Browsing by Subject "Migration"
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African migrant exclusion in South Africa and its implications for the African Renaissance
(North-West University (South Africa), 2023)Whenever the African continent is mentioned, negative connotations such as underdevelopment, poverty, inequality, war, and migration issues are frequently evoked. Migration and issues associated with it also occupy centre ... -
‘All quiet on the social work front’: experiences of Zimbabwean day labourers in South Africa
(Sage, 2017)Migration, particularly when triggered by economic or political hardship, has significant psychological and socio-economic consequences for the individuals concerned. While an impressive amount of research has been ... -
An analysis of the normative framework providing for human environmentally induced migration in SADC
(2014)Environmentally induced migration has been a contentious topic over the last two decades. Estimates show that over 30 million people worldwide are annually forced to migrate due to serious environmental degradation, natural ... -
Anti-Afrophobia policy shortfall and dilemma in the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and South Africa
(2015)Since 1994, South Africa witnessed various xenophobic attacks, the two recent ones leaving over 60 Africans dead in 2008 and 17 in 2015. Xenophobia is an embarrassment to the new South African Government, which is ... -
Applying the principles of Missio Dei: Ministering to the Mozambican migrants in the North West province of South Africa
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)South Africa is a country rich in minerals, mainly gold and platinum. Workers from various countries from sub-Saharan Africa journey to the country to get a job opportunity in the mining industry. This thesis is a study ... -
Approaches to "Xenophobia" interventions in Africa: Common narratives through community radio in South Africa
(2015)The article explores the prospects of community radio programming in providing organic interventions against xenophobia in South Africa. In the context of mounting migrationrelated complexities globally, the media have ... -
Associations between demographic factors and perceived acculturative stress among African migrants in Germany
(2014)This study investigated the nature and extent of the associations between demographic variables and acculturative stress of African migrants in Germany with the premise that living in Germany would be stressful for Africans. ... -
Avian ecology of arid habitats in Namibia
(North-West University, 2015)Examination of bird assemblages along an environmental gradient which encompasses both climate and habitat change is needed if we are to better understand the potential effects of these changes for avians and the ecological ... -
Borderless boundary? Historical and geopolitical significance of the Mozambique/Zimbabwe border to the Ndau People (c. 1940-2010)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)This study explored cross-border migration on the Zimbabwe/Mozambique borderland. The Ndau speaking people, who inhabit the borderland, were separated by the colonial border in 1891. Vast expanses of land were parcelled ... -
Christian counselling as participation in the Missio Deo amongst refugees in the Rhulani refugee settlement in Limpopo, RSA
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)The current global escalation of refugees and involuntary migration, due to the effects of war and world disasters, necessitates revisiting to devise an effective approach to bring healing and providing care for refugees. ...
