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The "Financial Times"' world news editor tells the epic story of post-apartheid South Africa--a country once so full of promise, now teetering on the brink of chaos
David Torrance examines Lord Selborne's conception of empire and, by implication, the nature of British imperialism, focusing on the Chinese labour controversy, the self-government issue, the development of racial segregation, and the creation of the Union of South Africa. He reassesses the role of the imperial factor in shaping the state, economy, and society of twentieth-century South Africa. Behind the debate over imperial policy, Torrance shows, were deep and bitter divisions that were inextricably linked to domestic tensions within Britain itself. The Strange Death of the Liberal Empire provides a clearer understanding of British imperial policy and of a crucial period in South African history.
Gauteng A-Z by Sean Fraser is an indispensable, user-friendly guide to Johannesburg, Pretoria and their immediate surrounds, featuring: a comprehensive alphabetical listing of attractions, from parks and reserves to cultural institutions, architecture, fine wining and dining, nightlife, theatres, galleries, shopping malls, markets, festivals, adventure activities and more; contact details and opening times; a star rating system that enables the visitor to prioritise activities based on time available; a category index to cater for interests, preferences, company, weather or mood; and informative Gauteng, Johannesburg and Pretoria maps. Sean Fraser is a veteran travel writer and the author of a number of reference, travel and guide books, including Cape Town A–Z and Seven Days in Cape Town, both published by Random House Struik.
These essays are interventions in a cultural contestation in South Africa during the Seventies and Eighties. Some of them are more general in nature and were written in the first instance as public oral interventions in debates whose outcome contributed to the founding of South Africa's post-apartheid society. Other essays are more specifically aimed at poetic practices, particularly as these have been of crucial aesthetic and ultimately ethical importance in a critical phase of South Africa's painful development. Intimate knowledge of (and personal involvement in) the commitment of literature to concrete political situations informs these succinct and spirited essays, along with Horn's measured familiarity with European traditions of political, cultural and ideological thought. The topics covered include: the social context of South African poetry; poetry and apartheid; the praise-singing tradition and the liberation struggle; German documentary theatre and South African workers' theatre; the necessity of popular culture; post-Freudian readings and feminist aesthetics; censorship and society; and essays on individual South African poets (Jeremy Cronin; Wopko Jensma; Abduraghiem Johnstone; Mzwakhe Mbuli; Mongane Serote; Ari Sitas).