Voices of Protest Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa

by Ballard, Richard; Habib, Adam; Valodia, Imraan

• ISBN13: 9781869140892
• ISBN10: 1869140893
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-06-01
• Publisher: University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press

Summary

The socio-economic transformation of South Africa is necessary for the consolidation of its democracy. This can be fully realized only when poor people's voices are heard in the corridors of power. Voices of Protest documents the first post-apartheid initiatives of poor people to mobilize and organize themselves. The book analyzes social struggles and movements in a variety of arenas. It illuminates poor people's demands, leadership, organizational structure, and most importantly, their politics. The book also assesses the collective effect of South Africa's social movements on the country's democracy and its socio-economic system.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
List of Abbreviations	p. xvii
Introduction: From Anti-Apartheid to Post-Apartheid Social Movements	p. 1
Seeking the High Ground: The Treatment Action Campaign and the Politics of Morality	p. 23
Dynamics of a `Mini-Mass Movement': Origins, Identity and Ideological Pluralism in the Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee	p. 45
Upstarts or Bearers of Tradition? The Anti-Privatisation Forum of Gauteng	p. 67
The Concerned Citizens Forum: A Fight Within a Fight	p. 89
Building Unity in Diversity: Social Movement Activism in the Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign	p. 111
The Landless People's Movement and the Failure of Post-Apartheid Land Reform	p. 133
The Homeless People's Alliance: Purposive Creation and Ambiguated Realities	p. 155
Elusive Boundaries: SANCO, the ANC and the Post-Apartheid South African State	p. 179
Connecting the Red, Brown and Green: The Environmental Justice Movement in South Africa	p. 203
Reconstructing a Social Movement in an Era of Globalisation: A Case Study of COSATU	p. 225
Collective Action in the Informal Economy: The Case of the Self-Employed Women's Union, 1994-2004	p. 255
From Economic Debt to Moral Debt: The Campaigns of Jubilee South Africa	p. 279
In the Absence of Citizenship: Congolese Refugee Struggle and Organisation in South Africa	p. 301
The Problem of Identities: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Social Movement in South Africa	p. 325
The Challenges of Inclusion and Transformation: The Women's Movement in Democratic South Africa	p. 349
The Cape of Good Dope? A Post-Apartheid Story of Gangs and Vigilantes	p. 371
Conclusion: Making Sense of Post-Apartheid South Africa's Voices of Protest	p. 397
Contributors	p. 419
Index	p. 425
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