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Author : Martin Adelmann
Release : 2005
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Book Synopsis Rezension: William Mervin Gumede 2005: Thabo Mbeki and the battle for the soul of the ANC. by : Martin Adelmann
Download or read book Rezension: William Mervin Gumede 2005: Thabo Mbeki and the battle for the soul of the ANC. written by Martin Adelmann. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Mervin Gumede
Release : 2013-02-07
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC by : William Mervin Gumede
Download or read book Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC written by William Mervin Gumede. This book was released on 2013-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a spokesman for a country, a continent and the developing world, Thabo Mbeki played a crucial role in world politics, but to many people he remained an enigma throughout his presidency. Is this simply because he was a secretive man, or were there complicated political factors at play? Who was the real Mbeki? In this book, multiple-award-winning journalist William Mervin Gumede chronicles Mbeki’s spectacular rise to dominate Africa’s oldest liberation movement. He explores the complex position that Mbeki occupied – following in Nelson Mandela’s footsteps, holding together an alliance with deep ideological differences, and ruling an intensely divided country. Revealing the political and personal tensions behind the scenes, Gumede explains how Mbeki sought to mould the ANC into his image through tight control, and exposes the intrigues behind the battle for succession. Covering Mbeki’s attempts to modernise the economy and kick-start an African Renaissance, and investigating his controversial stance on issues from AIDS to Zimbabwe, the book offers invaluable insights into the arcane machinations behind political decisions that touch the lives of millions every day.
Author : M. Muiu
Release : 2008-12-08
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 271/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa by : M. Muiu
Download or read book The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa written by M. Muiu. This book was released on 2008-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the military and security sectors under the control of the white minority, while increasing wide socioeconomic disparities between rich and poor.
Author : Ebrahim Harvey
Release : 2012
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Kgalema Motlanthe by : Ebrahim Harvey
Download or read book Kgalema Motlanthe written by Ebrahim Harvey. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a superb account of a man characterized by his reticence, this biography offers rare and thorough insight into the life of one of South Africa’s most powerful men: Kgalema Motlanthe. From Motlanthe’s ancestral family to his political awakenings as he discovered the African National Congress, this account traces Motlanthe’s political path to becoming the third president of the Republic of South Africa. With impeccable timing and a real sense of history, this book contains wide-ranging interviews with Motlanthe himself as well as with family members, friends, comrades, and leading figures in political organizations, civil society, academia, and the media. Unsparing in its scope, detailed in its revelations, and rigorously critical in its analysis, this biography reveals not only the complex politician but also the very human nature of the man.
Author : Terry Crawford-Browne
Release : 2011-05-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Eye on the Money by : Terry Crawford-Browne
Download or read book Eye on the Money written by Terry Crawford-Browne. This book was released on 2011-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The clerk of the court called all rise as judge Blignaut swept in dressed in his black gown. He sat down, and moments later we rose again as he swept out, having pronounced the verdict. 'The clerk handed [my lawyer] a copy of the judgment. I received my own copy by e-mail that afternoon. [My lawyer] commented that it was being awarded against me in an issue brought in the public interest.' The issue was the South African arms deal scandal. The costs were almost a million rand. The plaintiff was Terry Crawford-Browne. As the scandal around the arms deal gathered force during the late 1990s, Crawford-Browne launched a campaign against an armaments acquisition programme that has locked South Africa into twenty years of debt repayment. With no discernible foreign enemy, he asked, why did we need such sophisticated weaponry: The answer was simple: in any arms deal the commisions are huge. With considerable courage, the man who acted for Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the banking sanctions campaign of the 1980s has taken on the post-apartheid government for its betrayal of the struggle against apartheid. In a poignant, telling account he describes the ANC's slide from moral high ground of the sanctions campaign to the corrupted lowlands where weapons of war are traded.
