Botshabelo: Reaksie van 'n tipiese slaapdorp op veranderende sosio-ekonomiese omstandighede in 'n "Nuwe Suid-Afrika“
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https://doi.org/10.38140/trp.v37i0.2537Keywords:
Botshabelo, South Africa, socio-economic conditions, change, demographical aspects, dormitory town, manufacturing industryAbstract
Research has indicated that changing socio-economic conditions in a “New South Africa” have wide-reaching consequences in a “dormitory town ” such as Botshabelo. The purpose of this article is to determine which changes in respect of demographic and related aspects, as well as in the field of economics, have occurred in Botshabelo over a period of three years. A comparison of data obtained during surveys undertaken in 1988/89 and again in 1991 can throw light on changes which have occurred. As far as the demographic profile of the population is concerned, information was obtained during both the 1988/89 and 1991 surveys on a sample basis by means of personal interviews conducted within the community on the basis of interview schedules. During both surveys economic data was also obtained by means of interviews conducted with various enterprises on the basis of interview schedules. The technique of input-output analysis was employed on both occasions to analyse the local economy. Aspects discussed in the article are estimated population size, factors influencing population growth, such as the composition and size of households, age distribution o f the community, births and mortality, as well as expected future population growth. This is followed by a discussion of the performance of formal enterprises with regard to local sales, value added, import and exogenous demand, as well as of changes with regard to job opportunities and work-place, distribution of the labour force according to sector, the economically active population according to industry, sales and income of households.
*This article is written in Afrikaans.
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