Social enterpreneurship education to enhance businesses of hand craft workers in Stanger KwaZulu Natal

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The language of social entrepreneurship (SE) may still be perceived as new, but its by advocating that even the most private enterprises in society serve a social function (Urban, 2013). SE is therefore looked at beyond its economic component but also at its social component which recognizes that in the pursuit of independence, people are more drawn to self-employment (Bosma, 2011). The concept of SE however still remains poorly defined and its boundaries to other fields remains fuzzy (Mair & Marti,2006) In Belgium for instance, this concept is frequently used to stress the entrepreneurial approach adopted by an increasing number of organizations in the third world sector enterprise (Littlewood, and Holt, 2015). In Denmark, SE is primarily used by insiders of the field, social entrepreneurs themselves and third sector representatives in general. Similarly, in Scotland, there is no legal definition of the concept even though they are the leaders in social entrepreneurship with 5 600 social enterprises operating since 2017(Scotland census 2017). In South Africa on the other hand, as much as the concept still remains under researched, it is becoming recognized by the public and the government alike as a key aspect of development (Karanda & Toledano 2012). This research however will make use of the definition by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor that defines SE as ―an attempt at new social enterprise activity or new enterprise creation such as self-employment, a new enterprise or an extension to an already existing enterprise by an individual or team of individuals with a community goal as its base and where profit is invested in the activity itself rather than return to investors‖ (Bosma, 2011).