A Capability Approach assessment of poverty in the sociopolitical history of South Africa/KwaZulu-Natal

Onwuegbuchulam, Sunday Paul Chinazo

doi:10.1080/10875549.2017.1419529

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“…In summary, the key informers are generally of the view that these strategies have helped to address the issues of poverty and underdevelopment in the communities, confirming views from extant literature (Kobia 1995;Robinson & White 1997;Whetho & Uzodike 2009) on the effectiveness of strategies used by FBOs in the development agenda. In addition, the responses agree with the views of Taylor (1995); Ghosh (1998); Roberts (2000); KZN EC (2006) and Onwuegbuchulam (2018) on the multidimensional and structural nature of the poverty existing within the chosen research context and hence the need to look for multidimensional and capability building approaches to addressing the situation. Conversely, the key informers' responses also reveal that PACSA is aware of some constraints to their strategies.…”

Section: The Impact Of Pacsa's Strategiessupporting

confidence: 70%

“…However, despite these successes, it is known that KZN still experiences serious cases of poverty and developmental challenges. In addition, inequality, unemployment, the prevalence of diseases (for example, HIV/AIDS) and a poor social services system remain issues to be tackled by the Provincial government (KZN PPC 2011;Onwuegbuchulam 2018).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Capability Approach Assessment of FBOs’ Role and Strategies in Poverty Alleviation and Human Development in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Onwuegbuchulam¹

2021

Critical Perspectives on Governance, Religion and Humanitarian Aid in Africa

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Post-apartheid governments in South Africa have, through many strategies, tried to curb poverty and underdevelopment in the country. Despite some success stories, certain areas of the country still experience serious cases of poverty and underdevelopment. In the KwaZulu-Natal Province, poverty, inequality, unemployment and decrepit social services system constitute the main challenges to be tackled by the government. When state agents fall short in delivering poverty alleviation and development measures, non-state actors like FBOs sometimes assume the position of providing the necessary public goods to society. Hence, the role that FBOs play in liberal democracies, and how they can possibly help in poverty alleviation and human development, have taken centre stage in scholarly discussions on the politics of the state. Against this backdrop, this study adopts qualitative empirical methods and Sen's Capability Approach as an evaluative framework to assess the role that two FBOs, one Muslim and one Christian, play and the strategies they use in poverty alleviation and human development in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The study's analysis finds that these two FBOs do benefit aid recipients, but that they also (like other NGOs) practice varying forms of paternalism. Further research on these and other FBOs is necessary for a more sustained analysis of the whether and how the CA approach can provide a complete picture of aid recipients' well-being.

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Section: The Impact Of Pacsa's Strategiessupporting

confidence: 70%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Capability Approach Assessment of FBOs’ Role and Strategies in Poverty Alleviation and Human Development in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Onwuegbuchulam¹

2021

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“…In summary, the key informers are generally of the view that these strategies have helped to address the issues of poverty and underdevelopment in the communities, confirming views from extant literature (Kobia 1995;Robinson & White 1997;Whetho & Uzodike 2009) on the effectiveness of strategies used by FBOs in the development agenda. In addition, the responses Sunday Paul Chinazo Onwuegbuchulam 74 agree with the views of Taylor (1995); Ghosh (1998); Roberts (2000); KZN EC (2006) and Onwuegbuchulam (2018) on the multidimensional and structural nature of the poverty existing within the chosen research context and hence the need to look for multidimensional and capability building approaches to addressing the situation. Conversely, the key informers' responses also reveal that PACSA is aware of some constraints to their strategies.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…'Capability' is associated with functioning; it refers to an individual's real freedom/opportunity to achieve functionings. The concept of 'Value' is a condition linked to Capability and Functioning (Onwuegbuchulam 2018). In this, the CA 'is based on a view of living as a combination of various 'doings and beings', with the quality of life to be assessed in terms of the capability to achieve valuable functionings' (Sen 1993:31).…”

Section: Theoretical Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Critical Perspectives on Governance, Religion and Humanitarian Aid in Africa

Kumalo¹

2021

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The cover art work by Ms. Thandeka N. Moyo illustrates the reality of humanitarian aid in Africa. Aid comes from Western donor institutions mainly in the form of money shown in $s and the green box for the greenback. The white hands from the west give aid which is received by agents in the form of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs). The faceless man in a suit represents the African agents who are the main beneficiaries of humanitarian aid. They are faceless and with ropes that trap the money before it reaches the ideal intended beneficiaries. The agents have jobs and consume the bulk of the aid with crumbs reaching the intended beneficiaries illustrated by the many black African hands receiving the 'money'. The aid comes with strings attached shown by the red string. The recipients lose their agency as they have to use the money according to the will of the donors. Africa has remained darkest, despite the aid, as it direct funding towards sustainable development projects in Africa because the intermediary agents, and the strings attached, to the aid. Hence the black Africa in the art work, remains underdeveloped. The artwork suggests that the current modus operandi in respect of donor aid to Arica, around humanitarian aid, cannot develop Africa and Africans, because it is not by, for, with and in support of Africans and their own African initiatives and African agency. Artwork by Thandeka N. Moyo

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“…The historical context of the country, including its colonial and apartheid past, has affected and still has an effect on vulnerable groups and people, especially in rural areas, in informal settlements and in townships (Chibba and Luiz, 2011;Rapatsa, 2015;Ebenezer and Abbyssinia, 2018). After the abolition of apartheid as a policy of racially segregated development and the first fully democratic elections in South Africa in1994, the newly elected African National Congress-led government prioritised the reduction of poverty, but 25 years on, inequities and poverty remain issues of grave concern, as many people in South Africa still suffer from the aftermath of the apartheid system, and the socio-economic consequences for them are dire (Onwuegbuchulam, 2018). Poverty poses a threat to the country's social structures and their cohesion (Govender, 2016).…”

Section: South African Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Group work and social enterprise: using group members’ skills for social and economic development

Prinsloo

2019

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Poverty is a major issue of concern worldwide and rife in South Africa. Minority groups such as women suffer the most and often have little or no access to opportunities for employment. Social workers have an obligation toward social and economic justice. Although small social enterprises cannot get rid of poverty, it can provide a pathway to address several challenges thereof. This article provides a discussion of a case study from South Africa where a group work project assisted in developing and expanding a social enterprise to combine social and economic development. Group work with its aim of support, growth, mutual aid and cohesion provides an ideal medium to identify, enhance and use the skills and capacities of group members to manage their challenges, and in the process, to enhance their sense of self-worth. It is recommended that social workers need knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship to facilitate the development of sustainable social enterprises. However, multi-stakeholder involvement can assist in the aim of such ventures to work towards sustainability. In this discussion of a case study, and with a strength perspective as foundation, three groups of unemployed individuals were formed that made conference bags and key rings while discussing life issues. Using meso skills can bridge the divide to address macro issues.

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A Capability Approach assessment of poverty in the sociopolitical history of South Africa/KwaZulu-Natal

Cited by 7 publications

References 10 publications

A Capability Approach Assessment of FBOs’ Role and Strategies in Poverty Alleviation and Human Development in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

A Capability Approach Assessment of FBOs’ Role and Strategies in Poverty Alleviation and Human Development in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Critical Perspectives on Governance, Religion and Humanitarian Aid in Africa

Group work and social enterprise: using group members’ skills for social and economic development

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