Popular Politics and Resistance Movements in South Africa by William Beinart Marcelle C. Dawson

Author:William Beinart, Marcelle C. Dawson [William Beinart, Marcelle C. Dawson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781868145188
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Publisher: Wits University Press
Published: 2010-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 8.22: Beat It! footage showing that TAC protests and events were dominated by women

Source: Beat It! series 2000, episode 2

Increasing anger over unemployment, low salaries, lack of essential amenities and continued inequality is demonstrated in the widespread ‘service delivery’ protests of the post-apartheid period, particularly in the large-scale public sector strikes that occurred across South Africa in mid-2007. In the latter, the previous vanguard of the resistance, the urban work force, criticised the ruling party, demanding quicker and genuine redress and more equitable economic distribution. Reflecting a similar sentiment, Beat It! broadcast many indictments of government negligence and inefficiency as voiced by support group members, expert guests and members of the public. However, even though these critiques were often intensified by damning visual evidence of the obstruction failure to solve social and health crises, the purpose of the programme was not to alienate the government. Rather, it aimed to ensure that the Constitution was upheld and that people could access the services to which they were entitled. For instance, in an episode from the 2005 series on the antiretroviral roll-out, a young woman named Nozuko Smile shouted to a crowd of protesters:

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