The African Renaissance Project of Thabo Mbeki

Sehlare Makgetlaneng

Description

This book provides a critical analysis of the targets and objectives of The African Renaissance project as articulated by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. The work is divided into five chapters: South Africa before and since 1994; invaluable lessons for the African Renaissance project; targets and objectives of the African Renaissance as articulated by Thabo Mbeki; the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as the litmus test for the African Renaissance; the DRC as the strategic heart of the African continental transformation; the African Renaissance Project: key issues, processes and developments. It provides a critical analysis of the South African socio-historical roots and targets in these issues, processes and developments of the African Renaissance project. The book has a conclusion and recommendations.

1 South Africa before and since 1994: Invaluable lessons for the African Renaissance Project

2 Targets and Objectives of the African Renaissance as articulated by Thabo Mbeki

3 The Democratic Republic of the Congo as the Litmus Test for the African Renaissance

4 The Democratic Republic of the Congo as the Strategic Heart of the African Continental Transformation

5 African Renaissance Project: Key Issues, Processes and Developments

Sujets

• African Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• Political Science
• African
• Postcolonialism
• African people
• Pan-Africanism
• President of South Africa
• African Renaissance
• Social sciences
• World
• Thabo Mbeki

Informations

• Publié par: Institute for Preservation and Development
• Date de parution: 27 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781991205315
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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THE AFRICAN RENAISSANCE PROJECT OF THABO MBEKI

ITS SOUTH AFRICAN ROOTS AND TARGETS

SEHLARE MAKGETLANENG

The African Renaissance Project of Thabo Mbeki

The African Renaissance Project of Thabo Mbeki

Its South African Roots and Targets

Sehlare Makgetlaneng

Institute for Preservation and Development Pretoria

First published by the Institute for Preservation and Development in 2022 P.O. Box 4154 The Reeds, Pretoria 0158 South Africa

© Sehlare Makgetlaneng, 2022

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The African Renaissance Project of Thabo Mbeki: Its South African Roots and Targets

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Contents

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1 South Africa before and since 1994: Invaluable lessons for the African Renaissance Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2 Targets and Objectives of the African Renaissance as articulated by Thabo Mbeki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 3The Democratic Republic of the Congo as the Litmus Test for the African Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 4 The Democratic Republic of the Congo as the Strategic Heart of the African Continental Transformation . . . . . . . . 95 5 African Renaissance Project: Key Issues, Processes and Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Notes and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511

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For our parents, Hollo Morwaswi and Kgathane Pheladi Makgetlaneng – Always

About the Author

Sehlare Makgetlaneng is the Research Associate at the University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa. He served as a Chief Research Specialist and Head of Governance and Security Programme at the Africa Institute of South Africa. He also served as a Senior Researcher at the Institute for African Renaissance Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria. He holds a PhD in Political Science with African Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Economy and International Relations as sub-fields, a Master of Public Administration from Atlanta University (currently Clark Atlanta University) and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. He worked for the Southern Centre for International Studies as a researcher and deputy to the director of its research division, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as a researcher on Southern African affairs, Atlanta, and as the Administrative Secretary of the Office of the Treasurer General of the African National Congress, Johannesburg. He lectured Political Science at the University of Venda, International Relations at the North-West University where he established Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy and PhD degree programmes in International Relations. He also

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lectured in the South African Politics and Political Economy Masters programme being responsible for South African Political Economy at the Nelson Mandela University. He served as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of Economic Analysis and Global Affairs of the Center for Strategic Studies in Baku, Azerbaijan in 2014, where the research study for his book published in 2016,Azerbaijan as a Regional Economic Driver: Opportunities and Challenges, was undertaken. Makgetlaneng’s areas of interest and publications include structural change of African societies, not only a rearrangement at their top, South Africa-Africa political, economic and trade relations, African continental and Southern African regional integration, the role of political governance in Africa’s development, the centrality of Africa in South Africa’s international relations and foreign policy, the United States’ Africa policy, the United States national security strategy for Southern Africa from 1969 to the present, race-class and internal-external relations in African and global affairs and politics, and development as an intellectual process of creation of resources for satisfaction of human needs. Upon the passing away of Professor Archibald Monwabisi Mafeje on 28 March 2007, he initiated the Archie Mafeje Annual Memorial Lecture, a flagship project of the Africa Institute of South Africa.  A rated researcher in African Affairs by the National Research Foundation who successfully applied for African Affairs to be recognised as a field of specialisation, Makgetlaneng is actively involved in the South African relations between South Africa and the world. He is, among others, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee Subcommittee on International Relations Working Group on Africa. Serving as a member of the ANC Subcommittee on International Relations Task Team on the Pan-African Parliament, he completed a document, The Transformation of the Pan-African Parliament into a Truly Continental Legislative Body. Globally, beyond South Africa, he served, among others, as a member of the International Expert Group of the Russian Center for Policy Studies, Moscow. He is a member of the working group on BRICS of the Institute for African Studies, the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

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C H A P T E R O N E

South Africa before and since 1994 Invaluable lessons for the African Renaissance Project

The cause for African Renaissance is the journey African people are walking together to achieve its objectives. This means, among others, firstly, that they walk this journey through the resolution of the socio-political and economic problems they face. Secondly, that Africans, particularly political leaders, who are obstacles towards the achievement of these objectives should be confronted for their defeat. Thirdly, a critical analysis of the African Renaissance as the project of Thabo Mbeki and for structural socio-political and economic transformation of the African continent should do justice to him by not distorting his position on this project. This means that we should honestly and sincerely provide targets and objectives for the project as articulated by Mbeki. We should also provide him with a platform by extensively quoting from his works. We should provide him with a platform for him to share with the reading audience his vision for Africa within the framework of the project. This means that this platform should afford him opportunity to articulate the targets and objectives of the project. We also provide Mbeki’s closest friends and colleagues with an opportunity to defend him by quoting from their

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