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Pervasive, but not politicised: Everyday violence, local rule and party popularity in a Cape Town township
(Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 2016)
Through examining violence in the township of Imizamo Yethu in Cape Town, we show that leadership in this
community is not based on violence, despite its pervasiveness in the settlement. Further, rule by local leaders
and ...
Deconstructing ‘the foreign’: The limits of citizenship for explaining price competition in the Spaza sector in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
An important component of the informal economy in South Africa,
the Spaza sector is portrayed as dominated by foreign nationals who
outcompete South African shopkeepers on price. Indeed, this
business competition from ...
The limits of participatory democracy and the rise of the informal politics of mediated representation in South Africa
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In general, South Africans view the formal participatory institutions
of their state as ineffective mechanisms for the realization of their
demands. Conversely, the reach of formalized civil society is
limited in terms ...