Lungile Prudence Zondi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6648285 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lungile Prudence Zondi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lungile Prudence |
| FAMILY NAME | Zondi |
| SIGNATURE | ZONDI L P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5201-1129 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Enhancing sexual and reproductive health services for rural women in uMkhambathini
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services remains a significant challenge for women living in rural areas of South Africa, where structural and socio-cultural barriers limit effective use of healthcare. This study examined the availability and accessibility of SRH services in the uMkhambathini Local Municipality, focusing on factors such as inadequate infrastructure, shortages of healthcare staff, and transportation difficulties. It…
Ancestral Dialogues and Queer Identities
This paper explores indigenous interpretations of homosexuality within the spiritual and ritual practices of Sangoma (diviners/traditional healers/traditional health practitioners) in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Specifically, it investigates how iZangoma articulate ancestral understandings of queer identities and the extent to which these identities are accommodated, contested, or redefined within indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on a qualitative r…
From fragmentation to Social Cohesion
This paper critically examined the Comrades Marathon as a complex nation-building event that operates as a significant site of social cohesion and democratic renewal in South Africa. Employing a critical autoethnographic methodology, the analysis is grounded in reflexive engagement with lived experience, affective memory, and social positioning related to participation in the marathon. The study is informed by an interdisciplinary theoretical fra…
Whose PhD is it? A Case of Supervision in Higher Education in South Africa
“Whose PhD is it?” This question arises from more than two fronts: the contribution each makes, the intellectual property rights, and the moral ownership of the product. There is a dearth of such literature, the available one concentrates mainly on the administration and intellectual property rights, disregarding the gruesome activities that take place from the start to the completion of the degree itself. The purpose of this study is to answer t…
Integration of Parents’ Narratives in Creating a Culture that Is Holistic and Supportive towards Cognitive Learning Disability
The rationale for this anthropological paper is to present educational challenges faced by parents who are parenting children with a cognitive learning disability in rural schools of uMkhambathini. Through the qualitative research design, emic experiences were anthropologically recorded. The data collection was completed through life history and focus group interviews. Fifteen parents were purposively recruited from the community who had children…
Women Taking Agency through Feminized Migration Patterns and Remittances
Background: This anthropological paper contributes empirical findings which reveal that feminized migration patterns have allowed women to migrate from different parts of Southern Africa to trade as illegal street vendors in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where they have earned remittances “their financial agency”. This economic/financial agency has shaped their resilience and has lowered their dependency on their husbands. Method…
The Anthropological Contribution of How University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg Campus) Students Express Their State of Being Depressed
The paper presents how students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg campus) (UKZN-PMB) express their state of being depressed. Through theoretical frameworks such as the cognitive theory of depression, narrative theory and social constructivism theory, this interpretive/phenomenological qualitative anthropological study purposively sampled twenty-five UKZN-PMB students to record how they express their state of being depressed. …
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Integration of Parents’ Narratives in Creating a Culture that Is Holistic and Supportive towards Cognitive Learning Disability
The rationale for this anthropological paper is to present educational challenges faced by parents who are parenting children with a cognitive learning disability in rural schools of uMkhambathini. Through the qualitative research design, emic experiences were anthropologically recorded. The data collection was completed through life history and focus group interviews. Fifteen parents were purposively recruited from the community who had children…
Women Taking Agency through Feminized Migration Patterns and Remittances
Background: This anthropological paper contributes empirical findings which reveal that feminized migration patterns have allowed women to migrate from different parts of Southern Africa to trade as illegal street vendors in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, where they have earned remittances “their financial agency”. This economic/financial agency has shaped their resilience and has lowered their dependency on their husbands. Method…
The Anthropological Contribution of How University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg Campus) Students Express Their State of Being Depressed
The paper presents how students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg campus) (UKZN-PMB) express their state of being depressed. Through theoretical frameworks such as the cognitive theory of depression, narrative theory and social constructivism theory, this interpretive/phenomenological qualitative anthropological study purposively sampled twenty-five UKZN-PMB students to record how they express their state of being depressed. …
Whose PhD is it? A Case of Supervision in Higher Education in South Africa
“Whose PhD is it?” This question arises from more than two fronts: the contribution each makes, the intellectual property rights, and the moral ownership of the product. There is a dearth of such literature, the available one concentrates mainly on the administration and intellectual property rights, disregarding the gruesome activities that take place from the start to the completion of the degree itself. The purpose of this study is to answer t…
From fragmentation to Social Cohesion
This paper critically examined the Comrades Marathon as a complex nation-building event that operates as a significant site of social cohesion and democratic renewal in South Africa. Employing a critical autoethnographic methodology, the analysis is grounded in reflexive engagement with lived experience, affective memory, and social positioning related to participation in the marathon. The study is informed by an interdisciplinary theoretical fra…
Enhancing sexual and reproductive health services for rural women in uMkhambathini
Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services remains a significant challenge for women living in rural areas of South Africa, where structural and socio-cultural barriers limit effective use of healthcare. This study examined the availability and accessibility of SRH services in the uMkhambathini Local Municipality, focusing on factors such as inadequate infrastructure, shortages of healthcare staff, and transportation difficulties. It…
Ancestral Dialogues and Queer Identities
This paper explores indigenous interpretations of homosexuality within the spiritual and ritual practices of Sangoma (diviners/traditional healers/traditional health practitioners) in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Specifically, it investigates how iZangoma articulate ancestral understandings of queer identities and the extent to which these identities are accommodated, contested, or redefined within indigenous knowledge systems. Drawing on a qualitative r…
Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Emic and etic (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Mathematics education (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work)