New South African Review 4 - A fragile democracy - Twenty years on (OUT OF PRINT NEW)

New South African Review 4 - A fragile democracy -Twenty years on (Paperback)

GilbertM. Khadiagala, Prishani Naidoo, Devan Pillay, Roger Southall

The death of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013 was ina sense a wake-up call for South Africans, and a time to reflect on what hasbeen achieved since 'those magnificent days in late April 1994' (as the editorsof this volume put it) 'when South Africans of all colours voted for the firsttime in a democratic election'. In a time of recall and reflection it isimportant to take account, not only of the dramatic events that grip theheadlines, but also of other signposts that indicate the shape andcharacteristics of a society. The New South African Review looks, every year,at some of these signposts, and the essays in this fourth volume of the seriesagain examine and analyse a broad spectrum of issues affecting the country.They tackle topics as diverse as the state of organised labour; food retailing;electricity generation; access to information; civil courage; the schoolsystem; and - looking outside the country to its place in the world - South Africa'srelationships with north-east Asia, with Israel and with its neighbours in thesouthern African region. Taken together, these essays give a multidimensionalperspective on South Africa's democracy as it turns twenty, and will be ofinterest to general readers while being particularly useful to students andresearchers.