In defence of Ubuntu

M Letseka - Studies in philosophy and education, 2012 - Springer
The article defends ubuntu against the assault by Enslin and Horsthemke (Comp Educ 40
(4): 545–558, 2004). It challenges claims that the Africanist/Afrocentrist project, in which the …

Why has unemployment risen in the New South Africa?1

A Banerjee, S Galiani, J Levinsohn… - Economics of …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We document the rise in unemployment in South Africa since the transition in 1994. We
describe how changes in labour supply interacted with stagnant labour demand to produce …

[图书][B] SMMEs in South Africa: Understanding the constraints on growth and performance

H Bhorat, Z Asmal, K Lilenstein, K Van der Zee - 2018 - africaportal.org
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) have been identified as a key component to
advancing inclusive growth and development in South Africa. This paper serves to present a …

Poverty and well-being in post-apartheid South Africa: An overview of data, outcomes and policy

H Bhorat, R Kanbur - 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
This is an overview of poverty and well-being in the first decade of post-apartheid South
Africa. It is an introduction to a volume that brings together some of the most prominent …

Graduate unemployment in South Africa: Social inequality reproduced

K Baldry - Journal of Education and work, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, I examine the influence of demographic and educational characteristics of
South African graduates on their employment/unemployment status. A sample of 1175 …

Who models the world? Collaborative ontology creation and user roles in Wikidata

A Piscopo, E Simperl - Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Wikidata is a collaborative knowledge graph which is central to many academic and industry
IT projects. Its users are responsible for maintaining the schema that organises this …

Schooling inequality, higher education and the labour market: Evidence from a graduate tracer study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

M Rogan, J Reynolds - Development Southern Africa, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
An emerging body of research has shown that there are large inequalities in access to
higher education in South Africa. There remains a gap, however, in identifying how factors …

An overview of the performance and potential of public works programmes in South Africa

A McCord - 2003 - open.uct.ac.za
In this paper simple models are used to estimate the impact and fiscal feasibility
of'expanded'public works programmes using the limited data available. The employment …

Is employment a panacea for poverty? A mixed-methods investigation of employment decisions in South Africa

R Zizzamia - World Development, 2020 - Elsevier
Unemployment is a key determinant of poverty in South Africa and labour market
inequalities reflect deep-rooted socio-economic inequalities. In a context of high rates of …

What has the feminisation of the labour market 'bought'women in South Africa? Trends in labour force participation, employment and earnings, 1995–2001

D Casale - Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been a dramatic increase in the labour force participation of women in South
Africa since the mid-1990s. Male participation has also been increasing but at a …