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The impact of educational attainment on household poverty in South Africa: A case study of Limpopo province
(Routledge, 2019)Poverty is a phenomenon that is multidimensional in nature and its meaning varies from one individual to another (Alkire and Foster 2011; Batana 2013; Bossert, Chakravarty, and D'Ambrosio 2013; Jansen et al. 2015). It can ... -
International migration and social protection in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)For a developing country, South Africa has the most comprehensive social protection system in terms of social grant coverage. Moreover, the country is also often hailed for its transformative constitution which enshrines ... -
Leveraging the potential of wild food for healthy, sustainable, and equitable local food systems: Learning from a transformation lab in the Western Cape region
(Springer, 2022)Food insecurity and diet-related diseases do not only have detrimental efects to human health, but are also underpinned by food systems that are environmentally unsustainable and culturally disconnected. Ensuring access ... -
Macroeconomic immigration determinants: An analysis of ‘pull’ factors of international migration to South Africa
(SIHMA, 2015)This research empirically examines the macroeconomic determinants of ‘pull’ factors of international migration in South Africa. Using the neoclassical economic model of international migration, an Ordinary Least Square ... -
Making asylum seekers more vulnerable in South Africa: The negative effects of hostile asylum policies on livelihoods
(Wiley, 2020)In post-apartheid South Africa, migration policies and legislation have left critical issues such as social cohesion and integration unsolved. Furthermore, the inability to reconcile the national interest of maintaining ... -
Making life liveable in an informal market Infrastructures of friendship amongst migrant street traders in Durban, South Africa
(Berghahn Journals, 2023)African migrants working in street trading business in Durban, South Africa oft en face xenophobia and must navigate policies regulating the informal economy. However, they sustain livelihoods in urban markets through ... -
Migrant networks, food remittances, and Zimbabweans in Cape Town: a social media perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study examines the evolving connection between migrant networking on social media and cross-border food remittances in Southern Africa. Emerging research and academic debates have shown that social media platforms ... -
Multi-donor trust funds and fragile states: assessing the aid effectiveness of the Zimbabwe multi-donor trust fund
(Wiley, 2016)It is widely acknowledged that multi-donor trust funds (MDTFs) contribute to aid effectiveness. This paper challenges this assertion through assessing the aid effectiveness of the Zimbabwe Multi-Donor Trust Fund. The paper ... -
Multisectoral intervention on food security in complex emergencies: A discourse on regional resilience praxis in Northeast Nigeria
(Springer, 2022)Sustainable livelihood as an enabler of food security can be constrained by climate variability and violent conficts, with dire consequences in regions with crude adaptation practices. The efects of such ‘complex emergency ... -
Persistence of the inverse care law in maternal health service utilization: An examination of antenatal care and hospital delivery in Ghana
(PAGEpress, 2019)The gap in maternal health outcomes, access and utilization between the haves and have-nots continues to be a challenge globally despite improvements over the past decade. Though Ghana has experienced steady gains in ... -
Policy, politics and leadership in slum upgrading: A comparative analysis ofHarare and Kampala
(Elsevier, 2018)Slum upgrading is one of the preferred options in dealing with ubiquitous informality in cities across the world.Drawing on experiences in two African cities namely Harare and Kampala; the article focuses on the role ... -
Politics and the practice of planning: the case of Zimbabwean cities
(Elsevier, 2016)Planning is intrinsically a political process. This paper explores how the practice and profession of planning has been affected by politics. Available evidence in Zimbabwe shows that planning is problematized by unsettled ... -
Politics, centralisation and service delivery in urban Zimbabwe
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The politics of urban control has revolved around centralisation since independence in 1980. However, such politics became more pronounced after 2000 owing to the rise of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ... -
Resource rents, savings behavior, and scenarios of economic development
(Elsevier, 2023)The paper revisits the nexus between natural resources and economic growth from the lens of development economics. It augments the traditional dual-sector economy model by the assumption that in addition to capitalists, ... -
Role of development communication in fostering social change: evidence from Lesotho
(KRE Publishers, 2013)A number of programmes have been implemented in the field of development communication with the specific aim of promoting social change among communities. Series of studies have also illustrated the positive effects of ... -
Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(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
(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 ... -
Slum upgrading and inclusive municipal governance in Harare,Zimbabwe: New perspectives for the urban poor
(Elsevier, 2015)The story of the urban poor in Harare and Zimbabwean cities in general is a story of evictions, fear andmisery. In May 2005, at the behest of the Government of Zimbabwe the infamous Operation RestoreOrder, a house demolition ... -
Social grants, remittances, and food security: does the source of income matter?
(Food Security, 2019)Large numbers of South Africans receive social grants (public transfers) or remittances (private transfers), and yet one in four South Africans is food insecure. The purpose of this paper is to address two questions: do ... -
Social Policy in South Africa: The challenges of poverty, inequality and exclusion
(2018)South Africa is currently emerging from a political and socio-economic crisis. A political faction largely based on patrimonialism threatened to destroy the economy and thus social service delivery. With the recent election ...