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    • A scan of rural civil society 

      de Satge, Rick (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
      PLAAS commissioned Phuhlisani to undertake a review of rural civil society, to explore innovative ways in which researchers and organisations in rural civil society can work together in linking research to policy ...
    • Schmidtsdrift community land claim 

      Kleinbooi, Karin (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
      The historic land of the Schmidtsdrift community lies along the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province, along the R300 road to Griquastad, approximately 71 km west from Kimberley and 53 km north-east from ...
    • Scoping review of the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on unplanned pregnancy 

      Christian, Carmen S.; Rossouw, Laura (AOSIS, 2022)
      : Increased pressure on the healthcare system because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) along with national lockdown policies had consequences on the sexual and reproductive health of women. While the pandemic has ...
    • Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa 

      Britz, PJ; Hara, MM; Weyl, OLF; Tapela, BN; Rouhani, QA (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      South Africa’s inland fishery resource endowment has been overlooked as a means of supporting sustainable livelihoods in the democratic era, lacking a guiding policy and legislation aligned with the country’s rightsbase ...
    • Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa: Volume 2. Case studies of small-scale inland fisheries 

      Tapela, BN; Britz, PJ; Rouhani, QA (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
      Small- scale fishing on inland waters is a widespread livelihood activity which has been overlooked in environmental policy and management arrangements flowing from South Africa’s democratic Constitution. This has ...
    • Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa 

      Devereux, Stephen; Tavener-Smith, Lauren (Nutrients, 2019)
      Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ...
    • Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa 

      Devereux, Stephen; Tavener-Smith, Lauren (MPDI, 2019)
      Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ...
    • Secondary school teachers’ perceptions of BYOD among learners within the classroom 

      Mawere, Talent; Manjeese, Caleb; Chigada, Joel (South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2022)
      The use of personally owned devices among learners has remained a contentious issue in schools across the globe. While several studies have been devoted to explaining the importance of such initiatives, the debate ...
    • Securing land and resource rights in Africa: Pan-African perspectives 

      Alinon, Koffi; Ayeb, Habib; Claassens, Aninka; Cousins, Ben; Greenberg, Stephen; Ismail, Abdel Mawla; Kameri-Mbote, Patricia; Marongwe, Nelson; Simo, John Mope; Ng’ong’ola, Clement; Odhiambo, Michael; Omoweh, Daniel; Ouédraogo, Hubert; Saruchera, Munyaradzi; Tawfic, Rawia; Wanjala, Smokin (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Across the African continent the land and resource rights of the rural poor are threatened by inappropriate policies and institutions (including global treaties); unequal social, political and economic relations; the ...
    • Securing Land Tenure for Women and Men Living on Customary Land in Zimbabwe 

      Zamchiya, Phillan; Madhuku, Claris (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2023-02)
      This policy brief reports on findings from a study investigating the impact of the formalisation of customary land on tenure relations and livelihoods for women and men living in rural Zimbabwe. The research was conducted ...
    • Securing Land Tenure for Women Under Mozambique’s Land Administration Programme (Terra Segura) 

      Musa, Chilombo; Zamchiya, Phillan; Ntauazi, Clemente; Noyes, Joana (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2023-01)
      This policy brief reports findings from a study undertaken by researchers at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) investigating the formalisation of ...
    • Securing Tenure for Customary Land Rights Holders in Southern Africa 

      Zamchiya, Phillan (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2023-02)
    • The Security imaginary: Explaining military isomorphism 

      Pretorius, Joelien (Sage, 2008)
      This article proposes the notion of a security imaginary as a heuristic tool for exploring military isomorphism (the phenomenon that weapons and military strategies begin to look the same across the world) at a time ...
    • The security imaginary: Explaining military isomorphism 

      Pretorius, Joelien (SAGE, 2008)
      This article proposes the notion of a security imaginary as a heuristic tool for exploring military isomorphism (the phenomenon that weapons and military strategies begin to look the same across the world) at a time when ...
    • Self-employment in South Africa’s informal sector: Prevalence, prospects and policy 

      Neves, David; Aliber, Michael; Mogaladi, Jan; du Toit, Andries (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2011)
      This text describes research undertaken to investigate small-scale self-employment at the margins of the South African economy. Despite high levels of poverty and unemployment South Africa’s informal sector is, by ...
    • A series of national accounts-consistent estimates of poverty and inequality in South Africa 

      Yu, Derek; van der Berg, Servaas; Burger, Ronelle (Stellenbosch University, 2007)
      This paper makes a unique contribution to the South African literature in combining data from an alternative source of household survey data – the All Media and Product Survey (AMPS) – with national accounts income trends ...
    • Shallow waters: social science research in South Africa's marine environment 

      Sowman, M.; Scott, D.; Green, L.J.F.; Hara, Mafaniso; Hauck, M.; Kirsten, K.; Paterson, B.; Raemaekers, S.; Jones, K.; Sunde, J.; Turpie, J.K. (Taylor & Francis, 2013)
      This paper provides an overview of social science research in the marine environment of South Africa for the period 1994–2012. A bibliography based on a review of relevant literature and social science projects funded under ...
    • Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity? 

      Aliber, M; Hart, T. G. B. (Taylor and Francis Group, 2009)
      At first glance South Africa’s black farming sector appears to contribute rather minimally to overall agricultural output in South Africa. However, despite the complexity involved in this sector and the often marginal ...
    • Sink or swim? How Covid-19 and the responses to it have affected small-scale fishers 

      Isaacs, Moenieba; Nangle, Maia (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)
      This policy brief reports findings from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 regulations and mitigation measures on small-scale fishers in the Western Cape, South Africa. The researchers conducted 47 in-depth ...
    • Sistemas agro- alimentares em mutação: O impacto dos grandes agro-investidores sobre o direito à alimentação. Estudos de caso em Moçambique 

      Joala, Refiloe; Zamchiya, Phillan; Ntauazi, Clemente; Musole, Patrick; Katebe, Ceasar (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)
      Este livro apresenta estudos de caso sobre os sistemas agro-alimentares em mutação na África Austral, no contexto dos grandes investimentos em terra e dos grandes investimentos no campo dos agro-negócios. Ao registar os ...