Both fragile and robust, South Africa’s municipal markets keep its citizens fed
Dr Justy Range loves the elegance of South Africa’s municipal markets, often called unique for the way it calls into existence a sphere of trading seemingly governed by an ‘invisible hand’.
“And unique it is: this model is not found anywhere else in the world, either in its form or its scale. But this uniqueness is both its strength and its weakness,” he cautions.
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