Contents
Editorial Essay
’Democracy of a Special Type’?
Persistent world-class inequality
By Gregory Ruiters
Looking back on the past
Nostalgia as a weapon …
… and also a way to bring back the dream
By Ari Sitas
SA’s economy’s decline
Persistent and obscene inequality
A post-apartheid policy choice
By Seeraj Mohamed
Private sector economic crime
Corporate corruption of South African politics and economics
‘Accumulation by dispossession’ as a structural process, beyond ‘state capture’
By Patrick Bond
From UDF to ANC
The de-mobilisation of Action Kommandant
The United Democratic Front, popular democracy and the ANC
By Robert Van Niekerk
Feminisation of labour
Unemployment, poverty and inequality in SA
as seen through a feminist political-economy lens
By Sbusisiwe Sibeko
News from the continent
Dateline Africa
Looking back on the past 30 years in ten countries beyond SA
Social welfare
The idea of a ‘social protection floor’ for South Africa
Developing an approach for social justice and inclusion
Edited by New Agenda from the work of Viviene Taylor
Reflecting on 30 years
As we celebrate, we indict
A personal reflection on thirty years of democracy by a rank-and-file activist
By Shepi Mati
The good and the bad
South Africa after 30 years
Still a nation of two economies
By Roland Ngam
30 years of a ‘People’s Parliament’
Looking to the past to shape Parliament’s future
Yunus Carrim says hamba kahle, after 30 years in the House
By Moira Levy
Citizen voices
What does it mean to be ‘progressive’ in South Africa today?
Viewpoints from civil society
By the New Agenda team
Books
Laughter in the Dark:
Egypt to the Tune of Change
Yasmine El Rashidi An extract
Statues and Storms:
Leading through Change
Review by Linda Chisholm