22 research outputs found
The lived experiences of elderly women accused of witchcraft in a rural community in South Africa
No full textThis study examines the experiences, fear of being killed, and reactions towards accusations of elderly women, accused of witchcraft. The respondents were elderly women with an average age of 65 years who had retired in rural South Africa. They responded to semi-structured interview questions, aimed at documenting the accusations and insults, hurled at them daily by members of community. Thematic analysis indicated the community’s hostile reaction towards the women. The following themes and corresponding sub-themes were established: demographics, cultural factors, with sub-themes of old age and circumstances, surrounding death; and socio-economic factors, with sub-themes of poverty, unemployment, and jealousy. Based on their personal experiences, the community did not have concrete evidence of their accusations, which stemmed from external factors, over which they had no control. These findings were explained as being the authorities not protecting victims against all accusations. These accusations of witchcraft happened despite the protection of the constitution, the bill of rights and relevant legislation. In conclusion the law enforcement agencies must enforce the law to protect the elderly women in the communities
In search for a new identity after spousal death: the desire to remarry among young widows in South Africa
No full textThe study aims to understand the desire of young widows in South Africa to remarry again after the loss of their spouse. These young widows lose their husband at very early stage of their lives and are faced with the challenges of raising their children alone. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 young widows, no more than a year after their husbands’ deaths. They participate in the interview process to share the search for an identity after the spousal death. Data was analysed by using thematic content analysis. Their responses mainly highlighted their desire to remarry and escape poverty. The thematic analysis indicated that remarrying was influenced by age, sexual desire, financial pressure, companionship, and community pressure. The widows find it very difficult to find a perfect match, as many men of their age group are already married. They find themselves dating married men. This is as a result of the shortage of men of their age group. Four major themes emerged from the interviews, namely age of the widow, financial support, ccompanionship, and if ostracised by the community. The findings of the study revealed that there is a strong desire for young widows to remarry, and this desire is met with many obstacles they must overcome along the way. The study recommends that men must be gender sensitive when dating widows; they are human too and need to be treated with respect
A Critique of Molefi K. Asante's Afrocentricity
No full textAfrocentricity refers to a burgeoning cultural discourse that strives to locate the African-American at the center of all understanding. Yet, as a means for attaining psycho-social, cultural liberation, the Afrocentric “idea,” as put forth by Molefi K. Asante, has forgone this objective. The major weakness the author cites is the limiting of its social critique to race. In this thesis, the author seeks to initiate a critical recognition of some fundamental issues that affect the achievement of “collective” liberation. Included are references to the black male homosexual, as well as black lesbianism. While Asante restrics his comments to black male homosexuality, the author writes from an experience that is particular to being black, gay, and male. Methodology includes a discussion on the social circumstances and conditions that make Afrocentricity a worthwhile pursuit, a critique of the ideological tradition of black liberation struggles, and an exploration of the ideas and attitudes about black male sexuality in both dominant white culture and black community
The Silent Voices of the Migrant Domestic Workers in the South African Metropolitan: an Exploratory Study
No full textThe study's aim is explore the abuse of illegal migrant domestic workers from Lesotho nationals who do domestic work in the South African metropolitan. The women cross the border to escape poverty back home and to search for better lives for themselves and their families in a better-off neighbouring country. Although this may be beneficial for their families, the female migrants are vulnerable to exploitation. The respondents in this study were 10 migrant domestic who are Lesotho nationals working in South Africa metropolitan illegally without a valid work permits. They participated in interview process on their experiences of working as illegal migrant domestic workers in the South African city. The thematic content analysis revealed the following themes: exploitation, humiliation, physical and verbal abuse and sexual harassment. They reported because they are desperate for job they have no choice but to accept the treatment A proposed mitigation of the abuse is extending the Labour Relations Act of 1995, as amended, to include migrant domestic workers, which should enable them to report infringements of this and related statutory laws for prosecution. This study found that migrants who live with their employer are exposed to more severe forms of exploitation, humiliation, verbal abuse and sexual abuse at different stages of their migration process. The study argues that these migrant domestic workers' stories provide further evidence that legal protections must be put in place for migrant domestic workers in South Africa
An intervention strategy to enhance technical vocational education and training entrepreneurship education lecturers’ knowledge of content and teaching
No full textThe aim of this paper is to design an intervention strategy to enhance Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) entrepreneurship education (EE) lecturers’ knowledge of content and teaching. The objective of the study involved unpacking the literature regarding Pedagogical Content Knowledge or knowledge of content and teaching (KCT). The study adopted a critical emancipatory research (CER) paradigm, in which the criteria for quality were determined by advancing an agenda for equity, social justice, freedom, peace, and hope. A participatory action research (PAR) approach was chosen as an appropriate methodology because it provides for collaborative research, in which all participants contribute to the design of the framework. Regarding this study, it thus necessitated teamwork involving the teaching of entrepreneurship, which consisted of the lecturers, a parent representative, a head of department, two students, and a local entrepreneur. The data was generated and collected by means of discussions/formal meetings with team members. The data was analysed using van Djik critical discourse analysis (CDA). The findings reveal that Technical Vocational Education and Training college lecturers possessed poor knowledge of content and teaching. Therefore, there is a need for proactive intervention to improve the teaching of entrepreneurship
ENGLISH REMAINS MORE EQUAL THAN OTHER LANGUAGES AND CONTINUES TO COLONISE THE CLASSROOM: ACCOUNTING TEACHERS PERSPECTIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA
No full textThe housing careers of black middle-class residents in a South African metropolitan area
No full textUnder apartheid, black African households could not own land or homes in most major urban centres in South Africa. This limited residential mobility and locked many households into state rental accommodation in townships. Homeownership for all South Africans was restored in the mid-1980 s and the Group Areas Act was repealed in 1991.Democracy opened up economic opportunities previously unavailable to black people. This paper investigates the effect on black middle-class South African households’ residential mobility and housing careers. A retrospective cross-sectional survey of 244 such homeowners in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality determined their last five housing states. Changes in housing state indicated a steady improvement in housing quality, but tenure changes were not necessarily unidirectional—some had reverted to rental. More than 85% of the study participants had used mortgages to finance their housing career. Very few had financed their housing using own savings, an inheritance, or sale of a previous house, and not many had used the government subsidy. We found that housing careers are bridging the historical spatial racial divide in this municipality.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.OLD Housing System
M.K. Asante: “It’s Bigger than Hip Hop: Art, Race and Politics”
No full textIncludes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MPEG-4 video file: "Arts and Culture - Video - M.K. Asante: 'It’s Bigger than Hip Hop: Art, Race and Politics.'" By M.K. Asante. Author and filmmaker Asante delivers the annual Walter R. Murray, Jr., Lecture on Oct. 20, 2010 at the Commons Center. He takes questions after his lecture
Afrocentricity and the Argument for Civic Commitment: Ideology and Citizenship in a United States of Africa
No full text This article discusses an ideological framework, that is, a superstructure for continental civic commitment to African nationalism based on the perceived and practical relationships of Africans with each other. In an attempt to minimize the threats of regional, religious, or ethnic obstacles to continental integration and civic commitment to the continent, the author proposes both intellectual and pragmatic steps for continental integration. Using concrete examples, as well as generative source philosophies, myths, and traditional proverbs as fundamentals for the creation of a new ethic of politics, this article seeks to advance a deeper perspective on continental citizenship. </jats:p
