Barriers to protection:gender-related persecution andasylum in South Africa

Middleton, Julie

doi:10.5040/9781350220294.ch-005

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“…The colonial government's control of the migrant labour force ensured that sufficient cheap labour was available to service the growing segregated cities and towns. Other parts of the country that the colonial rulers perceived as unimportant were left undeveloped, with scarce or no basic infrastructure in the form of housing, schools, health facilities and water and sanitation (Middleton, 2009). The legacy of this underdevelopment continued to shape both urban and rural regions.…”

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COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

Kariuki

Goyayi²,

Ofusori

2021

DPRG

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of electronic governance (e-governance) in enabling asylum seekers’ access to public services in the city of Durban, South Africa. Because of COVID-19, the government scaled down its operations, limiting access to public services, including among migrants. Design/methodology/approach Because of COVID-19-related restrictions, a systematic review was conducted of the relevant academic literature as well as the information portals of relevant government departments, municipalities and research reports on migration and refugees in South Africa. A total of 320 peer-reviewed research articles were identified. These were filtered and 68 relevant articles were selected. Findings The study found that asylum seekers have limited access to public services via information communication technology-enabled mechanisms. Whilst the city government has embraced e-governance, it is still in its nascent stages. Research limitations/implications This study was limited to a desktop one because of COVID-19 restrictions and it focused exclusively on asylum seekers. Therefore, its findings can only be generalised to this category of people. Practical implications Future studies on this subject should gather data from all categories of migrants to gain in-depth perspectives. Social implications All spheres of governance in South Africa should recognise asylum seekers as a constituency that deserves access to public services. E-governance can facilitate easier access to these services, and policies need to be aligned with this reality. Originality/value This study examined the efficacy of e-governance in enabling access to government services by asylum seekers during COVID-19. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no other study on this subject was conducted during this period.

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COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

Kariuki

Goyayi²,

Ofusori

2021

DPRG

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Between Pharaoh’s Army and the Red Sea: Social Mobility and Social Death in the Context of Women’s Migration

Kihato¹

2013

Migrant Women of Johannesburg

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“Son of the Soil … Daughters of the Land”: poetry writing as a strategy of citizen-making for lesbian, gay, and bisexual migrants and asylum seekers in Johannesburg

Dill¹,

Vearey

Oliveira

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South Africa’s Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Freedom Charter are globally ground-breaking for providing provisions of non-discrimination, and, of particular note, on the basis of sexual orientation. Since the introduction of these protective frameworks, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) communities, allies, and advocates in the country have won major legal battles on these issues; however, in spite of these successes, LGBTIQ communities continue to face hostility and violence. As a result, South African LGBTIQ individuals often travel to urban centres, such as Johannesburg, in the hope that these spaces will be more tolerant of their sexual orientation and gender identity; the reality, however, suggests otherwise. Moreover, despite South Africa’s designation as a safe haven for LGBTIQ communities, migrants from other African countries — where same-sex relationships are criminalised — are overwhelmingly met with xenophobic verbal, emotional, physical, and political violence. This article describes the authors’ engagement with nine lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) migrants and asylum seekers from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and elsewhere in South Africa during a weeklong poetry workshop exploring their lived experiences in Johannesburg. This workshop followed a body mapping and narrative writing workshop held previously with the same participants. This article investigates the themes identified from the body mapping process that guided the poems produced: migration, violence, citizenship, and freedom. The poetry created during the workshop illuminates how lesbian, gay, and bisexual migrants in Johannesburg work on a daily basis to build social trust as they demand to be seen and recognised, to enact their rights, to make and remake homes, to show up in public as Black people, as LGB individuals, and as human beings. We explore these strategies of citizen-making as informed by the LGB poets with whom we had the opportunity to work.

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Barriers to protection:gender-related persecution andasylum in South Africa

Abstract: Programme, Faculty of Humanities of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts.

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

COVID-19, migration and inclusive cities through e-governance: strategies to manage asylum seekers in Durban, South Africa

Between Pharaoh’s Army and the Red Sea: Social Mobility and Social Death in the Context of Women’s Migration

“Son of the Soil … Daughters of the Land”: poetry writing as a strategy of citizen-making for lesbian, gay, and bisexual migrants and asylum seekers in Johannesburg

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