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‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa.
Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/131816 ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. Malebane, Matlhogonolo Keoreeditse Hall, Susan Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Philosophy. COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Pandemics -- Social aspects -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa -- Social aspects UCTD Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A devastating pandemic with political and socioeconomic ramifications has plagued humanity through every century. The most recent pandemic, COVID-19, is no different. A hallmark of each global emergency (health, financial, and socio-political) is the exposition of the injustices inherent in the inequitable power balances between the dominant and marginalized groups, the rich and the poor, the global north and south. South Africa is a historical settler colony created by a unique system of discrimination based on the brutal subjugation and exploitation of Indigenous people by white supremacists, known as apartheid. The discussion exposes the conception of South Africa’s immoral system of racial discrimination apartheid, its brutal enforcement, and political and socioeconomic consequences on the lives of the people of colour. The consequent structural inequalities, mainly racial income inequality, have created conditions of poor health amongst vulnerable groups. In the study’s context, the marginalized groups are people with disabilities, migrants, women, and children. The narrative reveals the evolution of the epidemiology of diseases of poverty through the concepts of ‘social pathology,’ syndemic theory, and social determinants of health and highlights that failure to address the underlying structural inequities equates to the failure of the impending National Health Insurance (NHI) system. The study concludes that social justice can be achieved by realizing an egalitarian society based on correcting the underlying inequalities and commitment to a future based on respecting human rights and dignity. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar. TSHOBOKANYO: Leroborobo le le senyang le le nang le ditlamorago tsa sepolotiki le tsa loago le ikonomi le ntse le tshwenya batho mo lekgolong lengwe le lengwe la dingwaga. Leroborobo la bosheng, COVID-19, ga le farologane. Letshwao la tshoganyetso nngwe le nngwe ya lefatshe (ya boitekanelo, ya matlole, le ya loago le sepolotiki) ke go tlhalosa tshiamololo e e tlholegileng mo tekatekanong ya maatla e e sa lekalekaneng magareng ga ditlhopha tse di laolang le tse di kgaphetsweng kwa thoko, bahumi le bahumanegi, bokone le borwa jwa lefatshe. Aforika Borwa ke kolone ya baagi ya hisitori e e tlhamilweng ke tsamaiso e e kgethegileng ya kgethololo e e ikaegileng ka go fenngwa le go dirisiwa botlhaswa ga batho ba Naga ke batlhotlheletsi ba basweu, e e itsegeng jaaka tlhaolele. Puisano e senola kgopolo ya tsamaiso e e sa siamang ya Aforika Borwa ya tlhaolele ya semorafe, tiragatso ya yona e e setlhogo, le ditlamorago tsa sepolotiki le tsa loago le ikonomi mo matshelong a batho ba mmala. Go tlhoka tekatekano ga dipopego go go bakileng, bogolosegolo go tlhoka tekatekano ga lotseno lwa merafe, go tlhodile maemo a boitekanelo jo bo bokoa mo ditlhopheng tse di mo kotsing. Mo bokaong jwa thutopatlisiso, ditlhopha tse di kgaphetsweng kwa thoko ke batho ba ba nang le bogole, bafaladi, basadi le bana. Kanelo e senola phetogo ya leroborobo la malwetse a lehuma ka dikgopolo tsa ‘bolwetse jwa loago,’ kgopolo ya syndemic, le ditlhomamiso tsa loago tsa boitekanelo mme e tlhagisa gore go palelwa ke go samagana le go tlhoka tekatekano ga popego go lekana le go palelwa ga thulaganyo ya National Health Insurance (NHI) e e tlang. Thutopatlisiso e swetsa ka gore tshiamiso ya loago e ka fitlhelelwa ka go lemoga setšhaba se se lekalekanang se se ikaegileng ka go baakanya go tlhoka tekatekano go go ka fa tlase le boineelo jwa isagwe e e ikaegileng ka go tlotla ditshwanelo le seriti sa batho. Masters 2025-03-31T07:17:35Z 2025-03-31T07:17:35Z 2024-12 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/131816 Stellenbosch University vi, 78 pages application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Pandemics -- Social aspects -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa -- Social aspects UCTD Malebane, Matlhogonolo Keoreeditse ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title | ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title_full | ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title_fullStr | ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title_short | ‘Surviving’ at the margins: the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in South Africa. |
| title_sort | surviving at the margins the impact of covid 19 on vulnerable groups in south africa |
| topic | COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa Marginality, Social -- South Africa Pandemics -- Social aspects -- South Africa Public health -- South Africa -- Social aspects UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/131816 |
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