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Revisiting unresolved questions: land, food and agriculture
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011)
This article explores three articles from the perspective of 2011. They are Makhosazane Gcabashe and Alan Mabin’s ‘Preparing to negotiate
the land question’ (Transformation 11), Tom Bennett’s ‘Human rights and
the African ...
A review of performance evaluation measures for actively-managed portfolios
(IFRD, 2013)
In the recognition that investment management is an on-going process, the performance of actively-managed portfolios need to be monitored and evaluated to ensure that funds under management are efficiently invested in order ...
Potential gains from predicting the timing of stock market persistence and mean reversion
(Business Perspectives, 2013)
This paper undertakes to investigate the effectiveness of market timing between prior winners and losers in the global
equity markets using Monte Carlo simulation over the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2009. ...
Mining, capital and dispossession in Limpopo, South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
This Working Paper explains the processes by which land, water and other natural resources were seized, and their previous users dispossessed, for the purposes of capital accumulation by Ivanplats platinum mining company ...
Factors influencing the career choice of undergraduate students at a historically disadvantaged South African university
(IP Publishing, 2015)
During the apartheid years in South Africa, career guidance
amongst disadvantaged learners was largely absent and, for many, career
choices were limited and governed by politics. Despite South Africa
having celebrated ...
Exploring the eligibility criteria of the child support grant and its impact on poverty
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
One of the most important policy objectives in the post-apartheid South African economy is to reduce poverty. Although economic growth and job creation are the preferred sources of alleviating poverty and inequality, social ...
Challenging the stereotypes: small-scale black farmers and private sector support programmes in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape, 2016)
This report represents one of the outputs of a research and social dialogue project undertaken over 18 months. It explores a number of private sector partnerships and projects launched in support of black farmers – some ...
Women's land rights in Africa: Scorecard 2019
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
This Scorecard is for:
MEASURING how committed governments are to women’s land rights in each country.
COMPARING how women are confronting their governments about land rights.
LEARNING how women are tackling their ...
National and provincial government spending on agriculture
(PLAAS, 2010-12)
By the end of 2010, the new policy direction for land reform has not been clear. The minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Gugile Nkwinti, announced that a Green Paper on Rural Development and Agrarian Transformation, ...
Enhancing local governance through local initiatives: Residents' associations in Zimbabwe
(Academic Journals, 2011)
Residents associations are a local initiative by residents within a specific community. Through residents associations, citizens have been able to keep local authorities in check and to demand accountability. With the ...