No rainbow yet in sight : southern Africa under liberation movements as governments

dc.contributor.authorMelber, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-24T11:01:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article engages with the limits to liberation in Southern African societies under former liberation movements. It argues that the policies executed in the new societies are still infected by substantial elements of the old power structures and mindsets claimed to be left behind. The five former anti-colonial movements in Angola (since 1974), Mozambique (since 1975), Zimbabwe (since 1980), Namibia (since 1990) and South Africa (since 1994) exercise, as governments, continued control over the sovereign states. But the majority of the electorate has outgrown the struggle days. Their expectations are measured against the promises and failures, rather than the expected reward for being ‘liberated’ – which as ‘born frees’ they have never been. This fuels frustration and causes new conflicts, which at the same time tend to reproduce old and new dichotomies and battle lines, blending (and at times confusing) the notions of race and class. Contrasting realities with original hopes, the analysis points to the mission not yet accomplished.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2021-03-30
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctrt20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHenning Melber (2019) No Rainbow yet in Sight: Southern Africa under Liberation Movements as Governments, The Round Table, 108:5, 531-541, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2019.1657730.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn035-8533 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1474-029X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/00358533.2019.1657730
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/73507
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2019 The Round Table Ltd. This is an electronic version of an article published in The Round Table, 108:5, 531-541, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2019.1657730. The Round Table is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ctrt20.en_ZA
dc.subjectSouthern Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectLiberation movementen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectNamibiaen_ZA
dc.subjectPost-apartheiden_ZA
dc.titleNo rainbow yet in sight : southern Africa under liberation movements as governmentsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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