Thabo Mbeki

A leading scholar of South Africa provides a fresh and penetrating exploration of that country's history, from the and oearliest known human inhabitation of the region to the present, focusing primarily on the experiences of its black f inhabitants. For this third edition, Leonard Thompson adds two new chapters that describe the transfer of power and the new South Africa under the presidencies of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki

Since 1994, the democratic government in South Africa has worked hard at improving the lives of the black majority, yet half the population still lives in poverty, jobs are scarce, and the country is more unequal than ever.