Curriculum Vitae. Baccalaureus Commercii Honores (BCom Hons) cum laude

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1 Curriculum Vitae 1. General information Title, name and surname: Professional registrations: Professor Derick Blaauw 2. Qualifications Doctor Commercii (DCom) Economics University of Johannesburg Year obtained: 2010 Magister Commercii (MCom) cum laude Money and Banking University of the Free State Year obtained: 2004 Magister Commercii (MCom) Economics University of the Orange Free State Year obtained: 1995 Baccalaureus Commercii Honores (BCom Hons) cum laude Economics University of the Orange Free State Year obtained: 1993 Baccalaureus Commercii (Law) (BCom Law) Law University of the Orange Free State Year obtained: Commercialisation of expertise Prof Blaauw s research interests are mainly in the field of labour and development economics. His current work focuses on the socio-economic dynamics of vulnerable groups in the informal economy, such as car guards, day labourers and waste pickers. Other areas of research include the potential economic impact of green energy projects in the Northern Cape and the role of labour brokers in South Africa s labour market 4. Publications International publications: Blaauw, P.F. & Krugell, W.F Micro-evidence on day labourers and the thickness of labour markets in South Africa. South African Journal of Economic Management Sciences, forthcoming.

2 Blaauw, P.F., Botha, I., Schenck, I. & Schoeman, C Happy in the informal economy? A case study of wellbeing among day labourers in South Africa. International Business & Economics Research Journal, 12(6): Blaauw, P.F., Pretorius, A.M., Schoeman, C.H. & Schenck, C.J Explaining migrant wages: The case of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa. International Business & Economics Research Journal, 11(12): Van Zyl, A. & Blaauw, P.F An integrated project aimed at improving student success. Africa Education Review, 9(3): Schenck, R. & Blaauw, P.F The work and lives of street waste pickers in Pretoria - a case study of recycling in South Africa s urban informal economy. Urban Forum, 22(4): Schoeman, C.H., Botha, I. & Blaauw, P.F Labour conflict and the persistence of macro underemployment in South Africa, South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, NS 13(3): Harmse, A, Blaauw, P.F. & Schenck, R Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa. Urban Forum, 20(4): Mantso, M. & Blaauw, P.F The role of the municipal bond market in municipal infrastructure development in South Africa: an exploratory study. Africa Insight, 39(2):1-12. Pretorius, A.M. & Blaauw, P.F Local economic development agencies in South Africa: six years later. South African Journal of Economic History, 23(1 & 2): National publications: Blaauw, P.F. & Pretorius, A.M The determinants of subjective well-being in South Africa: An exploratory enquiry. Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 6(1): Matjeke, A., Viljoen, K. & Blaauw, P.F The effect of labour market regulation for domestic workers in Orchards and Soshanguve, Pretoria. South African Journal of Human Resource Management / Suid- Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 10(1):Art. #330, 11 pages. Schenck, R., Xipu, L. & Blaauw, P.F What happens

3 during those long hours next to the road? An exploratory study of three informal day-labour hiring sites in Tshwane. Social Work, 48(1): Viljoen, K., Schenck, C.J. & Blaauw, P.F The role and linkages of buy-back centres in the recycling industry: Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Acta Commercii, 12:1-12. Mears, R. & Blaauw, P.F Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of selected rural villages in the Nwanedi river basin. Africanus: Journal of Development Studies, 41(2): Blaauw, D., Viljoen, K. & Schenck, R Life is not pap and vleis : Poverty in child-headed households in Gauteng. Social Work, 47(2): Mears, R. & Blaauw, P.F Levels of poverty and the poverty gap in rural Limpopo. Acta Commercii, 10: Blaauw, P.F. & Bothma, L.J The impact of minimum wages for domestic workers in Bloemfontein, South Africa. South African Journal of Human Resource Management / Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Menslikehulpbronbestuur, 8(1): Art. #216, 7 pages, DOI: /sajhrm.v8i Schoeman, C.H., Blaauw, P.F. & Pretorius, A.M An investigation into the determinants of the South African unemployment rate, Acta Academica, 40(3): Schenck, C.J. & Blaauw, P.F Day labourers in Pretoria, Windhoek and the United States: A comparison of two capitals and a different world. Acta Commercii, 8: Blaauw, P.F., Pretorius, A.M., Louw, H. & Schenck, C.J The socio economic reality of being a day labourer in Pretoria. Social Work, 43(3): Blaauw, P.F. & Pretorius, A.M Day labourers in Pretoria entrepreneurial spirit in action or survivors in a cul de sac? South African Journal of Human Resource Management, 5(1): Papers presented (From recent to past past seven years ) International papers: IISES, 7 th International Academic conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 1-4 September Paper: Waste

4 Pickers in the Free State Province South Africa: From welfare to integrated development. (Co-authors: Prof Rinie Schenck & Ms Kotie Viljoen). Department of Social Work, University of the Western Cape, 23 May 2013, Bellville. Paper delivered as part of seminar with Prof Nik Theodore, Associate Professor, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago entitled: The invisible and unregulated world of Domestic work in the US. Paper: A decade of minimum wages for domestic workers in South Africa. (Co-author: Dr Louis Bothma). Scotland, April Paper: Determinants of the subjective well-being of day labourers in South Africa. (Co-authors: Dr Ilse Botha). Scotland, 4-6 April Paper: Minimum wages and employment conditions for domestic workers in Orchards and Soshanguve, Pretoria a comparative case study. (Co-authors: Mr A. Matjeke & Mrs J.M.M Viljoen). Scotland, 4-6 April Paper: The socio economic aspects of day labouring in South Africa. (Co-authors: Dr Christie Schoeman and Prof Rinie Schenck). Eighth African Finance Journal Conference, Windhoek, April Paper: Housing finance in South Africa: policy and practice. (Co-authors: Mr LC Radikeledi & Dr J.A. de Beer). International Conference for Academic Disciplines, La Baume, Aix-en-Provence, France, 7-10 June Paper: Recycling in South Africa s urban informal economy - the work and lives of street waste pickers in Pretoria. (Coauthor: Prof Rinie Schenck). International Journal for Arts and Science conference, The American University of Rome, Rome, Italy, 31 October to 3 November Paper: Disconnected and marginalized: from exclusion to inclusion: Day labourers and waste pickers in Pretoria, South Africa (Co-authors: Prof Rinie Schenck & Ms Kotie Viljoen). European Association Comparative Economic Studies, 11th Bi-annual Conference, University of Tartu, Estonia, August Paper: A comparative study of the day labour market in the United States of America, South Africa and India. (Co-authors: Dr Christie Schoeman and Prof Rinie Schenck).

5 Fourth International Business Conference, Victoria Falls, Zambia, October Paper: Micro-evidence on day labourers and the thickness of labour markets in South Africa. (Co-author: Prof W.F. Krugell). Fourth International Business Conference, Victoria Falls, Zambia, October Paper: Determinants of the subjective well-being of day labourers in South Africa. (Co-authors: Dr I. Botha & Dr C.H. Schoeman). University of Namibia, 1 st International Conference on Accounting and Finance, Windhoek, Namibia, July Paper: Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa (Co-authors: Dr Alet Harmse & Prof Rinie Schenck). Value 2008: Creating, Developing and Delivering Value in Africa in the Global Context, organised by the Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sun City, North West Province, South Africa, May Paper: Do waiters get their fair share? A case study of waiters in Kempton Park. (Co-author: Mrs Kotie Viljoen). Value 2008: Creating, Developing and Delivering Value in Africa in the Global Context, organised by the Faculty of Economic and Financial Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sun City, North West Province, South Africa, May Paper: Demographic characteristics of selected rural villages in the Nwanedi River basin. (Co-authors: Prof R Mears, P Jagals & Prof L Greyling). Athens Institute for Education and Research, 3rd International Symposium on Economic theory, policy and applications, Athens, Greece, 4-7 August Paper: Do Waiters get their Fair Share? Case Study on the Working Conditions of Waiters in Kempton Park (South Africa) (Co-author: Mrs Kotie Viljoen). Scotland, 2-4 April Paper: Minimum wages for domestic workers in South Africa a decade onwards. (Co-author: Dr LJ Bothma). Scotland, 2-4 April Paper: Unemployment in South Africa : a configuration concern for future employment. (Co-author: Dr C Schoeman). National papers: Sustainability week, July 2013, Vision Zero Waste, Sandton Convention Centre, 24 July Paper: The

6 voice of the street waste pickers on the move. (Coauthors: Mrs Kotie Viljoen & Prof Rinie Schenck) South African Reserve Bank (SARB), Staff Seminar, 30 October 2013, Pretoria. Paper: The informal economy: A South African perspective. University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences: Annual Research Day, 19 September Paper: Poverty, wellbeing and vulnerability in Namibia (Co-author: Prof Rinie Schenck). Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein - South Africa, September Paper: Location, location, location does it matter for the subjective well-being of day labourers in South Africa s provinces? (Co-author: Dr I. Botha). Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein - South Africa, September Paper: Happiness among first year students, does orientation programmes make a difference? (Co-author: Ms M Pretorius). Africa, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein - South Africa, September Paper: Barriers that prevent street waste pickers from improving their socioeconomic conditions. (Co-authors: Ms Kotie Viljoen & Prof Rinie Schenck). Research Workshop: A country of migrants: Advances in South African economic history, hosted by Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University, 4-5 December Paper: Migrants in the informal economy of South Africa. (Coauthor: Prof Waldo Krugell). CSIR, National Workshop, Human capital development for an innovative waste sector, Knowledge Commons, CSIR Campus, Pretoria, 11 & 12 July Paper: The Invisible Human Capital in the Waste System: Informal Waste Pickers and Buy-back Centres. (Co-authors: Mrs J.M.M. Viljoen & Prof C.J. Schenck). University of the Western Cape, Faculty of Community and Health Sciences: 1st Annual Research Day, 11 October Paper: Unrecognised experts in the waste system: Waste Pickers in Three Municipalities in the Free State (Co-authors: Prof Rinie Schenck, Mrs Kotie Viljoen & Anmar Pretorius).

7 Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), School of Government, EMS Faculty, University of the Western Cape, 19 July Paper: Living on what others throw away, waste pickers and Buy Back Centers in Pretoria and Bloemfontein. (Co-authors: Prof Rinie Schenck & Mrs Kotie Viljoen). 4th Public Economics Workshop, hosted by Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Stellenbosch Institute for Advance Studies (STIAS), University of Stellenbosch - Stellenbosch, 3-4 May Paper: Micro-evidence on day labourers and the thickness of labour markets in South Africa. (Co-author: Prof WF Krugell). XVII South African Sociological Association (SASA) Congress, University of Pretoria, July Paper: Disconnected and marginalised: the work, lives and relationships of day labourers and street waste pickers in Pretoria. (Co-author: Prof CJ Schenck). Africa, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch - South Africa, 4-7 September Paper: Being a Zimbabwean day labourer in South Africa. (Co-author: Mrs AM Pretorius). Africa, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch - South Africa, 4-7 September Paper: The determinants of migrant wages in South Africa: the case of Zimbabwean day labourers. (Co-author: Mrs AM Pretorius). Keynote Speaker at the Annual Small Business Summit 2011 of the Department of Trade & Industry, President Hotel, Bloemfontein, South Africa, October Paper: The informal sector: an African perspective. 22nd Annual Conference of the Southern Africa Institute for Management Scientists (SAIMS), Mpekweni Beach Resort, September Paper: What happens during those long hours next to the road? An exploratory study of three informal day-labour hiring sites in Tshwane. (Co-authors: Prof CJ Schenck & Mr L Xipu). Africa, Feather Market Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth - South Africa, 7-9 September Paper: Exchange rate volatility and unemployment in emerging market countries. (Co-author: Mrs AM Pretorius). Africa, Feather Market Convention Centre, Port Elizabeth - South Africa, 7-9 September Paper: A decade of

8 minimum wages for domestic workers in South Africa. (Co-author: Dr Louis Bothma). 7th Biennial Conference of the Society of South African Geographers: Environment and Society: Changes, impacts and reactions, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, 8-11 July Paper: Day Labourers in the South African space-economy. (Coauthors: Dr Alet Harmse, Prof Rinie Schenck & Mrs Huma Louw). 6. Research NRF rating and year rated:

1. Member of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) 2. Member of the International Society of Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS)

1. Member of the Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA) 2. Member of the International Society of Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) 1 CURRICULUM VITAE: TALITA GREYLING ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1. B.Com (Economics) UOFS 2. B.Com (Hons) Economics UOFS 3. M.Com (Economics) 1995 (RAU) 4. PhD (Economics) 2014 (University of Johannesburg)