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South Africa – The Present as History

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In 1994, the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress to place of business; elections since have confirmed the ANC’s hold, both popular and legitimate, on power. Yet, at the same time, South Africa has one of the most highest rates of protest and dissent on the earth – underscored by the police shooting of 34 striking miners at Marikana in 2012 – regions of deep poverty and environmental degradation, rising inequality and high unemployment rates. This book looks at this paradox by examining the precise character of the post-apartheid state, and the roots of the hope that something better than the semi-liberation that the ANC has presided over will have to not be long delayed – both within the ANC itself and within the broader society of South Africa. The authors present a history of South Africa from earliest times, with these days’s post-apartheid society interpreted and understood in the context of and through the lens of its earlier history. Following the introduction, which offers an analytical background to the narrative that follows, they track the course of South African history: from its origins to apartheid in the 1970; through the crisis and transition of the 1970s and 1980s to the historic deal-making of 1994 that ended apartheid; to its contemporary history from Mandela to Marikana, with increasing signs of social unrest and class conflict. In any case, the authors reflect on the present situation in South Africa as regards to the historical patterns that have shaped up to date realities and the potential of a ‘next liberation struggle’. John S. Saul is Professor Emeritus at York University (Canada). Patrick Bond is Senior Professor of Development Studies and Director of the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban). Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland & Botswana): Jacana

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