Discuss any four factors that constitute development illustrating each with examples from South Africa context.
1. Improvement in education and Health- education is fundamental to development and growth in South Africa for instance the slogan used for education: that is the key to success, without education and health no citizen that can work in the structure of the government in order to develop the human capital and economic growth. Health and education play a big role and give a potential role in increasing the economy in South Africa.
2. Political transformation- plays a huge role in constitute development for instance the living out of Africa (including South Africa) in the Scramble of Africa meeting that was meant to share and divide according to their wealth in Africa, had a huge impact in developing South Africa. SA has been criticized against its own democracy, equated to political freedom and had a debate over its development.
3. Modernization- in terms of modernization South Africa its not like other countries such as china being a capitalist country planting more crops to feed its population. As the society of South Africa tried to move from old to modern and advance technology: improved economic development, industrialization and political transformation. South Africa moved from old to new sustainability for a new change and structure.
4. Growth and Structural change- as development requires growth as well as structural change. South Africa is a more developed country which consist of minerals such as gold and platinum also farming which generate income from the secondary sector rather the the primary sector.