Q&A
1. Given the CRQ and topic, the following are the types of primary sources that could be used
There are three specific primary sources that will be accessed through interviews and reading. One forms part of the graduates who have struggled to get employment in South Africa; thus, he represents the majority of Black university graduates who have begged on the streets and on social media for a job. The second primary source is a governmental official who is relevant to this research because he has knowledge of the labour structuring or restructuring processes in parliament. The interviews may be performed over multiple platforms; for example, we may have a telephone interview, an email interview, or a face-to-face one. The last primary source is the Constitution of South Africa. The constitution of South Africa is a document that was created to protect the rights of all citizens, including the right to be employed should one be meeting the requirements of a job.
2. The process that could be used in finding and collecting these sources
The process involves explaining the goals of the project, gaining consent from the sources, interviewing the sources and transcribing the information, translating the transcripts, and reporting on the transcripts. For example, in order for a targeted interviewee to grant an interview, one must know what the interview is about; therefore, giving one an opportunity to decide to partake or not in the interview. Additionally, the process requires that I analyse and translate the intent of the Constitution of South Africa in relation to the topic.
3. How would these kinds of sources be useful for me?
These sources will be beneficial because they will provide depth to the information that is readily available in secondary sources. In addition, they will clarify the assumptions that were made before the research began, and/or they will confirm the data that is reported in the current secondary sources. Therefore, they will provide credibility and reliability.
4. Why? [In relation to point 3]
In order to have a positive impact, one must be able to provide valid and reliable information. Therefore, I am confident that the information obtained from the sources will convince the audience to take the matter as urgent. To provide another example, the identified graduate's answers may help the audience see the struggles of other Black graduates who do not have the courage to stand on the streets and beg for a job. Perhaps, the audience will ask themselves this: "Should these Black graduates beg and humiliate themselves on the streets before being acknowledged as capable to contribute to the economy? Should they plead on social networks before companies recognise them as employable candidates? Is it necessary and constitutional for Black graduates to struggle this much even though they have acquired quality education? Is the Constitution of the Republic which aimed to provide a quality lifestyle to all citizens being followed correctly and in the manner which its drafters intended?"
1. Given the CRQ and topic, the following are the types of primary sources that could be used
There are three specific primary sources that will be accessed through interviews and reading. One forms part of the graduates who have struggled to get employment in South Africa; thus, he represents the majority of Black university graduates who have begged on the streets and on social media for a job. The second primary source is a governmental official who is relevant to this research because he has knowledge of the labour structuring or restructuring processes in parliament. The interviews may be performed over multiple platforms; for example, we may have a telephone interview, an email interview, or a face-to-face one. The last primary source is the Constitution of South Africa. The constitution of South Africa is a document that was created to protect the rights of all citizens, including the right to be employed should one be meeting the requirements of a job.
2. The process that could be used in finding and collecting these sources
The process involves explaining the goals of the project, gaining consent from the sources, interviewing the sources and transcribing the information, translating the transcripts, and reporting on the transcripts. For example, in order for a targeted interviewee to grant an interview, one must know what the interview is about; therefore, giving one an opportunity to decide to partake or not in the interview. Additionally, the process requires that I analyse and translate the intent of the Constitution of South Africa in relation to the topic.
3. How would these kinds of sources be useful for me?
These sources will be beneficial because they will provide depth to the information that is readily available in secondary sources. In addition, they will clarify the assumptions that were made before the research began, and/or they will confirm the data that is reported in the current secondary sources. Therefore, they will provide credibility and reliability.
4. Why? [In relation to point 3]
In order to have a positive impact, one must be able to provide valid and reliable information. Therefore, I am confident that the information obtained from the sources will convince the audience to take the matter as urgent. To provide another example, the identified graduate's answers may help the audience see the struggles of other Black graduates who do not have the courage to stand on the streets and beg for a job. Perhaps, the audience will ask themselves this: "Should these Black graduates beg and humiliate themselves on the streets before being acknowledged as capable to contribute to the economy? Should they plead on social networks before companies recognise them as employable candidates? Is it necessary and constitutional for Black graduates to struggle this much even though they have acquired quality education? Is the Constitution of the Republic which aimed to provide a quality lifestyle to all citizens being followed correctly and in the manner which its drafters intended?"