About the Author

Nicolas Pons-Vignon is senior research fellow with the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development (CSID) research programme, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is the editor of the Global Labour Column and founder and course director of the annual African Programme for Rethinking Development Economics (APORDE; http://www.aporde.org.za). Phumzile Ncube is an associate researcher with the CSID research programme, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.