Migration in Southern Africa : : IMISCOE Regional Reader.

• Superior document: IMISCOE Research Series
• Author: Rugunanan, Pragna.
• TeilnehmendeR: Xulu-Gama, Nomkhosi.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IMISCOE Research Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 pages)

Table of Contents

Migration in Southern Africa -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Key Contributions of the Book -- 1.3 Theoretical and Methodological Processes That Brought the Book to Life -- 1.4 Structure of the Book -- References -- Part I: Theorising Migration from a Southern Perspective -- Chapter 2: Retheorising Migration: A South-South Perspective -- 2.1 Situating a South-South Theoretical Perspective -- 2.2 Retheorising Migration Without Recreating the Borders -- 2.3 Historicising (Labour) Migration in Southern Africa -- 2.4 Migration and Feminisation of Labour in the South -- 2.5 Rethinking Africanness in the Context of South-South Migration -- 2.6 A Theory of Migration That Crosses Nationalistic and Ethnic Boundaries -- 2.7 Concluding Theoretical Standpoints -- References -- Chapter 3: Migrating Beyond Borders and States: Instrumental and Contingent Solidarities Among South Asian Migrant Informal Workers in South Africa -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Why the Global South? -- 3.3 The Allure of South Africa -- 3.4 Feminisation of Migration in the Global South -- 3.5 Social Networks as a Source of Social Capital -- 3.6 Conclusion: All Is Not What It Seems -- References -- Chapter 4: Neoliberal Capitalism and Migration in the Global South: A Case of Post-ESAP Zimbabwe to South Africa Migration -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Overview of the Zimbabwean Migration Landscape -- 4.3 The Historical Context of Zimbabwe to South Africa Labour Migration -- 4.4 Why Neoliberal Capitalism in Zimbabwe? -- 4.5 The Impact of ESAP on Zimbabwe -- 4.6 Labour and Migration Interface -- 4.7 The Role of the Zimbabwean State Under Neoliberalism -- 4.8 Migration in the Age of Neoliberal Capitalism.

4.9 Ways of Mitigating the Neoliberal Onslaught Against Labour -- 4.10 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Legislation and Policy Frameworks Governing Migration -- Chapter 5: Immigration Policy in South Africa: Public Opinion, Xenophobia and the Search for Progress -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Immigration Policy Reform in South Africa -- 5.3 Results: The Extent of Anti-immigrant Sentiment and How It Influences Policy -- 5.3.1 Crime Narratives of Immigration -- 5.3.2 Economic Narratives of Immigration -- 5.3.3 Welfare Chauvinism -- 5.3.4 Immigrant Selection Criteria -- 5.3.5 Discrimination Is a Doorway to Participation in Anti-immigrant Hate Crime -- 5.3.6 Explanations for Anti-immigrant Hate Crime -- 5.3.7 Preferences for Strategies to Combat Anti-immigrant Hate Crime -- 5.4 Discussions and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6: Refugee Policy as Infrastructure: The Gulf Between Policy Intent and Implementation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Africa -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Evolution of Refugee Policy and Governance in South Africa -- 6.3 A Policy Shift -- 6.4 The Gaps in the (Legislative) Fence -- 6.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7: Policy Implementation Challenges for Worker Education and Foreign National Migrants -- 7.1 Introduction and Background -- 7.2 Methodological Insights -- 7.3 What Has Happened to Worker Education in South Africa? -- 7.4 Positioning COSATU in South-South Relations -- 7.5 The Labour Migration Policy Framework -- 7.6 Insights from Key Informants -- 7.6.1 Challenges to Policy Implementation -- 7.6.2 Foreign National Migrants and Worker Education -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Internal Labour Migration and Regional Mobility -- Chapter 8: Informal Settlements: A Manifestation of Internal and Cross-Border Migration -- 8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Migration, Housing Policy and the Social Role of Informal Settlements -- 8.3 Informal Settlements, Migration and Urbanisation in South Africa -- 8.3.1 The Role of Fragmented Policy in Housing Delivery Failures -- 8.3.2 Social Aspects of Informal Settlements -- 8.4 The Study Site and the Survey Design -- 8.5 Results -- 8.5.1 Sample Description -- 8.5.2 Mother Tongue -- 8.5.3 Education -- 8.5.4 Unemployment and Underemployment -- 8.5.5 Housing Conditions, Preferences and Infrastructure Needs -- 8.5.6 The Quality of Life of the Youth -- 8.5.7 Views on Immigration -- 8.6 Discussion: Disillusionment and Resilience -- 8.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Migrant Women's Experiences in the City: A Relational Comparison -- 9.1 Introduction and Background -- 9.2 Methodological and Theoretical Context -- 9.3 Women's Everyday Lived Experiences -- 9.3.1 Undervalued Similarities -- 9.3.2 Complexities of Difference -- 9.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part IV: Children and Mothers on the Move -- Chapter 10: Young Mothers, Labour Migration and Social Security in South Africa -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Gender, Skills and Migration -- 10.3 Methodology -- 10.4 Unemployment and Internal Labour Migration -- 10.5 Grandmothers in the Context of Young Migrant Mothers -- 10.6 The Social Role of Social Grants in Labour Migrant Households -- 10.7 Is SA's Comprehensive Social Security Really Comprehensive? -- 10.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Conceptualising Second Generation Immigrants in South Africa: The Experiences of Nigerian Second Generation Immigrants -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Immigrant Children -- 11.3 The South African Context -- 11.4 A South African Perspective of Second Generation Immigrants -- 11.5 Methodology -- 11.6 Findings -- 11.6.1 South African Second Generations by Place of Birth.

11.6.2 Classifying Second Generation Immigrants by Age at Migration -- 11.6.3 Positioning South African Second Generations by Immigration Status -- 11.7 Experiencing South African Schools as Second-Generation Immigrants -- 11.7.1 Bullying -- 11.7.2 Perception of the School Environment -- 11.8 Discussion -- 11.9 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12: Experiences of Mozambican Migrant Children in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Literature Review -- 12.3 Theoretical Framework -- 12.4 Methodology -- 12.5 Results and Discussion -- 12.5.1 Understanding the Value of Education -- 12.5.2 Participants' Challenges in Accessing Education -- 12.5.3 Participants' Agency -- 12.6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Part V: Identity Politics in Migration Studies -- Chapter 13: The Role of Interpersonal Communication in Re-identity of Voluntary Economic Migrants Living in South Africa -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Literature Review -- 13.3 Theoretical Framework -- 13.4 Methodology -- 13.5 Results and Discussions -- 13.6 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Chapter 14: Apartheid Racism and Post-apartheid Xenophobia: Bridging the Gap -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The Separatist Legacy of Apartheid -- 14.3 Xenophobic Violence in Post-apartheid South Africa -- 14.4 The Manifestation of Immigrant Stereotypes -- 14.5 Conclusion: Criminalisation of Xenophobia? -- References -- Chapter 15: Strategies and Tactics of Integration of Transnational African Migrants: Case Study of Ethiopian Migrants in South Africa -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 African Migrants and the Problematic of "Integration" in South Africa -- 15.3 Playing with Sameness and Difference as Tactics and Strategies of Integration -- 15.4 Conclusion -- References -- Part VI: Workers' Rights and New Forms of Work.

Chapter 16: "We maZimba… There Is Nothing That We Cannot Do": The Work Ethic of Undocumented Zimbabwean Day Labourers in eMalahleni, South Africa -- 16.1 Introduction -- 16.2 Kukiya-kiya or Kubatanidza-batanidza: Some Conceptual Explanations -- 16.3 Daily Wage Workers: Men Who Stand by the Side of the Road -- 16.4 Methods -- 16.5 "We Kiya-kiya to Survive" -- 16.6 The Spatio-Temporal Horizon of Kukiya-kiya -- 16.7 Getting and Doing the Work Through Kukiya-kiya -- 16.8 Conclusion: On the Question of Agency and Exploitation -- References -- Chapter 17: "No, We Are Not Fighting Against Foreign Workers and We'll Never Fight Against Foreign Workers": Trade Unions and Migrant Rights -- 17.1 Human Rights Discourse -- 17.2 Migrants and Precarity -- 17.3 Trade Unions and Migrants -- 17.4 Findings -- 17.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18: Conclusion -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 What Is an African Migrant Identity? -- 18.3 Why Migrate from South to South? -- 18.4 Child Migrants -- 18.5 Migrant Workers Eke Out a Livelihood -- 18.6 Policy Implications for Migrants -- 18.7 Concluding Remarks -- References.