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Funding challenges affecting young emerging researchers with disabilities and without in South Africa
No full textPaper presented at the Science Forum South Africa, CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria, South Africa, 24 - 28 NovemberN/
The historic town of Grand-Bassam as an example of transmodern heritage
No full textPaper precented at the international Symposium on modern heritage in the antropocene, University College London, 26-28 OctoberInscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2012, the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam includes Quartier France, established in the 19th century as the first colonial capital of present-day Ivory Coast, and N'zima village inhabited by the N'zima kotoko (kctckc) people. Even a brief analysis of these two sections of Grand-Bassam juxtaposed with each other - their planning and development in the 19th and 20th centuries, structural and functional organisation as well as architectural variety - reveals the fundamentals of the Western modern/colonial project at play. Seen in this light, the Historic Town of Grand-Bassam reflects the core-periphery dynamic that, created by the coloniser, shaped relations between the Europeans and the local populations in this territory in colonial times. This paper, however, proposes a different lens to interpret the UNESCO World Heritage property, namely a decolonial framework of transmodernity, which allows to affirm the social, economic, political and cultural alterity of the African communities of Grand-Bassam and to appreciate the spatial organisation, built heritage and aesthetics of Quartier France and N'zima village as two distinct realities that coincide.N/
Introduction: governance and the politics of urbanisation and the urban poor in Africa: the historical context
No full textThe African continent is the most rapidly urbanising continent in the world. However, the challenges associated with this rapid urban growth are enormous, including growing slums, poverty and inequality, combined with weak government capacity. Thus, African cities are often seen as a threat or a challenge that needs to be managed. Many have argued that slums and bidonvilles should not be considered part of the urban cityscape in Africa. More theoretically, these have been viewed as appendages and parasitic towns that feed major African urban areas. Many have disputed this perspective, arguing that slums and bidonvilles have contributed to better economic outcomes and higher standards of living. It is, therefore, important that the definition of what constitutes an African metropolitan area should take into consideration these important peripheral towns. While it is obvious that African cities face major challenges, it is important to consider slums and bidonvilles as part of African metropolitan cities, principally because these slums and bidonvilles outperform the rest of the countries in which they are located. The gap between the economic indicators of the slums and bidonvilles and the national average figures is much larger than the corresponding gaps in many parts of the world.
A dictionary of Mozambican history and society
No full textThis book, now co-authored with Mozambican scholar Amelia Neves de Souto, is based on Colin Darch's Historical Dictionary of Mozambique (2019), with new entries, updated information, and the correction of some minor errors of fact and interpretation. Written primarily for a South African readership, the revised edition aims to make information on Mozambique easily available and affordable for readers interested in the history of one of South Africa's closest neighbours. Over several centuries, relations between the two emerging territories have been complex and sometimes troubled, and although the economies of the two countries have for many years been interdependent, the simple fact that Mozambique is officially a Portuguese-speaking country has acted as a barrier to understanding.
The emphasis is on contemporary history and society from the middle of the twentieth century onwards, with perhaps one-third of the entries dealing with topics and personalities from that period. However, the dictionary includes multiple entries covering the period before the arrival of the Portuguese in the late fifteenth century, as well as on the five centuries of their often precarious presence in Mozambique.N/
People living with HIV's perspectives of acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART: a qualitative study
Get PDFSignificant progress has been made in the HIV response in South Africa; however, gaps remain in ensuring engagement in care to support life-long medication adherence and viral suppression. The National Department of Health (NDoH) has introduced community-based and clinic-based HIV differentiated service delivery (DSD) models to tackle suboptimal adherence and retention in care. Nevertheless, differentiated care models require adaptation to better serve clients who struggle with adherence. There is limited research on the acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART in resource-constrained settings. The current study investigates the acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART among people living with HIV in South Africa.
Science engagement projects: 2022 Talent Development Programme cohort report
Get PDFCommissioned and funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)The Talent Development Programme (TDP) by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) aims
to increase young people's engagement with science by identifying talented Grade 11 and 12 learners
in mathematics and science and nurturing their knowledge and skills. The programme, managed by
the Stellenbosch University Centre for Pedagogy (SUNCEP), was delivered through a hybrid model in
2022, incorporating online sessions (live lessons, in-depth recorded lessons, and provincial tutor
sessions), as well as an in-person holiday school. The integrated Learner Management System (LMS),
developed in 2020, underwent refinement, and ongoing support, including the provision of necessary
resources (laptops/tablets and data), was ensured.
Comparing PrEP initiation rates by service delivery models among high risk adolescent boys and young men in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings from a population-based prospective study
No full textPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy that can reduce the risk of HIV acquisition by more than 90% if taken consistently. Although South Africa has been implementing PrEP since 2016, initially for
selected population groups before expanding access to more people, there is a dearth of research focused on PrEP among adolescent boys and young men (ABYM), despite them experiencing high rates of HIV infection. To address this gap, we compared PrEP initiation rates by service delivery points (SDPs) among ABYM in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Making ends meet: spatial and socio-economic variations during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa
No full textTo mitigate the ravages of COVID-19, governments across the world imposed limitations on human movement from early 2020 onwards. Such limitations were framed as aiming to achieve a balance between saving lives and livelihoods. One way to test the impact on livelihoods is to look at socio-economic metrics, and their spatial patterns over time. We draw on data from the UJ-HSRC national COVID-19 Democracy Survey, a nationally representative sample (n = 38 785), collected from April 2020 to July 2021. Changes in socio-economic and psycho-social conditions experienced by the adult population in South Africa are assessed. Whereas infection rates during this peak period of the pandemic reached about 5% of the population, with provincial variation
between 2% and 7%, the experience of hunger and/or fear affected more than one-third. Feelings of fear were dominant in those areas where livelihoods were most affected by the pandemic. In terms of economic distress, results in successive survey rounds indicated decreases in the large metropolitan areas, but increases in other
parts of the country. We claim that heavy-handed government mandated prohibitions could have been mitigated by nuanced, differential mitigatory regulations that factored in the diverse socio-economic conditions in a country such as South Africa.
Comparative study on the agrarian rural household economy-2023
Get PDFCommissioned by the Tshintsha Amakhaya, JuneThe main objective of the 2023 Agrarian Rural Household Economy (ARHE) study is to examine the lives and livelihoods of agrarian households in South Africa, including how they have changed over the past decade. In this study 'agrarian households' refers to three groups, namely i) small-scale farmers (referred to as 'farmers' throughout the report), ii) farm workers and iii) farm dwellers who work or live on the commercial farmland of others . The research focused on the living conditions, employment, agricultural production, and other livelihood activities of agrarian households, including their access to land, and security of tenure. The inquiry sought to identify factors that could improve the living conditions, mainly of women, and support self-organisation within rural communities. The research also sought to understand how land and agricultural policy reforms can enable food sovereignty and improve employment and economic opportunities, and how civil society activism can influence policy to uplift living standards within rural South Africa.N/
Exploring the role of spatial mismatch on educational attainment in South African metropolitan areas: spatial data analysis
Get PDFThe spatial location of job opportunities contributes to people's livelihood outcomes. Privileged communities are well located and have access to advanced educational systems, while poor communities are marginalized with deprived education outcomes. Understanding the influence of spatial mismatch on educational attainment requires information about job locations and education levels. Using a regression model, the study examined the role of spatial mismatch in explaining education attainment in South African metropolitan areas. Data were acquired per sub-place from Stats SA, CSIR, and GeoTerraImage. The regression models in all metros confirmed the relationship between spatial mismatch and educational attainment, which is valuable for area-based and people-based development approaches. The findings presented a significant relationship between spatial mismatch and educational attainment. Through the results, the study concluded that spatial mismatch is one of the significant determinants of educational attainment in South African metro areas.