Track: Case Studies

Abstract

his report is based on ‘Systems Thinking’ and ‘Creating Shared Valued’ (CSV) research made on NGOs, SMMEs and government representatives in the eMalahleni District in the Mpumalanga province and Rusternburg.  the research was focused on Khulisa’s work in the identification of relevant SMME and NPO partners at grass-roots level with whom we could align our overall activities in order to leverage wide scale change through collaboration and enhanced needs driven service delivery.The methodology used to collect data was mainly qualitative. Open-ended questions were handed out to participants to fill in their perceptions on the topic under discussion. 40 and 20 participants respectively from different sector attended the workshop. At this workshop, three sets of data were collected and analysed thematically namely. Values were identified and they were then linked or associated with stakeholders, the group then also identified how these stakeholders affect/relate to one another thereby identifying how they can make one another function better hence create shared value.