Browsing Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) by Author "Charman, Andrew"
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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 ... -
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 ...