Contemporary statecraft for sustained and ‘sustainable’ growth

Focusing on state structure and behaviour, the ‘good governance’ agenda, political settlement, and the current path, this article describes and elaborates – in a problematic manner – the hurdles we will encounter in simultaneously walking and making the road of state construction that is messy, complex and replete with contradictions. Some implications for planning are outlined related to issues of governance and working with clientelism and patronage as enablers and contributors to growth rather than pathologies to be ‘corrected by administrative reforms’. Whether we can carry through and successfully deliver socially inclusive and empowering developmental programmes and projects hinges on understanding and negotiating social change and transformation.

Boitshoaro le mekhoa e mmuso e sebetsang ka teng, ntlheng ya ‘puso e nepahetseng’ (good governance); meaho ya dipolotiki le tsela e se ntse nkua ke mmuso ke se tlo shebua ka leihlo le hloahloa serapeng sena. Morero oa serapa sena ke ho hlalosa le ho hlalosisa ka tsela ea ho bontsa bothata. Mathata ao re tla kopana le ona a tla ba mangata a ba hanane. Tlhahiso tse ling tsa merero ea metse e meholo le detereke ke ho amanya mmuso hore o sebetsane le sechaba hore se khone ho kenyelletsa seo ba khonang tabeng ea khuliso ea baka sa sona ntle le hore mmuso o se ke oa ba nkela hloohong ebe o bona dithlahiso tsa sechaba di hloka ho tshoaua. Ho atleha morerong oa ho phethahatsa dipheo tsa tswelopele tse nepahetseng, ho itswela ho kutloisiso le dipuisano le sechaba ka phetoho.