Johannes I. Bhanye, CASAS’ member, has just published an article with Fidelis Udo, Balkissa Daouda Diallo & Maheshvari Naidu in Sustainable Development. Abstract: This paper employs a feminist political ecology and an intersectionality framework to examine the multiple dimensions of local women’s vulnerability and adaptation to climate change impacts in selected locations in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal…
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo, CASAS’ member, has published an article in Geojournal. Abstract: This article examines the role of social relations in enabling informal land leasing in Zimbabwe’s small scale (A1 villagised) settlements after the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP). After Fast Track Land Reform (FTLRP) in Zimbabwe, although some studies have explored informal land…
Malvern Kudakwashe Marewo is a researcher affiliated with the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Cape Town, an MSc in Development Studies from the National University of Science and Technology (Zimbabwe), and a BA in History and Development Studies from…
CASAS’ member Patricia Retamal has published this article with Lara M. Espeter in Journal of World-Systems Research Abstract: The availability of labor-power is a critical element of all commodity chains. This is especially true of labor-intensive production processes such as agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on this, as well as on many…
Ruth Castel-Branco, CASAS’ member, has published with colleagues Thabang Sefalafala & Musawenkosi H. Malabela a chapter in the book “The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy: Faultlines and Futures” Abstract: In July 2021, South Africa experienced an unprecedented wave of social unrest, highlighting deep social, economic and political fissures. Since the end of apartheid, income…