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The biometric imaginary : standardization & objectivity in post-apartheid welfare

Author: Donovan, Kevin P. Date: 22 Dec 2013 Starting in March 2012, the South African government engaged in a massive effort of citizen registration that continued for more than a year. Nearly 19 million social welfare beneficiaries enrolled in a novel biometric identification scheme ... Read more c b
A brief history of predators, sheep farmers and government in the Western Cape, South Africa

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli ; Conradie, Beatrice ; Drouilly, Marine ; O'Riain, M. Justin Date: Mar 2017 This paper provides a brief history of the conflict between South African sheep farmers and predators (and we touch also on the debate between diverse stakeholders over how best to respond to that conflict). We focus in particular on black-backed ... Read more
Cape Town Clothing Workers’ Attitudes Towards Key Aspects of and Alternatives to Regulation by the Bargaining Council

Author: Maraire, Wesley Date: May 2016 The South African clothing industry has shed over 70 000 jobs in the last decade. This has given rise to huge debate about the role of the Bargaining Council and Minister of Labour in regulating wages and employment conditions. The Bargaining ... Read more c b n d
A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa

Author: Conradie, Beatrice ; Landman, Abraham Date: Dec 2013 This paper investigated the relative financial performance of woolled and mutton sheep and the determinants of woolled sheep ownership for 34 full-time sheep farms in Laingsburg South Africa, where rainfall is only 128 millimetres per annum. ... Read more c b n d
A cost benefit analysis of a technology bundle aimed at improving the resilience of urban households in Rocklands, Mitchell's Plain

Author: Odendaal, Rehana ; Morar, Jeeten ; Conradie, Beatrice Date: Oct 2013 This paper documents and evaluates the early progress with a project which aims to increase the resilience of poor urban households with a complete technology package consisting of a permaculture food garden and multiple renewable-energy ... Read more c b
A critical review of South Africa’s Carbon Tax Policy Paper: recommendations for the implementation of an Offset Mechanism

Author: Newham, Melissa ; Conradie, Beatrice Date: Dec 2013 The South African government has emphasised the need for ‘developing country’ solutions to climate change that simultaneously pursue GHG reductions and socioeconomic development. To encourage the transition to a low-carbon economy the National ... Read more c b
Infrastructuring aid : materializing social protection in Northern Kenya

Author: Donovan, Kevin P. Date: Dec 2013 In numerous African countries, humanitarian and development organizations—as well as governments—are expanding expenditures on social protection schemes as a means of poverty alleviation. These initiatives, which typically provide small cash ... Read more c b
The Koup Fencing Project : community-led job creation in the Karoo

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli ; Conradie, Beatrice ; Conradie, Inge Date: 17 Sep 2014 This 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 more c b
Laingsburg Bestuursopname, Rondtes 1 en 2: Produksie en Winsgewendheid

Author: Conradie, Beatrice Date: Aug 2015 Ons beskik oor redelik betroubare bestuursinligting vir 48 produsente wat saam op ongeveer 50% van die landbougrond in Laingsburg se distrik boer. Die groep se gemiddelde speenpersentasie was net ‘n raps kort van 80% oor die afgelope twee ... Read more c b
Minimum wage-setting by the Employment Conditions Commission in South Africa, 1999-2015

Author: Seekings, Jeremy Date: Apr 2016 The growing literature on the institutions that set minimum wages points to the importance of institutional design but lacks empirical studies of how and why institutions work in different ways. This paper examines the case of the Employment ... Read more c b
Productivity benchmarking of free-range sheep operations : technical efficiency, correlates of productivity and dominant technology variants for Laingsburg, South Africa

Author: Conradie, Beatrice ; Piesse, Jenifer Date: 05 Aug 2014 Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used to benchmark extensive sheep operations in Laingsburg in the Central Karoo, South Africa, with data from the 2012 production season. An input oriented variable returns to scale frontier identified ... Read more c b
Relieving consumer over-indebtedness: The need for a ‘fresh start’ in South Africa

Author: Ssebagala, Ralph Date: Jan 2016 Although the relative risks of consumer over-indebtedness can be identified, and to some extent prevented, the occurrence of unfortunate events beyond the market’s control means that some consumers will find themselves financially over-extended ... Read more c b
A study of group dynamics in the South African dairy industry: A sequential Malmquist approach

Author: van Niekerk, Hugh ; Conradie, Beatrice ; Piesse, Jenifer Date: Aug 2015 This study presents a sequential Malmquist index for twenty members of an Eastern Cape dairy study group for the period 2010 to 2013. On average these farms were at efficiency levels of 95% and more during this period. The group’s mean technical ... Read more c b
Total factor productivity of urban agriculture on the urban periphery of Cape Town

Author: Dyer, Martin ; Mills, Richard ; Conradie, Beatrice ; Piesse, Jenifer Date: 2015 This paper investigates the efficiency relationships between inputs and outputs of urban micro-farms in two of Cape Town’s townships: Nyanga and Khayelitsha. The inputs in this study were land, labour, seeds and seedlings, compost and farmer ... Read more c b
Trade unions and the redesign of South Africa’s minimum wage-setting institutions in the 1990s

Author: Seekings, Jeremy Date: Apr 2016 South African trade unions’ criticisms in the 2010s of the institutional framework for minimum-wage-setting mark a dramatic departure from the central role they played in the design of these institutions in the 1990s. The four key features ... Read more c b
Understanding the black-backed jackal

Author: Nattrass, Nicoli ; Conradie, Beatrice ; Drouilly, Marine ; O'Riain, M Justin Date: Mar 2017 This paper reviews what we know about black-backed jackal ecology, drawing implications for managing human-wildlife conflict with this species. We review the research literature on the black-backed jackals in the context of other African ... Read more
What matters more for South African households’ debt repayment difficulties?

Author: Ssebagala, Ralph Date: Jan 2016 While the increased access to consumer credit has helped many families improve their welfare, the rising repayment burdens upon a background of chronically law savings rate have generated concerns that South African families are becoming ever ... Read more c b