State Capture in South Africa

Mbongiseni Buthelezi is the director of the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Peter Vale is senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and senior fellow at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). He is visiting professor in international relations at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, and an honorary professor in the Africa Earth Observatory Network, of which he is a founding member. Mbongiseni Buthelezi is the director of the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) and an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Johannesburg. Peter Vale is senior research fellow at the Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship at the University of Pretoria and senior fellow at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI). He is visiting professor in international relations at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, and an honorary professor in the Africa Earth Observatory Network, of which he is a founding member.Karl von Holdt is Director the Society Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Robyn Foley is a researcher at the Centre for Sustainability Transitions, Stellenbosch University. Ryan Brunette is a research associate at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and the University of Cape Town, South Africa.Jonathan Klaaren is Professor and former Dean of the School of Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Cherese Thakur is an attorney and associated with the German development agency, GIZ. Devi Pillay is a researcher for the State Reform Programme at the Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) in Johannesburg. Luke Spiropoulos is an historian affiliated with the Wits History Workshop. Reg Rumney is a journalist, editor and a research associate at the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, Rhodes University.Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh is currently pursuing a DPhil in international relations at the University of Oxford, and writing a book of essays on South African politics. Michael Marchant is the head of Investigations at Open Secrets. Hennie van Vuuren is the founding director of Open Secrets. Patrick Heller is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. Barney Pityana is a human rights activist. He was the chair of the South African Human Rights Commission and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa.

• Introduction: Understanding and Explaining State Capture – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 1 Elite Formation, Factions and Violence in the Political Economy of Corruption – Karl von HoldtChapter 2 State Capture, the Racket and Predatory Power – Robyn Foley Chapter 3 The Foundations of Corruption in South Africa – Ryan Brunette Chapter 4 Legal Mobilisation against State Capture – Jonathan Klaaren Chapter 5 How Professionals Enabled State Capture – Cherese Thakur and Devi PillayChapter 6 Civil Society in the Face of State Capture: Solidarity and Disharmony – Luke SpiropoulosChapter 7 Media Capture and the Mirror of State Capture – Reg Rumney Chapter 8 State Capture and the Popular Imagination: Narrowing the Narrative – Sizwe Mpofu-WalshChapter 9 Cycles of State Capture: Bringing Profiteers and Enablers to Account – Hennie van Vuuren and Michael MarchantChapter 10 Old Ways and New Days: An Interview with Barney Pityana – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter ValeChapter 11 Can Democracy Bind the State? Comparative Thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa – Patrick HellerContributorsIndex