Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2064605
David O. Cooper
This editorial of our first issue for 2022: Volume 52 Issue 1 serves as “Preface” to a longer editorial and volume of 52(2). The latter will contain more background to SARS developments and aims over the past few years and also more in-depth analysis of the articles appearing in that specific issue; hopefully this next Issue 2 of 2022 will follow in three months’ time with numerous articles drawn from the “COVID backlog” (see below) and edited by the other two members of our “new” 3-Editorial Collective.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2039483
More central to re ection is the way the article demonstrates the role and place of applied social sciences and methodologies in responding to human crisis in late modern societies. , and give an overview of a joint project by the University of Johannesburg and the Human Council (HSRC) with an aptly titled article, “ Giving ‘ voice ’ during the COVID-19 pandemic using online rapid response surveys: Lessons from the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy Survey ” . The authors re fl ect on the use of rapid response non-probabilistic surveys using a mass membership online data-free platform. Overall, the article provides insights into best practices in online survey research within the context of South Africa, where the digital divide is exceedingly present. The main argument is that online surveys make it feasible to reach the broader public, especially when dealing with time-sensitive issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the authors re fl ect on the bene fi ts and limitations of using this type of data collection method. Drawing on the data that were collected through the COVID-19 Democracy Survey, the article looks into the public ’ s responses to the pandemic. In par-ticular, the public ’ s views on various government pandemic policy decisions, their views on school closures and the reopening of schools during 2020, as well as the extent to which individuals are experiencing pandemic fatigue are all reported on and analysed in this fascinating article. These contributions in this special edition seek to explore the various ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of ordinary South Africans. At the same time, it also provides sociological insights into how we can make sense of the impact that the pandemic has on the ground and how we can respond to it as social researchers.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2021.1909495
Stephan Geyer
ABSTRACT The biopsychosocial circumstances of homeless older persons (male and female, 55 years and older), specifically considered from a resilience lens, are inadequately described within the South African context. This study explored and described the biopsychosocial circumstances of homeless older persons in the City of Tshwane from a resilience lens. A qualitative research approach, operationalised through a collective case study, was implemented with 34 older persons across different research sites in the metropolitan area. Data were collected through semistructured interviews. Transcriptions of interviews were analysed through a process of thematic analysis. Apart from a brief profile, six themes are reported: (1) the choice of areas where homeless older persons reside, (2) the causes of homelessness, (3) the adversities they face, (4) coping strategies employed by homeless older persons, (5) the services and professionals homeless older persons utilised, and (6) the voices of participants concerning their recommendations for the City of Tshwane. Considered from a resilience lens, recommendations for an integrated social services delivery framework are offered for mitigating the harsh circumstances of homelessness among older persons.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2021.2015624
O. Venter, Jan Heese
ABSTRACT This article serves to describe health encounters and social dynamics of 52 homeless men residing in a temporary shelter in Tshwane during the COVID-19 hard lockdown period. The purpose of this article is to explore and modify factors that influence healthcare in homeless persons, as well as to establish a homeless health profile. It also sets out to explore the help-seeking behaviour observed in this population. Common health encounters included substance use disorder, mental illness, infectious diseases, skin and soft tissue conditions and poor oral hygiene. Services were tailored to provide comprehensive on-site clinical care, making use of allied services. Barriers to healthcare were eradicated through provision of transport, delivery and on-site dispensing of medication and a patient-centred approach. The eradication of certain barriers proved that quality primary healthcare can be achieved in any setting, especially if a patient-centred approach is utilised. The provision of multiple services in a single setting would be ideal. Overall well-being improves when basic needs are met, resulting in positive health outcomes. The homeless patient specifically benefits from a multidisciplinary approach by providers who are particularly sensitive to their dynamics.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2035806
S. Richter, Annalie Botha
ABSTRACT Newspapers are important sources of information related to the issues of refugees and asylum seekers. Seeking asylum in South Africa is challenging because of a hostile sentiment towards non-citizens. The study focused on answering the following research question: How were housing and homelessness related to asylum seekers and refugees portrayed in two South African newspapers from August 2015 to August 2017? A cross-sectional descriptive design was used. The method that was used was media content analysis. We selected South African newspaper articles reporting on refugees and asylum seekers and housing and homelessness issues. Our main findings focus on the themes that emerged from the newspapers, namely: reasons for becoming refugees or migrants, shelter issues, involvement and responsibilities of others in housing refugees, issues that impact housing, and xenophobia and housing.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2032315
Carin Runciman, S. Rule, M. Bekker, B. Roberts, M. Orkin, Y. D. Davids, N. Bohler-Muller, Kate Alexander
ABSTRACT COVID-19 presents significant challenges to society and to social scientists in their attempts to understand the unfolding consequences of the pandemic. This article examines how the UJ/HSRC COVID-19 Democracy survey responded to these challenges by conducting a series of rapid-response non-probabilistic surveys using a mass membership online data-free platform, known as the Moya messenger app. While not without its limitations, we argue that the narrowing “digital divide” in South Africa means that online survey research is of increasing utility to researchers under the conditions of the pandemic and beyond. By offering insight into the technicalities of designing, translating and fielding the survey we aim to share insights into best practice that can further develop online survey research in South Africa. In particular, we reflect upon why the river sampling offered by the Moya messenger app was favoured over online panel data. This leads into a discussion of the process of weighting the data to replicate the national population, and the potential biases among participants versus non-participants in the surveys. The article then moves on to illustrate how the findings were used to provide evidence to policymakers and “voice” to adults living in South Africa about their experiences of the pandemic and their views on policy responses. The article considers how the research contributed to the public discourse around the pandemic response in 2020, including the public’s views on various pandemic policy decisions, school closures and pandemic fatigue.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2021.2015717
L. Bank, V. Sharpley
ABSTRACT In the analysis of the implementation of the lockdown restrictions in South Africa, a great deal has been made of the unequal ways in which middle-class suburban communities, with access to large homes and biomedical support, have experienced the state of exception in comparison to the poor and unemployed in townships and shack areas. What has been less visible so far is the picture that is beginning to emerge from the rural areas and more marginal provinces. In this paper, we argue that when those experiences are carefully analysed, we begin to see that the former homelands were treated as a kind of “third country,” a country where custom and tradition posed particular threats and required specialised control and management. Using Giorgio Agamben’s notion of a state of exception to frame the discussion, the aim of this paper is to lift the veil from the state’s “war on COVID” in these rural areas during the first wave of infection (April to July 2020) and explore the frightening implications of suspended customary rights to cultural dignity, circular migration and social reproduction in these areas. The empirical focus of the paper is on changing funeral practices and burial rites, and how these were impacted by the COVID lockdown restrictions in the rural Eastern Cape Province, with special reference to rural municipalities in the former Transkei.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2030250
John Mashayamombe, R. Vally
ABSTRACT The urgency of providing affordable student housing influenced government and higher education institutions to consider urban renewal as a possible avenue to alleviate this demand, with the result that private–public partnerships were promoted to address this. Issues discussed in this article are drawn from qualitative interviews with University of Pretoria’s Student Representative Council (2018–2019), a university official and a Pastor as well as an administrator from churches based in Hatfield and Arcadia, Pretoria. This article looks at urban renewal processes in Hatfield (Old East of Pretoria), which is home to the University of Pretoria and argues that the unintended consequences of revanchist gentrification has not sufficiently addressed issues of affordable student housing. Rather, there is evidence of student homelessness.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2026247
Stephan F. De Beer
ABSTRACT This article presents the case of one local housing organisation in the City of Tshwane and its mother organisation, responding to different faces of homelessness through creating diversified housing options. It asserts that the absence of such housing options would render people homeless, or extremely precarious. It insists that homelessness is also a housing issue, challenging a dominant discourse among city officials and politicians relegating homelessness to departments dealing with social services, thereby making it an individual welfare issue, failing to acknowledge the systemic causes of homelessness. It outlines specific challenges for policy, strategy and funding, that—if addressed—could break cycles of homelessness for large percentages of the homeless population.
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Pub Date : 2020-10-01DOI: 10.1080/21528586.2022.2027813
Stephan F. De Beer, R. Vally
ABSTRACT Finding pathways out of street homelessness in the City of Tshwane, South Africa, brought together major academic and community-based institutions as well as local government. This article reflects on the collaborative processes used between 2014 and 2020 and analyses the efforts needed to succeed. It considers the challenges faced and demonstrates that a carefully choreographed approach is key to determine common platforms from which to address street homelessness through a human-centred approach. It concludes with the idea that the will to reduce street homelessness is key and should triumph over narrow party political and personal interests. The article reflects engaged scholarship and seeks to contribute to critical policy discourse, suggesting the notion of “choreographies of change-making”.
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