Exploring the experience of ‘black tax’ amongst recent black African graduates in South Africa

dc.contributor.advisorMotileng, B.B. (Barnard Buti)
dc.contributor.emailnthatyprosper@gmail.comen_US
dc.contributor.postgraduateMaboa, Onthatile Renolda
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-08T07:49:42Z
dc.date.available2023-02-08T07:49:42Z
dc.date.created2023
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (MA (Research Psychology))--University of Pretoria, 2022.en_US
dc.description.abstractThere is an increasing body of literature on the phenomenon of Black Tax in Africa and beyond. However, there is a paucity of systematic research on the phenomenon in South Africa. This dissertation is an endeavour to address the gap by exploring how recent African Black graduates in South Africa experience Black Tax. The study adopted a qualitative and interpretive approach. In-depth semi-structured interviews were done with eight participants between the ages of 23 and 27 years. The findings revealed that recent African Black graduates experience Black Tax as a complex phenomenon and acknowledge that it is not as evident as it may seem. In addition, the findings also highlighted the manner in which it manifests itself in the lives of recent Black African graduates, namely, through Ubuntu, cultural obligations and unspoken rules and expectations. Most importantly, the results revealed that Black Tax has some positive impact as it contributes to helping and taking care of loved ones while also teaching recent graduates to manage their finances effectively. However, Black Tax has disadvantages as it may have a negative influence on recent graduates’ emotional, psychological and financial well-being. Given that Black Tax is not limited to university students, it is recommended that future empirical studies be conducted on this concept among formally and informally employed diverse population groups.en_US
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dc.description.degreeMA (Research Psychology)en_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.identifier.citation*en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.21982949en_US
dc.identifier.otherA2023
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89297
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectBlack Taxen_US
dc.subjectUbuntu
dc.subjectRecent graduate
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectObligation
dc.titleExploring the experience of ‘black tax’ amongst recent black African graduates in South Africaen_US
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_US

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