Essays about: "Rural South Africa"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 53 essays containing the words Rural South Africa.

  1. 11. Racism in environmental communication about plastic pollution

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Angelina Elander; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental racism; plastic pollution; socioecological relations; South Africa; narrative strategies;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the knowledge formation of how environmental racism is covertly transformed in environmental communication about plastic pollution and how that affects socioecological relations in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Through analysis rhetorical and narrative strategies of the communication by the NGO Durbanites Against Plastic Pollution and by observing the Durbanites it has been revealed how aversive racism is transformed within the context of plastic pollution. READ MORE

  2. 12. As a Community We Are Saying No to Gangs: Community Peacebuilding in South Africa

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Casper Falk Wollberg; [2020]
    Keywords : South Africa; webbing; community policing; community mobilisation;

    Abstract : Dan village in rural South Africa managed to eradicate organised crime by resiliently mobilising the community to patrol the area and collectively take a stance against violence. The purpose of this qualitative instrumental case study is to critically engage the empirical data consisting of interviews and secondary sources to explore the theories of webbing and community policing. READ MORE

  3. 13. Visions of justice and unequal realities: A study of the prioritization of land claimants in the South African Land Restitution Program

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Sunnerås Jonsson; [2020]
    Keywords : South Africa; Land Reform; Land Restitution; Human Rights; Instrumental Development; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. The issue of land ownership highlights racial and economic inequalities as the country fights to overcome the enduring legacy of apartheid. The Land Restitution Program seeks to redress victims of land dispossession, addressing both national development and individual justice. READ MORE

  4. 14. Children’s participation in everyday activities: Differences and similarities between children with intellectual disabilities in China and South Africa

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, CHILD

    Author : Sharon Eichler; [2020]
    Keywords : child disability; intellectual disability; everyday activity; attendance; participation; low- and middle-income countries; bioecological model;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND Children and youth with intellectual disabilities have a right to participation in life just like any other children. AIM This study aims to explore the most influential factor on the participation of a child with intellectual disability and to compare the level of participation between children with ID from South Africa and China. READ MORE

  5. 15. Colonised fields and private gardens : the changing role of farming in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elin Johnson; [2020]
    Keywords : smallholders; lifeworld; system; colonisation; agriculture; livelihood;

    Abstract : Smallholder farmers are defined as key actors in the implementation of Agenda 2030, based on their importance for food security and poverty reduction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is also true for South Africa, where smallholder farming has attracted considerable policy attention in an attempt to break the trend of rural poverty and the legacy of the apartheid era. READ MORE