The effects of the government’s Covid-19 social relief of distress grant programme in Mathole Ville
| dc.contributor.author | Lidaga, Olga Refiloe | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-19T07:44:15Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-19T07:44:15Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description | The research report submitted to the Faculty of Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in 50% fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management (in the field of Public and Development Sector Monitoring and Evaluation). February, 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Covid-19 pandemic generated major setbacks in South Africa, mainly in terms of a decrease in employment opportunities, increased poverty, and economic hardships. To reduce the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government implemented the Social Relief of Distress Grant (SRDG), which targeted those who had no source of income. Despite all these efforts, unemployment and poverty continue to rise. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of the SRDG programme in Mathole Ville, a neighbourhood west of Johannesburg. The study found that government spending in the form of the Covid-19 SRDG increased demand and supply due to beneficiaries spending their funds on neighbourhood businesses, resulting in an increase in neighbourhood businesses turnover. However, the increase in turnover could not increase workers' income or employment opportunities. The study also found that the Covid-19 SRDG did not alleviate poverty as recipients remained below the poverty line | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | South African National Biodiversity Institute | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Lidaga, Olga Refiloe. (2023). The effects of the government’s Covid-19 social relief of distress grant programme in Mathole Ville [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38971 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/38971 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2023 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. | |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.school | Wits School of Governance | |
| dc.subject | Livelihoods | |
| dc.subject | Poverty | |
| dc.subject | Unemployment | |
| dc.subject | Neighbourhood | |
| dc.subject | Cash transfers | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-8: Decent work and economic growth | |
| dc.title | The effects of the government’s Covid-19 social relief of distress grant programme in Mathole Ville | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |