The research aimed at assessing the extent to which the provincial Government's
development programmes are succeeding in reducing regional unemployment.
The research focused on the North West Province Central District, which is the second
largest of the four districts. It comprises of 5 Municipalities of Mafikeng, Ditsobotla,
Setlakgobi, Tswaing and Zeerust.
The objectives of the research were to determine:
Assess the extent of unemployment. poverty and development status of each of
the municipal areas falling within the central region.
To assess the prevalence of unemployment in the study area with a specific focus
on providing analysis of socio-economic development trends.
To development programmes aimed at eradicating poverty in the province
especially in the Central District.
To evaluate the extent to which government development policies programmes
and projects are succeeding in curbing the increasing of unemployment and
underdevelopment in the region. From the information gathered, the following results or findings were discovered:
The challenges of poverty and unemployment cannot be dealt with by the current
approach from the provincial government's planning processes, which tend to
focus more on smaller projects than large- scales projects.
The current level of migration of people from rural to urban areas seems to be a
viable option for most people caught in poverty and under-development in the
rural areas. Most people have moved out of the central district to look for jobs outside the
region.
The majority of the funded projects are too small to make any noticeable impact
on the major challenges facing the province.
The majority of the proposed projects directly initiated by the provincial
government have not taken off the ground. / (MBA) North-West University, Mafikeng campus, 2006
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11454 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Mokolobate, Olibile Patience |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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