Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences: Recent submissions
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Beyond entrepreneurship education: Business incubation and entrepreneurial capabilities
(Emerald, 2017)As a way of dealing with Nigeria’s macroeconomic challenge of unemployment and its concomitant socio-economic problems, the federal government, in 2006, made entrepreneurship study a compulsory course for all higher ... -
Can smallholder avocado production reduce poverty and improve food security through internal markets? The case of Giheta, Burundi
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)The role of agriculture in rural development is widely documented in literature. Many analysts regard agriculture, specifically smallscale agriculture, as an effective instrument for poverty reduction and food security, ... -
Policy, politics and leadership in slum upgrading: A comparative analysis ofHarare and Kampala
(Elsevier, 2018)Slum upgrading is one of the preferred options in dealing with ubiquitous informality in cities across the world.Drawing on experiences in two African cities namely Harare and Kampala; the article focuses on the role ... -
A comparative analysis of socioeconomic inequities in stunting: A case of three middle-income African countries
(BCM, 2018): Despite increased economic growth and development, and existence of various policies and interventions aimed at improving food security and nutrition, majority of countries in sub-Saharan Africa have very high levels ... -
Towards design of citizen centric e-government projects in developing country context: The design-reality gap in Uganda
(SciKA, 2019)E-government projects should be at the heart of service delivery in developing countries if the lives of citizens, especially the socially and economically marginalized, are to be improved. However, quite often in developing ... -
A 20-year evaluation of PLAAS research outputs: Impact on the scholarly domain and in social media
(Academy of Science of South Africa, 2019)Patterns and methods of scholarly communication have changed with the growth in information technology, particularly the Internet and the social web. The changes have necessitated a broader definition of scholarly communication ... -
Mixed methods research for health policy development in Africa: The case of identifying very poor households for health insurance premium exemptions in Ghana
(SAGE, 2019)Despite the utility of applying mixed methods research to understand complex phenomenon, few studies have applied this approach to health policy and in Africa. This article illustrates the application of mixed methods ... -
Decolonisation of institutional structures in South African universities: A critical perspective
(Cogent OA, 2019)In 2015, using social media, a new generation of South African university students launched the social justice movement #FeesMustFall. The call for social justice, equity and equality has been a burning issue in ... -
Agriculture, value chains and the rural non-farm economy in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Spinger Nature, 2019)This chapter compares rural development in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe, concentrating on agricultural value chains and their implications for the rural non-farm economy (RNFE). Based on detailed qualitative exploration, ... -
The economic impact of renewable and non-renewable energy technologies on small businesses: A case of small businesses near the Wallacedene taxi rank
(IEEE, 2018)The South African National Development Plan contemplates that by 2030 South Africa will have an energy sector that promotes economic growth and development, social equity and environmental sustainability. This article ... -
Narratives of scarcity: Framing the global land rush
(Elsevier, 2019)Global resource scarcity has become a central policy concern, with predictions of rising populations, naturalresource depletion and hunger. The narratives of scarcity that arise as a result justify actions to harness ... -
Using social media to support community development: A case study of e-inclusion intermediaries in underprivileged communities of South Africa
(IEEE, 2019)For many marginalized community members e-inclusion intermediaries (e-IIs) are the only accessible and affordable option to access computers and the Internet, yet their use of the provided ICTs is low. This is due to a ... -
Sports coaching in impoverished communities through the use of virtual reality
(IEEE, 2019)The paper explores the potential of virtual reality to aid sports coaching within poverty-stricken communities in South Africa. The use of virtual reality has been tested in education and in the mining industry but not in ... -
A panel data analysis of the formal-informal sector labour market linkages in South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)This study explores the labour market linkages between the informal and formal sectors, using the first four waves of the National Income Dynamics Study data. The main focus is on three groups of employed: worked in the ... -
Exploring adaptation and agency of mothers caring for disabled children inan urban settlement in South Africa: A qualitative study
(Elsevier, 2019)Mothers of disabled children who are living in poverty face multiple interlinked disadvantages in relation togender, care, disability, and poverty. Yet, their experiences have been largely neglected in academic literature.This ... -
“Reproducing the social”: Contradictory interconnections between land, cattle production and household relations in the Besters Land Reform Project, South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)Land redistribution policy in South Africa emphasises commercial farming as the legitimate use of land. This production-oriented framework fails to take into account the intertwined but unstable relationship between the ... -
Seasonal food insecurity among farm workers in the Northern Cape, South Africa
(MPDI, 2019)Very little is known about seasonal hunger in South Africa, or about the food security and nutritional status of farm workers. This article identifies a pathway to seasonal hunger—through intra-annual fluctuations in ... -
Challenging the odds of vulnerability and resilience in lone migration: Coping strategies of Zimbabwean unaccompanied minors in South Africa
(Routledge, 2019)Childhood vulnerability attracts more societal and scholarly attention than child resilience. This article presents experiences of some Zimbabwean Unaccompanied Minors (ZUMs) in South Africa as an example of children ... -
Women’s engagement in and outcomes from small-scale fisheries value chains in Malawi: Effects of social relations
(Spinger, 2019)Women play an important role within small-scale fishing communities in sub-Saharan Africa through engaging in fish value chain activities and contributing to household food security and income. There is, however, little ... -
The impact of educational attainment on household poverty in South Africa: A case study of Limpopo province
(Routledge, 2019)Poverty is a phenomenon that is multidimensional in nature and its meaning varies from one individual to another (Alkire and Foster 2011; Batana 2013; Bossert, Chakravarty, and D'Ambrosio 2013; Jansen et al. 2015). It can ...