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Heller's interesting comparison of the decentralized planning process in Kerala (India), Porto Alegre (Brazil), & South Africa concluded that the process of democratic decentralization in South Africa is failing as a result of technocratic centralization tendencies of the ANC administration. While Heller's analysis makes many pertinent points & mirrors the widespread frustration of many on the South African Left over the neoliberal course & autocratic tendencies of the ANC, it offers an undifferentiated negative view of the situation in South Africa. This negative view results from the somewhat unfair analysis with respect to selection of content & time frame for comparison. Additionally, some important reasons for some of the basic democratic deficits highlighted by Heller are elucidated in an effort to provide a deeper & constructive understanding of the South African transformation processes. L. Kehl