Introduction:

Public policy is ideas that are shared or used to solve a problem in society or facing a society examples of this are housing and unemployment. There are various factors which are involved in public policy. (Morestin, 2012)”public policy must also be identified so that its chances of success can be assessed and its implementation properly planned. Data related to this topic are even more sought after by policy makers, who held accountable and are subject to various pressures, which accounts for their concern to anticipate how stakeholders are likely to react to a given policy”.

 

Industry 4.0 how the world is changing because of the technology which is good and bad at the same time meaning that while technology is creating jobs for people on the other hand people are losing their jobs because of technology the reason being machines can do the jobs of 10 or more people and they do not need to rest come in to work late.

 

Poverty as societal divide poverty affects as all in society (studies in poverty and inequality institute, 2007)”The conceptualization, definition and measurement of poverty in a society is like a mirror-image of the ideals of that society: in conceptualizing, defining and measuring what is unacceptable in a society we are also saying a great deal about the way we would like things to be.”

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Public policy:

Public policies have benefited some people in South Africa due to affirmative action and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) means the viable economic empowerment of all black people, in particular women, workers, youth, people with disabilities and people living in rural areas, through diverse but integrated socio-economic strategies that include, but are not limited to increasing the number of black people that manage, own and control enterprise and productive assets. But that is not the point being made the point being made is of the Reconstruction development programme known as the (RDP) due to corruption while business are awarded tenders to build houses we see some houses are being built with cheap and weak materials (formwork, 2010)”human settlements minster Tokyo sexwale has acknowledged there is a problem. He recently told parliament that costs for repairing defects nationwide was estimated at R1, 2 billion for 133802 units. Another R722 million is needed to “demolish, rebuild and rectify more than 53000 units. Unscrupulous contractors are a major problem. Whenever large sums of money are spent on politically important projects, the temptation will arise to try and take advantage, assuming that political incentives to get work done override concerns about costs or quality or try and leverage money from connections”. The constitution of South Africa states that everyone has the right to access to adequate housing. The state must take reasonable and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realization of this right. The local government has failed many areas in the country due to the fact that they have not provide its citizens with housing one draws inspiration from marikana(Potchefstroom) because of the people who implement do it yourself (DIY). The people off marikana show us that people or a group people can achieve more than government officials put together to solve a problem in society (Marikana residents dig their own trenches, 2013)”it’s the first time ever that the community has offered to dig their own trenches for water pipes. We’ve now decided to put in a number of additional taps so that people at least have easier access to water, “said Tlokwe Mayor Annette combrink” we a fellow citizens of south Africa we should read the constitution or we should strive to be better people in other words find ways to remove this disease called corruption out of our beloved country because if we don’t do it nobody else will do it for us.

 

Policy makers in the country have tried to solve the issues of society but they seem to never stop they only increase there is no real way off solving problems in a society because once you tackle a problem another one will always arise on top off that there is not enough money in the country to fix all off its problems, the government is deep in debt so that means issues that are not at the top off the list or important will have to take a back seat for now. Places like diepsloot have been affected by little change it looks like the government does not care what happens to this area that has been characterized with little mobility sure the environment can say whatever they want about plans for diepsloot but nothing ever changes in south Africa according to (METROPLAN, 2013)”upon his visit to diepsloot in 2009, Tokyo sexwale identified the need for a sports field in the area and a ministerial decision was made to include two sports fields as part of the diepsloot east development” only now in recent years have the people of diepsloot been given the proper service delivery (Healthabitat, 2014)”A variety of wastewater drainage ideas were put in place to be trialed”

 

Industry 4.0:

As stated above industry 4.0 is taking us back to the stone ages due to the fact that people who work in farms and factories will be out of jobs it is all good to say that technology has provided us with tools that we never expected would make our lives more easy, it also gives us results quick and faster. South Africa is a country that is still developing on can say that it is finding its feet in terms of industry 4.0 with the rand taking a dive economists can confirm that the country us not ready to move forward with some off its future plans in terms of technology and improving the poor services that the country is facing at the moment (Labaye, 2014)”the boundaries of industry and services are blurring. Business services (but also other services like retail) are increasingly important components of the global value chains, justifying policy attention. Technologies like digital manufacturing, the internet of things, big data, but also other innovations like crowd-sourcing, circular economy will significantly impact manufacturing and associated services and reshape competitiveness in manufacturing”. We need to understand that some parts of Africa are also in the digital divide (Christain fuchs, 2008)”globalization is based on an unequal geography that excludes larges part of Africa. The issue of global inequality is connected to the topic of the digital divide because technology is one aspect of material wealth and wealth production is more and more based on technology and knowledge. Africa is of particular importance here because it is the most marginalized and excluded region of the world”.

 

Technology will be the death of us all reason being that it grows fast and replaces jobs one questions the theories off artificial intelligence for one reason only will machines replace human beings or not? China has been at the forefront off technology, like anyone you want to have the latest tech even governments want a piece of the action it all starts with how is it going to make my life better which sounds nice but what about job creation? Sure if more machines are used the economy will get a boost companies will pay more tax the government will still have a burning issue which is unemployment that will be at an all-time low.

 

Poverty as societal divide:

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer reasons being that when corruption happens who suffers? The poor of course because they do not benefits from this rigged mechanism they only get empty promises nothing poverty has many cause which not all will be discussed unemployment and technology. Unemployment: in a country where unemployment is very high many families do not have income to provide for their loved ones which results in poverty. Factories being closed down is one off the reasons is china because we as a country we import a lot from china (clothes) keep in mind that it is cheaper to import clothes into the country, there is no employees to pay, no water and electricity to be paid and no floor space to pay for the factory this is good for people who want to maximize profits but for the employees there is no income for the house hold. Technology on the other hand with machines that can do the job faster and better destroys employment due to the fact there is no business men or women who is going pay employees for doing noting just because there is a machine that can do their work for them when you think about it there is no self-respecting business men or women who is going to lose money like that.

 

Poverty in the country has been a big problem even if other business and wealth people donate money it is still not enough we are divided in poverty it is an invisible line in the sense that there are rich and poor and the rich give to the poor so that they can avoid tax which is common in many counties but when this happens tax avoidance. The government is left to pick up the pieces because tax is the biggest source of income for the government while on paper it looks to give money away it is not good when the government is deep in debt and cannot pay its bills. (team, 2017)”following the 2016 budget speech, section 7C was introduced into the income tax act to curb the tax-free transfer of wealth to trusts, both onshore and offshore”.

 

Conclusion:

All three topic are connected to each other in the sense that industry 4.0 needs public policy to push government policies to be implemented to use the machines that in some other countries are not being used with poverty it’s a different story because public policies benefit the rich as stated above and industry 4.0 contributes to poverty via unemployment it’s a shame the citizens voted for a certain party to be in power and it harms its people this way. The three topics presented are a cycle when you think about it. It keeps on going.

 

 

 

References

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formwork, M. (2010, december 10). RDP houses falling apart. Retrieved from RDP houses falling apart: www.human-settlements.blogspot.co.za

Healthabitat. (2014). The Diepsloot sanitation project. johannesburg: Worldskills Founfation.

Labaye, E. (2014, november 12). perspectives on manufacturing,disruptive,technologies,and industry 4.0. perspectives on manufacturing,disruptive,technologies,and industry 4.0, p. 1.

Marikana residents dig their own trenches. (2013, october 3). Retrieved from Marikana residents dig their own trenches: www.enca.com

METROPLAN. (2013, may). URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK. johannesburg, gauteng, south africa: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING.

Morestin, F. (2012, september). the national collaborating center for healthy public policy. Retrieved from the national collaborating center for healthy public policy: www.ncchpp.ca

studies in poverty and inequality institute. (2007, february 27). studies in poverty and inequality institute, p. 5.

team, w. t. (2017). 2017/2018 BUGET PROPOSALS-TAX OVERWIEW. johannesburg: werksmans attorneys.

 

 

 

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