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'Coloured' boys in 'trouble' : an ethnographic investigation into the constructions of coloured working-class masculinities in high school in Wentworth, Durban.Anderson, Bronwynne. January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.
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Assessing knowledge, attitudes and practices of boys and young men with regard to the prevention of pregnancy and HIV infection.Gqamane, Velile. January 2006 (has links)
This paper focuses on boys and young men's attitudes, knowledge and practices with regard to pregnancy and HIV infection. The objective of the study is to ascertain how boys and young men perceive the risks of pregnancy and HIV infection. The study further investigates the strategies which the sexually active respondents considered as appropriate, practical and effective in coping with these risks. The study was based on the secondary data which was extracted from the transitions to adulthood survey conducted in KwaZulu Natal during 2001. The analysis was restricted to young men aged 14 to 24 years. The major findings from the study revealed that young men did not perceive themselves at risk of HIV infection. Overall, respondents were fairly knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS and knew where to access condoms, how HIV is contracted or transmitted etc. Findings also indicated that many respondents regarded pregnancy as a matter of great
concern. Many respondents perceived pregnancy as highly problematic and were concerned to protect themselves against this risk. The major finding for this study revealed that the majority of sexually active young men used condoms for preventing both pregnancy and HIV/AIDS; while some also used various contraceptive methods to prevent pregnancy. A major factor promoting consistent condom use was the perception of pregnancy as highly problematic. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2006.
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The impact of sexual coercion and violence on sexual decision- making : a look at youth in KwaZulu Natal.Wilson, Alyssa Courtney Prien. January 2002 (has links)
No abstract available. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.
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Adolescent risk taking behaviour in an era of HIV/AIDS infection : a case study if youth in Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa.Dallimore, Anthea. January 2000 (has links)
In light of the current HIV/ AIDS epidemic. the sexual risk taking and health seeking behaviour of South African adolescents is of extreme interest to rescearchers and programme implementers. Using a database of adolescents between the ages of 14 and 22 from Durban Metro and Mtunzini Magisterial District in KwaZulu-Natal Province. This paper seeks to investigate which antecedents impact most on adolescent sexual behaviour. Risk taking behaviour of interest is whether or not a condom was worn at last intercourse. The analysis also seeks to test the impact of Life Skills education in school on this behavioural outcome. Although much of the literature has pointed to more distal factors having greater influence on adolescent health seeking and risk taking behaviour. This analysis has showed that issues relating more closely to levels of communication within a relationship, attitudes towards the use of condoms. and previous health seeking behaviour. have the greatest impact on condom use. Those adolescents who wore a condom the first time they had sex. who felt they could confidently convince their partner to use a condom and who maintain high levels of communication with their partner. were found most likely to have used a condom the last time they had intercourse. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.
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"Rap for abokhokho nelokishi nabantu bonke" : language choice in hop hop music from KwaZulu-Natal : a sociolinguistic approach.Gross, Anna J. January 2007 (has links)
The main focus of hip hop music is on the beats and the lyrics. Hip hop lyrics. performed as 'rap' (fast poetic rhymes) address topics such as self-portrayal, roots, life, location, time and space. From its beginnings, hip hop music in KwaZulu-Natal
has been bilingual with artists performing in isiZulu and English. In addition, expressions from isiTsotsi or other forms of youth language are used in performances as well as on records and mixtapes. Therefore, hip hop music from KwaZulu-Natal offers excellent material for the analysis of the relation between language choice and construction of identity amongst urban youth. This treatise investigates this matter, taking the question of
ethnicity in post-apartheid South Africa into account. Five artists who rap and perform predominantly in isiZulu provide their lyrics for the sociolinguistic analysis which takes a close look at the content and translatability of each text. Certain topics addressed in hip hop lyrics in isiZulu are languagespecific and seem to be (almost) untranslatable. These topics may be related to cultural concepts and 'common knowledge' which are based in Zulu traditions. Moreover, the analysis of the lyrics shows that isiZulu-speaking hip hop artists from KwaZulu-Natal who rap in their mother tongue merge common hip hop themes
with traditional concepts of Zulu culture. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.
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Youth engagement in the eThekwini Municipality : perceptions, attitudes and behaviours of youth acting civically.Brundige, Allyson P. January 2007 (has links)
Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007.
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Street life : a case study on the social impact of participating in a film project on youths from the streets of Durban.Willis, Robin M. January 2011 (has links)
In the spring of 2010, I worked with four street youths from Durban to create a short
fictional film based on their lives. There were two main components to this project:
first, a series of drama workshops and second, the film-making process. The filmmaking
process consisted of the participants improvising scenes based on their street
lives that I captured on film. This project engaged with Theatre for Development and
Participatory Video practices.
The young man who initiated this project did so because he wanted to change people’s
perceptions of youths who lived on the streets. Additionally, he wanted to change his
own perceptions of himself.
The film provided baseline data regarding how the participants viewed themselves and
their lives on the streets. Analysis of interviews conducted after the completion of the
project, when compared with the baseline data, demonstrated social impacts that
occurred as a result of making the film. This data was coded and interpreted using
François Matarasso’s (1997) positive criteria for the social impact of participating in
arts projects as well as corresponding negative categories that I generated.
The film, once coded, demonstrated that the participants felt negatively about their
lives on the streets, with many examples emerging from the categories Lack of Social
Cohesion and Lack of Agency. In contrast, the interviews revealed positive social
impacts across all categories, but especially in relation to Personal Development, Local
Image and Identity, and Community Empowerment and Self-Determination (Matarasso
1997). The participants reported that they felt differently about themselves as a result
of the project. They also said that there had been a change in the way some people
treated them.
Findings revealed that the film project resulted in positive social impacts on the street
youth participants. As a result of the film, they engaged in critical thinking and
reflection related to Paulo Freire’s (1970) notion of praxis. They also wished for
changes in their lives and in some cases enacted change. It was significant that social
impacts and change extended to youths in difficult circumstances.
In conclusion, this research proved that participating in the film project broadened and
enriched the lives of the participants. Problems arose in terms of sustainability.
Further projects and research are needed to establish the possible impacts from longterm
and sustainable arts projects on youths from the streets. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Intra and inter-organizational factors that facilitate or hamper services to children and youth living on the streets of Durban CBD.Mhone, Christopher C. Kangawa. January 2011 (has links)
This research is a result of prolonged work with children and youth on the streets of Durban Central Business District (CBD). This research process started in 2008 during my third year social work practice and in 2009 as part fulfilment of my social work bachelor’s degree. My contemporaries and I conducted a study on survival strategies of children and youth living on the streets of Durban CBD. It was during this period that we began to encounter organizational dynamics that we thought needed further study. The study sought to understand those inter and intra-organizational factors that have impact on their work with children and youth. This qualitative study used data source triangulation, incorporating in-depth interviews, journal notes and analysis of texts. The study was informed by critical theory. Of central importance in this study was critical discourse analysis as a research design and method of data analysis. This study found that some of the organizations, established to assist children and youth living on the streets, actually do present obstacles to their integral development. Children and youth migrate to towns and cities in search of a better life. When on the streets, children are caught up in organizational dynamics that have profound impact on their lives. It is this interface between the organizations themselves and the children that this research critically interrogated.
Organizational dynamics, as reflected in this dissertation, present a threat to children’s and youth’s sense of future and the programmes and models being used need to be re-thought. Based on the main findings of the study, policy and practice recommendations are made in respect of promoting the welfare of children and youth living on the streets. / Thesis (M.A.)-Universiity of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
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Rural gendered youth perceptions : food-security, capabilities, rights and freedoms : a case study of northern KwaZulu-Natal.Floersch, Danielle Nevada. January 2012 (has links)
This case study is a documentation of localised gendered and youth perspectives
regarding food-(in)security, capabilities, rights and freedom. This dissertation explores localised
youth and gendered perceptions of food-security by applying Amartya Sen‟s capabilities
approach. The research is situated within the village of Mboza, the peri-urban locale of Ndumo,
and the town of Jozini, oriented within the Makhathini region of the Pongola floodplain of
Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In this context, perceptions of capabilities, rights, and
food-security are seemingly based on normative views of rights aligning with South Africa‟s
constitutional first and second generations rights. Additionally, it is noted that perceptions and
aspirations are impacted by socio-historical and economic dynamics that have resulted in
segregated places and constrained opportunities. Practically and ideologically speaking, the state
historically played a role in shaping these dynamics. Perceptions are further influenced by
normalised capitalist ideals relating to consumption, socio-economic mobility, and success.
The research explores whether post-apartheid South Africa‟s incorporation of a rightsbased
approach to development has influenced expectations and thus affected perspectives on the
roles of: the state, communities, and individuals; in securing the right to food. In this manner,
perceptions of food, a primary need necessary for a quality of life with dignity, may be extended
to assess the degree of politicisation of basic needs by people in this context.
South Africa has undergone a liberal democratic transition and embraces the ideology of
human rights. However, the right to food, and the “expansion of the „capabilities‟ of persons to
lead the kind of lives they value—and have reason to value”1 lays enmeshed within the rural
development dilemma, the language of human rights and freedoms, and the developmental
objectives of the South African State. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.
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Youth understanding of sexuality and sexual relationships in Dududu, southern KwaZulu Natal.Mbhele, Agnes N. January 2004 (has links)
This research study aimed at investigating the understanding the rural youth have about
sexuality and sexual relationships. The study begins with the literature review related to youth
sexuality and sexual relationships. The main focus of the research was to gather information
regarding the understanding the youth have on sexuality and sexual relationships, their
sources of information, and level of comfort with the topic.
An exploratory research design guided the study. A systematic random sampling procedure
was used to identify twenty youth from grade ten at Zithokozise high school in the Dududu
area. Three focus group discussions were conducted with the group followed by a
questionnaire, which was administered to individual participants in a group setting.
Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to in analysing the results from which
conclusions were drawn.
The findings of the study revealed that rural youth were not well informed on their sexuality
and had misconceptions about sexual relationships. The youth that were sexually active were
mostly not using safe sex methods. The popular informants of youth on sexuality issues were
their own peers who also had inadequate information on the issues. The role of parents and
educators in providing information to the youth was minimal and inadequate. Health facilities
were not always available and if available were not adequately utilized.
Resulting from the findings of the study a youth sexuality manual for rural schools was
designed. The facilitators from the Departments of Community Health and Social Work from
the University of Natal piloted the manual in the same schools that were involved in the
community development projects. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of Natal, Durban, 2004.
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