Chair: Helena Perez Nino

1. Sonwabile Mnwana - Between ‘locals’ and ‘foreigners’: Mining and rural politics of belonging on the platinum belt, South Africa. (SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand)
2. Popopo Jonas Mohlala- Mining, youth participation and community development on the platinum belt. (SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand)
3. Ben Scully- Rural-Urban Linkages in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from the Eastern Cape of South Africa. (University of Witwatersrand)
4. Eromose Ebhuoma and Danny Simatele- Defying the odds: Climate variability, asset adaptation and food security nexus in the rural Delta state of Nigeria. (University of Witwatersrand)
5. Babalwa Sishuta and Vanessa Macholowe - Reproducing under-development and unequal power relations: the paradox of rural areas in South Africa. (Rhodes University)