Browsing by Author "Fondling, Jaydro"

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    Examining the labour market outcome of volunteer workers
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Fondling, Jaydro; Yu, Derek
    As democracy cracked the gloom of Apartheid, South Africa has experienced economic transformations; however, unemployment is still an Achilles heel that cripples the labour market. This study examined the labour market outcome of volunteer workers. Overall, volunteering individuals have experienced changes on the employed and unemployed side. This study analysed the three (2010, 2014 and 2018) available waves of the under-utilised Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey (VAS) data, which is linked to the Quarterly Labour Force, to investigate the activities of the volunteers and their outcomes in the labour market.
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    Investigating volunteer activities in South Africa
    (Taylor and Francis Group, 2023) Fondling, Jaydro; Murozvi, Simbarashe; Yu, Derek; Mtshali, Nothando
    This is the first South African study that analysed all three availablewaves of Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey data,which was linked to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey in the third quarter of the same year (2010, 2014 and 2018). The empirical findings showed that volunteers were predominantly female Africans without Matric, aged 25–34 years and resided in the urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Limpopo. In 2018the labour force participation rate and unemployment rate of the volunteers were 62% and 34% respectively. These rates were both a bit higher than the corresponding rates of people who did not volunteer. The volunteers spent 20 h in the past four weeks on volunteering activities relating to service work and elementary occupations. More than 85% of volunteers did not expect to receive anything back. For those who indicated otherwise, they most likely expected to receive out-of-pocket expenses and food.