In the face of the continuing national tragedy of the inequality, poverty and unemployment which have triggered rising working-class discontent around the country, the ANC announced a ‘second phase’ of the ‘national democratic revolution’ to deal with the challenges. Ironically, the ANC post-Mangaung has resolved to preserve the core tenets of the minerals-energy-financial complex that defined racial capitalism – while at the same time ratcheting up the revolutionary rhetoric to keep the working class and marginalised onside. If the ‘first phase’ was a tragedy of the unmet expectations of the majority, is the ‘second phase’ likely to be a farce? The chapters in this volume are written by experts in their fields and address issues of politics, power and social class; economy, ecology and labour; public policy and social practice; and South Africa beyond its borders. They examine some of these challenges, and indicate that they are as much about the defective content of policies as their poor implementation. The third volume of the New South African Review continues the series by providing in-depth analyses of the key issues facing the country today.
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Introduction: The second phase – tragedy or farce? – Devan Pillay
Introduction to Part One: Party, power and class -John Daniel
Chapter 1 The power elite in democratic South Africa: Race and class in a fractured society – Roger Southall
Chapter 2 The ANC circa 2012-13: Colossus in decline? – Susan Booysen
Chapter 3 Fragile multi-class alliances compared: Some unlikely parallels between the National Party and the African National Congress – Paul Maylam
Chapter 4 Predicaments of post-apartheid social movement politics: The Anti-Privatisation Forum in Johannesburg
Ahmed Veriava and Prishani Naidoo
Introduction to Part Two: Ecology, economy and labour – Devan Pillay
Chapter 5 Mass unemployment and the low-wage regime in South Africa – Dick Forslund
Chapter 6 Nationalisation and the mines – Martin Nicol
Chapter 7 Broad-based BEE? HCI’s empowerment model and the syndicalist tradition – William Atwell
Chapter 8 ‘Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat’: Contentious politics and the climate justice movement – Jacklyn Cock
Chapter 9 Hydraulic fracturing in South Africa: Correcting the democratic deficits – David Fig
Introduction to Part Three: Public policy and social practice – Prishani Naidoo
Chapter 10 Understanding the persistence of low levels of skills in South Africa – Stephanie Allais
Chapter 11 Equity, quality and access in South African education: A work still very much in progress – Shireen Motala
Chapter 12 Health sector reforms and policy implementation in South Africa: A paradox?
Laetitia Rispel and Julia Moorman
Chapter 13 Cadre deployment versus merit? Reviewing politicisation in the public service – Vinothan Naidoo
Chapter 14 Traditional male initiation: Culture and the Constitution – Louise Vincent
Introduction to Part 4: South Africa at large – Roger Southall
Chapter 15 South Africa and the BRIC: Punching above its weight? – Sanusha Naidu
Chapter 16 The Swazi Nation, the Swazi government and the South African connection – John Daniel and Marisha Ramdeen
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Roger Southall is the Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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