Indigenous forests and savannas, along with plantation forests, offer numerous benefits to
rural communities and society at large. Yet, the role of forests and forestry in contributing to …

Over the last decade Amartya Sen's Capability Approach (CA) has emerged as the leading
alternative to standard economic frameworks for thinking about poverty, inequality and …

This article evaluates the impact of a large cash transfer program in South Africa on
children's nutritional status and investigates whether the gender of the recipient affects that …

Recent theoretical work hypothesises that a polarised society like South Africa will suffer a
legacy of ineffective social capital and blocked pathways of upward mobility that leaves …

Disputing the notion of a'miracle'transition in South Africa, the author argues that the new
South Africa had to happen as it did because of the socio-historical make-up of the country …

For many, Johannesburg resembles the imagined spectre of the urban future. Global
anxieties about catastrophic urban explosion, social fracture, environmental degradation …

ObjectivesTo review data on the prevalence, causes and health consequences of obesity in
South Africa and propose interventions to prevent and treat obesity and related outcomes …

A lot has been said, done and published on the topic of women and poverty. This article will
first provide a short introductory outline of poverty and the feminisation thereof. Secondly, the …

The building of social capital at community level is explored by assessing the impact of the
Australia Africa 2006 Sport Development Programme's Active Community Clubs Initiative as …

It is widely accepted that urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) is an important livelihood
or co** strategy amongst the poorest urban households for food security and income …