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Fragile stability : Post-Apartheid South Africa

29 Aug 2007

In evaluating the achievements of the RDP in improving service delivery to the underprivileged, eradicat- ing poverty and enhancing the living conditions of the poor, government officials point to outstanding achievements in a number of social indicators. [...] However, his supporters, particularly those in the SACP, COSATU and the ANC Youth League, insisted that the rape claim and the pending corruption charges were political-motivated to prevent him from becoming the next president of South Africa, and that this was due to his left-ward political leanings, which are not shared by the ANC government. [...] On the issue of the government's commitment to free-market economic princi- ples and its preoccupation with serving the needs of big business at the expense of the predominantly poor population, Mbeki indicated that it had not been possible to solve the country's problems during the 13 years of the multi-party, multi-racial democracy. [...] The political wrangling taking place in the public policy arena, recurring riots across the country in recent months, and the largest public service strike in the country's history, organized by COSATU over the span of four weeks during June 2007, bear testimony to the growing rift between the members of the alliance. [...] Due to the disease's substantial economic and human repercussions, the dramatic rise in infections over the past decade has allowed it to become the most significant 'development' of the country's post-Apartheid period.
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Authors

Besada, Hany

Pages
51
Published in
Canada

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