- Title
- Sustainable livelihoods, employment and poverty alleviation: the case of the Good News Ark Project
- Creator
- Nkwakwa, Bandlakazi Beira
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- South Africa Rural development -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2017
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19784
- Identifier
- vital:28965
- Description
- Income generating projects play a significant role in the lives of rural people and make a significant contribution to rural development in South Africa. Although, income generating projects play a major contribution to rural development, problems of funding for such projects and the high levels of unskilled personnel to run those projects is still a challenge in most, if not all rural areas of South Africa. Therefore this study has undertaken with the objectives of assessing income generating projects in relation to its contribution to rural development in the study area. The sustainable livelihoods and basic needs approaches were used to assess the contribution of income generating projects in poverty alleviation in rural areas. Such approaches to rural development can help in reducing the poverty gap that exists in society and at the same time help achieve sustainable rural development. Findings show that there are a number of challenges and constraints that are experienced by the Thaba Nchu community, like poverty and unemployment. However, the main findings of the research study suggested that the contribution made by the Good News Ark Project toward poverty alleviation and community development is to empower the project members and casual workers. To have a successful rural development, there is need for the government to support these projects in the form of skills training programmes and finance. The study recommends that intervention should occur and the coordination between the relevant stakeholders should be strengthened as the development of the rural poor depends on both social development and food production.
- Format
- v, 81 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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