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Compiled by the Democracy & Governance Research Programme,
Human Sciences Research Council
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Contents
Acknowledgements viii
Acronyms x
Introduction xiii
Henning Melber
1 Democracy and the Control of Elites 1
Kenneth Good
2 Liberation and Opposition in Zimbabwe 23
Suzanne Dansereau
3 In Defence of National Sovereignty?
Urban Governance and Democracy in Zimbabwe 47
Amin Kamete
4 As Good as It Gets?
Botswana’s “Democratic Development” 72
Ian Taylor
5 Chieftaincy and the Negotiation of Might and Right
in Botswana’s Democracy 93
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
6 Between Competing Paradigms:
Post-Colonial Legitimacy in Lesotho 115
Roger Southall
7 From Controlled Change to Changed Control:
The Case of Namibia 134
Henning Melber
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8 Armed Struggle in South Africa:
Consequences of a Strategy Debate 156
Martin Legassick
9 Culture(s) of the African National Congress of South Africa:
Imprint of Exile Experiences 178
Raymond Suttner
10 Liberal or Liberation Framework?
The Contradictions of ANC Rule in South Africa 200
Krista Johnson
Contributors 224
Index 225
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Tables
Table 3.1: Voter composition in Harare in 1990 and 2000 55
Table 3.2: Constituency representation for Harare in parliament in 1990
and 2000 56
Table 3.3: The assault on democracy 59
Table 3.4: In defence of national sovereignty 65
Table 3.5: No patriotic agenda 67
Table 4.1: Number of seats won in Botswana’s general elections 75
Table 4.2: Percentage of popular vote won by party in
Botswana’s general elections 75
Table 7.1: Election results 1989–1999 for the larger political parties 141
Figures
Figure 3.1: Levels and types of elections in urban Zimbabwe 52
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Acknowledgements
It took just over a year between the conference on ‘(Re-)Conceptualising
Democracy and Liberation in Southern Africa’ in July 2002 in Windhoek and
this publication of revised versions of most of the papers originally presented
there. This required the concerted efforts of many persons and institutions. The
Nordic Africa Institute provided the bulk of the material and administrative
support to organise the event within its research network on ‘Liberation and
Democracy in Southern Africa’. Arne Wunder and Charlotta Dohlvik were in
charge of the practical arrangements of bringing the participants to Windhoek.
The local organisation was achieved in collaboration with The Legal Assistance
Centre (in particular, its director, Clement Daniels) and the Namibia Institute for
Democracy (in particular, its directors, Theunis Keulder and Doris Weissnar).
The role played by Lennart Wohlgemuth, not only as a conference participant
and director of the Nordic Africa Institute, was motivating and encouraging
throughout. The emotional and very practical support by Sue Melber made her
once again a true companion also to the benefit of my employer and the other
participants. Without the assistance of all those mentioned, the original
conference would have been not only different but far less enjoyable.
I am grateful to Roger Southall for agreeing to the production of a special issue
of The Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) based on contributions
to the conference, as well as to Taylor and Francis, publishers of JCAS, for
agreeing to the co-publication of the issue as a book by the Human Sciences
Research Council (HSRC). Likewise, I am grateful to The Swedish International
Development Authority (Sida) for their financial support to the project
support through the Nordic Africa Institute.
Last but not least, the contributors to this volume displayed a high level of
efficiency and professionalism in their contribution to this project.
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Complemented by the extraordinary skills and commitment of Nova de
Villiers who undertook the first edit of the chapters, this final product will
hopefully offer a meaningful contribution to a necessary debate.
Finally, I dedicate this humble intellectual contribution to the cause of
democracy, equality, freedom and human rights and to all those who take
personal risks to bring us closer to such goals.
Henning Melber
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Acronyms
ANC African National Congress
BAC Basutoland African Congress
BCP Botswana Congress Party
BIDPA Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis
BNF Botswana National Front
BNP Basotho National Party
CKGR Central Kalahari Game Reserve
CoD Congress of Democrats
COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions
CSI Civil Society Initiative
DTA Democratic Turnhalle Alliance
FNLA Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola
FRELIMO Frente de Libertação de Moçambique
GDRC Global Development Research Unit
GEAR Growth Employment and Redistribution
ILO International Labour Organisation
IMF International Monetary Fund
LCD Lesotho Congress of Democracy
LDF Lesotho Defence Force
LLA Lesotho Liberation Army
MDC Movement for Democratic Change
MDM Mass Democratic Movement
MFP Marematlou Freedom Party
MISA Media Institute of Southern Africa
MK Umkhonto We Sizwe
MMD Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
MPLA Movimento Popular da Libertação de Angola
MWT The Marxist Workers’ Tendency
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