dc.contributor.author | Sekhampu, T.J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-29T06:52:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-29T06:52:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sekhampu, T.J. 2012. Poverty in a South African township: the case of Kwakwatsi. African journal of business management, 6(33):9504-9509. [http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJBM] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1993-8233 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2079-410X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/11501 | |
dc.description.abstract | South Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period long enough to evaluate past achievements and challenges. The study reported here provides a snapshot like view of poverty in a South African township. The results are based on a household survey using questionnaires. Two poverty lines (lower and upper bound) developed by Statistics South Africa were used to measure poverty in the area; R322 per capita per month as the "lower-bound" poverty line and R593 per person per month as the "upper-bound" poverty line. Of the sampled households, 50% where found to be poor using the lower bound poverty line, and 77% when using the upper bound poverty line. On average, poor households have an income shortage of 56% of their poverty line when using the lower bound poverty line. From a policy perspective, developing an economy involves efforts that seek to improve the economic wellbeing and quality of life of all its inhabitants. A considerable number of people in the area fail to have a decent standard of living. Information provided through the study is at the household level and aims at highlighting poverty trends among urban residents in South Africa. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJBM12.619 | |
dc.description.uri | http://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380727838_Sekhampu.pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Academic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals] | en_US |
dc.subject | Poverty | en_US |
dc.subject | Household | en_US |
dc.subject | Township | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Poverty in a South African township: the case of Kwakwatsi | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 13172611 - Sekhampu, Tshediso Joseph | |