Violations of farm workers’ labour rights in post-apartheid South Africa

Apartheid medicine. Health and human rights in South Africa.

Human rights and health care under apartheid in South Africa were studied. Human rights violations, such as detention without charge or trial, assault and torture in police custody, and restriction orders, have had devastating effects on the health of persons experiencing them. These violations have occurred in the context of a deliberate policy of discriminatory health care favoring the white ...

To Share Is To Keep: Politicians, Property Rights and Firm Ownership in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Institutions that fail to protect citizens against expropriation from the government hinder investment and economic development. How do economic agents counteract these institutions? I propose a theory of companies establishing connections with politicians as a mechanism to protect property rights and increase investment. I build a model in which N companies face a sector-level threat of exprop...

Chronic and Transitory Poverty in Post - Apartheid South Africa :

* The work reported here is the outcome of a collaborative project between researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the University of Natal, and the University of Wisconsin. In addition to support from these three institutions, the following provided financial support: the United States Agency for International Development (Office of Women in Development – Grant ...

Unemployment, Education and Skills Constraints in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This paper investigates the relationship between education and unemployment in postapartheid South Africa, and probes the argument that employment growth has been inhibited particularly by skills constraints. We use probit regression analysis to show that higher education protected against unemployment in both 1995 and 2003, and that that these aggregate trends mask substantial variation among ...

“growing Old Gracefully?”: Ageing in Post-apartheid South Africa