The theoretical and ideological position on imperialism: the case of South Africa, 1989
Makgetlaneng, Sehlare
1989-07-01
1980-1989
The main objective of the study is to demonstrate that contrary to the position that South Africa is an imperialist country, South Africa is a settler colonial and semi-colonial dependent capitalist country dominated by imperialism. Using historical materialism as its methodology, the study provides a critical analysis of the organic link in historical and theoretical terms between South Africa, British financial imperialism and the multilateral imperialist system as well as a continuing socio-historical interconnection between the settler colonial invasion of South Africa and the present imperialist domination of the country, the South African mining industry and its domination by the imperialist finance capital, the pattern of capital accumulation process in South Africa, the internal colonialism thesis and the concentrated or intensified external expansion of the South African manufacturing industry into independent African countries in the 1960s and 1970s as a means to achieve its main objective. The main result of our study is that South Africa is basically a raw material producer with very limited external markets for its manufactured products. The South African manufacturing industry is import-substitution with the consequence that South Africa is basically a semi-colonial enclave for the reproduction of the imperialist finance capital exporting mineral raw materials and semi-processed products to the imperialist countries. Briefly, South Africa is dominated by imperialism. It is not an imperialist country. The significance of the study is its provision of the critical analysis of the political, ideological and economic factors behind the incorrect position that South Africa is an imperialist country and its production and provision of the conclusive evidence of the theoretical and ideological position that South Africa is a dependent capitalist country dominated by imperialism. The study also contributes towards the understanding of the characteristic features of the national question in South Africa. The essential significance of the study is its contribution towards the elimination of settler colonialism, capitalism and imperialism in South Africa.
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Atlanta University
Department of Political Science
Gibrill, Hashim
Clark Atlanta University
Georgia--Atlanta
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_makgetlaneng_sehlare
https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/
