Department of African Studies

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    An analysis of enabling and constraining factors that impact on African women businesses in the Berlin area of East London, South Africa.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2016-01) Machingambi, Faith
    This study analysed enabling and constraining factors that impact on African women entrepreneurs in Berlin Area of King Williams Town in South Africa. The study was located within the broad category of qualitative research in order to study the phenomena in their natural settings. The researcher found the approach to be very appropriate since it helped to study women businesses in places where they operate their businesses to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that enable them to run their businesses and the challenges that inhibit their development. In-depth interviews were used to gather detailed information on how women operate their businesses. The research design was a case study with 10 female entrepreneurs in the Berlin Area.
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    The rise and fall of the black commercial middle class in Mdantsane.
    (University of Fort Hare, 2015) Rubushe, Ondluhlanga
    This study contributes to our understanding of South Africa's historical Black Commercial middle class; a class defined by access to business opportunities before the implementation of the homeland system and enhanced by the government support during the homeland system. The class under study is a particular Black Commercial middle class that rose and established itself in Mdantsane between 1967, when Mdantsane was established, and fell and disappeared post 1994. Post 1994 marks the time for a new political dispensation in South Africa; a period that allowed the presence of foreign nationals in the South African township economies. The study explores the origins and historical evolution of African entrepreneurship in Mdantsane Township, East London, South Africa.