On September 1985, the Institute for Contextual Theology (ICT) in Johannesburg produced the Kairos Document to give a theological response to the moral and spiritual crisis caused by the brutal repression, which characterised the Apartheid state of South Africa.
Author: Reverend Jan Scholtz (Reverend Jan Scholtz )
Opinion – Employment problems and strategy
We are at a time when many people in the Third World and outside are raising fundamental questions about the pattern of development, which has taken place in the last three decades.
Opinion – The metropole – satellite relations and under-development
The economic and other relations between developed and developing countries established and maintained over centuries can be fully comprehended within the metropole – satellite pattern. The developed countries are the metropole, while the developing countries are satellites orbiting around the metropole.
Opinion – Justification for import substitution industrialisation
Traditionally, there are two alternative industrialisation strategies viz export promotion and import substitution industrialisation strategies.
Opinion – Adverse effect of structural adjustment programmes
It is a broad concept with singular interpretation and literary refers to any structural adjustment loans and SALs provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to countries that experience economic crises.
Opinion | Being church today – church and society in context
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Opinion – Rural development and employment
Rural development is a characteristic feature of most developing countries.
Opinion – Principles, impact on decision making process
Pearson Custom Publishing (Pearson, 1998 – 2002) defines ethics as the “standards of conduct and moral judgement.”
Opinion – Effects of teenage pregnancy on the education system
The increase in teenage pregnancy each year, especially in Namibia, has become a topic of serious concern for the nation.
Opinion – Uphill battle of modern youth
The ever-growing tension between the youth and government need a proper strategised remedy to avoid reaching the crisis point of social unrest.