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Containing the Chiefs: The ANC and Traditional Leaders in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

01 Jan 2003-Canadian Journal of African Studies (Routledge)-Vol. 37, Iss: 1, pp 48-82
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the relationship between the African National Congress (ANC) and the chefs of the province of Cap Oriental in Afrikaner, a province resulting from the absorption of deux anciens homelands.
Abstract: ResumeL’African National Congress (ANC) au pouvoir en Afrique du Sud depuis 1994 a cherche a articuler une vision confortable de “gouvernance cooperative” entre l’etat et les autorites traditionnelles (chefs). Mais un tel resultat est fondamentalement improbable, parce qu’en Afrique post-coloniale la chefferie a eu a survivre aux tentatives des gouvernements nationaux, soit de la remplacer ou de la soumettre a des controles stricts. Ce scenario, ne, semblet-il, des tentatives de l’ANC de centraliser le pouvoir est examine sous l’angle particulier de la relation entre l’ANC et les chefs du Cap Oriental, province resultant de l’absorption de deux anciens “homelands” africains. Apres avoir passe en revue l’heritage historique de la chefferie de la province et la consolidation du pouvoir des chefs par le biais du systeme de “homelands,” l’analyse suggere que le gouvernement provincial de l’ANC dans la region du Cap Oriental a consciemment cherche a marginaliser les chefs politiquement, en meme temps qu’il reu...
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01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the politics of transformation and change in the education sector by examining the type of policies that have been put in place; their formulation, implementation and outcome.
Abstract: The post-apartheid government of South Africa has committed itself to achieving fundamental transformation of the education system. The government has adopted policies and measures that aimed to bring about the goals of equity and redress, and to enhance democracy and participation of all groups in development and decision making processes at all levels. It is acknowledged that the democratic government has accomplished a lot in education within this short period and has made numerous strides in enhancing equity, redress and social justice; providing high quality education for all the people of South Africa; bringing about democratisation and development; and enhancing effectiveness and efficiency. However, despite these apparent achievements, this study shows that there have been a number of setbacks and contradictions in the policies which have affected the process of bringing about fundamental changes and transformation in the education sector. The setbacks and contradictions resulted from factors which have affected the type of policies developed to transform the education sector. They also affected the formulation and implementation of the policies, thereby limiting the achievements of the goals of transformation agenda in education. Hence, this study examined the politics of transformation and change in the education sector by examining the type of policies that have been put in place; their formulation, implementation and outcome. The main research questions are: • What kind or type of policies have been put in place to transform the education

40 citations

Dissertation
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a list of ACRONYMS, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and DECLARATION OF FREE LICENCE for the first time.
Abstract: ........................................................................................................................... iii ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................ v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................................. viii DECLARATION OF FREE LICENCE .............................................................................. xiii

19 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors trace local dynamics of power and clientelism in two resettlement townships in the northern Ciskei, as the apartheid government set about establishing indirect rule under this self-governing Bantustan.
Abstract: The cynical objectives and coercive actions of the apartheid state in engineering forced removals to the Bantustans have been well documented. These ‘dumping grounds’ were notorious examples of the poverty and human suffering produced in the name of ‘separate development’. Processes of mass resettlement in the Bantustans had multiple meanings, far-reaching effects and uneven political dynamics and outcomes. This paper traces local dynamics of power and clientelism in two resettlement townships in the northern Ciskei, as the apartheid government set about establishing indirect rule under this self-governing Bantustan. It explores the role of resettlement in extending the reach and the influence of the state by tracing the history of local administration and institutions of indirect rule, their everyday operations and political effects. The relations of patronage constructed under the ‘white chiefs’ of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development (BAD), which had starkly gendered dimensions and co...

9 citations

Dissertation
09 Aug 2012
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the extent to which local government reforms empower women in local politics, given the context, constraints and contested discourses in the historical meaning of women, as well as the history of institution making in South Africa.
Abstract: The main aim of this thesis is to examine the processes and procedures for promoting local government democracy in post-apartheid South Africa. This study principally investigates the extent to which local government reforms empower women in local politics, given the context, constraints and contested discourses in the historical meaning of ?women?, as well as the history of institution making in South Africa. In order to achieve this, the study explores local government reforms processes? contribution to the nature of women?s political participation and representation in local politics. The study further explains the relationship between political parties? and that of government in the participation of women in local politics. Lastly, the study identifies ingrained factors shaping women?s participation in local politics prevalent in spite of reforms. The study has adopted an institutionalist approach and uses critical theory in order gain deeper insights about women?s participation and representation in local politics. The study adopts a qualitative research strategy, due to the fact that it favours particular instruments that are suited to explore some of the experiences and practices of the main actors involved in local politics. It triangulates both secondary and primary sources of data gathered in South Africa. In-depth interviews were conducted with 30 interviewees from two selected municipalities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, and two sampled political parties as an endeavour to obtain a diversity of viewpoints about the political reforms. Furthermore, the secondary data from government sources and political parties? sources was used. Archival research was complemented with municipal reports and policies in order to establish the relationship between national directives and local implementation on institutional development. These methodological approaches were used due to the fact that they highlight the multiplicity and diversity of political institutions that exist even at local level. The findings show that there are political spaces opened through reforms for women to participate in political processes in local government politics. The study found that there are local municipalities led by women mayors and some were under women?s political leadership from the beginning -- following the second reorganisation of local government. Nonetheless, the levels of state (national, provincial and local) and diverse interests of societal actors in local politics challenged the democratisation processes. Basically, the government has contradictory dominant roles in the reform processes. However, societal actors, which comprise political parties and traditional authorities influence reforms (in) directly. Further findings show contradictions among institutions, which favours other actors in local politics, while restricting women?s long-term political careers. Overall, this study concludes that the reform process has achieved the objective in opening political spaces for women in local politics. However, these new spaces in a post-apartheid society seem to be depoliticised, which eclipses how the political system remains prone to the influence of multiple discourses of liberation, as well as the partial historical convergence of interests at the local political level.

6 citations


Cites background from "Containing the Chiefs: The ANC and ..."

  • ...As Thelen (2003) argues, mechanisms of change and reproduction can operate simultaneously....

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  • ...Some poststructural observers such as Squires (1999) argue that the concentration on formal political participation alone have a tendency to reproduce masculine assumptions that have worked to erase the significance of women‟s informal participation....

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  • ...From a feminist perspective, Squires (2004) supports this broader view of politics because it provides opportunities to be concerned with the struggle over the control and distribution of power across a whole range of sites, and opens up space for considering issues of gender as central to the study of politics....

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TL;DR: The political economy of Pondoland in the nineteenth century has been studied in this paper, where the origins of labour migrancy have been discussed and the political economy in South Africa has been discussed.
Abstract: List of Maps Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The political economy of Pondoland in the nineteenth century 2. Crops, cattle and the origins of labour migrancy, 1894-1911 3. Rural production and the South African state, 1911-1930 4. Chiefs and headmen in Pondoland, 1905-1930 5. Rural differentiation, alliance and conflict, 1910-1930 Postscript Tables Notes Select bibliography Index.

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