Grace Khunou 26 June 2016

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Barratt 1: 26 June 2016- SASA Opening and Welcome 17:30-19:00
Congress
Chair: Grace Khunou
Opening

1. Welcome and Opening- SASA President 2016: Prof. Grace Khunou
2. Welcome to Rhodes University and Grahamatown/Rhini –Vice Chancellor: Dr Sizwe Mabizela
3. Keynote Address: Prof. Zine Magubane (Boston, US)

Barratt Foyer 26 June 2016- SASA Cocktail Reception 19:00

SESSION 1- 27 June 2016- Monday: 08:45-10:15
Sociology A: SESSION 1: Socio-economic issues, marriages and intimate relationships - Chair: Kammila Naidoo
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Gender
Studies 1. Leo Munyaradzi Chimeri, Rendani Tshifhumulo and Harry Mukwevho- Biting The Hand That Feeds
The Family: The Conundrum Of Female Breadwinners Circumstances In Marriages. (University of
Venda)
2. L'oreal Laria Magro- A Sociological Examination of the Effects of the Precarious Black Middle Class
Position on the Constitution and Maintenance of Intimate Relationships. (University of
Johannesburg)
3. Tebogo, S. Lobaka- Exploring the experiences of young adult women growing up with non-resident
fathers in North West- Tlokwe Local Municipality. (UNISA)
4. Edmond Madhuha- A case study of the ways South African Black Middle Class men form and
maintain intimate relationships. (University of Johannesburg)

Barratt 1: SESSION: Identities and Learning in Social Movements –Chair: Francesco Pontarelli
Social
Movements 1. Ferron Pedro- Elements of Popular Education in the learning activities of a new social movement: a
case study of the social movement Equal Education. (University of Pretoria)
2. Thembelihle Maseko- Intersections: A study of the 'protest lives' & 'private lives' of selected women
from the social movement, Abahlali baseFreedom Park. (University of Johannesburg)
3. Nonkululeko Mabaso- #WitsFeesMustFall: An ethnographic study of a social movement in the
Internet Age (University of the Witwatersrand)
4. Siyabonga Sibiya- Student voices for transformation in tertiary education: Interrogating the notion of
‘violence’  in  movement  activities  of  #feesmustfall. (University of Johannesburg)
5. Xolani Shange- Transitional politics as a contributing factor to the fierce fight for radical change of
tertiary institutional landscape. (University of KwaZulu Natal)

Barratt 2: SESSION 1: Issues of Transformation within Higher Education Systems in Africa including South Africa –
Higher Chair: Radhamany Sooryamoorthy
Education
1. Itumeleng Mekoa- Challenges Facing Higher Education in South Africa: A Change from Apartheid
Education to a Democratic Education. (North-West University)
2. Daniel Lopes Ibanez-Gonzalez- The Historical Development of Modern Discourses of Higher
Education in relation to Vedic Knowledge.

3. Ntokozo Mthembu- A litany of Indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) in the South African academic 2
sphere in the 21st Century. (UNISA)
4. Thembinkosi Twalo- Knowledge Production for National Development: An investigation into the role
of attitudes, ethics and values. (HSRC)

Barratt SESSION 1: Religion and the Public Arena: Reflections and Contemporary challenges – Chair: Vangile
Seminar Room Bingma
1: Sociology of
Religion 1. Elisabeth le Roux and Neil Kramm- Faith based organisations and the challenge of defining
organisational religious identity. (Stellenbosch University)
2. Abraham Chupe Serote- School violence and the breakdown in learner discipline: Is the supposed
religious vacuum to blame? (University of the Free State)
3. Funeka Manzi- Black Theology in contemporary South Africa: A study of Pastor Skosana of the Way
of Life Church (University of the Witwatersrand)
4. Sepetla Molapo- On love and terror: A conversation with Setiloane. (University of Pretoria)

SESSION 1: Political marginalities and realities- Chair: Anthony Kaziboni
Barratt
Seminar 2:

Political
1. Ghyusuddin Ahmed- Exploring the politics of Islamophobia – what is the reality? (Virginia State
sociology and
University)
Law:
2. Stuart Lee Kugara- Witch-hunting: A Human Rights Perspective in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
(University of Venda)
3. Alex Wafer- Infrastructure, territory and state power after Apartheid. (Wits university)
4. Leroy Maisiri- The state of the Independent Left of South Africa. (Rhodes University)

Steve Biko SESSION 1: Media, Higher Education and Cultural Spaces –Chair: Simon Mapadimeng
Seminar
Room: Media, 1. Luniko Futshane- Blurred lines - The study of the influence of mainstream hip hop culture at Rhodes
Culture and University: a content analysis of hip hop lyrics and gender relations. (Rhodes University)
Society 2. Jorge Gonzalez- Please Stand Behind the Line: The Dialectical Relationship between Space and the

Moment in the Art Gallery Experience. (University of Ottawa) 3
3. Vanessa Mpatlanyane- Social  Media  as  medium  of  political  pedagogy:  Open  Stellenbosch’s  use  of  
Facebook and Twitter. (Stellenbosch University)

Sociology B: Session 1: Currents in the African Climate Change Debate- Chair: Ms Suzanne Reyneke
Environment
and Natural 1. Bamlaku Tadesse Mengistu- Climate change and variability-induced resource based conflicts: the
Resources case of the Issa, Ittu and Afar (Agro) pastoralists of eastern Ethiopia. (Haramaya University, Dire
Dawa, Ethiopia)
2. Philani Moyo- Climate change finance in Zimbabwe: Raptures and ructions of a neoliberal
transnational climate financing architecture. (University of Fort Hare, East London)
3. Thulani Dube- The gendered impacts of climate change on household labour requirements in
Nathisa, Zimbabwe. (University of Fort Hare, East London)
4. Keith Phiri- “Groping  in  the  dark”:  The  pitfalls  of  uncoordinated  state  responses  to  climate  change in
Zimbabwe. (University of Fort Hare, East London)

Barratt 3: SESSION 1: Lessons from History and its effect on Labour- Chair: Tapiwa Chagonda
Industrial and
Economic 1. Lucien van der Walt- The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union in South West Africa:
Sociology Syndicalism, Garveyism and Resistance in South African-ruled Namibia, 1920-1925. (Rhodes
University)
2. Nkhaba Jantjie Xaba- Vanderbijlpark and challenge of empowerment legislation: Is Vanderbijlpark
still a beacon of hope for change or not? (Stellenbosch University)
3. Mpho Patience Mwatcha- Botswana's labour relations system: Lessons from 2011 public sector
strike. (Rhodes University)

Selwyn Castle SESSION I: Youth Sociology -Chair: J Govender
Sem Room A:
Sociology of 1. Patrick Matholo- (North West University)
Youth 2. Gracious John-(North West University)
3. Didimalang Matsheka- (North West University)

10:15-10:45 TEA BREAK- Barratt Foyer
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Plenary 1: Funding a Transformed Higher Education System-Chair: Kiran Odav
Barratt 1
10:45 – 12:15

1. Dr Ingrid Tufvesson- Intersections and Disjunctures: Approaching Higher Education funding through
responsible citizenship. (Higher Education Transformation Network)
2. Prof. David Cooper- FeesMustFall - What policies enhance social justice and decolonization?
(University of Cape Town)
3. Ms Julie Nxadi-“Tell me your value" A letter of regret to the university (#Fees Must Fall, University of
Western Cape)

Drostdy Lunch: 12:15 – 13:15 Barratt 3 SARS Editorial Board Meeting
Dining Hall
SESSION 2: 27 June 2016 -Monday 13:15-14:45

SESSION 2: Youth, culture and higher education- Chair: J Govender
Barratt 1:
Sociology of 1. Boipelo Bahule and Kiran Odhav- Youth Subculture and Violence in Kimberly: A critical account of
Youth subculture theories to find factors influencing violent gang subcultures. (North-West University)
2. Sheila Manka and Kiran Odhav- The socio-cultural and economic importance of snail consumption in
the Buea community, South West Region, Cameroon. (North-West University)
3. Vangile Bingma- COSAS: A history of (de)constructing school interrelationships. (University of
Pretoria)
4. Mzileni, Mihlali- The causes and impact of the decrease in the number of white students staying in
on-campus residences at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University post-1994. (Nelson Mandela
Metropolitan University)

Barratt 2: SESSION 2: Race and Transformation at South African Universities- Chair: Gertrude Fester
Higher
Education 1. Patricia Pinky Nkete- Being a Black Postgraduate Student in the Higher Education System in South
Africa. (University of South Africa)
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2. Abraham Serote- The socio-historiography of the South African medical school and the continuing
salience  of  “race”. (Department of Arts and Culture and Research Associate of University of Free
State)
3. Emmanuel Makosi- To  me,  racism  is  like  AIDS”:  Perceptions  and  experiences  of  university  students.
(University of Johannesburg)
4. Joseph Reilly- ‘Teaching  the  Native’:  Behind  the  architecture  of  an  unequal  education  system. (USA)

Barratt SESSION : Development Projects and Programmes- Chair: Jay Govender
Seminar 1:
Development 1. Thokozani Moyo and Wilson Akpan- Gender dynamics in third sector community development
programmes: Reflections from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. (University of Fort Hare)
2. Kiriana Dube- Hydro-development Projects - Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam Project: Processes, Problems and
Promises. (University of Johannesburg)
3. Reinette Meiring- A  Case  Study  of  Women’s  Participation  in  Sanitation  Upgrading  in  an  Informal  
Settlement in Stellenbosch Municipality. (Stellenbosch University)
4. Brilliant Mzingaye Xaba- Bandaging a Broken Arm: The Effectiveness of the Child Support Grant
(CSG) in Alleviating Poverty in Poor Grahamstown Communities. (Rhodes University)
Barratt SESSION 2: Urban Sociology- Chair: Trevor McArthur
Seminar 2:
Urban 1. Federico Velez- 'I want to break free!' Georgia O'Keeffe's Cityscapes and Robert Ezra Park's City.
Sociology (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana)
2. Jaqueline Borel-Saladin- Migration and polarization in African cities. (University of Cape Town)
3. Yvette Ussher- Exploring the dimensions of digital inequality: The case of Accra informal micro
women traders. (University of Cape Town)
4. Boniface Mutale (presenter), Philani Moyo and Cornelias Ncube - Negotiating participation spaces:
An examination of the role of residents associations in urban local governance in Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe. (University of Fort Hare)

Barratt 3: SESSION 2: Clinical Sociology, Health and Social Policy- Chair: Oluwafemi Adeagbo
Clinical
Sociology 1. Anthony Kaziboni- The Experiences of Home Based Care Workers in the South African State's
Provision of the Foster Care Grant. (University of Johannesburg)
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2. Lesego Bertha Kgatitswe- Investigating The Illness Experience Of Women Diagnosed With Breast
Cancer In Low Income Contexts In South Africa. (University of the Witwatersrand)
3. Erna Prinsloo- Crumbling inside: the emotional labour of "Heroes of Hope" in the cancer movement
in South Africa. (University of Cape Town)

Sociology A: SESSION 2: Gender, class and intimate relationships- Chair: Ruari-Santiago McBride
Gender
Studies 1. Grace Khunou- Precarious Love among the Black Middle Class: Is Decolonial Love Possible.
(University of Johannesburg)
2. Xoliswa Khumalo- Economic Issues and Gender Role in Intimate Cohabiting Unions in Katlehong,
Gauteng Province. (University of Johannesburg)
3. Lesego Linda- Single Black Middle Class women and Marriage. (University of Johannesburg)

Steve Biko SESSION 2: Violence, Conflict and Temporary Work- Chair: Ms Lesego Plank
Sem Room:
Industrial and 1. Boikanyo Moloto- Violence and Conflict in the Taxi Industry: A Case Study of the Greater Brakpan
Economic Taxi Association. (University of Johannesburg)
Sociology
2. Teresa Perez- Distorting discourses: The power of impression management practices in waste
pickers’  interactions  with  agents  of  social control. (UCT)
3. Anne Wiltshire- The changing demographics of temporary farm workers, in the deciduous fruit
sector in Ceres, South Africa. (Stellenbosch University)
4. Anne Wiltshire- Labour turnover of temporary farm workers in the deciduous fruit sector in Ceres,
South Africa. (Stellenbosch University)

Sociology B: SESSION 2: Farming, Land-based Livelihoods and Land Reform at a Crossroads: Southern Africa in times of
Rural drought- Chair: Sonwabile Mnwana
Sociology
1. Donna Hornby, Yves Vanderhaeghen and Rauri Alcock- Drought in South Africa: Rethinking the who,
what, where, how and why of land reform, food and water. (PLAAS, University of Western Cape)
2. Farai Mtero- Rural Livelihoods, large-scale mining impacts and agrarian change in Mapela villages,
Limpopo, South Africa. (SWOP, University of the Witwatersrand)
3. Amelia Genis- Everybody's laboratory: Can research in the communal farming areas of
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Namaqualand be scaled up or implemented to benefit reproduction in a hotter and drier future?
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
4. Ben Cousins - Accumulation versus social reproduction: capitalist contradictions within smallholder
farming in South Africa. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)

Barratt Foyer TEA BREAK: 14:45 – 15:15
SESSION 3: 27 June 2016 -Monday 15:15 – 16:45

Barratt 1: SESSION 3: Round Table: Struggling for Democracy: Mass Protest and Repression-
Social
Chair: Grace Khunou
Movement;

Economic
1. Samek Naquib- Political Islam and Revolution in Egypt (American University in Cairo and School of
Sociology and
Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
Political
2. Ferhat Kentel- The 'success' of the Turkish Islamic social movement - From the revolution to the
Sociology and
Thermidor. (Istanbul Sehir University)
Law
3. Volodmyr Ischchenko- Radical minority effect in mass protests: case of far right participation in
Ukrainian Maidan uprising (Kiev Polytechnic Institute)

Barratt 2: SESSION : Race, Citizenship and Policy-Chair: Jantjie Xaba
Race, Class
and Ethnicity: 1. Nothile Dlamini- Critical skills and lack of informed choices: the disadvantaged graduate problem in
South Africa. (Gauteng Provincial Legislature: Research Unit)
2. Emeka Obioha- Race, Equality and Quality of Education in South African Universities: Perceptions of
Students in a Historical Black University. (Walter Sisulu University)
3. Johann Maree- What is racism and how is it eliminated? A sociological enquiry in the South African
context. (University of Cape Town)
4. Armand Schutte- Factors that influence the acceptance of interracial dating. (University of
Johannesburg)

SESSION 3: Health Narratives and Change - Chair: Mabone Kgosiemang
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Steve Biko
Seminar 1. Chinwe Obuaku- Revitalizing Higher Education in Africa: A Review of Health Research in (Social
Room: Health Science) in African Universities. (University of the Western Cape)
2. Tackson Makandwa- The migrant healthcare crisis in South Africa: Narratives of maternal healthcare
experiences of migrant women in Johannesburg, South Africa.(University of the Witwatersrand)
3. Dostin Lakika- The body will speak: illness narratives amongst forced migrants in Johannesburg.
(ACMS, University of the Witwatersrand)

Barratt Sem2: SESSION 3: Lethal Legacies: Mining, resources and policies- Chair: Thulani Dube
Environment
and Natural 1. Suzanne Reyneke and Freek Cronje - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability in the
Resources Iron Ore Industries of South Africa and India: A Comparative Study. (North West University)
2. Willice Abuya- A  pinch  too  little?  Salt  mining  and  corporate  social  responsibility  in  Kenya’s  salt  
mining industry. (Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya)
3. David Fig- Bearing the burden: Responsibility for the legacy of asbestos in South Africa. (UCT)
4. Wilson Akpan and Johan van Tol- Space, place and a dam: An ethnographic exegesis of the dam-
community nexus in Mzimvubu, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (University of Fort Hare (EL) and
University of the Free State)
5. Belinda Johnson and Mariam Seedat - Fishing for the Future. Realizing Environmental Rights in the
Linefish Sector: An Evaluation of Policy Implementation. (University of KwaZuluNatal)

Barratt 3: SESSION 3: Decoloniality and social theory- Chair: Derik Gelderblom
Social Theory
and 1. Trevor McArthur- Decolonizing theory and practice within studies of Boys, Men and Masculinities in
Methodology South Africa. (Stellenbosch University)
2. Ramosotho Mokgadi- A cultural critique of Herbert Blumer's Symbolic Interactionism. (North West
University- Mafikeng Campus)
3. Monty Roodt- The promises and problems of developing an African sociology. (Rhodes University)
4. JF de Sousa- The good living – human capabilities, decoloniality and the ontology of
bothopreneurship: a case for epistemic diversity in entrepreneurial studies. (University of South
Africa)

Barratt SESSION 3: Farming, Land-based Livelihoods and Land Reform at a Crossroads: Southern Africa in times of
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Seminar 1: drought  (CONT…)- Chair: Farai Mtero
Rural
sociology 1. Brittany Bunce- Agricultural investments in the communal areas of the Eastern Cape: The impacts of
joint ventures on livelihoods and land rights. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
2. Tapiwa H. Chatikobo- Livestock, grazing and land reform in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe: Some
theoretical perspectives. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
3. Alex Dubb- Patterns  of  accumulation  in  South  Africa’s  grain-livestock complex: raising questions of
agrarian structure. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
4. Helena Perez Nino- Class formation across borders, the experience of Mozambican migrant workers
in Southern African borderlands. (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape)
5. Mnqobi Ngubane- Investigating socio-spatial trajectories of class formation: accumulation from
below  and  above  on  ‘New  Qwaqwa  Farms’  from  the  mid-1980s to 2016. (PLAAS, University of the
Western Cape)

Sociology A: SESSION 3: Gender, violence and intervention strategies -Chair: Anthony Kaziboni
Gender
Studies 1. Denise Buiten and Kammila Naidoo- Reviewing Themes in the South African Literature on Rape.
(University of Notre Dame and University of Johannesburg)
2. Thapelo Mqehe- The Reintegration of Women Ex-Offenders into Society: A Narrative enquiry.
(University of Johannesburg)
3. Ruari-Santiago McBride- The biopolitics of intimate partner violence. (University of the
Witwatersrand)

Sociology B: SESSION : Shifting Migration Patterns in South Africa- Chair: John Mashayamombe
Industrial and
Economic 1. Divane Nzima & Philani Moyo- The  new  ‘diaspora  trap  paradigm’:  A  product  of  the  fallacies  of  return  
Sociology migration theories. (University of Fort Hare)
2. Crispen Chinguno- Shifting migration patterns in mining and new facets of livelihood strategies in
post-apartheid South Africa. (University of the Witwatersrand)
3. Emmanuel Makosi- Dragons slay Springboks: A study of Chinese traders in Johannesburg. (University
of Johannesburg)

ROUNDTABLE: Monday, 27 June 2016 16:45-18:00
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Barratt 2: Critical discussion of the relevance of Community Engagement for Higher Education
Higher Institutions- Chair : Lucien van der Walt
Education Over the past 20 years, South African higher education institutions have been engaged with the meaning,
nature and experience of Community Engagement (CE). As the South African Higher Education Community
Engagement Forum (SAHECEF) approaches its 10th anniversary, SAHECEF is interested in reflecting upon the
experience or implementation of CE in South African higher education institutions and the lessons that can
be drawn from this experiences, practice and praxis in informing the future development of Community
Engagement.
The roundtable discussion will include members of SAHECEF who are involved in Community Engagement
Directorates at a number of South African Universities. The purpose of the round table will be to:
1. Share institutional experiences of CE;
2. Critically engage with strategies that are effective in ensuring the implementation of CE; and
3. Inform the role SAHECEF can play at institutional level and within the Higher Education system in
South Africa into the future.
SAHECEF is mindful of the changed context of Higher Education, the debates centred on the Decolonisation
of South African Higher Education, poverty and inequality and accessibility and so acknowledge that the
roundtable conversation has to be grounded in our current realities. It has to address questions pertaining to