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Exploring the relationship between HIV and alcohol use in a remote Namibian mining community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Elizabeth Lightfoot --- School of Social Work, United States Maretha Maree --- Department of Human Science, Namibia Janet Ananias --- Department of Human Science, NamibiaIn southern Africa, the use of alcohol is increasingly seen as creating a context of risk for HIV transmission. This qualitative study investigates the links between alcohol use and higher-risk sexual behaviours in a remote southern Namibian mining-town community. Using... -
A reflection on a visual ethnography of Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rosa Persendt --- Contemporary Social Issues Unit, Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Affairs), NamibiaIn this essay, Rosa Persendt reflects on Gregor Dobler's photo essay “Presence and Absence: Shops as Traces of Hopes in Apartheid Namibia” which deals with ethnographic photos taken of empty cucu [trading stores] opened in the early 1950s and the... -
Organisational citizenship behaviours: Their influences on mineworkers’ turnover intention
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Khayalethu Ngqeza --- , South Africa Nelesh Dhanpat --- , South AfricaWe investigated organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) influences on employee turnover intention in a mining organisation. The participants were 371 mining employees (men = 74%; women = 26%; mean age = 37.2 years, SD = 8.21 years). The employees completed standardised... -
Wider family in post-privatisation Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: James Musonda --- University of Liège, BelgiumThis article traces the economic and social dynamics animating kin-like relations amongst workers on the Zambian Copperbelt, their implications in everyday life and broader conceptions of family they engender. The article argues that the ability of mineworkers’ families to cope...