Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa
In the Cape Flats townships, Cape Town, South Africa, there are more than 250 working cart horses. They serve the community with scrap metal and garden refuse removal, human transport and the selling of goods. A questionnaire was undertaken to understand the social and economic impacts of a horse an...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
AOSIS
2020-04-01
|
Series: | Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/2009 |
id |
doaj-0cb47bca0fa44dcaae1a9a7ddac952c3 |
---|---|
record_format |
Article |
spelling |
doaj-0cb47bca0fa44dcaae1a9a7ddac952c32020-11-25T03:28:49ZengAOSISJournal of the South African Veterinary Association1019-91282224-94352020-04-01910e1e1110.4102/jsava.v91i0.20091351Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South AfricaJoanna N. de Klerk0Melvyn Quan1John D. Grewar2Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium; and, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South AfricaDepartment of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, OnderstepoortEquine Health Fund, Wits Health Consortium, JohannesburgIn the Cape Flats townships, Cape Town, South Africa, there are more than 250 working cart horses. They serve the community with scrap metal and garden refuse removal, human transport and the selling of goods. A questionnaire was undertaken to understand the social and economic impacts of a horse and cart in the Cape Flats on individual owners and/or drivers, their households and the community. A mixture of classical quantitative questions combined with qualitative participatory technique questions were used. A total of 100 participants took part in the questionnaire, who cart with 163 horses between them. The majority (89%) identified the cart horse income as their primary income source. Apart from the participants, an additional 716 people were supported financially through this income, where the mean number of children supported was 2.9 (95% confidence interval [CI]: ±0.42) per interviewed participant. Scrap metal transportation was the most common work and the season (winter) had a negative impact on their ability to work. The spatial extent to which a cart horses work was determined and related back to the impact on the horse and participant of the survey. It was demonstrated that the cart horse industry had an impact not only on those who worked in the industry, but also on the surrounding residents, either through their work or through supporting others with their income. This study revealed that the concepts of ‘One Health’ and ‘Health in Social-Ecological Systems’, in action as horse and human health within the Cape Flats are closely intertwined.https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/2009cart horsesocio-economicone healthdemographicscommunityspatial epidemiology |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
English |
format |
Article |
sources |
DOAJ |
author |
Joanna N. de Klerk Melvyn Quan John D. Grewar |
spellingShingle |
Joanna N. de Klerk Melvyn Quan John D. Grewar Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa Journal of the South African Veterinary Association cart horse socio-economic one health demographics community spatial epidemiology |
author_facet |
Joanna N. de Klerk Melvyn Quan John D. Grewar |
author_sort |
Joanna N. de Klerk |
title |
Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa |
title_short |
Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa |
title_full |
Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa |
title_fullStr |
Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa |
title_full_unstemmed |
Socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the Cape Flats, South Africa |
title_sort |
socio-economic impacts of working horses in urban and peri-urban areas of the cape flats, south africa |
publisher |
AOSIS |
series |
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association |
issn |
1019-9128 2224-9435 |
publishDate |
2020-04-01 |
description |
In the Cape Flats townships, Cape Town, South Africa, there are more than 250 working cart horses. They serve the community with scrap metal and garden refuse removal, human transport and the selling of goods. A questionnaire was undertaken to understand the social and economic impacts of a horse and cart in the Cape Flats on individual owners and/or drivers, their households and the community. A mixture of classical quantitative questions combined with qualitative participatory technique questions were used. A total of 100 participants took part in the questionnaire, who cart with 163 horses between them. The majority (89%) identified the cart horse income as their primary income source. Apart from the participants, an additional 716 people were supported financially through this income, where the mean number of children supported was 2.9 (95% confidence interval [CI]: ±0.42) per interviewed participant. Scrap metal transportation was the most common work and the season (winter) had a negative impact on their ability to work. The spatial extent to which a cart horses work was determined and related back to the impact on the horse and participant of the survey. It was demonstrated that the cart horse industry had an impact not only on those who worked in the industry, but also on the surrounding residents, either through their work or through supporting others with their income. This study revealed that the concepts of ‘One Health’ and ‘Health in Social-Ecological Systems’, in action as horse and human health within the Cape Flats are closely intertwined. |
topic |
cart horse socio-economic one health demographics community spatial epidemiology |
url |
https://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/2009 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT joannandeklerk socioeconomicimpactsofworkinghorsesinurbanandperiurbanareasofthecapeflatssouthafrica AT melvynquan socioeconomicimpactsofworkinghorsesinurbanandperiurbanareasofthecapeflatssouthafrica AT johndgrewar socioeconomicimpactsofworkinghorsesinurbanandperiurbanareasofthecapeflatssouthafrica |
_version_ |
1724582520897404928 |