C M Rogerson
Biographic Data
| ID | 208612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C M Rogerson |
| GIVEN NAMES | C M |
| FAMILY NAME | Rogerson |
| SIGNATURE | ROGERSON C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1306-8867 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 181 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 350 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 180 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
A Strange Case of Medical Tourism: Travelling With Tuberculosis in South Africa
This study represents a historical contribution to the niche of medical tourism. The context is South Africa during the late nineteenth-century, a period when flows of ‘invalids’, mainly from Britain, were encouraged to travel to the country in search of a ‘climate cure’ or relief from the ailment of tuberculosis or, more correctly, what at that time was known as ‘consumption’. South Africa’s climate was viewed as healthy which underpinned its em…
Unconventional tourism mobilities: Insights from an African business city
Recently, it has been urged that tourism scholars should accord greater research attention to the phenomenon of ‘unconventional tourism mobilities’. In the urban Global South where informality is the dominant feature and mode of urbanization, the need is most apparent. This exploratory study opens a window on the neglected mobilities of informal domestic business travellers to one African business city. Across much of urban sub-Saharan Africa, wh…
Digital dilemmas of families with young children – An exploratory study on a day in the life of Australian children’s data
The use of digital services and technologies have become integral to participating in civic life. However, with each interaction, data or information relating to the user is collected. In the case of children, data about them may be collected from before birth where others such as family members share information about them through posting on social media or signing up to services. In this exploratory study, we sought to uncover the digital dilem…
Navigating racialized tourism spaces: Apartheid South Africa’s ‘Green Books’
Racism and racial discrimination in tourism are attracting growing interest. the aim is to contribute to an emergent historical geographical scholarship on racism and racial discrimination in tourism. The greatest progress in exploring the historical bases and legacies of racism in tourism surrounds the Jim Crow era of segregation in the United States which has generated a growing literature. This study is novel as it examines the case of aparthe…
Bleisure and Informal Business Tourism in Harare, Zimbabwe
Extant research on the concept of bleisure is mainly in the context of the Global North or relates to travellers from the Global North. This investigation is the first in the environment of the Global South to examine the bleisure activities among informal business tourists. Using a survey of 700 informal business tourists in Harare, Zimbabwe, the results show that the accommodation choices and the bleisure activities undertaken by these informal…
Ostriches and Geotourism: The Evolutionary Pathway of a Small Town Tourism Destination in South Africa
Small towns are a critical tier in the settlement hierarchy. For many small towns tourism is a vital sector of local development. This paper contributes an historical perspective on small town destination development. Using archival sources the paper provides a window on the evolutionary development of one small town tourism destination in South Africa. The case study is Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape. During the late 19th century and early 20th …
Historical Perspective on Niche Tourism: Recreational trout fishing in South Africa
Niche tourism is an important focus in current tourism scholarship. Although the international literature on niche tourism is relatively recent in origin it must be acknowledged that niche tourism is not a new phenomenon and that many types of niche tourism have a long history. The aim in this paper is to address a knowledge gap in current niche tourism literature by examining its under-researched past with a case study of recreational trout fish…
Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952
The period 1944 - 1952 saw the rise and fall of the mobile markets of Johannesburg, an experiment in municipal food hawking. The scheme was an attempt to counter the high food prices of the period. Much controversy surrounded the introduction of the mobile food vans. At first the vans served the lower-income areas of White Johannesburg but later geographically extended their zone of operation into higher income suburbs. At the peak of the program…
The persistence of the casual poor in Johannesburg
This paper draws the attention of urban historians and historical geographers to the neglect of the casual poor in South Africa's cities, more particularly those in Johannesburg. Evidence is presented to show that the casual poor have been an ever-present constituent in the urban milieu. Their life-style and their modes of existence have so far received little attention. The occupations of the casual poor are those of the urban informal sector. I…
VFR Travel and Covid-19 Impacts: The South African Experience
COVID-19 had major negative consequences globally for travel for visits to friends and relatives (VFR), which is an under-researched segment of tourism. This paper responds to the need for extended research on VFR travel by examining the impacts of COVID-19 on the VFR sector and its spatial imprint in South Africa. VFR travel sector was second only to business travel in terms of the negative impacts of COVID-19 restrictions imposed in South Afric…
Depictions of Travel in a Portuguese Diaspora Community Newspaper in South Africa
The vast territorial expansion of Portugal during the colonial era resulted in a significant global diaspora network, with one such community situated in South Africa. Multiple waves of immigration from Portugal, its autonomous regions, and former African colonies have given rise to an established diasporic community in South Africa. Acting as a vital communication channel, the O Século de Joanesburgo newspaper played a crucial role in keeping th…
Peripheral Tourism Entrepreneurs in a Resource-Constrained Environment: Evidence From Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
The tourism industry is distinguished from many other economic activities by the dominance of small-scale enterprises and micro-firms. Small tourism firms are critical change agents for destinations, local economic development and poverty reduction most especially in peripheral regions. This paper is situated within a growing international literature on tourism entrepreneurship and specifically the characteristics and motivations of small tourism…
The End of Covid-19 and Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by the Hospitality Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health emergency in 2023. This study aims to review the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the hospitality sector in Africa in terms of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is based on a review of documentary sources on the nexus between COVID-19, SDGs and the hospitality sector in sub-Saharan Africa. The findings highlight that th…
Harare as a Destination for Informal Business Tourism: Perspectives of the Cross-Border Traders
Business tourism scholarship in the Global South is an undeveloped theme in international research. The phenomenon of business tourism in sub-Saharan Africa is urban-centred. This paper unpacks a critical dimension of business tourism in the African city, namely the activities of informal business tourists. Specifically, the focus is on Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city, as a destination for international informal business travellers. Using qualita…
Historical Geographies of Coastal Tourism: Mossel Bay, South Africa c.1850-1988
During the past decade there has occurred a burst of international research and debate on coastal tourism as part of the ‘blue economy’ including a growth of geography-specific scholarship. Arguably, however, within the extant geographical literature there is an overwhelming ‘present-mindedness’ and limited historical perspectives. This paper addresses this neglected knowledge gap by using an historical approach and archival sources to undertake …
Rural Tourism Firms in the Covid-19 Environment: South African Challenges
One consequence of the COVID-19-induced changing consumer travel preferences is growing demand from urban residents for open spaces and the experiences of rural destinations. This re-focuses attention on the challenges of rural tourism firms and of issues of developing rural tourism destinations. In extant international scholarship only limited studies have been undertaken for sub-Saharan Africa. This paper contributes to research debates on rura…
Covid-19 and Coastal Destination Impacts: The Case of South Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic underlines the importance of geography and geographical analysis to tourism scholarship. This paper utilises a spatial approach to examine the impacts of the pandemic on tourism flows and examine the comparative performance of coastal tourism destinations in COVID-times. The case research is on South Africa one of the worst-hit countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the pandemic. Existing international literature points to a ge…
Tourism Evolution in Rural South Africa: From Native Reserve to Apartheid Bantustans C 1920-1994
Historical research is valuable for understanding the evolutionary pathways of tourism destinations. The aim is to contribute to the historical tourism scholarship of rural destinations in the Global South. The focus is the development pathways of rural tourism in specific areas of South Africa, namely the rural (former) Homelands or Bantustans that were created by apartheid planning. The study uses an archival approach with material sourced from…
Niche Tourism in South Africa: A Renewed Policy Focus in the Covid-19 Environment
The COVID-19 pandemic is a catalyst for new patterns of demand and supply for the tourism sector. One consequence is a renewed policy interest in the importance of niche tourism products for destination development. This paper investigates the importance of niche tourism and its (re-) emergence on the policy agenda of tourism stakeholders in South Africa. It is argued that with a resurgence of niche tourism as policy focus there is a need for an …
African Tourism in Uncertain Times: Covid-19 Research Progress
COVID-19 is a trigger event which is changing the complexion of African tourism and the directions of African tourism research. This article offers an overview and commentary on the state of African research produced during the uncertain times of 2020-2021 in specific response to the immediate impacts and changes which have been catalysed by the pandemic. The article is a progress report to capture and profile the body of focussed contributions o…
Climate Change Risks and Tourism in South Africa: Projections and Policy
The challenge of climate change and tourism is an evolving international knowledge domain. South Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries with respect to projected climate change. For the national tourism economy climate change is a significant topic of concern. The objectives in this article are to present climate change projections and potential impacts for South Africa’s tourism economy and to critically analyse the policy landscape conc…
Coastal Tourism and Climate Change: Risk Perceptions of Tourism Stakeholders in South Africa’s Garden Route
Coastal tourism destinations are highly vulnerable to the ramifications of climate change. Research conducted in South Africa has identified the potential losses associated with climate change on beach or coastal environments as one of the largest concerns for the tourism industry. In addressing the challenge of climate change a critical research issue is advancing our understanding of the risk perceptions of tourism stakeholders. The aim is to i…
Urban Tourism in the Global South: South African Perspectives
Empowerment process in community-based tourism: Friend relationship perspective
This paper explores the ‘alternative’ empowerment roles of catalyst, facilitator and advocate in community-based tourism in the context of community development practice, drawing on findings from four community-based tourism (CBT) ethnographic case studies in Kenya. A ‘friend’ or ‘neighbour’ relationship is uncovered as a possible combination of these roles. The various roles may be points or positions in a continuum, a relationship that develops…
Inclusive tourism and municipal assets: Evidence from Overstrand local municipality, South Africa
Inclusive tourism is a major focus in international scholarship. The South African record is significant as national government addresses the apartheid legacy of the historical exclusion of black communities from participation in the mainstream economy. The objective is to examine the potential of leveraging state assets for achieving a more inclusive tourism economy. The specific focus is the use of municipal assets with evidence from the Overst…
Volunteer tourism: The case of Habitat for Humanity South Africa
Urban poverty and the informal economy in South Africa's economic heartland
The paper describes urban poverty and the informal economy in the economic hub of South Africa, the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region (which includes Johannesburg). Its findings show the limited possibilities for using the informal economy as a means of resolving pressing issues of poverty in South Africa's cities. After an introduction about the post-apartheid government's Reconstruction and Development Programme, the paper describes the…
Geographies of tourism development and planning
Development and planning have long been a focus of tourism geographers. Although the ideas of development and planning are complex and challenging to define and study, there is a strong agreement on the academic and societal relevance of their research in tourism geographies: tourism is a growth industry which requires holistic and future-oriented planning measures that minimize the negative externalities of tourism and guide the industry's growt…
Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals: Perspectives Beyond 2015
As 2015 approaches, debates about the contribution to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDGs) are growing in momentum. The aim of this review is to interrogate the potential contributions of tourism to the UN MDGs, specifically of poverty alleviation, and of how the relationship between tourism development and the UN MDGs has been framed in existing scholarship. It is argued that whilst the global tourism industry potentially ca…
Geography in a Changing South Africa: Progress and Prospects
Geography in the 1990s is a dynamic and diverse discipline. South Africa offers a particularly rich and fascinating subject for research because of its unique blend of First and Third Worlds and the challenges presented by political change. The nineteen contributors to this volume debate geographical issues which are at the cutting edge of contemporary local, and international research on South Africa. Environmental degradation, urban and rural p…
New Wave African Historiography and African Historical Geography
Urban agriculture in South Africa: Scope, issues and potential
Trekking on: Recent trends in the human geography of southern Africa
Industrial change in a developing metropolis: The Witwatersrand 1980–1994
The Changing Post-apartheid City: Emergent Black-owned Small Enterprises in Johannesburg
This paper is concerned with the post-apartheid city and the changing racial complexion of small enterprises developing in the inner city of Johannesburg, South Africa's most important urban centre. South Africa's new democratic government has identified the support and upgrading of small enterprises owned by blacks as a priority policy issue. Earlier research highlights a long tradition of negative official policy attitudes towards black busines…
Feeding the common people of Johannesburg, 1930–1962
Policy responses to informality in urban Africa: The example of Maputo, Mozambique
Transforming the South African tourism industry: The emerging black-owned bed and breakfast economy
Local economic development and urban poverty alleviation: The experience of post-apartheid South Africa
Flexible production in the developing world: The case of South Africa
The council vs the common people: The case of street trading in Johannesburg
Rural “development” planning under apartheid: Betterment planning in Lebowa, South Africa
Networking and learning for tourism innovation: Evidence from the Western Cape
This paper examines the nature of networking and learning by tourism firms in relation to accessing knowledge for innovation. In particular, the nature of tourism learning and networking, geography of networking linkages, and systemic characteristics of relationships between tourism firms, government agencies, higher education institutions, and other organisations in the Western Cape tourism system are examined. The analysis draws on 182 tourism …
Urban tourism and small tourism enterprise development in Johannesburg: The case of township tourism
Regional tourism in South Africa: A case of ‘mass tourism of the South’
Spatial development initiatives in Southern Africa: The Maputo Development Corridor
Spatial development initiatives (SDIs) are becoming a critical feature in the planning for reconstruction in post‐apartheid South (and Southern) Africa. The SDI programme marks a fundamental break with the trajectories and initiatives for economic and spatial planning of the apartheid past. The objective in this paper is to examine the record and developmental impact of SDI planning in South (ern) Africa through the lens of the most well‐known SD…
Local Economic Development in an Era of Globalisation: The Case of South African Cities
Since 1994 South Africa’s macroeconomic strategy has sought to accommodate the forces of globalisation and ensure the country’s re‐entry into the global economy after two decades (1970–90) of relative international economic isolation. One key component of restructuring for globalisation has been a shift in the burden of responsibility for economic development from national to local government level and of the promotion of local economic developme…
Transnationalism and Non-South African Entrepreneurs in South Africa's Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprise (SMME) Economy
Sally Peberdy, Christian Rogerson, Transnationalism and Non-South African Entrepreneurs in South Africa's Small, Medium and Micro-Enterprise (SMME) Economy, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 34, No. 1, Special Issue: Transnationalism, African Immigration, and New Migrant Spaces in South Africa (2000), pp. 20-40
Poverty and sustainable cities in South Africa: The role of urban cultivation
The Underdevelopment of the Informal Sector: Street Hawking in Johannesburg, South Africa
Within South African studies there has emerged a school of "urban research from below" stressing studies of the world of and economic existence of the "ordinary" or "common people" in the city. The present paper constitutes an exploration of the historical geography of the urban informal sector in South Africa, investigating the underdevelopment and changing complexion of street trading activities. The roots of a long-established tradition of sta…
Growth Point Problems-the Case of Babelegi, Bophutatswana
Jobs and their location provide the key to an understanding of the contemporary thrust of South Africa's 'separate development' policy. Within the country's present space economy, dominated by the four metropolitan complexes of the Southern Transvaal, Cape Town, Durban, and Port Elizabeth, this policy seeks to mould a new geography of employment opportunity for the blacks of South Arica. In this process, public policy-makers are attempting to dec…
The geography of the Afrikaner Broederbond in Namibia
The power and influence of the Afrikaner Broederbond in the Southern African political sphere has been analysed and assessed in a non‐spatial context. However, it is only when the spatial distribution of the organisation is revealed that the full dimension of its power may be interpreted in the unfolding political struggles within the subcontinent. This paper furnishes a ‘synoptic’ examination of the geography of the Afrikaner Broederbond in Nami…
Internal Colonialism, Transnationalization and Spatial Inequality
With the paradigm-shift in development studies from ‘diffusionist’ to ‘dependency’ views on world development several concepts are being newly introduced into development geography. This paper examines and reviews the two concepts of internal colonialism and transnationalization. The two concepts are located in the context of polar positions within the dependency paradigm as represented by reformist and radical views towards dependency. Some impl…
A Future 'University of Namibia: The Rôle of the United Nations Institute for Namibia
In the making of a post-independence Namibian society, there are few areas of agreement between the contending parties in the contemporary struggle for power. Nevertheless, both the South-West Africa People's Organisation and the South African-backed Turnhalle groups have expressed the need to establish tertiary-level education in Namibia. The absence of a university and an associated intellectual community means that, in Richard Moorsom's words,…
Trekking on: Recent trends in the human geography of southern Africa
Rural Underdevelopment, Poverty and Apartheid: The Closer Settlements of Lebowa, South Africa1
Decolonizing the Human Geography of Southern Africa
Getting by in the ‘Informal Sector’ of Soweto
Rural “development” planning under apartheid: Betterment planning in Lebowa, South Africa
New Wave African Historiography and African Historical Geography
Alternatives to influx control: Policy response to Urbanward migration in the third world
Commercialization and corporate capital in the sorghum beer industry of Central Africa
Guest Editorial
Teach the native to play: Social control and organized black sport on the Witwatersrand, 1920?1939
The survival of the ?informal sector: The shebeens of black Johannesburg
South Africa: Geography in a state of emergency
Feeding the common people of Johannesburg, 1930–1962
Reviving old technology: Rural handicraft production in Southern Africa
The council vs the common people: The case of street trading in Johannesburg
The Underdevelopment of the Informal Sector: Street Hawking in Johannesburg, South Africa
Within South African studies there has emerged a school of "urban research from below" stressing studies of the world of and economic existence of the "ordinary" or "common people" in the city. The present paper constitutes an exploration of the historical geography of the urban informal sector in South Africa, investigating the underdevelopment and changing complexion of street trading activities. The roots of a long-established tradition of sta…
Shisha Nyama: The rise and fall of the native eating house trade in Johannesburg
The business of keeping ‘Native eating houses’ has roots in the earliest days of the mining camp on the Witwatersrand and for the past century Native eating houses have constituted an important institution in the everyday lives and experience of the city's working classes. The task in this paper is to reconstruct the emergence, rise and recent demise of the Native eating house trade in Johannesburg. Issues of concern include the struggles surroun…
Urban management in a socialist transition: The case of Harare, Zimbabwe
The struggle for the streets: Deregulation and hawking in South Africa's major urban areas
Until the 1980s hawkers in South African urban areas were subject to a wellentrenched tradition of repression and persecution. A changing dispensation towards the informal sector is crystallizing as part of the State's urban reform initiatives. This study investigates current issues surrounding the deregulation of street trading in five major South African cities, viz., Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria. Considerable ge…
Aspects of urban management in Windhoek, Namibia
Defending apartheid: Armscor and the geography of military production in South Africa
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