The ‘Platformisation’ of Domestic Work in South Africa: A Shift Towards Marginal Formalisation and Deepening Informalisation of Domestic Work Employment
Digital platform technologies have brought about a new labour form in the occupation of domestic work, in which domestic cleaning work is now being managed and organised virtually through an online platform, or ‘app’, operated by private technology companies and provided to householders on a conveni...
Main Author: | Tengetile Nhleko |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Johannesburg
2023-09-01
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Series: | The Thinker |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/2678 |
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