Overcoming difficult challenges : bolstering good governance / South Africa's key challenges : tough choices and new directions / Democracy at risk? Politics and governance under the ANC / The social and political implications of demographic change in post-Apartheid South Africa / Meeting the challenge of unemployment? / The plight of women and children : advancing South Africa's least privileged / Post-1994 South African education : the challenge of social justice / Developing possibilities for South African youth : beyond limited educational choices? / South Africa's key health challenges / Curbing the killing fields : making South Africa safer / Accountability and the media / South Africa and Africa / The need for strengthened political leadership