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⁴⁰ Ar/³⁹Ar and (U-Th)/He dating attempts on the fossil-bearing cave deposits of the Malapa and Sterkfontein hominin sites of the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa

- Makhubela, Tebogo Vincent

  • Authors: Makhubela, Tebogo Vincent
  • Date: 2015-04-22
  • Subjects: Argon-argon dating - South Africa - Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site , Geological time , Fossil hominids - South Africa - Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:13556 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/13697
  • Description: M.Sc. (Geology) , The Cradle of Humankind is a 47 000 hectare demarcated area with over three dozen fossil-bearing cave sites well known for the preservation of fossil evidence of early hominin taxa such as Australopithecus Africanus, Australopithecus Sediba, Paranthropus Robustus and Early Homo. As a result, a database of precise and accurate chronological data for fossil-bearing cave deposits of the Cradle of Humankind (similar to that for East African fossil sites) is very important, but developing one has proven extremely challenging. The main challenge is that the fossil-bearing deposits at the cradle are mainly complex breccias with a chaotic, localized stratigraphy and no association to any volcanic ash beds, unlike the East African deposits which are lacustrine and fluviatile deposits interbedded with volcanic ash layers. However, substantial success has been obtained recently through the combination of U-Pb dating of CaCO₃ speleothems and palaeomagnetic dating (magnetostratigraphy) after many attempts and unconvincing results from techniques such as biostratigraphic correlations, electron spin resonance on teeth and cosmogenic burial dating of the sediments. The problem with U-Pb dating of CaCO₃ speleothems is that this requires samples that are extremely clean (i.e. detrital-free) and have an appreciable U content (close to 1 ppm), and such material is at many sites not available...
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“Your father knows that you need all of this” : divine fatherhood as socio‐ethical impetus in q’s formative stratum

- Howes, Llewellyn

  • Authors: Howes, Llewellyn
  • Date: 2016
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/225454 , uj:22770 , Citation: Howes, L. 2016. “Your father knows that you need all of this” : divine fatherhood as socio‐ethical impetus in q’s formative stratum.
  • Description: Abstract: The observation that the Q people understood themselves as a new symbolic family, with God as Father, is certainly not new in Q studies. Likewise, it is not uncommon for an interpreter to mention during her analysis of an individual Q text that the instruction in question is motivated by imitatio Dei rhetoric. However, the pervasiveness of this link between Q’s theology of divine fatherhood and its socio‐ethical programme has not received enough attention in Q scholarship. In an attempt to redress this deficiency, the current article argues that the idea of divine fatherhood is the primary paradigm that informs, determines and motivates the alternative socio‐ethical programme of Q’s formative stratum. More than being just an interesting observation in relation to some Q texts, divine fatherhood and imitatio Dei rhetoric are central to the radical socio‐ethical programme of Q’s formative stratum. After an overview of Q’s selfperception as God’s symbolic family, the article will turn to the analysis of specific texts in Q’s formative stratum, first considering the theme of divine fatherhood, and then considering its socio‐ethical relevance.
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“Wondrous texture” : Henry James's brocades

- Scherzinger, Karen

  • Authors: Scherzinger, Karen
  • Date: 2015-06-24
  • Subjects: Brocade - History - 19th century , James, Henry, 1843-1916
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:5568 , ISSN 17535382 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14191
  • Description: This essay begins with a brief history of the cultural status of brocade in the nineteenth century and then offers a critical account of the ways in which brocade features in Henry James’s work. James’s association of brocade with the aristocracy and the metropole, and his treatment of it as both an embodied object and a metaphor, reveals the textile to be a significant index of a number of his abiding concerns. The essay concludes with a consideration of how brocade both supports and contradicts poststructuralist positions about the referentiality of things in James’s writing, as well as of how brocade provides a fitting analogy for his later style.
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“When we are laughing like this now, we are also being recorded by them”: Eliamani’s Homestead and the Complicity of Ethnographic Film

- Barnabas, Shanade Bianca, Wijngaarden, Vanessa

  • Authors: Barnabas, Shanade Bianca , Wijngaarden, Vanessa
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/404801 , uj:33965 , Citation: Barnabas, S.B. & Wijngaarden, V. 2019. “When we are laughing like this now, we are also being recorded by them”: Eliamani’s Homestead and the Complicity of Ethnographic Film.
  • Description: Abstract: Eliamani's Homestead is an unfiltered presentation of unequal power relations, othering, suspicions, misunderstandings, and the untranslated in an exchange between Indigenous hosts and their guests in a cultural tourism setting. A family of Dutch tourists visits a Maasai homestead in Tanzania, where Eliamani and her child have no food. The tourists take copious pictures of the women and children and haggle over the price of a bracelet—a common scene in cultural tourism encounters the world over. The discomforting exchange is all the more palpable when Eliamani breaks the fourth wall and reminds the filmmaker and viewer of their complicity. This film dialogue is part review, part conversation with the filmmaker who describes the process of making, editing, and screening the film, including audience and participants’ reactions. It situates Eliamani's Homestead within the ambit of ethnographic film, both illustrating visual ethnography’s complicity in cultural tourism and revealing its potential to offer its own critique when it maintains a multivocal approach that strives for dialogue with “the other” on both sides of the camera.
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“What would they do if you greeted?” The potentiality of greetings in the new South Africa

- Morgan, Karie L.

“We Need to Understand the Whole Story”: A Discursive Analysis of the Responses of Informal Support Networks to Help Seeking by Women Experiencing Abuse from Men in a Small South African Town

- Mwatsiya, Innocent, Rasool, Shahana

“We grew as we grew” : visual methods, social change and collective learning over time

- Walsh, Shannon

  • Authors: Walsh, Shannon
  • Date: 2012
  • Subjects: HIV prevention , Longitudinal research , Memory , Educational research , Social change
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: uj:6003 , ISSN 0256-0100 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8823
  • Description: Educational research using visual methods has the power to transform the society in which we live and the communities in which we work. We must not naïvely imagine that having the desire to make change in people’s lives will mean that it will happen, as sometimes there may be surprising, unintended negative repercussions as well. Other constraints, such as structural violence and institutional racism, can also intersect with the possibility of making tangible change through educational research using visual methods. Qualitative assessment with a longitudinal approach is one approach that can reveal both the impact, and the limitations, of educational research on social change. I discuss these issues through grounded examples from an HIV educational project that used visual methodologies with a group of youths in Cape Town, South Africa over a number of years. Almost ten years later we interviewed three of the former participants about what impact the work has had on their lives. Each has travelled a different journey and been faced with different constraints that have implications for the effectiveness of such work. Where are they now, and as adults, what do they have to say about the visual methodologies, memory, and social change?
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“Walking in love” as strategy to construct household identity in Ephesians 5: 22-6: 9

- Van Zyl, Charles

  • Authors: Van Zyl, Charles
  • Date: 2017
  • Language: English
  • Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/267851 , uj:28422
  • Description: D.Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies) , Abstract: In order to construct Social Identity, the Family Metaphor “walking in love” is considered in the Letter to the Ephesians as important in the passage Ephesians 5:22-6:9. Background information of the Roman Family will serve as the basis. The Social Identity Theory is used to construct this identity. By using this Theory, I am able to extract the information of the in-group and out-group and how it has direct bearing on how individuals interact with each other as depicted in the Letter to the Ephesians. Furthermore, this interaction is also made possible on how couples relate to one another in a marriage relationship. The work finds its finality on how individuals “walk in love” both in the marriage relationship as well as in South Africa at large. This study aims to employ the metaphor of “walking in love” (Eph 5:2) and its contextual meanings in order to activate the social dynamics of the interrelatedness between the members of the household, allowing an alternative construction of the household identity. Walking or living in love and living wise suggest mutuality rather than hierarchy in the Christian community. Therefore, the concept of “walking in or with” will be utilised to challenge the hierarchical structure of household identity. Furthermore, the study aims at applying the Social Identity Theory introduced by Tajfel to distinguish the identity of the members of the ingroup, namely the Christian household from the out-group; the gentiles. This distinctiveness is based on the groups’ social values, attitudes and beliefs and will be identified and utilised to constitute the intended identities both in the context of Ephesian community and that of the South Africa (see Chapter 1, p. 8). Chapter One serves as the introduction to the dissertation of the proposed field of study. Therefore, the hierarchical relationships...
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“Ubuhle bemvula” : the meaning of rain among the Xhosaspeaking pensioners of Zuurbekom

- Ntombela, Jabulile Julia

  • Authors: Ntombela, Jabulile Julia
  • Date: 2019
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/294456 , uj:32040
  • Description: Abstract: The current changes in our climate have sparked a growing interest in understanding existing knowledge and experiences in communities regarding changes and variations in the weather. However, the currently existing anthropological analyses of weather and climate focus on adaptations to local climate, temperature, and rainfall, and often do not engage studies of meaning making. While there are a vast number of studies that have focused on rainmaking, rainmaking rituals, and the symbolism of rain, previous work has failed to integrate the perceptions of those affected by rain in their studies because indigenous knowledge (IK) was not esteemed. This study aims to integrate the perceptions and knowledge of locals by framing them in a local setting. With a specific interest in humans’ natural attraction to rain and the need to fill the current gap in rain studies, the purpose of this research is to understand how the people of Zuurbekom make meaning of rain. Through employing an ethnographic approach, coupled with conversational and in-depth interviews with purposefully selected participants, this study reveals that the people of Zuurbekom have an intricate relationship with rain. Rainfall is not only recognised for agricultural benefits but it also has socio-cultural meanings. For the participants in this study, rainfall affirms their ascribed socio-cultural identities, acknowledges and sustains the relationship they have with their ancestors, and signifies purity. Lastly, rain creates and sustains individual, communal, environmental, and spiritual wholeness. The results obtained in this study could assist in understanding how the generation of meaning ultimately guides how local communities understand and adapt to current climate changes. , M.A. (Anthropology)
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“The scales were peeled from my eyes” -- South African academics coming to consciousness to become agents of change

- Idahosa, Grace, Vincent, Louise

  • Authors: Idahosa, Grace , Vincent, Louise
  • Date: 2018
  • Subjects: Agency , Structures , Transformation
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/285527 , uj:30880 , Citation: Idahosa, G. & Vincent, L. 2018. “The scales were peeled from my eyes” -- South African academics coming to consciousness to become agents of change.
  • Description: Abstract: For postcolonial societies, addressing the impact of the previous oppressive system in a bid to attain equity and social justice necessitates transformation in various spheres and sectors of society. As cradles of learning, research, and knowledge development, higher education institutions are one such sphere with a particular duty to contribute to, and embody, social transformation. However, almost 25 years after the country’s first democratic elections, the institutional cultures and structures of many South African universities still bear the imprimatur of past inequities. Existing research suggests that the success of transformation policies is influenced by the extent to which individual staff members exercise agency to effect transformatory practices. But what determines whether an individual becomes an agent of change? This paper draws on the experiences of ten academic staff members who have taken actions that can be said to have contributed to shifting in important ways relations and/or practices at one university in South Africa. It adopts a hermeneutic phenomenological lens to understand the lived experiences of participants of having agency and undertaking transformative actions. In taking this approach we seek an understanding of experience grounded within specific contexts. Analysis of the in-depth interviews with the participants suggested that the underlying catalyst which drives an individual to involve her/himself in actions toeffect change is ‘a coming to consciousness’. The paper explores the “coming to consciousness” narratives of the participants and argues that being ‘conscious’ is a necessary condition for being able to identify the discourses, practices and ways of being that perpetuate injustice. Recognising such discourses, norms and ways of being, enables the agent to then find ways of rejecting and changing such oppressive structures and cultures.
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“Terrible passions” : Vincent van Gogh’s Night café and A streetcar named Desire

- Grogan, Bridget M.

“Sister-Madam and Sister-Maid” : an exploration of the experiences of black women employers and employees in the domestic work sector in rural South Africa

- Bayane, Percyval

  • Authors: Bayane, Percyval
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Household employees - South Africa , Industrial sociology - South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/414564 , uj:34969
  • Description: Abstract: Domestic work remains the main source of employment, for marginalised Black women in South Africa. Historically, the domestic work sector involved Whites hiring Blacks as domestic workers. However, the demise of the apartheid system has led to a situation where some Black people also hire domestic workers. The hiring of family members and close friends – as domestic workers – by Black people is an emerging phenomenon in post-apartheid South Africa. However, the employment of kin as domestic workers in Black families is under-researched. Hence, this study focused on family domestic work in rural Limpopo – employing a qualitative and feminist approach to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of Black women performing familial domestic work. Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted with Black women hiring relatives or family members to work as their domestic workers. The study shows that familial domestic work is motivated by an expectation of reciprocal care among family members. People hire their relatives to receive assistance with domestic duties while the hired kin receive a financial compensation that helps them to provide for their families. Nevertheless, familial domestic work is characterised by challenges linked to the complex status of simultaneously being a relative and an employer/employee. This is because of the intersection of family ties and employer-employee relationships. Consequently, work aspects such as the employment process, contracts, and wages are negotiated in a familial context. Given that sisteremployers and sister-employees struggle to balance family and workplace relations, familial domestic work is characterised by challenges. Silence is employed as a mechanism to deal with these predicaments in a manner that helps to protect the family relation. On the one hand, familial domestic work is broadly humanising the domestic work sector through the harnessing of humane and family principles. On the other hand, familial domestic work symbolises the impact of capitalism on interpersonal relations in Black families, as the reciprocal caring practice is assigned a monetary value. , M.A. (Industrial Sociology)
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“Settlers and comrades”. The Variety of capitalism in South Africa, 1910-2016.

- Grietjie, Verhoef

  • Authors: Grietjie, Verhoef
  • Date: 2021
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/488542 , uj:44510 , Citation: Grietjie, Verhoef., 2021. “Settlers and comrades”. The Variety of capitalism in South Africa, 1910-2016.
  • Description: Abstract: Abstract The complexities of business in Africa is illustrated through the case study of economic and business development of the different countries. By the time decolonisation brushed across Africa from the late 1950s, South Africa enjoyed political independence under white rule, controlling a viable economy based on mineral and industrial capitalism. This paper shows the change in a powerful state-capitalist nexus from mining to the industry to ethnic or race-based ‘empowerment’. Contesting nationalisms between Afrikaners and loyal British imperial sympathisers, constituted the rationale for inward-looking economic policies for national economic development. The formation of unstable coalitions for market co-ordination managed market distortion to facilitate the development of the leading modern industrial economy in Africa, while the rest of independent Africa experimented with central planning, socialism and state-capitalism. This paper illustrates the peculiarity of capitalist development in Africa, specifically South Africa, considering the particular institutional contexts and broad business environment in which business acts strategically. South African business proactively engaged in a dynamic state/business relationship from national capitalism under minority rule, to an unstable balance of majority black capitalism, socialist worker welfare capitalism and tribal communalism. The manifestation of an unstable but unique state-business nexus involving market and non-market elements, adds innovation to the VoC framework
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“Settlers and comrades”. The Variety of capitalism in South Africa, 1910-2016

- Verhoef, Grietjie

  • Authors: Verhoef, Grietjie
  • Date: 2020
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/435833 , uj:37782 , Citation: Verhoef, G. 2020. “Settlers and comrades”. The Variety of capitalism in South Africa, 1910-2016.
  • Description: Abstract: The complexities of business in Africa is illustrated through the case study of economic and business development of the different countries. By the time decolonisation brushed across Africa from the late 1950s, South Africa enjoyed political independence under white rule, controlling a viable economy based on mineral and industrial capitalism. This paper shows the change in a powerful state-capitalist nexus from mining to the industry to ethnic or race-based ‘empowerment’. Contesting nationalisms between Afrikaners and loyal British imperial sympathisers, constituted the rationale for inward-looking economic policies for national economic development. The formation of unstable coalitions for market co-ordination managed market distortion to facilitate the development of the leading modern industrial economy in Africa, while the rest of independent Africa experimented with central planning, socialism and state-capitalism. This paper illustrates the peculiarity of capitalist development in Africa, specifically South Africa, considering the particular institutional contexts and broad business environment in which business acts strategically. South African business proactively engaged in a dynamic state/business relationship from national capitalism under minority rule, to an unstable balance of majority black capitalism, socialist worker welfare capitalism and tribal communalism. The manifestation of an unstable but unique state-business nexus involving market and non-market elements, adds innovation to the VoC framework.
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“Roadmap for sustainable biofuels / bioenergy in Southern Africa regulatory frameworks for improved development potential?”

- Modise, Theodorah

  • Authors: Modise, Theodorah
  • Date: 2017/05/02
  • Subjects: Dr. Thembakazi Mali , Biofuel plants , Biofuels regulations
  • Type: Book Discussion
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/235996 , uj:24145
  • Description: UJ Library in partnership with Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) invites you to a book launch: “Roadmap for Sustainable Biofuels / Bioenergy in Southern Africa: RegulatoryFrameworks for Improved Development Potential?” ABOUT THE BOOK: The book has been a cooperation project between KAS, the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), the Biofuels Research Chair and Water Institute at University of Stellenbosch for the last two years. Many studies have shown the growing need to produce cleaner energy and to stop climate change. Agenda 21, the Kyoto Protocol and other international agreements and determining national policy documents, emphasise the need to search for sustainable energy solutions and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. Biofuels could increasingly become part of a sustainable solution to a wide range of challenges – environmental sustainability in the face of climate change, energy security, rising geographical instability and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The book gives an overview of the scientific background of bioenergy and takes a critical look at possible risk factors for the environment and society by biofuel plants. A closer look is taken at the “socio-enviro-economic” impacts of biofuels with a focus on southern Africa. Furthermore the book provides a background on biofuel regulations from a comparative law perspective. The book aims to outline the potential to develop biofuels as one solution for climate change, energy security and socio-economic challenges. PRESENTERS: Henning Suhr, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung South Africa Professor Dr. Oliver Ruppel, Director Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Olga Chauke, Department of Energy DISCUSSANT: Njabulo Kambule, Energy Studies Lecturer – University of Johannesburg DATE: 02 May 2017 TIME: 09:00 to 11:00 VENUE: Chinua Achebe Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library, University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP: B DISCLAIMER: All events taking place in this venue may be photographed y Tuesday, 02 May 2017 to Theodorah Modise on licevents@uj.ac.za / 011 559 2264
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“Real” and commercial graffiti : perceptions amongst Johannesburg commercial graffiti writers

- Rabiega, Patrick Raphael

  • Authors: Rabiega, Patrick Raphael
  • Date: 2015
  • Subjects: Graffiti - South Africa - Johannesburg , Graffiti artists - South Africa - Johannesburg
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/59571 , uj:16547
  • Description: Abstract: ‘Real’ graffiti is a visual form of the hip hop subculture; young people who feel marginalised use it to express themselves by spray-painting on public surfaces. They do so to oppose mainstream society, from which they feel alienated and excluded; in the process they display a resistance identity. The original form of graffiti is illegal in many countries and is thus associated with danger and street culture. Graffiti writers who partake in illegal spray-painting feel a sense of solidarity within their group, especially when spray-painting to resist mainstream society. However, in contemporary society, using the visual style of graffiti has become popular in mainstream society – especially in music videos, advertising and merchandise – and in this way the subculture became mainstreamed. Commercial graffiti writers have been criticised for having forsaken the cause of graffiti, as they partake in the very mainstream society that graffiti is opposing. This study investigates how commercial graffiti writers in Johannesburg make sense of the perceived contradiction between ‘real’ and commercial graffiti. Through indepth interviews with Johannesburg commercial graffiti writers, it was found that they are acutely aware of the seemingly oppositional understanding of ‘real’ and commercial graffiti. However, they have very different ways of interpreting the tension between these two genres of graffiti. Even though some are graphic artists, most are engaged in commercial work part-time, often to support their studies or simply to supplement their income. One way of making sense of commercial graffiti work is to see the present commercial phase as a temporary phase in the lifetime of graffiti, which would not change the real essence of graffiti, because it is simply used to extract wealth from the very mainstream society which graffiti opposes. Some graffiti writers’ natural styles lend themselves to being simplified and adapted for consumption by the general public, and this ability is the envy of many other graffiti writers. Some graffiti writers said that they gained artistic skills by doing graffiti work. Although the study provides an insight into and understanding of the seemingly opposing worlds of ‘real’ and commercial graffiti, the findings cannot be generalised to a larger population of graffiti writers and are therefore only specific in the Johannesburg context. It is recommended that these ideas are explored in further research by enlarging the sample size, in order to elicit a potentially wider range of... , M.A. (Fundamental Communication)
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“Quintessential intersectional subjects” : the case of Zimbabwean domestic workers

- Nqambaza, Palesa Rose

  • Authors: Nqambaza, Palesa Rose
  • Date: 2016
  • Subjects: Foreign workers, Zimbabwean - Legal status, laws, etc. - South Africa - Johannesburg , Women household employees - South Africa - Johannesburg , Women foreign workers - Legal status, laws, etc. - South Africa - Johannesburg
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/227012 , uj:22965
  • Description: M.A. (Politics) , Abstract: The post-apartheid period in South Africa presented an opportunity for an increasing number of Zimbabwean women to migrate to the country, and many found employment as domestic workers. Because domestic work was not regulated by the government during the apartheid era, many employers exploited and abused their workers. However, since 1994, labour legislation such as the Basic Conditions of Employment Act has been extended to domestic workers, which resulted in the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers. While South African domestic workers should in principle be protected by these laws, the Act makes no mention of whether or not it also applies to migrant domestic workers. Furthermore, it appears that there is a misguided perception in society that labour laws do not apply to illegal immigrants. Therefore, the aim of this study was twofold: the first aim was to establish whether employers of Zimbabwean migrant domestic workers in Johannesburg adhere to the legislation that protects domestic workers (such as Sectoral Determination 7: Domestic Workers) and, secondly, whether the race, class, gender and nationality of the respondents have a bearing on the kind of treatment they receive at work and society in general. Put differently, the aim is to establish the lived experiences of Zimbabwean domestic workers. Based on 20 interviews conducted with Zimbabwean domestic workers from Johannesburg, the study found that while their experiences varied, the common thread among all of the respondents was that, to varying degrees, their employers did not comply with the provisions of Sectoral Determination 7. While a majority complied with requirements pertaining to remuneration and working hours, most employers contravened aspects relating to the registration of workers with the Department of Labour. Other obligations pertaining to contracts, job descriptions, maternity leave and UIF benefits were also largely breached by employers. The study also found that the respondents were subjected to multiple forms of discrimination on the basis of their race, gender, class and nationality, which made their experiences unpleasant. Some of the respondents were subjected to overt forms of racism and xenophobia manifested in name-calling and the use of separate...
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“Preventing HIV infection in Young Women : Key to an AIDS free Generation”

- Modise, Theodorah

  • Authors: Modise, Theodorah
  • Date: 2016/08/17
  • Subjects: Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Prof.
  • Type: Discussion
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/216372 , uj:21514
  • Description: The UJ Faculty of Health Sciences and the UJ Transformation Unit in partnership with the UJ Library invite you to a public lecture on “Preventing HIV infection in Young Women: Key to an AIDS free Generation” by Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Laureate for Africa and the Arab States Award Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim is the Associate Scientific Director of CAPRISA (Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa). Her research has focused on understanding the evolving HIV epidemic in South Africa and globally; factors influencing acquisition of HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women; and sustainable strategies to introduce ART in resource-constrained settings. Notably she was the Principal Investigator of the landmark CAPRISA 004 tenofovir gel trial which provided proof of concept for the use of anti-retrovirals to prevent HIV infection in women highlighted by Science as one of the Top 10 scientific breakthroughs in 2010. Her membership include: National Academy of Medicine (USA); African Academy of Science (Vice-President, Southern Africa), Academy of Science of South Africa; and the Royal Society of South Africa. DATE 17 August 2016 TIME 12:00 VENUE Chinua Achebe Auditorium (6th Floor), APK Library University of Johannesburg (corner Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park) RSVP By Wednesday 16 August 2016 to Theodorah Modise on licevents@uj.ac.za / 011 559 2264.
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“Oom Bey and Tannie Ilse”

- Ndabeni, Thembile

“Motherhood is hard” : exploring the complexities of unplanned motherhood among HIV-positive adolescents in South Africa

- Josephine, Adeagbo Morolake

  • Authors: Josephine, Adeagbo Morolake
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: motherhood , Adolescence , HIV/AIDS
  • Language: English
  • Type: Article
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/397909 , uj:33098 , Citation: Josephine, A. M. (2019). “Motherhood Is Hard”: Exploring the Complexities of Unplanned Motherhood Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019848802
  • Description: Abstract: For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. This period is argued to indicate a shift from girlhood into womanhood. However, this experience takes on new meaning when the woman is very young—an adolescent, who is still in school—and learns that she is HIV-positive. For such adolescent, becoming a mother, just like living with HIV/ AIDS, involves moving from a known, current reality to an unknown, new reality. To understand how HIV-positive adolescent mothers grapple with the demands and responsibilities of unplanned motherhood while living with HIV, this study explores the complexities of their experiences in South Africa. Drawing on qualitative methods, this study examines their meaning to motherhood while meeting their personal health needs. Through in-depth interviews conducted among 10 HIV-positive adolescent mothers living in Johannesburg, this article presents an empirical study of their narratives and how they negotiate these complexities in their unplanned new realities. Emerging themes from the interview transcripts were identified, coded, and analyzed thematically following an interpretivist approach. From the interviews conducted, it is evident that HIV-positive adolescent mothers perceive unplanned motherhood as difficult and this negatively affects their future childbearing decisions. Given the importance of motherhood and adolescents globally, this article advocates for feminist policies that would facilitate larger transformative narratives. It also recommends the implementation of relevant policy that would alleviate the difficulties of HIV-positive adolescent mothers generally.
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