In Beyond the Miracle, a distinguished South African journalist provides a wide-ranging and unflinching account of the first nine years of democratic government in South Africa. Covering both the new regime's proud achievements and its disappointing failures, Allister Sparks looks to South Africa's future, asking whether it can overcome its history and current global trends to create a truly nonracial, multicultural, and multiparty democracy. Sparks sees South Africa as facing many of the same challenges as the rest of the world, especially a widening gap between rich and poor,...
In Beyond the Miracle, a distinguished South African journalist provides a wide-ranging and unflinching account of the first nine years of demo...