Southern Africa: 2020 vision
17 March 2010
Edited by Mark Hannam and Jonathan Wolff
The Namibia Institute for Democracy and The Institute for Public Policy Research
On the 24th and the 25th of August 2009, a conference took place in Windhoek, Namibia with the title: Southern Africa: 2020 Vision. Public Policy Priorities for the Next Decade. The conference brought together academics, civil society activists, politicians and business people from Namibia, South Africa and Europe to consider topics in four areas: economic development, healthcare, democracy and governance, and legal and civil rights.
Speakers were encouraged to use a scenario-based approach to bring a focus to their presentations and the ensuing discussions. Speakers were asked to assess likely developments and outcomes in their area of expertise over the next ten years, including assumptions about resource allocation, the quality of governance and the development of infrastructure. Through discussion the conference aimed to identify areas of consensus and areas of disagreement, both with regard to the aims of public policy and with regard to the relative priorities that should be accorded to policy in different areas.
The conference was a great success, not least in its impact with the local media. The second day began with the organizers drawing attention to the front page of The Namibian, the largest-circulation English language newspaper in the country, which reported on a number of the presentations from the first session of the conference on the previous day. Press coverage continued for some days, in the principal English, German and Afrikaans language papers, the best examples of which are collected in the Appendix to this volume.
Throughout both days of the conference, speakers addressed matters of central importance to Namibia and the wider region in frank and open way. There were some sharp questions and some lively discussions among the conference participants at each session, but all took place within a positive framework. This volume reprints all but one of the papers presented at the conference, in the order in which they were given.
| Contents |
| iv |
List of contributors |
| v |
Acknowledgements |
| viii |
Southern Africa: 2020 Vision
Mark Hannam & Jonathan Wolff |
| 2 |
1: Economic Development
1. Public Policy Priorities for the Next Decade
Peter Katjavivi |
| 8 |
2. A Banker’s Perspective on the Potential Benefits of Regional Integration
Vekuii Rukoro |
| 11 |
3. Economic and Social Development in Southern Africa: Challenges and Prospects
Henning Melber |
| 18 |
4. Programme Budgeting and Economic Development
Calle Schlettwein |
| 28 |
2: Healthcare
1. Priorities for Healthcare
Anne Johnson |
| 40 |
2. HIV/AIDS: Development Impact and Policy Challenges
Markus Haacker |
| 57 |
3. Medical Totalitarianism and My Part in its Downfall
David Lush |
| 70 |
3: Democracy and Governance
1. People, Power and Politics
Monica Koep |
| 72 |
2. Reflections on the African Peer Review Mechanism
Steven Gruzd |
| 78 |
3. Democracy and Governance in Southern Africa
André du Pisani |
| 89 |
4. NGOs in Namibia: Counterbalancing the Dominant Party State?
Justine Hunter & Theunis Keulder |
| 104 |
4: Legal and Civil Rights
1. The Fight against Corruption in Namibia
Nico Horn & Isabella Skeffers |
| 117 |
2. Political and Electoral Rights in the SADC Region
Joram Rukambe |
| 126 |
Appendix
Press coverage in the Namibian newspapers |
ANSA-Africa acknowledges permission from The Namibia Institute for Democracy to post this report on our website. Other NID reports can be accessed off their website: www.nid.org.na
Inquiries and comments on this publication can be submitted to Mark H Hannnam
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