Browsing Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences by Subject "Waste pickers"
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Employing developmental mentorship to enhance the livelihoods and entrepreneurial capabilities of waste pickers
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)Waste pickers are individuals who collect waste from household and commercial bins as well as at landfills. The vast majority are unskilled with a low-level of education. Waste pickers find themselves in poverty for ... -
Exploring the challenges faced by the informal waste pickers in the Northern Cape region
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The dominant scholarship on and about informal waste pickers is that they continue to work under difficult challenges: harassed by the city council, and work under risky conditions. While this is known, there has been a ...