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Impact of Agricultural development projects on poverty alleviation In Amajuba district municipality (KZN)Mabaso, Siphesihle Merit January 2014 (has links)
The study determined the impact of agricultural development projects on poverty alleviation at Amajuba district municipality. Data was drawn from 100 respondents, projects were purposively selected in line with the focus of projects members and non-projects members in Dannhauser under Amajuba District municipality to access and investigate the impact of agricultural development projects on poverty alleviation. The study presents the results of assessing those that are in groups and those that are working individually on agricultural production to alleviate poverty. The data was captured using a questionnaire which was administered through face-to-face interviews. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model were used to analyse and compare the level of livelihood and variables between project and non-project members. The results show that project members are more productive than non-project members. Project members had more access to funding, training, markets and extension services compared to non-members. However, the results further showed that being a project member attracts some rewards which end up improving the living standards as well as alleviates the poverty levels of farmers, whereas working as an individual limits the farmer(s) from receiving reasonable government assistance such as funding and extension services delivery. The descriptive results indicated that members of most rural households were relatively old, married, literate but unemployed. Non-project members were dependent on remittances, social grants and pension funds because the farming strategy could not meet all their household needs. However, The major crops that were grown for income and food security to maintain their livelihoods include: maize, potatoes, onions, butternut, carrots, cabbage and dry beans. Factors that had significant influences on outcomes were extension services, grants, pension and remittances, land productivity, market accessibility, output difference and livelihood. The available opportunities for project members were access to land, funding, markets, infrastructure, inputs and support services from government institutions, as well as NGO’s.
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An exploration of the social worker's role in promoting sustainability of poverty alleviating projectsNdude, Peace-Maker Mqokeleli January 2002 (has links)
In this research study the researcher attempted to gain an insight on what constitutes sustainability of poverty alleviating projects. Further, the researcher attempted to explore and gain understanding of the role of social worker in promoting sustainability of poverty alleviating projects. Since the literature on sustainability is limited, it is hoped that this study will provide valuable information for further research on the topic. In the limited literature study undertaken however, it was evident that despite the generic service that they provide, social workers have a role to play in community development. It was found that social workers can no longer afford to restrict their service provision to the traditional methods of social work. The egalitarian nature of their profession demands that they occupy the centre stage in poverty alleviation as they are strategically placed between the poor and the decision-makers in government. Eighteen respondents composed of six social workers, six committee members and six community members from six poverty alleviating projects were interviewed. One project from each of the six districts of Tsomo, Nqamakwe, Butterworth, Centane, Idutywa and Willowvale were used in the research study. The fmdings suggested that social workers, committee members and community members have differing opinions on what promotes or impedes sustainability of poverty alleviating projects, All respondents however agreed that participation as well as empowerment through training were basic requirements towards sustainability of poverty alleviating projects. Again the findings agreed with the literature that social workers have an important role to play in promoting sustainability of poverty alleviating projects.
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Assessing the role of civil society in poverty alleviation : a case study of Amathole District, (Eastern Cape)Ngumbela, Xolisile Gideon January 2015 (has links)
The purpose of this study is to conduct an assessment of the role of civil society organizations with regards to poverty alleviation. The study is conducted in Amathole District, Eastern Cape Province. The sample for the study is constituted by 3 civic society organizations (CSO), which are located in 3 local municipalities; namely, Amahlathi (Ikhwezi Women Support Center), Mbhashe (Nyhwara Home Base), and Mnquma (We Care Ministries) Local Municipalities. In terms of the data collection, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 officers from these civic society organizations. Concerning the research design, a combination of a qualitative and quantitative research approach was used. Concerning the findings of the study, the following points were noted: the different forms of interventions by civic society organizations, poverty eradication strategies, challenges that were experienced by civic society organizations, and the logical framework versus unexpected changes. It is probably safe to make mention that CSOs in the Eastern Cape portray a positive attitude and willingness to learn to manage the organizations better. The continuing support from the Department of Social Development will go a long way to assist the CSOs to become sustainable, in the context of management and efficient running of these organizations. The study thus concluded that specific benefactor-beneficiary dynamics are crucial for the success of any anti-poverty intervention. A greater need for the robust pro-poor social policy, availability of resources with which to translate it into action, and local entrepreneurial potential do not in themselves bring about success; they must operate in a certain way and be supported by certain principles and commitment for them to become powerful proper vehicle for alleviating poverty.
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Socio-economic rights litigation as a means to engendering social change in South Africa: an introduction and contextAdewoye, Oluwatomilola M. 31 October 2011 (has links)
Millions of people in the world and especially in Africa are yet to be delivered from the scourge of poverty. „Over three billion people in the world live on less than $2.50 per day and more than 80% of the world‟s population are living in countries where income differentials are widening. About 1.1 billion people in developing countries lack access to clean water, one out of every three urban dwellers in the cities of developing countries are living in slum conditions and about 790 million people in the world are chronically undernourished‟. These statistics reveal the extent to which millions of people cannot access the very basic services needed for survival due to poverty. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2011. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / nf2012 / Centre for Human Rights / LLM
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An evaluation of the impact of state water provision on rural development: the case of the Vukuzenzele projectMaphosa, Beatrice 06 1900 (has links)
Inadequate resources have always been suspected to be the main cause of persistent poverty and underdevelopment in many developing countries. Water is one such resource that is not readily available to many in South Africa. South Africa is a water-scarce country; access to adequate water provisions requires expensive infrastructure which can only be provided by the Government for most of the population. It is not certain whether there is a direct link between access to water and development or poverty alleviation. This study evaluated the impact that state water provision has on development especially in rural communities. The study concluded that there is indeed potential for community development where there is improved access to water. Findings further revealed the nature of several other variables that have significant roles in the relationship between access to government provided water and development. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Impact of health, water and sanitation services on improving the quality of life of poor communitiesManona, Wellman Wela 12 1900 (has links)
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Good health is a major imperative for social, economic and personal
development, thus an important dimension of quality of life. Quality of life, in
turn, is significantly influenced by access to the goods and services provided
by the State. Access to infrastructure and services such as water and
sanitation, has direct effects on health. Thus, the delivery of health, water and
sanitation services should ensure improved access to basic needs, enhance
the health profile of poor communities and their access to employment
opportunities. Safe clean water supplies and adequate sanitation services
therefore are among the major determinants of health. Health-related services
such as water and sanitation should ensure a certain average life expectancy
and eliminate mass disease and ill health.
Mindful of the fact that there are many factors that determine the quality of life,
the aim of the study was to investigate the impact of health, water and
sanitation services in improving the quality of life among poor communities.
To do this, this study adopted a comparative qualitative analysis approach
between poorly serviced and adequately serviced areas. Subsequent to the
findings, this study espouses constructive suggestions and recommendations
that could act as guidance to community development agencies' strategies in
amelioration of the quality of life among poverty-stricken communities. The
research was based on a narrow model of services (health, water and
sanitation services) that have impact on improving the quality of life among
poor communities. The empirical findings of this study indicate these services
to be insufficient to draw conclusive findings in other aspects of the survey.
The research was conducted in a sample of 573 households in 6 communities
in the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces in South Africa. The
sample comprised 3 communities in the category classified as poorly serviced
with health, water and sanitation services, and 3 communities that were
regarded as adequately provided with these services. The data was gathered
by means of structured questionnaires, administered by the researcher with the assistance of a trained field worker. Additional, the data was gathered by
means of a semi-structured, open-ended interview with a Sister-in-Charge of
a clinic in the rural villages. The interaction between variables on the
improvement of the quality of life were explored by means of basic statistics,
which made it possible to assess the effects of independent and dependent
variables.
The results of data analysis provided support for the proposition contained in
the premise of the study that although the provision of health, safe clean
water and adequate sanitation services lead to improvement in the standard
of living, their impact alone does not incorporate all the attributes that
enhance quality of life as suggested by mainstream schools of thought in the
health sector. Poverty-related factors also have to be taken into account. As
such, the findings of this study have shown that poverty, combined with poor
public health conditions, inadequate nutrition, overcrowded poor quality
housing, lack of accessible drinking water and sanitation, renders
communities vulnerable to ill health.
Given the poor socio-economic conditions prevalent in the communities under
investigation, it was not surprising that tuberculosis was most prevalent in all
areas. In line with the premise of this study, there were instances that povertyrelated
factors such as income, housing and nutrition had significant
influences with regard to improvement in the quality of life. It became evident
therefore that in certain instances, health, water, and sanitation services alone
are not sufficient to make conclusive findings. Thus, the impact of povertyrelated
factors such as income, housing and nutrition necessitate expansion
of factors that impact on the quality of life to include their influence. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Goeie gesondheid is 'n belangrike vereiste vir sosiale, ekonomiese en
persoonlike ontwikkeling, en dus ook 'n wesenlike aspek van 'n goeie
lewensgehalte. Toegang tot goedere en dienste wat deur die staat voorsien
word, het ook 'n beduidende invloed op lewensgehalte. Boonop het die
toegang tot infrastruktuur en dienste soos water en sanitasie 'n direkte invloed
op gesondheid. Die lewering van gesondheids, water- en sanitasiedienste
verseker dus die bevrediging van basiese behoeftes, onderwyl arm
gemeenskappe se gesondheidsprofiel en daarmee saam hul toegang tot
werksgeleenthede verbeter word. Toegang tot veilige en skoon waterbronne
en voldoende sanitasiedienste is gevolglik van die belangrikste
gesondheidsbepalers. Gesondheidsverwante dienste soos water en sanitasie
verseker 'n sekere gemiddelde lewensverwagting, en verminder die
moontlikheid van wydverspreide siektetoestande.
Met inagneming van die feit dat lewensgehalte deur talle faktore beïnvloed
kan word, was die doel van hierdie studie om ondersoek in te stel na die
invloed van gesondheids, water- en sanitasiedienste op die verbetering van
lewensgehalte in arm gemeenskappe. Gevolglik is 'n vergelykende analise
tussen areas met swak dienslewering en areas met bevredigende
dienslewering uitgevoer. Op grond van die bevindinge word sekere voorstelle
en aanbevelings gemaak wat kan dien as riglyne vir
ontwikkelingsagentskappe ter bevordering van die lewensgehalte in arm
gemeenskappe. Die navorsing was gegrond op 'n beperkte model van dienste
(gesondheids, water- en sanitasiedienste) wat die verbetering van
lewensgehalte in arm gemeenskappe beïnvloed. Die empiriese bevindinge
van die studie toon aan dat hierdie dienste onvoldoende is om as basis te
dien vir beslissende uitsprake oor ander aspekte van die opname.
Die studie het 'n steekproef van 573 huishoudings in 6 gemeenskappe in die
provinsies van die Oos-Kaap en Wes-Kaap in Suid-Afrika ingesluit. Die
steekproef het bestaan uit 3 gemeenskappe met swak gesondheids, water en
sanitasiedienste, en 3 gemeenskappe waar sulke dienste op 'n bevredigende vlak voorsien word. 'n Gestruktureerde vraelys is gebruik om
die navorsingsinligting in te samel, wat deur die navorser en 'n opgeleide
veldwerker toegedien is. Bykomende inligting is bekom deur 'n semigestruktureerde
onderhoud met die verpleeghoof van 'n kliniek in 'n landelike
gemeenskap. Die invloed van die verskillende veranderlikes op lewensgehalte
is deur middel van basiese statistiese analise geëvalueer.
Die resultate van die data-analise verleen 'n mate van steun vir die premis
van die studie dat hoewel die voorsiening van gesondheid, veilige, skoon
water en voldoende sanitasie tot 'n beter lewenstandaard kan lei, die
uitwerking daarvan as sodanig nie alle vereistes insluit vir 'n beter
lewenstaard nie, soos voorgestaan deur hoofstroom denkskole in die
gesondheidsektor. Faktore wat met armoede verband hou moet ook in ag
geneem word.
Die studie se bevindinge dui dus daarop dat armoede, tesame met swak
openbare gesondheidstoestande, onvoldoende voeding, gebrekkige
behuising en swak water- en sanitasiegeriewe gemeenskappe meer
kwesbaar maak.
Weens die swak sosio-ekonomiese toestande in die gemeenskappe in die
steekproef, is gevind dat tuberkulose wydverspreid voorkom. Alhoewel die
studie se hipotese met betrekking tot verskeie aspekte bevestig is, was daar
ook gevalle waar armoede-verwante faktore soos inkomste, behuising en
voeding 'n beduidende rol gespeel het. Dit het dus geblyk dat gesondheids,
water- en sanitasiedienste nie in alle gevalle voldoende is om swak
lewensgehalte te verklaar nie. Dus sal die faktore wat op lewens kwaliteit 'n
impak maak, uitgebrei moet word om vir die invloed van armoede-verwante
faktore soos inkomste, behuising en voeding voorsiening te maak.
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An evaluation of the impact of state water provision on rural development: the case of the Vukuzenzele projectMaphosa, Beatrice 06 1900 (has links)
Inadequate resources have always been suspected to be the main cause of persistent poverty and underdevelopment in many developing countries. Water is one such resource that is not readily available to many in South Africa. South Africa is a water-scarce country; access to adequate water provisions requires expensive infrastructure which can only be provided by the Government for most of the population. It is not certain whether there is a direct link between access to water and development or poverty alleviation. This study evaluated the impact that state water provision has on development especially in rural communities. The study concluded that there is indeed potential for community development where there is improved access to water. Findings further revealed the nature of several other variables that have significant roles in the relationship between access to government provided water and development. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
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Community involvement in the provision of basic sanitation services to informal settlementsCousins, Deborah January 2004 (has links)
Thesis (MTech (Public Management))--Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town, 2004 / In South Africa, an estimated 15 million people - 38% of our population - do not have adequate sanitation. Every citizen has a constitutional right of access to basic services, which local government has the responsibility to provide. In reality such provision to people living in poverty is a daunting development challenge, exacerbated by growing unemployment and the spread of unplanned informal settlements. On the other hand, increased government investment in accelerating provision is a significant opportunity to link sanitation delivery to local economic development, as suggested in the recently revised Water Services Strategy document (DWAF, 2003). There is evidence that these two aspects of national policy can be brought together fruitfully. Community involvement, described as "a commitment to building on people's energy and creativity" (WSSCC, 2001) is consistently advocated by international, national and local government (DPLG, 2001) as essential to sanitation provision. There is broad agreement that a community-based approach is the cornerstone of sustainable service provision. This research focused on the context of urban poverty in informal settlements, taking community responses to sanitation delivery by local authorities into account. Prevailing approaches have had limited success in preventing health hazards, which relies on community-level actions to deal with poor use, inadequate maintenance and dysfunction of such sanitation services as are provided. Implicit in the principles underlying the involvement of communities are substantial community-based roles and functions that the research seeks to make explicit. Diverse local level capacities emerge as quite distinct opportunities for residents to become more actively involved in improving and sustaining their sanitation services.
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Factors influencing the construction project success rates of Reconstruction Development Programme (RDP) housing projects in the Eastern Cape : a quality perspective : a census studyGabula, Zandisile Herbert 19 November 2012 (has links)
Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Masters of Technology: Quality, Durban University of Technology, 2012. / There were several problems facing Reconstruction and Development
Programmes (RDP) housing projects caused by contractors using unskilled
labour, misuse of funds, fraudulent claims, contractors asking for additional
money or having left site. The overall scope of projects had no plan and no clear
definition, poor project management and there was a lack of strategies to
improve the quality of projects. This study recommends that it is imperative that
project team members involved in the management of RDP housing projects
have the necessary skills and level of education to execute their duties.
Moreover, the Department of Housing and Local Government (DHLG) should
draft a policy on Quality Management Systems (QMS)/good practices in respect
of its project scope of works so that all stakeholders conform to the set
standards. The people who are due to benefit from this housing are left in a
state of despair, confusion and loss of hope from Government promises, with a
subsequent increase in informal settlements.
The aim of the study was to investigate factors influencing the success rate of
RDP housing in the Eastern Cape. This case study employed a quantitative
approach to collect data. Questionnaires were analysed using descriptive and
inferential statistics, namely, correlation t-test and Anova. The purposive
sampling technique was used to select a sample size of 50 respondents from
the Department of Housing and Local Government (DHLG) in the Eastern Cape
Province. The advantage of this sampling technique is to reduce data to an
intelligible and interpretable form so that the relationship between research
problems can be studied and tested and conclusions drawn.
The DHLG could significantly improve the quality management of low-cost
homes if it adopts the Project Alignment Model. / National Research Foundation
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Poverty and dependency in Cape Town : a sociological study of 3,300 dependents receiving assistance from the Cape Town General Board of AidWagner, O. J. M. (Oloff Jacobus Marais),1904- January 1936 (has links)
Thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Stellenbosch, 1936. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: geen opsomming beskikbaar nie
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