Capps, Gavin (2018) Custom and exploitation : rethinking the origins of the modern African chieftaincy in the political economy of colonialism. Journal of Peasant Studies, 45(5-6), pp. 969-993. ISSN (print) 0306-6150

Capps, Gavin and Malindi, Stanley (2017) Dealing with the tribe : the politics of the Bapo/Lonmin royalty-to-equity conversion. (Working Paper) Johannesburg, South Africa : Society Work and Development Institute (SWOP Institute) University of Witwatersrand. 40 p. (Working paper, no. 8)

Capps, Gavin (2016) Tribal-landed property : the value of the chieftaincy in contemporary Africa. Journal of Agrarian Change, 16(3), pp. 452-477. ISSN (print) 1471-0358

Mnwana, Sonwabile and Capps, Gavin (2015) 'No chief ever bought a piece of land!' Struggles over property, community and mining in the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela Traditional Authority Area, North West Province. (Working Paper) Johannesburg, South Africa : Society Work and Development Institute (SWOP Institute) University of Witwatersrand. 46 p. (Working paper, no. 3)

Capps, Gavin and Mnwana, Sonwabile (2015) Claims from below : platinum and the politics of land in the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela traditional authority area. Review of African Political Economy, 42(146), pp. 606-624. ISSN (print) 0305-6244

Capps, Gavin (2015) Labour in the time of platinum. Review of African Political Economy, 42(146), pp. 497-507. ISSN (print) 0305-6244