One other tool that has been used by the researcher in soliciting the information about the provision of recreation facilities and programmes for the youth in Umlazi has been to arrange a face-to-face conversational exchange with the youth. The interview with some members of the youth has been specifically based on the question of recreation programmes that are available in Umlazi. The main reason for conducting interview on this question has been a suspicion by the researcher that respondents might not be in a position to understand the term recreation programmes even though there is a Zulu version in the questionnaire.
Other interviews that have been conducted are, with people serving in authority. The information received from the authorities empowered the researcher in as far as the provision of recreation facilities and the involvement of youth in recreation facilities; in addition, they stressed the importance of establishing youth organisations/ clubs in each and every ward or sections found in Umlazi.
Observation
Another method used in this study to collect data is observation. This technique helped in as far the location and provision of recreation facilities within the wards/ sections and within Umlazi township as a whole. Here, as a researcher one had to use a non-participant observation procedure
In addition, this technique helped in observing the subjects, (youth), in their natural setting. By using the non-participant observation procedure, the researcher had an opportunity of getting an idea of what the youth normally do during their leisure time. The sections in the township visited for the application of this procedure were Sections AA, BB, L, Z, V and D. The researcher visited these sections five times at an interval of one week. It must be mentioned at this stage that some of the visits to these sections coincided with school holidays where most of the subjects under study had abundant leisure time at their exposure.
