Dr B Dube

Qualifications

• BA UZ
• BA Hon Gender Studies UNISA
• MA Development Studies UNISA

• PhD Development Studies (UP)

Currently teaching

• Projects and Programmes as Instruments of Development
• Sustainable Development: Policy, Practice and Environment

Fields of academic interests

• Gender
• Water and climate change
• Sustainable livelihoods
• Rural and urban development
• Postcolonial debates

Books

Book Chapters:

Maphosa, B. (2012). Summarising basic needs. In 80:20: Development in an Unequal World 6th Edition edited by C Regan. 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World, Bray, Ireland Unisa Press, Pretoria, South Africa

Maphosa, B. (2016). Basic Needs Population and Development. In 80:20: Development in an Unequal World 7th Edition edited by C Regan. 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World

Journal articles

Dube, B. 2020. Contrasting views on women and individual water rights: A case study in South Africa. African Journal of Gender, Society and Development, Volume 9 Number 3, September 2020, pp 251-276.

Dube, B. 2020. Deficit thinking in South Africa's water allocation reform discourses: a cultural discourse perspective, Journal of Multicultural Discourses, DOI: 10.1080/17447143.2020.1835926.

Dube, B. 2019. The Exclusion of Black Men in South African Gender Discourses: Rethinking Gender, Patriarchy and Male Privilege. Africa Insight 49(1), pp.37 – 51 https://journals.co.za/content/journal/10520/EJC-17a0337766.

Maphosa, B. 2016. Alleviating poverty through resource provision: case of a South African agricultural project. International Journal of African Renaissance ( IJARS) 11(1), pp45-63 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/18186874.2016.1212463.

Maphosa, B. 2010. Addressing the challenges of women’s advancement in water sector professions. Africanus Journal, Volume 40(2) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283665621_The_challenges_facing_women_in_the_water_sector_profession.

Paper presentations

Maphosa, B. (2018). Revived effort to address persistent water sector inequalities: An analysis of legislation from a decolonial perspective. Decolonisation and Re-Afrikanisation: A conversation. Unisa Senate Hall, 6-8 August 2018.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• Member of SADSA – South African Development Studies Association
• Member of SAAGS - South African Association for Gender Studies

Projects

• Response of urban and peri-urban aquatic ecosystems to riparian zones land uses and human settlements

• Decolonising water access and allocation: a renewed effort to address persistent inequalities in the water sector.

   

Other

Research Reports

Dube, R., Maphosa, B and Scott-Goldman, J. (2014). The role of local community institutions in the adaptation of rural and urban communities to the impacts of climate change on water access and use. WRC Report No. 1963/1/14 http://www.wrc.org.za/Knowledge%20Hub%20Documents/Research%20Reports/1963-1-14.pdf.

Dube, R., Maphosa, B and Fayemiwo, D. (2016). Adaptive climate change technologies and approaches for local governments: Water sector response. WRC Report No. TT 663/16 http://www.wrc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/TT%20663-16.pdf.

Dube, R., Maphosa, B, Malan. A, Fayemiwo, D.M, Ramulondi, D & Zuma, T.A. (2017). Response of urban and peri-urban aquatic ecosystems to riparian zones land uses and human settlements: A study of the rivers, Juskei, Kuils and Pienaars. WRC Report No. 2339/1/17 http://www.wrc.org.za/wp-content/uploads/mdocs/2339-1-17.pdf.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9340-1684

WoS: https://publons.com/researcher/3952237/beatrice-dube/