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Reframing the New Alliance agenda: A critical assessment based on insights from Tanzania
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)A dedicated investment in smallholder farmers to enable them to improve their land use and productivity is critical to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth in African countries. The New Alliance for Food Security and ... -
Regional fish trade in Africa: Potential for food security, reducing poverty and fisheries management
(2015)Sub-Saharan Africa: context • One of the regions in the world suffering from high rates of hunger and poverty. • 26% of the world’s hungry people were located in sub-Saharan Africa in 2010 (FAO and WFP,2010) • Chronic ... -
Regulating the institution of traditional leadership
(PLAAS, 2008-10)This edition of Umhlaba Wethu focuses on communal tenure and specifically on the Communal Land Rights Act (CLRA), which, if implemented, will see the transfer of private title to communal land to ‘traditional communities’; ... -
Reintroducing the contentious Traditional Courts Bill
(PLAAS, 2012-05)When the Traditional Courts Bill [B15-2008] was first introduced in 2008 it was widely criticised for the nature and extent of judicial functions consigned to senior traditional leaders — and for the extent to which the ... -
The relationship among change implementation, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behavior in the Business Process Outsourcing industry in South Africa
(Business Perspectives, 2016)The unique and dynamic Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry in South Africa strives to thrive in a challenging business environment with the attendant need for stability, loyal and satisfied workforce. An empirical ... -
Relationship between in-store promotions and consumer behaviour in shopping malls in South Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)Promotions of products and services close to the point of purchase is a reality to many companies. These promotions include the demonstration of products, price discounts and free samples. This paper sets out to determine ... -
The Relationship between Inflation and Stock prices in Zambia
(Asian online journals, 2013)This study examines a relationship between inflation and stock prices for Zambia, over the period 1999–2011, using monthly all share stock prices and inflation rates. The study employed Augmented-Dickey-Fuller and ... -
The relationship between inflation and stock prices in Zambia
(Asian Online Journals, 2013)— This study examines a relationship between inflation and stock prices for Zambia, over the period 1999–2011, using monthly all share stock prices and inflation rates. The study employed Augmented-Dickey-Fuller and ... -
The relationship between levels of education of entrepreneurs and their business success: A study of the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2011)The small, medium and micro enterprise (SMME) sector has been widely recognized as an engine of economic growth in South Africa. The implementation of the National Small Business Strategy (NSBS) in 1995 established important ... -
The relationship between planning strategies and entrepreneurial success for start-up entrepreneurs in the Western Cape
(Sage Publications, 2013)The total entrepreneurial activity rate in South Africa was 9.1% in 2011, compared with 8.9% in 2010, which is below the average for similar economies. This study examines the moderating impact of environmental difficulty ... -
Relationship marketing: Strategic and tactical challenges for SMEs
(Academic Journals, 2010)This study sought to explore the tactical and strategic challenges, which small and medium sized service firms may face in their bid to successfully practice and implement Relationship marketing. The framework of the ... -
Remediating Sub-Saharan airline challenges and limitations
(AOSIS, 2022)Air transport connectivity to and within Africa is provided by both African and non-African airlines. These carriers are confronted by both intrinsic and extrinsic challenges, which constrain their ability to provide the ... -
Report on an international symposium: The politics of poverty research and pro-poor policy making: Learning from the practice of policy dialogue
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Report on review of the current status of the pilot Certificate in School Business Administration (CSBA) 2008-2009: Guidelines for CSBA 2010
(University of the Western Cape: School of Business and Finance, 2010)Executive Summary: By almost any measure, most South African public schools, and schools in the Western Cape, are underperforming academically. For a number of years, there has existed a wide degree of consensus among ... -
Representation concerning the terms of reference on the grocery retail sector market inquiry
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)We, the undersigned civil society organisations / individuals work on food security and other issues in the agro-food system in South Africa. We have noted the concentration of corporate and financial power throughout ... -
Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for modern conditions, located in the ... -
“Reproducing the social”: Contradictory interconnections between land, cattle production and household relations in the Besters Land Reform Project, South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)Land redistribution policy in South Africa emphasises commercial farming as the legitimate use of land. This production-oriented framework fails to take into account the intertwined but unstable relationship between the ... -
Reproducing toxic election campaigns: Negative campaigning and race-based politics in the Western Cape
(Sabinet, 2015)The 2014 election in the Western Cape was once again a high-stakes, fiercely-contested affair. Political parties saw the Western Cape as an ‘open race’ and the province became the centre of vigorous campaign efforts ... -
Research findings: Models of commercial agriculture in Kenya
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016)Kenya provides a compelling case study of market driven agricultural evolution over the past century. Agriculture played a singular role in the development of the modern Kenyan economy, and while Kenyan agriculture was ... -
Research findings: Models of commercial agriculture in Kenya
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016)Kenya provides a compelling case study of market driven agricultural evolution over the past century. Agriculture played a singular role in the development of the modern Kenyan economy, and while Kenyan agriculture was ...