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Out of (South) Africa
By Michael Cebon | December 12, 2008
Johanesburg’s The Times has a great article this week looking at the way that the IMF & World Bank have influenced the policies of post-aparteid South Africa. The article is an excerpt from ANC MP Ben Turok’s new book From the Freedom Charter to Polokwane: The Evolution of ANC Economic Policy.
And for an amazing insight into just how destructive these economic policies have been for ordinary South African’s there’s an extraordinary article in Harpers Magazing this month entitled Mandela’s Smile. (It’s not specifically on the issue of globalisation, but it gives a heartfelt perspectives on the ravages of free-market economic fundementalism, as practiced in South Africa.)
Topics: IMF & World Bank |