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    The Challenge of State Transformation in South Africa
    (Wiley, 2000) Cameron, Robert; Tapscott, Chris
    The advent of multi-party democracy in April 1994 marked the end of three centuries of colonial conquest and white minority rule in South Africa. As part of the process of transformation which ensued from this event, the ANC-led government has set the reform of the public sector as one of its primary goals. The reforms pursued have aimed to restructure the new state in such a way to make it more legitimate and accountable to the majority of South Africans. Where the previous state had been authoritarian, repressive and oligarchic in nature, the new state is intended to be democratic, developmental and committed to a culture of human rights.