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Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg
Mini Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/51906 Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg Du Plessis, Irma Mbokazi, Ayanda Black unemployed township youth UCTD Mini Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Julius Sello Malema has persistently presented himself through his statements and actions as a significant voice for the economically disenfranchised in South Africa, particularly the youth. As a former African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President, Malema’s popularity was once uncontested, both in the political and public landscape of South Africa, and in 2013 when this research was conducted – that is, after his expulsion from the ANC and before the establishment of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – he seemed to be a man descending from the height of his powers. This study unpacks the predicament of unemployed township youth in Johannesburg and how they understand their circumstances against the backdrop of and in relation to broader politics, in particularly the politics and political vision of Malema. Drawing on research material from four sets of focus groups, two conducted in Alexandra and two in Orlando (Soweto), involving 32 participants in total, this study reveals that the discourse of unemployed township youth is not fully usurped by Malema’s programme and extends beyond his politics. Malema’s discourse is relevant to young people in Johannesburg townships in so far as poverty and lack of opportunity is a South African reality for township youth. The unemployed black youth of Alexandra and Orlando craft and present their own explanations and solutions to their everyday lived experience of unemployment and poverty as they reflect on themselves as a collective with no economic power but as one with legitimate voting power. The study illuminates the battered self-esteem of unemployed black youth. It is argued that the injury to their self-esteem seems to provide a source of sufficient agency in that they express ideas that entail attempts to restore dignity by means of collective action. tm2016 Sociology MSocSci Unrestricted 2016-03-18T10:31:43Z 2016-03-18T10:31:43Z 2016 2016 Mini Dissertation Mbokazi, A 2016, Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg, MSocSci Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51906> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51906 en 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Black unemployed township youth UCTD Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title | Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title_full | Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title_fullStr | Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title_full_unstemmed | Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title_short | Black unemployed township youth in the era of Julius Malema : a study in Alexandra and Orlando, Johannesburg |
| title_sort | black unemployed township youth in the era of julius malema a study in alexandra and orlando johannesburg |
| topic | Black unemployed township youth UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/51906 |