Open AccessA care deficit? The roles of families and faith-based organisations in the lives of youth at the margins in Pretoria Central
Author(s) -
Marlize Rabe
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
hts teologiese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.282
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2072-8050
pISSN - 0259-9422
DOI - 10.4102/hts.v74i3.5005
Subject(s) - faith , focus group , government (linguistics) , institution , economic growth , rural area , local government , political science , qualitative research , public administration , socioeconomics , sociology , social science , law , philosophy , linguistics , theology , anthropology , economics
After completing or dropping out of school, many young people leave their family households and in some cases they move from rural or semi-rural areas to urban centres. Faith-based organisations (FBOs) in major cities in South Africa sometimes act as a safety net for marginalised youth, especially as government departments are overburdened and not addressing all the needs of youth at the margins. This qualitative research is based on an analysis of individual and focus group interviews undertaken with young people living in the central areas of Pretoria. It is shown how families and FBOs engage as separate, although at times not unrelated, entities in the lives of youth at the margins. In certain cases, the FBO became an institution of last resort and only in rare cases is a certain synergy achieved between FBOs and families.