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Browsing by Supervisor "Taft, Trevor"
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Toolo, Mpho
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Unemployment in South Africa is a major problem and the marginal economic growth has not stimulated job creation. The problem is skewed to the rural communities. As the most labour absorptive sector, agriculture is best ...
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Mnguni, Hellen Moipone
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
This research aimed to assess the potential of social entrepreneurship to contribute
in increasing the economic participation of the youth in South Africa. With South
Africa experiencing high levels of youth unemployment ...
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Weber, Johann Friedrich
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
This research study set out to understand social entrepreneurship business model design
paradigms within the complex environments of local governments in South Africa. Although
the current theory base suggests that social ...
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Dandala, Gqibelo
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
This research explores the feasibility of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) as a funding
mechanism for preventative social development and intervention programmes in South
Africa.
Persistent structural inequality in societies ...
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Davison, Rilet
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
The current operating environment requires of companies to account for their social impact
and contribute towards national and global sustainability targets. With the adoption of the
Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 ...
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Maasdorp, Badian Charlton
(University of Pretoria, 2012)
The impact of strict employment protection legislation (EPL) on unemployment is still uncertain. However, evidence in literature points to the hiring and firing provisions of EPL being the source of some of the labour ...
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Chigumira, Hazel
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
This study explored the possibility of utilising saving groups in the form of stokvels as a
feasible mechanism for community driven in-situ upgrades in the South African context.
Looking from the lens of psychological ...
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Melaphi, Yongama
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
While South Africa has made multiple strides since the dawn of democracy in 1994,
there are serious economic challenges that remain. The low number of jobs that the
economy has created, even in higher growth cycles, ...
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Nyandu, Zandile
(University of Pretoria, 2013)
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 108 of 1996 (the Constitution), affords all South Africa citizens the inalienable right to housing. Since 1994 there have been many policies which include the Reconstruction ...