Microscopic Examination of the New South African Economic Reconstruction and Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan

Chuks Israel Ede; Nokukhanya Jili

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Microscopic Examination of the New South African Economic Reconstruction and Post-Pandemic Recovery Plan

Chuks Israel Ede, Nokukhanya Jili

Published in Journal of Political Science and International Relations (Volume 4, Issue 2)

Received: 26 April 2021 Accepted: 20 May 2021 Published: 16 June 2021

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South Africa is certainly not the only country affected by the novel Coronavirus pandemic in Africa – though it currently stands as the worse-hit country by the virus, but it is presently on the list of some of the countries that defiantly take advantage of the rare opportunity imbedded in the adversity of the pandemic to reset the economic landscape. The country is promptly on route to a recovery that is one-of-a-kind in the continent, from a pandemic that saw half of its GDP depleting within months. In one of his regular situational updates to the nation, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a comprehensive Masterplan with which South Africa aims to swim against the tide of the recession caused by Coronavirus pandemic. The midmonth announcement which upheld the remaining quarter of the hapless year 2020, unveiled the new recovery Plan for the nation known as THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY PLAN (ERRP). Whilst the President and the people preciously revel the new ERRP and the much-anticipated reconstruction of the economy of the country in order to address widening inequality now relapsed by the pandemic, we painstakingly examine it in detail to divulge the numerous “new” effects that inundate the decadal Plan.

Published in	Journal of Political Science and International Relations (Volume 4, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.jpsir.20210402.15
Page(s)	56-65
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 Pandemic, Recession, Economic Reconstruction, Economic Recovery

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Department of Public Administration, University of Zululand, Kwa Dlangezwa, South Africa

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