TRANS FORM AT I O N CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SOUTHERN Af RICA THIS ISSUE • CLIVE BARNETT O N MEDIA TRANSFORMATION AND NEW PRACTICES OF CITIZENSHIP • IVOR CHIPKIN O N THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATION • SHIREEN HASSIM O N THE LIMITS OF POPULAR DEMOCRACY • CATRIONA MACLEOD AND KEVIN DURRHEIM O N PSYCHO MEDICAL DISCOURSE IN SA RESEARCH O N TEENAGE PREGNANCY • YUSEF WAGHID O N RETHINKING JUSTICE, EQUALITY AND RIGHTS TRANSFORMATION critical perspectives on Southern Africa ISSN 0258-7696 EDITORS: John Daniel (HSRC), Bill Freund, AdamHabib, Gerhard Mare, Monique Marks, Imraan Valodia (University of Natal), 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). INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE EDITORS: Henry Bernstein, Colin Bundy (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 Zimbabwe), John Saul (York University), Elling N Tj0nneland (Christian Michelsen Institute, Norway), Gavin Williams (University of Oxford). PUBLICATIONGUIDELEVES: 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 detailjanumber 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 Also see inside back cover 'Notes for Contributors'. The views expressed in TRANSFORMATION do not necessarily reflect those of the editors. EDITORIAL and CONTRIBUTIONS ADDRESS: TRANSFORMATION Programme of Economic Hisfcrfy University of Natal DURBAN 4041 South Africa E-mail & Website: transform@nu.ac.za / www.transformation.und.ac.za SUBSCRIPTION RATES and ADDRESS at the back of this issue. TRANS 51 (2003) FORM ATI O N Critical perspectives on Southern Africa CONTENTS Articles Media transformation and new practices of citizenship: the example I of environmental activism in post-apartheid Durban Clive Burnett examines the relationship between mediarestructuring and new patterns of political mobilisation to assess the nature of democratisation. The South African nation 25 Ivor Chipkin considers South African nation-building and democracy through a look at ANC and BC conceptualisations of 'freedom' and 'the people'. The limits of popular democracy: women's organisations, feminism 48 and the UDF Shireen Hassim examines the contours and consequences of tensions between women's feminist politics and national liberation in the UDF during the 1980s. Psycho-medical discourse in South African research on teenage 74 pregnancy Catriona Macleod and Kevin Durrheim apply a Foucauldian analysis to the scientific literature on teenage pregnancy. Rethinking justice, equality and rights: communitarian challenges 101 for an atomistic-liberalist vie w of the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights Yusef Waghid argues for new interpretations of justice, equality and rights outlined within a communitarian deliberative democratic framework. TRANSFORMATION 51 (2003) ISSN 0258-7696 Reviews Robert Morrell (ed) (2001) Changing Men in Southern Africa, reviewed 129 by Ivor Chipkin. David Cooper and George Subotzky (2001) The Skewed Revolution: 133 trends in South African higher education: 1988-1998, reviewed by Trish Gibbon. Kanya Adam (2000) The Colour of Business: managing diversity in 138 South Africa, reviewed by Gerhard Mare. Henning Melber (ed) (2002) Zimbabwe's Presidential Elections 2002: 145 evidence, lessons and implications, reviewed by David Moore.