The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

Water Allocation Reform in South Africa by Synne Movik.

This book gets to grips with the complexities of policy change in South Africa, asking how evolving doctrines and policies shape the way  water use rights are conceptualised and governed. It offers an historical overview of the evolution of water resources policy and legislation, before going on to explore in-depth the process of formulating the Water Allocation Reform policy. The book offers a new perspective that emphasises the discursive construction of rights and how different principles are privileged in diverging discourses around scarcity, equity, efficiency and sustainability.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/757819705

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making them accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.