S1/Ep.6 "The experiences of the unemployed in South Africa with Dr Melinda Du Toit "

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What do we really know about the lived experiences of people who are unemployed? In this episode, Dr Melinda Du Toit passionately describes her journey and doctoral research which focused on the qualitative inquiry into the experience of unemployment of individuals living in South African townships.
Melinda is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Development in Africa (CSDA) at the University of Johannesburg
Recent article in the Conversaiton.com:
https://theconversation.com/south-africans-describe-the-pain-of-unemployment-130250?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton&fbclid=IwAR3hxKnycXDTB19wSs0Oz9jyZsTQ2BImNfSafN8bYBXPRhWmP3SOM0hhFDE
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14330237.2018.1454575
Contextual factors and the experience of unemployment: A review of qualitative studies:
http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2222-34362018000100055
Exploring experiences of unemployment in South African townships [PhD (Industrial Psychology):
http://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/31643