Framing poverty and inequality studies in South Africa

Precarious Work and the Gendered Individualisation of Risk in the South African Manufacturing Sector, 2002–2017

“…The findings presented in this article build on recent discussions about employment discrimination and widening inequality in the post-apartheid labour market, despite seemingly progressive labour-related legislation (Fredericks and Yu, 2018;Mosoetsa and Francis, 2019;Francis, 2019, Mosomi andWittenberg, 2020). The article shows that the changes that have taken place in the South African labour market have reproduced rather than challenged the gendered and racialised legacies of the apartheid regime.…”

Conceptualising employee voice in the majority world: Using multiple intellectual traditions inspired by the work of Mick Marchington

“…Worker voice in South Africa is against the background of a challenging economic context: around 45% of the workforce in South Africa is in casual or informal sector work, and lacking union representation (Webster & Francis, 2019). IR scholars have therefore forcefully drawn attention to the need for unions to represent informal sector workers and tackle inequality (Dibben & Wood, 2018; Mosoetsa & Francis, 2019). Some have suggested that unions in South Africa should engage in social movement unionism.…”

Eating from One Pot: The Dynamics of Survival in Poor South African Households, by Sarah Mosoetsa

“…In the book, for example, the author writes: "Traditionally, I am a man of the house and I will not be questioned by my wife on how to spend my money, finally I expect the house to be clean at all time and food ready for me" (Mosoetsa 2011, 67). Mosoetsa (2014), in her talk at the International Sociological Association, mentioned that men's identity is established through a factory floor.…”