South Africa has been a pioneer in developing a variety of sustainability programmes and
initiatives from farm to bottle, placing it at the forefront of sustainability in the global wine …

In development engineering, practitioners often strive to empower local communities
through technology. Empowerment, however, is typically not well-defined and rarely …

There are established difficulties in upholding private standards within global production
networks (GPNs) through the use of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs). Taking the case of …

Cet article examine comment le gouvernement sud-africain et les sociétés minières se sont
appropriés les discours anti-apartheid et anticolonial pour légitimer la promotion …

This article explores how a farming community in Wellington (Bovlei) moved from
dependence towards an empowered community through non-profit organisations'(NPOs) …

The article extends past research on ethical value claims in two ways. First, research often
centres on certifications as mechanisms of ethical claims-making; in contrast, we focus on …

Orientation Within the South African context, fairness perceptions of employment equity and
affirmative action programmes are discussed at length. However, the perspectives of …

The rise of ethical certifications was greeted with optimism by scholars, activists and
development practitioners, who predicted they would help to redistribute power and profit …

This paper investigates the construction of the concepts of empowerment and transformation
as they manifest through the discourse of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South …

Despite the promise and optimism surrounding the post-apartheid transition, South African
society continues to be highly racialised in its discourses, identities and practices, even …