Southern African Migration Programme

The study demonstrates that informal cross-border is a complex phe- nomenon and not uniform across the region, or even through border posts of the same country. However, the overall volume of trade,...

This gender analysis of the findings of AFSUN's baseline survey of poor urban households in eleven cities in Southern Africa in 2008 and 2009 has implications for urban, national and regional policy...

While increasing attention is being paid to the drivers and forms of entrepreneurship in informal economies, much less of this policy and research focus is directed at understanding the links between...

This book powerfully demonstrates that some of the most resourceful entrepreneurs in the South African informal economy are migrants and refugees. Yet far from being lauded, they take their life into...

This report focuses on the chronology and geography of collective violence against migrant entrepreneurs since South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. The overall aim of the research was...

Over the last decade, two issues have risen to the top of the international development agenda: Food Security & Migration and Development. Each has its own agency champions, international gatherings,...

This report examines the food security status of Zimbabwean migrant households in the poorer areas of two major South African cities, Johannesburg and Cape Town. The vast majority were food insecure...

Harare is at the epicentre of the economic meltdown and political crisis that has devastated Zimbabwe over the last decade and led to a mass exodus from the country. Those who remained in Zimbabwe's...

Johannesburg is the economic hub of South Africa and the Southern African region. At the same time, it is a city of extremes which juxtaposes ostentatious wealth and conspicuous consumption with...

AFSUN recently conducted a survey of poor urban households in eleven major cities in Southern Africa to better understand the seriousness of the urban food insecurity situation. This report looks in...

Chronic food insecurity is considered to be one of the most important challenges facing the people and government of Malawi. Most attention tends to be given to the rural areas where the majority of...

The results of AFSUN's study of the food security situation of the poor in Gaborone show that not everyone is benefitting from Botswana's strong and growing economy and that many of the urban poor...

The Lusaka urban food security survey done by AFSUN as part of its baseline survey of 11 Southern African cities found that up to 93% of the households in the informal settlements, which house...

This study of the food security situation of the poor in Manzini, Swaziland's economic hub, formed part of AFSUN's baseline survey of eleven Southern African cities. It found that the urban poor here...

Food insecurity is a fact of life for the vast majority of households across Maputo's poverty belt. The Maputo urban food security survey done by AFSUN as part of its baseline survey of 11 Southern...

There is plenty of food in Msunduzi, in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, but the urban poor regularly go hungry. This study of Msunduzi's food security situation formed part of AFSUN's baseline...

This report on food insecurity in urban Lesotho is the latest in a series on Southern African cities issued by AFSUN. Like the previous reports, it focuses on one city (Maseru) and on poor...

Cape Town is one of the wealthiest cities in the Southern African region. Yet, the vast majority of households in poor areas of the city experience food insecurity. This paper uses AFSUN data to...