The new South Africa at twenty
Subtitle: critical perspectives
By: edited by Peter Vale and Estelle H. Prinsloo
Publisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Scottsville, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781869142896
Subjects: Politics and government; Race; Democracy; Social conditions; Post-apartheid era; Social change
Description: "In this book, some of South Africa's finest academic minds reflect on 20 years of democratic rule in the country. How far have South Africans really come? Is race still an entrenched issue in the country? Why does gender discrimination continue? Why are the poor in revolt? Is free expression under threat? What happened to South African Marxism? What drives Julius Malema? How have the unions experienced the post-apartheid years? These (and many other) questions run through pages that, amongst other things, bring back the voices of both Neville Alexander and Jakes Gerwel."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The New South Africa at twenty: Some Brechtian whipsers / Peter Vale; title: The ANC Youth League and the politicisation of race / Deborah Posel; title: The political economy of pervasive rent-seeking / Raphael de Kadt and Charles Simkins; title: South African Marxisms, past and present / Kirk Helliker and Peter Vale; title: Living out our differences: Reflections on Mandela, Marx and my country - an interview with Jakes Gerwel / John Higgins; title: Neo-liberal restructuring and the fate of South Africa's labor unions: A case study / Mondli Hlatshwayo; title: The cradle to the grave: Reflections on race thinking / Gerhard Mare; title: Conjunctural remarks on the political significance of 'the Local' / Richard Pithouse; title: Part 1: Prolegomenon to education in crisis / Salim Vally; title: Part 2: Education in crisis / Neville Alexander; title: Uneasy relations: Women, gender equality and tradition / Cherryl Walker; title: Art and culture in contemporary South Africa: The present future / Sandra Klopper.