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Economic and management sciences

Grade 9

Sustainable growth and development

Module 8

The reconstruction and development programme (rdp)

In order to counteracting the deep-rooted inequalities of south african society, which were established through colonization, racism, sexism and repressive labour and other legislation, the present ANC-led government formulated the RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (RDP) in 1994. The realisation of the programme was to be achieved through FIVE programmes.

1. The FIRST PROGRAMME would focus on PROVIDING THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE POPULATION to ensure that everyone has access to the following “basic necessities”:

a) Creation of EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES by means of co-ordinated government plans that would also ensure maximum participation by women and young job seekers.

b) LAND REFORM, with redistribution of land and resettlement of formerly disadvantaged people as key components;

c) HOUSING AND SERVICES, as the responsibility of the democratic government, to ensure secure dwelling places for all;

d) WATER AND SANITATION to meet the health and functional needs of all for cultivating products, and to support economic development;

e) PROVISION OF POWER AND ELECTRIFICATION for all households to increase the capacity for production and to provide services to schools, clinics and providers of water;

f) TELECOMMUNICATION to ensure universal access to basic services, particularly for disadvantaged communities;

g) TRANSPORT that makes provision for safety, affordability and availability and is in the interest of society in general;

h) ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION that could ensure a “good life” for all by means of sustainable use of natural resources, particularly with regard to access, safety, health and participation in decision making

i) NUTRITION, by which is meant that all persons should gain access to feeding programmes as soon as possible (within three years) to ensure that there will be no fear of famine;.

j) HEALTH CARE that would be affordable and would lead to improvement in physical and mental health, while attending to combating disease, also in the southern african region;

k) COMMUNITY CARE AND PROSPERITY, which has the aim of achieving communal rights for all, eradicating the inequalities of the past through affirmative action and the empowerment of communities to participate in local, provincial and national initiatives.

Activity 1: providing basic needs

Discuss and do research on successes that have been achieved in the above programmes since 1994. Also evaluate the shortcomings of the programmes and the reasons for failure to realise objectives. NB: Evaluate conditions in your immediate environment.

  • Prepare your presentation thoroughly so that you can report your findings to the class for discussion of each aspect. The written presentation should be presented in folio format and a summary must be presented.

2. The SECOND PROGRAMME was to focus on the development of human resources, to ensure that each person would be enabled to attain his or her full potential at the following levels of society:

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Source:  OpenStax, Economic and management sciences grade 9. OpenStax CNX. Sep 15, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11074/1.1
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