Assignment task:
You are required to write a comprehensive essay relating to the topic of INFLUENCING FACTORS IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. Policy can never be static. It should always relate to current issues in society. It should constantly be adapted to match the impact of environmental variables and influencing factors. Policy should therefore be dynamic and is influenced by a number of universal factors. However, each state/country is unique in that their policy development is informed by local realities and conditions (factors). You are a newly appointed researcher at the Human Sciences Research Council and your manager has assigned you on a project to research policy development by analysing the following factors as they apply to South Africa (provide country specific examples to support your discourse):
Question 1. Circumstances, which include the total environment, as determined by time and place.
Question 2. Technological developments.
Question 3. Population increase and the effect of urbanization.