Introduction. South Africa's fragile democracy: twenty years on / Devan Pillay and Roger Southall -- pt. 1. Ecology, economy and labour. Introduction / Devan Pillay -- The South African labour market after eighteen years : It's class struggle, stupid! / Nicolas Pons-Vignon and Miriam Di Paola -- The state of organised labour : still living like there's no tomorrow / Ian Macun --Citizen Wal-Mart? South African food retailing and selling development / Bridget Kenny -- Transcending South Africa's oil dependency / Jeremy Wakeford -- The politics of electricity generation in South Africa / Keith Gottschalk -- pt. 2. Power, politics and participation. -- Introduction / Prishani Naidoo -- Platinum, poverty and princes in post-apartheid South Africa : new laws, old repertoires / Aninka Claassens and Boitumelo Matlala -- amaDiba moment : how civil courage confronted sttate and corporate collusion / John G.I. Clarke -- Secrecy and power in South Africa / Dale T. McKinley -- The contemporary relevance of Black Consciousness in South Africa / Xolela Mangcu -- Death and the modern black lesbian / Zethu Matebeni -- pt. 3. Public policy and social practice. Introduction / Roger Southall -- Why does Zimbabwe's school system out-perform South Africa's? / Martin Prew -- Higher education in 2013: at many crossroads / Ahmed Bawa -- Democracy without economic emancipation : household relations and policy in South Africa / Sarah Mosoetsa -- Prisons, the law and overcrowding / Clare Ballard -- pt. 4. South Africa at large. Introduction / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- South Africa in Africa : groping for leadership and muddling through / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- South Africa and Israel : from alliance to estrangement / Ran Greenstein -- South Africa's economic ties with north-east Asia / Scarlett Cornelissen -- Regional parastatals within South Africa's system of accumulation / Justin van der Merwe -- The leadership challenge in Southern Africa / Mopeli L. Moshoeshoe.