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This book discusses the significance of Mzala Nxumalo's work in contemporary South African left politics. It covers wide range of topics, including the new challenges facing democratic South Africa, the need to reexamine capitalism, and the history and struggle of the apartheid era.
List of contents
Acronyms and abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction: Mzala Nxumalo's ideas in post-apartheid South Africa
PART 1: MZALA AND THE NATIONAL QUESTION
1. Radical Left Thought Revival: Mzala's Views and Their Applicability in Contemporary South Africa
2. The National Question and Exile: Remembering Mzala in London
3. Socialism is the Future: Comrade Mzala's Thoughts on the National Question
4. The First and Second Transitions and the National Question in South Africa
5. The EFF's Perspective on 'What is the Future of the Left in South Africa in a Global Context?'
6. The Dilemma of the Post-1994 Democratic Breakthrough: A Broad Survey of Community Struggles in South Africa
PART 2: COMMUNITY, STATE AND GLOBE: ISSUES, STRUGGLES AND THE POLITICS OF WORK
7. The Challenges of Economic and Social Development in South Africa: Left Perspectives
8. Global Economic Imperialism and the Politics of (Under) Development: Street Traders, Domestic Workers and Sex Workers
9. Social and Economic Challenges from a Left Perspective
10. After Revisionist Marxism: Reanimating the Critique of Capitalism in South Africa
11. Emerging Powers and the Polycentric World
12. Ecocide or Socialism: Ecological Challenges and Neoliberal Capitalist Constrains on Radical Transformation
Conclusion: The Future of Leftist Thought in a New Century
About the Contributors
Index
About the author
Robert J. Balfour is Deputy Vice Chancellor (Teaching and Learning) at North-West University, South Africa. He is a National Research Foundation-rated academic and has published frequently on language learning and literacy, rural education and postcolonial literature.
Summary
This book discusses the significance of Mzala Nxumalo's work in contemporary South African left politics. It covers wide range of topics, including the new challenges facing democratic South Africa, the need to reexamine capitalism, and the history and struggle of the apartheid era.
