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.
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.
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.
Traditionally, there are two alternative industrialisation strategies viz export promotion and import substitution industrialisation strategies.
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.
Rural development is a characteristic feature of most developing countries.
Pearson Custom Publishing (Pearson, 1998 – 2002) defines ethics as the “standards of conduct and moral judgement.”
The increase in teenage pregnancy each year, especially in Namibia, has become a topic of serious concern for the nation.
The ever-growing tension between the youth and government need a proper strategised remedy to avoid reaching the crisis point of social unrest.