Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study project aims to investigate economic progress in South Africa through
exploring the economic history in both the pre-1994 and post-1994 period.
Special emphasis is placed on the areas of poverty alleviation, employment
creation as well as the economic success that the country wishes to achieve.
South Africa, as a developing nation, faced many key challenges after 1994 and
together with these internal problems, the global operating environment was
rapidly changing and this needed to be factored in. After ten years of democracy,
it is important to examine what progress has been made and determine if South
Africa is indeed on the path to prosperity.
In establishing this, the author starts by defining the key issues that deserve
consideration within the topic and sets a standard framework around which the
topic will be studied.
South Africa is not the first country in the world to experience related challenges
and it is useful to examine some selected economies in the world, to extract key
learning points as well as offer a means of benchmarking how South Africa
compares.
It is essential that the context and nature of the problems that exist currently be
understood through an investigation of the past. The solutions that ultimately are
applied to eradicate these problems must successfully address the inherited
legacy or the solutions will be short term and inadequate. Much has happened
after 1994 and this is examined both from a macroeconomic as well as the socioeconomic
perspective.
In determining whether South Africa remains on the correct trajectory, the key
learning points are integrated with the progress made to date. The identified
shortcomings are then presented as recommendations. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie mik om ekonomiese vordering in Suid-Afrika deur die bestudering van
ekonomiese geskiedenis in beide die voor-en na-1994 tydperk te ondersoek.
Spesiale klem is geplaas in areas van verligting van armoede, werkskepping
sowel as ekonomiese sukses wat die land na streef.
Suid-Afrika, as 'n ontwikkelende land, staar baie sleutel uitdagings na 1994 in die
gesig en tesame met die interne probleme, het die globale funksionele omgewing
vinnig verander en moes dit in ag geneem word . Na tien jaar van demokrasie, is
dit belangrik om ondersoek in te stel na watter vordering gemaak was en vas te
stel of Suid-Afrika inderdaad op pad is na positiewe groei.
Deur dit vas te stel, het die skrywer begin om sleutel fokuspunte, binne die
onderwerp wat verdien om in ag geneem te word, te definieer, en plaas 'n
standaard raamwerk rondom die betrokke onderwerp wat bestudeer moet word.
Suid-Afrika is nie die eerste land in die wereld om soortgelyke uitdagings te
ondervind nie, en dit is prakties om sommige geselekteerde ekonomieë in die
wereld te bestudeer, ten einde belangrike punte en mikpunte oor hoe Suid-Afrika
vergelyk uit te beeld.
Dit is noodsaaklik dat die konteks en natuur van die probleme huidiglik,
verstaan word, deur die verlede te ondersoek. Die oplossings wat toegepas
word moet suksesvol die nagelate erfenis addresseer, of die oplossings
kortermyn en onvoldoende sal wees. Baie het gebeur na 1994 en dit is beide
van 'n makro-ekonomiese sowel as die sosio-ekonomiese perspektief ondersoek.
Om vas te stel of Suid-Afrika op die regte koers is, word die sleutel punte geintegreer
met die vordering tot op datum. Die geidentifiseerde tekortkomminge
word voorgelê as aanbevelings.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/50268 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Chetty, Devapala |
| Contributors | Roux, A., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. Graduate School of Business. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 147 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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