Publications overview
Journal Articles
2026
Das Nair, R., Chisoro, S. (2026). Barriers to Entry, Governance and Power Dynamics that Shape Inclusion and Participation of Historically Disadvantaged Wine Producers in South Africa. The European Journal of Development Research DOI: 10.1057/s41287-025-00729-1
2025
Atal, M. R., & Mondliwa, P. (2025). Afrofuturist ambiguities: Inclusion and consolidation in South African digital finance. Big Data & Society, 12(3).
Alford, M., Chisoro, S., das Nair, R. and Ponte S. (2025). Due diligence regulation and sustainability governance in value chains: Lessons from the South African wine sector, Regulation & Governance 1–16. DOI: 10.1111/rego.70038
Goga, S., & Roberts, S. (2025). Concentration and competition from global to local: The Southern African poultry industry. Competition & Change, 0(0). DOI: 10.1177/10245294251344362
2024
Padayachie, K. M. (2024). Has competition law enforcement been effective in South Africa? Development Southern Africa, 42(2), 228–250. DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2024.2408655
Goga, S. and Bell, J. (2024). Industrialization, decarbonization, and sustainability: The role of development finance and implications for inequality. Development Southern Africa, pp.1-19.
Bowman, A. and Chisoro, S. (2024). Inclusive agro-industrial development and sectoral systems of innovation: insights from South Africa. Innovation and Development, DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2024.2312311
2023
Roberts, S. (2023). Competition, trade, and sustainability in agriculture and food markets in Africa, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 39(1), Spring 2023, 147–161.
Roberts, S., Simbanegavi, W., and Vilakazi, T. (2023) Cementing regional integration or building walls? Competition, cartels and regional integration in the cement industry in Africa, The World Economy 46(2), 303-495.
WORKING PAPERS
2026
Mahuma, A. and Roberts, S. (2026). Cracks or chasms in international merger review? A note drawing from recent agri-food cases. CCRED Working Paper Series 2026/01.
Chisoro, S. and Ncube, S. (2026). Barriers to finance and export market participation among Historically Disadvantaged citrus farmers in South Africa. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
Bosiu, T. (2026). Women Creating Wealth: A study of finance and market access for women-owned SMMEs in South Africa’s poultry value chain. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
Muzyamba, C.M. (2026). Women Creating Wealth: A study of finance and market access for women-owned SMMEs in South Africa’s wine value chain. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
2025
Ncube, S., Chisoro, S. and Landani, N. (2025). Mapping farmer support programmes and policies in South Africa’s citrus industry. A Sectoral Policy Gap Analysis. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
Bosiu, T. (2025). Meaningful participation of women producers in South Africa’s poultry value chain. A Sectoral Policy Gap Analysis. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
Muzyamba, C.M. and Nontenja, N. (2025). Meaningful participation of women producers in South Africa’s wine value chain. A Sectoral Policy Gap Analysis. Women Creating Wealth in Agricultural Value Chains (CCRED-GMT).
2024
Landani, N., Mahuma, A. and Roberts, S. (2024). Competition issues in soybean to poultry markets in Tanzania. CCRED (AMO) Working Paper Series 2024/01.
Mahuma, A., Landani, N. and Roberts, S. (2024). The state of competition in Tanzania’s fertilizer markets. CCRED (AMO) Working Paper Series 2024/02.
2023
Avenyo, E., Bosiu, T. and Nyamwena, J. (2023). Localisation in South Africa: Analysis of key emerging issues. CCRED Working Paper Series 2023/01.
Bell, J.F., Goga, S., Muzyamba, C., Nyamwena, J. and Avenyo, E.K. (2023). Navigating the European Union’s Green Deal in at-risk agro-food sectors in South Africa: Case of citrus and wine. CCRED Working Paper Series 2023/02.
Bosiu, T., Goga, S. and Nyamwena, J. (2023). Scaling up South Africa’s Black Industrialist Scheme (BIS): Opportunities and Challenges. CCRED Working Paper Series 2023/03.
Klaaren, J., Moothoo Padayachie, K. and Shedi, O. (2023). The impact of competition law remedies on public interest. CCRED Working Paper Series 2023/04.
UNU-WIDER Papers
2021
Nsomba, G. (2021). The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development Community. WIDER Working Paper 2021/126.
Nsomba, G. and Vilakazi, T. (2021). Barriers to entry and the role of African multinational corporations. WIDER Working Paper 2021/143.
2020
Das Nair, R. and Landani, N. (2020). Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation. WIDER Working Paper 2020/38.
Paelo, A. and Robb, G. (2020). Competitive dynamics of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. WIDER Working Paper 83/2020.
BOOKS
2021
Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S. and Tregenna, F. (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa. The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press.
2020
Vilakazi, T. Goga, S. and Roberts, S. (2020). Opening the South African Economy: Barriers to entry, regulation and competition. HSRC Press.
2019
Roberts, S., Klaaren, J. and Valodia, I. (2019). Competition and Regulation for Inclusive Growth in Southern Africa. Jacana Media.
BOOK chapters
2023
Das Nair, R. and Bell, J.F. (2023). Post-1994 sectoral evolution and structural transformation in the automotive and agro-processing manufacturing sub-sectors and the grocery retail sector. In Mohamed, S., Ngoma, A. and Baloyi, B. (Eds.), The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy. Faultlines and Futures. Johannesburg: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.
Vilakazi, T. and Bosiu, T. (2023). The evolution of South Africa’s economic structure: Key trends amongst the top 100 firms on the JSE. In Mohamed, S., Ngoma, A. and Baloyi, B. (Eds.), The Evolving Structure of South Africa’s Economy. Faultlines and Futures. Johannesburg: Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection.
Bonakele, T., Das Nair, R., & Roberts, S., 2022. Market Inquiries in South Africa. In M. Motta, M. Peitz, & H. Schweitzer (Eds.), Market Investigations: A New Competition Tool for Europe? (pp. 291-319). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.