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Research Article

As jy arm is, is jy fokol! – poverty, personalism, and development: farmworkers’ experiences of neoliberal South Africa

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Pages 222-239 | Received 31 Jan 2021, Accepted 07 Dec 2021, Published online: 05 Jan 2022

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