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Title: | The Politics of the Strategic Defence Procurement Programme in South Africa: Snapshots from KwaZulu-Natal |
Author: | Haines, Richard |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | Africanus |
Volume: | 35 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 59-73 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | industrial policy industrial development industrial projects shipbuilding Military, Defense and Arms Politics and Government |
Abstract: | This article explores select experiences within the province of KwaZulu-Natal regarding the implementation and impact of the South African defence offsets, with specific reference to aspects of the national industrial participation programme. There are four focal areas: an assessment of the national industrial participation programme within the province; an examination of the lack of offset investment in high-end purpose-built industrial projects and infrastructure; an investigation of relevant issues in the shipbuilding industry; and the perceived conflict of interest between the port developments in Durban (KwaZulu-Natal) and the Eastern Cape (Coega). These are contextualized within a discussion of actual and potential backward and forward industrial linkages within the national and local economy. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |