20 Years of South African Democracy: So Where to now?

This publication is the outcome of a conference
marking the beginning of South Africa’s third decade of democracy
hosted in November 2014 by the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic
Reflection (MISTRA) and the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute
(TMALI) at the University of South Africa (Unisa). The conference was
entitled 20 Years of South African Democracy: So Where to Now? The main
focus of the conference was projective reflections into the next two
decades of democracy. It aimed to deal with the theoretical perspectives
underpinning the state of South Africa in two decades of democracy and,
most importantly, prospects for the future. This publication covers the
following main themes of the conference:

• Reflections on Historical Moments
• The South African Political Economy
• Values, Nation Formation and Social Compacting
• Innovation and Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Action
• Building a Capable Developmental State

Contained herein are inputs from a wide range of prominent South
African and international thinkers, practitioners and activists. Some
are in the form of prepared papers and others are taken from transcripts
of presentations. They are presented in the hope that the
thought-provoking and incisive discourse that took place at the
conference can contribute to the continuation of a discussion that, by
its nature, can have no end.

Contributors: Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Frene
Ginwala, Sydney Mufamadi, Mayor Parks Tau, Pascal Moloi, Patricia
McFadden, Trevor Manuel, Miriam Altman, Albie Sachs, Renosi Mokate, Vusi
Gumede, Pregs Govender, Raenette Taljaard, Mammo Muchie, Mazibuko Jara,
Hester du Plessis, Tshilidzi Marwala, Imraan Patel, Erika Kraemer-Mbula
and Sibusiso Vil-Nkomo.