South Africa Needs a Fresh Start, Says New Book: But Does the Argument Hold Up?

South Africa Needs a Fresh Start, Says New Book: But Does the Argument Hold Up?

Eddy Maloka, the South African historian, diplomat and academic, argues in his latest book the case for South Africa to forge a “second republic”. What is meant by this is left undefined, but emerges as the making of a new constitution, establishing new institutions. Maloka’s argument is that South Africa’s transformation since 1994 – the overthrow of an unjust political, economic and social order – has benefited only a few. Today the country is…