The new South Africa at twenty: critical perspectives

Abstract

Introduction: The New South Africa at twenty: Some Brechtian whipsers / Peter Vale . - 1 The ANC Youth League and the politicisation of race / Deborah Posel . - 2 The political economy of pervasive rent-seeking / Raphael de Kadt and Charles Simkins . - 3 South African Marxisms, past and present / Kirk Helliker and Peter Vale. - 4 Living out our differences: Reflections on Mandela, Marx and my country - an interview with Jakes Gerwel / John Higgins . - 5 Neo-liberal restructuring and the fate of South Africa's labor unions: A case study / Mondli Hlatshwayo . - 6 The cradle to the grave: Reflections on race thinking / Gerhard Mare . - 7 Conjunctural remarks on the political significance of 'the Local' / Richard Pithouse . - 8 Part 1: Prolegomenon to education in crisis / Salim Vally . - 8 Part 2: Education in crisis / Neville Alexander . - 9 Uneasy relations: Women, gender equality and tradition / Cherryl Walker . - 10 Art and culture in contemporary South Africa: The present future / Sandra Klopper