Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886697
K. Odeku, Raligilia Happy Konanani
Abstract In South Africa, a lot of people are unable to access clean water despite the fact that the Constitution provides that everyone is entitled to have access to adequate clean water. Although, generally, water resource is scarce in South Africa, a lot of strategic interventions have been put in place to ensure that people have access to adequate clean water. The problem is that those who have the responsibility to provide the water have continuously been delivering poor water services to the people. At times, deliberate artificial scarcity is caused with the aim of making demands greater than the water supplied. This has caused desperate situation to the extent that people in the Phiri community in Soweto have approached the court to enforce their rights of access to adequate clean water. The paper explores various fundamental issues considered by the court and the notable pronouncements of the judges with regard to the right to access clean water, the issue of pre-paid water meters, the free basic water policy and their impacts on access to adequate clean water. The paper also considers why it is necessary to encourage people to register under the Indigent Persons Policy
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886684
A. Oyekale
Abstract Domestic violence against women is a social problem with no tribal distinction in Nigeria. This paper analyzed the forms of gender inequality and domestic violence and determines the factors promoting violence against women. The 2008 Demographic and Health Survey data were used. Factor Analysis and Bootstrapped Quantile regression method were used for data analysis. The results showed more dominance of men in decision making in tribes from northern Nigeria, while average domestic violence indicators were highest among the Tiv (0.5020) and Ibibio (0.4957) women. The factors that significantly increased domestic violence (p>0.05) were the years of education of wife, involvement in labour market, watching TV and households’ male headship, while it significantly reduced with age of women, number of wives, age of household heads, wife’s access to newspaper and non-smoking husband. It was concluded that limitations in data availability restricts further probe into cultural reasons behind some of the results and that violence against women would reduce if child marriage is prohibited, smoking is banned and men are enlightened on the fundamental rights possessed by women in Nigerian constitutions.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886693
Renias Ngara
Abstract Sociological studies have always focused on gender inequality in which men play dominating roles over their women counterparts. Likewise, musicological scholarships have generally discussed that females are deemed to be submissive to males during dance performances. Besides, there are various dance styles practised by different ethnic groups in Zimbabwe and some of them are isitshikitsha, mbakumba, mbende, mhande, muchongowoyo, shangara and xinyambela. This paper explored the feminist theory and how jichi gendered dance performances in the context of mukwerera rainmaking ceremony of the Shangwe1 people at Nevana and Kufahazvinei villages in Gokwe North and Gokwe South districts in the Midlands Province in Zimbabwe created a certain form of gender equality. Jichi ritual symbolisms are active in the Shangwe community yet these symbols have not been documented as a way to preserve them. The study adopted an ethnographic paradigm in which empirical data was collected using face - to - face to interviews. The researcher established that gender inequality which existed in the Shangwe community naturally transformed into cultural - conditional gender equality during the dance and that relationship is only alive during the ceremony. The Shangwe people make use of symbolism during their ritual practices such as ndiro yetanda and chitanda. The two symbols are replica of female and male beings which is a pointer to the conception of the dance as a gendered performance.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886694
S. W. Mashaba, G. Steyn
Abstract The need to conduct the study was necessitated by a lack of motivation among South African principals. This paper reports on the findings from a formal study designed to develop a cognitive model to motivate the principals in the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. That was done by identifying and explaining factors impacting on the motivation of principals. A qualitative study was selected while semi-structured interviews, field notes and official documents were used for the data collection. An interpretative approach was employed to analyse principals’ experiences about motivating or demotivating factors. The findings indicated that the motivation of school principals was influenced by both cognitive and systemic factors. It was recommended that intrinsic outcomes and employing cognitive abilities might improve their motivation when facing challenges in their leadership role.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886689
P. Mudhovozi, T. Sodi, L. Amusa
Abstract The current study explores the reasons for choosing degree programmes as career fields by university students. An ex post facto research design was used to conduct the study. Ten participants were purposefully selected from an institution of higher learning in South Africa. Data was collected through audio-taped individual semi-structured interviews with the participants. Content analysis was used to interpret and analyse the data. The major finding was that the participants chose psychology for various career motives. Gender differences in motives for the choice of psychology as a career were observed. Replication of the study with a larger sample of students from different institutions on diverse degree programmes is needed for generalisability purpose.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886698
K. Quan-Baffour, A. Arko-Achemfuor
Abstract The advent of democracy in 1994 brought democratic institutions and practices to all spheres of the South African society. Education in particular has since then experienced tremendous transformation. The South African Schools’ Act of 1996 for example makes provision for the establishment of democratic School Governing Bodies for all public schools in the country. Prior to 1994, principals and chiefs of rural communities handpicked school council members. The South African Schools’ Act (1996) therefore democratized school governance by giving schools back to the communities and making it mandatory for parents to serve on school governing bodies. The governing bodies are responsible for school governance issues and to support school principals and their management teams for the realization of quality education. As former teachers in rural schools these researchers have observed that School Governing Bodies in rural areas face many challenges. Since the realisation of educational goals depends very much on good governance and leadership the researchers selected three schools in the Greater Taung Area Project Office for pilot training. The researchers assumed that the training of the school governing body members in rural schools could reduce the challenges and empower them to be good governors.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886681
D. Y. Dzansi, P. Biga
Abstract Trokosimeaning ‘slave of a fetish’ is an ancient cultural practice still in vogue among some tribes in parts of West Africa. It requires parents to offer their virgin daughters to serve as sex-slaves to fetish shrines in atonement for earlier sins committed by family members. Considered by opponents as outdated, apocalyptic, and outright human rights abuse, it is revered by adherents of the fetish system. In Ghana, the Trokosi law has officially abolished the practice but this has not deterred adherents. Combining literature study, participant observation and in-depth interviews with three key stakeholders in a southern part of Ghana, the study investigated the abusive nature of Trokosism, its effects on the ‘liberated’, and how to effectively combat it. The results suggest that the ‘liberated’ Trokosiwere subjected to both physical and emotional abuse and denial of basic needs and rights. It however seems that the practice is abating. Since Trokosism(the Trokosisystem) is based upon deep-seated beliefs, the most realistic strategy to combat it would be to educate practitioners and communities on human rights as well as through negotiation.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886682
S. Schulze, N. Naidu
Abstract The research explored the connectedness of a group of South African adolescents. The sample comprised of 835 students of different cultural groups enrolled at four urban secondary schools. The students completed The Hemmingway: Measure of Adolescent Connectedness (MAC) to determine their connectedness at three ecological levels: (i) to others (for example, parents and friends); (ii) to society (for example, community and school); and (iii) to themselves (for example, self-in–the-present). Data analysis was carried out through the comparison of means and standard deviations, and the testing of the dependency of connectedness with culture. The results revealed that the adolescents were highly connected to the future, self-in-the-present, their parents (especially their mothers) and religion. Significant differences were identified among the three cultural groups, for example with regard to kids of other cultures and reading. The study’s limitations were pointed out and recommendations for improving adolescent connectedness in some instances were made.
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886696
Alice Mavenika, K. Odeku, K. H. Raligilia
Abstract The South African Constitution provides for access to socio-economic basic rights, one of which is the right to health care services. This paper examines whether foreigners residing in South Africa are eligible to access health care facilities in South Africa. There have been a considerable number of judicial interpretations on the issue, hence this paper will shed more light on the jurisprudence emanating from courts in order to evaluate the extent of foreigners’ entitlement to health care services. In advancing an argument based on the need for foreigner to be availed this right, this paper highlights how the judiciary interprets who should be entitled to this right. The role being played by the public service personnel in the health care industry was tested against the legislative frameworks and the South African Constitution which expressly provides that everyone is entitled to health care in South Africa. The essence of this is to make the health personnel have a clearer understanding of how to discharge their responsibilities
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Pub Date : 2014-07-01DOI: 10.1080/0972639X.2014.11886685
M. Kurebwa, J. P. Matyatini, N. Wadesango
Abstract The study investigated the effectiveness of pastoral counselling practices for married persons among selected Christian churches in Gweru Urban. The research design adopted for this study was the descriptive survey design. The research used a convenient sample of 70 ordinary church members to respond to the counsellor effectiveness questionnaire, 5 pastors/priests responded to the pastors questionnaire and 12 ordinary church members participated in the focus group discussion making a total of 87 research respondents. Data were collected by use of questionnaires and focus group discussions. Results indicated that church members present marriage issues that are found in any other population for counselling. Marriages within the church are traditional, civil or church based. To deal with issues presented, pastoral counsellors use mostly group counselling and individual counselling to a limited extent. Training of pastors does not include counselling though clients think it is part of the training. These findings agree with reviewed literature though there is conflicting direction as to the influence of culture and how it should be handled within the church. The study therefore recommends that research be conducted into pastoral counselling which should also include observation of how pastoral counsellors do their work in addition to use of other instruments to get a clearer picture of what takes place.
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