South Africans Exist: Identity, Nationalism, and Democracy

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Notes

¹ For an introspective examination of xenophobic violence in South Africa, see Hassim, Kupe, and Worby, eds, Go Home or Die Here: Violence, Xenophobia and the Reinvention of Difference in South Africa.

² For a balanced critique of Mbeki's presidency and the prescient observation that the battle for succession would be a “bruising affair,” see Gumede, Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC.

³ Like Chipkin, Mangcu has been a sharp critic of the forms of racial nationalism that evolved under Mbeki's rule. In addition to his various columns in Business Day, see Mangcu, To the Brink: The State of Democracy in South Africa.

⁴ The Economist, “Payback Time?” 50.