{"product_id":"9781776192915","title":"Countdown to Socialism","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is the policy blueprint of the governing ANC\/SACP alliance, who have been implementing it in different spheres for more than two decades. It is intended to provide ‘the most direct route’ to a socialist South Africa and is the key to understanding events in the country since the 1994 transition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough many important steps towards Expropriation without Compensation and other NDR objectives have already been taken or are well in train, most South Africans have never been informed about the NDR and its destructive goals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith growth stalling, joblessness at crisis levels, and governance unravelling, people cannot fathom why the ANC does not implement meaningful reforms. Understand the NDR, however, and its underlying priorities become apparent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf South Africa’s mainly capitalist economy was thriving, with high growth, low unemployment, and rising living standards, the ANC could not justify expanding state ownership or control. By contrast, with joblessness and destitution at unprecedented levels, the call for state provision and control becomes far more compelling – and even patently harmful policies such as Expropriation without Compensation seem justifiable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"JONATHAN BALL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40885605892211,"sku":"9781776192915","price":330.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/392792_642d8a82ac2961.46402622_9781776192915_287x438_6b2a5583-0377-49af-8ee5-c100df714166.jpg?v=1689579593","url":"https:\/\/readerswarehouse.us\/products\/9781776192915","provider":"Readers Warehouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}