Plaut / Holden Who Rules South Africa?

Pulling the strings in the battle for power
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-86842-426-9
Verlag: Jonathan Ball
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten

In this timely work, WHO RULES SOUTH AFRICA?, highly regarded authors Paul Holden and Martin Plaut analyse the political elites that battle daily for power in South Africa. They argue that power does not reside in traditional institutions such as Parliament or even the Cabinet. Rather, power lies within the ANC-led Alliance which, with no founding document and no written constitution, is an unstructured and mutable political hydra with business and criminal elements in close attendance. It is the interaction between these forces which is the real story behind post-apartheid South Africa. In a country where poverty is rampant and institutions are weak, the battle for power is set to intensify. The authors unravel the mystery of how the rainbow nation has reached such a pass. What are the origins of the Alliance, and will it survive the current power struggles? Who are the shadowy forces that operate within or alongside the Alliance? Most importantly, they seek to answer the burning question of whether South Africa is destined to become another African tragedy, or whether there is still the promise of growth and a stable democracy.

Martin Plaut is the Africa editor, BBC World Service News and has been reporting on the continent for more than 25 years. He has published widely about the Horn of Africa and Southern Africa.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Plaut, Martin

Holden, Paul

Leseproben

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ADS	African Defence Systems

AFASA

African Farmers’ Association of South Africa

ALFA	Advanced Light Fighter Trainer

ANC	African National Congress

ANCYL

ANC Youth League

BEE	Black Economic Empowerment

Cope	Congress of the People

Cosatu

Congress of South African Trade Unions

CPSA	Communist Party of South Africa

CSVR	Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

DA	Democratic Alliance

DCN	Direction des Constructions Navales (France)

DIIGSA

Defence Industry Interest Group of South Africa

DIPCI

Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation

DIS	Department of Security and Intelligence (ANC)

DSO	Directorate of Special Operations (aka the Scorpions)

FBS	Futuristic Business Solutions

Fosatu

Federation of South African Trade Unions

GEAR	Growth, Employment and Redistribution strategy

GFC	German Frigate Consortium

GSC	German Submarine Consortium

ICU	Industrial and Commercial Workers Union

Idasa

Institute for Democracy in South Africa

IRIS	Incident Registration System

JSC	Judicial Services Commission

LDPHS

Local Democracy, Peace and Human Security

LIFT	Lead-In Fighter Trainer

LRAD	Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development programme

MDC	Movement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe)

MK	Umkhonto we Sizwe

Nail	New African Investments Limited

NAT	Department of National Intelligence and Security (ANC)

NDPP	National Director of Public Prosecutions

NDR	National Democratic Revolution

NEC	National Executive Committee (ANC)

NP	National Party

NPA	National Prosecuting Authority

NUM	National Union of Mineworkers

Numsa

National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

PAC	Pan Africanist Congress

PSC	Public Service Commission

R2K	Right2Know

RDP	Reconstruction and Development Programme

SAAF	South African Air Force

SABC	South African Broadcasting Corporation

SACP	South African Communist Party

Sactu

South African Congress of Trade Unions

SADF	South African Defence Force

Sanco

South African National Civic Organisation

SANDF

South African National Defence Force

Scopa

Standing Committee on Public Accounts

SIU	Special Investigating Unit

SOMO	State Oil Marketing Organization (Iraq)

TAC	Treatment Action Campaign

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