What soon becomes clear is that behind every developmental project lies a struggle over ideology. We hope that the classical debate on social democracy and revolution taken forward here between Oupa Lehlulere, Eddie Webster, Rehad Desai and Barchiesi inspires further intervention. We follow this with an excerpt from the preface to Mzwanele Mayekiso's new book on development struggles in Alexandra. As a grand finale, Frank Wilderson deconstructs the Makgoba Affair at Wits University, with all that it implies for intellectual challenges to the emerging order. We are also proud to intersperse our debates with poetry by Sandile Dikani.
Debate aims to spread across South Africa, perhaps into the region as well.
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