Author:Nattrass, Nicoli; Conradie, BeatriceDate:2013This paper discusses the historical roots of, and scientific evidence for, rival 'jackal narratives' about the problems posed by black-backed jackals (canis mesomelas) for sheep farmers in the Karoo, South Africa. The jackal recolonized farms ...Read morecbnd
Author:Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin; Arrow, JairoDate:28 May 2015Analysts of the South African labour market have predominantly used household surveys to analyse the labour market. It has been more di fficult to explore labour demand from the firm side, as a result of limited data from relatively small ...Read more
Author:Kerr, Andrew; Wittenberg, Martin; Arrow, JairoDate:28 May 2015Analysts of the South African labour market have mainly used household surveys to analyse the labour market. It has been more difficult to explore the labour demand of firms, as a result of limited data availability. We use the Quarterly ...Read more
Author:Nattrass, Nicoli; Seekings, JeremyDate:2013For ten years, the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing Manufacturing Industry (NBC) has been used by the South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (Sactwu) and by largely Cape Town-based employers to impose higher labour costs ...Read morecbnd
Author:Rademeyer, Rebecca A; Butterworth, Doug SDate:2005The assessments of December 2004 are updated in three respects: commercial catch-at-age data which cannot be species-disaggregated directly are taken into account in the fitting process, a new basis to split pre-1978 catches by species is ...Read more
Author:Frye, Isobel; Proudlock, Paula; Rosa, SolangeDate:Jan 2003Written submission by Black Sash, Alliance for Children's Entitlement to Social Security, Children's Institute (UCT), Community Law Centre (UWC) and South African Federal Council on Disability, 23 January 2003.Read morecbnd
Author:Rosa, Solange; Frye, IsobelDate:Sep 2003Joint submission by the Children's Institute and the Black Sash on behalf of a number of organisations, 18 September 2003.Read morecbnd
Author:Davis, Dennis MDate:2008This paper focuses on the manner, in which the Constitutional Court, in its early jurisprudence, set the foundations for the 'transformative' development of South African private law.Read more
Author:Matsebula, MichaelDate:May 2001The objective of this working paper is to highlight the major issues facing sugar industries in SADC. This is achieved within a framework that recognises the existence of distortions in global sugar markets. To this end, a conceptual framework ...Read morecbna
Author:Archer, SeanDate:28 May 2015One of the most dangerous aspects of the global knowledge-based economy lies in the tensions created by the growing knowledge gap between the knowledge-rich countries of the North and the (generally) knowledge-poor countries of the South. ...Read more
Author:Seekings, Jeremy; Moore, ElenaDate:2013The provision of financial assistance and personal care in contemporary South Africa entails a distinctive combination of state, market and kin. The state assists financially the deserving poor, but provides little personal care. Better-off ...Read morecbnd
Author:Dalvie, Mohamed A; London, Leslie; Mbuli, Simphiwe; Cairncross, EugeneDate:2004There is a need for pesticide water monitoring in South Africa and for community awareness with regard to chemical contamination of rural water sources. The results of two descriptive studies in the rural Western Cape are reported. One assessed ...Read more
Author:Nattrass, Nicoli; Conradie, Beatrice; Conradie, IngeDate:17 Sep 2014This paper discusses a community-led fencing project in the Koup, an arid predominantly sheep farming district in the South African Karoo. It highlights the role of supportive government officials in sourcing funding and the importance of ...Read morecb