“Half a loaf is better than nothing”: the risks and resilience of day labourers in Cape Town
People are seen as resilient when they respond better than expected in the face of adversity. The aim of the article is to provide a description of the risks the unemployed day labourers waiting at a street corner in Cape Town experience daily and the resilience they display. An ethnographic approac...
Main Authors: | Mapendere, Professor, Schenck, Rinie, Blaauw, Derick |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Afrikaans |
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Stellenbosch University
2019-08-01
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Series: | Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk |
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Online Access: | http://socialwork.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/742 |
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