“Loxion management”: social networks and precarious economies, a case study of Tembisa
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2017
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Mabena, Gugulethu
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Abstract
This research project was designed with the aim of understanding how tailoring a
particular township experience known as “loxion management” in a Gauteng township
of Tembisa could insert more knowledge and re-envision literature on precarity. This
project hopes to not only re-envision “loxion management” as a possible intersection
between the labour market and township life but to also unpack the intricacies within
this idiom. With attempting to unpack this idiom, most participants and external
conversations to this research project revealed an assortment of terms used in the
township which have the possibility to obscure an understanding of what “loxion
management” really encapsulates. Therefore, this research project highlights that a
misinterpretation of the terms glosses over the significant undertones permeating
experiences of this idiom. Thus, it argues that “loxion management” is an idiom which
has been loosely defined in the township, which not only serves as a circuitous network
contributing to social cohesion amongst men but also as a site where employment
information, even of a precarious nature circulates.
Key words: loxion management, precarity, Post-apartheid township life, unemployment,
labour market, masculinity, “conduits”, circuitous network, social ties.
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A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements
for the degree of Master of Arts by Coursework and Research Report
Faculty of Humanities
University of the Witwatersrand, 2017
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Citation
Mabena, Gugulethu (2017) “Loxion management”: social networks and precarious economies, a case study of Tembisa, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <https://hdl.handle.net/10539/24561>