Cattle sales in KwaZulu : a systems based approach to an improved marketing strategy
Paul M. Colvin
The paper shows that the opportunities and prospects for a subsistence herder to engage in commercial livestock trading are severely constrained and defined by local circumstances. Before discussing the prospects for facilitating and upgrading cattle marketing activities in South African homelands such as KwaZulu the study examines the characteristics of formal and informal cattle sales in KwaZulu. (DÜI-Hns)