The purpose of this study is fourfold: first, to summarise the current state of knowledge about
chronic poverty in South Africa; second, to describe the range of existing governmental and …

This article analyses household income mobility among Africans in South Africa's most
populous province, KwaZulu-Natal, between 1993 and 1998. Compared to industrialised …

This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before
presenting a poverty profile of South Africa. It tests the sensitivity of the poverty profile to …

Drawing from insights of the behavioural decision research, this study applies a double-
hurdle (DH) estimation technique to assess social-psychological factors influencing the …

Following the onset of democratic rule in South Africa in April 1994, it soon became clear
that the transition was a political one, in the narrowest sense of the term. Specifically, the …

This study investigates whether trends in the extent and depth of poverty in South Africa over
the past decade have been gendered. We examine whether females are more likely to live …

This empirically grounded study provides a critical reflection on the land question in Africa,
research on which tends to be tangential, conceptually loose and generally inadequate. It …

Addressing the challenges of poverty and inequality in South Africa, this book uses new
techniques to measure and analyze the nature and function of vulnerability in the labor …

In this study, we compare subjective and money-metric measures of poverty in South Africa
using data collected in the 2008/09 Living Conditions Survey (LCS). In addition to collecting …

The welfare challenges in post‐apartheid South Africa are best represented by the
triumvirate of poverty, income inequality and unemployment. In turn, the one generally …