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Submission Number: 231
Submission ID: 1389
Submission UUID: bb5691bf-cccb-4f22-8b0d-721c42782c92
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Mon, 06/30/2025 - 05:15
Completed: Mon, 06/30/2025 - 07:16
Changed: Wed, 08/13/2025 - 12:56
Remote IP address: 137.215.99.178
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
| Title | Dr. |
|---|---|
| Lastname | Mpofu |
| Firstname | Sheron |
| sheron.maqembe.mpofu@gmail.com | |
| Mobile | 0786428328 |
| Institution | University of pretoria |
| Biosketch | Dr Sheron Mpofu is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Social Work and Criminology at the University of Pretoria. Her fields of research include migrant children, migrant families and anti-oppressive social work theories relevant to Southern Africa and the Global South. Her doctoral study explored the challenges and opportunities for integration of second-generation Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa and the implications of their experiences for social work with migrants. Dr Mpofu’s master’s study explored the lived experiences of Zimbabwean migrants raising children under conditions of irregularity in South Africa. |
| Is there a Second Presenter? | No |
| Title of Presentatation | Challenges and opportunities for the integration of second-generation Zimbabweans in South Africa: Implications for anti-oppressive social work |
| Theme Selection | THEME 3: Policy and Advocacy for Peace building, Environmental and Social Justice |
| Subtheme THREE Selection | SUB 3.2 Social workers, social movements and advocacy during wars, natural and medical disasters. |
| Select your Presentation Type | Oral Presentation |
| Abstract | South Africa is one of the countries that receive migrants in the world. The country is home to a diverse population of migrants, primarily from the African continent. Zimbabwean second-generation migrants form part of the population of migrants being assimilated, integrated and acculturated into South Africa. The question of assimilating, integrating and acculturating second-generation migrants into receiving countries in terms of social, economic, legal and political dimensions is essentially a matter of social justice. Therefore, it is important for social work. This paper explores the challenges and opportunities encountered by Zimbabwean second-generation migrants along social, economic, legal dimensions and political dimensions of their lives as they integrate into South Africa. Furthermore, it seeks to understand what these experiences mean for anti-oppressive social work. The paper is based on a study that has a similar title. An anti-oppressive social work theory, drawing from the concepts of coloniality, misframing and oppression, was used to gain an understanding of the experiences of second-generation migrants. A qualitative interpretive research methodology was utilised to conduct the study, with case study; purposive, snowball and convenience sampling; semi-structured individual interviews and thematic content analysis used. 16 second-generation migrants ranging from the ages of 14 to 21 and 10 key informants from the fields of social work, education and law were interviewed. Johannesburg and Pretoria were the study locations. |
| Title | Dr |
| Firstname | Ashwill Ramon |
| Lastname | Phillips |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |
| Title | Prof |
| Firstname | Roelf |
| Lastname | Reyneke |
| Does the Abstract fit the selected Theme? | Yes |
| What Area does this Abstract Focus on? | Empirical Research |
| Status | Accepted |