Covid-19 and lessons for the future

These policy interventions are aimed at addressing the immediate impact of the epidemic, which exacerbate existing inequalities in society. Structural race, class and gender differences shape citizens’ abilities to resist or combat the virus.

These efforts are commendable, but I think society is missing out on an opportunity to innovate and reflect on alternative development strategies. The first essential lesson is the redundancy of hyper-specialisation and fragmented policy planning. Some stakeholders in Covid-19 debates create a fictitious divide between health, human rights and broader socioeconomic development factors.

First, South Africa’s Covid-19 response and future development plans must be coordinated so that stakeholders avoid poor coordination or fragmented policy making. Policymakers are advised to “work between, across and beyond several disciplines” as articulated in Mistra’s 2011 Transdisciplinarity publication.

Furthermore, informal entrepreneurship provides some answers for addressing the failures of BEE. This point is emphasised in Mistra’s recently published book, Beyond Tenderpreneurship: Rethinking Black Business and Economic Empowerment.

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