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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Zimbabweans"”.
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Online diasporic political spheres: inside the emerging spaces for Zimbabweans
… from within the country and many ordinary Zimbabweans were forced to seek economic and political refuge in South Africa, Britain, Australia, USA and many other countries. Some journalists were arrested and most researchers linked this to the erosion of democracy under the ZANU PF …
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To protest or not to protest? : Zimbabweans' willingness to protest
This study investigates the willingness of Zimbabweans to use protest participation as an alternative route to the democratisation of Zimbabwe. A set of theoretical determinants from the literature are tested against individual reports of protest participation usmg the Afrobarometer survey: Round …
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Seeking solidarity : categorisation and the politics of alienism in the migration of Zimbabweans to South Africa
This ethnographic study is concerned with the process of movement of Zimbabwean nationals to Cape Town, South Africa, that results in their categorisation by the South African state as "illegal immigrants." Based on fieldwork carried out in Harare and Cape Town in 2006 and 2007, it explores the …
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Exploring food Insecurity among international migrants in South Africa: a case study of Zimbabweans in Cape Town.
The connection between international migration and food insecurity has become a significant global issue over the past few years because of the rapid rise in migration flows as well as food insecurity. People are migrating temporarily and permanently outside their borders in search for better …
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'We are actually raising South Africans''. Raising immigrant families: The parenting experiences of Zimbabweans in South Africa
… little research explores the lived experience of Zimbabweans in South Africa in the context of family. This is despite scholars highlighting an increase in family migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa in recent years. This study explores the parenting experiences of immigrant Zimbabwean parents …
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Migrants access to the labour market and ethnic niching: case study of Zimbabweans employed in the Cape Town restaurant industry
This research used a qualitative method of enquiry to examine observations and theoretical claims made about the ability of migrants to secure employment. These claims indicated that migrants of the same ethnic groups are able to enter into the job market of their countries of residence, to the …
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Legalising the illegal: an assessment of the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) and Zimbabwe Special Dispensation Permit (ZSP) regularisation projects
… 2000s. In 2009, SA launched the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) in order to achieve four main objectives: to reduce pressure on the asylum management system, to curb the deportation of illegal Zimbabwean migrants, to regularise Zimbabweans who were residing in SA illegally and to …
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Foreign direct investment & indigenization in zimbabwe's platinum sector: is the indigenization and economic empowerment act a deterrent to foreign investors?
… host communities, the state and indigenous Zimbabweans at large. The dissertation acknowledges that the law concerning indigenization and economic empowerment in Zimbabwe has evolved and evaluates whether the cumulative amendments have been progressive in redressing the historical injustices …
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Transnational human rights and local moralities : the circulation of rights discourses in Zimbabwe and South Africa
… of Zimbabwe, and the resultant movement of Zimbabweans to South Africa, as a case study through which to explore the ways in which the global framework of human rights is locally interpreted, constituted and contested.
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The role of Hout Bay craft markets in sustaining the livelihoods of Zimbabwean traders
… for a better life as well as opportunities. Zimbabweans entered the South African job market which had already begun struggling due to the economic recession experienced in 2008 (Matshaka, 2009). This left many Zimbabweans unemployed and with many survival challenges. In order to survive, …
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Forest insects, personhood and the environment: Harurwa (edible stinkbugs) and conservation in south-eastern Zimbabwe
… and mutual interdependence of rural Zimbabweans, forest insects known as edible stinkbugs (harurwa in vernacular) and the natural forests which, in fact, are critical to understanding the eco-systemic knowledges upon which livelihoods of many rural Zimbabweans are hinged.
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Democratic Transition and Digital Media Activism in Africa: A Zimbabwean Case Study
… In addition, there was a yawning gap between Zimbabweans in the diaspora and those inside the country in terms of access to digital media. Most respondents agreed that the majority of digital media activists were based outside the country where they enjoyed unabridged basic freedoms and …
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An exploratory study of the social and economic experiences of Zimbabwean youth immigrants in Cape Town
… is in terms of the general population of Zimbabweans currently in South Africa. As such, it is not possible to make simple extrapolations from this data in relation to the estimated one million plus Zimbabweans that are currently believed to be in South Africa. The main recommendations …
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Imperial and Post-Colonial Identities:Zimbabwean Communities in Britain
… had been polarised along ethnic lines. Black Zimbabweans therefore migrated as products of unresolved ethnic conflicts that had been developed and nurtured throughout the phases of Zimbabwe’s history. In the absence of shared historic socio-economic or cultural commonalities within the Black …
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Trade beyond the margins : cross-border traders between Zambia and South Africa
… of their home countries. In the queue are mostly Zimbabweans, Zambians, Malawians and some nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the return leg of a brief shopping trip to South Africa, the land of shops and malls.
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Public perceptions of child protection programmes in Zimbabwe: Towards strategies to Improve the full realisation of children's rights
… of key informants (n=25), including 14 ordinary Zimbabweans (7 in rural and 7 in urban areas), 2 officials from each of four non-governmental organisations (World Vision, Plan International, Human Rights Services Commission and Girl Child Network) and 3 politicians from the mainstream political …
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Irregular migrations into South Africa: a comparative analysis of the Beitbridge Border Control and management system in apartheid and post-apartheid eras, 1980-2017
… that there are tens of thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans who live in Johannesburg and Thohoyandou, among many places in South Africa. Another salient feature of this phenomenon was that South Africa deports almost a thousand of these every month, but a few days after their deportations, the …
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Experiences of cultural bereavement amongst refugees from Zimbabwe living in the UK
… there have been a significant number of Zimbabweans seeking refuge in the UK. It is, therefore, likely that they have experienced the level of loss that may result in experiences of cultural bereavement. This qualitative study explored the experiences of Zimbabwean refugees living in the …
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Estimation of Zimbabwean migration for the period 1992-2012
… research. This research found that the number of Zimbabweans that left the country during the period 1992 to 2012, is between 761,682 and 1,462,620. Furthermore, the results of this research suggest that Zimbabwe is a net emigration country and the net number of Zimbabwean decreased in the second …
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Nation, Narrative and Archive: In Search of Queer Histories in Zimbabwe
… being attentive to the myriad of ways that LGBTI Zimbabweans engage in social negotiations of identity, and the stories they tell, I theorize how LGBTI people are defining non-normative sexualities in Zimbabwe. LGBTI people are already actively engaged in the work of articulating distinctively …
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