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The impact of HIV/AIDS on land issues in Kwazulu-Natal province, South Africa

INTERVIEW NARRATIVES FROM MUDEN, DONDOTHA, KWADUMISA AND KWANYUSWA

July 2002

E-mail: WJAdams@hsrc.ac.za

Integrated Rural & Regional Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
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Table of Contents
 
THE MUDEN AREA STUDY - TWELVE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THEMBA MBHELE - 80Kb < 1min (18 pages)
  • INTERVIEW 1: HIV positive daughter whose baby dies shortly after birth
  • INTERVIEW 2: Mary G, accepted back into the family after a brother chased her away prior to understanding her illness
  • INTERVIEW 3: Mother died and the husband Lucas I is left with three children
  • INTERVIEW 4: Nokuthula H, a mother living with HIV/AIDS whose 2-year-old daughter died of HIV/AIDS. She and her other children resides with her parents
  • INTERVIEW 5: Vuyisile I. A young woman rejected by her family on account of her illness
  • INTERVIEW 6: Widowed mother of 5 children
  • INTERVIEW 7: A household of a pensioned grandmother with orphaned grandchildren
  • INTERVIEW 8: Child headed household, (AIDS orphans) Sibusiso M
  • INTERVIEW 9: Rebecca L. Ailing single parent with two children
  • INTERVIEW 10: Thembi N's daughter passes away from AIDS leaving her to care for her infant granddaughter and other grandchildren
  • INTERVIEW 11: Maria T, 19, is eldest of five orphans of mother who died of AIDS
  • INTERVIEW 12: Thoko K. Widow with three children whose husband died of AIDS in 1996
THE DONDOTHA AREA STUDY - FIVE INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THEMBA MBHELE - 50Kb < 1min (9 pages)
  • INTERVIEW 1: Both Taki L's parents died. He is 25 years old and is the eldest of five children.
  • INTERVIEW 2: 4 orphans and the respondent (Jazz M) is a man of 27 years of age.
  • INTERVIEW 3: Manzi K is a 16 years old boy who has 2 younger brothers. They are orphans and have their uncle as the head of their household. The two younger boys are staying with the household neighbours.
  • INTERVIEW 4: 6 children staying with their aunt one of the children is a 21 year old lady known as Shella M
  • INTERVIEW 5: Annie S (60 years) lives in Dondotha and is a pensioner. She is a household head and takes care of 4 orphans.
THE KWADUMISA AREA STUDY - THIRTEEN INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY THEMBA MBHELE - 133Kb ~ 1 min (32 pages)
  • INTERVIEW 1: Cecelia P; (no household table, very confusing story about who's in household, no ages or education for anybody)
  • INTERVIEW 2: Nona M, Land options on moving to KwaDumisa
  • INTERVIEW 3a: Samuel K, Losing land access under Aids stresses
  • INTERVIEW 3b: The story of Goodwill K, Samuel K's remaining son who has full-blown AIDS
  • INTERVIEW 5: Daughter suffering from AIDS, mother's pension pays for most expenditure but family also depends on vegetables from their land for home consumption
  • INTERVIEW 6: Orphans nearly dispossessed of their land after parents died of HIV/AIDS
  • INTERVIEW 7: Identification: a widow with five children. She learned to support her family after her husband died of HIV/AIDS
  • INTERVIEW 8: The story of Petra V's AIDS-infected husband leading to land out of production despite its potential
  • INTERVIEW 9: The story of Philani X, the eldest son of parents who died of HIV/AIDS who was initially dispossessed of his family land by relatives before recovering it later
  • INTERVIEW 10: The story of S'bo A who has experienced the demise and death of her son through HIV/AIDS which severely impacted on the household survival strategy which was kept together due to a steady cash income and the fall-back option of land
  • INTERVIEW 11: The story of Zinzi B whose partner died of HIV/AIDS and who now relies on her tuckshop and hired labour to cultivate her land
  • INTERVIEW 12: Mother dies of presumably AIDS related ailments. Children, especially one daughter fends for themselves with the help of their aunt. Extended family and moneylender tries to rob them of assets and land
  • INTERVIEW 13: Jabulani D's widow and two children. Jabulani D died of Aids in 2000
THE KWANYUSWA AREA STUDY - TWENTY INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY MATHILDE THOKOZILE NZAMA - 129Kb ~ 1 min (29 pages)
  • INTERVIEW 1: The household of Sipho D consists of parents and a daughter and a son. Both parents died and children (orphans) are currently staying with their grandmother
  • INTERVIEW 2: Vusi M's family consists of himself as head, his wife and their children and grandchildren. (First born daughter died of HIV/AIDS leaving behind 4 orphans
  • INTERVIEW 3: Busi N, Losing household cultivation capacity through AIDS
  • INTERVIEW 4: James L: supporting on government grants
  • INTERVIEW 5: Female household head supports children and grandchildren with the help of two sons who do not reside in household and a daughter who does. Multiple ailments in household
  • INTERVIEW 6: Female household head has to provide for children and grandchildren with her wage as a domestic worker. Multiple illnesses in family exacerbate the problem
  • INTERVIEW 7: Household consists of 2 brothers and their sister. The eldest brother suffers from a chronic illness and subsequently lost his job and the sister is the only supporter
  • INTERVIEW 8: Rose Z: The household members are an elderly woman called Rose Z (pensioner) who is the household head, her son, Boet (36), her daughter, Jeany (39) and two grandchildren
  • INTERVIEW 9: Bongi C: Household headed by a female pensioner (widowed)
  • INTERVIEW 10: Nkosinathi R is now 37 years old, and was severely injured in civil violence in 1998, resulting in a chronic condition that needs regular hospital care. He and his brother Mfanafuthi R lost all land rights around 1985, when their father took the occasion of their mother's death to sell the family land, abandon his sons and leave the community. After this event, he and his brother as de facto orphans were shuttled around among several households of their local relatives.
  • INTERVIEW 11: Household accommodating the survivors
  • INTERVIEW 12: Sandile E and his younger brother move in with their aunt (Maria) and their two sisters move in with their eldest sister (Dorah) after the death of their grandmother (Elizabeth E). Their parents died of undiagnosed illnesses earlier on.
  • INTERVIEW 13: Orphans presently staying with grandparents (Bhekumuzi F and his wife, Nelisiwe F
  • INTERVIEW 14: Buhle G. Woman's brother and sister-in-law pass away leaving her in charge of 5 orphans
  • INTERVIEW 15: Woman's son dies leaving her to care for grandchildren
  • INTERVIEW 16: This household consisted of Mandla H, his parents and his son, Mandla H junior. Mandla H died in November 2000, at the age of 27
  • INTERVIEW 17: Jimmy D dies, leaving his live in lover with a child. Disputes with Jimmy D's relatives over the house that Jimmy D and his lover Jane shared
  • INTERVIEW 18: Jabu J; Household with Survivors
  • INTERVIEW 19: Respondent is a widowed pensioner (Nakile H). She is the widow of Elias H
  • INTERVIEW 20: A household where both parents died


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