Abstract
South Africa’s development strategy aligns with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) signed by leaders of 189 countries, which focuses on fighting poverty, promoting education, protecting the environment, and fighting hunger. The MDGs were superseded by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda. Unfortunately, the global call to transition from coal dependency to renewable energy, climate change-induced disasters and the outbreak of Covid-19 have increased uncertainties about achieving the SDGs domestically and internationally. This article investigates both South Africa’s challenges and its opportunities with regard to overcoming the developmental and economic setbacks ensuing from the global health crisis and the anthropogenic effects of climate change. Designed as a case study, relying on a literary research method and an interpretive paradigm, the findings indicate that South Africa has the potential to achieve sustainable development. However, the path to reach this requires: (1) reinvigorating the health infrastructure to withstand Covid-19’s global challenges, (2) setting forth robust strategies and policies that uplift its citizens’ wellbeing to prevent violent riots that destroy the economy, (3) revitalising its struggling economy and creating jobs, (4) transitioning from coal-dependent industry, economy and trade to an eco-friendly economy that grows from cleaner and renewable energy resources, (5) dealing with brain drain push factors, (6) pursuing the Policy Coherence for Development Framework that is supported by political buy-in so as to align the National Development Plan’s (NDP) priorities with the 2030 SDGs Agenda.
Dr Jean Chrysostome K. Kiyala is a Senior Lecturer at the International Centre of Nonviolence, Faculty of Management Sciences at Durban University of Technology (South Africa), Associate Professor and visiting lecturer at the University of Bandundu, Evangelical University in Africa (Democratic Republic of Congo). Emails: JeanK@dut.ac.za; kljeanchrysostome@gmail.com; ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9587-0230
Dr Diaku Dianzenza Kunsikila holds a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Management Sciences Specialising in Public Administration-Peacebuilding. Email: diakudianzenza@gmail.com
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Questions inspired by Leach et al. (2021).
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CEIC was founded in Hong Kong in 1992 by a team of expert economists and analysts, and today employs data analysts in multiple offices around the globe, with more than ten offices in Asia alone (https://www.ceicdata.com/en/about-us/introduction-ceic).
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The South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA) indicated that the cost of the unrest is estimated to exceed R20bn in KZN and the overall impact on the national GDP will be R50 billion. Over 200 shopping malls were targeted, and 1787 retail stores were impacted and damaged. Source: https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/33438/ (12 Jan 2022).
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Kiyala, J.C.K., Dianzenza, D.K. (2024). Sustainable Development in South Africa in the Anthropocene in the Post-Covid-19 Era. In: Kiyala, J.C.K., Chivasa, N. (eds) Climate Change and Socio-political Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48375-2_13
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