There’s growing buzz about the “developmental state” and the idea that South Africa should follow that path. Experts and academics often point to Asian success stories: Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and China as models where the state took a leading role in economic growth, instead of leaving it to the markets to do as they please.
This idea goes back to the work of American scholar Chalmers Johnson in the early 1980s, when he observed how post-war Japan’s government steered development through close coordination between the government and the markets. Since then, many scholars and policymakers have…
Athletics: South African athletes have excelled in track and field events, with
notable figures like Oscar Pistorius and Wayde van Niekerk.
Shade Nightman
South Africa is such a great country and an African Sunset is on my bucket list, do you have any accommodation and/or tour recommendations for the Cape Town Area?
Firefly
Fun South African Fact: The Dutch and the British fought over South Africa.