Browsing by Author "Gama, Nomkhosi"

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    Social Reproductive Labour: Exploring Experiences of Women in the Taxi Industry
    (2023) Mlambo, Yonela; Gama, Nomkhosi
    The taxi- industry in South Africa is one of the most significant public modes of transport that employs a variety of workers, unskilled, under-skilled, and semi-skilled, and transport the majority of workers every day. The growth of the taxi-industry in South Africa is informed by the history of colonialism which ensued in the forced removal of black peoples from city vicinities, to the peripheries of the city which subsequently created transportation needs to and from work. Nonetheless, post-colonialism, the nationalist elite government ensued transformation endeavours and attempts to formalise the taxi-industry. However, the history of the taxi -industry in South Africa and post-colonial nationalist elites' government endeavours to transform the taxi-industry women are providing social reproductive labour in the taxiindustry are silenced. Therefore, the aim of this study was to uncover the experiences of women who produce social reproductive labour in the taxi-industry, and the gendered power dynamics in the taxi-industry by using semi-structured interviews. Semi-structured interviews are a dialogue between the interviewer and the interviewee and they were conducted at the Cape Town Deck Station taxi-rank. Semi-structured interviews were guided by qualitative research method largely because it enables the researcher to critically study the nature of phenomena, the phenomena qualities in their varying manifestations, and the context in which they manifest themselves or from the perspectives from which they can be perceived in their natural environment. This research found that the work provided by omama is integral for the functioning of the taxi industry as it provides them with labour power although it subject omama to precarious working conditions.
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    Youth Development Agencies: A Case Study of Young People's Experiences in Ekurhuleni Municipality
    (2023) Nkosi, Mduduzi; Gama, Nomkhosi
    ‘Youth unemployment' and ‘youth development' are topical issues in post-democratic South Africa. The country sees an ever-increasing number of predominately working class young people struggling to find ways to ‘enter the economy' over time because of a variety of reasons. South African government has for a while now, taken a reactive role in trying to remedy the situation through various policy interventions. While much has been said about the State's active role, the voices who should arguably be the most important actors, i.e., ‘the recipients' of said development, have been notably absent in the discussions of youth development. It is the aim of this study to give them a voice and to understand how they view youth development and its track record in the country. Using qualitative interviews, the study sought to understand the experiences and perceptions of working age young people in a semi-urban setting when it comes to youth development policy and accessing state funded youth development organizations. It paints a picture of young people who are largely unsatisfied with their government and its efforts to help them become economically active. The findings suggest that young people are mostly unsatisfied with the efforts by the State towards youth development, and feel that the state could do more to help them. The findings also reveal experiences of varied success with getting help from Statecontrolled youth development entities contribute to this view.