The dynamics of youth employment and empowerment in agriculture and rural development in South Africa: A scoping review

W Geza, MSC Ngidi, R Slotow, T Mabhaudhi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the years, South Africa has made significant investments aimed at transforming the
agricultural sector to deliver on rural economic development and job creation. These …

Effects of poverty challenges on youth learnership success

M Mtotywa, M Motaung - Development Southern Africa, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
People who live in poverty struggle to focus on the future as they are forced to deal with their
current challenges, which can impact the learner during learnership programmes. The study …

Relationship between fiscal deficits and unemployment in South Africa

J Marire - Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2022 - journals.co.za
Orientation Heterodox economic scholarship has challenged the neoclassical doctrine that
fiscal deficit increases unemployment in the long-term. Research purpose This article …

Disclosure on the linkages between executive pay and sustainability in a highly unequal country

N Mans-Kemp, A Swartz - Acta Commercii, 2024 - scielo.org.za
ABSTRACT ORIENTATION: The allocation of incentives based on corporate financial
performance is a longstanding phenomenon aimed at aligning the interests of executives …

The Effects of Entrepreneurship Leadership on Youth Entrepreneurial Intentions Post-COVID-19: The Case of Gauteng

NT Lekutle, PE Ebewo, R Shambare - Businesses, 2023 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this research was to assess the effects of entrepreneurship leadership on
youth's entrepreneurial intentions in Gauteng province, South Africa. To test this relationship …

Linking strategy implementation to financial performance and firm survival in women-owned small to medium enterprises

ZJ Mudara, C Mafini - Journal of Contemporary Management, 2022 - journals.co.za
Purpose of the study: Women-owned SMEs in South Africa are plagued with numerous
challenges that contribute to the slow growth and failure of their businesses. Among these …

Unemployment, total factor productivity, budget deficit, and wage share in South Africa

J Marire - Economic Journal of Emerging Markets, 2022 - journal.uii.ac.id
Purpose―The paper investigated the effect of the interaction of fiscal deficits and total factor
productivity (TFP) and fiscal deficits and the wage share on unemployment. Methods―The …

The causality between youth unemployment, education attainment and labour force participation: Evidence from South Africa

L Falakahla - 2018 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
In times of increasing unemployment, South Africa has the highest youth unemployment in
the world followed by Palestine, Greece, Nigeria and Spain. In that context, the study …

Influence of selected demographic variables on SMME survival: a case-study of Matjhabeng district municipality.

MN Naong, KJ Makhoali - … of Research in Business & Social …, 2024 - search.ebscohost.com
The economic vibrancy of most small communities is generally driven by Small, Medium and
Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) of different kind. Although the existence of these SMMEs tend to …

Unemployment Reduction Targets to Realise NationalL Development Plan Vision 2030

P Blom, M Jahed, S Vyas-Doorgapersad - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - ceeol.com
One of the main and most dynamic challenges confronting South Africa is the high
unemployment rate, which has been increasing more rapidly than the country's economic …