Crush, JonathanTawodzera, Godfrey2025-10-292025-10-292024Crush, J. and Tawodzera, G., 2024. Informal pandemic precarity and migrant food enterprise in South Africa during COVID-19. Global Food Security, 43, p.100804.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100804https://hdl.handle.net/10566/21253International migrants were extremely vulnerable to pandemic precarity. Migrants in the South African informal food sector were severely impacted by the pandemic. A Pandemic Precarity Scale (PPS) is proposed for quantifying the impact on informal food enterprise. Three-quarters of the surveyed enterprises experienced intense pandemic precarity. A policy environment that mitigates informal pandemic precarity is essential to post-pandemic recovery.enpandemic precarityInternational migrantsSouth African informal food sectorPandemic Precarity Scaleinformal food sectorArticle