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Submission Number: 53
Submission ID: 810
Submission UUID: 25212427-4623-4812-907a-43db11501b79
Submission URI: /2025/abstracts
Created: Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:01
Completed: Wed, 04/23/2025 - 12:27
Changed: Thu, 05/29/2025 - 18:37
Remote IP address: 146.230.0.1
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English
Is draft: No
Current page: Complete
Webform: Abstract
Presenters
Mr.
Mzinyane
Bongane
University of kwazulu-natal
Bongane Mzinyane is a Lecturer in the Discipline of Social Work at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he has taught Social Policy and Social Work Practice in the past 5 years. Before joining academia Bongane has eight years of experience in Department of Social Development and Department of Justice. He holds Master of Social Sciences, Bachelor of Social Work and Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration. He has submitted his PhD thesis for examination. He now supervises master's students, coordinates BSW programme, and actively publishes and reviews for local and international social work journals. His research interests include disaster management, green social work and criminal justice social work, this is evidenced by publications and conference presentations in the past few years. In 2024, he also facilitated a training course for the South African Police Service on crowd psychology.
Yes
Dr.
Motloung
Siphiwe
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Dr Siphiwe Motloung is a Head of Department and Senior Lecturer in the Social Work Department at the School of Applied Human Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Her research interests include mental health, addiction, race and gender-based violence. Before joining academia, Dr Motloung practiced as a Clinical Social Worker for nearly two decades in the public health sector. She worked in the hospital outpatients as well as inpatients providing therapy to patients. She also worked in inpatient rehabilitation with individuals battling with substance and gambling addiction.
She obtained her Bachelor of Social Science in Social work from the University of Cape Town, Masters in Social Work (Clinical Practice) from the University of KwaZulu Natal and a PhD in Psychology from the same institution. Her research focus was on academics’ discourse on race and racism in post-Apartheid higher education. Of interest in her research on race and racism is the state of academics as disseminators of knowledge in the era of decoloniality discourse.
She obtained her Bachelor of Social Science in Social work from the University of Cape Town, Masters in Social Work (Clinical Practice) from the University of KwaZulu Natal and a PhD in Psychology from the same institution. Her research focus was on academics’ discourse on race and racism in post-Apartheid higher education. Of interest in her research on race and racism is the state of academics as disseminators of knowledge in the era of decoloniality discourse.
No
Abstract
The Intersecting “Daily Disasters” or Injustice(s): Inequality, Spatial Vulnerability, and Environmental Injustice in South Africa - A Green Social Work Perspective
THEME 3: Policy and Advocacy for Peace building, Environmental and Social Justice
SUB 3.4 Influencing public policy to address environmental inequalities.
Oral Presentation
This paper utilizes intersectionality theory to critically analyze the daily lived experiences of disaster for marginalized communities in South Africa, where the interwoven axes of inequality (e.g., race, class, gender, disability), spatial vulnerability, human rights violations, social injustice, and environmental injustice converge. From a green social work perspective, we argue that these are not discrete issues but rather mutually reinforcing systems of oppression that create chronic and acute vulnerabilities. Intersectionality allows us to move beyond singular categories of disadvantage to understand how the cumulative impact of historical and ongoing discrimination shapes differential exposure and capacity to cope with environmental degradation, lack of access to basic services, and systemic human rights abuses. This analysis highlights how spatial apartheid continues to concentrate marginalized populations in environmentally degraded and service-deprived areas, exacerbating their susceptibility to both everyday hardships and climate change-related shocks. By foregrounding the lived experiences of those at the intersections of these inequalities, this paper underscores the urgent need for social work interventions and policy reforms that adopt an intersectional lens to promote social and environmental justice, uphold human rights, and address the root causes of these “daily disasters”.
Key Words: Daily Disasters; Inequality; Spatial Vulnerability; Environmental Injustice; Green Social Work
Key Words: Daily Disasters; Inequality; Spatial Vulnerability; Environmental Injustice; Green Social Work
Reviewer ONE Feedback
Dr
Zurina
Abdulla
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted
Reviewer TWO Feedback
Dr
Nthabiseng
Latakgomo
Yes
Empirical Research
Accepted