The sustainability of cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal
| dc.contributor.author | Mthembu, Richard Themba | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Pillay, Pundy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-03T09:00:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-03T09:00:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Management in the Field of Governance & Leadership to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The current study focused on the sustainability of black owned cooperatives in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The study setting was constitutive of both rural and peri-urban Durban. It uses a qualitative research design and an interpretivist paradigm to elicit and make sense of participants’ views regarding the challenges and opportunities inherent in cooperative enterprises located within KwaZulu-Natal. The study adopted a multi-method data collection approach and uses in-depth interviews and document analysis to illuminate the topic. Using the two qualitative methods constitutes data triangulation. In terms of the in-depth interviews, participants were purposively selected and snowball sampling techniques were used to lead the researcher to the next participant. A total of 16 interviews were conducted with both male and female participants involved in agricultural cooperatives such as vegetable production, poultry and piggery. Interview data were complimented with that extracted of relevant literature through document analysis of government policies and white papers drawn from government archival materials particularly from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Agriculture (DOA). Overall, data were analysed using thematic analysis. Findings from the study bring to the fore three broad themes which are Black Economic Empowerment, contributing factors to the failure of cooperatives, and factors hindering co-operative sustainability | |
| dc.description.submitter | MM2024 | |
| dc.faculty | Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mthembu, Richard Themba. (2021). The sustainability of cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal [Master’s dissertation, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg]. WireDSpace. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41341 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10539/41341 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg | |
| dc.rights | © 2021 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 | BBE | |
| dc.subject | Black | |
| dc.subject | Cooperative | |
| dc.subject | Sustainability | |
| dc.subject | Sustainable livelihood approach | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-8: Decent work and economic growth | |
| dc.title | The sustainability of cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal | |
| dc.type | Dissertation |