Yanga Zembe

Biographic Data

ID	366232
NAME	Yanga Zembe
GIVEN NAMES	Yanga
FAMILY NAME	Zembe
SIGNATURE	ZEMBE Y
AFFILIATIONS	South African Medical Research Council
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	17
TOTAL CITATIONS	6
AUTHOR COUNT	17
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Reconfiguration of Informal Social Protection Systems of Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Open AccessPhoene Mesa Oware, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2025
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns in sub-Saharan Africa led to significant social, economic, and health shocks, raising the need for social protection. While the adaptation of formal systems of social protection in response to these shocks has been investigated, gaps remain in understanding how informal social protection (ISP) systems were reconfigured. Taking the ISP systems of older adults as an entry point, and through the lens of…
Meals on Wheels
Open AccessMagnifique Nkurunziza, Zandile June‐Rose Mchiza et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023
Food insecurity (FI) prevails in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, in South Africa, although many people, including the elderly, are vulnerable to FI, little is known about the experiences of older persons (OPs) with FI and the interventions thereof. In South Africa, Meals on Wheels Community Service (MOWCS) provides readymade home meal deliveries for OPs through 209 branches across the country. Therefore, this study investigated MOWCS' role in the promot…
Consuming Inequities
Open AccessChelsie Yount‐andré, Chelsie Yount-André et al.ARTICLEAnthropology of food2023Cited by: 2References: 41
Record numbers of South Africans have eliminated or reduced meat in their diet, in an effort to address climate change. This article offers an ethnographic examination of the ways political and environmental issues play out on the plates of South Africans. Foregrounding the experiences of Black vegetarians, it traces the ways people of different races, classes and genders grapple with the social stakes of eating in a society where ecological cris…
Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents
Open AccessEugene Lee Davids, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
The study highlighted the role of affective states as part of the process of examining alternatives when deciding to use a condom or not. Interventions to strengthen condom use decision-making should therefore incorporate not only rational but also affective processes to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes
Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Representative Structures in South Africa
Open AccessMulugeta F Dinbabo, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Refugee Studies2020Cited by: 4References: 5
Understanding and identifying the functions, roles, responsibilities, accountability, and decision-making processes within the representative structures of any community is important. Yet, most of the existing studies in South Africa do not provide sufficient knowledge or insights about the representative structures and communities of refugees and asylum-seeking populations in the country. In general, there is inadequate discussion on the topic i…
The Relationship Between Social Support, HIV Serostatus, and Perceived Likelihood of Being HIV Positive Among Self-Settled Female, Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessMargaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2016
HIV Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Male Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessMargaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016
Social Support, Sexual Violence, and Transactional Sex Among Female Transnational Migrants to South Africa
Margaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016References: 35
Objectives. To examine the relationship between sexual violence and transactional sex and assess the impact of social support on this relationship among female transnational migrants in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods. In 2012 we administered a behavioral risk factor survey using respondent-driven sampling to transnational migrant women aged between 16 and 39 years, born outside South Africa, living in Cape Town, and speaking English, Shona, Swa…
Vital need to engage the community in HIV control in South Africa
Open AccessStefan Hanson, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015
According to the latest 2014 UNAIDS report, which was based on the 2012 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence & Behavior Survey, there were between 6.3 and 6.4 million HIV infected people in South Africa. Although the number of new infections appears to have declined in the past 5 years, 370,000 new infections were still estimated to occur in 2013. Young, black women were most at risk with a very high incidence of 4.5%. Of the infected…
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours Among Foreign Migrant Women Residing in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Maggie Giorgio et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014
“Money talks, bullshit walks” interrogating notions of consumption and survival sex among young women engaging in transactional sex in post-apartheid South Africa
Open AccessYanga Zembe, Yanga Z Zembe et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013
BACKGROUND: Transactional sex is believed to be a significant driver of the HIV epidemic among young women in South Africa. This sexual risk behaviour is commonly associated with age mixing, concurrency and unsafe sex. It is often described as a survival- or consumption-driven behaviour. South Africa's history of political oppression as well as the globalization-related economic policies adopted post-apartheid, are suggested as the underlying con…
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours from Three Consecutive Surveys Among Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners in Cape Town
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2012
More than just talk
Open AccessKirsten Stoebenau, Stephanie A Nixon et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2011
BACKGROUND: 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional sex suggest about how it is understood. This study provides a nuanced set of descriptions of the meaning of transactional sex in three settings. Furthermore, we discuss how discourses around transactional sex suggest linkages…
Mother's perceptions and experiences of infant feeding within a community‐based peer counselling intervention in South Africa
Open AccessBarni Nor, Beth Maina Ahlberg et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2011
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has the potential to significantly reduce infant mortality, but is frequently not practiced in low-income settings where infants are vulnerable to malnutrition and infections including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study explores mothers' experiences of infant feeding after receiving peer counselling promoting exclusive breast or formula feeding. This qualitative study was embedded in a cluster randomized …
Associations between alcohol misuse and risks for HIV infection among men who have multiple female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Loraine Townsend, Samantha R Rosenthal et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2010
The occurrence of high rates of alcohol consumption in a context of high HIV prevalence in South Africa poses a significant health challenge for this country. This paper aims to answer three questions that could further our knowledge regarding the links between alcohol use and HIV infection: (a) "Are problem drinkers more likely to have multiple concurrent partners than those who are not?"; (b) "Are condoms applied less effectively and less consi…
HIV Risk Behaviours and their Relationship to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Rachel Jewkes et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010
Effectiveness of Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit High Risk Heterosexual Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Lisa G Johnston et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010

Associations between alcohol misuse and risks for HIV infection among men who have multiple female sexual partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Loraine Townsend, Samantha R Rosenthal et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2010
The occurrence of high rates of alcohol consumption in a context of high HIV prevalence in South Africa poses a significant health challenge for this country. This paper aims to answer three questions that could further our knowledge regarding the links between alcohol use and HIV infection: (a) "Are problem drinkers more likely to have multiple concurrent partners than those who are not?"; (b) "Are condoms applied less effectively and less consi…
HIV Risk Behaviours and their Relationship to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Among Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Rachel Jewkes et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010
Effectiveness of Respondent-Driven Sampling to Recruit High Risk Heterosexual Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Lisa G Johnston et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2010
More than just talk
Open AccessKirsten Stoebenau, Stephanie A Nixon et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2011
BACKGROUND: 'Transactional sex' was regarded by the mid-1990s as an important determinant of HIV transmission, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Little attention has been paid to what the terms used to denote transactional sex suggest about how it is understood. This study provides a nuanced set of descriptions of the meaning of transactional sex in three settings. Furthermore, we discuss how discourses around transactional sex suggest linkages…
Mother's perceptions and experiences of infant feeding within a community‐based peer counselling intervention in South Africa
Open AccessBarni Nor, Beth Maina Ahlberg et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2011
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has the potential to significantly reduce infant mortality, but is frequently not practiced in low-income settings where infants are vulnerable to malnutrition and infections including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study explores mothers' experiences of infant feeding after receiving peer counselling promoting exclusive breast or formula feeding. This qualitative study was embedded in a cluster randomized …
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours from Three Consecutive Surveys Among Men Who Have Multiple Female Sexual Partners in Cape Town
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2012
“Money talks, bullshit walks” interrogating notions of consumption and survival sex among young women engaging in transactional sex in post-apartheid South Africa
Open AccessYanga Zembe, Yanga Z Zembe et al.ARTICLEGlobalization and Health2013
BACKGROUND: Transactional sex is believed to be a significant driver of the HIV epidemic among young women in South Africa. This sexual risk behaviour is commonly associated with age mixing, concurrency and unsafe sex. It is often described as a survival- or consumption-driven behaviour. South Africa's history of political oppression as well as the globalization-related economic policies adopted post-apartheid, are suggested as the underlying con…
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviours Among Foreign Migrant Women Residing in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessLoraine Townsend, Maggie Giorgio et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014
Vital need to engage the community in HIV control in South Africa
Open AccessStefan Hanson, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2015
According to the latest 2014 UNAIDS report, which was based on the 2012 South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence & Behavior Survey, there were between 6.3 and 6.4 million HIV infected people in South Africa. Although the number of new infections appears to have declined in the past 5 years, 370,000 new infections were still estimated to occur in 2013. Young, black women were most at risk with a very high incidence of 4.5%. Of the infected…
The Relationship Between Social Support, HIV Serostatus, and Perceived Likelihood of Being HIV Positive Among Self-Settled Female, Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessMargaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2016
HIV Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Male Foreign Migrants in Cape Town, South Africa
Open AccessMargaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2016
Social Support, Sexual Violence, and Transactional Sex Among Female Transnational Migrants to South Africa
Margaret Giorgio, Loraine Townsend et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016References: 35
Objectives. To examine the relationship between sexual violence and transactional sex and assess the impact of social support on this relationship among female transnational migrants in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods. In 2012 we administered a behavioral risk factor survey using respondent-driven sampling to transnational migrant women aged between 16 and 39 years, born outside South Africa, living in Cape Town, and speaking English, Shona, Swa…
Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Representative Structures in South Africa
Open AccessMulugeta F Dinbabo, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Refugee Studies2020Cited by: 4References: 5
Understanding and identifying the functions, roles, responsibilities, accountability, and decision-making processes within the representative structures of any community is important. Yet, most of the existing studies in South Africa do not provide sufficient knowledge or insights about the representative structures and communities of refugees and asylum-seeking populations in the country. In general, there is inadequate discussion on the topic i…
Exploring condom use decision-making among adolescents
Open AccessEugene Lee Davids, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021
The study highlighted the role of affective states as part of the process of examining alternatives when deciding to use a condom or not. Interventions to strengthen condom use decision-making should therefore incorporate not only rational but also affective processes to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive outcomes
Meals on Wheels
Open AccessMagnifique Nkurunziza, Zandile June‐Rose Mchiza et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023
Food insecurity (FI) prevails in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, in South Africa, although many people, including the elderly, are vulnerable to FI, little is known about the experiences of older persons (OPs) with FI and the interventions thereof. In South Africa, Meals on Wheels Community Service (MOWCS) provides readymade home meal deliveries for OPs through 209 branches across the country. Therefore, this study investigated MOWCS' role in the promot…
Consuming Inequities
Open AccessChelsie Yount‐andré, Chelsie Yount-André et al.ARTICLEAnthropology of food2023Cited by: 2References: 41
Record numbers of South Africans have eliminated or reduced meat in their diet, in an effort to address climate change. This article offers an ethnographic examination of the ways political and environmental issues play out on the plates of South Africans. Foregrounding the experiences of Black vegetarians, it traces the ways people of different races, classes and genders grapple with the social stakes of eating in a society where ecological cris…
Reconfiguration of Informal Social Protection Systems of Older Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Open AccessPhoene Mesa Oware, Yanga Zembe et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2025
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns in sub-Saharan Africa led to significant social, economic, and health shocks, raising the need for social protection. While the adaptation of formal systems of social protection in response to these shocks has been investigated, gaps remain in understanding how informal social protection (ISP) systems were reconfigured. Taking the ISP systems of older adults as an entry point, and through the lens of…