Economic experiences and sustainable livelihoods of single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa
- Authors: Raniga, Tanusha , Boecker, Michael , Mthembu, Maud
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Single mothers , Sustainable livelihoods , Human capital
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/405869 , uj:34100 , Citation: Raniga, T., Boecker, M. & Mthembu, M. 2019. Economic experiences and sustainable livelihoods of single mothers employed in the formal work sector in Germany and South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This article seeks to disrupt the dominant discourses of victimhood related to single-mother family status. Drawing on a sustainable livelihood framework, we present data from in-depth interviews held with 25 single mothers sampled in Hagen, Germany, and in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. We discuss how participants engaged in positive human capital development, building social capital and tapped into multiple income streams for economic security. Given the intersectional injustices that single mothers face, the strengths the women drew on in their lives is worth noting. We conclude that single mothers have created a new narrative for themselves beyond a pathological one.
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Poverty alleviation, social protection policy and sustainability of economic development co-operatives : voices of women residing in Bhambayi, Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa
- Authors: Raniga, Tanusha
- Date: 2019
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/402927 , uj:33741 , Citation: Raniga, T. 2019. Poverty alleviation, social protection policy and sustainability of economic development co-operatives : voices of women residing in Bhambayi, Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: This is one of a series of articles which endeavors to advance empirical data in the field of social protection policy and feminization of poverty. Using participatory action methodology, the author presents evidence from 24 women who implemented three economic development cooperatives spearheaded by the University of KwaZulu-Natal Community Outreach and Research Organisation. Underscored by social justice, asset-based and sustainable livelihood frameworks, the author presents their biographical profile and discusses two themes; intrapersonal challenges, power and group relations which were perceived as obstacles to the sustainability of the projects. This article concludes with considerations for enhancing the sustainability of economic development cooperatives.
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Xenophobic experiences of foreign African women residing in a low income community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Authors: Raniga, Tanusha
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: African women, Low-income communities, Xenophobia
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/397317 , uj:33019 , ISSN : 2520-0097 (Online) , Citation : Raniga, T. (2019). Xenophobic experiences of foreign African women residing in a low income community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Description: Abstract: The International Organisation for migration in South Africa (2016: 14) defines ‘xenophobia’ as the “attitudes, prejudices and behaviour that reject, exclude and often vilify persons based on the perceptions that they are outsiders or foreigners to the community, society or national identity”. In Fanon’s (1967) conceptualisation of the colonialist mentality, he argues that xenophobic violence is testimony of internalised oppression and that through institutionalised racism, Africans tend to emulate their oppressors. Moreover, the author is of the view that irresponsible comments made by the Zulu Monarch, King Zwelitini in April 2015, when he stated that foreign nationals are enjoying wealth and services that are meant for local citizens; was perceived as a primary cause of a spate of xenophobic attacks against foreign nationals across the country (Hans, 2015; Muthuki, 2013; Adam & Moodley, 2015). Researchers such as Ndlovu-Gatsheni (2018), Neocosmos (2010), Piper and Charman (2016) argued that in the Post-1994 era, such anti-migration sentiments stem from the politics of nationalism and dire socio-economic challenges experienced in the country...
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Youth transitioning out of residential care in South Africa: towards Ubuntu and interdependent living
- Authors: Moodley, Rajeshree , Raniga, Tanusha , Sewpaul, Vishanthie
- Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/436108 , uj:37817 , Citation: Moodley, R. Raniga, T. & Sewpaul, V. 2020. Youth transitioning out of residential care in South Africa: towards Ubuntu and interdependent living.
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