Where is the development in SA’s developmental state?

John Matisonn

doi:10.14426/na.v92i1.2107

Where is the development in SA’s developmental state?

Authors

John Matisonn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14426/na.v92i1.2107

Keywords:

Development, Economy, Matisonn, Development State, South Africa, African National Congress, Economic growth, Gini coefficient, migrant labour, Unemployment, Africa, Economic conditions, Socio-economic conditions, Economic policy, Foreign economic policy

Abstract

The ruling party defines South Africa as a ‘developmental state’, but with its rising job losses, growth that is lower than most of its African neighbours and rising inequality can that really apply? What’s missing, asks John Matisonn.

Author Biography

John Matisonn

Journalist and author Matisonn began political reporting in 1974. He was foreign correspondent in Washington for the Rand Daily Mail and reported for National Public Radio in the US. He has been published in the New York Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, The Observer and many others. After four years as a broadcast regulator in the Mandela administration, he became the UN’s Chairperson of the Electoral Media Commission in Afghanistan. He has published two books on South Africa’s political transition process.

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Published

06-04-2024

How to Cite

Matisonn, J. (2024). Where is the development in SA’s developmental state? . New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy, 92(SI). https://doi.org/10.14426/na.v92i1.2107