- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- International affairs and development program majority rule and transition to democracy in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1996
- Creator:
- Maphumulo, Bonga E.
- Date of Original:
- 1996-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The major concern of this study was to examine and compare the development strategies of Zimbabwe and South Africa during the traditional stages to democracy. A central objective of this study was to examine what South Africans could learn from Zimbabwe's experience in order to avoid some of the errors made in its transition. The study found that Zimbabwe's development policy failed because it lacked the resources it was promised at the Lancaster House talks to address its developmental needs. Secondly, it failed because its policy of growth with equity was targeted merely at achieving equity rather than growth. These findings are very illustrative for South Africa because it has adopted a similar policy known as 'growth through redistribution.' This policy, according to the researcher, is weak because it assumes that resources will be available for distribution. The research demonstrated that there are no resources sufficient to address the inequities of the recent past. The study concluded that the integrative approach pursued by the reconstruction and development program will have problems as it is impossible to tackle all developmental projects at once. A step-by-step approach i recommended instead. Recommendations to improve the chances of success, especially for the economic transformation of South Africa are offered.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1996_maphumulo_bonga_e
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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