dc.contributor.author |
Kgatla, Selaelo Thias
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-05-17T05:23:56Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-05-17T05:23:56Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016 |
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dc.description.abstract |
South Africa is one of the last African states to attain liberation from colonial rule. It
was ushered into democratic order after one of the most prolonged and painful racial
struggles. In 1994 it was heralded as an example of peaceful transition with one of
the best constitutions in the world. It was called the “Rainbow Nation” and Madiba
Magic. At that stage, the world looked at the new state as the shining example for the
rest of Africa. But today, the country has the greatest gap between the rich and the
poor in the world. Extreme poverty, inequality, and unemployment are at the centre
of the economic ills of the country. In fact, South Africa is reckoned to have one of
the largest gaps between rich and poor in the world. The important question is: How
did the country decline to the position where it finds itself today? This paper attempts
to analyse the trajectory the country took after 1994’s first democratic election to
where it is today. Extreme poverty, violence, corruption, greed, bitterness, entitlement
mentality and political opportunism are the constituent elements that are plaguing
the country. |
en_ZA |
dc.description.department |
Science of Religion and Missiology |
en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian |
am2017 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za/index.php/stj |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Kgatla, ST 2016, 'Church and South African realities today : towards a relevant missiology of radical discipleship', Stellenbosch Theological Journal, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 57-75. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2413-9459 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2413-9467 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.17570/stj.2016.v2n2.a03 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60476 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology |
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dc.rights |
© 2016 Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust |
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dc.subject |
Missiology |
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dc.subject |
Discipleship |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Rainbow nation |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Democracy |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
South Africa (SA) |
en_ZA |
dc.title |
Church and South African realities today : towards a relevant missiology of radical discipleship |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Article |
en_ZA |