[PDF][PDF] Development and change

EF Potgieter - Africanus, 1976 - journals.co.za
EF Potgieter
Africanus, 1976journals.co.za
In any homeland there is a certain conflict between the aims of guiding leadership and
executive institutions on the one hand and the aspirations and traditions of the settled
population on the other. This gives rise to conflict, and problems may appear. At times the
leader group enforces its views. Sometimes change is rejected by the population as
unacceptable. Such rejection may retard essential progress in fields like improved soil
conservation and increased food production. Traditional views are, at times, a barrier in the …
In any homeland there is a certain conflict between the aims of guiding leadership and executive institutions on the one hand and the aspirations and traditions of the settled population on the other. This gives rise to conflict, and problems may appear. At times the leader group enforces its views. Sometimes change is rejected by the population as unacceptable.
Such rejection may retard essential progress in fields like improved soil conservation and increased food production. Traditional views are, at times, a barrier in the way of change. To this barrier there are, however, certain gateways to constructive, dynamic change. All cultures, all patterns of living are continually changing.
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