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The African National Congress (ANC) emerged from South Africa's 1999 election in a greatly strengthened position. Now, not only is the constitutionally obligatory five-year period of a government of national unity over—which means that the ANC as the majority party is entitled to rule the country on its own—but the ANC increased its already strong majority in Parliament to just short of two-thirds.In this article, we first discuss the context of the political debate in which the election took place, as well as the outcome of the election. We then examine the prospects for the consolidation of democracy in South Africa in light of the election results and in relation to the issues surrounding electoral procedure, a dominant party system, and opposition politics within the context of a still very much racially divided society.

Das Ende 1998 von der Regierung vorgelegte Weißbuch zur zukünftigen Struktur und zu den Aufgaben des Local Government war Gegenstand eines von der Development Bank of Southern Africa organisierten Diskussionsforums. Fünf auf diesem Forum diskutierte Papiere nehmen generell kritisch zum Inhalt des Weißbuchs Stellung und befassen sich speziell mit dem Wandel der Aufgaben lokaler Verwaltungen im 21. Jahrhundert, mit der Bedeutung des Weißbuchs für die arme ländliche Bevölkerung sowie mit Aspekten, die die traditionellen Führer afrikanischer Bevölkerungsgruppen betreffen. (DÜI-Hlb)

Welsh, D.: The state of the polity. - S. 7-19. Uys, S.: The ANC and black politics. - S. 20-32. Blumenfeld, J.: The post-apartheid economy. - S. 33-48. Deegan, H.: Good govenrnance and accountability. - S. 49-54. Shubane, K.: Power-sharing between centre and provinces. - S. 55-59. Lipton, M.: Democracy and stability in the new South Africa. - S. 60-65. Evans, G.: Foreign policy and the African Renaissance. - S. 66-73. Barber, J.: South Africa's relations with the West. - S. 74-79. Mayall, J.: South Africa's role in international peacekeeping. - S. 80-85. Mills, G.: Prospects for 2000 and beyond. - S. 86-91. Simon, D.: From Mandela to Mbeki. - S. 91-98