Decline and response in South Africa’s Free State goldfields: Local economic development in Matjhabeng

International Development Planning Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 249-269

  Nel, Etienne ^a   Binns, Tony ^b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1642471426     PISSN: 14746743     EISSN: 14783401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/idpr.24.3.2     Document Type: Article

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