Mbeki's uphill challenge

Authors
Thompson, L
Citation
L. Thompson, Mbeki's uphill challenge, FOREIGN AFF, 78(6), 1999, pp. 83
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ISSN journal
00157120 → ACNP
Volume
78
Issue
6
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-7120(199911/12)78:6<83:MUC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The new South Africa that Nelson Mandela has bequeathed to Thabo Mbeki is s till, alas, beset with serious problems. Despite high hopes and some progre ss, South African society remains divided and troubled. Crime is rampant, f oreign investment is scarce, poverty is endemic, corruption is on the rise, inequality is pervasive, and the educational system is abysmal for blacks and declining for others. Mbeki's South Africa may be becoming just another African country.