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Waiting in liminal space: Migrants' queuing for Home Affairs in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Rebecca Sutton --- Faculty of Law, Canada Darshan Vigneswaran --- Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany Harry Wels --- Athena Institute, VU University Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWaiting is a common feature of everyday encounters between individuals and organisations. Government officials and private sector workers make us wait for decisions, wait for services and sometimes, simply wait our turn. Yet, little attention has been devoted to theorising... -
Utilisation of staff clinic facility in a Northwest Nigeria hospital: emerging challenges for the National Health Insurance Scheme
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: GC Michael --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria BA Grema --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria SO Yakubu --- Department of Family Medicine, Nigeria I Aliyu --- Department of Paediatrics, NigeriaBackground: The health status of workers and their families affects workplace productivity. The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) objective of improving healthcare accessibility to Nigerians has increased service utilisation but may pose new challenges to existing facilities. This study was... -
Reading the Trauma of Internally Displaced Identities in Goretti Kyomuhendo’s Waiting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Nick Mdika Tembo --- Department of English Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and the Department of English, MalawiOne of the effects of violent conflicts in East Africa is that millions of people have either been internally displaced or forced to leave their homes and set up other homes elsewhere. In this article I focus on Goretti Kyomuhendo’s... -
Liminality in incorporation: regularisation of undocumented Zimbabweans in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Shingirai Nyakabawu --- , South AfricaSince 2000, large numbers of undocumented Zimbabweans have settled in South Africa in search of better living opportunities. In 2010, the South African government approved an immigration amnesty known as the Dispensation Zimbabwe Permit (DZP). This article argues that DZP...