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Dens in Cato Manor’, Agenda, 3, 75-97</ref>). ''Shebeen'' queens were not always the owners of the ''shebeen'': some ''shebeen'' queens managed ''shebeens'' for men. ''Shebeen'' queens used their femininity and that of their female workers to encourage patrons into purchasing alcohol (Tsoeu 2009: 127<ref>Tsoeu, M. 2009. ‘Value Chain Analysis of the Formal and the Informal Economy: A Case Study of South African Breweries and Shebeens in Soweto’. MA thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, http://mobile.wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/7342/FrontPagesofFinalThesis.pdf?sequence=2</ref>). | Dens in Cato Manor’, Agenda, 3, 75-97</ref>). ''Shebeen'' queens were not always the owners of the ''shebeen'': some ''shebeen'' queens managed ''shebeens'' for men. ''Shebeen'' queens used their femininity and that of their female workers to encourage patrons into purchasing alcohol (Tsoeu 2009: 127<ref>Tsoeu, M. 2009. ‘Value Chain Analysis of the Formal and the Informal Economy: A Case Study of South African Breweries and Shebeens in Soweto’. MA thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, http://mobile.wiredspace.wits.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10539/7342/FrontPagesofFinalThesis.pdf?sequence=2</ref>). | ||
According to Hernando De Soto, the law on ''shebeens'' restricted economic growth under apartheid by limiting informal businesses (Marquez 1990: 209 | According to Hernando De Soto, the law on ''shebeens'' restricted economic growth under apartheid by limiting informal businesses (Marquez 1990: 209<ref>Marquez, A. 1990. ‘The Other Path by Hernando De Soto’, 10 B.C. Third | ||
World L.J., 10, 204-213, 3 March, http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj/vol10/iss1/9</ref>. ''Shebeens'' could have been legalised had the barriers to entering the formal economy been lifted, which could have enhanced economic growth and employment. Likewise, lifting barriers to entering the legal alcohol trade in the post-apartheid era could lead to economic development, but since 2010 moral and public health arguments have pushed legislation in a different direction. | World L.J., 10, 204-213, 3 March, http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/twlj/vol10/iss1/9</ref>). ''Shebeens'' could have been legalised had the barriers to entering the formal economy been lifted, which could have enhanced economic growth and employment. Likewise, lifting barriers to entering the legal alcohol trade in the post-apartheid era could lead to economic development, but since 2010 moral and public health arguments have pushed legislation in a different direction. | ||
The views of the African National Congress (the ruling party since 1994) and the Democratic Alliance (the official opposition party) illustrate the existing tensions regarding ''shebeens''. The ‘moral regeneration movement’ originated in the 1997 meeting between Nelson Mandela and key South African religious leaders, followed by the 1998 ‘moral summit,’ where Mandela spoke on the moral agenda for the regeneration campaign. The central problem discussed was crime (Rauch 2005: 16<ref>Rauch, J. 2005. ‘The campaign for moral regeneration in South Africa’, 25 | The views of the African National Congress (the ruling party since 1994) and the Democratic Alliance (the official opposition party) illustrate the existing tensions regarding ''shebeens''. The ‘moral regeneration movement’ originated in the 1997 meeting between Nelson Mandela and key South African religious leaders, followed by the 1998 ‘moral summit,’ where Mandela spoke on the moral agenda for the regeneration campaign. The central problem discussed was crime (Rauch 2005: 16<ref>Rauch, J. 2005. ‘The campaign for moral regeneration in South Africa’, 25 | ||