Browsing by Author "Ndangwa, Noyoo"

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    An investigation of the implementation of the Employment Equity Act (No. 55 of 1998) of South Africa by organisations in Cape Town in the Western Cape
    (2022) Thabethe, Wandile; Ndangwa, Noyoo
    The South African Government has committed itself to redressing the injustices of the past by passing laws such as the Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998. The Act was promulgated for the purpose of bringing equity and parity to the workplace. However, findings from this research study and other initiatives, such as those from the Employment Equity Commission Report of 2017, reveal that South African organisations are still predominantly run by White males. This study then sought to find out why the implementation of the Act has not resulted in more people of colour ascending into management positions. A qualitative research method was employed as a methodology for the study, while using structured face-to-face interviews as a data collection tool. The study's population was a convenience sample of human resource managers working for corporate organisations in Cape Town, in the Western Cape. To collect the data, 20 human resource managers were interviewed for close to an hour each. Once the data was collected, it was transcribed and then analysed using Creswell's data analysis spiral, which moves in analytic circles instead of a fixed linear approach. The findings of this study revealed that management in corporate Cape Town was still predominantly the preserve of White males. The organisations that participated in this study indicated that their management was comprised of individuals who were experts in their fields and who have been with these organisations for extended periods of time. As a result, it was not easy to move them out of such positions as the organisations would be losing out on their expertise; rather they waited for them to age and retire or voluntarily resign. Some organisations had succession plans for managerial positions, however, the problem they faced was that several individuals who were part of the succession plan were impatient and ended up leaving the organisations, taking up offers elsewhere. Other organisations without succession plans or with individuals who were not yet ready for management positions, struggled to find Black candidates to fill the positions. In one case, a qualified Black candidate refused an offer because he was to be relocated to Cape Town. In addition, disabled individuals do not seem to be considered part of the Employment Equity policies as organisations are more focused on Black people and women, and neglect disabled people. Overall, findings show that organisations in the Western Cape are committed to the Employment Equity Act, however it will take some time before Blacks, people with disabilities and women to fill management positions.
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    Exploring how youth experience and perceive peer social support at a holistic youth development programme in the Western Cape: the Chrysalis academy
    (2022) Winsted, Ellyn; Ndangwa, Noyoo
    In this study, the main goal was to explore youth experiences and perceptions of peer social support in the Western Cape region of South Africa at the Chrysalis Academy youth programme. The youth in the Western Cape face many obstacles to their development such as gangsterism, drugs, unemployment, lack of social support, volatile living environments and insufficient positive youth development programmes. It was assumed in this study that positive peer social support aligns with the ‘stress-buffer' model which claims social support as a buffer to these types of stressful live events and situations. This study sought to magnify the phenomena of peer social support versus the more researched phenomena of parental and teacher support. Research has emphasised parental and teacher support as playing more important roles of social support buffers for youth. The other goal of this study was to explore the ways in which this social support helps to foster resiliency and positive youth development. This study aimed to add to existing research on youth development by providing personal experiences youth had with peers; a facet of social support the researcher assumed was overlooked and was lacking overall in the context of South Africa. This would aid in creating a more in depth understanding of the role of peer support in youth development and help to create programmes and policies that utilise peer support as a main pillar in development to foster resiliency for youth. To this end, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with twenty participants who lived in different communities throughout Cape Town and the surrounding areas. The participants were graduates of the youth development programme at the Chrysalis Academy; a programme that integrates peer support into their development framework.
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    Spatiality and Human Development in the Western Cape of South Africa
    (2022) Dube, Primrose Sikhanyiso; Ndangwa, Noyoo
    This study explored how spatiality influenced human development in the Western Cape and specifically Cape Town, in the post-apartheid era. It argued for the incorporation of the spatiality dimension into the traditional Human Development Index (HDI), while focussing on pertinent strategies to transform the inherited colonial and apartheid spatial patterns to enhance human development. Significantly, the research arrived at a model that incorporates the spatiality dimension into the standard HDI in order to measure human development by focussing on the concept of spatial justice. The research study adopted a mixed methods design, that is based on integrating qualitative and quantitative research methods, however, much emphasis was on the qualitative research method. Data collection was done through the following: 62 in-depth interviews for the qualitative part of the research study, and a survey of 62 structured interviews with closed-ended questions were undertaken for the quantitative part of the research, and with different secondary sources. An embedded design was utilised, whereby the quantitative method was embedded within a primarily qualitative method, in order to allow information to be sought from a different level. The second data set (quantitative data) was collected after the first data collection (qualitative data), and this technique was viable for this research. Tesch's approach was used to analyse the qualitative data, and the Statistical Product and Service Solutions was used to analyse the quantitative data. Some of the substantial findings of the study are the following: spatiality has a positive or negative impact on human development depending on people's geographic location and the resources available to them within such spaces; those who are confined to urban poor vicinities face various challenges that affect their human development outcome, whereas, the affluent enjoy the benefits of residing in healthy and safe environments, thus, enhancing their human development opportunities; there has been minuscule spatial transformation in the Western Cape since the end of apartheid; hence, more resources and spatial justice are needed, particularly in poor communities, for the province to have better human development outcomes; and lastly, spatiality is a potential dimension of human development that needs to be incorporated into the traditional HDI because where one resides will most likely determine his or her human development outcomes. The conclusions of the study, among others, posit that better human development for everyone is possible when there is spatial justice. Importantly, an HDI that includes the spatiality dimension will be beneficial to South Africa and especially the Western Cape province, and other countries, as it will sharpen the development of public policies, social policies, and spatial planning. Hence, more involvement from government and civil society development actors is needed in the deprived areas of the Western Cape, especially the following key role players: national, provincial and particularly the local government spheres; community members, community-based organisations (CBOs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs), international organisations, faith-based organisations and the private sector. Recommendations are offered by the study to these key role players with emphasis on the government to double its efforts to foster spatial justice.