TY - JOUR AU - Mokoena, Sipho Kenneth PY - 2020/03/17 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Role of Local Economic Development on Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises: Array JF - Acta Universitatis Danubius. Administratio JA - AUDA VL - 11 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/AUDA/article/view/136 SP - AB - <p>This article aims at exploring the role of Local Economic Development (LED) in reshaping<br>the economy of South Africa through the promotion of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs)<br>in local government. This paper is built on the post 1994 South African government concept of<br>grassroots initiatives and community participation. With local government being viewed as a sphere of<br>government, this meant that it is allocated a range of roles and responsibilities with respect to economic<br>and social development. Therefore, the objective of the paper is to examine how the LED has<br>contributed to reshape the grass root economy of South Africa. The research design used in this article<br>was a mixed method approach. In the qualitative method, data were collected by means of an extensive<br>review of government and public documents, academic books and articles. In terms of the quantitative<br>method, SMME entrepreneurs in the Mbombela Local Municipality of the Mpumalanga Province,<br>South Africa (SA) completed self-administered questionnaires. The findings point to the fact that South<br>Africa needs to make the SMMEs environment conducive and favourable for business purposes. LED<br>does contribute positively towards the growth of the economy of South Africa.</p> ER -