Mmaphuti Percy Dipela

Beyond Survival: Rural Youth Perspectives on the Developmental Impact and Limitations of South Africa’s COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress Grant

South Africa’s Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant provides an income floor to unemployed working-age adults who remain outside most categorical social grants. This article examines how 11 unemployed recipients aged 21–34 in Steenbokpan Village, Limpopo Province, experienced an...

Reframing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Failure Through a Sustainability Lens: An Integrative Review of Survival Barriers in Developing Economies

Small and medium-sized enterprises, including micro-enterprises in developing economies, play a critical role in employment creation, poverty reduction, innovation, and economic resilience, yet failure rates remain high, particularly among young and resource-constrained firms. Sc...