Political repression in post-Apartheid South Africa
Автор:Jesse Russell Год: 2013 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 100 ISBN: 9785509271533 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! South Africa has a liberal constitution that protects all basic political freedoms. However there have been a number of incidents of political repression, dating back to at least 2002, as well as threats of future repression in violation of this constitution leading some analysts, civil society organisations and popular movements to conclude that there is or could be a new climate of political repression or a decline in political tolerance. Bishop Rubin Phillip has said that "a dark night is settling over our country as the light of our democratic dawn dims". Some have linked the increase in repression to the influence of the 'security cluster' under the Jacob Zuma presidency. It has been argued that "Zuma has enhanced the coercive capacity of the state" and that he has focused on "building a state based on fear". It has also been argued that repression has affected poor people's organisations most seriously but that repression directed...
