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Title:Black elites in the Transkei
Author:Charton, Nancy C.J.
Year:1976
Periodical:Politikon: South African Journal of Political Studies
Volume:3
Issue:2
Pages:61-74
Language:English
Geographic terms:Transkei
South Africa
Subject:elite
External link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02589347608704706
Abstract:Abbreviated abstract: The traditional elite la Transkei has Inherited the political kingdom from the Republic of South Africa. Three groups of modern elites, teachers, bureaucrats and entrepreneurs have been the beneficiaries of the decolonisation process. They share the material benefits but appear to be politically subordinate to the traditional elite. A fourth group, the professionals, have evinced some opposition to the ruling group, but it has been sporadic and ineffective. These groups indoubtedly have common interests and life styles though they could not as yet be said to constitute a ruling class, and the post-independence period may well see the emergence of elite competition. There is also a growing gap between the rulers and the ruled, the impoverished peasant and the urban working class, which could well be widened by the relationship of dependence in which the elites stand to the government of the Republic of South Africa. Refs.
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