Local economic assessment of community work programmes as a job creation mechanism
- Authors: Kobedi, K. C. S.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Job creation - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Economic development - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Unemployment
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/485211 , uj:44097
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the world and is ever increasing. It is consistently measured above 20 percent. This is a national crisis, along with two of the country’s other big socioeconomic challenges, namely poverty and inequality. To address poverty and unemployment, various programmes were implemented at the local government sphere, such as the Community Work Programme (CWP), aimed at empowering the community through the provision of employment and skills to provide a safety net to the poor by allowing them to earn a monthly wage. The aim of this study was to investigate the CWP’s contribution towards employment or job creation within Region 1 of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality community, specifically in Erasmus and Soshanguve. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire and 219 respondents were interviewed face-to-face. An OLS model was employed and the dependant variable was respondents’ level of satisfaction with the programme, and the independent variables were skills transfer, age, level of education, and the length of employment/participation rate within the programme. The results of this study revealed that the CWP is contributing positively to the community of Erasmus and Soshanguve as most respondents were of the opinion that the CWP would be their safety net until they acquire another job. It was also revealed that respondents were not only satisfied with the skills they gained in the programme but also with the overall programme. Nevertheless, it is recommended that participants in these programmes should be provided with advanced and adequate skills to assist them in securing a long-term job, such as technical and administrative labour-absorption skills. , M.Com. (Local Economic Development)
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- Authors: Kobedi, K. C. S.
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: Job creation - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Economic development - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Unemployment
- Language: English
- Type: Masters (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/485211 , uj:44097
- Description: Abstract: South Africa’s unemployment rate is among the highest in the world and is ever increasing. It is consistently measured above 20 percent. This is a national crisis, along with two of the country’s other big socioeconomic challenges, namely poverty and inequality. To address poverty and unemployment, various programmes were implemented at the local government sphere, such as the Community Work Programme (CWP), aimed at empowering the community through the provision of employment and skills to provide a safety net to the poor by allowing them to earn a monthly wage. The aim of this study was to investigate the CWP’s contribution towards employment or job creation within Region 1 of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality community, specifically in Erasmus and Soshanguve. A cross-sectional quantitative survey was conducted using a structured questionnaire and 219 respondents were interviewed face-to-face. An OLS model was employed and the dependant variable was respondents’ level of satisfaction with the programme, and the independent variables were skills transfer, age, level of education, and the length of employment/participation rate within the programme. The results of this study revealed that the CWP is contributing positively to the community of Erasmus and Soshanguve as most respondents were of the opinion that the CWP would be their safety net until they acquire another job. It was also revealed that respondents were not only satisfied with the skills they gained in the programme but also with the overall programme. Nevertheless, it is recommended that participants in these programmes should be provided with advanced and adequate skills to assist them in securing a long-term job, such as technical and administrative labour-absorption skills. , M.Com. (Local Economic Development)
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Socioeconomic externalities of a green economy transition in South Africa : the case of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Authors: James, Ntandokabawo
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (South Africa) , Economic development - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Sustainable development
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/477731 , uj:43175
- Description: Abstract: The concept of green economy has become one of a few environmentalism-inspired concepts that drive the sustainability of contemporary global economic growth. This concept was coined at the backdrop of the ecological economics theory and the sustainability paradigm. Ecological economics, a theory the lenses of which were used in undertaking this study, is a normative field which provides a platform to create linkages between ecology and neoclassical economics. Guided by the interpretive paradigm and its subjective epistemology in the context of the critical theory, this study investigates socioeconomic externalities of a transition to a green economy in a developmental state. Using the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality’s Food and Energy Centre and the Ga-Rankuwa Eco-Furniture Factory case studies, 60 interpersonal interviews supplemented by four (4) focus group discussions were conducted with the beneficiaries to understand the externalities of a transition to a green economy in the City. These were coupled with an analysis of municipal documents and desktop research as well as observations from the sites to guarantee richness, depth and breadth of this study. Data obtained from the field were organised and analysed thematically and inductive reasoning was used to compile and present emerging themes... , D.Phil. (Development Studies)
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- Authors: James, Ntandokabawo
- Date: 2021
- Subjects: City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality (South Africa) , Economic development - South Africa - City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality , Sustainable development
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral (Thesis)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/477731 , uj:43175
- Description: Abstract: The concept of green economy has become one of a few environmentalism-inspired concepts that drive the sustainability of contemporary global economic growth. This concept was coined at the backdrop of the ecological economics theory and the sustainability paradigm. Ecological economics, a theory the lenses of which were used in undertaking this study, is a normative field which provides a platform to create linkages between ecology and neoclassical economics. Guided by the interpretive paradigm and its subjective epistemology in the context of the critical theory, this study investigates socioeconomic externalities of a transition to a green economy in a developmental state. Using the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality’s Food and Energy Centre and the Ga-Rankuwa Eco-Furniture Factory case studies, 60 interpersonal interviews supplemented by four (4) focus group discussions were conducted with the beneficiaries to understand the externalities of a transition to a green economy in the City. These were coupled with an analysis of municipal documents and desktop research as well as observations from the sites to guarantee richness, depth and breadth of this study. Data obtained from the field were organised and analysed thematically and inductive reasoning was used to compile and present emerging themes... , D.Phil. (Development Studies)
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