The Presidents
From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis
Published on 12. October 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-1-77609-594-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since 1994, South Africa has had five presidents who have varied greatly in style and character, despite all coming from the same political party. How do they compare? How did they handle the crises they faced? What effect did they have on the country?
As the ANC's next elective conference approaches and Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a second term as president, the country is reeling from the effects of state capture and the Covid-19 pandemic. Coupled with an ailing economy and record unemployment, the need for good political leadership to steer us through the morass is more urgent than ever.
It is, therefore, a perfect time to think critically about the role that presidential leadership plays in our lives and in history. To this end, The Presidents provides an honest assessment of the five post-democracy presidents - Mandela, Mbeki, Motlanthe, Zuma and Ramaphosa - examining their strongest qualities and greatest weaknesses in the context of the momentous challenges they faced.
As the ANC's next elective conference approaches and Cyril Ramaphosa seeks a second term as president, the country is reeling from the effects of state capture and the Covid-19 pandemic. Coupled with an ailing economy and record unemployment, the need for good political leadership to steer us through the morass is more urgent than ever.
It is, therefore, a perfect time to think critically about the role that presidential leadership plays in our lives and in history. To this end, The Presidents provides an honest assessment of the five post-democracy presidents - Mandela, Mbeki, Motlanthe, Zuma and Ramaphosa - examining their strongest qualities and greatest weaknesses in the context of the momentous challenges they faced.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Parklands
South Africa
Publishing group
Penguin Random House South Africa
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-77609-594-0 (9781776095940)
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Richard Calland | Mabel Sithole
The Presidents
From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis
E-Book
11/2022
1st Edition
Penguin Books (South Africa)
€16.49
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Persons
Richard Calland is one of South Africa's most incisive political analysts. During a fifteen year career at IDASA, he also founded a number of organisations, including the Parliamentary Monitoring Group (PMG), the DGRU and Judges Matter, as well as the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (CASAC). He is now an associate professor in public law at UCT, a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and a co-founding partner of political risk advisory The Paternoster Group. Earlier publications include Thabo Mbeki's World, Anatomy of South Africa, The Zuma Years and Make or Break.