Can South Africa Survive?

This is a collection of essays on the contemporary crisis and change in South Africa which considers the international political position, Afrikaner politics, South African economics, internal Black politics, The United Democratic Front, Black trade unions and constitutional change. In 1977 R.W.Johnson in his book " How long will South Africa survive" argued that the situation in the country was locked at five minutes to midnight, it was so near to revolution and yet so far. This volume reassesses his arguments in the light of increased pressure and all the other changes that have occured inside and outside South Africa since then and concludes that revolution is not substantially any nearer. The metaphor of the motionless clock, riveted to just before the final hour, still remains symbolic of South Africa's position. The author has also written "Mosley's Men: The BUF in the West Midlands", "After Soweto: An Unfinished Journey" and "The Police, Public Order and The State".