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Cashing in on mobility: cross-border shopping and the political economy of the Zimbabwe-South Africa borderland

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This chapter discusses how cross-border shopping impacts on actors whose livelihoods are premised on mobility and facilitating these activities across the Zimbabwe��South Africa border. It critically assesses how these actors blur the lines by facilitating all kinds of border crossings including border jumping, excise duty-busting and smuggling. The border markets theory is used to explain why Musina, the border town on the South African side of the Zimbabwe��South Africa border, has experienced a retail boom.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32382333

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Local Economic Development and Planning

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162199804

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