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EDITORS:
Bill Frcund, Gerhard Mare, Mike Morris (University of Natal), Vishnu
Padayachee (University of Durban-Westville)
ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Stephen Gelb (University of Durban-Westville), Peter Hudson, Alan Mabin,
Debbie Posel (University of the Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Alan Hirsch,
Dave Lewis (University of Cape Town), Colin Bundy (University of the
Western Cape), Marian Lacey (Rhodes), Robert Davies (University
Eduardo Mondlane), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford), Dan O'Meara
(University of Quebec, Montreal), John Saul (York University).
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TRANS                                            11          1990
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CONTENTS
Articles
SOUTH AFRICA: BEGINNING AT THE END OF THE ROAD                          1
     FREDERIK VAN ZYL SLABBERT discusses why the
     liberalisation and democratisation of South African society from
     within through a process of negotiation isfeasible and realistic.
POST-APARTHEID SCENARIOS FOR THE
SOUTHERN AFRICAN REGION                                                12
     ROBERT DAVIES argues that inter-state relations are bound
     to change significantly as apartheid crumbles but the nature of
     the change will depend on the kind of forces that prevail in the
    post-apartheid era.
THE CONDITIONS FOR DEMOCRACY IN SOUTH AFRICA                           40
    A stable democracy in the South African context will need more
     than economic growth and constitutional guidelines if one
     interrogates      comparative political theory, argues
     ALF STADLER. An appropriate state form and egalitarian
     economic policies are also essential.
PREPARING TO NEGOTIATE THE LAND QUESTION                               58
    Based on a survey of organisational responses
     MAKHOSAZANE GCABASHE AND ALAN MAB1N argue
     that effective land reform in post-apartheid South Africa must
     entail the making of complex choices, and substantial research
     into this neglected area.


Debate
THE CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE IN THE SACP                                  75
     PALLO JORDAN critiques Joe Slovo's recent article 'Has
     Socialism Failed'focussing on the inadequacies of Slovo's
     discussion of Stalinism.
A RESPONSE TO DAVE LEWIS                                               90
     EDDIE WEBSTER presents an alternative view on the
    functioning of the SALB.
Review Article
THE ANTINOMIES OF NEO-MARXISM                                          92
     In reviewing Harold Wolpe 's recent book 'Class,Race and the
     Apartheid State' ROBERT FINE argues that Wolpe fails to
     transcend the limitations of the old paradigms of liberalism and
     neo-Marxism.
Review
UNDER THE SPELL OF APARTHEID                                          104
     Hermann Giliomee and Lawrence Schlemmer, From Apartheid to
     Nation Building,
          Reviewed by RUPERT TAYLOR.