critical
perspectives
on
Southern
Africa


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-Westvilk), Peter Hudson, Debbie Posel
(University of the Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis, Mary Simons (Univer-
sity of Cape Town), 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), John Saul (York University), Elling N Tj0nneland
(Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford).
LAYOUT BY: Rob Evans
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We ask contributors to submit two (2) typed copies, following the format (on such
issues as 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 that 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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Articles
FOOD SECURITY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA                                          1
       Land reform in South Africa cannot be confined to the question of
       individual redistribution. HENRY BERNSTEIN wants to tie social
       change on the land to the issue of food security, to put the emphasis on
       democratic struggle and structural reform of institutions rather than
       on bureaucratic planning based on unreformed structures.
WOULD SOCIAL HEALTH INSURANCE IMPROVE SOUTH
AFRICAN HEALTH CARE? WHAT OTHER MIDDLE INCOME
COUNTRIES CAN TEACH US                                                             26
       MAX B ACHM ANN argues that, in the light of the crisis of the welfare
       state internationally the issue of socialised medicine is complicated.
       He considers ways of improving efficiency and equity through looking
       carefully at the example of what other [wealthier] developing
       countries, rather than the most affluent, can teach us in this
      fundamental area for reconstruction.
S U B V E R S I V E I N T E N T : AS O C I A L T H E O R Y O F G E N D E R . . . .4 0
       ZARINA MAHARAJ looks at new theoretical approaches to the
       interaction of women and men as gendered beings. These approaches
       make a break with the style and content of local feminist debates and
       import theoretical insights that are new to the South African scene.


ACCUMULATION AND LABOUR RELATIONS IN THE TAXI
INDUSTRY                                                                        55
    The taxi industry is the source of extraordinarily violent conflict as well
    as dynamic economic growth in the transport sector. MESHACK
    KHOSA argues that the history, not only of apartheid, but of the
    contradictory processes unfolding in South African capitalism, is
    unveiled in a study of this industry.
STUDENT POWER, ACTIONS AND PROBLEMS; A CASE
STUDY OF UWC SRC, 1981-92                                                       72
    The inner life of South African universities in a turbulent era have been
    subjected to very little scrutiny. SIPHO S MASEKO looks at the rise
    of liberation politics in the UWC student body and why the structural
    transformation that this seemed to herald was so limited.
Reviews
COLOURED IDENTITY?                                                              91
    Mohammed Adhikari's Let Us Live for Our Children; The Teachers
    League of South Africa 1913-40 is reviewed by LINDA CHISHOLM.