Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study

dc.contributor.advisorMaluleke, Gavaza
dc.contributor.advisorLushaba, Siyabonga
dc.contributor.authorMadiya, Sisanda Bongiswa
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-13T18:05:36Z
dc.date.available2021-08-13T18:05:36Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-08-13T18:05:14Z
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the exclusion of rural communities from the postcolonial South African nation state as a result of the neoliberal agenda of the democratic government. This is a qualitative study that was conducted using a desktop analysis of literature and information on the case of the rural Xolobeni community and their resistance to mining. The secondary sources analysed included books, journal articles, news articles and online court documents. The study was also guided by the postcolonial concepts of the nation state and neoliberalism, which have both contributed to the conceptualisation of citizenship in the postcolonial world. The study found that economic growth-centred development in South Africa is often at the expense of those living in the poor communities of the country, such as in the rural areas (Capps & Mnwana, 2015; Kunnie, 2000). Rural communities, such as the former Bantustans, are often stripped of their land rights and livelihood strategies without their consent, at the hands of the democratic government of South Africa under the guise of development. This study argues that this is an injustice that results in the exclusion of rural communities from the postcolonial nation state. This exclusion is not only undemocratic – it resembles the oppression of these communities that characterised apartheid in South Africa.
dc.identifier.apacitationMadiya, S. B. (2021). <i>Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMadiya, Sisanda Bongiswa. <i>"Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMadiya, S.B. 2021. Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Master Thesis AU - Madiya, Sisanda Bongiswa AB - This study investigates the exclusion of rural communities from the postcolonial South African nation state as a result of the neoliberal agenda of the democratic government. This is a qualitative study that was conducted using a desktop analysis of literature and information on the case of the rural Xolobeni community and their resistance to mining. The secondary sources analysed included books, journal articles, news articles and online court documents. The study was also guided by the postcolonial concepts of the nation state and neoliberalism, which have both contributed to the conceptualisation of citizenship in the postcolonial world. The study found that economic growth-centred development in South Africa is often at the expense of those living in the poor communities of the country, such as in the rural areas (Capps &amp; Mnwana, 2015; Kunnie, 2000). Rural communities, such as the former Bantustans, are often stripped of their land rights and livelihood strategies without their consent, at the hands of the democratic government of South Africa under the guise of development. This study argues that this is an injustice that results in the exclusion of rural communities from the postcolonial nation state. This exclusion is not only undemocratic – it resembles the oppression of these communities that characterised apartheid in South Africa. DA - 2021_ DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - exclusion KW - nation state KW - citizenship KW - neoliberalism KW - globalisation KW - governance KW - marginalisation LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study TI - Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMadiya SB. Neoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2021 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33770en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studies
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectexclusion
dc.subjectnation state
dc.subjectcitizenship
dc.subjectneoliberalism
dc.subjectglobalisation
dc.subjectgovernance
dc.subjectmarginalisation
dc.titleNeoliberalism and rural exclusion in South Africa: Xolobeni case study
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMA
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