scholarly journals Recapitalizing mini-bus taxis for effective public transportation in South Africa: the urban rural transport connection problem

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. Sebola
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Connection Problem ◽  
Urban Rural

scholarly journals Public Transportation in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 352 ◽  
Author(s):  
David P. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Transportation Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Bus Rapid Transit ◽  
African Government ◽  
Transportation Projects ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
The Government

<p><em>This article engages with several important questions regarding the state of public transportation in South Africa. It provides a brief description of the historical legacy of apartheid in relation to public transport, and the challenges this posed to the government after 1994. This is followed by a summary of the changing policy frameworks in the post-apartheid era, and an examination of the current policies, trajectories, and major transportation projects within the country. For example, this includes a more detailed discussion of major infrastructure projects such as the Gautrain and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the form of Rea Vaya. Overall, the article argues that the South African government is struggling to build an inclusive public transportation infrastructure that addresses issues of poverty, access, and inequality. Finally, the article will conclude with a set of recommendations to build a more inclusive transportation policy framework for South Africa. </em></p>

scholarly journals An analysis of opinions from veterinarians in South Africa regarding business management skills

2004 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.C. Krecek ◽  
P. Tobin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Management Ethics ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Day To Day Operations

The changing role of veterinarians in the global market is a current topic of debate and discussion. Few countries including South Africa have formally examined the changing dynamics of this profession. Therefore, the present study addressed 2 objectives. The 1st was to examine basic information about veterinarians in South Africa including their age, gender and distribution across provinces, the percentage whose practice was urban, rural or periurban, the numbers working with specific animal species, and the extent of business management and skills previously gained. The 2nd objective was to obtain opinions and insights from veterinarians in South Africa about the challenges and opportunities facing their business practices to better understand what they considered important dynamics to their businesses today. Several areas of business on which they were questioned and which were included in this study were: marketing, vision,humanresources, leadership, financial management, ethics, competition, day-to-day operations, interpersonal skills and information management. This is the 1st known survey to employ a questionnaire to gain insights and opinions from veterinarians about business management skills.

Study on Equalization of Urban-Rural Public Transportation

2012 ◽  
Vol 178-181 ◽  
pp. 1761-1764
Author(s):  
Li Hui Li ◽  
Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Public Transportation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Public Traffic ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism ◽  
Transportation Development ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Urban - rural public transportation is meaningful for promoting the urban and rural turnover, making the benefit of passenger resources comprehensive maximization. Equalization of urban-rural public transportation is important for coordinating of urban and rural development, promoting the integration of urban and rural areas, eliminating the urban and rural development imbalance .But it' not equal between urban and rural public traffic at present due to the demand, the management model different in China. It’s necessary to clear and improve the position of urban –rural public transportation in the social security system, to establish financial support system combine fairness and efficiency, establish the assessment and evaluation mechanism of urban-rural public transportation development level to promoting the development equally of urban-rural public transportation

scholarly journals Aanpassing en toetsing van die Rothwell-Miller-belangstellingsvraelys

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus G. Maree ◽  
Jacques Pietersen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
T Test ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Statistical Techniques ◽  
Medium Of Instruction ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Grade 11

The aim of this study was to adapt an existing but extremely dated interest questionnaire, the RothwellMiller Interest Blank (RMIB). In the first phase, four provinces were selected purposively: one urban and three rural or semirural. Secondly, a purposeful sample of 518 Grade 11 learners in eight schools was selected (mean age [x] Male = 17.52 years, Female = 17.39 years; standard deviation[s] Male = 0.97 years, female = 0.93), divided according to medium of instruction (Afrikaans/English) and area (urban/rural/semirural area). Statistical analyses included determining of reliability by calculating Cronbach’s α and the split-half reliability. The data was further analysed by means of statistical techniques including t-test, ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD. Results are discussed and the study concludes that although the adapted questionnaire could be a valuable instrument for use in South Africa, further research is required.

Determinants of Savings in Urban and Rural Households: Case of South Africa

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-168
Author(s):  
T. ZWANE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
National Level ◽  
National Income ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Urban Sample ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
The Impact

Savings have been described as a significant fi nancial and economic matter and represent an essential driving force of economic growth and development. Despite this, many studies investigating the determinants of savings in South Africa have looked predominantly at the drivers of savings only at a national level, without focusing on urban and rural differences. This is critical as these localities are structurally different, with different characteristics. It is, therefore, likely that the determinants of savings in these unique geographical localities would differ, given the negative impact of past policies of marginalisation. The purpose of this paper is to examine the urban-rural disparities in savings for South African households. We used data sourced from the five waves of the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) observed from 2008-2017. The novelty of this study is in its application of a novel two-stage least square estimation technique which addresses possible endogeneity problems which might have plagued previous studies in this field. It was concluded from the research that the determinants of savings are different across samples (urban and rural). We found that having access to land is an important predictor of savings in rural areas where the poor live (positive and significant), but the coefficient is not significant in the urban sample. Although there was a positive correlation between income and savings across samples, but the income impact on savings is higher in absolute values for households residing in rural areas, compared to household living in urban areas. We also found that, despite the coefficient of employment being similar in the direction of the impact (positive and significant) across the samples, the magnitude of the coefficient was stronger in the rural sample. Based on the higher magnitude of the coefficient, we found that household size has more effect in urban than rural areas. The study recommends that government should design and implement policies that foster job creation, even low-skilled jobs, which will generate more income and reduce unemployment.

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