scholarly journals Effecting Technical Management Reform at a Semi-Functional School: A Case Study of a School in an Informal Settlement in Gauteng, South Africa

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (Special 1) ◽  
pp. 583-589
Author(s):  
Visvaganthie Moodley
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Management Reform ◽  
Technical Management

scholarly journals Environmental Justice and Human Rights on the Mining Wastelands of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 67-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy-Lynn Humby
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Environmental Rights ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Political Alliances

In South Africa, the constitutional and statutory framework seemingly establishes a strong synergy between environmental rights and environmental justice. A prevailing notion of transformative constitutionalism additionally positions law as the foundation for large-scale social change through non-violent political processes. A case study of the Tudor Shaft Informal settlement on the Witwatersrand goldfields elucidates the ambiguities in the notion of environmental justice and the tensions between claims based on the environmental right and socio-economic rights. By highlighting the existence of local moral orders—political alliances based on access to resources that frequently employ violence to achieve political ends—it also suggests the limited reach of the constitutional order and the project of transformative constitutionalism.

Making Informal Settlements ‘Visible’ Through Datafication: A Case Study of Quarry Road West Informal Settlement, Durban, South Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Sutherland ◽  
Bahle Mazeka ◽  
Sibongile Buthelezi ◽  
Duduzile Khumalo ◽  
Patrick Martel
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Informal Settlements

scholarly journals The Role of Amateur Football in Circular Migration Systems in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malte Steinbrink
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New South ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Circular Migration ◽  
Informal System ◽  
Local Case ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Migration Systems

This article explores the significance of amateur football for the changing patterns of circular migration in post-Apartheid South Africa. Even after the end of Apartheid, the abolishment of the migrant labour system has not brought a decline of circular migration. The state-institutionalised system has merely been replaced by an informal system of translocal livelihood organisation. The new system fundamentally relies on social networks and complex rural-urban linkages. Mobile ways of life have evolved that can be classified as neither rural nor urban. Looking into these informal linkages can contribute to explaining the persistence of spatial and social disparities in “New South Africa”. This paper centres on an empirical, bi-local case study that traces the genesis of the socio-spatial linkages between a village in former Transkei and an informal settlement in Cape Town. The focus is on the relevance of football for the emergence and stabilisation of translocal network structures.

scholarly journals A journey towards inclusive education; a case study from a ‘township’ in South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosemary Luger ◽  
Debbie Prudhomme ◽  
Ann Bullen ◽  
Catherine Pitt ◽  
Martha Geiger
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Informal Settlement ◽  
Special Care ◽  
Childhood Development ◽  
Care Centre ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Rehabilitation Professionals ◽  
Small Team

The purpose of this case study was to relate part of the journey to appropriate education for two young children with physical disabilities in a low socio-economic peri-urban informal settlement – or ‘township’ – in South Africa. The part of the on-going journey described here spanned four-and-a-half years and included the two children, their families, their teachers, their community and a small team of rehabilitation professionals working for a non-profit organisation in the area. The rehabilitation professionals’ goals were to provide support for the children, their families, their current special care centre and the school(s) they would attend in the future. The steps from the special care centre, to a mainstream early childhood development (ECD) centre for both of them, and then on to (a) a school for learners with special educational needs (LSEN) for one child and (b) a mainstream primary school for the other, are described. Challenges encountered on the way included parental fears, community attitudes and physical accessibility. Practical outcomes included different placements for the two children with implications and recommendations for prioritised parent involvement, individual approaches, interdisciplinary and community-based collaborations. Recommendations are given for clinical contexts, curricula and policy matters; for research and for scaling up such a programme through community workers.

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