Title New leaders, new dawns? : South Africa and Zimbabwe under Cyril Ramaphosa and Emmerson Mnangagwa / edited by Chris Brown, David Moore, and Blair Rutherford

Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource Contents South Africa and Zimbabwe: Change and Continuity / Linda Freeman -- On Rethinking Liberation Struggle, Liberation Support ...and the Sudden Fall of Mugabe and Zuma / John S. Saul -- BRICS and South-South Cooperation: South African, Indian and Brazilian Mining Projects in Mozambique / Scott Davies -- Ramaphosa's New Dawn: Confronting the ANC's Mafia State / Roger Southall -- Swept Along: The Left in Post-Apartheid South Africa / Hein Marais -- What "ANC Hegemony"? The ANC's Failure to Deliver Has Resulted in Failed Hegemony / Carolyn Bassett and Allyson Fradella -- Labour's Decline: Precarious Employment, Labour Politics, and Trade Union Organizing in South Africa / Marlea Clarke -- Unravelling Zimbabwe's January Jambanja: Truth, Lies, Rumours and Conspiracies / David Moore -- The Political Economy and Cultural Politics of Zimbabwe's Land: A Primer for the Post-Mugabe Era / Blair Rutherford -- Truncated Transitions: Elite Politics, Business Resilience, and Continuities of Power in Zimbabwe's Minerals Sector / Richard Saunders -- Education in Post-Independence Zimbabwe: Triumph, Decline, Collapse / Mary Ndlovu -- Denouement--From Grey Dawns to the Shadows at Dusk / David Moore and Susan Booysen Summary "In late 2017 and early 2018, South Africa and Zimbabwe both experienced rapid, and unexpected, political transitions. In Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, the only leader the country had ever known, was replaced in a "soft coup" by his erstwhile vice-president, Emmerson Mnangagwa. Subsequently, over a twelve-day period in February 2018, South African president Jacob Zuma was prematurely forced from office by his former deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa. The widespread popular rejoicing that accompanied their arrival compounded the shock of these sudden transitions. New Leaders, New Dawns? explores these political transitions and the way they were received. Contributors consider how former liberation heroes like Mugabe and Zuma could have fallen so low; the underlying reasons for their ouster; what happened to their liberation movements turned ruling parties; and, perhaps most importantly, what the rise to power of Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa foreshadowed. Bringing together fourteen leading international scholars of southern Africa, and adopting a political economy framework, this volume argues that the changes in leadership are welcome, but insufficient. While the time had come for Zuma and Mugabe to go, there is little in the personal histories or early policy actions of Ramaphosa and Mnangagwa that suggests they will be capable of addressing the profound social, economic, and political problems both countries face. New Leaders, New Dawns? reveals that despite what these new leaders may have promised, a "new dawn" has not yet arrived in southern Africa."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Ramaphosa, Cyril. Mnangagwa, E. D. SUBJECT Ramaphosa, Cyril fast Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African Economic history Politics and government SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government -- 21st century Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 21st century South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Zimbabwe -- Economic conditions -- 21st century Subject South Africa Zimbabwe Form Electronic book Author Brown, Chris (Christopher), editor. Moore, David (Lecturer in development studies), editor. Rutherford, Blair A. (Blair Allan), 1965- editor. ISBN 0228012554 9780228012566 0228012562 9780228012559

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