tailieunhanh - State of the Nation - South Africa 2005-2006

State of the Nation: South Africa 2005-2006 is the third in the HSRC’s exciting annual volume of essays on aspects of contemporary politics, economics, society and international relations in South Africa. This series has, in a relatively short period, become established as part of the annual South African scholarly calendar. Coverage in the media, international as well as South African, has been extensive; controversies have been stirred; | OF thENation Free download from South Africa 2005-2006 Edited by Sakhela Buhlungu John Daniel Roger Southall Jessica Lutchman HSRC PRESS Free download from First published in South Africa by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa Published in the rest of the world by Michigan State University Press East Lansing Michigan 48823-5202 United States of America 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. Copy editing by Vaun Cornell Typeset by Jenny Wheeldon Cover by Farm Cover photograph by Elsabe Gelderblom Print management by comPress Printed in the Republic of South Africa by Creda Communications Distributed in South Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 21 701-4477 Fax 27 21 701-7302 email orders@ In South Africa ISBN 0-7969-2115-6 In the rest of the world ISBN 0-87013-778-6 Contents List of tables vi List of figures ix Foreword xi Mark Orkin Acronyms xiii Introduction can South Africa be a developmental state xvii Roger Southall o 2 Part I Politics Ệ Introduction 3 1 Putting numbers to the scorecard presidential targets and the state of delivery 11 13 David Hemson and Michael O Donovan g 2 Towards a Constitution-based definition of poverty in g post-apartheid South Africa 46 Wiseman Magas ela Ơ p 3 Delivery and disarray the multiple meanings of land restitution 67 Cherryl Walke r 4 Assessing the constitutional protection of human rights in South Africa during the first decade of democracy 93 Karthy Govender 5 More than a law-making production line Parliament and its oversight role 123 Judith Februa ry 6 The state of .