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South Africa - The Present as History - From Mrs Ples to Mandela and Marikana (Paperback)
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South Africa - The Present as History - From Mrs Ples to Mandela and Marikana (Paperback)
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Analyses on-going movements against inequality and injustice in
South Africa to show how these are rooted in its early history,
anti-apartheid resistance and struggles for independence. In 1994,
the first non-racial elections in South Africa brought Nelson
Mandela and his African National Congress to office; 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
highest rates of protest and dissent in the world - 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 must 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 today's post-apartheid society interpreted
andunderstood 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 recent
history from Mandela to Marikana, with increasing signs of social
unrest and class conflict. Finally, the authors reflect on the
present situation in South Africa with reference to the historical
patterns that have shaped contemporary realities and the
possibility of a 'next liberation struggle'. Shortlisted for the
2014 Tamara and Isaac Deutscher Prize John S. Saul is Professor
Emeritus at York University (Canada). Patrick Bond is Senior
Professor of Development Studies and Director of the Centre
forCivil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban).
Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland &
Botswana): Jacana
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