TRANS FORM AT I O N CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOIITHFRN AFRICA 4O INCLUDED IN I S ISSUE: GILTON KLERCK ON ADVERSARIAL PARTICIPATION AND ANTAGONISTIC COOPERATION. SAGIE NARSIAH AND BRIJ MAHARAJ ON BORDERS OF DISSENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. SABINE MARSCHALL ON A CRITICAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY ART. MARY GALVIN ON THE IMPACT OF LOCAL GOVERN- MENT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. TRANSFORMATION critical perspectives on Southern Africa ISSN 0258-7696 FOUNDING EDITORS: Mike Morris, Vishnu Fadayachee EDITORS: Keith Breckenridge, Bill Freund, Gerhard Mare, Monique Marks, Imraan Valodia (University of Natal), John Daniel, Adam Habib, Lindy Stiebel (University of Durban- Westville). CORRESPONDING EDITORS: Colin Bundy, Debbie Posel (University of the Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis, Mary Simons (University of Cape Town). INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Henry Bernstein (SOAS, University of London), Gillian Hart (University of California), Mahmood Mamdani (Columbia University), Martin Murray (SUNY Binghamton), Dan O'Meara (University de Quebec a Montreal), Terence Ranger (University of Oxford), John Saul (York University), Elling N Tjanneland (Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford). COVER DESIGN: Immie Mostert. PUBLICATION GUIDELINES: 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 TRANSFORMA TION. 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: 8 000 words Debates, comment and review articles: 3 000 words The views expressed in TRANSFORMATION do not necessarily reflect those of the editors. EDITORIAL and CONTRIBUTIONS ADDRESS: TRANSFORMATION Programme of Economic History University of Natal DURBAN 4041 South Africa E-mail: transfor@mtb.und.ac.za SUBSCRIPTION RATES and ADDRESS at the back of this issue. TRANS 40 (1999) FORM ATJON Critical perspectives on Southern Africa CONTENTS Articles Adversarial Participation and Antagonistic Cooperation?: l workplace forums, employeeparticipationandleanproduction Gilton Klerck critically discusses adversarialism and participation in workplace relations around proposed workplace forums, arguing that at best there will be "an uneasy coexistence " of the two elements. Borders of Dissent in South Africa: the Bushbuckridge 36 saga Border disputes didnotendwith apartheid. Sagie Narsiah and Brij Maharaj examine the saga around the Bushbuckridge region, and the central state's role in local-level politics and mobilisation. A Critical Investigation into the Impact of Community Art 55 Sabine Marschall examines mural art, and discusses the various types of such painting. She questions, drawing on interviews, why it should have different impact in different situations. The Impact of Local Government on Rural Development in 87 South Africa The important place of local government in a democratic order is discussed by Mary Galvin. TRANSFORMATION 40 (1999) ISSN 0258-7696 Debates Adam Habib and Rupert Taylor respond to Southall and 112 Wood, COSATU, the ANC and the Election: Whither the Alliance? carried in Transformation 38. Roger Southall and Geoff Wood reply. 121 Reviews Richard Peck's A Morbid Fascination: white prose and 126 politics in apartheid South Africa reviewed by LindyStiebel. Richard Calland's edited collection The First Five Years: a 132 review of South Africa's democratic parliament reviewed by Lubna Nadvi.