After winning South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994, the African National Congress did not follow a populist policy of nationalizing mines and banks, increasing taxation and spending heavily on the poor. Instead, it followed a more restrained economic policy, which was in many ways an extension of the reforms tentatively initiated by the previous government. After nearly a decade, the country's economic performance has not yet lived up to the expectations raised in this process. It is not only an ...
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After winning South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994, the African National Congress did not follow a populist policy of nationalizing mines and banks, increasing taxation and spending heavily on the poor. Instead, it followed a more restrained economic policy, which was in many ways an extension of the reforms tentatively initiated by the previous government. After nearly a decade, the country's economic performance has not yet lived up to the expectations raised in this process. It is not only an underperforming economy, but concerns about resulting lack of progress in the social sphere are being expressed. Is South Africa's economic performance that bad, or do the initiated reforms promise greater success in the future? In this book, Bruggemans examines the structural dimensions of South Africa's economy, showing that a great deal of reform has already been achieved that can be expected to bear fruit in the furture. He argues that the next growth phase should outperform any other period in our modern epoch, measured in per capita growth, the general upliftment of the broader population and its general sense of well-being. The impact of this should put South Africa back on the road to strong economic performance, which will ultimately underpin the social changes that are required for the political viability of its society. Cees Bruggemans is an economist, First National Bank, South Africa.
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Witwatersrand University Press Publications
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2003
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New. Commissioning the Past provides a multifaceted evaluation of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It is concerned with national politics, but also takes into account the specific, local implications of the TRCs hearings and findings, as well as the uncensored voices of some of the survivors of human rights abuses, in whose name the whole exercise was undertaken. The views of three groups with different perspectives are aired: academic scholars; commissioners and researchers who worked with the TRC; and people who told the Commission, stories of victimization on behalf of themselves or a family member. The emerging dialogue between 'outsiders' and 'insiders', and between national, local and individual experiences, are a distinguishing feature of the book.
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