Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them).

Have you ever considered what it's like to be an African migrant working as an Uber driver in South Africa? On the second episode of Ol'Things Considered, we examine the realities of African migrants in South Africa as they navigate livelihoods, precarity, vulnerability, and exploitation on e-hailing platforms . We explore how anti-African migrant state policies and Afrophobic movements in South Africa are used as tools for Neo-Liberal capitalist exploitation.I'm joined by Celine Masheleni, who is completing her PhD in sociology at the University of Cape Town. Celine's work explores the labour conditions of being an African migrant in South Africa. Celine's theoretical contribution involves the concept of "place-making", where she explores the ways in which migrant workers resist their vulnerabilities by engaging in practices of place-making (i.e., practices of "carrying on" through establishing networks of stability, groundedness and grassroots structures of making a hostile place work for them). Please like and subscribe to this channel for more intellectually stimulating conversations centring the work of scholars in the Global South!Please follow and subscribe to the podcast on these platforms!Instagram: @olthingsconsideredSpotify: OlthingsconsideredApple Podcast: Ol'Things ConsideredTiktok: @olthingsconsideredFeel free to share your thoughts on this conversation below!