ABSTRACT
This chapter uses Regulation Theory to understand the role of mobilities and immobilites in the political economy of South Africa. Historically, forced relocations and movement controls were used to regulate labour to accumulate capital. Since the end of apartheid, while deliberate state controls on mobility have largely been abandoned, the spatial legacy of those policies remain, and have in many cases been deepened by post-apartheid policy and political economy. Understanding the regulatory role of mobility can help policymakers to direct resources not only to maximise easy and just mobility, but towards an overall more just political economy.
