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South Africa's economic policies on unemployment : a historical analysis of two decades of transition
(University of Johannesburg, 2016)
Upon South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994, there were great hopes for an economic revival in the country, underpinned by supportive economic policies that prioritised job creation and the elimination of longstanding ...
Industrial cluster formation as a strategy to diversify a sub–national economy: illustrations from South Africa's North West Province
(Clute Institute, 2015)
Economic modelling techniques can assist policy makers to understand the effects of policy or external shocks and to make informed decisions about economic development programmes. Economic diversification is a priority of ...
The economic impact of hunting in the Northern Cape province
(Southern African Wildlife Management Association, 2011)
We here estimate the economic impact of hunting (both biltong and trophy) on South Africa's Northern Cape province economy. This study used the input-output (social accounting matrix) and multiplier analyses to evaluate ...
Economic impact of visitor spending at the Cape Argus Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour
(Africa Institute of South Africa, 2008)
Sport events have become big business as countries as well as cities are competing fiercely to host major events. The purpose of this article is to determine the economic impact of visitor spending during the annual Cape ...
The economic value of the 2010 soccer world cup.
(University of Johannesburg, Department of Business Management, 2008)
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to estimate the potential economic value of the 2010 Soccer World Cup for South Africa. Problem investigated: The Soccer World Cup (SWC) is regarded as the largest sporting event to ...
South African quotas on textile imports from China: a policy error?
(Elsevier Science Limited, 2008)
In August 2006 the South African government announced quotas on the imports of clothing and textile products from China. Three questions arise. What are these expected benefits? What will be the most likely impact of the ...
The economic impact of hunting in the Limpopo Province
(University of Johannesburg, 2015)
This study evaluated the economic impact of hunting on the regional economy of South Africa's Limpopo Province. Data on biltong hunting was derived from a national survey conducted in 2009 and data on trophy hunting from ...
The economic impact of hunting: a regional approach
(University of Pretoria, 2014)
The core of South Africa tourism industry is based on wildlife tourism. Private game reserves and game farms which forms part of wildlife tourism constitute most of the wildlife products in South Africa. On these private ...
Resource utilisation efficiency: a South African provincial evaluation
(Wiley, 2014)
The objective of this paper is to analyse the utilisation of production capacity and total under-utilisation in order to identify weak-performing industries across the nine South African provinces. Detecting inefficiencies ...
Expenditure-based segmentation of visitors to Aardklop National Arts Festival
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
Competition in the festival market has important implications for South African arts/cultural festivals. To assist a festival to remain sustainable, market segmentation is an effective tool to divide existing and potential ...