Abstract
This arlicle offers some reffections on the state of developmentcommunication in South Africa, and suggests that closer attention needs topaid to the theoretical underpinnings of communication for development'practices, the emerging institutional contexts and the capacity building thatis required in a rapid change situation. It suggests that academics and practitioners need to find a middle waythrough the 'anything goes' and 'developmentalism' poles of the debateabout how best to use communication for development. particularly in thelight of the new Government Communications and Information Serviceand the Poverly and Inequality Report.
Publisher
University of Johannesburg
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