Paddington Mutekwe
Biographic Data
| ID | 6453565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paddington Mutekwe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paddington |
| FAMILY NAME | Mutekwe |
| SIGNATURE | MUTEKWE P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8430-9536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Protest mobilization, and demobilization
This study aims to examine civil society organisations’ protest mobilisation strategies and government and state authorities’ demobilisation tactics. The study uses Christian Davenport’s theorisation of killing social movements from the outside or the inside to understand state authorities’ demobilisation tactics, while James Scott’s concept of the ‘weapons of the weak’ is used to illustrate how civil society organisations exercise power and coun…
Migrants, Work Permits and Access to Decent Work
This paper examines the influence of Zimbabwean permits on Zimbabwean migrants’ access to decent work in South Africa. While existing scholarship on migrant labour and decent work has largely focused on undocumented migrants, and studies on Zimbabwean permits have centred on their hidden policy aims and administrative experiences, little attention has been paid to how such permits shape labour outcomes. Drawing on Harvey’s notions of the logic of…
Democracy Deferred
There have been various reflections on the state of democracy and socio-economic rights since the end of formal apartheid in 1994, which was thirty years ago. This article focuses on KwaZulu-Natal and is based on in-depth interviews with women. The article aims to address the lack of understanding of the challenges faced by working-class women, who were expected to benefit the most from democracy, in South Africa. The findings reveal that the wom…
Necropolitics and Slow Violence
Migrants constitute a vulnerable group of individuals. Such vulnerability is pronounced during times of crises such as a pandemic. South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020, and the cases kept on surging, prompting the government to announce a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown engendered socio-economic, protection, and health challenges to the entire population but with a unique effect on vulnerable g…
An Embodiment of Hope and Unanticipated Horror
The forceful removal of Robert Mugabe in 2017 brought about high expectations of political transformation and debates on civil society’s role in Mugabe’s downfall. This paper examines civil society’s role in the removal of Mugabe and the continuities and changes brought by the Emerson Mnangagwa regime. The paper contributes to studies that convincingly show that the Mnangagwa regime has failed to bring fundamental change to the ‘new dispensation.…
Resistance and repression in Zimbabwe
This article contends that contemporary resistance in the mining sector in Zimbabwe is grounded in everyday acts of resistance and is directed towards power relationships exercised at work. Overt forms of resistance have been waning in Zimbabwe because of various pieces of draconian legislation, and subterranean forms of resistance have been gaining traction and deserve to be studied. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observations at…
Resistance and repression in Zimbabwe
This article contends that contemporary resistance in the mining sector in Zimbabwe is grounded in everyday acts of resistance and is directed towards power relationships exercised at work. Overt forms of resistance have been waning in Zimbabwe because of various pieces of draconian legislation, and subterranean forms of resistance have been gaining traction and deserve to be studied. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observations at…
Resistance and repression in Zimbabwe
This article contends that contemporary resistance in the mining sector in Zimbabwe is grounded in everyday acts of resistance and is directed towards power relationships exercised at work. Overt forms of resistance have been waning in Zimbabwe because of various pieces of draconian legislation, and subterranean forms of resistance have been gaining traction and deserve to be studied. Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observations at…
An Embodiment of Hope and Unanticipated Horror
The forceful removal of Robert Mugabe in 2017 brought about high expectations of political transformation and debates on civil society’s role in Mugabe’s downfall. This paper examines civil society’s role in the removal of Mugabe and the continuities and changes brought by the Emerson Mnangagwa regime. The paper contributes to studies that convincingly show that the Mnangagwa regime has failed to bring fundamental change to the ‘new dispensation.…
Democracy Deferred
There have been various reflections on the state of democracy and socio-economic rights since the end of formal apartheid in 1994, which was thirty years ago. This article focuses on KwaZulu-Natal and is based on in-depth interviews with women. The article aims to address the lack of understanding of the challenges faced by working-class women, who were expected to benefit the most from democracy, in South Africa. The findings reveal that the wom…
Necropolitics and Slow Violence
Migrants constitute a vulnerable group of individuals. Such vulnerability is pronounced during times of crises such as a pandemic. South Africa recorded its first COVID-19 case on 5 March 2020, and the cases kept on surging, prompting the government to announce a nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown engendered socio-economic, protection, and health challenges to the entire population but with a unique effect on vulnerable g…
Protest mobilization, and demobilization
This study aims to examine civil society organisations’ protest mobilisation strategies and government and state authorities’ demobilisation tactics. The study uses Christian Davenport’s theorisation of killing social movements from the outside or the inside to understand state authorities’ demobilisation tactics, while James Scott’s concept of the ‘weapons of the weak’ is used to illustrate how civil society organisations exercise power and coun…
Migrants, Work Permits and Access to Decent Work
This paper examines the influence of Zimbabwean permits on Zimbabwean migrants’ access to decent work in South Africa. While existing scholarship on migrant labour and decent work has largely focused on undocumented migrants, and studies on Zimbabwean permits have centred on their hidden policy aims and administrative experiences, little attention has been paid to how such permits shape labour outcomes. Drawing on Harvey’s notions of the logic of…
African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Civil society (2 works) · Covert (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · South African History and Culture (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works)