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Getting to know the Amakwerre-kwerre: the socioeconomic circumstances of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa
Pretorius, Anmar; Blaauw, Derick (Taylor & Francis, 2015)Over the past decade, in the face of volatile economic conditions at home, there has been an influx of Zimbabweans into South Africa looking for work and a better life. Many of these jobseekers have moved into the day ... -
Graduate unemployment in South Africa: perspectives from the banking sector
Oluwajodu, Faith; Blaauw, Derick; Greyling, Lorraine; Kleynhans, Ewert P.J. (AOSIS, 2015)Orientation: South Africa is experiencing growth in its graduate labour force, but graduate unemployment is rising with the overall unemployment rate. Graduate unemployment is problematic, because it wastes scarce human ... -
Happiness among first-year students at a comprehensive tertiary institution - an exploratory study
Pretorius, Marinda; Blaauw, Derick (University of Johannesburg, 2014)The 1970s saw a significant increase in the volume of research on individuals' subjective experience of well-being. The subjective well-being of university students has received less attention, however. Student well-being ... -
Homeless in observatory, Cape Town through the lens of Max-Neef’s fundamental human needs taxonomy
Schenck, Rinie; Blaauw, Derick; Roman, Nicolette; Erasmus, Charlene; Ryan, Jill (Univ Stellenbosch, 2017)The level of homelessness on the streets of South Africa is regarded as a slow-moving tragedy. The aim of this article is to explain the profile of the homeless in Observatory, Cape Town using Max-Neef’s Fundamental Human ... -
Micro-evidence on day labourers and the thickness of labour markets in South Africa
Krugell, Waldo; Blaauw, Derick (University of Pretoria, 2014)The South African labour market is characterised by sharp segmentation, high unemployment and apparently limited informal sector employment. Recent work has focussed on the importance of the Micro-evidence on day labourers ... -
Sen, subjective well-being and poverty in Namibia
Schenck, Rinie; Blaauw, Derick (UNISA Press, 2015)The aim of this article is to analyse and describe the perceptions of poverty and subjective well-being as described by the “poor” in Namibia, using Amartya Sen’s multidimensional theoretical framework of Poverty ...