Protest in South Africa

Rekgotsofetse Chikane, Heidi Brooks

Description

Popular protest has become a regular feature of post-1994 South Africa. As a young democracy born out of resistance, we may understand the contemporary manifestations of protest as extensions of this broader history. However, it is notably in the context of formal democratic institutions that popular protest has become an increasingly normalised mode of influencing policy, demanding service delivery and forcing change. Protest is constitutive of South Africa's democratic politics, but also reflective of it.

Protest in South Africa: Rejection, reassertion, reclamation explores the underpinnings of contemporary protest and both its short-term causes and structural drivers. Focusing on the surge of protest from the mid-2000s, this edited volume provides an overview of the complexity of protest action, the diversity of protest spaces and actors, and responses to protest from both citizens and state. The volume situates its analysis against the backdrop of the global wave of protest witnessed since the turn of the 21 century, while examining protest in South Africa's local and historical contexts.

Contributors to the volume examine protests in relation to, among other factors, provision of infrastructure and services, contestations around socio-economic development, issues of citizenship, and demands for inclusive democratic governance. Chapters also examine the role of women in protest action, the policing of protest, and the intersection of protest action with spaces of formal politics. The volume also alerts us to the darker side of protest, and the destruction and division it may foment. It thus considers the prospects of South Africa's evolving, sometimes violent, protest terrain for social and state stability and democratic progress.

In the diversity of spaces, sectors and communities of interests in which collective action has emerged, Protest in South Africa: Rejection, reassertion, reclamation shows how protest is underpinned by a rejection of the status quo, a reassertion of interests, and a reclaiming of the political and democratic space.

Sujets

• Political Science

Informations

• Publié par: The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA)
• Date de parution: 23 janvier 2024
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781920690380
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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IBS I 79 BS 8 N 1- 798-216-2960 9I - N 7 S 7-3 8197B-296-0-793

IN SOUTH AFRICA

Rejection, reassertio E n d , ite r d e b c y l H a eid m i B a ro t o i k o s, n Rekgotsofetse Chikane and Shauna Mottiar

I N S T I T U T E F O R S T R A T E G I C R E F L E C T I O N A M IS T R A P u b lication

Protest în South Afrîca: Rejectîon, reassertîon, recamatîon

E D I T E D B Y Heîdî Brooks, Rekgotsofetse Chîkane and Shauna Mottîar

Fîrst pubîshed by the Mapungubwe Instîtute for Strategîc Refectîon (MISTRA) în2023

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ISBN 978-1-920690-37-3

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Contents

Acknowedgement of funders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vîî Acronyms and abbrevîatîons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vîîî Contrîbutors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvî

Chapter 1:

ThearchîtectureofprotestînSouthAfrîca:Contexts and underpînnîngs

–HeîdîBrooks,RekgotsofetseChîkaneand Shauna Mottîar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

P A R T I : C O M P L E X C A U S E S I N P R O T E S T T R E N D S A N D D Y N A M I C S

Chapter 2:

Chapter 3:

Chapter 4:

Protestînanageofcontentîon:SouthAfrîca’s resonances wîth the Goba South and beyond –HeîdîBrooks29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thenexusofcîtîzen,partyandstateînaccumuatîng protest repertoîres în South Afrîca –SusanBooysen54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ProtestapathyînSouthAfrîca –RekgotsofetseChîkaneandHafdanLynge. . . . . . 82

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Chapter 10:

Chapter 11:

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Genderîngprotests:Mappîngwomen’spartîcîpatîonîn communîty protests în Duncan Vîage, Eastern Cape –HengîweNdovu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Ruraprotestagaînstîmposeddeveopmentprocesses and envîronmenta damage: Fîshîng communîtîes în the Eastern Cape’s Wîd Coast –FanîNcapayî134. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dyîngtodrînk:Watertenderpreneurs,communîty agency and protest în Mothutung, North West –MaryGavîn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Eectrîcîtycontestatîonsandînfrastructuracîtîzenshîp: Protest în Lamontvîe, Durban –ShaunaMottîar192. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weaponîsînggrassrootsdemocracy:Operatîon Dudua’s rîght-wîng popuîsm and the need for a countermovement –LukeSînwe,TerrîMaggottandTrevorNgwane211. . Beyondprotest:Vîoence,ootîngandanarchyîn Juy 2021 –MarydeHaas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Chapter 12:

Chapter 9:

Chapter 8:

Chapter 6:

Chapter 7:

P A R T I I I : R E S P O N S E S A N D R E P E R C U S S I O N S

Chapter 5:

Transactîonaactîvîsm:Effectoftheengagement practîces of protest eaders on communîty protests în South Afrîca –SethuegoMatebesî. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Changîngînluencesonthepoîcîngofpubîcorderîn South Afrîca and the Goba South –ZîyandaStuurman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

P A R T I I : T H E A R C H I T E C T U R E O F P R O T E S T

Protest în South Afrîca: Rejectîon, reassertîon, recamatîon

Chapter 13:

Chapter 14:

Contents

Crîmeandpunîshment:Crîmeandpoîcîng-reated protest în South Afrîca –DavîdBruce,LîzetteLancasterandGareth Newham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 Rejectîon,reassertîon,recamatîon: The underpînnîngs of protest în South Afrîca –HeîdîBrooks,ShaunaMottîarandRekgotsofetse Chîkane354. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

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Acknowedgement of funders

MISTRA Funders Inteectua endeavours of thîs magnîtude are not possîbe wîthout inancîa resources. MISTRA thanks the donors who support the Instîtute and make îts work possîbe. They încude:

Corporate Donors Ango Amerîcan Patînum Aspen Pharmacare Batho Batho Trust Department of Scîence and Innovatîons Dîscovery Centra Servîces Fîrst Rand Foundatîon Frîedrîch-Ebert-Stîftung (FES) Harîth Partners Naspers Natîona Instîtute for Humanîtîes and Socîa Scîences (NIHSS) Oppenheîmer Memorîa Trust (OMT). Sîmeka Capîta Hodîngs Standard Bank Transnet

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Acronyms and abbrevîatîons

AMCU ANC COSATU CPF CPPs CSC CSRP CST DMR DMRE DWS EMPr eNCA EU GDP GEAR HIV IEC IEP IMF INK IPID IRIS ISS KZN LGBTQIA+

LHR MEC

Assocîatîon of Mîneworkers and Constructîon Unîon Afrîcan Natîona Congress Congress of South Afrîcan Trade Unîons Communîty Poîcîng Forum crîme and poîcîng-reated protests Centre for Socîa Change Centre for Socîoogîca Research and Practîce coonîaîsm of a specîa type Department of Mînera Resources Department of Mînera Resources and Energy Department of Water and Sanîtatîon Envîronmenta Management Programme eNews Channe Afrîca European Unîon gross domestîc product Growth, Empoyment, and Redîstrîbutîon Human Immunodeicîency Vîrus Independent Eectora Commîssîon Instîtute for Economîcs and Peace Internatîona Monetary Fund Inanda/Ntuzuma/KwaMashu Independent Poîce Investîgatîve Dîrectorate Incîdent Regîstratîon Informatîon System Instîtute of Securîty Studîes KwaZuu-Nata esbîan, gay, bîsexua, transgender, întersex, queer/ questîonîng, asexua, and others Lawyers for Human Rîghts Member of the Executîve Councî

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MK MKVA NATJOINTS NDP NGO NIM NIU OLS ORS OUTA PAR PASA POP PPVM PSIRA PT R2K RET SABC SAFTU SAHRC SALGA SANDF SAP SAPS SASSA SIU SMMEs SSA STATS SA TRU/TRT UKZN UN UPL USA

Acronyms and abbrevîatîons

Umkhonto we Sîzwe Umkhonto we Sîzwe Veterans Assocîatîon Natîona Joînt Operatîona and Inteîgence Structure Natîona Deveopment Pan non-governmenta organîsatîon Natîona Inteîgence Mode Natîona Interventîon Unît ordînary east square Operatîona Response Servîces Organîsatîon Undoîng Tax Abuse partîcîpatory actîon research Petroeum Agency of South Afrîca Pubîc Order Poîcîng Protest and Pubîc Vîoence Monîtor Prîvate Securîty Industry Reguator Authorîty Partîdo dos Trabahadores (Workers Party) Rîght2Know radîca economîc transformatîon South Afrîcan Broadcastîng Corporatîon South Afrîcan Federatîon of Trade Unîons South Afrîcan Human Rîghts Commîssîon South Afrîcan Loca Government Assocîatîon South Afrîcan Natîona Defence Force South Afrîcan Poîce South Afrîcan Poîce Servîce South Afrîcan Socîa Securîty Agency Specîa Investîgatîon Unît Sma, Medîum and Mîcro Enterprîses StateSecurîtyAgency

Statîstîcs South Afrîca Tactîca Response Unît/Tactîca Response Team Unîversîry of KwaZuu-Nata Unîted Natîons Unîted Phosphorous Lîmîted Unîted States of Amerîca

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