Four SA environmental narratives are:

• The conservation 

•The economic 

• Non-state actors 

• Local views

The motive of  the conservation is to make sure that there is conservation of land to benefit the nation and communities.

The motive of the economic is that the land should be seen as a resource or commodity to make money on and this is done by means of exploiting the land.

The motive of the non state actor view is that  the government and societies my protect their respective environment.

The motive of the local views is that the socio-political system shapes  the relation between the locals and the environment.

The conservation  narrative does contribute to an understanding of the SA  environment because in SA during apartheid era  and even currently the government aims to obtain conservation of the land by removing people  from some parts of the land, for example, kruger national parks etc. While the economic view narrative also does contribute to the SA environment by means promoting capitalism in SA whereby  the elites exploit the natural resources  claiming to improve the SA  economy and poverty whereas in reality  it is about growing themselves e.g mining industries.

Looking at the non state actor view it is visible that most NGOs is SA do support the idea of the land being used to benefit the locals, for example, there are some NGOs that promote planting trees and also teachbpeople about agriculture and about how to grow their own food etc. While considering the local views narrative, SA policies are formulated and finalised by the legislature  under law and constitution of SA. The people don't really have much to say apart from having a public opinion, and they can only contribute by voting for a possible representative.

The two main discourses are: The sustainable  development  discourse, and The social justice and environment discourse. The sustainable development discourse is influenced by beliefs about the society and environment relationship, while the social justice and environment discourse is about the access to good quality  environment resources in order to solve social problems like poverty.

The sustainable  development discourse links to SA policies  by having the SA policies considering factors such as  protecting the environment  in order to create development , for example, policies created for the protections of animals like  the rhinos, to prevent and end rhino poaching, and the prevantion of extraction  of natural resources like coals, gold etc