Fighting for the dream - Softcover

Johnson, R.W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1868429571 ISBN 13: 9781868429578

Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, 2019

Synopsis

RW Johnsons bestselling book How Long Will South Africa Survive? was described by Alec Hogg as a masterpiece in unblemished reality. Published at the height of the Zuma presidency it offered a chilling warning: the ANC appeared determined to drive South Africa into the abyss. Since then, Cyril Ramaphosa has taken over as president and there have been some attempts to clean up government. But the brief period of Ramaphoria is over and the threat to both the economy and the dream of a non-racial democracy is as real as ever. As national elections loom, Johnson examines the state of the nation with pinpoint accuracy. On the one hand state-owned institutions are near collapse, municipalities are defunct and civil strife is rampant. On the other, Ramaphosa and his team have come up with a plan to curb corruption and create growth and prosperity. But will it work? Johnson, in trademark style, picks it apart and, while doing so, offers some ideas of what he thinks is required to get us out of this morass.

About this title

About the Author

RW Johnson is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and was the only South African Rhodes Scholar to return to live in South Africa after the fall of apartheid. He is the author of thirteen books, scores of academic articles and innumerable articles for the international press. His former students include three members of the current British cabinet, an editor of The Economist and a large number of leading academics and journalists. He lives in Cape Town.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1868429571
• ISBN 13: 9781868429578
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280