A history of inequality in South Africa, 1652-2002 / Sampie Terreblanche.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terreblanche, Sampie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--South Africa.

Democracy.

Socialism.

Capitalism.

History.

South Africa.

Capitalism--South Africa--History.

Socialism--South Africa.

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

South Africa--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Physical Description:

xvi, 527 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Pietermaritzburg : University of Natal Press ; Sandton : KMM Review Publshing Co., [2002]

Contents:

Part 1 Power, Land, and Labour 1

Chapter 1 From systemic exploitation to systemic exclusion 3

1.1 A new perspective, and a difficult challenge 3

1.2 The special relationship between power, land, and labour 5

1.3 From slavery through exploitation to structural unemployment 8

1.4 The six successive systemic periods in South African history 14

1.5 The nature of the power shifts in South African history 19

Part 2 The Transition and the 'New South Africa' (1990-2002) 23

Chapter 2 The legacy of systemic exploitation, and attempts to build a non-racial society 25

2.1 The legacy of apartheid 25

2.2 The dynamics of disrupted social structures and abject poverty 30

2.3 Legislation aimed at building a non-racial South Africa 45

Chapter 3 Prelude to the informal negotiations on economic issues 51

3.1 The economic attitudes and ideologies of the corporate sector 51

3.2 The corporate sector, white supremacy, and the three accumulation strategies of the 20th century 65

3.3 The economic views and ideologies of the democratic movement 84

Chapter 4 The hegemony of the African political establishment since 1993 95

4.1 The informal negotiations between the corporate sector and the ANC 95

4.2 The fourth phase of the AAC-led search for a new accumulation strategy, and the pre-election elite compromise 96

4.3 The Reconstruction and Development Programme of the ANC Alliance as a temporary interlude (1994-6) 108

4.4 The fifth phase of the AAC-led search for a new accumulation strategy, and the GEAR strategy (1993-6) 112

4.5 The sixth phase of the AAC-led search for a new accumulation strategy: increased globalisation and privatisation (1997-2002) 122

4.6 The inability or unwillingness of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to uncover the truth about systemic exploitation 124

4.7 The rise of a black elite, and its tendency towards elitism and self-enrichment 132

Part 3 Colonialism, Segregation, and Apartheid (1652-1994) 151

Chapter 5 The systemic period of Dutch colonialism (1652-[plus or minus]1800) 153

5.1 The Dutch East India Company, the power constellation at the Cape, and land deprivation 153

5.2 Imported slaves and imported knechts as parallel labour patterns until 1717 156

5.3 The role of slavery in the Cape economy, and the nature of the master

slave relationship (1652-1834) 158

5.4 Trekboer partnerships with the Khoikhoi, and Khoisan enserfment by the Trekboere during the 18th century 163

5.5 The power constellation at the frontier, and the changing nature of the master-serf relationship 168

5.6 The ideological orientation of the Trekboere in the 18th century 170

Chapter 6 The systemic period of British colonialism ([plus or minus]1800-[plus or minus]1890) 179

6.1 British colonialism and the advent of a new power constellation at the Cape 179

6.2 From the legal enserfment of the Khoisan in 1809 to the abolition of their subservient status in 1828 183

6.3 From the suspension of the slave trade (1808) to the abolition of slavery (1838) 188

6.4 The expansionism of the British settlers, and the Sixth Frontier War and its aftermath (1820-40) 191

6.5 Masters and servants laws, proletarianisation, and the growth of racial capitalism 194

6.6 The failure of the humanitarian movement, and the justification of a system of racial domination at the Cape 201

6.7 The rise of an African peasantry in the Cape Colony during the second half of the 19th century 204

6.8 The rise of an African peasantry in Natal during the second half of the 19th century 207

Chapter 7 The systemic period of the two Boer republics (1850-1900) 219

7.1 The Great Trek and its causes 219

7.2 The establishment by Afrikaners of semi-independent and vulnerable power constellations in the Transorangia 222

7.3 Slave raiding and the indenturing of Africans in the Transorangia until the end of the 19th century 224

7.4 The rise of an African tenantry, and the deepening of class differentiation among Afrikaners in the Tansorangia (1850-1910) 228

Chapter 8 The systemic period of British imperialism and the political and economic hegemony of the English establishment ([plus or minus]1890-1948) 239

8.1 The institutionalisation of a new power constellation in the late 19th and early 20th century 239

8.2 British imperialism, wars of conquest, and the 'alliance between gold and maize' ([plus or minus]1890-1910) 241

8.3 The Union of South Africa and state-building: the entrenchment of white power and racial segregation (1910-24) 247

8.4 The decline of Cape liberalism and the rise of racist ideologies ([plus or minus]1880-1948) 251

8.5 The assault on the peasantry in the Eastern Cape and Natal, and the proletarianisation of growing numbers of Africans (1890-1913) 256

8.6 The Land Act of 1913 and the proletarianisation of Africans in the three northern provinces 260

8.7 The proletarianisation of Afrikaners, and its political and economic ramifications ([plus or minus]1870-1924) 264

8.8 The Pact government and the 'civilised labour policy' on behalf of poor white Afrikaners (1924-33) 272

8.9 The English establishment regains political hegemony in 1933, and maintains it until 1948 275

8.10 Black protest in the first half of the 20th century: its weakness, ineffectiveness, and ideological orientation 281

Chapter 9 The systemic period of the political hegemony of the Afrikaner establishment (1948-94) 297

9.1 Three major paradigm shifts in South African history 297

9.2 The rise of Afrikaner Christian Nationalism, and the hardening of racist ideology 298

9.3 The NP government and the institutionalisation of a new power constellation 302

9.4 The intensification of the liberation struggle, the survival crisis of white supremacy, and the transition to a negotiated settlement (1974-94) 306

9.5 The apartheid system, labour repression, and influx control (1948-86) 312

9.6 The apartheid system and discriminatory legislation, with special reference to the black labour market (1948-90) 333

9.7 State corporations and the 'manufacturing' of apartheid 343

9.8 The growing radicalisation of black protest in the second half of the 20th century 346

Chapter 10 The legacy of colonialism, segregation, and apartheid 371

10.1 The legacy of the pre-1994 period in historical perspective 371

10.2 Unemployment and underemployment 372

10.3 Poverty and deprivation 382

10.4 Racial inequalities and systemic injustices 391

10.5 Violence and criminality 400

Part 4 An Incomplete Transformation: What's to be Done? 417

Chapter 11 Working towards a social democratic version of democratic capitalism 419

11.1 The apparent dysfunctionality of South Africa's version of neo-liberal democratic capitalism 419

11.2 Questioning the premises on which the corporate and governing elite's neo-liberal policy approach are based 424

11.3 Why a paradigm shift towards social democracy is necessary 439

11.4 Why another power shift is necessary, this time towards a social democratic system of democratic capitalism 455

11.5 An agenda for socio-economic transformation 460

The history of democratic capitalism in the liberal capitalist British-American (BA) world, and in social democratic continental European (CE) countries 477.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1869140222

OCLC:

51930658