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Domestic work in Cape Town: an exploration into the growth of part-time domestic work

Author: Wooldridge, Kathryn Date: 2020 Statistical analysis of the labour market in South Africa shows that between 1994 and 2015, the growth rate of domestic worker employment was slow in comparison to the growth rate of high-income jobs. In Gauteng, the slow growth of domestic ... Read more
eThekwini's changing occupational structure : a question of deindustrialization and racial inequality

Author: Lombard, Mighael Date: 2015 Scholars have argued that deindustrialization has had different effects on the occupational structure of South African cities. Some have argued for a polarisation of the occupational structure, where the decline of the manufacturing sector ... Read more
The exploration of appropriate informal settlement intervention in South Africa : contributions from a comparison with Brazil

Author: Huchzermeyer, Marie Date: 1999 This study examines the hypothesis that informal settlement intervention in South Africa is trapped in a market-oriented paradigm of standardised housing delivery that cannot appropriately address the complex reality of informal settlement. ... Read more
Exploring the unconsciousness of process: toward a grounded theory for leadership in development

Author: Galt, Kathryn M Date: 2006 Read more
Gender dynamics in home ownership in Kampala, Uganda

Author: Asiimwe, Florence Akiiki Date: 2008 This study explores the different ways in which married women in Kampala, Uganda are unable to become homeowners during marriage and at widowhood. In the process, the study also explores the special mechanisms through which married women ... Read more
Intergenerational occupational mobility among blacks in the Mitchell's Plain Magisterial District, Cape Town : evidence from the Khayelitsha

Author: Ziervogel, Charlton Leslie Date: 2006 Includes bibliographical references. Read more
An investigation into the geographical trends in the sectoral composition of the Cape Town economy

Author: Azwihangwisi, Netshikulwe Date: 2010 The purpose of this research is to examine the geographical trends in the sectoral composition of the city of Cape Town economy between the year 2000 and 2005. The research is informed by related studies and theories that argued Cape Town is ... Read more
Labour market and spatial mismatch in Cape Town

Author: Mazile, One Date: 2009 The paper undertakes to research a spatial and skills mismatch in the city of Cape Town. The argument is that industry is moving towards the north of the city and away from areas of the south east. This physically displaces low and semi-skilled ... Read more
Living side-by-side? An analysis of the changing relationship between race, space and class in Cape Town, 1980-2011

Author: Solomon, Jean-Paul Date: 2019 The aim of this project was to explore the changing relationship between race, space and class in Cape Town during the 1980-2011 period by using the social polarisation vs professionalisation debate as the starting point. The previous working ... Read more
A matter of timing: migration and housing access in Metropolitan Johannesburg

Author: Beall, Jo ; Crankshaw, Owen ; Parnell, Susan Date: 2002 The city of Johannesburg lies at the centre of the largest urban conurbation in sub-Saharan Africa. In the past, this conurbation was known by the clumsy acronym 'PWV', which stood for the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging complex. Today, ... Read more c b n d
A matter of timing: migration and housing access in Metropolitan Johannesburg

Author: Beall, Jo ; Crankshaw, Owen ; Parnell, Sue Date: 2005 Read more
Migrants access to the labour market and ethnic niching: case study of Zimbabweans employed in the Cape Town restaurant industry

Author: Silubonde, Tikwiza Rayleen Date: 2014 This research used a qualitative method of enquiry to examine observations and theoretical claims made about the ability of migrants to secure employment. These claims indicated that migrants of the same ethnic groups are able to enter into ... Read more
Professionalisation or polarisation? : economic restructuring and changes in Cape Town's labour market

Author: Borel-Saladin, Jacqueline Date: 2006 The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the changes that have occurred in the economy of CapeTown, South Africa over the last half of the 20th century and what the possible effects of this change have been on social inequality. Literature ... Read more
Race and the post-Fordist spatial order in Cape Town

Author: Graham, Nancy Date: 2007 The post-Fordist shift from manufacturing to service sector economies, which began in the 1970s, has occurred worldwide and has changed occupation and income structures. This global force has a spatial manifestation at the urban level. In ... Read more
Race, class and spatial polarisation in the greater Cape Town

Author: Mbhele, Albert Zibuse Date: 2009 This paper investigates evidence of a possible spatial mismatch in the Cape Town metropolitan labour market that could contribute towards explaining why low-skilled workers' unemployment rates are significantly higher in the south-east ... Read more
Race, inequality and urbanisation in the Johannesburg Region, 1946-1996

Author: Crankshaw, Owen ; Parnell, Susan Date: 2002 The city of Johannesburg lies at the heart of a sprawling metropolis. This metropolis, which we shall call the Johannesburg region, roughly corresponds with the boundaries of Gauteng Province.1 It stretches from Soshanguve in the north to ... Read more c b n d
Race, inequality and urbanisation in the Johannesburg Region, 1946-1996

Author: Crankshaw, Owen ; Parnell, Susan Date: 2002 The city of Johannesburg lies at the heart of a sprawling metropolis. This metropolis, which we shall call the Johannesburg region, roughly corresponds with the boundaries of Gauteng Province.1 It stretches from Soshanguve in the north to ... Read more c b n d
Recent spatial trends in post-Fordist Cape Town

Author: Smith, Emma Date: 2006 Word processed copy. Includes bibliographical references. Read more
Righting The Wrongs Of The Past: Corridors Of Freedom As A Pathway To Inclusive Development

Author: Masingi, Carol Date: 2019 South African cities are still largely unequal where the urban poor’s right to the city is not adequately addressed. As a result of the legacy of apartheid and the various housing policies that have been adopted to address housing segregation, ... Read more
Social polarisation or professionalisation? Another look at theory and evidence

Author: Borel-Saladin, Jacqueline ; Crankshaw, Owen Date: 2007 The debate over whether or not the de-industrialisation of cities is accompanied by the occupational and income polarisation of their working populations has been characterised by some confusion over the relationship between incomes and ... Read more c b n d

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