Home-based Carers’ General Cancer Knowledge: A Case Study of One Rural Village in Vhembe District, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 51 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 90-95
Author(s):  
T.G. Tshitangano
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cancer Knowledge ◽  
Rural Village ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Vhembe District

scholarly journals Evaluation of contaminants removal by waste stabilization ponds: A case study of Siloam WSPs in Vhembe District, South Africa

Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. e06207
Author(s):  
Joshua N. Edokpayi ◽  
John O. Odiyo ◽  
Oluwaseun E. Popoola ◽  
Titus A.M. Msagati
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Waste Stabilization Ponds ◽  
Stabilization Ponds ◽  
Waste Stabilization ◽  
Contaminants Removal ◽  
Vhembe District

The Efficacy of Preserving Communal Tenure in South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 0972558X2110333
Author(s):  
J. Mawere ◽  
P. E. Matshidze ◽  
S. L. Kugara ◽  
T. S. Madzivhandila
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Society ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Communal Tenure ◽  
Individual Use ◽  
European Colonialism ◽  
Vhembe District ◽  
Holding Back

European colonialism and apartheid in South Africa included the alienation of land just as the restructuring of customary tenure. The reconstructed customary tenure vested title to land in the colonial and apartheid state in this way, merging sovereignty and property. The merger encouraged authoritative control of rural society. Customary tenure was argued to be communal and excluded individual rights. Regardless of the official rendition, customary tenure was dynamic, recognized individual use rights and “facilitated accumulation and differentiation.” In the present-day, customary tenure is perceived as unregulated capital, holding back the ability of the poor people to prosper. Thus, the relevance and place of customary tenure is in dispute. This article aims to examine the efficacy for preserving customary tenure, using Vhembe district as a case study. The article uses the exploratory qualitative approach to collect data.

scholarly journals The manifestation of street safety and security as spatial (in)justice in selected small rural towns of Vhembe District, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Wendy Wadzanayi Tsoriyo ◽  
◽  
Emaculate Ingwani ◽  
James Chakwizira ◽  
Peter Bikam ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Spatial Justice ◽  
Local Municipalities ◽  
Key Informant ◽  
Vhembe District ◽  
Method Approach

Safe and secure street spaces for pedestrians translate to spatially just urban environments. This study examined pedestrians’ safety and security elements on street spaces in three selected Small Rural Towns (SRTs) in South Africa and assessed the users’ physical perceptions of street safety and security in SRTs and their implications on spatial (in)justice. Forty-three street spaces from three SRTs in South Africa were purposively sampled and assessed in this study. The study adopted a mixed-method approach and a street safety spatial (in)justice case study survey design. Data were collected through key informant interviews, a questionnaire survey and observations. The distribution of safety and security elements across the studied 43 street spaces reflect the existence of justices and injustices concurrently. Users’ theoretical perception of the meaning of street safety differs significantly from their actual experiences. The study recommends that the design and management of streets be informed by users’ vision of street safety and security and innovative project financing strategies by local municipalities to ensure spatial justice on street spaces.

The Impact of Perceptions of Tribalism and Ethnicity on Public Administration in South Africa: A Case Study of the Vuwani in the Vhembe District

Politeia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mavhungu Elias Musitha ◽  
Mavhungu Abel Mafukata
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
Vhembe District ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the impact of perceptions of ethnicity and tribalism on public administration in South Africa with reference to the protests of Vuwani communities in 2016 against their area being re-demarcated to fall under the LIM 345 municipality (later named the Collins Chabane Local Municipality) dominated by Xitsonga speakers. The study adopted qualitative and exploration designs and used a literature review and key informant interviews in order to obtain secondary and primary data respectively. This study revealed that Vuwani communities feared domination by the Xitsonga-speaking majority in the proposed new municipality. The council of the proposed new municipality consisted of 72 councillors, 74 per cent of which were Xitsonga-speaking councillors and a mere 26 per cent were Tshivenda-speaking councillors. It also found that perceptions of ethnicity and tribalism in Vuwani had rendered public administration ineffective, thus bringing service delivery to a halt for several months. The study recommended that policy-makers should abolish majority representation based solely on regionalism and should seek to forge national unity. It concluded that the establishment of public institutions based on ethnic homogeneity had the potential of bringing about peace and stability in areas characterised by ethnic disparities.

Benefits obtained from cattle by smallholder farmers: a case study of Limpopo Province, South Africa

2008 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 825 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Stroebel ◽  
F. J. C. Swanepoel ◽  
N. D. Nthakheni ◽  
A. E. Nesamvuni ◽  
G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Meat Consumption ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Wealth Status ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
Vhembe District

A survey of livestock production systems was conducted in the Vhembe District, located between 22°85′ latitude and 30°71′ longitude in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The objective of the study was to investigate the benefits obtained from, and key functions of, cattle production, as well as related breeding objectives in smallholder livestock production in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. Data were collected by means of a general survey questionnaire and a participatory rural appraisal (PRA) exercise. The results indicate that almost 60% of farmers own < 10 cattle. Female animals constituted the largest component of the herd (55.02%). Although the bull : cow ratio was extremely high (1 : 3.7), the calving rate was low at 35.60%, with an extremely high herd mortality of 15.70% and a low off-take of 8.70%. In a pairwise ranking, the benefits obtained from cattle by smallholder livestock farmers are as follows: selling and meat consumption (4), wealth, status and savings (3), socio-cultural activities (2) and draught power (1). The ‘cattle complex’, where cattle are kept for prestige and status, is still appropriate, but cattle also make significant contributions in respect to selling and meat consumption, and arable inputs such as draft and fertiliser. It is concluded that benefits obtained from cattle form the basis of decision-making by smallholder cattle owners with respect to livestock production.

scholarly journals Frustrated Potential, False Promise or Complicated Possibilities? Empowerment and Participation Amongst Female Health Volunteers in South Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Campbell ◽  
Andy Gibbs ◽  
Yugi Nair ◽  
Sbongile Maimane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Home Based Care

We present a longitudinal case study of lay women's participation in a project seeking to facilitate home-based care of people dying of AIDS in a rural community in South Africa, drawing on four sets of interviews conducted with volunteers over a five-year period. We link participation in the project to three dimensions of women's agency: their knowledge and skills, their confidence; and their personal experiences of efficacy. We show that whilst the experience of participation enhanced each of these dimensions of volunteers’ agency at various stages of the project, the empowerment that did take place appeared to be limited to women's project-related roles, rather than generalising to other areas of their lives beyond the project. The project had limited impact on women's ability to negotiate condom use with husbands, to assert themselves in relation to male project leaders and to become more involved in wider community decision-making and leadership. We discuss three possible interpretations of our findings: (i) that greater empowerment might have occurred had the project run for a longer time period; (ii) that whilst such projects play a vital role in providing services, the more general ‘empowerment via participation’ agenda is a false promise in highly marginalised communities; or (iii) that whilst generalised positive impacts of such projects on volunteers are hard to track, such projects do open up glimpses of increased agency for many women. These might have positive but unpredictable results in ways that defy formulation in linear conceptualisations of social transformation and development, understood in terms of clearly observable and measurable inputs and outputs.

scholarly journals An assessment of support provided to smallholder farmers: A case study of the Vhembe District, South Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1077-1085
Author(s):  
Khazamula Chauke Phineas ◽  
Dennis Nekhavhambe Thizwilondi ◽  
Kudakwashe Pfumayaramba Tichaona
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Vhembe District
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