The union movement and South Africa's transition, 1994 - 2003

Title: The union movement and South Africa's transition, 1994 - 2003
Creator: NALEDI
Subject: NALEDI
Date: 2003
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154168
Identifier: vital:39617
Description: The new government faced enormous challenges when it came into office in 1994. For starters, the outgoing Apartheid leaders had thoroughly plundered the state coffers, awarding themselves and white civil servants massive pensions and 'golden handshakes'. The budget deficit was almost 9% of GDP The country/ had barely three weeks foreign exchange reserves, with a balance of payments crisis looming. The majority of inherited civil servants were generally hostile to the new government. The 'deep structures' of the State — by which I mean the ingrained habits and behaviour — were also generally hostile to the objectives of the democratic State. In addition, poverty levels were very high, and income inequality was among the worst in the world. And, of course, South Africa had the most institutionalised forms of racism in the world, which permeated through every law' and practice.
Format: 9 pages, pdf
Publisher: National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
Language: English
Rights: National Labour and Economic Development Institute (NALEDI)
Rights: No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior permission from the publisher

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