Against the Tide by Steven Friedman

If we are looking for an arrangement to govern which will make the changes the country needs, we will be disappointed. None of the options on offer will do that. So, what we should hope for is a government which will respect our freedoms so that the people who do want those changes will be able to work for them.

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.