm gemeenskappe te ondersteun om deur selfwerksaamheid vir hulle en hulle nageslag ʼn selfstandige bestaan te verseker. Terselfdertyd kon hulle deur landbouproduksie ʼn bydrae tot die landsekonomie en die ontwikkeling van die streek maak. Hoewel hulle na die toekenning van grond feitlik geen verdere staatshulp ontvang het nie en oor beperkte hulpbronne beskik het, is die meeste van die eerste nedersetters op Skanskopeiland suksesvol gevestig. Aangedryf deur die wil om vir hulleself te sorg en vir hulle gesinne ʼn beter bestaan moontlik te maak, was hulle bereid om fisies hard te werk. Met behulp van mentorskap, wat deur die staat voorsien is, het hulle met selfwerksame optrede binne tien jaar ʼn woesteny omskep in ʼn suksesvolle landbounedersetting. Hulle het die eenvoudige tegnieke en tegnologie wat beskikbaar was, aangewend om die natuur te “tem” en die vrugbare grond voor te berei vir landbouproduksie. Hierdie studie skets die historiese agtergrond waarbinne die nedersetting op Skanskopeiland gevestig is, beskryf die moeisame prosesse waardeur die nedersetters die eiland vir landbouproduksie gereed gemaak het en beoordeel hulle pogings om hulleself en hulle nageslag uit armoede op te hef. ʼn Empiriese studie, wat as deel van die navorsing onderneem is, het die impak van die opheffing op die nasate van die pioniernedersetters bepaal en die bevinding daarvan word in die studie gerapporteer. / MA (History), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Skanskopeiland is een van die besproeiingsnedersettings wat in die vroeë twintigste eeu langs die Benede-­‐Oranjerivier (vandag bekend as die Gariep) gevestig is met die doel om blanke armoede te help verlig. Na afloop van die Carnegiekommissie se ondersoek na blanke armoede en die daaropvolgende Volkskongres in Kimberley (1934) was dit in die 1930’s beide die staat en die kerk se benadering om arm gemeenskappe te ondersteun om deur selfwerksaamheid vir hulle en hulle nageslag ʼn selfstandige bestaan te verseker. Terselfdertyd kon hulle deur landbouproduksie ʼn bydrae tot die landsekonomie en die ontwikkeling van die streek maak. Hoewel hulle na die toekenning van grond feitlik geen verdere staatshulp ontvang het nie en oor beperkte hulpbronne beskik het, is die meeste van die eerste nedersetters op Skanskopeiland suksesvol gevestig. Aangedryf deur die wil om vir hulleself te sorg en vir hulle gesinne ʼn beter bestaan moontlik te maak, was hulle bereid om fisies hard te werk. Met behulp van mentorskap, wat deur die staat voorsien is, het hulle met selfwerksame optrede binne tien jaar ʼn woesteny omskep in ʼn suksesvolle landbounedersetting. Hulle het die eenvoudige tegnieke en tegnologie wat beskikbaar was, aangewend om die natuur te “tem” en die vrugbare grond voor te berei vir landbouproduksie. Hierdie studie skets die historiese agtergrond waarbinne die nedersetting op Skanskopeiland gevestig is, beskryf die moeisame prosesse waardeur die nedersetters die eiland vir landbouproduksie gereed gemaak het en beoordeel hulle pogings om hulleself en hulle nageslag uit armoede op te hef. ʼn Empiriese studie, wat as deel van die navorsing onderneem is, het die impak van die opheffing op die nasate van die pioniernedersetters bepaal en die bevinding daarvan word in die studie gerapporteer. / MA (History), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Across the world, war has been declared against poverty because of its devastating effects on local communities. The world has made a concerted effort to fight the effects of poverty through developmental agencies and regional integration bodies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organisation (WTO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In an effort to complement the efforts of the above–mentioned agencies and bodies, the South African government has developed its own poverty alleviation strategies, policies, initiatives and Acts that focus primarily on alleviation of poverty on the level of local government. The Constitution of South Africa, 1996 provides the guidelines to several regulations and Acts (such as the Development and Facilitation Act, 67 of 1995, the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000, and the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 117 of 1998.) that support the alleviation of poverty on the local sphere of government. The Integrated Development Planning programme was formulated and implemented to alleviate poverty at this level. The purpose of this study was to determine how the level of poverty within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality could be alleviated through effective integrated development planning. A quantitative approach was followed because the target population response rate was expected to be large. In addition, the research design for this study included a literature review, analyses of official documents, observation and data sampling through questionnaires and scientific analysis of the responses. The study found that IDP objectives aligned to service delivery targets were unclear and did not depict the aspirations and needs of the community. The programmes aimed at the infrastructure coupled with skills development programmes and job creation initiatives could assist in the alleviation of poverty. / M Development and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Across the world, war has been declared against poverty because of its devastating effects on local communities. The world has made a concerted effort to fight the effects of poverty through developmental agencies and regional integration bodies such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organisation (WTO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). In an effort to complement the efforts of the above–mentioned agencies and bodies, the South African government has developed its own poverty alleviation strategies, policies, initiatives and Acts that focus primarily on alleviation of poverty on the level of local government. The Constitution of South Africa, 1996 provides the guidelines to several regulations and Acts (such as the Development and Facilitation Act, 67 of 1995, the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000, and the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 117 of 1998.) that support the alleviation of poverty on the local sphere of government. The Integrated Development Planning programme was formulated and implemented to alleviate poverty at this level. The purpose of this study was to determine how the level of poverty within the Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality could be alleviated through effective integrated development planning. A quantitative approach was followed because the target population response rate was expected to be large. In addition, the research design for this study included a literature review, analyses of official documents, observation and data sampling through questionnaires and scientific analysis of the responses. The study found that IDP objectives aligned to service delivery targets were unclear and did not depict the aspirations and needs of the community. The programmes aimed at the infrastructure coupled with skills development programmes and job creation initiatives could assist in the alleviation of poverty. / M Development and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014