Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Author "Petersen, Leif"
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Perspectives of wild medicine harvesters from Cape Town, South Africa
Petersen, Leif; Reid, Andrew M.; Moll, Eugene J.; Hockings, Marc T. (Academy of Science of South Africa and AOSIS, 2017)Cape Town is a fast-growing cityscape in the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa with 24 formally protected conservation areas including the World Heritage Table Mountain National Park. These sites have been protected ... -
The role of family in the township informal economy of food and drink in KwaMashu, South Africa
Petersen, Leif; Charman, Andrew (Emerald, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to provide a qualitative investigation of family employment dynamics in the KwaMashu township economy. Using a small area census research method, the researchers identified 1,556 businesses ... -
Submission for consideration in developing a supportive regulatory environment for the growth and trade in medicinal and recreational marijuana in South Africa
Petersen, Leif; Gaylard, Matthew (PLAAS, 2019-11-12)Since 2017, three separate events have influenced the legality of cannabis in South Africa. Firstly, a licensing framework was introduced for the domestic cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis by the Department ... -
What price cheap goods? Survivalists, informalists and competition in the township retail grocery trade
Petersen, Leif; Thorogood, Camilla; Charman, Andrew; Du Toit, Andries (PLAAS, 2019-08-31)About 54% of South Africa’s township microenterprises trade in food or drink. More than two-thirds of these are grocery retail businesses in the form of spaza shops and smaller ‘house shops’. These are the predominant ...