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The New Economics of Cape Slavery

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT In this survey, I argue that the Cape Colony has become one of the most useful settings for studying the economics of unfree labour. The Cape offers a distinctive combination: a slavery regime linking the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds, an urban and agrarian economy, overlapping labour regimes and archives rich enough for linked micro‐data ...
Johan Fourie
wiley   +1 more source

How many people are employed in South Africa?

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT The main labour market survey in South Africa is the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) but the General Household Survey (GHS) also measures employment. We show that despite often identical sample designs and questions about employment, the GHS produces higher estimates of total employment from around 2012 than the QLFS, which finds more ...
Andrew Kerr, Amy Thornton, Peris Wachira
wiley   +1 more source

Between Borderisation and Multi/Transterritoriality: Dilemmas of Decolonising Territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This article addresses the issue of territory in Abya Yala/Afro/Latin America from a decolonial perspective and through the links and contradictions between the processes we call borderisation and multi or trans‐territorialisation, emphasising, in this case, the multiplicity of territory as an instrument of struggle and re‐existence, where ...
Rogério Haesbaert
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural Heritage Location, Local Tourism and Artefact Theft

open access: yesInternational Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 6, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Engagement with cultural heritage is typically central to the tourist experience. Further, national heritage policies often encourage cultural artefacts to be exhibited or stored in their location or province of origin to secure more diffused local tourism benefits and reinforce affinity with local cultural identity.
Craig Bickerton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Inequality: The Role of Mergers and Acquisition Adjudications in South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Public Affairs, Volume 26, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This study aligns with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10 by addressing income inequality in South Africa through competition policy, particularly mergers and acquisitions (M&A). While prior literature has focused on the corporate and market power effects of M&As, the socioeconomic implications for inequality remain underexplored.
Nicholas Ngepah   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Human Rights Into Food Systems Policy to Progress the Fulfillment of the Right to Adequate Food—Enablers, Barriers, and Windows of Opportunity

open access: yesWorld Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Prevailing levels of hunger, malnutrition, and food insecurity—driven by conflict, global economic crises, and ecological destruction—are threatening fulfillment of the right to adequate food. The integration of human rights in food systems policies can address these challenges; however, progress in the adoption of human rights–based ...
Ellen Johnson   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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