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"Half a loaf is better than nothing": The risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
(Social Work (South Africa), 2019)
According to Worthington and Scherer (2004), resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other significant sources of stress. The concept of resilience draws upon previous ...
The opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back centres in South Africa’s recycling industry: A value chain analysis
(SAGE, 2019)
This paper investigates the entrepreneurial opportunities and value-adding activities of buy-back
centres in the recycling industry. Using Porter’s firm-level value chain framework as theoretical
framework for this ...
“Half a loaf is better than nothing”: The risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
(Stellenbosch University, 2019)
According to Worthington and Scherer (2004), resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of
adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or other significant sources of stress. The concept of resilience draws
upon ...
Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United States
(Emerald, 2014)
The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in
South Africa and the USA to better understand the nature of worker vulnerabilities in this
market, as well as the economic conditions ...
Reasons for littering: Social constructions from lower income communities in South Africa
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2022)
Littering has been defined as the careless and improper disposal of small amounts of waste that results in
unwanted and unnatural elements remaining in the environment. People tend to blame external factors for
their own ...
Double whammy wicked: street vendors and littering in Mankweng township and Paarl, South Africa—towards people‑centred urban governance
(Urban forum, 2022)
The article probes the complexity of dealing with two interrelated wicked prob lems, namely informal, self-employed street vendors, and their experiences of lit tering. This paper describes the themes that emerged from 92 ...