Is South Africa on a long-term decline?


The New South African Review revives the tradition of critical, analytical scholarship developed by the South African Review in the 1970s and 1980s. Accessible to a wide readership and drawing upon authors from well beyond academia, its objective is to be informative, discursive and, at times, downright provocative. It seeks to provide contemporary comment and engage with current controversies. The first volume in the series, 2010: Development or Decline? ranges widely across the implications of the international crisis for the economy, the threats to our fragile ecology of present economic strategies, through to the state of the ANC and the public service, issues around service delivery, migration, HIV-Aids, land reform, crime, the sexual behaviour of our youth, and much more. Posing the provocative question of whether South Africa is embarking upon a long-term decline, the volume simultaneously argues the potential for a society premised upon social equality, social coherence and sustainability. This collection will appeal to both national and international audiences interested in engaging with the multiple dilemmas and challenges facing contemporary South Africa

Doreen Atkinson is Professor of Development Studies, University of the Free State.

INTRODUCTION South Africa 2010: From short-term success to long-term decline? Roger Southall INTRODUCTION to PART 1 South Africa and the eco-logic of the global capitalist crisis Devan Pillay CHAPTER 1: The state of the South African economy Seeraj Mohamed CHAPTER 2: The international economic crisis and employment in South Africa Neva Makgetla CHAPTER 3: The economic impact of South Africa's 2010 World Cup: Ex ante ambitions and possible ex post realities Scarlett Cornelissen CHAPTER 4: Growth, resource use and decoupling: Towards a 'green new deal' for South Africa? Mark Swilling CHAPTER 5: Planning for sustainable living with limited water Mike Muller INTRODUCTION TO PART 2: The politics and challenges of delivery John Daniel CHAPTER 6: The African National Congress under Jacob Zuma Anthony Butler CHAPTER 7: Indigent management: A strategic response to the struggles of the poor in post-apartheid South Africa Prishani Naidoo CHAPTER 8: Fear, enervation and the systematisation of disorder: Challenges to reforming the Department of Home Affairs Colin Hoag CHAPTER 9: The mobile nation: How migration continues to shape South Africa Loren Landau, Tara Polzer and Aurelia Wa Kabwe-Segatti CHAPTER 10: South African female peacekeepers: An exploration of their experiences in the Democratic Republic of Congo Maxi Schoeman, Lizle Loots and Kammila Naidoo INTRODUCTION TO PART 3: Reform and redress in higher education, health and land Roger Southall CHAPTER 11: 'Silencing and worse ... ': The humanities and social sciences in South Africa Peter Vale CHAPTER 12: Realising transformation, equity and social justice in higher education Kezia Lewins CHAPTER 13: The polarising impact of South Africa's AIDS epidemic Hein Marais CHAPTER 14: Health for all? Towards a national health service in South Africa Louis Reynolds CHAPTER 15: The Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP): A beacon of growth for rural South Africa? Sam Kariuki CHAPTER 16: Breaking down barriers: Policy gaps and new options in South African land reform Doreen Atkinson INTRODUCTION TO PART 4: Signs of social decline? Crime, prisons, child trafficking and transactional sex Prishani Naidoo CHAPTER 17: Our burden of pain: Murder and the major forms of violence in South Africa David Bruce CHAPTER 18: Waiting for Godot: Awaiting trial detainees in South Africa Jeremy Gordin CHAPTER 19: Wolves in sheep's skin: Trafficking of children in Musina, Limpopo Province Zosa de Sas Kropiwnicki CHAPTER 20: Relationships of exchange amongst South African youth in an age of conspicuous consumption Terry-Ann Selikow and Graham Gibbon