Publications

Author: Daan Francois Toerien

Dr Daan Toerien, a research associate of the Free State University and former Vice-President: Operations of the CSIR, has approximately 150 research publications in the form of articles in peer reviewed journals, chapters in books, and technical and research reports.

Go to his ResearchGate profile to view them all. Many items are open source and can thus be downloaded for free.

Top publications include:

The ‘Small Town Paradox’ and towns of the Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa [Article]
The enduring and spatial nature of the enterprise richness of South African towns [Article]
Economic value addition, employment, and enterprise profiles of local authorities in the Free State, South Africa. [Article]
Likely tourism impacts of potential shale gas exploration and production in the Karoo. [Book chapter]
Enterprise development in the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve [Technical report]
The enterprise ecology of towns in the Karoo, South Africa [Article]
The enterprise richness of South African towns [Article]
The enterprise dynamics of South African towns [Article]
New utilization/conservation dilemmas in the Karoo: Potential economic, demographic and entrepreneurial consequences [Book chapter]
Paradoxes, the tyranny of structures and enterprise development in South African towns [Symposium paper]

Author: Johannes Wessels

Johannes Wessels, a research associate of the School of Public Leadership at the University of Stellenbosch and former journalist of 15 years, has published both research articles and thought pieces in the form of newspaper articles, and blogs. He is a ‘thought leader‘ with regular contributions in the Opinion section of BizNews.com

Recent academic publications:

A new co-operative revolution in South Africa? Reflections on the outcomes of state support in the Free State Province. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, Vol 31, Issue 1-2, 2016 [Article]
uMhlathuze. In: Marais, L., Donaldson, R., & Nel, E. (Eds.) 2016. Secondary Cities and Development. New York: Routledge. [Book chapter]
Small towns: Development potential or poverty traps? Making sure place doesn’t get preference over people. “Towards Carnegie III” Conference, Cape Town
3-7 September 2012. [Conference paper]

His publications as thought leader include:

2016-09-07	Business has a better option than Zuma or Gordhan – Freedom \| BizNews
2016-08-25	Bury NDP. State monopolies a double whammy – expert analysis \| BizNews
2016-07-29	Co-operatives: Set up for failure? \| Business Live
2016-06-29	Billions of rands have been spent on failed state-promoted co-ops … \| MG
2016-06-23	Cooperatives: has the dream become a nightmare? \| Econ3x3
2016-05-19	Political Alzheimers: Zuma’s Black Entrepreneurs’ Fund \| FIN24
2016-03-30	Drought bailout: If farmers, what of miners? Assistance that distorts dangerous \| BizNews
2016-03-30	The damage caused by the drought was last seen at R16 billion \| FarmingPortal
2016-03-10	Drought’s R16bn tsunami – small, medium towns at risk \| BizNews
2016-02-12	SA policy needs more than a change in coach – New, exciting game plan \| BizNews
2015-10-15	Parkeergeld laat Prellerplein se winkeleienaars rooi sien \| Volksblad
2015-09-20	Don’t burden larger enterprises for growth \| Fin24
2015-09-17	A Strategy bordering to smoking in a dynamite factory: A world record in co-operative failure \| MoneyWeb
2015-07-18	The ANC and the DA not barking up the right tree: SMEs no silver bullet for growth and jobs \| MoneyWeb
2015-05-15	Foreign small business wrongly targeted \| BDLive
2014-09-24	Time to acknowledge SMEs are not SA’s knight in shining armour \| BDLive
2014-02-13	State-owned Enterprises: The Python in the Garden of Eden \| IOL