Roger Southall Livres

The book explores the post-colonial evolution of three National Liberation Movement regimes in southern Africa, focusing on their political, social, and economic transformations. It analyzes the challenges these movements faced in establishing governance and addressing the legacies of colonialism, providing insights into their impacts on regional stability and development. Through detailed case studies, the author sheds light on the complexities of nation-building and the ongoing struggles for identity and autonomy in the post-colonial context.

Key book in Whiteness Studies that engages with the different ways in which the last white minority in Africa to give way to majority rule has adjusted to the arrival of democracy

"The sixth general election since the arrival of democracy occured at a critical moment in South Africas's history. Since sweeping to a fifth electoral victory under the leadership of President Jacob Zuma in 2014, the ANC had become embroiled in one social scandal and failure of governance after another. It had allowed the state to be captured' by outside interests, corruption had flourished, the economy had plunged and the ruling party itself had become deeply divided between competing factions. When Cyril Ramaphosa, running on a reformist platform, won the race to become party leader at the ANC's national conference in December 2017, the stage was set for him to revive the economy and cleanse the state of corruption. Yet his narrow victory meant his internal party opponents remained sharply divided between pro and anti-Zuma factions. Ramaphosas road to reform was thus strewn with numerous obstacles."--Back cover.

Raises significant general questions relating to the nature of global competition between the US and China; the centrality of the struggle for oil and minerals and resulting militarisation; the international battle to capture Africa's markets; and, the marginalisation of African capitalism.

The re-emergence of black trade unions in the 1970s was assisted by a shift of Western labour from imperialism to solidarity, a result of a relative decline of cold War tensions and the social democratic influence in the movement.

Provides the most comprehensive account since the early 1960s of South Africa's black middle class.