What's happening to Mandela's children?

SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2007
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Rakate
KEYWORDS: CHILDREN, POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA, YOUTH
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 4992
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5686
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5686

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Abstract

The generation of post-apartheid youth is widely seen as something of a disappointment. The author writes about her generation's lack of interest in politics, their consumerism, their 'lack of moral fibre' and their crass materialism.