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CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHERN Af RICA
                 THIS ISSUE: LabourMarkcf
      EDITORIAL ON 50 ISSUES
      JEREMY SEEKINGS a n d NICOLI NATTRASSON CLASS, DISTRIBU-
      TION AND REDISTRIBUTION IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
      STEVEN FRIEDMAN ON LABOUR MARKETS AND REDISTRIBUTE
      POLITICS IN SOUTH AFRICA
      CAROLINE SKINNER a n d IMRAAN VALODIA DISCUSS THE CASE
      OF THE KWAZULU-NATAL CLOTHING INDUSTRY
      ANDRIES DU TOIT a n d JOACHIM EWERTON PRIVATE REGULATION
      AND FARM WORKER LIVELIHOODS ON WESTERN CAPE FARMS


                         TRANSFORMATION
                  critical perspectives on Southern Africa
                                     ISSN 0258-7696
EDITORS:
John Daniel (HSRC), Bill Freund, Adam Habib, Gerhard Mar6, Monique Marks,
Imraan Valodia (University ofNatal), Lindy Stiebel (University of Durban-Westville).
CORRESPONDING EDITORS:
Keith Breckenridge, Mike Morris, Vishnu Padayachee (University of Natal), Debbie
Posel (University of the Witwatersrand), David Kaplan, Dave Lewis, Mary Simons
(University of Cape Town).
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Henry Bernstein, Colin Bundy (SOAS, University ofLondon), Gillian Hart (University
of California), Mahmood Mamdani (Columbia University), Martin Murray (SUN Y
Binghamton), Dan O'Meara (University de Quebec k Montreal), Terence Ranger
 (University ofZimbabwe), John Saul (York University), Elling N Tjonneland (Christian
 Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford).
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Critical perspectives on Southern Africa
                               CONTENTS
Editorial
Transformation turns                             fifty                      i
         Transformation Editors
Articles
Class, Distribution and Redistribution in Post-Apartheid South             1
Africa
        JeremySeekingsmdNiceUNattnusoistliaeiheclass structure of
        post-apartheid South Africa and examine the redistributive
         consequences of the government's economic growth path.
Equity in the Age of Informality: labour markets and redistributive        31
politics in South Africa
        Steven Friedman argues that changes in the production process
        and the consequent increase in informal economic activity has
        profound implications for redistributive politics in South Africa.
Labour Market Policy, Flexibility, and the Future of Labour                56
Relations: the case of KwaZuhi-Natal clothing industry
        Caroline Skinner and Imramn Valsdia analyse how South African
        clothing firms arereconfiguringtheir production processes through
        subcontracting and discuss the implications for collective
        bargaining.
Myths of Globalisation: private regulation and farm worker                 77
livelihoods on Western Cape farms
       Aniriesiu r#ftandJ#«c*i«(£w«rtlook«tworkcr livelihoods on
       wine farms in the Western Cape, arguing that sustainable
        livelihoods for farm workers are better served by policies rooted
        in an understanding of the social dynamics of change on farms.
TRANSFORMATION SO (2002) ISSN 0268-7680


Review
Haroon Bhorat, Murray Leibbrandt, Muzi Maziya, Servaas van der 105
Berg and Ingrid Woolard (eds)(2001) Fighting Poverty: Labour
Markets and Inequality in South Africa, reviewed by Benjamin J
Roberts