Chasing the Rainbow | Anthea Jeffery

Subtitle: South Africa's Move from Mandela to Zuma
Author: Anthea Jeffery
Publisher: South African Institute of Race Relations (2010)
ISBN-10: 1869825829
ISBN-13: 9781869825829
Condition: Very Good. The cover is scratched and there is scuffing along the edges and small creases across the corners and a few of the pages. Some wear to spine-ends with a small dent in laminate at the base of the spine. 
Binding: Softcover
Pages: 500
Dimensions: 24.0 x 16.8 x 2.5 cm
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by Anthea Jeffery
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Some 15 years after the triumph of Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first black president - and particularly since the April 2009 election which brought Jacob Zuma to power -the "rainbow nation" seems to be drifting and in search of a new policy direction to help it overcome its daunting challenges.

This book explains how South Africa has moved from the Mandela era to the Zuma one. It does so by reference to ten crucial policy areas which it terms the 'ten pillars of democracy'. The 'ten pillars' range from individual rights and racial goodwill to growth-focused policies, free enterprise, and good citizenship.

Scores assigned to each pillar provide a shorthand way of summing up the country's performance from May 1994 to April 2009. They also mark the start of a new annual monitor of democracy, the Rainbow' index. At its simplest level, Chasing the Rainbow is a dispassionate assessment of South Africa's progress since 1994 in ten critical areas, ranging from the rule of law and effective governance to liberating the poor and fighting crime.