Question: Study the information provided below and answer all the questions that follow. You are a researcher with a keen interest in the dynamics of rural

Study the information provided below and answer all the questions that follow. You are a researcher with a keen interest in the dynamics of rural entrepreneurship and rural economic development. Informed by ample examples in the literature, you believe that rural communities can be revitalised and transformed into vibrant centres of entrepreneurial activities. In this regard, you are proposing an exploratory study with the aim of mapping out the main challenges and the key success factors of rural entrepreneurship in selected predominantly rural municipalities in the Limpopo province. Your choice of Limpopo province as the site of the proposed study was informed by a recent study by Malatji (2020) in which he identified the Limpopo province as the most predominantly rural province in South Africa in 2018, with roughly 82% of the population living in rural areas, and with the highest poverty rate in the country. According to Malatji (2020), a local municipality is classified as predominantly rural are if the share of rural population in the local municipal area is above 50%, significantly rural area, if the share of the rural population in the local area represents 15% and 49% of the local area's total population, and predominantly urban area if the share of rural population in the local area is below 15%. Out of the 25 local municipalities across Limpopo, 19 are classified as predominantly rural areas, five as significantly rural areas and one as predominantly urban area. You intend to gather data from entrepreneurs across five predominantly rural municipalities in the Limpopo province via semi-structured interviews. Currently, you have managed to recruit only two entrepreneurs for the study, and you intend to continue with the recruitment through referrals until data saturation is reached. Please outline how you would go about conducting the proposed study with reference to the following:

1.1 Formulate a suitable title for the proposed study. (5 marks)

1.2 Specify the aim and significance of the proposed study. (4 marks)

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