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Cosatu: an Insider's View 37 | **«>• Cidlintui PAGES 35-36 Women and War 38 J 9Ff Anile R.\M>N LEFT BEHIND 40 Etters * I heryl Carolus on chocolates, sunny skies & women's rights Unravelling the IMF Tackling media monopolies Investigating social contracts Restoring the land ommunism in India WORK IN PROGRESS EDITORIAL March-April 1992 No 81 WELCOME TO the new design of specifically devoted to urban de­ i Published by the Southern WiP\ velopment issues. African Research Service The white referendum has This time there is more good (SARS) come and gone. But certain news. WIP is on the verge of PO Box 32716 Braamfomein 2017 things remain — like the town­ merging with We iv Era, the Cape ship violence, slumlord exploita­ Town-based magazine that re­ 2nd Floor tion, unilateral economic rest ru c- cently underwent an exciting Auckland House turing, IMF machinations, Ciskei facelift. The merged publication Cnr Smit and Biccard Streets repression, gender discrimina­ will draw on the strengths of both Braamfontein tion. These, and other issues, are magazines, as can be seen with Johannesburg 2001 addressed in this issue of WIP. this issue already. Phone: (011)403-1912 We also look at continued So — help beat the media Fax: (011)403-2534 domination of the mass media by monopolies and subscribe now! a few white, middle-class males. Managing Editor DEVAN PILLA Y While we welcome the Yes vote, STAFF CHANGES SABC and newspaper media bias SARS' manager, Paul Maseko, Writers against the No vote does not nec­ has left us to join Idasa in Durban. KERRY CULLINAN essarily mean a bias in favour of We wish Paul every success in GLENDA DANIELS democracy. It is a bias in favour the heat of Natal! MBULELO MDLEDLE of the interests of big business, SARS is pleased to welcome Research Assistant at home and abroad. Michael Herman as our produc­ MOS1TO RAPHELA In future non-racial elections, tion editor. Michael comes from the ANC and others who strive to Cape Town, where he worked for Office Manager represent the interests of the Intec College. KHOSE MVABASA poor and down-trodden can ex­ Our editor, Devan Pillay, is Administrator pect similar treatment from the now managing editor. SIBONGILE THOMBENI mainstream media. Unless dras­ tic measures are taken soon to CORRECTIONS Sales and Distribution correct this imbalance, 'free and We apologise for the following KENOSI SENG ATI fair' elections will remain a farce. LAWRENCE NTSAMAI missing credits in WIP 80: I The alternative press plays a Cover pictures & p1: Shariff Design & layout vital role in tipping the balance Picture p8 top: ANC DIP Adli Jacobs (ever-so-slightly) the other way. Pictures p5 & p17: Third Eye Despite thefunding squeeze, and Story (Muslims) p35: Africa Logos the hostile market-place, we in­ Information Afrique (AIA) Manic Designs tend to continue playing our role In WIP 79, page 33 (Farm Cover picture of in creating a culture of democ­ schools) the reference should Cheryl Carolus racy. read: Copies of the original pa­ Anna Zieminski To this end WIP is slowly per can be obtained from Adele changing. Last time we intro­ Cover picture of Gordan at the National Institute demonstrator duced you to our exciting new of Personell Research, Braam­ Abdul Shariff \ venture Reconstruct, which is fontein. • CONTENTS LETTERS 2 BRIEFS 4 FOCUS: TRANSITION POLITICS Political theatre 7 ktoeletsi Mht'ki A hollow victory 8 j ftufHwt Taylor Ciskei campaign 9 \ Claire Kwum MEDIA SABC: still a government pawn 10 I Bronuyn AViw*Young Press monopoly 12 Eric hum SPEAKING PERSONALLY Cheryl Carolus 14 j Incompetent Monetary Fatcats The IMF's recent economic report on SA is shoddy and GENDER j predictable, argues PATRICK BOND — PAGES 28-29 Briefs 16 National Women's Coalition 17 Shrila Meou/es FOCUS: INNER CITY •*@&V -n Media Monopolies Is media bias in the white referendum Flatlands of misfortune 18 ! Mbulefo Mdledle campaign a preview of what the liberation movement can expect in Hospital of Horror 20 ! Mhulelo Mdledle future democratic elections? — RECONSTRUCT CENTRE j PAGES 10-13 OPINION PiC ABDUL 5HAnitF Hands off civics! 21 Mzwatielr Mayekisu LABOUR j Briefs 22 j Social contract 23 Inner-city Glenda Daniels i blues.... RURAL ! : Hillbrow's black residents Direct action to restore land 26 battle with landlords and Haraltl Winkler security guards at home and ECONOMICS in hospital — PAGES 18-20 IMF report: 29 Patrick Boml : : INTERNATIONAL : Palestinians - sink or float? 30 1 Mark Taylor SACP Indian communists in power 32 j Wfrview with Sithamm Ye<hury conspiracy/ : JEREMY CRONIN reviews a REVIEWS j controversial new book that What happened in exile? 35 alleges an SACP conspiracy Jeremy Cnmhi to dominate the ANC — Cosatu: an insider's view 37 | **«>• Cidlintui PAGES 35-36 Women and war 38 j 9ff Anile r.\M>n LEFT BEHIND 40 etters % Africa's brain drain tive criticism is welcome. This will fa­ Socialism in one cilitate the recognition of past failures Most African people are not welcome in and encourage prosperity. country Harsh government policies have their motherland. This situation prevails In WIP 78 <p31) Ben Turok says: "Cer­ forced professionals to emigrate from in Africa primarily because of the nature tainly Lenin had no thought of building their motherland and seek greener pas­ of underdevelopment and the restricted socialism in one country prior to the tures abroad. The effect of these move­ job and security opportunities that go opportunity arising'. with it. ments is the devastating brain-drain which However, he had one such thought at This can only be minimised through has retarded progress towards the devel­ opment of most African countries. least when, back in 1915, before the 1917 development and true co-ordination of revolution, he spoke of the victory of the state and the people. It falls to reason, then, that the con­ socialism in a single country in his article Historically, people used to walk ditions that have led to coups, civil wars 'Slogan for a United States of Europe' from as far as Zambia. Malawi. Zimba­ and underground political parties, have (Collected Works 21, p342). He said: bwe and Mozambique to the Union of also caused frustration among citizens, 'Uneven economic and political devel­ South Africa in search of employment. including elites such as lawyers, medical opment is an absolute law of capitalism. Today, people are still expatriated practitioners, social theorists, planners, Hence, the victory of socialism is pos­ into other states by their own countries* professors and others. sible first in several, even in one capital­ governments, to work earning a mini­ If true democracy like that in devel­ ist country alone.' mum wage. The bulk of the money ac­ oped countries were to be implemented, He also said elsewhere that the suc- crued from their labour is sent back home stability would prevail and we could cessof revolutions in economically back­ to contribute to the economy. Malawi is forge ahead in an effort to realize a true ward countries would be relatively easy, a country where workers have been con­ developed African continent. This will but it would be difficult to build social­ tracted to work as cheap labour in South restore humanity. ism in such countries. But In highly de­ African mines. veloped countries the success of revolu­ To change this state of affairs, most Luke Madidi tions would be difficult to achieve, but African governments should create true USA the building of socialism after such a democratic institutions where construc­ revolution would be easy. However, in view of the remarkable If you're into political economy, this book is for you. adherence to pre-revolutionary notions in post-socialist societies in Eastern Eu­ No prescriptions. No speculations about the rope, 1 think that it would take a long time future. Just hard analysis. for Americans to change their ideas. Lenin even envisaged that the build­ A must for the trade union ing of socialism in the Soviet Union might fail, in which case they would have leader, organiser, student to begin again. Let us hope that it will be soon. About democracy, while the prin­ of industrial relations ciple of accountability, transparency and and political economy. participation may be admirable, Lenin, Luxemburg and Castro, among others, ADDRESS: have maintained that the guarantee of PHAMBILl BOOKS democracy is that the people should be 22 PLEIN ST armed. Well, in South Africa, that is JOHANNESBURG 2001 happening even though the people are having to do it themselves. I I wish that people would study Lenin more thoroughly than they do. Many of Please send me copy(ies). Find enclosed a cheque Qor a j his concepts are under question in view postal order [ "las payment (please tick box). | of the Soviet Union's demise, but at least he provides a starting point for new con­ NAME | ceptions. [ David Kiison ADDRESS Harare Write to: The Editor Work in Progress P.O. Box 32716 Braamfonteln2017 2 WIP • NO. 81 briefs Alexandra residents IP* flee hostel area IN TEN days, since violence flared in Alexandra on 7 March, nine people have died, 256 have been injured and an esti­ mated 2 000 people have fled from homes near the Madala hostel. As a result, resi­ dents called a stayaway on 26 March, and march on the hostel. 'Here wc are better, more comfort­ able than near the hostel,' says Jacob Dibetso, one of those who fled from his home near Madala hostel and took refuge at Ikageng Primary School. Dibetso, 52, laments the effects of the violence pres­ ently tearing the township apart. His family is sharing a classroom with three other families. They are supplied with food by the Red Cross and sympathetic- business people. Three streets away at 10th Avenue. the effects of violence are more devastat­ ing.
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