6.10-P7Using multivariable analysis to explore the coping and adaptation of Sub Saharan migrant women in South Africa. Human and social livelihood capital

South Africa is a country perceived by many as a progressive democratic country with one of the highest Human Development Indexes (HDI) according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). In reality, the country has its fair share of challenges such as unemployment, lack of adequate basic services for its citizens, developmental challenges and many international migrants mainly from the African continent and the Sub-Saharan region. The influx of migrants has negatively affected South Africa politically, socially and economically and the movement of migrants into the country continues unabated. This paper discusses how Sub Saharan African migrant women utilised their human and social livelihood capital to cope and adapt in South Africa. This is despite the numerous challenges that the country is facing. A case study of 332 randomly sampled migrant women from 23 Sub Saharan African countries resident in balloted six metropolitan cities (Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni, Bloemfontein, Durban and Cape Town) in 4 purposively selected provinces of South Africa was used for the study. A multi variant analysis of the human and social livelihood capital factors identified to be inherent and acquired by the migrant women was analysed and rated after the respondents ranked them. The results indicate that the migrant women used human (knowledge and skills; capacity to work; health and education), and social (relations of trust and mutual support; networks and connections; collective representation and formal and informal groups) capital factors for coping and adaptation in South Africa. The human and social capital factors were acquired in their home countries, developed in the host country and manipulated so that they could cope and adapt. One recommendation that came out of the study was for policy makers in South Africa to focus on human capital development.

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