EDITORS:
 Bill Freund, Gerhard Mare\ Mike Morris (University of Natal), Vishnu
Padayachee (University of Durban-Westville)
CORRESPONDING EDITORS:
Colin Bundy, Robert Davies (University of the Western-Cape), Stephen Gelb, Shireen Hassim,
Mala Singh (University of Durban-Westville), Peter Hudson, Debbie Posel (University of the
Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis (University of Cape Town), Marian Lacey
(Rhodes University)*, Francie Lund, Yvonne Muthien (University of Natal).
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS:
Gillian Hart (University of California, Berkeley), Mahmood Mamdani (Centre of Basic
Research, Kampala), Martin Murray (SUNY Binghamton), Robin Murray (University of
Sussex), Dan O'Meara (University de Quebec a Montreal), Terence Ranger (University of
Oxford), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford).
* Marian Lacey died recently after a long illness. One of her last letters was to renew membership on this
board with ideas about popularising the journal in the eastern Cape. She was for many years fundamental
in the generation of critical ideas about society in that part of the country and South African academic
and intellectual life will sorely miss her.
Readers will note a new editorial format for Transformation. We are now creating two separate
categories, one of editors within the country who can play a supporting task for the journal,
and another, of foreign editors, who will also be able to aid the journal but inevitably at a
greater distance. The present list is still somewhat incomplete as we await correspondence
with nominated individuals.
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references and notes) of articles in this issue of TRANSFORMATION. Whilst the journal
will cater for work at any level of abstraction, or detail, a number of criteria will guide the editors
in selection of material for inclusion. Articles should aim for academic rigour but also clarify the
political implications of the issues discussed. We are concerned not to compete with other South
African journals mat may cover related ground but in different ways - this will govern our selection
principles. All articles will be assessed anonymously by the referees. Contributions should
preferably not exceed the following lengths:
Analytical articles: 7 000 words
Debates and review articles: 3 000 words
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                                                                      21 1993
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CONTENTS
Articles
DURBAN HOSTELS AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE:
CASE STUDIES IN KWAMASHU AND UMLAZI
      Hostels were only recently a key social and economic manifestation of
      apartheid. Now, in a comparative study, according to PAULUS ZULU,
       they are the site of current battles over space and power amidst
      deprivation and He at the heart of political violence.
T R A D E U N I O N S A N D CORPORATISM IN S O U T H AFRICA                 . . . 24
       The trade unions are preparing for the 'new South Africa' with new
      kinds of engagements. JOHANN MAREE systematically analyses
      corporatism and its implications for labour historically and in the
      South African conjuncture.
POPULAR JUSTICE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN TRANSITION:
A REPORT FROM THE 'FRONT LINE'- NATAL                                             55
      The people's court phenomenon raises the question in South Africa of
      revolutionary justice, of the relation between law and democracy.
      DANIEL NINA considers its potential in the transition phase in South
      Africa through some examples in one region.
THE PUBLIC SPHERE, THE MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY                               . . . .  65
       ALISON GILLWALD looks at the ways a democratic media regime
      could come about in South Africa in trying to pass beyond the polarised
       liberal and Marxist debate positions that have dominated this subject.


ECONOMIC STRATEGIES, ADJUSTMENT AND
HEALTHPOLICY: ISSUES IN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA FOR THE 1990s                                                     78
    Zimbabwe has enjoyed a reputation for progressive health policies
    since 1980. ROB DAVIES and DAVID SANDERS assess this record
    in the light of structural adjustment pressures.
Debate
POWER-SHARING, ETHNIC AGNOSTICISM, AND
POUTICAL PRAGMATISM                                                       94
    AREND LUPH ART responds to his critic Rupert Taylor, and defends
    consociationalism as a relevant strategy for South Africa.
Review
FEASBLESOCIAUSM?                                                         100
     Alec Nove's The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited and Keith
     Coleman's Nationalisation: beyond the slogans, are reviewed by
     STEPHEN LOUW.