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The Changing Post-apartheid City: Emergent Black-owned Small Enterprises in Johannesburg

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  • C.M. Rogerson

    (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, P.O. WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa, 017CMR@COSMOS.wits.ac.za)

  • J.M. Rogerson

    (Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, P.O. WITS 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the post-apartheid city and the changing racial complexion of small enterprises developing in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa's most important urban centre. South Africa's new democratic government has identified the support and upgrading of small enterprises owned by blacks as a priority policy issue. Earlier research highlights a long tradition of negative official policy attitudes towards black business development in South Africa's central-city areas as part of urban planning under apartheid. Against this background, the paper investigates aspects of the emergent black small enterprise economy in post- apartheid Johannesburg. The results are presented from a recently completed survey of small black enterprises operating in the Johannesburg inner city and of a series of in-depth interviews undertaken with key institutional actors dealing with the city commercial property market. Overall, the findings point to the important and changing role of the inner city as incubator for developing black small enterprises in post- apartheid South Africa.

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  • C.M. Rogerson & J.M. Rogerson, 1997. "The Changing Post-apartheid City: Emergent Black-owned Small Enterprises in Johannesburg," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 34(1), pages 85-103, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:34:y:1997:i:1:p:85-103
    DOI: 10.1080/0042098976285
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    1. World Bank, 2000. "South Africa - Constraints to Growth and Employment : Evidence of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Firm Survey," World Bank Publications - Reports 15414, The World Bank Group.
    2. Harry Dugmore & Johanna Mavhungu, 2011. "Media Industry Clustering in South Africa: Prospects for Economic Development and Spatial Reconfiguration," Chapters, in: Charlie Karlsson & Robert G. Picard (ed.), Media Clusters, chapter 13, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Rogerson Jayne M., 2014. "Hotel location in Africa’s world class city: The case of Johannesburg, South Africa," Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, Sciendo, vol. 25(25), pages 1-16, September.

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