“Oh no! all my money is gone”: the detrimental consequences of participating in stokvels among women entrepreneurs within the South African township economy Available to Purchase

Prof. Eugine Tafadzwa Maziriri (PhD) is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at University of the Western Cape in Bellville, South Africa. He is Y-rated Scientist of the National Research Foundation. He is an entrepreneurship, small business management and entrepreneurial marketing researcher who has produced several papers in these fields in prestigious journals such European Journal of Innovation Management (Emerald Insight, UK), European Journal of Management Studies (Emerald Insight, UK), Gender in Management: An International Journal (Emerald Insight, UK), Young Consumers (Emerald Insight, UK), Business Analyst Journal (Emerald Insight, UK), Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley, USA), Data in Brief (Elsevier), Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies (SAGE, London, UK), Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research (Emerald Insight, UK), PSU Research Review: An International Interdisciplinary Journal (Emerald Insight, UK), Cogent Business and Management and Cogent Psychology (Taylor and Francis, England and Wales, UK), among others. He has also presented papers at local and international conferences. Furthermore, he has supervised over 25 honor’s students, 10 master’s students and two Ph.D. students. He earned his Ph.D. in Business Sciences from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Also, he sits on the editorial board of the Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management (SAJESBM). Moreover, he currently has 1852 citations to his research works, which reflects a Google Scholar h-index of 23 and an i-10 Index of 38.

Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She teaches courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has also successfully supervised 35 Honors and 10 Masters students. She is also a Brightest Young Minds in Africa Alumni (BYM2017). She has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles in locally and internationally accredited journals, with findings that have been recommended to countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. She graduated with her PhD in Public Management and Water Governance from North-West University in South Africa.

Brighton Nyagadza (CIM, PhD) is currently heading the Department of Marketing at Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (MUAST), Zimbabwe, Research Associate of Institute for the Future Knowledge (IFK), University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa, full member of the Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ), an Associate of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (ACIM), United Kingdom and Power Member of the Digital Marketing Institute (DMI), Dublin, Ireland. He has published several book chapters in Routledge books of Taylor and Francis Publishers, New York (USA), Emerald Insight, United Kingdom (UK), Lexington books of the Rowan and Littlefield Publishers, Maryland (USA) and in reputable international journals such as Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship (Elsevier), European Journal of Innovation Management (Emerald), Journal of Entrepreneurship In Emerging Economies (Emerald), Journal of Digital Media and Policy (Intellect), PSU Research Review (Emerald), Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (Emerald), Journal of Environmental Media (Intellect), Africa Review (Brill), Tourism Critiques: Practice and Theory (Emerald), Quality Assurance in Education (Emerald), International Journal of Public Sector Management (Emerald), The Marketing Review (Westburn), Journal of Asian and African Studies (SAGE), Youth and Society (SAGE), among others. Brighton sits on various international academic and national strategic boards including the editorial board membership of Journal of Digital Media and Policy, The Retail and Marketing Review and Mashonaland East Province Zimbabwe National Development Strategy (NDS) Committee (2021-2025) – ICT and Human Capital Development cohort.

Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She teaches courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has also successfully supervised 35 Honors and 10 Masters students. She is also a Brightest Young Minds in Africa Alumni (BYM2017). She has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles in locally and internationally accredited journals, with findings that have been recommended to countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. She graduated with her PhD in Public Management and Water Governance from North-West University in South Africa.

Tafadzwa Clementine Maramura is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Public Administration and Management at the University of the Free State (UFS) in Bloemfontein, South Africa. She teaches courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has also successfully supervised 35 Honors and 10 Masters students. She is also a Brightest Young Minds in Africa Alumni (BYM2017). She has published over 40 peer-reviewed research articles in locally and internationally accredited journals, with findings that have been recommended to countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. She graduated with her PhD in Public Management and Water Governance from North-West University in South Africa.