scholarly journals Tourism and poverty in rural South Africa: A revisit

2020 ◽  
Vol 116 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daan Toerien
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Geography ◽  
Rural South Africa

Debates about the value of pro-poor tourism indicated a need to revisit the links between the dynamics of tourism and hospitality enterprises and community poverty in rural South African towns. The numbers of tourism and hospitality enterprises in these towns are related to population numbers by a power law with a sub-linear exponent. The residents of smaller South African towns are more dependent on the tourism and hospitality sector than are the residents of larger towns. Measurement of the enterprise dependency indices (EDIs) of these towns provides a valid measurement of their wealth/poverty states. Their EDIs are directly and negatively associated with the strength of their tourism and hospitality sectors. Communities in towns with more tourist and hospitality enterprises are overall wealthier, and vice versa. This finding contrasts with a previous view about tourism and poverty reduction in South Africa. Debates about the benefits of pro-poor tourism should include information about the impact of tourism on community wealth/poverty. The EDI is a simple, yet powerful, measure to provide poverty information. Expressing the number of tourism and hospitality enterprises per 1000 residents of towns enables comparisons of towns of different population sizes. Based on ideas of the ‘new geography of jobs’, it is clear that tourism is part of what is called the traded sector and results in inflows of external money into local economies. Tourism is a driver of prosperity and a reducer of poverty in South African towns.

The question of inclusion and representation in rural South Africa: challenging the concept of water user associations as a vehicle for transformation

Water Policy ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Kemerink ◽  
L. E. Méndez ◽  
R. Ahlers ◽  
P. Wester ◽  
P. van der Zaag
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Water User Associations ◽  
Water User ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Reform Processes ◽  
Rural South Africa

The promotion of local governance and the transfer of water management responsibilities to water user associations (WUAs) have been central in water reform processes throughout the world, including in the reforms that took place in post-apartheid South Africa. This paper reflects on the notions of inclusion and representation as put forward by the various actors involved in the establishment of a WUA in a tertiary catchment in the Thukela River Basin. The paper describes how the WUA in the study catchment came to be dominated by commercial farmers, despite the South African government's aim to redress the inequities of the past by the inclusion and representation of historically disadvantaged individuals. The authors argue that the notions of inclusion and representation as embedded in the concept of the WUA are highly contested and more aligned with the institutional settings familiar to the commercial farmers. The paper concludes that, unless the inherently political nature of the participatory process is recognized and the different institutional settings become part of the negotiation process of the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of progressive collaboration at catchment level, the establishment of the WUA in the study catchment will not contribute to achieving the envisioned transformation.

scholarly journals Linkage to primary care after home-based blood pressure screening in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a population-based cohort study

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. e023369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark J Siedner ◽  
Kathy Baisley ◽  
Joanna Orne-Gliemann ◽  
Deenan Pillay ◽  
Olivier Koole ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Sampling Weights ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Blood Pressure Screening ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Rural South Africa

ObjectivesThe expanding burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) globally will require novel public health strategies. Community-based screening has been promoted to augment efficiency of diagnostic services, but few data are available on the downstream impact of such programmes. We sought to assess the impact of a home-based blood pressure screening programme on linkage to hypertension care in rural South Africa.SettingWe conducted home-based blood pressure screening withinin a population cohort in rural KwaZulu-Natal, using the WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (STEPS) protocol.ParticipantsIndividuals meeting criteria for raised blood pressure (≥140 systolic or ≥90 diastolic averaged over two readings) were referred to local health clinics and included in this analysis. We defined linkage to care based on self-report of presentation to clinic for hypertension during the next 2 years of cohort observation. We estimated the population proportion of successful linkage to care with inverse probability sampling weights, and fit multivariable logistic regression models to identify predictors of linkage following a positive hypertension screen.ResultsOf 11 694 individuals screened, 14.6% (n=1706) were newly diagnosed with elevated pressure. 26.9% (95% CI 24.5% to 29.4%) of those sought hypertension care in the following 2 years, and 38.1% (95% CI 35.6% to 40.7%) did so within 5 years. Women (adjusted OR (aOR) 2.41, 95% CI 1.68 to 3.45), those of older age (aOR 11.49, 95% CI 5.87 to 22.46, for 45–59 years vs <30) and those unemployed (aOR 1.71, 95% CI 1.10 to 2.65) were more likely to have linked to care.ConclusionsLinkage to care after home-based identification of elevated blood pressure was rare in rural South Africa, particularly among younger individuals, men and the employed. Improved understanding of barriers and facilitators to NCD care is needed to enhance the effectiveness of blood pressure screening in the region.

scholarly journals Cognitive Function and Impairment in Older, Rural South African Adults: Evidence from “Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in Rural South Africa”

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 32-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay C. Kobayashi ◽  
Farrah J. Mateen ◽  
Livia Montana ◽  
Ryan G. Wagner ◽  
Kathleen Kahn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Cognitive Function ◽  
South African ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Rural South Africa

scholarly journals Book Review: Andrew Faull and Sindiso Mnisi Weeks

2018 ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Bill (William) Dixon
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Police Work ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Cultural Contradictions ◽  
Rural South Africa

Review of: Andrew Faull, Police Work and Identity: A South African Ethnography, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-138-23329-4 Sindiso Mnisi Weeks, Access to Justice and Human Security: Cultural Contradictions in Rural South Africa, Abingdon, Routledge, 2018 ISBN: 978-1-138-57860-9

scholarly journals The impact of adult mortality on the living arrangements of older people in rural South Africa

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 431-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
VICTORIA HOSEGOOD ◽  
IAN M. TIMÆUS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Older People ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Adult Mortality ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quality Infrastructure ◽  
Rural South Africa

This paper examines changes in households with older people in a northern rural area of KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa, between January 2000 and January 2002. The focus is the impact of adult deaths, especially those from AIDS, on the living arrangements of older people. The longitudinal data are from the Africa Centre Demographic Information System. In 2000, 3,657 older people (women aged 60 years or older, men 65 years or older) were resident in the area, and 3,124 households had at least one older member. The majority (87%) of older people lived in three-generation households. Households with older people were significantly poorer, more likely to be headed by a woman, and in homesteads with poorer quality infrastructure than households without older members. By January 2002, 316 (8%) of the older people in the sample had died. Of all the households with an older person, 12 per cent experienced at least one adult death from AIDS. The paper shows that older people, particularly those living alone or with children in the absence of other adults, were living in the poorest households. They were also coping with an increasing burden of young adult deaths, the majority of which were attributable to AIDS.

scholarly journals WOMEN AS DIVINERS AND AS CHRISTIAN CONVERTS IN RURAL SOUTH AFRICA, c. 1880–1963

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-389
Author(s):  
SEAN REDDING
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Cultural Mediators ◽  
Christian Families ◽  
African Families ◽  
Rural South Africa

AbstractThis article argues that rural South African women's importance as spiritual actors in the period from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries stemmed from their ability to embrace hybrid spiritual identities that corresponded closely to the lived reality of African rural life, and that by embracing those identities, women expanded their roles as social healers. Professing a belief in Christianity did not prevent individuals from practicing as diviners, nor did it prevent Christians from consulting diviners to determine the causes of death or misfortune. Similarly, young women who converted to Christianity often maintained close ties to non-Christian families and bridged spiritual lives on the mission stations with life in their families. Over this time period, women became cultural mediators who borrowed, adopted, and combined spiritual beliefs to provide more complete answers to problems faced by rural African families in South Africa.

scholarly journals Exploring the impact of the 2008 global food crisis on food security among vulnerable households in rural South Africa

Food Security ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael J. Nawrotzki ◽  
Kristin Robson ◽  
Margaret J. Gutilla ◽  
Lori M. Hunter ◽  
Wayne Twine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Rural South ◽  
Vulnerable Households ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Global Food ◽  
Rural South Africa ◽  
Global Food Crisis
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