New in paperback. South Africa should be the continent's greatest hope, yet it stands at a crossroads as it faces its most serious test since the end of white rule. Uncertainty over its trajectory intensified with the election of Jacob Zuma, a charismatic populist who is embroiled in a corruption scandal, as Mandela's second successor as leader of the ANC, in 2007. This controversial choice unleashed turmoil within Africa's grandest liberation movement. Might it also signal the start of an unhappy new chapter in the post-apartheid story? The collapse of neighbouring Zimbabwe is a chilling example of how a revolution-ary party can ossify in power and lose sight of its ideals. The journey from Mandela to Zuma is a political and moral epic, populated with extraordinary characters, and with the fate of South Africa at its core. 352pp, UK. WINDMILL BOOKS.

Special issue of The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 103, Number 4, Fall 2004. Contributors include Neil Lazarus, Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze, Zine Magubane, Patrick Bond and Ashwin Desai. Topics addressed include the political economy of identity politics, South African ideology, globalisation and the post apartheid state, and bitterkomix. Notes, 290pp, USA. DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

In each of these twelve non-fiction narratives, something, or someone, is at risk. Written in registers of the unexpected surprise, shock, or bewilderment, the pieces form a second wave of South African writing. They cut loose from the grand narratives of apartheid and the themes of confession and redemption born of the fledgling democracy. Contributors: Jonny Steinberg, Graeme Reid, Liz McGregor, Sarah Nuttall, Justice Malala, Deborah Posel, Jonathan Hyslop, Achille Mbembe, Makhosazana Xaba, Njabulo S Ndebele, Lara Allen, Fred Khumalo and Tom Odhiambo. 248pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JONATHAN BALL.

Brings together interviews with Moses Mayekiso, Mark Swilling, Karl Von Holdt, Devan Pillay, Jeremy Cronin, Colin Bundy and Neville Alexander, together they present a snapshot of socialist debate on the future of the nation. 192pp, UK, BOOKMARKS.

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Reviews the achievements of, and obstacles to, nation building in South Africa, putting current debates in a comparative political and theoretical context. Notes, refs, figs. 366pp, SOUTH AFRICA. DAVID PHILIP.

A history of South Africa's transition to majority rule. The author looks in particular at the ways in which Mandela and Mbeki have responded to the unique set of problems which face the country and the attempts to knit the varied people of the country together to form a sense of national identity. Index, notes, b/w illus, maps, 370pp, SOUTH AFRICA, JONATHAN BALL.

Adds to an expanding literature tracing the rise of new social movements in post-apartheid South Africa. Initially celebratory of the transition in the country, this volume marks a significant departure to a radical critique of the ANC's neoliberal agenda. It attempts to demonstrate the political and social uncertainty in post-apartheid South Africa. Contents: BIRTH OF THE OGONI PROTEST MOVEMENT (Sanya Osha); THE NATIONAL LAND COMMITTEE, 1994-2004: A CRITICAL INSIDER'S PERSPECTIVE (Andile Mngxitama); INTERNATIONAL AGRARIAN RESTRUCTURING AND THE PRACTICAL ETHICS OF PEASANT MOVEMENT SOLIDARITY (Raj Patel); SUBJECTIVITY, POLITICS AND NEO-LIBERALISM IN POST-APARTHEID CAPE TOWN (Peter van Heusden & Rebecca Pointer); SEEKING TRADE UNION AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATION LINKAGES IN THE CAPE TOWN METROPOLITAN AREA (Mthetho Xali); CHANGING DISCOURSES AND MEANINGS OF REDRESS IN SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION, 1994-2001 (Teresa Barnes); CONTESTING THE 'NEW CAPITALISM' (Gregory Albo). 255pp, SOUTH AFRICA . CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY.

There is a surprising resurgence of traditional authority, custom and culture in post-apartheid South Africa, as part of a conscious African renaissance. Yet customary law studies highlight the artificial origins of these 'traditional' institutions. This book poses three questions: what is the relation between the changing legal and socio-political position of traditional authority and customary law in the new South Africa, why are they changing in this way, and, what does this teach us about the interrelation between laws, politics and culture in the post-modern world? Index, bib, b/w photos, 272pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

The distribution of incomes in South Africa in 2004, ten years after the transition to democracy, was probably more unequal than it had been under apartheid. In this book, Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass explain why this is so, offering a detailed and comprehensive analysis of inequality in South Africa from the mid-twentieth century to the early twenty-first century. They show that the basis of inequality shifted in the last decades of the twentieth century from race to class. Formal deracialisation of public policy did not reduce the actual disadvantages experienced by the poor nor the advantages of the rich. The fundamental continuity in patterns of advantage and disadvantage resulted from underlying continuities in public policy, or what Seekings and Nattrass call the 'distributional regime'. The post-apartheid distributional regime continues to divide South Africans into insiders and outsiders: the insiders, now increasingly multi-racial, enjoy good access to well-paid, skilled jobs; the outsiders lack skills and employment. 432pp, USA. YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

An overview of the mushrooming movements for a new humanism rising in the wake of the Second Liberation of Africa. The central problem for these groups, as articulated by Steven Biko, is that of investigating how the challenge to hegemony can be linked to a quest for a 'true humanity'. Collected essays explore how new movements may not only challenge neo-liberal capitalist globalisation but articulate viable alternatives that may raise the question of what it means to be human in the changing world. BNS, 298pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A wide-ranging introduction to the social, political, cultural and economic life of South Africa. Updated throughout, the new edition considers the particular challenges of the early 21st century: unemployment, education, crime, a maturing HIV/AIDS epidemic and South Africa's complex international relations within sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. 224pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

The book sets out to measure how much progress has been made in South Africa's democracy-building project. Includes contributions from leading commentators Tseliso Thipanyane, Adam Habib, Peter Vale, Pregs Govender, Glenda Fick, Xolela Mangcu, Christina Murray and Judith February. 252pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Examines at the mass forces that swept Jacob Zuma to power in 2009 and put an end to the élite politics of the Thabo Mbeki era. Trenchant and provocative as always, Xolela Mangcu looks at the new configuration of power in South Africa, and in the process illuminates such topics as the new black élite, the role of Julius Malema, the cartoons of Zapiro and the fortunes of COPE. 224pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Updated edition. A detailed analysis of the compromises that have been made, and continue to be made, between the past and present powers in post-apartheid South Africa. Includes a new and lengthy Afterword critiques elitist politics and neoliberal economics and accounts for the upsurge in popular protests against the government since 2000. Notes, index, viii, 384pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

After a decade of democracy, the widening of the wealth-poverty divide, primarily along racial lines, threatens the stability and sustainability of South Africa's democracy. However, Advocate Neville Melville proposes that if even a million South Africans join together to work towards improving the lot of their fellow citizens, there is every likelihood of the occurrence of a second miracle of a greater magnitude than South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy. Bib, gloss, 130pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AARDVARK PRESS.

This is the first volume produced by the Centre and Analysis Skills Strengthening Progamme (RASSP) These reports have emerged as the final product of a three-year project that the Centre began in 2002. This collection discusses the landscape of post-apartheid South Africa with stories that come from the profound depths of poverty. An eye-opener to the realities of what life is really like for the most marginalized and most vulnerable people in Souh Africa. 203pp, SOUTH AFRICA. CENTRE FOR CIVIL SOCIETY.

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This analytical overview examines the changing trajectory of ANC policies from 1994 onwards and considers the impact of international pressure pressing for macro-economic stabilization. 280pp, SOUTH AFRICA. INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN ALTERNATIVES.

New in paperback. Critics of liberalism in Europe and North America argue that a stress on 'rights talk' and identity politics has led to fragmentation, individualisation and depoliticisation. But are these developments really signs of 'the end of politics'? In the post-colonial, post-apartheid, neo-liberal new South Africa poor and marginalised citizens continue to struggle for land, housing and health care. They must respond to uncertainty and radical contingencies on a daily basis. This requires multiple strategies, an engaged, practised citizenship, one that links the daily struggle to well organised mobilisation around claiming rights. This book argues for the continued importance of NGOs, social movements and other 'civil society' actors in creating new forms of citizenship and democracy. 208pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Illustrated large-format celebration of South Africa's multifarious scientific and technological research endeavours. 165pp, SOUTH AFRICA. REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

Since 1994, the South African state has been under constant pressure to transform the inherited institutional architecture of the apartheid structure. This transformation has taken place simultaneously with the expansion of the social and economic safety net to include the poor and disadvantaged, resulting in the redefinition of the purpose, role, and nature of operation of the new state. This text looks at the present architecture and performance of the South African state and assesses its institutional capacity to deliver on its mandates; it argues that without capacity, the state cannot govern. While providing an in-depth analysis of the political stability of South Africa and addressing the unique situation and composition of its society, this book answers the crucial questions What is the state supposed to achieve? How will it get there? and Where is it now? 288pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Considers the consequences of the coincidence of two revolutions in South Africa at the end of the Cold War. One was the completion of decolonization in Africa, with the advent of African majority rule and democracy in South Africa in 1994. The other was the emergence of the global mode of production as the pre-eminent form of organization in world political economy, that was to force revisions of prior assumptions about development strategies, international diplomacy, nation-building, class struggle and gender relations in all parts of the world. Argues that the social forces, forms of consciousness and structural constraints that undermined Apartheid, preserved national unity and yet, later constrained democratic sovereignty, as the imperatives of global markets clashed with the prior aspirations of the democratic revolution. Index, bib, notes, 236pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Develops an embedded conflict theory to outline a new theoretical approach to understanding social conflict, arguing that public debates over policy issues like affirmative action are at a stasis because the debating parties are not directly contesting the real sources of social conflict. Divergences between interest groups in both societies are intimately linked to the racialized histories and legacies of these population. BNS, 256pp, UK. ROUTLEDGE.

In 2007, Minister Ronnie Kasrils, the highest-ranking Jew in South Africa's post-apartheid government, launched a campaign against Israeli policy in the occupied territories. In so doing, he ignited a public debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that challenged the identity of South African Jews in the new South Africa. Kasrils offered Jews a choice - oppose Israel and Zionism, and be welcomed into the post-apartheid order, or else remain stuck in the apartheid past, on the fringes of South Africa's changing society, ostracised by the African National Congress (ANC) government. Kasrils' 'declaration of conscience' marked the first time in recent world history that a prominent Jewish politician outside Israel had attacked the Israeli government and its policies so vehemently - and done so, publicly and self-consciously, as a Jew. Though Kasrils failed to win Jewish support, he succeeded in pulling the community into the orbit of the ANC. This book offers a contemporary analysis, based largely on published commentary and interviews conducted with the members and staff of the Jewish Board of Deputies. 208pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN PRESS.

Examines facets of the South African transition: the distrust between the country's peoples, incomplete reconciliation and violent crime; the failure of schools and the government's skills programmes to educate South Africans; globalisation and how South Africa is failing to fill its place in Africa and the world the costs of BEE and transformation in the private sector and in government; problems of leadership. Index, notes, 341pp, SOUTH AFRICA . TAFELBERG.

The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation conducts a yearly representative national public opinion survey called the South African Reconciliation Barometer, and the results this year constitute a stark warning. Confidence in leaders, and above all in representative institutions, has dropped sharply. In addition, approval of the governments performance has dropped by over 20 per cent from the 2006 year on issues such as transparency and accountability; correct appointments; affirmative action; crime; narrowing the income gap and fighting corruption. Tables, charts, col photos, 94pp, SOUTH AFRICA . INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE AND RECONCILIATION.

New in paperback. First published in South Africa under the title THABO MBEKI: The Dream Deferred (Jonathan Ball, 2007), this is a nuanced portrait of the black experience under apartheid and sheds light on the future of the nation under a new regime. It is a gripping social history of South Africa's past and future. Index, bib, notes, b/w & col photos, 400pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

The post-apartheid public sphere in South Africa has been characterised by race tensions and distrust. Socio-economic inequalities and structural unemployment are contributing to wide-spread crises. In addressing the conceptual and empirical questions relating to the transition to democracy, the contributors to this volume take the questions of culture and identity seriously, drawing attention to the creative agency of citizens of the 'new' South Africa. They raise important questions concerning the limits of citizenship and procedural democracy. Index, 246pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Fifth edition of this best-selling guide for navigating the corridors of power. It offers an entertaining, under-the-skin look at the movers and shakers of the 21st century in South Africa as well as the people to watch as they climb to the top of the ladder. This essential read includes: 120 profiles politicians, judges, activists, religious leaders, academics; analysis of the issues confronting them, from the rise of new media to the challenges of the 2010 World Cup; a guide to all the major political parties: what they stand for, where they come from and where they are going; a look at the provinces: where they're winning and where they're falling short. 256pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Tells the story of the 'native question' in South Africa as it has related to white politics for over a century. The 'author' is the collective name of The Native Book Club, consisting of leading members of the ANC. Refs, 211pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SKOTAVILLE.

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Provides a guide to the key words and key concepts that have come to shape public and political thought and debate in South Africa since 1994. 374pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to argue that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socio-economic disparities between rich and poor. 256pp, UK. PALGRAVE.

Essays aimed at contributing to the establishment of a democratic political culture in South Africa by Annie Chikwanha, Kristina Bentley, Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, Raymond Suttner, Ashwin Desai, Anthony Egan, Philip Armstrong and Hennie van Vuuren. Bib, tables, 151pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG.

A study of the new patterns of politics and power relations which have emerged in South Africa under the Mandela and Mbeki administrations. Index, bib, notes, vi, 314pp, UK. JAMES CURREY.

A new account and analysis of South African politics. Looks at power, culture and resistance in the modern world. Index, bib, notes, b/w photos, maps, 297pp, UK. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Explores some of the key features of popular politics and resistance before and after 1994. It explores continuities and changes in the forms of struggle and ideologies involved, as well as the significance of post-apartheid grassroots politics. Is this a new form of politics or does it stand as a direct descendent of the insurrectionary impulses of the late apartheid era? The scale of popular protest in the 2000s does not rival that of the 1970s and 1980s, but posing questions about continuity and change before and after 1994, as some of these papers do, in itself raises key issues concerning the nature of power and poverty in the country. Contributors suggest that expressions of popular politics are deeply set within South African political culture and still have the capacity to influence political outcomes. 360pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

Written by scholars, practising lawyers, members of the judiciary and the Human Rights Commission, and political leaders, these essays offer a range of perspectives on the development of South Africa's interim and final Constitutions. Index, 606pp, USA. OHIO U P.

This book offers differing but critical evaluations of the responsibility of the progressive intellectual in a new democracy. During the struggle against apartheid intellectuals have spoken out and more often then not influenced the trajectory of events. But it appears that today's intellectuals are paralysed by fear of raising the ire of authority, as Gumede and Dikeni argue in their introduction, "the progressive intellectual appears by many accounts to have lost his or her voice; their silence is deafening." 272pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Looking at the new realities of post apartheid South Africa, from racial identity to truth commissions and architecture to film and television, the author discusses how the country has constructed its principles of reconciliation and return and how its historical emergence has meant a rethinking, reimagining, re-experiencing, relabeling and repoliticising of race. Index, notes, b/w illus, xxvii, 227pp, USA. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS.

As apartheid ended, why did the South African academy shift from critique to subservience? Why have common-sense explanations of the social world of South Africans replaced searching questions? Why are conversations on social issues in South Africa controlled by technology, management and, until their recent collapse, the idea of markets? Why has serious thought in the new South Africa become an indecent activity? These, and other, questions are at the heart of this book which brings social theory to bear on social practice to disrupt received conceptions and representations of the social in the post-apartheid South Africa. 300pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

On 7 April 1997, Sifiso Nkabinde, the regional leader of the ANC in Richmond, was expelled from the ANC for being a police spy. A self-proclaimed warlord during the conflict in the area in the early 1990s, Nkabinde is believed to be responsible for starting up a small-scale civil war in Richmond following his expulsion, which left over 100 people dead. This account of the events in Richmond during this period is told by Richmond's mayor at the time, Andrew Ragavaloo, a committed member of the ANC whose life was under constant threat by Nkabinde's henchmen. Col photos, 292pp, SOUTH AFRICA. STE PUBLISHERS.

Polemic arguing for the end of the ANC's government of South Africa. Index, 143pp, SOUTH AFRICA. PRAAG.

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Discussion paper 25. This study considers the context of global apartheid looking at international stagnation, uneven development and African marginalisation. The author evaluates the South African setting as a telling site of worsening inequality and discusses the country's proposed global reforms. Tables, figs, notes, 45pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE.

second in the series that aims to monitor the evolving dynamics of South African social values in relation to broader societal developments. It is based primarily on the findings of the 2004 and 2005 rounds of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), which involved interviewing a nationally representa-tive sample of more than 5000 individuals aged 16 years and older. Like the previous edition, this volume is structured according to three thematic sections. The first section on race, class and politics examines the public's views on issues such as national priorities, racial transformation policy, local government, and includes an in-depth examination of youth attitudes. The second section addresses perceptions about poverty, inequality and service delivery. The final section on societal values focuses on attitudes in relation to religion, the environment, family, employment, and the fear of crime. 512pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

Building on his acclaimed book Limits to Change, Marais examines South Africa's most pressing issues from the real reasons behind President Jacob Zuma's rise and the purging of his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, and how the African National Congress replenishes its power, to a devastating critique of the country's continuing AIDS crisis, its economic path and its approach to the rights and entitlements of citizens. South Africa Pushed to the Limit presents a riveting, benchmark analysis of the incomplete journey beyond apartheid. 544pp, UK. ZED BOOKS.

New in paperback. Argues that the profound damage of apartheid meant there was not an adequate educated black middle class to run the new state and apartheid had done great psychological harm too, issues that no amount of goodwill could wish away. Equally damaging were the new leaders, many of whom had lived in exile or in prison for much of their adult lives and who tried to impose decrepit, Eastern Bloc political ideas on a world that had long moved on. This disastrous combination has had a terrible impact it poisoned everything from big business to education to energy utilities to AIDS policy to relations with Zimbabwe. At the heart of the book lies the ruinous figure of Thabo Mbeki, whose over-reaching ambitions led to catastrophic failure on almost every front. B/w photos, 710pp, UK. PENGUIN.

'A rap on the knuckles of the prophets of doom with facts and arguments...The author provides arguments to strengthen the optimism of those who are hopeful and positive about the New South Africa.' Reading list. 113pp. SOUTH AFRICA. IDASA.

Contains contributions from 77 authors, among them Johnny Clegg, Wendy Luhabe, Nick Mallet, Thabo Mbeki, Doc Khumalo, F.W. de Klerk, Patricia de Lille, Vince van der Bijl and Ferial Haffajee envisaging South African futures. Covers the broadest possible spectrum of issues in the process of reconstruction and development. These include: politics, the economy, social development, health, the media, sport, tourism, crime and international relations. Colour photographs and tables throughout. 363pp, SOUTH AFRICA. THE GOOD NEWS PTY LTD.

A history of South Africa which looks at the social, political and economic changes which have taken place since 1994. Themes include capital and labour, the impact of globalisation, foreign policy, the state of the universities, and pan-Africanism. Notes, refs, figs, tables, 503pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AFRICA INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA.

A compilation of articles which originally appeared across a range of South African publications. Seepe is associate political editor of the Weekly Mail and Guardian. His writing critically analyses South African politics and government, 1999 2004. Some reader responses included, enhancing impressions of political debates of the period. Accompanied by Zapiro cartoons. Co published with Vista University. 283pp, SOUTH AFRICA. SKOTAVILLE PUBLISHERS.

Fifth volume in the annual series published by the HSRC Press. Features a range of contempo-rary viewpoints drawn from the ranks of academics, political analysts, civil society and the research community. Issues featured in this edition include: Black consciousness in contemporary South African politics; Modernizing the African National Congress; The developmental state in South Africa; Globalisation and transformation of the South African Merchant Navy; Landlords, tenants and social power in the backyards of a South African city; and, The state of military relations between South Africa and Zimbabwe and South Africa in the UN Security Council. Index, 380pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL.

Argues that the structural legacies of the apartheid state embedded in systems of government have a continuing influence on the success of the new democratic government in South Africa. By focusing in particular on issues such as affirmative action, patronage and corruption, it examines the nature of political and bureaucratic institutions in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. He concludes that there is much to be learnt about the current state of the state from past practices. 416pp, SOUTH AFRICA. WITWATERSRAND UNIVERSITY PRESS.

A collection that attempts to take the social, political and economic pulse of contemporary South Africa and the wider continent. Contents: Mondli Makhanya - Pulse of The People: Is our miracle rainbow nation turning out to be just another country?; R.J. van Spaandonk - Business in Africa: Is Africa the last business frontier?; Irwin Manoim - Future of Publishing: Are we witnessing the slow death of print media?; Damon Stapleton - Advertising/PR: Is PR the new advertising?; Italia Bonninelli - Human Resources: Is the lack of institutional memory becoming problematic for South African business?; Mike Stopforth - Social Media: Are social networks changing the world?; Paul Verryn - Moral Compass: Where is South Africa's moral compass pointing?; Marlene Wasserman - Sexual Identity: How do you define sexual identity in the 21st century?; Gary Bailey - Beyond 2010: What will the world cup really mean for South Africa once it is over?; Randall Abrahams - Popular Culture: What's entertaining when we all have ADD?; Prof Jonathan Jansen - Youth Report: Is our born-free generation free of racism? 272pp, SOUTH AFRICA. MACMILLAN SOUTH AFRICA.

A consideration of the dynamics of international political economy and geopolitics in South Africa, reviewing Thabo Mbeki's relationship with the United States and his policies on AIDS, trade, debt relief, NEPAD, development, and globalisation. Illustrated with cartoons by Zapiro. Index, refs, notes, 266pp, SOUTH AFRICA. University of Kwazulu-Natal Press.

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From policy controversies surrounding HIV/AIDS, Zimbabwe, corruption and the labelling of black critics as 'foot lickers' of the white man, no contentious issue escapes this analysis of the racial insider/outsider dynamic that has evolved under Thabo Mbeki's rule. Drawing on the intellectual history of the Eastern Cape as well as his own life experiences, Mangcu contrasts damaging racial exclusivity with the adaptation, renewal and tolerance that has characterised the best traditions of South Africa's liberation movements. He discusses how black and white people could build a joint culture and, finally, examines the ANC's choice of president and its implications for the future of democracy in South Africa. Index, bib, notes, 208pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

A discussion of South Africa's economic policy of `soft transformation' which has been in place since 1994. The authors look at the resulting unemployment and widening gap between rich and poor which has followed the refusal to make far reaching changes to the economy. Refs, app, tables, 271pp, GERMANY. INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

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Drawing on her experience of Black Economic Empowerment over its 15-year history, Cargill takes an uncompromising and critical view of the policy, its results and important lessons. The fact that BEE seems to have survived the global financial collapse - unlike in the Nineties after the Asian market crisis - is little cause for comfort. This title is about the most controversial and tantalising side to black economic empowerment - the transfer of corporate shareholding to black people. It takes an uncompromising view of policy, it challenges popular perceptions; it finds BEE role models and powder kegs amidst broad-based ownership; and it offers new ideas on the future of black ownership in South Africa's corporate sector. 280pp, SOUTH AFRICA. JACANA MEDIA.

Documents the first post-apartheid initiatives of poor people to mobilise and organise them-selves. It analyses social struggles and movements in a variety of arenas, illuminating their demands, leadership and membership, organisational structure, and most importantly, their politics. It also assesses the collective effect of South Africa’s social movements on the country’s democracy and its socio-economic system. Index, 437pp, SOUTH AFRICA. UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL PRESS.

The story of South Africa's political transition told through multiple viewpoints and different ways of conveying it: articles, interviews, short stories, poetry and photog-raphy. This evocative review of South Africa's recent history includes contributions by Njabulo Ndebele, Jeremy Cronin, John Matshikiza and Viviene Taylor. Also includes work by Sandile Dikeni, K. Selo Duiker, Ruth Motau and Cedric Nunn. Notes, xvi, 366pp, SOUTH AFRICA. HEINEMANN SOUTH AFRICA.

A study following the growth of community movements which have sprung up in response to the deepening material poverty of the majority of South Africans. The author links these movements with community and labour struggles in Durban and other parts of the country, culminating in the anti government protest at the time of the UN World Conference Against Racism in 2001. 153pp, USA. MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS.

Examines how people in Soweto and other parts of post-apartheid South Africa manage their fear of 'evil forces' such as witchcraft. Ashforth examines the dynamics of insecurity in the everyday life of Soweto at the turn of the twenty first century. He develops a new framework for understanding occult violence as a form of spiritual insecurity and documents new patterns of interpretation attributing agency to evil forces. Finally, he analyzes the response of post apartheid governments to issues of spiritual insecurity and suggests how these matters pose severe long term challenges to the legitimacy of the democratic state. B/w photos, bib., apps., xvi, 396pp, USA. CHICAGO U P

Well-known journalists Max du Preez and Mandy Rossouw have compiled a range of about 80 famous and infamous sayings by Julius Malema, leader of the ANC Youth League. What does he say about Zille, Zuma, women and Nandos? And what do his words reveal about the new generation of the ANC? 128pp, SOUTH AFRICA. KWELA BOOKS.