Browsing by Author "Booyens, MG"

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    An exploration of the challenges facing youth owned small enterprises in Imizamu Yethu and Hangberg, Hout Bay
    (2014) Ndlovu, Samkelo; Booyens, MG
    This study explored the challenges facing youth owned enterprises in the Hout Bay communities of Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg. A purposive sample of seventeen young enterprise owners and three key informants that offer support to the youth, were interviewed. Interviews were conducted with the aid of a semi structured interview schedule. The findings of the qualitative study conducted revealed that businesses owned by the youth face multi challenges that constrain their viability. The key findings of the study revealed that: the young enterprise owners have long term aspirations of growing their businesses beyond the current operations. A conducive environment is therefore important to support these aspirations. The participants identified lack of finances, crime, lack of skills, competition and a lack of appropriate infrastructure as some of the major impediments to the growth of their businesses. In addition, there was general consensus among the youth that the low income of their communities reduces their capacity to boost revenue from their businesses. The findings revealed that all young participants finance their businesses, with additional finances, coming from family and friends. Although there are support programmes in place available to the youth, an overwhelming number of the young enterprise owners were unaware of these programmes available from the government, private sector and Non Governmental Organisations. The key recommendations are that: Intensive awareness-raising programmes aimed at increasing the information and agency of the youth entrepreneurs should be put in place. In addition, role players such as the government, private sector and NGOs should play complimentary roles in addressing the challenges facing young enterprise owners to smoothen their transition to independence.
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    An exploration of the experiences of micro business owners in Langa with regard to governmental regulations and support systems
    (2008) Kristiansen, Silje Klommestien; Booyens, MG
    South Africa is faced with many developmental challenges such as poverty, unemployment and inequality. The post-apartheid government has tried to face some of the injustices inherited from the apartheid era, but the choice of a neo-liberal economic approach seems to have worsened the situation. There is therefore a significant need for a social development approach in South Africa. Social development aims to link social welfare to economic development. One way of doing this is to support the development of small and micro enterprises. The majority of these enterprises belong to the second economy, and by supporting them the government also supports the poorest of its population. The South African government has put in place support systems to strengthen the small and micro enterprise sector. It also constantly reviews the regulatory environment in order the ease the regulatory burden on this sector. This research aimed to explore how the micro enterprises experience these efforts. It looked at the reasons behind compliance and/or non-compliance with regulations, and the reasons for the utilisation, or lack thereof, of support systems. Langa was chosen as the geographic area in which the research was carried out. In Langa, 20 micro business owners, both formal and informal, agreed to undergo qualitative interviews where they shared their experiences with regard to regulations and support systems. Nonprobability sampling was used to identify the participants. The interviews were guided by the use of semi-structured interview schedules, which included the main questions of the research. An audio recording was used, and the interviews were transcribed into text. Coding procedures from grounded theory methodology were used. Findings were drawn from the responses of the participants, and compared to findings from previous research studies. It was found that the participants to a very little degree complied with regulations. Despite the fact that most of the participants regarded complying with regulations as the right thing to do, they did not see their own enterprises as important enough to take steps towards compliance, and thought it only to be relevant to larger enterprises.
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    Fit for life: an exploration of the approaches used by sport-for-development NGOs to monitor and evaluate programmes offered in schools
    (2012) Mashale, Termica Rethabile; Booyens, MG
    The study aimed at exploring the approaches used by sport-for-development organisations to monitor and evaluate their programmes offered to schools in the Cape Metropole. The study contributes to the growing fields of programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as well as sport-for-development in South Africa. The study’s sample comprised NGOs that used sport as an entry point to engage young people and engender behavioural change, thereby reducing youth vulnerability to sexual and reproductive health issues.