Muslims’ Affective and Cognitive Attitudes towards Formal Dementia Care in South Africa: Do They Vary according to Family Structure and the Experience of Familial Caregiving?

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
Kutlwano K.K.M. Ramaboa ◽  
Iman Fredericks
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Familial Caregiving ◽  
Cognitive Attitudes

scholarly journals The Association between Family Structure Changes and High School Completion in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Annah Vimbai Bengesai ◽  
Nompumelelo Nzimande
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
High School ◽  
Young People ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
National Income ◽  
High School Completion ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
School Completion ◽  
Using Data

Over the past few years, family structures have been dramatically transformed, yet limited research from South Africa has assessed the effect on children’s developmental outcomes. Using data from the National Income Dynamics Study, we aim to contribute to the literature by examining the relationship between family structure disruption and high school completion in South Africa. Our sample consisted of 1649 young people who were aged 12, 13 and 14 in 2008 and their educational attainment was tracked through to 2017. The results from the logistic regression analysis demonstrate that family structure disruption is negatively associated with high school completion. After controlling for variation in household income change, the child’s educational factors and socio-demographic controls, young people who experienced a change from a co-resident family or were in stable non-resident parent family structures were up to 50% less likely to complete high school relative to those from undisrupted co-resident parent family structures. Given that family structure disruption is a widespread phenomenon in South Africa, research should consider it as a key determinant of educational attainment and policymakers should come up with holistic interventions to support families as well as allocate public resources in ways that can help reduce educational inequalities.

Dismembered by Colonialism: On Nadine Gordimer’s July’s People and Its Engagement with the Dynamics of a Black Family Structure under Apartheid South Africa

Imbizo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siyasanga M Tyali
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Black Family ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Family Structures ◽  
Racial Relations ◽  
Black South African

Nadine Gordimer’s much celebrated novel, July’s People (1981), largely narrates the story of white and black community relations a decade before South Africa’s post-apartheid moment (1994). Whilst overtly focusing on various themes of racial relations, one of the passing, yet key thematic, concerns of the novel revolves around settler colonialism, including its apartheid chapter and how it dismembered black family structures in South Africa. Thus, the focus of this article is on July’s People and its capacity to register and pinpoint some of the continuities and discontinuities that have rendered black biological fathers absent from their families, especially from their young and growing children. The article concentrates on the novel’s ability to unmask the lasting negative impact of colonialism on the institution of fatherhood among black South Africans who have been subjected to settler colonialism. Whether these fathers were dismembered from their families as a result of employment migration systems or the alienation that developed as a result of their extended absences from home is a question this article addresses by analysing the novel in relation to such forms of family disintegration. Lastly, by juxtaposing the “perfect” family structure of the Smales against that of July’s (Mwawate), the article grapples with the way in which the novel acts as a register of how settler colonialism, including its apartheid moment, dismembered black South African families. 

scholarly journals Mxit advertising’s influence on cognitive attitudes amongst Millennials in the Western Cape

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Deffett
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Medium ◽  
Cognitive Responses ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Exponential Rate ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cognitive Attitudes

The social media have grown at an exponential rate in recent years, especially amongst the youth (known as Millennials) in South Africa, who access social media primarily via mobile devices; these have served as an additional catalyst to fuel this growth. The rapid advancement of social media is also attributed to the Millennials’ desires for social interaction connectedness, information, entertainment and convenience. Millennials portray a difficult market to reach with advertising due to the large fragmentation of media, diverse range of interests and demographical differences, but this lucrative market cannot be ignored owing to their huge purchasing power. Mxit is a popular social medium in South Africa and provides numerous advertising opportunities for organisations and their brands. The purpose of this study was to examine Millennials’ cognitive attitudes towards advertising on Mxit, and assess the influence of certain usage and demographic factors. The research surveyed 1858 young adults in the Western Cape who were between the ages of 18 and 30 years. Millennials maintained favourable cognitive responses towards Mxit advertising. All of the usage elements and a demographic factor, gender, were also found to have a significant influence. The results provide both academia and organisations with fresh insights and a greater understanding of social network advertising.

scholarly journals Household Life Cycle: The Case Of Customer Satisfaction In Restaurants

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 335
Author(s):  
Cindy Erdis ◽  
Michael Du Toit
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Family Structure ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Restaurant Industry ◽  
Customer Behaviour ◽  
The Family ◽  
Household Life Cycle

The restaurant industry is rife with customers experiencing unacceptable levels of customer service, resulting in many customers often deciding to take their patronage elsewhere. Marketing researchers have long been investigating the influence of family on customer behaviour and satisfaction, but very limited research has been done on the influence of the family structure on customer satisfaction in restaurants. This article examines the influence of household life cycle on customer satisfaction in selected restaurants in the Tshwane area of Gauteng, South Africa. An empirical study was conducted with the aim of establishing if the stage in the household life cycle of restaurant patrons has an influence on the level of customer satisfaction experienced when visiting restaurants. A self-administered survey was conducted whereby questionnaires were handed to restaurant patrons with the restaurant bill folder. Based on the research results, it was found that the stage in the household life cycle of restaurant patrons does indeed have an influence on how satisfied customers were with regard to certain aspects relating to customer service, which in turn influences their overall customer satisfaction. This is important for restaurants who want to retain customers based on their loyalty and to ultimately increase profitability.

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