Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Author "Kingwill, Rosalie"
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[En]gendering the norms of customary inheritance in Botswana and South Africa
Kingwill, Rosalie (Taylor & Francis, 2016)The article responds to the article by Weinberg in this issue. She traces the trajectory of court hearings concerning the contested inheritance of land in Botswana, which, after several prior judgements eventually resulted ... -
Evaluating the community land record system in Monwabisi park informal settlement in the context of hybrid governance and organisational culture
Barry, Michael; Kingwill, Rosalie (MPDI, 2020)The study examined the effectiveness of a community-operated land record system (CRS), a product of an evolutionary information system planning approach under hybrid governance arrangements in Monwabisi Park informal ... -
Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’?
Cousins, Ben; Cousins, Tessa; Hornby, Donna; Kingwill, Rosalie; Royston, Lauren; Smit, Warren (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)De Soto’s influential book The mystery of capital offers a simple yet beguiling message: capitalism can be made to work for the poor, through formalising their property rights in houses, land and small businesses. This ...