When Flood Victims Became State Victims: Tokwe-Mukosi, Zimbabwe

Hove, Mediel

doi:10.1080/17419166.2016.1182804

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“…In the climate change discourse, similar catastrophes of increased violence against women were reported (Rahman 2013 ; IPCC 2015 ). As articulated, during climate change–induced floods which plagued Zimbabwe recently such as Cyclone Idai (Chimanimani) and Tokwe Mukosi (Masvingo) disasters, reports of violence against women increasing in the refugee camps from their male counterparts or strangers were seen (Chatiza 2019 ; Hove 2016 ). From this, we argue that climate change disasters and health pandemics serve as a double injustice for women because they are disproportionally encumbered than men.…”

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“…Reports of abuse from state security personnel during disasters are not a new phenomenon in Zimbabwe. From this, Hove ( 2016 ) contends that during climate change–induced disasters which hit the Tokwe Mukosi area in Masvingo Province in 2016, reports of abuse of women by state security officials at the Chingwizi refugee camp, emerging especially during the distribution of relief services, were seen. Similarly, what emerged in this study reflects analogous experiences with soldiers and police officers who were deployed to enforce the COVID-19 lockdown measures.…”

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Social Work Practice: Accounting for Double Injustices Experienced by Women Under the Confluence of Covid-19 Pandemic and Climate Change Impacts in Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Nyahunda

Shyleen

Tirivangasi

2021

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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In this paper, the researchers argue that the repercussions of the Coronavirus Disease 19 pandemic are taking a toll on rural women, not as a new phenomenon, but as an amplifier for their historical calamities dovetailed by climate change. The declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation ignited widespread pronouncements of national state of disasters in various countries around the globe including Zimbabwe. Subsequently, like other countries, Zimbabwe followed the precautionary measures outlined by the WHO and pronounced its national lockdown to curtail the transmission of the virus. This paper intends to demonstrate how convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change impacts serves as a double injustice for rural women in Nyanga communities, Zimbabwe. The study was qualitative in nature guided by the descriptive research design. Twenty participants comprising rural women and social workers were selected using purposive and convenience sampling techniques. Data were collected using focus group discussions and key informant interviews. The Thematic Content Analysis was followed to analyse the data from which the findings were derived. This study established that the COVID-19 pandemic is enhancing the catastrophic implications created by climate change on rural women whose food security systems are shattered, livelihood strategies maimed, caregiving roles burgeoning, and access to healthcare systems compromised. This daunting double impact is aggravated by gender inequalities, social exclusion and patriarchal dominance. The centrality of social justice to social work connotes that the profession has a tendentious responsibility to stand in the gap and liberate women from the jaws of these double catastrophes (climate change and COVID-19).

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confidence: 99%

Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Work Practice: Accounting for Double Injustices Experienced by Women Under the Confluence of Covid-19 Pandemic and Climate Change Impacts in Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Nyahunda

Shyleen

Tirivangasi

2021

J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work

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“…Among such pieces of scholarship is Mediel Hove (2016)'s discussion of state-community relations which rendered displaced communities victims. To sum up the argument laid out by Hove (2016), while floods were a bane for communities in Chivi district where Tokwe-Mukosi dam is situated, the government of Zimbabwe compounded the situation by failing to provide support and resources in the aftermath of the disaster. Support for this strand of thought is available in the form of multiple reports from local newspapers and international non-governmental organizations (iNGOs).…”

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Stakeholder Coordination in the Tokwe - Mukosi Disaster Response in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

Zikhali¹

2018

ASSRJ

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Physical displacement and natural disasters have occurred in Zimbabwe since preindependence times, always posing a threat to human life and developmental gains. Disasters in the form of flooding continuously contribute to loss in human lives, destruction of shelter, damage to household assets and in internal displacement. In 2014, a combination of high rainfall and damages on the Tokwe-Mukosi dam wall contributed to flooding of communities in close proximity to the dam. The disastrous outcome was the flooding of the immediate catchment area which communities were unable to cope with. The government sought for assistance from disaster management actors during and after the flood with mixed response. This paper explores roles played by stakeholders in responding to flooding of Tokwe-Mukosi dam in Masvingo Province. Data for this paper was collected through structured interviews, observations and focus group discussions. Relying on 'habitus' and 'pastoral power' as conceptual tools, the paper broadly found out that communities resorted to various reservoirs of knowledge and experience to limit their post-disaster vulnerabilities while also demonstrating abilities to negotiate various power structures. Finally, the paper recommends that the interventions from various agencies recognise the agency of displaced actors in attempting to alleviate challenges. In addition, researchers ought to equally embrace more innovative methods and conceptual lens when exploring social phenomena in order to go beyond narrow narrative approaches and developmentalist discourses.

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“…In addition, the Tokwe-Mukosi displacements glaringly exposed the Zimbabwe’s disaster preparedness or lack thereof with arguments that the country has been a victim of displacements in recent years. Hove ( 2016 ) argues that the Tokwe-Mukosi flood victims became state victims because of the failure by the Zimbabwean government to provide for the displaced after the occurrence of the disaster. However, the International Peace Institute cited in Chendume ( 2016 :23) contradicts this by tellingly revealing that, ‘[ n ]o country is immune from the forces of nature’.…”

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“…A substantial amount of literature has been published on the Tokwe-Mukosi disaster and its ensuing displacements. These studies have rallied around a number of standpoints; among the most prominent perspectives that have emerged include the human rights perspective (Chendume 2016 ; Nyamafufu 2014 ); political perspective (Hove 2016 ; Mtimba 2014 cited in Hove 2016 ; Tarisayi 2015 ) and a livelihoods perspective (Mutangi & Mutari 2014 ; Rusvingo 2014 ; Tarisayi 2014 ). However, the aim of this treatise is to argue that Western frameworks have weaknesses, to proffer the role that can be played by traditional leadership in Zimbabwe in mitigating the effects of disaster-induced displacements and to further enunciate that traditional leadership is in actual fact the missing link in the disaster-induced displacements discourse in Africa.…”

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Traditional leadership and the Tokwe-Mukosi induced displacements: Finding the missing link

Tarisayi

2018

Jàmbá

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There is increasing empirical evidence that the relocation of the victims of the Tokwe-Mukosi floods in Zimbabwe was marred by a combination of challenges. These challenges are argued in this article to have resulted from the adoption of Eurocentric models by government and non-governmental organisation technocrats and experts while relegating traditional leadership and the lived experiences of the displaced to the shadows. The writer provides a summary and critique of the Elizabeth Colson–Thayer Scudder four-stage model and Michael Cernea’s Impoverishment Risks and Reconstruction Model. This article argues that traditional leadership is the missing link in disaster-induced displacement and its integration can overcome most of the challenges faced by the displaced in Zimbabwe. Traditional leadership in Zimbabwe can be traced to precolonial states and it has survived the colonial and postcolonial epochs. The study was guided by the Afrocentric theoretical framework. The case for the integration of traditional leadership was buttressed by numerous arguments. Among these arguments include proximity of traditional leadership to the displaced, the Zunde raMambo concept and ubuntu, among others.

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When Flood Victims Became State Victims: Tokwe-Mukosi, Zimbabwe

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Social Work Practice: Accounting for Double Injustices Experienced by Women Under the Confluence of Covid-19 Pandemic and Climate Change Impacts in Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Social Work Practice: Accounting for Double Injustices Experienced by Women Under the Confluence of Covid-19 Pandemic and Climate Change Impacts in Nyanga, Zimbabwe

Stakeholder Coordination in the Tokwe - Mukosi Disaster Response in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe

Traditional leadership and the Tokwe-Mukosi induced displacements: Finding the missing link

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