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Title:Patronage and corruption under the National Party and African National Congress governments in South Africa, 1948-2000
Author:Sebudubudu, D.ISNI
Year:2008
Periodical:Pula: Botswana Journal of African Studies (ISSN 0256-2316)
Volume:22
Issue:1
Pages:56-74
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:South Africa
Southern Africa
Subjects:patronage
corruption
National Party
African National Congress (South Africa)
politics
South Africa--Politics and government
Political corruption
Patronage, Political
Abstract:Despite a change in government in 1994, there are continuities and parallels between the politics of patronage and political corruption under the apartheid National Party (NP) and African National Congress (ANC) governments in South Africa. The author examines how the policies of both the National Party and the ANC government since 1994 facilitated patronage and provided an environment for corruption. Both governments used public resources to promote the positions of their (disadvantaged) supporters and to build a support base. As well, they engaged in public corruption to serve both political and personal purposes. Such patronage and corruption have not been confronted effectively as they operate in the interests of a government consolidating its political power. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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