Carefully analyzing the changes that characterize workers' political orientations, this study considers the results of a survey of the political attitudes of members of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) undertaken prior to South Africa's third democratic general election in 2004. Key issues--such as internal union and parliamentary democracy, black empowerment, and the marginalization of women within the trade union movement--are discussed in relation to the working-class politics and the democratic transformation of South Africa. The findings of two previous surveys,...
Carefully analyzing the changes that characterize workers' political orientations, this study considers the results of a survey of the political attit...
From the outcome of the 2006 local elections and the state of public hospitals to environmental issues and concerns about tourism, leading South African intellectuals explore a variety of issues central to the country's development in this annual collection of essays. Insightful discussions of contemporary South Africa also address key topics such as violence against women, prison reform, the vast Zimbabwean exile community, and the role of the post-apartheid church.
From the outcome of the 2006 local elections and the state of public hospitals to environmental issues and concerns about tourism, leading South Afric...