An unabating challenge: Media portrayal of xenophobia in South Africa

Tarisayi, Kudzayi Savious; Manik, Sadhana; Ribeiro, Nelson

doi:10.1080/23311983.2020.1859074

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“…According to the last census, the figure is officially at two million (Department of Statistics South Africa, 2019a). However, other estimates put the number of foreigners in South Africa at five million (Wilkinson, 2015). The unemployment rate in South Africa is officially at 29% (Department of Statistics South Africa, 2019b).…”

Section: Hashtags and Political Mileagementioning

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Afrophobic Attacks in Virtual Spaces: The Case of Three Hashtags in South Africa

Tarisayi¹

2021

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Contemporary discourse on migration in the Republic of South Africa reveals recurring attacks on foreign nationals over the past decade. Recent literature shows that the attacks have mainly targeted foreign nationals from other African countries. However, this growing literature focuses on physical attacks on foreigners while negating cyberspace ones. This article focuses on attacks on foreign nationals in virtual space. The study sought to answer two research questions: In what way are migration and migrants being portrayed on South African Twitter? In what way are Twitter hashtags being used to perpetuate afrophobia? A study of three hashtags was conducted. The article drew from the scapegoating theory to interrogate tweets on South African Twitter. Data was generated using an online hashtag tracker. A qualitative content analysis of three hashtags (#PutSouthAfricansFirst, #NormaliseHiringSACitizens and #SAHomeAffairsCorruption) was conducted. The study noted the omnipresent view that all black foreigners in South Africa were “illegal immigrants” regardless of their migration status. Besides, black foreigners were stereotyped as criminals. The Department of Home Affairs was viewed as complicit in the influx of illegal immigrants in South Africa through corrupt activities. The tweets also blamed the government for its inability to resolve the problem of illegal immigrants. The study established that hashtags were now the new frontier for afrophobic attacks on black foreigners in South Africa.

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Section: Hashtags and Political Mileagementioning

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Afrophobic Attacks in Virtual Spaces: The Case of Three Hashtags in South Africa

Tarisayi¹

2021

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“…It is plausible that the June 2020 SRB decline could have been attributed to an event approximately 9 months earlier [8], in September 2019. Indeed there were protests/riots during that September which garnered significant media attention [26]. However, several factors are not consistent with this paradigm of the South African June 2020 SRB decrease being primarily related to September 2019 events.…”

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COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

Masukume

Ryan

Masukume

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Background The sex ratio at birth [defined as male/(male+female) live births] is anticipated to approximate 0.510 with a slight male excess. Following sudden unexpected stressful events, this ratio has been observed to decrease transiently around 3-5 months following such events. We hypothesised that stress engendered by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused such a decrease in South Africa 3-5 months after March 2020 since in this month, South Africa reported its first COVID-19 case, death and nationwide lockdown restrictions were instituted. Methods We used publicly available recorded monthly live birth data from Statistics South Africa. The most recent month for which data was available publicly was December 2020. We analysed live births for a 100-month period from September 2012 to December 2020, taking seasonality into account. Chi-squared tests were applied. Results Over this 100-month period, there were 8,151,364 live births. The lowest recorded monthly sex ratio at birth of 0.499 was in June 2020, 3 months after March 2020. This June was the only month during this period where the sex ratio inverted i.e., fewer male live births occurred. The predicted June 2020 ratio was 0.504. The observed June 2020 decrease was statistically significant p = 0.045. Conclusions The sex ratio at birth decreased and inverted in South Africa in June 2020, for the first time, during the most recent 100-month period. This decline occurred 3 months after the March 2020 onset of COVID-19 in South Africa. As June 2020 is within the critical window when population stressors are known to impact the sex ratio at birth, these findings suggest that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic engendered population stress with notable effects on pregnancy and public health in South Africa. These findings have implications for future pandemic preparedness and social policy.

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“…Solomon (2019) adds that adjustment to a new country can take time, and the period of adjustment will influence the expatriate's experience of working abroad. The dislike shown by locals of a country toward foreigners is known as "xenophobia," which Masenya (2017) maintains is more than just dislike and, in fact, encompasses the attitudes, prejudices, and behaviour of locals who reject and disparage foreigners. Xenophobia is often manifested in the form of discriminatory behaviour, violence, and abuse.…”

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“…Xenophobia is often manifested in the form of discriminatory behaviour, violence, and abuse. Moreover, it is rooted in locals' feelings of superiority, lack of intercultural understanding, and the notion that foreigners impose a threat to locals in some way (Masenya, 2017). Therefore, xenophobia can have an impact on the expatriate's experience in a foreign country.…”

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How social influences and work environment affect the overall experience of tefl teachers in China

Berman

Potgieter²

2021

International Journal of Contemporary Management

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Background Expatriation has grown rapidly, and the TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) industry relies on it heavily. As is the case with any expatriation adjustment, TEFL teachers’ overall experience of living and working in China can be influenced by external factors. For the purpose of the study described in this article, both social influences and the work environment are highlighted as influences on the overall experience of teaching TEFL in China. Research aims The research aim of the study was to investigate the efect of social influences and work environment on the overall experience of TEFL teachers who teach in China. Methodology The study made use of a positivistic research paradigm and a descriptive research design. The sampling procedure utilised in the study was non-probability sampling, and the technique used was convenience sampling. The target population comprised TEFL teachers who were teaching in China, with the final sample consisting of 379 respondents. To collect data, the method used was an online survey, and the specific measuring instrument was a web-based, self-administered questionnaire, distributed via a link on Facebook, WeChat, LinkedIn, and Reddit groups that are specifically for TEFL teachers in China. Once the data were collected, both descriptive and inferential statistics were utilised to analyse and interpret the data. Findings From the empirical data collected in the study, it was found that, in general, both social influences and the work environment of TEFL teachers in China positively affected their overall experience, while the potential influence of a language barrier proved to have no negative effect on their overall experience.

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An unabating challenge: Media portrayal of xenophobia in South Africa

Cited by 20 publications

References 19 publications

Afrophobic Attacks in Virtual Spaces: The Case of Three Hashtags in South Africa

Afrophobic Attacks in Virtual Spaces: The Case of Three Hashtags in South Africa

COVID-19 onset reduced the sex ratio at birth in South Africa

How social influences and work environment affect the overall experience of tefl teachers in China

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