Lochner Marais

Datos Biográficos

ID287459
NOMBRELochner Marais
NOMBRESLochner
APELLIDOMarais
FIRMAMARAIS L
AFILIACIONESUniversity of the Free State
ORCID0000-0002-0299-3435
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS81
TOTAL DE CITAS114
TOTAL COMO AUTOR79
TOTAL COMO EDITOR2
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1996
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H6

  • Spatial planning legacies and unauthorized land occupations in South Africa’s urban peripheries

    Open AccessAbraham R Matamanda, Leemisa Simon Matooane et al.ARTICLEPlanning Perspectives2026

    This article examines the drivers and implications, of unauthorized land occupations on urban development and spatial planning in South Africa. We argue that these unauthorized land occupations are embedded in various nuances, which are best framed and analysed from a spatial planning perspective. Employing a narrative case study, the qualitative research was informed by key informant interviews, focus group discussions, transect walks, observati…

  • Urbanisation, urban densities and material dependency in Zambian mining cities

    Open AccessCharles Poleni Mukumba, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2026Referencias: 12

    Copperbelt mining cities have been planned with low densities. • These low densities are framed as a man-made material dependency. • Low densities remain in the Copperbelt mining cities. • Urbanisation has occurred in non-mining cities and non-Copperbelt mining cities. In many African countries, urbanisation is linked to mining. The Africa Mining Vision emphasises the development benefits that mining should bring. Zambia is a clear example of a c…

  • Lesotho migrant miners’ access to anti-retroviral therapy

    Esther Nako, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEDevelopment Southern Africa2025

    Southern Africa’s history of institutionalised migrant labour created a link between migration and HIV&AIDS. Mining companies initially ignored the HIV&AIDS pandemic despite evidence that early treatment suppresses HIV, improves life quality and reduces HIV transmission. When anti-retroviral therapy (ART) became available, access was difficult and the migratory nature of the workforce complicated implementation. Using the capabilities approach, w…

  • Children and young people's access to food, education, play and leisure in times of crisis

    Open AccessLesley Andres, Paul Moawad et al.ARTICLEChildren & Society2025

    The COVID‐19 pandemic led to an unprecedented global moment when the core needs of children and young people (rights for education, food, play and leisure) were not adequately addressed, recognised from a policy perspective and to varying extents, ignored. This paper, by bringing scholarship and grey literature together, provides an integrative, international, comprehensive review and analysis of how the pandemic affected children's core needs (a…

  • The housing market, mine closure and urban management in Welkom in the Free State Goldfields, South Africa

    Open AccessJohn Ntema, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2025Referencias: 11

    Mine closure seldom considers planning for decline or tactical urbanism. • Mine closure could harm homeowners in mining areas. • Matjhabeng has lost about 160 000 mineworkers over three decades. • House prices have grown by far less than inflation over three decades. • Municipal property ta earnings have declined in real terms. When a mine closes, it puts households at risk of economic harm from depreciation in the property market. South African …

  • Local job multipliers from mining in South Africa’s intermediate city municipalities

    Open AccessAntonie Pool, Lochner MaraisARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2025Referencias: 12

    The mining industry is under pressure to show local benefits. • Jobs in mining did not affect jobs in the wholesale and retail trade. • jobs in mining had no effect on jobs in the manufacturing sector. • Jobs in mining crowded out jobs in agriculture. The mining industry is under pressure globally to show local benefits. But such benefits are not automatic. Studies show only moderate local effects of mining investment. This study used the Spatial…

  • Governing housing megaprojects in a South African metropolitan area

    Open AccessMalefetsane Mokoena, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEArea Development and Policy2025Referencias: 1

  • Cultures of Covid-19

    Open AccessP Kraftl, Lesley Andres et al.ARTICLEAnnals of the American…2025Referencias: 82

  • The Covid-19 Border Closure and Local Economic Development in a South African Border Town

    Open AccessMary Masiloane, Lochner MaraisARTICLEJournal of Asian and African…2025Referencias: 30

    Border towns benefit from cross-border movement of goods, services and people. Many suffered setbacks when governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by closing borders. We investigated how the lockdown regulations affected the economy of Ladybrand, a small South African town near Lesotho. We found that local planning was not taking advantage of the benefits of a border town economy and was unprepared for border closure. Retail outlets were t…

  • Re-evaluating drought indicators

    Open AccessElisabeth Shrimpton, Nazmiye Balta‐Ozkan et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2024

  • The catastrophic failure of the Jagersfontein tailings dam

    Open AccessLochner Marais, Deanna Kemp et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2024

    This study provides a sociohistorical account of decisions made over a 150-year period about the Jagersfontein mine in South Africa’s Free State and the catastrophic failure of its tailings dam that occurred in the early morning of 11 September 2022. The failure resulted in the sudden and uncontrolled release of more than 6 million m3 of liquid sludge, smothering nearly 200 nearby houses and approximately 1,600 ha of agricultural and grazing land…

  • Disaster scenes as a foundation for emergency response planning

    Open AccessJohn R Owen, Deanna Kemp et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Disaster…2024

    This article introduces the notion of ‘disaster scenes’. In this work, we draw on interview data collected from residents impacted by the Jagersfontein tailings disaster in South Africa in September 2022. Our methodological aim is to reconstruct the experiences of impacted people in the format of empirically derived disaster scenes. These scenes provide a credible source for modelling scenarios because they showcase the prior, immediate, response…

  • Pregnancy and STI/HIV prevention intervention preferences of South African adolescent girls

    T Dylanne Twitty, Anthony E Hitch et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2024

    South African adolescent girls experience high rates of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. To inform culturally-tailored dual protection interventions to prevent both unintended pregnancy and STIs/HIV, this study qualitatively examined girls’ sexual health intervention preferences. Participants were aged 14–17 years old and Sesotho-speaking (N = 25). To elucidate shared cultural beliefs, individual interviews …

  • In their own words

    Madeleine Allman, Hui Song et al.ARTICLEVulnerable Children and Youth…2024Referencias: 9

    Sensitive and responsive caregiving is a critical protective factor for children in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) during their first 1000 days of life. Health initiatives may benefit from evaluating the experience of caregivers in SSA to understand their parenting experiences. This study utilized linguistic analysis to gain insight into the lived experience of 19 Sesotho-speaking mothers of infants aged 18–30 months in low-income areas of Mangaung, Fr…

  • Resource Communities

    Kristof Van Assche, Mónica Gruezmacher et al.BOOKResource Communities2023

    This book provides an innovative approach to understanding the governance of resource communities, by showcasing how the past and present informs the future. Resource communities have complicated relationships with the past, and this makes their relationship with the future, and the future itself, also complicated. The book digs deeply into the myriad legacies left by a history of resource extraction in a community and makes use of interdisciplin…

  • ‘Being a mother is not child's play’

    Open AccessMichael Pienaar, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEHealth Expectations2023

    BACKGROUND: The importance of a child's first 1000 days has now been widely accepted by the medical fraternity. Yet, we do not know much about caring practices in low-resource settings. AIM: This study aimed to investigate the caring capabilities of mothers in a low-resource setting. METHOD: In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 18 mothers with children aged 30 months or younger to better understand the arrangements, means and en…

  • Hope and mental health problems among orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa

    Madeleine Allman, Francesca Penner et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2023

    There are over three million orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) currently living in South Africa. OVC are at high risk for a number of negative outcomes, including poor mental health. Hope has been associated with well-being among youth, including youth in South Africa. However, the relationships between hope and mental health in high-adversity populations such as OVC has not been adequately described. The present study sought to address this…

  • Black Women’s Perceptions Towards Infant and Child Male Circumcision

    Open AccessEurica Palmer, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2023

    Policies should address misinformation through platforms that Black women share. This study developed an ICMC perception framework to inform policy

  • A scientometric analysis of mine closure research

    Open AccessEmeka Ndaguba, Lochner MaraisARTICLEEnvironment Development and…2023

    Mine closure is a global challenge. To date, there has been no scientometric analysis of the mine closure literature. This paper uses a scientometric analysis to assess the literature on mine closure. We assessed 2078 papers published since 2002. There was a rapid increase in the research output, with 76% of the papers published in the last 10 years. We identify the journals and co-citation index of journals associated with mine closure research.…

  • Mine closure in Matjhabeng in the Free State goldfields, South Africa

    Open AccessJohn Ntema, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEThe Extractive Industries and…2023Referencias: 12

    The Africa Mining Vision emphasizes the importance of mining for creating development. But it does not take into account the adverse consequences of mine closure. The literature on social aspects of mine closure is increasing but consists largely of descriptive case studies. We still do not know enough about how mine closure affects households. This paper compares longitudinal data (1998–2021) from household surveys in two low-income neighborhood…

  • Barriers to powering past coal

    Open AccessPegah Mirzania, Joel A Gordon et al.ARTICLEEnergy Research & Social Science2023Citada por: 6Referencias: 54

    The feasibility of South Africa's just energy transition, as dictated by the speed of phasing out coal and scaling up renewables, will rest on a range of techno-economic, socio-political, and socio-technical factors. Interactions between these dimensions of the transition carry significant implications for energy justice. In response, this paper proposes the Just Transition Feasibility Framework (JTFF) to better evaluate how feasibility constrain…

  • Mine closure, women, and crime in Matjhabeng, South Africa

    Open AccessKentse Sesele, Lochner MaraisARTICLEGeographical Research2023Citada por: 1Referencias: 39

    Research from the Global North suggests that crime increases during a mining boom but not during mining decline. Our evidence from the South African gold mining town of Matjhabeng (formerly Welkom) shows that crime increases during mining decline and affects women in particular. We use social disruption theory to explain women's experiences of crime and also their involvement in it. We find that criminal activities harm women in particular, that …

  • Student Housing Satisfaction at a South African University

    Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Lochner Marais et al.ARTICLEJournal of Student Affairs…2022

    Universities worldwide have seen an expansion of students. We surveyed 1,193 students at the University of the Free State and conducted interviews and focus groups to better understand the factors that contribute to housing satisfaction. Satisfaction depended on a range of environmental factors, particularly noise levels, rules, security, privacy, and the standard of maintenance, rather than on the norms and standards that relate to design issues…

  • A typology of designs for housing research

    Open AccessDu Toit, Mark Napier et al.ARTICLEQuality & Quantity2022

  • Youth-Centered Clinics

    Open AccessLochner Marais, Jennifer L Brown et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2022

    Youth-centered health services have become a global practice and South Africa is no exception. This paper describes a project conducted in Mangaung in 2018 using cultural consensus modeling. We conducted 25 interviews and used a combination of hermeneutics, phenomenology theory, and thematic analysis. Our research found that girls in our sample have confidentiality concerns associated with the stigma of attending a clinic and cannot talk openly a…