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The rise and decline of smallscale sugarcane production in South Africa: A historical perspective
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013-12)
South Africa’s sugar industry has long been distinguished by its large number of small-scale sugarcane
growers (SSGs) farming on ‘communal’ land and its peculiar, privately administered regulatory structure. In
recent ...
PLAAS Workshop Report: National Land Workshop for Civil Society: Johannesburg, 2–4 October 2013
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A number of recent government policies and bills seem to suggest that land may increasingly be transferred into the hands of traditional leaders and other elite strategic partners, rather than to communities, who will ...
Education and SMME business growth: a gender perspective from South Africa
(Clute Institute, 2013)
Entrepreneurship is becoming an increasingly important source of employment for women in many countries. Policymakers and other stakeholders typically fail to differentiate between the needs of different SMME sectors when ...
A framework for combating insider trading on developing stock exchanges: Evidence from the Zimbabwean stock exchange
(Academic Journals, 2013)
Stock exchanges play a vital role in any capitalist economy as they provide a secondary market where
investors can buy and sell shares under orderly conditions at fair and competitive prices. This role
requires stock ...
Entrepreneurial knowledge and aspirations of dentistry students in South Africa: The influences of gender and race
(SAGE Publications, 2013)
An investigation of the intentions and knowledge of entrepreneurship of final-year university dentistry students is reported, with particular regard to the factors of gender and race. A questionnaire survey was used with ...
Supporting smallholders into commercial agriculture: A social dialogue and learning project
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
The Southern Africa Food Lab (SAFL) and the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies at the University of the Western Cape (PLAAS) are engaged in a project called Supporting Smallholders into Commercial Agriculture: ...
Farm workers and farm dwellers in Limpopo, South Africa: Struggles over tenure, livelihoods and justice
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Stories about farm workers and dwellers losing their homes, land and livelihoods are common in contemporary South Africa, and also in Limpopo Province. Around 1988, Grace M.1 and her children were evicted from a Limpopo ...
Challenges of microfinance access in Nigeria: implications for entrepreneurship development
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly being accepted as valuable platforms to create jobs and improve livelihoods. The Nigerian government has enacted favorable laws and regulations on contracts, leasing, ...
Rural livelihoods in South Africa: complexity, vulnerability and differentiation
(Blackwell Publishing, 2013)
The livelihoods of South Africa’s rural African poor have long been characterized by diverse activities, and intertwined with urban opportunities. This paper examines the interlinked nature of land, employment and rural ...
Different realities and narrow responses in a shifting agricultural system
(PLAAS, 2013-09)
Protests by farm workers in De Doorns in the Hex River Valley of the Western Cape in November 2012 – and the subsequent responses by organised agriculture, as well as attempts by unions to support the workers –illustrate ...