Fulufhelo Netswera | Durban University of Technology (original) (raw)
Papers by Fulufhelo Netswera
Routledge eBooks, Dec 11, 2023
New voices in psychology, Dec 6, 2023
IGI Global eBooks, 2021
This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there i... more This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there is no legal, policy, and institutional framework to de-risk the solar energy market but present naturally conducive environment in the sun-drenched semi-arid country. The analysis of quantitative and qualitative data subject to interpretivist and positivist approaches paves the way to find out that the university, though created financial and environments values, has not addressed the risk associated with illiquid capital intensive investment and conventional financial metrics such as net present value, internal rate of return. Hence, it is recommended to manage the risk with four strategies including maintaining economic value added at 5% or more, leveraging the investment, and withdrawing a part of equity for reinvesting in diversified investment. The findings are significant for low carbon investors to identify opportunities and manage the risk in solar energy market. Energy engineers enable designing a system that meets the fundamentals of the business and environmental value.
BRILL eBooks, Jun 2, 2022
BRILL eBooks, Jun 2, 2022
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, Apr 1, 2020
This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there i... more This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there is no legal, policy, and institutional framework to de-risk the solar energy market but present naturally conducive environment in the sun-drenched semi-arid country. The analysis of quantitative and qualitative data subject to interpretivist and positivist approaches paves the way to find out that the university, though created financial and environments values, has not addressed the risk associated with illiquid capital intensive investment and conventional financial metrics such as net present value, internal rate of return. Hence, it is recommended to manage the risk with four strategies including maintaining economic value added at 5% or more, leveraging the investment, and withdrawing a part of equity for reinvesting in diversified investment. The findings are significant for low carbon investors to identify opportunities and manage the risk in solar energy market. Energy engineers enable designing a system that meets the fundamentals of the business and environmental value.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 22, 2021
Journal of Public Administration, Mar 1, 2014
Violence associated with service delivery protests has over the past few years skyrocketed result... more Violence associated with service delivery protests has over the past few years skyrocketed resulting in the loss of lives and damage to property. Political violence is a historical phenomenon in apartheid South Africa. However, under the democratic dispensation violence service delivery protests persists and is estimated to have escalated from 41.66% in 2007 to 54.08% in 2010. While service delivery protests are not solely South African phenomena the level of violence that goes with it is peculiar and reminisce of violence associated with protests against the apartheid state in the mid to late 1980s. Accounted deaths associated with service delivery protests have escalated from 3 in 2004 to 11 in 2011. This paper analyses the escalation of service delivery protests and ascertains some of the underlying reasons for the mutual exchange of violent behaviour between protesting citizens and the state.
Journal of African foreign affairs, Aug 7, 2022
State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery, 2022
International journal of research and innovation in social science, 2022
The primary aim of every citizen in any nation of the world is to be economically emancipated, as... more The primary aim of every citizen in any nation of the world is to be economically emancipated, as it enables one to be self-reliant rather than depending on parents, guardians or government for survival. However, the majority of Nigerian youths are living in abject poverty compared to their counterparts in developed countries. In an attempt to find a solution to the problem of acute poverty, this study investigated the relationship between entrepreneurship, education and the economic emancipation of youths in the Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. A sample of 350 respondents was selected through the purposive sampling technique. Three hypotheses were tested. A self-designed online survey questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurship Education and Economic Emancipation Questionnaire (EEEEQ)" was administered and used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and multiple regression analysis were the statistical tools employed for data analysis. The findings revealed a significant relationship between entrepreneurship knowledge and economic emancipation among youths in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria (r=0.78, p<0.05). It was also shown that entrepreneurial skills and economic emancipation among youths in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria were significantly related (r=0.63, p<0.05). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that more emphasis should be given to entrepreneurial skill acquisition and to the adequate provision of learning tools and materials. Government should also make available grants for youth with potential to demonstrate and maximize their acquired entrepreneurial knowledge and skills.
Politeia, 2013
This article analyses some major sociopolitical trajectories in South African society since the a... more This article analyses some major sociopolitical trajectories in South African society since the advent of democracy, in the light of the sociopolitical theory of "the public sphere", which was well articulated by the German sociologist, Jurgen Habermas. The article premises that the sphere of public authority, voted into power every five years, adopts goals in pursuance of the "public good", by assuming the enhancement of civil society, as well as fair, effective and accountable public service. However, public authority is likely to stray from this public mandate. Once in a while the public sphere, social movements and uncoordinated mobs continue to challenge and protest against major "unilateral decisions", arrived at in the sphere of public authority. This article provides examples of the effectiveness of the "power and decision challenge", brought about by contestations between two spheres, namely the public sphere and sphere of public auth...
South African Journal of Business Management, 2001
Central to the current South African economic debates are the issues of equity, black empowerment... more Central to the current South African economic debates are the issues of equity, black empowerment and the promotion of small business activities. The promotion of small business activities is felt relevant as they are assumed to be addressing most of the country’s unemployment problem and those mentioned above while contributing largely to the GDP. Assumed problems facing this industry include the unavailability of support systems. This quantitative research explored through telephonic interviews, the perceptions of 60 Johannesburg small business operators of their small business support systems. The findings revealed access to information to be the perceived most important support system and business partnerships and subcontracting the least accessible.
African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies
The BRICS encompasses nations with increasing relevance for the world in various dimensions that ... more The BRICS encompasses nations with increasing relevance for the world in various dimensions that includes but not limited to the fact that it carries 40 percent of the world population at 3,24 billion people and contributes about US$ 23,4 trillion to the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). BRICS has opted to operate and make maximum contribution and influence globally through its three pillars of: political and security cooperation, financial and economic cooperation, and cultural and people to people cooperation. Through the work that BRICS champions in these pillars, it is making unparalleled global influence in the spheres of economic, political, social, demographic, and environmental architecture. The primary objective of this special journal issue is to consolidate a wide range of viewpoints and scholarly investigations pertaining to the interplay between climate change, entrepreneurship, local development within the BRICS nations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, both ...
Routledge eBooks, Nov 28, 2022
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
The concept of ethical leadership in the public sector is an intriguing and puzzling endeavor. It... more The concept of ethical leadership in the public sector is an intriguing and puzzling endeavor. It is assumed that political leaders, among other things, are first unable to distinguish between their personal and professional moral and ethical leadership dilemmas, and second, they are, either not acutely aware of, or ignorant of the effects that their personal ethical posture while in office has on the perceptions and practice of ethical behavior throughout the public sector and, thus, on the provision of the public goods and services. Leadership, who work for the government, in the public sector has a significant impact on their immediate reports and on the collective conscience of the country. Senior public sector executives naturally establish norms and values that go beyond current regulations and guide moral behavior inside and outside government. By evaluating the influences of the private and public personas of three previous South African state presidents, Nelson Mandela, Tha...
International Journal of Knowledge Management
Universities are isomorphic not because of the effectiveness of their processes but because of th... more Universities are isomorphic not because of the effectiveness of their processes but because of the legitimacy assigned by institutional logic. However, sustainable development discourses invoke a novel mission for producing knowledge and innovation for sustainable development. Accordingly, this research collected data from five types of internal stakeholders' intellections of the four pillars of green university infrastructure. The analysis of data collected from 89 university stakeholders sufficient for a 90% confidence level with 5% relative tolerable error was organized as five groups in a contingency table for the chi-square test. The statistical analysis, that is, the chi-square value, indicates that all five stakeholders perceive in the same direction – that the four pillars of the green university soft infrastructure need to be reconfigured to produce green knowledge and innovation. Hence, the findings inspire the conventional universities and policymakers to transform th...
Routledge eBooks, Dec 11, 2023
New voices in psychology, Dec 6, 2023
IGI Global eBooks, 2021
This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there i... more This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there is no legal, policy, and institutional framework to de-risk the solar energy market but present naturally conducive environment in the sun-drenched semi-arid country. The analysis of quantitative and qualitative data subject to interpretivist and positivist approaches paves the way to find out that the university, though created financial and environments values, has not addressed the risk associated with illiquid capital intensive investment and conventional financial metrics such as net present value, internal rate of return. Hence, it is recommended to manage the risk with four strategies including maintaining economic value added at 5% or more, leveraging the investment, and withdrawing a part of equity for reinvesting in diversified investment. The findings are significant for low carbon investors to identify opportunities and manage the risk in solar energy market. Energy engineers enable designing a system that meets the fundamentals of the business and environmental value.
BRILL eBooks, Jun 2, 2022
BRILL eBooks, Jun 2, 2022
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, Apr 1, 2020
This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there i... more This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there is no legal, policy, and institutional framework to de-risk the solar energy market but present naturally conducive environment in the sun-drenched semi-arid country. The analysis of quantitative and qualitative data subject to interpretivist and positivist approaches paves the way to find out that the university, though created financial and environments values, has not addressed the risk associated with illiquid capital intensive investment and conventional financial metrics such as net present value, internal rate of return. Hence, it is recommended to manage the risk with four strategies including maintaining economic value added at 5% or more, leveraging the investment, and withdrawing a part of equity for reinvesting in diversified investment. The findings are significant for low carbon investors to identify opportunities and manage the risk in solar energy market. Energy engineers enable designing a system that meets the fundamentals of the business and environmental value.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 22, 2021
Journal of Public Administration, Mar 1, 2014
Violence associated with service delivery protests has over the past few years skyrocketed result... more Violence associated with service delivery protests has over the past few years skyrocketed resulting in the loss of lives and damage to property. Political violence is a historical phenomenon in apartheid South Africa. However, under the democratic dispensation violence service delivery protests persists and is estimated to have escalated from 41.66% in 2007 to 54.08% in 2010. While service delivery protests are not solely South African phenomena the level of violence that goes with it is peculiar and reminisce of violence associated with protests against the apartheid state in the mid to late 1980s. Accounted deaths associated with service delivery protests have escalated from 3 in 2004 to 11 in 2011. This paper analyses the escalation of service delivery protests and ascertains some of the underlying reasons for the mutual exchange of violent behaviour between protesting citizens and the state.
Journal of African foreign affairs, Aug 7, 2022
State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery, 2022
International journal of research and innovation in social science, 2022
The primary aim of every citizen in any nation of the world is to be economically emancipated, as... more The primary aim of every citizen in any nation of the world is to be economically emancipated, as it enables one to be self-reliant rather than depending on parents, guardians or government for survival. However, the majority of Nigerian youths are living in abject poverty compared to their counterparts in developed countries. In an attempt to find a solution to the problem of acute poverty, this study investigated the relationship between entrepreneurship, education and the economic emancipation of youths in the Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. A sample of 350 respondents was selected through the purposive sampling technique. Three hypotheses were tested. A self-designed online survey questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurship Education and Economic Emancipation Questionnaire (EEEEQ)" was administered and used for data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and multiple regression analysis were the statistical tools employed for data analysis. The findings revealed a significant relationship between entrepreneurship knowledge and economic emancipation among youths in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria (r=0.78, p<0.05). It was also shown that entrepreneurial skills and economic emancipation among youths in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria were significantly related (r=0.63, p<0.05). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that more emphasis should be given to entrepreneurial skill acquisition and to the adequate provision of learning tools and materials. Government should also make available grants for youth with potential to demonstrate and maximize their acquired entrepreneurial knowledge and skills.
Politeia, 2013
This article analyses some major sociopolitical trajectories in South African society since the a... more This article analyses some major sociopolitical trajectories in South African society since the advent of democracy, in the light of the sociopolitical theory of "the public sphere", which was well articulated by the German sociologist, Jurgen Habermas. The article premises that the sphere of public authority, voted into power every five years, adopts goals in pursuance of the "public good", by assuming the enhancement of civil society, as well as fair, effective and accountable public service. However, public authority is likely to stray from this public mandate. Once in a while the public sphere, social movements and uncoordinated mobs continue to challenge and protest against major "unilateral decisions", arrived at in the sphere of public authority. This article provides examples of the effectiveness of the "power and decision challenge", brought about by contestations between two spheres, namely the public sphere and sphere of public auth...
South African Journal of Business Management, 2001
Central to the current South African economic debates are the issues of equity, black empowerment... more Central to the current South African economic debates are the issues of equity, black empowerment and the promotion of small business activities. The promotion of small business activities is felt relevant as they are assumed to be addressing most of the country’s unemployment problem and those mentioned above while contributing largely to the GDP. Assumed problems facing this industry include the unavailability of support systems. This quantitative research explored through telephonic interviews, the perceptions of 60 Johannesburg small business operators of their small business support systems. The findings revealed access to information to be the perceived most important support system and business partnerships and subcontracting the least accessible.
African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies
The BRICS encompasses nations with increasing relevance for the world in various dimensions that ... more The BRICS encompasses nations with increasing relevance for the world in various dimensions that includes but not limited to the fact that it carries 40 percent of the world population at 3,24 billion people and contributes about US$ 23,4 trillion to the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP). BRICS has opted to operate and make maximum contribution and influence globally through its three pillars of: political and security cooperation, financial and economic cooperation, and cultural and people to people cooperation. Through the work that BRICS champions in these pillars, it is making unparalleled global influence in the spheres of economic, political, social, demographic, and environmental architecture. The primary objective of this special journal issue is to consolidate a wide range of viewpoints and scholarly investigations pertaining to the interplay between climate change, entrepreneurship, local development within the BRICS nations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, both ...
Routledge eBooks, Nov 28, 2022
Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University
The concept of ethical leadership in the public sector is an intriguing and puzzling endeavor. It... more The concept of ethical leadership in the public sector is an intriguing and puzzling endeavor. It is assumed that political leaders, among other things, are first unable to distinguish between their personal and professional moral and ethical leadership dilemmas, and second, they are, either not acutely aware of, or ignorant of the effects that their personal ethical posture while in office has on the perceptions and practice of ethical behavior throughout the public sector and, thus, on the provision of the public goods and services. Leadership, who work for the government, in the public sector has a significant impact on their immediate reports and on the collective conscience of the country. Senior public sector executives naturally establish norms and values that go beyond current regulations and guide moral behavior inside and outside government. By evaluating the influences of the private and public personas of three previous South African state presidents, Nelson Mandela, Tha...
International Journal of Knowledge Management
Universities are isomorphic not because of the effectiveness of their processes but because of th... more Universities are isomorphic not because of the effectiveness of their processes but because of the legitimacy assigned by institutional logic. However, sustainable development discourses invoke a novel mission for producing knowledge and innovation for sustainable development. Accordingly, this research collected data from five types of internal stakeholders' intellections of the four pillars of green university infrastructure. The analysis of data collected from 89 university stakeholders sufficient for a 90% confidence level with 5% relative tolerable error was organized as five groups in a contingency table for the chi-square test. The statistical analysis, that is, the chi-square value, indicates that all five stakeholders perceive in the same direction – that the four pillars of the green university soft infrastructure need to be reconfigured to produce green knowledge and innovation. Hence, the findings inspire the conventional universities and policymakers to transform th...
Your money is safer under your pillow; you cannot trust your local bank, 2018
The paper critically looks at the safety of personal banking at commercial banks in South Africa ... more The paper critically looks at the safety of personal banking at commercial banks in South Africa but with implications for banking across the globe. Fraud against personal banking accounts have in recent past escalated to from being extremely odd to normalcy. Billions are disappearing daily and banks seem to exonerate themselves from the responsibility of securing investments.
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The efforts by the BRICS countries to work together should firstly be understood as more than jus... more The efforts by the BRICS countries to work together should firstly be understood as more than just a "growth alience", but rather as a social and political imperative that influences the broader societies in the five countries that comprises the BRICS and in the global South. Secondly, as envisaged in 2015 Ufa declaration, cooperation between the five countries is mutual and premised on a shared and common vision of an alternative world economic and development system that is sensitive to the interest of the South.
Therefore it becomes important that the BRICS nations develop a methodology to uniformly measure their progress over time, a set of development indicators through which progress can be assessed. Aligned to these development indicators should be a set of well-defined targets that are both unambiguous and measurable towards the attainment of, among others, the 2030 Long Term Strategic ideals. Each BRICS country should be in a position to annually report its progress against the set indicators and set targets.