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The Dynamics of South–South Migration in Africa
While Africa is commonly represented as a continent of exodus, the vast majority of African migration in Africa occurs within the continent....
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Rietputs 15, South Africa
Rietputs 15 (28.327° S, 24.746° E) is located about 1.5 km from the Vaal River northwest of the town of Windsorton, Northern Cape Province, South...
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Strategies for addressing conflicts arising from blue growth initiatives: insights from three case studies in South Africa
South Africa has vigorously embraced the concept of the ‘blue economy’ and is aggressively pursuing a blue growth strategy to expand the ocean...
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Uitdraai 33, South Africa
Uitdraai 33 (29.56° S, 22.86° E; Figs. 1 and 2) is located 16 km from the town of Prieska in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. This site was...
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Investigating Financial Development and Its Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects in South Africa: Fresh Policy Insights
Results on the connection between financial development and CO 2 emissions are presented in contradicting ways in earlier research. In order to solve...
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Arbitration of Community Related Disputes in South Africa’s Mining Industry
The steady rise of conflict between the mining industry and its social stakeholders in South Africa has questioned the adequacy of dispute resolution...
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A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: Impacts in alleviating poverty in Africa
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically,...
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Water Security and the Public Trust Doctrine in South Africa
This chapter provides broad insights into how different levels of government have attempted to advance water security in South Africa. It does this...
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Resisting the Waves of Ocean Grabbing: Challenges, Priorities and Strategies in the Small-Scale Fishers’ Governance Struggle Against the Ocean Economy in South Africa
The developments taking place under the framework of the Ocean Economy represent the latest wave of ocean grabbing in South Africa, with dire...
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A Review of Recent Small Town Research in South Africa
Small town scholarship in South Africa in general, but within the discipline of geography in particular, has experienced a substantial interest over...
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Assessing the strategic applications of remote sensing for addressing illicit artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities
Global demand for gold is growing through the manufacture of jewellery and electronic products. The growing demand for gold is met through both large...
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Environmental justice in South Africa: the dilemma of informal settlement residents
The concept of environmental justice is well established in the literature; however, scholars still battle to agree on what it really means. This...
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Global Trends in South–South Migration
Over one-third of all international migration is between countries of the Global South, a greater share than South–North migration in 2020. This...
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Pniel 1 and 6, South Africa
The lower Vaal River, including Pniel, was a key location where attempts to structure the earlier phases of the Stone Age in southern Africa were...
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Out of Place: Postcolonial Legacy and Indigenous Heritage in South Africa
Indigenous peoples the world over are speaking out for their rights in former colonial societies. The term Indigenous, derived from Latin, means...
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Wonderwerk Cave and the Kathu Complex, South Africa
The Kalahari has a powerful hold on the collective imagination as an environment of extreme aridity where survival is a challenge. However, the...
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Socio-Spatial Small Town Dynamics in South Africa
This book explores small town geographical aspects by approaching them from a socio-spatial perspective. The contributions included in this book...
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The Impacts of Peri-Urban Expansion on Municipal and Ecosystem Services: Experiences from Makhado Biaba Town, South Africa
The sub-Saharan cities are growing and changing due to immigration and modernization. One of the consequences of the current urbanization is that an...
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Multidimensional Poverty in Postapartheid South Africa
Although the redistributive policies have made some inroads toward reducing poverty in South Africa, the effects of apartheid remain evident in...
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Security measures and the combating of diamond theft: case study at the Cullinan Diamond Mine, South Africa
The theft of diamonds from diamond mines has been a longstanding problem for mine owners in South Africa (7th largest world producer of diamonds by...