Protest and Participation in Durban: A Focus on Cato Manor, Merebank and Wentworth

Mottiar, Shauna

doi:10.1080/02589346.2014.975933

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“…In Gugulethu and Khayelitsha, these include more consultation and participatory approaches to development. Importantly, a desire for a "relationship" with the government prevents the protesters from challenging the status quo-a finding consistent with many scholars' findings (Booysen 2007;Mottiar 2014;Paret 2018).…”

Section: The Use Of Courts To Settle Service Delivery Challengessupporting

confidence: 76%

“…This study's findings are consistent with Dawson's (2014) argument that the councillors' and residents' lack of feedback and communication, coupled with rampant corruption, has eroded residents' trust in the ANC's ability to fulfil their promises. Similarly, in her research, Mottiar (2014) noted that there was a feeling that ward committees were doing nothing. In Khayelitsha, residents stated that they sometimes feel that they are "municipal-less" to imply that they feel that they do not have a municipality which attends to their service delivery needs.…”

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Localised Protests in South Africa: A Rebellion or a Fight for a Relationship with the Government?

Chiwarawara

2023

Politeia

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Localised protests are a key feature of South African townships. Protests have been considered insurrectionary, prompting scholars to consider the protests as a rebellion of the poor. However, the question is: Do these protests ensue from revolutionary politics? Based on the findings of this study, I argue that although these protests are sometimes dramatic and militant, some of these protests may be regarded as a struggle for a relationship with the government.

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Localised Protests in South Africa: A Rebellion or a Fight for a Relationship with the Government?

Chiwarawara

2023

Politeia

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“…By soliciting tips and updates on these apps (Barot & Oren, 2015; Cooper, 2007), reporters can “witness” events from multiple vantage points, follow stories at a distance, and integrate user-generated content into their coverage (Mabweazara, 2011). As protesters coordinate and organize protests using Voxer, Viber, or WhatsApp, journalists have also sought to understand and put to use those apps (Lee, So, & Leung, 2015; Mottiar, 2014; Skålén, Abdul Aal, & Edvardsson, 2015; Stacey, 2015). For reporters covering sensitive political issues, encrypted chat apps such as Telegram, Signal, and, more recently, WhatsApp have allowed for secure communication channels with sources who may be at risk of surveillance (Crandall et al, 2013).…”

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The Changing Physical and Social Environment of Newsgathering: A Case Study of Foreign Correspondents Using Chat Apps During Unrest

Bélair‐Gagnon

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Frisch

2017

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In recent years, scholars have identified many of the ways social networking platforms have shaped journalistic practices and norms (Anderson & Caumont, 2014; Harrison, 2010; Hermida, 2010). These platforms have brought changes to fundamental aspects of journalism, such as crowdsourcing and verification practices (Wardle & Williams, 2010). Increasingly, researchers have explored how journalists have interacted with audiences and other journalists within digital spaces of production. In news production, these journalistic interactions have taken on a heightened significance by blurring familiar boundaries and allowing audiences to be co-creators in "new communicative spaces" (Peters, 2012, p. 4). Describing Twitter, Hermida coined the term "ambient journalism" to refer to "awareness systems that offer [journalists] means to collect, communicate, share, and display news and information in the periphery of a user's awareness" (Hermida, 2010). These digital spaces of journalistic interactions provide, as Couldry argues, a platform for the emergence of "inter-local spaces" of news production and consumption, meaning increasing connection among different localities (Dickens, Couldry, & Fotopoulou, 2015). Online journalistic practices extend across wider communities of interest (Couldry et al., 2016) and can include "liminal viewpoints" (Papacharissi, 2014). Online journalistic interactions also often involve an element of "journalistic boundary work" varying across cultural, socio-politico, and technological contexts (Carlson & Lewis, 2015; Lamont & Molnár, 2002). Building on this 701163S MSXXX10.

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‘Violent protests’ in South Africa: understanding service delivery protests

Chiwarawara

2023

Politikon

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Protest and Participation in Durban: A Focus on Cato Manor, Merebank and Wentworth

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Localised Protests in South Africa: A Rebellion or a Fight for a Relationship with the Government?

Localised Protests in South Africa: A Rebellion or a Fight for a Relationship with the Government?

The Changing Physical and Social Environment of Newsgathering: A Case Study of Foreign Correspondents Using Chat Apps During Unrest

‘Violent protests’ in South Africa: understanding service delivery protests

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