Rural development in Hertzog, Eastern Cape: Successful local economic development?

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 861-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etienne L Nel ◽  
T Hill
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Eastern Cape

The Potential of Community-based Geotourism in Rural Development in South Africa: The Case of Witsie Cave Project

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey Mukwada ◽  
Ntebohiseng Sekhele
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Free State Province

This paper examines the challenges confronting community-based geotourism as a tool for Local Economic Development in a poor rural community based in the Free State province of South Africa. Data were collected through interviews that were held with participants of the Witsie Cave project, local community leaders and municipal officials, as well as through the content analysis of the project’s documents. The results indicate the need to address a conundrum of intertwined endogenous and exogenous conditions as a strategy for enhancing the viability of community-based geotourism projects.

scholarly journals Agro-processing as a tool for poverty alleviation strategy: A case of Raymond Mhlaba municipality

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thandeka Khowa ◽  
Tafadzwa J. Mukasi
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Survival Strategies ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Livelihood Capitals

Background: Agro-processing is viewed as a possible poverty alleviation tool for rural development in South African communities. Agro-processing can be a tool for income generation and local economic development for rural settings.Aim: To examine the role and impact of cottage farming in Raymond Mhlaba municipality, rural Eastern Cape province. The study sought to identify ways of developing the cottage and agro-processing industries as a tool for poverty alleviation and local economic development.Setting: Grounded on the sustainable development theory and the human capital development approach, the study explores how rural people in Raymond Mhlaba Municipality utilise their livelihood capitals as a tool for survival.Method: The researcher employed a qualitative approach by using in-depth interviews and focus group discussion.Results: The study revealed that rural households embark on various survival strategies, cottage farming being dominant.Conclusion: The purpose of the study was to enhance small-scale farming using agro-processing as a poverty alleviation strategy, thus promoting a sustainable rural development for the Eastern Cape province.

Critical Importance of Entrepreneurship in Local Economic Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-34
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Rural Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Developmental Change ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
Rural Economic Development ◽  
Strategic Options

In Chapter 1, the author considers the overall evolving ontological significance of entrepreneurship as a mindset in structural developmental change facilitating both local and rural economic development. Here it is illustrated that entrepreneurship itself is demanding new, non-divisive, non-mechanical developmental approaches to local economic development, in the sense that the current concepts which recognize this approach need to be fostered holistically in order to work well in modern economics. It is further conceived that both in local economic development and entrepreneurship, proposals based on indivisible developmental wholeness offer a much more effective way of approaching the general social-economic and rural reality. In subsequent chapters it will be further shown that rural regions can in fact greatly benefit from these notions. The author indicates that some regions are not able to attract investment and ensure sustainable development while regional and rural development agencies with entrepreneurial thinking offer many available strategic options.

scholarly journals Linking sustainable local economic development to a market-based carbon control regime: Carbon restoration projects in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa using Portulacaria afra

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Polak ◽  
Jeanette Snowball
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Carbon Market ◽  
Carbon Markets ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Carbon Credits ◽  
Land Restoration ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

Orientation: There is growing interest in how international climate change mitigation and adaptation programmes play out at the local level.Research purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the link between land restoration and carbon sequestration projects in the Eastern Cape, using Portulacaria afra (Spekboom), and market-based approaches to address global climate change.Motivation for the study: The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest areas of the country, and there is great emphasis on the establishment of economically and environmentally sustainable, as well as socially just, local economic development (LED) initiatives. However, LED projects are often not sustainable in the long run.Research design, approach and method: A mixed methods design, using data on international carbon markets, and key stakeholder interviews with those involved in LED land restoration programmes, was used. Qualitative results were analysed using Connelly’s (2007) framework for sustainable development, which included indicators for environmental protection, economic growth and social justice.Main findings: Stakeholders perceive the long-term financial sustainability of such projects as resting on their ability to earn carbon credits, despite the current very low international carbon prices.Practical/managerial implications: The long-term success of carbon-based restoration projects may depend on the establishment of a local carbon market or continued public funding. Upfront costs of land restoration projects are high and return only starts years later.Contribution/value-add: The establishment of a South African carbon market that helps carbon sequestration LED projects to meet the technical and administrative requirements needed to sell carbon credits will be an important determinant of their sustainability.

scholarly journals Using Municipal Tourism Assets for Leveraging Local Economic Development in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (48) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian M. Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Global South ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Local Municipality ◽  
Development Outcomes

AbstractTourism development can be a vital component of place-based development initiatives in the global South. The nexus of tourism and place-based development thinking in the global South and of the role of local governments is only beginning to be investigated by tourism scholars. This article explores the record of using tourism assets in one South African local municipality for leveraging local economic development. Evidence is drawn from the experience of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. The research results point to an unimpressive record on the part of local government in directing the use of local assets for assisting tourism development. Several challenges are revealed to explain the underperformance of potentially valuable local assets in this municipality. Institutional and governance shortcomings, including widespread corruption, underpin the observed weaknesses both in the everyday workings of local government in relation to service delivery and infrastructure support as well as its inability to implement plans for local economic development. Well-meaning policies proposed for tourism development are not implemented variously for reasons of funding, lack of local support, lack of entrepreneurialism by the municipality and lack of ability to implement because of capacity issues. Potential state assets which could bolster tourism and local development outcomes are not being realized and in many cases the assets themselves are in a state of deterioration because of neglect.

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