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Title:Long Term Economic Trends and Development Prospects in South Africa
Author:Van der Berg, ServaasISNI
Year:1989
Periodical:African Affairs: The Journal of the Royal African Society
Volume:88
Issue:351
Period:April
Pages:187-203
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:economic development
Politics and Government
Economics and Trade
Labor and Employment
Development and Technology
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/722718
Abstract:Since the early 1970s, the South African economy has undergone fundamental structural changes, for which three types of forces were responsible: first, a deceleration of economic growth, concomitant with a decrease in job creation; second, a shift in the balance of power, especially economic power; and third, a political crisis, reflecting the recognition of the unsustainability of the apartheid paradigm. The prospects are that these structural changes will continue, leading to wage rises for employed blacks; a growing scarcity of jobs; an increasing dichotomy within the black labour force between 'insiders' and (unemployed) 'outsiders'; relatively slow increases in average black incomes and only a small reduction in racial disparities through market forces; greater demands for redistribution through political processes; the narrowing of the gap in social expenditure between race groups; and a major population inflow towards the metropolitan areas, leading to more squatting, more informal sector activity, poor health conditions and crime. Notes, ref. (Also in RSA 2000, vol. 11, no. 1 (1989), p. 16-29.)
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