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Devan Pillay. New South African Review 4
Contents
Preface
INTRODUCTION. South Africa’s fragile democracy: Twenty years on
THE FOUNDATIONS OF DEMOCRACY
SOUTH AFRICA AS A CONSTITUTIONAL STATE
THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COMPACT
SOUTH AFRICA AT TWENTY: A COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
PART 1. ECOLOGY, ECONOMY AND LABOUR. INTRODUCTION. Economy, ecology and labour
CHAPTER 1. The South African labour market after eighteen years: It’s class struggle, stupid!
INTRODUCTION
THE DISMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE POST-APARTHEID LABOUR MARKET
Unemployment: Discouraging and structural
Casualisation: When no job is better than many jobs
The crisis of reproduction
Deepening inequality
THE EMPEROR IS NAKED: UNPACKING THE MYTH OF ‘PROGRESSIVE’ LABOUR LAW IN SOUTH AFRICA
Collective bargaining
Ineffective direct state intervention in the labour market
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 2. The state of organised labour: Still living like there’s no tomorrow
INTRODUCTION
THE VISION OF THE LABOUR RELATIONS ACT
TRADE UNION GROWTH AND STRUCTURE
UNION STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE
CHANGES IN UNION ORGANISATION AND LABOUR LAW
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 3. Citizen Wal-Mart? South African food retailing and selling development1
INTRODUCTION
FOOD RETAIL INTERNATIONALISATION AND THE ENTRY OF WAL-MART
PROCUREMENT AND POWER: SUPPLY CHAINS, LOCAL PRODUCTION AND SMALLHOLDERS
LABOUR CONDITIONS WITHIN STORES
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 4. Transcending South Africa’s oil dependency
INTRODUCTION
THE END OF CHEAP OIL
SOUTH AFRICA’S OIL DEPENDENCIES AND THE PERILS OF BUSINESS-AS-USUAL
Petroleum consumption
Liquid fuel imports
PetroSA’s Project Mthombo refinery: a great white elephant
Impact of oil price spikes on fuel demand and the economy
ALTERNATIVES TO IMPORTED OIL
Developing domestic liquid fuels
Coal-to-liquids
Gas-to-liquids
Biofuels
Reducing demand for liquid fuels
Fuel conservation and efficiency
Electrified mass transport
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 5. The politics of electricity generation in South Africa
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW SOURCES OF ENERGY FOR THE GRID
FOREIGN CORPORATE ENERGY LOBBIES
DOMESTIC ENERGY LOBBIES
THE ATOMIC LOBBY FIGHT-BACK AFTER 1990
COSTS AND CORRUPTION
SAFETY AND SECRECY
CONCLUSIONS
PART 2. POWER, POLITICS AND PARTICIPATION. INTRODUCTION. Power, politics and participation
CHAPTER 6. Platinum, poverty and princes in post-apartheid South Africa: New laws, old repertoires
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND – NEW LAWS ENTRENCHING PAST DISTORTIONS
WEALTH AND POVERTY IN MORULENG
Chiefly disputes: kgosi Pilane and kgosikgolo Kgafela
RESISTANCE TO CHIEFLY ABUSE OF POWER: MOTLHABE VILLAGE
NORTH WEST JUDGMENTS, TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY AND MINING REVENUE
The interpretation of customary law and the Botswana paramountcy
Interpretations of the financial oversight provisions in traditional leadership laws
Official status and the North West Act
The Bapo Traditional Authority: Official status and locus standi
Suspicion and resistance
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 7. amaDiba moment: How civil courage confronted state and corporate collusion
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
CONCERTED CITIZEN ACTION
A NINTH DAY IN SEPTEMBER
FAREWELL TO INNOCENCE
REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER 8. Secrecy and power in South Africa
EMBEDDED IN HISTORY
SAME WINE, NEW BOTTLES?
OLD HABITS DIE HARD
RIDING ROUGHSHOD: ZUMA AND THE SECUROCRATS
QUO VADIS?
CHAPTER 9. The contemporary relevance of Black Consciousness in South Africa
INTRODUCTION
I. BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AS A TOOL FOR SELF-RELIANT DEVELOPMENT
BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AND RACIAL IDENTITY
II. BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AS CULTURAL PATRIMONY
IV. BLACK CONSCIOUSNESS AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL: THE CASE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
CHAPTER 10. Death and the modern black lesbian
IDENTITY IN THE TIME OF POLITICS
FROM GAY POLITICS TO GAY RIGHTS
PRIDE AND POLITICS
VICTORY TO VICTIM
‘OUR LIVES ARE NOT FOR SALE’
CONCLUSION
PART 3. PUBLIC POLICY AND SOCIAL PRACTICE. INTRODUCTION. Public policy and social practice
EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES
PRISONS AND OVERCROWDING
BASIC RIGHTS
THE DANGERS OF FOILED HOPES
CHAPTER 11. Why does Zimbabwe’s school system out-perform South Africa’s?
INTRODUCTION
COMPARATIVE DATA FROM BOTH SCHOOL SYSTEMS
BACKGROUND TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. Zimbabwe school system
Education provision under colonial and settler rule
Expansion of schools
Innovative teacher training
Funding of expanded school provision
Racial integration in schools
Stability and gradual change
SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM. The system under white minority rule
ANC PLANS FOR EDUCATION IN THE NEW DISPENSATION
Education transformation
Early problems of system management
COMPARING THE TWO SYSTEMS
THE SCENE IS SET IN THE 1980S
POST INDEPENDENCE APPROACH TO EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHING AND LEARNING
LANGUAGE POLICY AND PRACTICE
THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 12. Higher education in 2013: At many crossroads
INTRODUCTION
UNIVERSITIES ARE INTENSELY GLOBAL
Global organisation of higher education
Globalisation and the purpose of higher education
Technology and higher education
Massification and its roots
Budget cuts
UNIVERSITIES ARE INTENSELY LOCAL
Higher education in a cauldron of national imaginations
To massify or not to massify
The legitimacy deficit
Towards a danger zone?
THE GREEN PAPER ON POST-SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES
SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 13. Democracy without economic emancipation: Household relations and policy in South Africa
INTRODUCTION
THE CRISIS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCES OF PATRIARCHY
SHIFTING GENDER IDENTITIES AND ROLES: MOTHERHOOD AND FATHERHOOD
HOUSEHOLD CONFLICT: ‘REAL ZULU MEN DO NOT BEAT THEIR WIVES, GIRLFRIENDS AND SISTERS’
‘WE ARE NOT PASSIVE VICTIMS’: YOUNG WOMEN’S RESPONSES
THE SOUTH AFRICAN STATE: POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS?
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 14. Prisons, the law and overcrowding
INTRODUCTION
A FEW PRELIMINARY POINTS
PRISON LAW AND THE CONSTITUTION
CAUSES OF PRISON OVERCROWDING. Crime, policing and policy – looking back
Remand detention
PRISON OVERCROWDING – SOME CONTEXT
THE EFFECTS OF PRISON OVERCROWDING
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAW REDUX
REMEDIAL MEASURES
PART 4. SOUTH AFRICA AT LARGE. INTRODUCTION. South Africa at large
CHAPTER 15. South Africa in Africa: Groping for leadership and muddling through
INTRODUCTION
SOUTH AFRICA’S AFRICA POLICY UNDER MBEKI
ZUMA’S POLICY TOWARDS AFRICA
THE BATTLE OF BANGUI AND BEYOND
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 16. South Africa and Israel: From alliance to enstrangement
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
THE POST-1994 TRANSITION
INTERVENTIONS
INTRA-COMMUNITY RELATIONS
THE APARTHEID ANALOGY
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 17. South Africa’s economic ties with north-east Asia
INTRODUCTION
SOUTH AFRICA, CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA: RELATIONS IN CONTEXT
NORTH-EAST ASIA’S ECONOMIC FOOTPRINT IN AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA’S TRADE WITH NORTH-EAST ASIA: PATTERNS AND STRATEGIC DYNAMICS
EMERGENT DIMENSIONS IN ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 18. Regional parastatals within South Africa’s system of accumulation1
WHAT ARE THE GEOGRAPHIES OF THE GBM COMPLEX?
THE REGIONAL ‘SPATIAL FIX’ OF SOUTH AFRICA’S GBM COMPLEX
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA’S GBM COMPLEX AND THE ROLE OF REGIONALLY-ORIENTATED PARASTATALS
FULL ENGAGEMENT OF THE GBM COMPLEX
TRANSITION FROM THE ‘OLD’ TO THE ‘NEW ORDER’ POST-APARTHEID GBM COMPLEX: A LACK OF STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR PARASTATALS?
CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 19. The leadership challenge in Southern Africa
INTRODUCTION
UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICA IN SADC: POWER, OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
TOWARDS THE SADC FTA: THE NEED FOR HEGEMONIC LEADERSHIP?
TRADE IN SUGAR
TRADE IN WHEAT AND WHEAT PRODUCTS
TEXTILES: THE RULES OF ORIGIN
REVENUE IMPLICATIONS AS A CHALLENGE FOR REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALISATION
THE SADC EXPERIENCE: A ROLE FOR A REGIONAL HEGEMON?
CONCLUSION
Contributors
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