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- ItemMetadata onlyA tapestry of people: The growth of population in the province of the Western Cape(Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, 2015-05-28) Horner, Dudley; Wilson, Francis
- ItemOpen AccessApplying fuzzy-set theoretic poverty measures within a developmental local government context : the Khayelitsha - Mitchell's Plain case study(2004) Dawood, Ghalieb; Horner, Dudley; Black, AnthonyThis paper attempts to demonstrate the importance of the linkage between the presence of poverty and the nature of governance, something largely omitted from poverty studies in South Africa. The context of this investigation was the establishment of the new local government model (i.e. Developmental Local Government), which puts governance at the forefront of addressing poverty effectively. The new governance model adopts a multidimensional poverty paradigm in its Integrated Development Planning (IDP). However, in this study we have examined whether the approach adopted (i.e. Basic Needs) is necessarily the best multidimensional approach available. We have given preference to the capabilities approach with its emphasis on well-being where people are the beneficiaries of development rather than the basic needs approach where the emphasis is on goods and services as a means to good life. Sen's Capabilities Approach was operationalised by adopting a relatively new methodology (Le. fuzzy-set theoretic poverty measures) for measuring multidimensional poverty in the Khayelitsha Mitchell's Plain (KMP) magisterial district using the Census 2001 dataset. Our results show that unemployment, housing and low incomes need the most attention in KMP. Furthermore, the fuzzy-set measures, which view poverty as opaque and vague, yield more detailed policy information, thus preventing the single-policy response dominating many IDPs at present. As a medium term policy response, it is suggested that the implementation of the extended public works programme in KMP has the potential to significantly address both the material and non-material capability failure existing in KMP.
- ItemRestrictedThe links between migration, poverty and health: evidence from Khayelitsha and Mitchell's Plain(2004) Ndegwa, David; Horner, Dudley; Esau, FaldieIn the mid-1950s, the City of Cape Town was part of a wider area demarcated as a Coloured Labour Preference Area. The free movement of African people into the city was strictly controlled and the residential areas were segregated along racial lines. In terms of Apartheid’s grand design, an area designated Mitchell’s Plain was demarcated for occupation by Coloured people in 1973 while another designated Khayelitsha was allocated for African people. The two areas were incorporated in one magisterial district, Mitchell’s Plain, in the mid- 1980s. A sample survey of the area was conducted in late November and early December 2000 with a focus on labour market issues. Its aim was to capture occupants of households aged 18 or older. The survey data has been interrogated to describe the connections between migration, poverty and health in a city where recent rapid urbanisation is changing the demographic profile significantly. As a consequence, the need to provide adequate infrastructure, decent housing and employment poses a daunting challenge ten years after the new democracy has been ushered in.
- ItemOpen AccessRevisiting minimum wage-fixing in South Africa(2000) Mabuza, Patrick Velaphi; Horner, Dudley; Esau, FaldieBibliography: leaves 96-102.
- ItemMetadata onlyThe Links Between Migration, Poverty and Health: Evidence From Khayelitsha and Mitchell's Plain(CSSR and SALDRU, 2015-05-28) Ndegwa, David; Horner, Dudley; Esau, Faldie