Multiple livelihoods and social relations in the South African Lowveld, 1986-2013

Despite improvements in the last two decades, rural communal areas in South Africa remain dumping grounds, requiring multiple livelihood strategies and social adaptations. Local experience of dispossession forms the backdrop to individual and collective responses to changes in the role of land, labo...

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Published in:Review of African political economy Vol. 44; no. 152; pp. 220 - 236
Main Author: van der Waal, Kees (C. S.)
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 01.06.2017
Taylor & Francis, Ltd
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Afrique du Sud
Economic conditions
Economics
Ethnographic research
Ethnography
Income
Informal economy
Intergenerational relationships
Interpersonal relations
Labor force
Land
Limpopo Province
Livelihood
moyens de subsistance multiples
multiple livelihoods
Nkuna Traditional Authority
Offenders
pauvreté rurale
Poverty
Province de Limpopo
Rural areas
Rural communities
Rural poverty
Social conditions & trends
Social relations
South Africa
économie informelle
South Africa
ISSN:0305-6244, 1740-1720
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Summary:Despite improvements in the last two decades, rural communal areas in South Africa remain dumping grounds, requiring multiple livelihood strategies and social adaptations. Local experience of dispossession forms the backdrop to individual and collective responses to changes in the role of land, labour and reproduction. The ethnographic research focused on a rural settlement in the former Gazankulu Bantustan in the period 1986-2013. Shifts in the mix of livelihoods were related to changing gender and generational relationships. Individual livelihood strategies aimed at diversifying sources of income and collective actions were directed at getting rid of criminals and accessing state resources.
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ISSN:0305-6244
1740-1720
DOI:10.1080/03056244.2017.1313727