Infrastructure related Expanded Public Work Programmes (EPWPs) are widely implemented by the South African government as one of a labour intensity initiative providing temporary employment and income transfer to unemployed ...

Majority children with learning barriers are taught in special schools that are few and far apart and as a result many of them end up leaving school without reaching their full potential. Learners with learning barriers ...

Water is a basic need and everybody has a right to have access to it, be it for consumption or irrigation. The principle of rights is applicable in every sphere of life even in the utilization of water resources. South ...

The prevalence of poverty, unemployment and low economic growth are some of the reasons programmes for poverty alleviation have been introduced. The study sought to examine the factors that contribute to the failure of ...

Local economic development was instituted as a strategy by the new democratic government to boost employment, local economic growth and reduce poverty at local level. This research investigated the impact of LED towards ...

Although motivations vary across households, livelihood diversification is commonly adopted as a coping strategy against income-poverty and food insecurity in Africa. Income-poverty is disproportionately the main integral ...

This study provides a theoretical foundation for researchers to investigate the effects of rural development non-governmental organisations’ governance on societal transformation. The research also assessed the mission ...

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) was introduced in South Africa in 1999. Despite two decades of implementation—and some notable successes—the NSFAS has been critiqued for its overall “effectiveness” (McKay, ...

The foster care backlog has been a challenge in the National Department of Social Development for some years which resulted in the lapsing of foster care grants and thousands of children left without legal and statutory ...

Development projects, including the Fetša Tlala Initiative, were designed to contribute to the National Development Plan, 2030. The objectives of this research assessed how effective the Fetša Tlala project was in ...