ANC 1994 reparations thoughts and research

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What should reparations look like:

some manner of social democracy, infrastructure investment(education, minimum wages, labour
hours, communal housing, all on whitey’s pocket) lots of chances for something to go wrong down
the line, perhaps the money estimated should be appropriated immediately, and then put to use after
being in the hands of ANC{Bismarckian hoodwinking…}?
Land reforms (very distasteful), we want industry, in of itself the poor black SA lacks money
handouts (ineffective)

is it the ANC’s INTEREST EVEN? (outside scope of motion tbf, but strong opp point, ANC is
bougie party) – NO BUT IT IS THE CITIZEN’s (triangular dot formation{therefore}): moral
obligation.

1)
Look at 2023 bills in 2023 (regressive), look at black american community; other historical
examples: proof that wealth correlates, even causes political power; black south africa, worse
political power, ANC loses it’s militancy… in essence, that wealth reforms should’ve been carried
out, if at all possible (I.e they shouldn’t have been done in a piecemeal fashion, like women’s voting
rights england)
- current dissatisfaction with ANC (they are losing votes, poor economical management
- unquestionably good if it were to pass, don’t accept any nonsense about economic ability or
socialism…. Economic inequality bad for development, see articles… so on and so forth
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C inequality is a legacy of apartheid1 and it has been increasing since the advent of democracy, making it the most unequal country in the world (World Bank, 2019a, 2019b; Ntuli & Kwenda, 2013). As
a result, it modelled the development of inequality-perpetuated economic growth causing a long lasting footprint of rising (income) inequality (Leibbrandt et al., 2012; Van der Berg, 2011). This left
io the country with unequal opportunities among the population, social instability, uncertainty, and undermines the reducing effect of growth on poverty reduction (Keefer and Knack, 2000; World
Bank, 2012; World Bank, 2019a; 2019b).
to “There is no evidence that wealth inequality has decreased since the end of apartheid,” the group said. “Asset allocations before 1993 still continue to shape wealth inequality.”
at Six Charts Explain South Africa's Inequality (imf.org)
tn Full article: Income inequality and economic growth: An empirical investigation in South Africa
io (tandfonline.com)
While Black South Africans have outnumbered Whites in the richest 10% of the population for about 7 years, the gap between South Africa’s richest and poorest hasn’t narrowed as the decline in racial
ot inequality has been driven almost entirely by a surge in the top Black incomes rather than increased wealth for the poorest, according to World Inequality Lab data.

ne South Africa Wealth Gap Unchanged Since Apartheid — Report | TIME

it is a class issue, the race comes into it afterwards...

- emergence of a sizeable black bourgeiosie as result of end of apartheid (bad!), deficiency of Pan
african national movements and ML, but hardly applicable (unless we were to argue as to why it is
even more difficult to pass the bill now… ANC is now more obviously (though it always was)
bourgeiosie party, petty – no longer petty?)… bill should’ve been passed in 1994, when it could’ve
been passed (impossible now?)

What remains: to prove they had the political power to do so:

Source of ANC’s power:
Black south africans (sympathetic to cause)
White south africans (not sympathetic to wealth reforms)
International community (not sympathetic to wealth reforms) – yes would sanction against
apartheid, but defense of capital comes first – but wealth reform isn’t (!) socialist – therefore likely
to allow support?
- need to consider end of cold war as reason to why south africa lost it’s international support; no
need for anticommunist government propped up (malaysia, Chile), and why IC is more likely to let
them slide.
Therefore, need to prove that black south africans were the primary movers, or at least that enough
white south africans would have been obliging (sizeable number) {impossible}.

-militancy of ANC (CANNOT be compared to civil rights movement 1. Black south africans
majority (racial tension between them… needs to be considered) 2. ANC was a militant
organisation, capable of waging war against gov (needs to proved!))… all to conclude that even
though civil rights movement NEEDED congressional approval, ANC didn’t need the white south
african’s approval, rather could subjugate them.
-Marxist leninist (not communist!) tendency to it – good reason as any for wealth reforms

incomplete…. Lacks historical knowledge of ANC in 1980s-1990s (how much of a role did the
white african vote play here [reasonable assumption here is that the wte SA would never give up
wealth], what were the politics like (was the government crumbling?), and things of that nature).

In short
misrepresent as much history to show that:
ANC – powerful (specifically, proletarian elements of it… but then, did a sizeable black bougie
exist… very unlikely, but then ANC =/ ACP)
IC – apathetic (end of history??)
WSA – weak

therefore: ANC could do what it wants… pass wealth reforms… SA would now be a lot better

hopeful fantasies – sympathetic groups or influential people in WSA?

Tidbits:
Nelson Mandela – so called socialist!

Why did the 1955 freedom charter failed? Was it external reasons (weakness in his political party at
the time)