https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4979 2026-06-26T20:20:51Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32467 The sexualisation of Black women in revealing western clothing in the media a contributing factor to sexual violence in South Africa Mohlahlane, Muthise Maphiri Sexual violence against girls and women is a global problem and South Africa is regarded as having one of the highest incidences of rape in the world. Sexual violence is not limited to just the physical violation, it also includes verbal acts such as catcalling and groping. Many reasons (rape myths) have been given by the perpetrators of sexual violence, and they range from alcohol, ‘misunderstanding’ to lack of control. In most cases, the reason given is that the victim herself was tempting, provocative and seductive either in her actions or in how she presented herself. In South Africa, there have been a prevalent case of Black girls/women being stripped naked publicly for the way they were dressed (miniskirts or shorts). The men involved in these instances see this as a ‘corrective’ and deterrence measure that aims to uphold the dignity of traditions and cultures. These same men then turn around and applaud Black girls/women dressed in even more “revealing” clothes. The reason behind the men’s negative thinking towards revealing western clothes is linked to how they perceive women, a perception that is often linked to the media. Using the theory of objectification (and others), the study looked at the perceptions Black South African men have towards Black South African women when they are dressed in “revealing” clothes and whether it contributed to the high number of sexually violent crimes in the country. This was a qualitative study and used an online questionnaire with 120 participants taking part. The study focused on 34 critical questions in which participants answered questions on their perceptions of media and its influence on their views of Black women particularly in revealing clothes. The study showed over 80% of the participants agreed that western style clothes are revealing and 87% stated that women are sexually harassed by men because of the revealing western clothes they wore. The participants also viewed traditional clothes differently from western clothes with 78% stating that they do not hold the same value in society. And so, a reduction of sexual content on all media platforms, education on sex that includes the acknowledgement of women as human beings at school, the re-introduction of traditional values and the use of the various traditional spaces to educate young men would assist in changing the perception that Black South African men have towards Black South African girls and women. 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31835 Volksmoeder ordentlikheid’: exploring hegemonic representations of Afrikaner femininity in the Afrikaans language film Stroomop (2018) Van der Walt, Mignonne This dissertation studies the representation of hegemonic Afrikaner femininity in the Afrikaans film Stroomop, employing the concept of volksmoeder ordentlikheid as an analytical lens. Drawing on feminist discourse analysis and a Foucauldian notion of power, I examine how the women of Stroomop reinforce or challenge traditional expectations of Afrikaner womanhood. By positioning myself within the volksmoeder ideal, I further link the subjectifying power of social institutions, such as religion and family, with the representation of femininity in postfeminist media. The research considers the analysis within the broader historical and socio-political landscape of post-apartheid South Africa, ultimately, interrogating the ways in which Afrikaans cinema as a ‘safe space’ perpetuates a conservative nationalist Afrikaner ideology still embedded in white male supremacy and female subordination.; Hierdie proefskrif bestudeer die voorstelling van hegemoniese Afrikanervroulikheid in die Afrikaanse film Stroomop. Volksmoeder ordentlikheid word as ‘n analitiese lens in die proefskrif gebruik. Met die gebruik van feministiese diskoersanalise en ‘n Foucauldiaanse begrip van mag, het ek ondersoek ingestel op hoe die vroue van Stroomop tradisionele verwagtinge van Afrikaner-vroulikheid versterk of uitdaag. Deur myself binne die volksmoeder-ideaal te posisioneer, koppel ek verder die die mag van sosiale instellings, soos godsdiens en familie, aan die verteenwoordiging van subjektiewe vroulikheid in postfeministiese media. Die navorsing beskou die analise binne die breër historiese en sosio-politieke landskap van Suid-Afrika na apartheid. Dit bevraagteken die wyse waarop Afrikaanse rolprentkuns as ‘n ‘veilige ruimte’ voortduur en hoe ‘n konserwatiewe nasionalistiese Afrikaner-ideologie steeds diep in wit manlike oppergesag en vroulike ondergeskiktheid gewortel is. Text in English with summaries and keywords in English and Afrikaans 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/30383 An evaluation of the rehabilitation programmes for youth offenders at Boksburg correctional centre in Gauteng province of South Africa Sekhabi, Audrey Boitumelo Correctional centres play a vital role in the rehabilitation of offenders. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, crime has increased globally in countries the world over, especially youth crime, although commonly in relation to online activities. Youth offenders are the category of the South African incarcerated population that has been growing rapidly in the first decade of democratic South Africa and has been observed to be continually growing. Despite the efforts by the Department of Correctional Services to rehabilitate the offenders, South Africa’s criminal re-offending rate is at an approximate alarming rate of 87% and has partly been attributed to the rehabilitation programmes in correctional services which have been pointed to be absent or ‘problematic’. Rehabilitation programmes are one of the several endeavours which the Department of Correctional Services has embarked upon in its quest to rehabilitate offenders and reintegrate them into communities as law-abiding citizens. Rehabilitation focusing on offender development, education and training for the youth is therefore key to the prevention of recidivism. The study sought to evaluate the rehabilitation programmes for youth offenders at the Boksburg Correctional Centre in the Gauteng province of South Africa with a view to enhance its perceived impact in reducing re-offending. The objectives of the study were to determine the types of rehabilitation programmes that are rendered to youth offenders; assess the success factors of rehabilitation programmes; analyse the threats to the rehabilitation programmes; and to suggest recommendations that can be adopted to enhance the perceived impact of the rehabilitation programmes for the youth offenders. The study adopted the qualitative research approach and employed the case study design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with two (2) educationists, one (1) social worker, one (1) religious officer, one (1) sports officer, and seven (7) youth offenders who were all purposively sampled. Data from the study was thematically analysed. Findings from the study revealed that correctional programmes, offender development programmes, and psychological, social and spiritual programmes are rendered to the youth offenders. The study also established that the success factors to the rehabilitation programmes include human resources, communication and facilities. It was further established that there are threats to the rehabilitation programmes such as communication, facilities, offender development training and financing. The study concluded that while rehabilitation programmes are rendered to the youth offenders, they do not seem compulsory. Further, the study concluded that there are gaps in the laws and regulations regarding participation and attendance of the youth offenders in the programmes, as well as gaps in skills development training programmes which contribute to the ineffectiveness of the rehabilitation programmes. The study recommended that the correctional centre introduces diversified educational programmes and offer skills development training and puts in place rules and regulations regarding the participation and attendance of the youth offenders in the rehabilitation programmes. 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/26938 Othering Mushrooms: Migratism and its racist entanglements in the Brexit campaign Vráblíková, Lenka Mushrooms have long occupied a highly ambivalent position in the cultural imagination, inciting disgust and fear, as well as wonder and fascination. Neither plants, nor animals, they grow up unexpectedly but also in regular lines or circles. Some of them are medicinal and edible, whereas others are toxic or even poisonous. Sometimes they are both. Employing the ambivalence of mushrooms as analytic lens, this article interrogates the processes of othering through which certain human bodies are more susceptible to be othered than other human bodies. Mobilising Sara Ahmed’s analytic framework on othering as an embodied process, this transnational ecofeminist intervention provides an insight into how forests, mushrooms and their foragers have been deployed in the Brexit campaign’s migratism and explores its racist entanglements. The article argues that research into social and environmental histories of how meaning is constructed and embodied in human and non-human bodies and the places they inhabit is vital for contesting the re-emergence of the right-wing populism that, in Europe, is exemplified by events such as the Brexit. 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z