SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND MARGINALISATION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE: A CLARION SOCIAL WORK CALL FOR THE SPIRIT OF UBUNTU TO REIGN

Social work is committed to the advancement of human rights and social justice. One strategy for promoting social justice is to inculcate a human rights-based approach to social work practice. Using ubuntu as a theorical framework, this article initially explores social exclusion and the accompanyin...

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Published inSocial Work Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 443 - 454
Main Authors Mahlangu, Timson, Kgadima, Nathaniel Phuti
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Afrikaans
Published Stellenbosch University of Stellenbosch 2021
Stellenbosch University
Subjects
Credibility
Homeless people
homelessness
Human rights
marginalisation
Marginality
Snowball sampling
Social exclusion
Social justice
Social work
Social workers
stigma
ubuntu
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Summary:Social work is committed to the advancement of human rights and social justice. One strategy for promoting social justice is to inculcate a human rights-based approach to social work practice. Using ubuntu as a theorical framework, this article initially explores social exclusion and the accompanying stigma that homeless people experience; it then examines how social workers could apply the principles of ubuntu to re-inscribe homeless people’s human rights. A qualitative study was undertaken with 14 participants who were purposively selected and also identified through snowball sampling. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically. Principles of credibility, transferability, dependability and conformability were judiciously adhered to in the research process. The findings indicate that homeless people are the most marginalised population of the community and they are exploited in a variety of ways.
ISSN:0037-8054
2312-7198
DOI:10.15270/57-4-970