Browsing by Author "Wilson, Monica"

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    African independent churches in Soweto
    (1972) West, Martin; Wilson, Monica
    Of the estimated 6 000 African independent churches in Africa, approximately 3 000 are to be found in Southern Africa. Most of these are in the Republic of South Africa, where the history of the independent church movement goes back nearly a hundred years. The greatest concentration of independent churches in South Africa is to be found in the urban complexes round the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria in the Southern Transvaal. Soweto, the complex of townships to the south-west of Johannesburg which houses about one million people, has about 900 of these independent churches. This study deals with independent churches in Soweto, and their relationship to their urban environment.
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    Farm labour in a demarcated area of the Western Cape
    (1971) Beyers, Johannes Petrus; Wilson, Monica
    The aim of this research project is to gain knowledge concerning farm labour in the Western Cape. Specifically, we seek to define: a) The role of Coloured people, Africans and Whites as farm workers; b) the interaction amongst the three mentioned racial groups; c) the community structure of the three racial groups; d) tendencies in migration of farm labourers and the problems arising from it; e) the social-economical position of the farm worker in the country; f) the relation between the farmer as the employer and the farm worker.
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    The Greek family in Cape Town
    (1973) Added, Emile Lucien; Wilson, Monica
    The aim of this study is to establish what influence the impact of the new environment has on the structure of the Greek family in Cape Town, the impact on the functions which the family fulfils in the socialisation of the children, and on the family's social influence on the intergenerational relationship. The study will focus on the Greeks of rural origin, as most of the Greeks in Cape Town come from a rural background. Various anthropological studies on the Greek peasant emphasise the centrality of the Greek family in the life of the individuum.
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    Leadership and change : a study of two South African peasant communities
    (1963) Mafeje, Archie; Wilson, Monica; Carstens, Peter
    The fieldwork this thesis was carried out between the 8th December, 1962 and the 28th February, 1963 - an unusually short period by modern anthropological standards. The brevity of my intensive field being Xhosa-speaking, I had a previous knowledge of the two villages. As a small boy, I grew up in one of them (Gubenxa) and, as a student in the secondary school, travelled through the second one (All Saints) repeatedly. So I did not only have a fair idea about the: social system of the two villages, but also knew individual persons in them. This factor plus the fact that in both cases I was accommodated in the heart of the village added to the facility with which I was absorbed into the village life. I was with the villagers from dawn to midnight as a participant observer. My communication with them was direct, and this was enhanced by the fact that I spoke the same language as they and I had an adequate understanding of their cul¬tural background. My research techniques included attendance and observance of the different activities that took place in the village e.g. church assemblies, funeral or commemoration services, meetings at the head¬man's place, meetings of the various committees and recreational clubs, work-parties, bear-drinks, dances, women's gossip groups, and so on.
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    Stratification in Port Nolloth
    (1969) West, Martin; Wilson, Monica
    The problem set in this project was to study stratification in Port Nolloth society. It was clear from the start that Port Nolloth society was highly stratified, and that the major strata were formed by the White, Coloured and African people in the town. As the study progressed, divisions within the major strata became apparent, and at once a terminological problem was raised: could the major strata be regarded as castes, with their sub-divisions as classes, or were the divisions of the same order, making the stratification system one of class and sub-class? It became apparent, however, that the major strata and their sub-divisions were not of the same order, the main difference being that the former were endogamous groups of a rigid nature, whereas the latter allowed considerable social mobility. This suggested a system of stratification similar to that posited by van den Berghe tor another South African town, where he considered that "the stratification system can be described as a dual hierarchy of closed castes sub-divided into open classes".