Posts In: Zimbabwean
WEBINAR: Migrants and Vulnerabilities during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The University of the Witwatersrand’s Humanities Graduate Centre and the RReal Covid Project will be hosting this webinar titled Migrants and Vulnerabilities during the Covid-19 Pandemic on Monday, 12 October 2020, 14:00-15:30 SAST.
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Zimbabwean migrant domestic worker activism in South Africa
In this paper, maHp doctoral researcher Kuda Vanyoro, seeks to understand how Civil Society Organisations in South Africa facilitate the stay and protection of Zimbabwean migrant domestic workers (MDWs) through their activism.
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Tackson Makandwa
Tackson Makandwa (current, since 2014, PhD in Migration & Displacement) PhD title: Migration, gender and access to health: Exploring maternal healthcare experiences among migrant Zimbabwean women in Johannesburg South Africa. Supervisor: Jo Vearey
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Decoding dispossession: Eviction and urban regeneration in Johannesburg’s dark buildings
In January 2012 the residents of an inner-city tenement building in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, were evicted on a court order. This paper documents how a group of blind Zimbabweans experienced threats of violence and accusations of betrayal, as they were offered alternate accommodation by the evicting company because of their disability.
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