A STRATEGY FRAMEWORK FOR BLACK WOMEN OWNED CO-OPERATIVES TO DO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS IN FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE

Abstract

The study focussed on developing a strategy framework for sustainable business undertaken by black women owned cooperatives in the Northern Cape district of Francis Baard. Black women owned cooperatives face several notable impediments that obstruct sustainable and successful business development and management. Some of the contributors to the current situation could be attributable to lack of effective strategy focussed on cooperatives in general and black women owned cooperatives. A few studies have been published on the plight and status of cooperatives in South Africa and beyond, with clearly focussed recommendation emanating from empirical findings. This study, being aware of the vast depository of literature on the phenomena and using the Population Intervention, Comparator and Outcome (PICO) method, sought to answer the question, “how to develop a strategy framework for black women owned cooperatives to run sustainable businesses.

A Qualitative Review Synthesis, a method within the Systematic Reviews approach was adopted as suitable orientation for answering the research question. A systematic review, also known as review on review (RoR) provides evidence-based solutions hinged upon primary research conducted by many different authors on the same context or situation. Using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) tool. A total of 400 articles were retrieved from varied databases such as Ebsco-host, Google Scholar, Z-library and Web Science. Through a rigorous critical appraisal of these articles. 100 articles were finally included in the study as a subject of analysis. Thematic analysis using the WebQDA software produced thematic expressions that were finally treated to develop a theory / framework as per main research objective. The outcome of this qualitative evidence synthesis culminated in a formulation of the SNI Framework for Sustainable Black Women Owned Cooperatives