The financial sustainability challenges facing the South African non-profit sector

The South African mining industry has a history of a range of major challenges, including high operating costs that have had a negative impact on mines’ profitability and financial sustainability. The advent of Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies has opened up new opportunities for the mining industry, among other things, to improve its cost-effectiveness and future competitiveness. Most South African mining companies have begun to adopt Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies; however, quite a large number of their projects have not been successful. The main objective of the paper is to conduct an integrative literature review to determine why some of the companies in the minerals, mining, and processing industry have not been successful in implementing Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. The findings of the study outline areas of organisational and technological capability on which the industry could focus when developing future innovation strategies.

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Institutional bricolage to address sustainability challenges in the South African sugarcane industry

Food, Energy and Water Sustainability ◽

10.9774/gleaf.9781315696522_9 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 133-151

Author(s):

Jessica Cockburn ◽

Vaughan Koopman ◽

Laura M. Pereira ◽

Jaci van Niekerk

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

The South ◽

Sustainability Challenges ◽

Institutional Bricolage ◽

Sugarcane Industry

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Donor relationship management practices in the South African non-profit sector

Public Relations Review ◽

10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.10.005 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 278-285 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

M.N. Wiggill

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Management Practices ◽

Relationship Management ◽

The South ◽

Non Profit

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Public relations in the South African non-profit sector

Communicating Causes ◽

10.4324/9781351022224-17 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 229-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dalien Rene Benecke ◽

Lida Holtzhausen

Keyword(s):

Public Relations ◽

South African ◽

The South ◽

Non Profit

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The Africa Institute of South Africa, Pretoria

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00006546 ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 611-612

Author(s):

P. W. Esterhuysen

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Chief Executive Officer ◽

Chief Executive ◽

The South ◽

Non Profit ◽

South African Universities ◽

University College ◽

The University

The Africa Institute of South Africa was established in April 1960. It is an autonomous body, incorporated under the Companies Act as a non-profit association, and administered by a Council presided over by the Chancellor of the University of South Africa, Dr F. J. de Villiers. The Council is composed of representatives of the South African universities, the South African Academy of Science and Arts, and other interested bodies. The chief executive officer is the Director, Professor P. F. D. Weiss, who is also chairman of the Council of the University College at Fort Hare. Its headquarters are at the University of South Africa, in Pretoria.

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The Internet as a Fundraising Tool for Marginal Communities in South Africa

Empowering Marginal Communities with Information Networking ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-699-0.ch010 ◽

2006 ◽

pp. 258-277

Author(s):

Fazila Farouk ◽

David Barnard

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Social Justice ◽

South African ◽

New Technologies ◽

The Internet ◽

The South ◽

Non Profit ◽

Online Platform ◽

Ict Policy

This chapter discusses the challenges facing social justice organisations working in the South African non-profit sector in their attempts to harness new technologies to promote their causes as well as their sustainability. The chapter uses online fundraising as a medium to elaborate on the difficulties that social justice organisations face engaging with an online audience that is racially skewed and not close to its issues. It goes into length discussing the limitations of a sector that is further hamstrung by a lack of appreciation for the online platform and which is not being driven into adopting ICT solutions due to the sluggish transformation of the ICT policy landscape.

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