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Abstract / Summary

The 2017 publication of Betrayal of the Promise, the report that detailed the systematic nature of state capture, marked a key moment in South Africa's most recent struggle for democracy. In the face of growing evidence of corruption and of the weakening of state and democratic institutions, it provided a powerful analysis of events that helped galvanise resistance within the Tripartite Alliance and across civil society. Working often secretly, the authors consolidated large amounts of evidence from a variety of sources. They showed that the Jacob Zuma administration was not simply a criminal network but part of an audacious political project to break the hold of white business on the economy and to create a new class of black industrialists. State-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as Eskom and Transnet were central to these plans. Shadow State is an updated version of the original, explosive report that changed South Africa's recent history. It introduces a whole new language to discuss state capture, showing how SOEs were repurposed, how political power was shifting away from constitutional bodies to kitchen cabinets, and how a 'shadow state' at odds with the country's constitutional framework was being built.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Author

Mark Swilling, 1960-, Ivor Chipkin, fl. 2018, Ferial Haffajee, 1967-, Mcebisi Jonas, 1960-, Hannah Friedenstein, fl. 2018, Mzukisi Qobo, fl. 2018, Camaren Peter, fl. 2018, Lumkile Mondi, fl. 2018, Nicky Prins, fl. 2018, Sikhulekile Duma, fl. 2018, Mbongiseni Buthelezi, fl. 2018, Haroon Bhorat, fl. 2018

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2018 University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Content Type

General reference book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2018

Page Count

196

Publication Year

2021

Publisher

Wits University Press

Place Published / Released

Johannesburg, Gauteng

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Human Rights and Public Health, Transitional Justice, Sustainability, General Context: Security Issues, Economic discrimination, Transitional justice, Democracy, Political corruption, Affirmative action, Politics & Policy, Economics, Derechos Humanos y Sanidad Pública, Direitos Humanos e Saúde Pública, Justicia Transicional, Justiça Transicional, Sudáfrica, África do Sul, African National Congress, Eskom, Transnet, Tripartite Alliance, Jacob Zuma, 1942-, Rajesh Gupta, fl. 2018, Atal Gupta, 1968-, Ajay Gupta, 1966-, Thabo Mbeki, 1942-, South Africa, Security and the Environment, South Africans, 21st Century in World History (2001– ), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Derechos Humanos y Sanidad Pública, Direitos Humanos e Saúde Pública, Justicia Transicional, Justiça Transicional, Sudáfrica, África do Sul