SHADOW STATE
SHADOW STATE
THE POLITICS OF STATE CAPTURE
IVOR CHIPKIN & MARK SWILLING
WITH
HAROON BHORAT | MBONGISENI BUTHELEZI | SIKHULEKILE DUMA HANNAH FRIEDENSTEIN | LUMKILE MONDI | CAMAREN PETER NICKY PRINS | MZUKISI QOBO
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Wits University Press
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Copyright © Ivor Chipkin, Mark Swilling, Haroon Bhorat, Mbongiseni Buthelezi, Sikhulekile Duma, Hannah Friedenstein (pseudonym), Lumkile Mondi, Camaren Peter, Nicky Prins and Mzukisi Qobo 2018
Foreword © Mcebisi Jonas
Afterword © Ferial Haffajee
Published edition © Wits University Press 2018
First published 2018
http://dx.doi.org.10.18772/22018072125
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Contents
Chapter 1Structuring the Capture of the State
Chapter 2The Politics of Betrayal
Chapter 3Power, Authority and Audacity: How the Shadow State Was Built
Chapter 4Repurposing Governance
List of figures and tables
Figures
Figure 1.1. Generalised model of a patronage network that extracts and administers rents
Figure 2.1. Number of fraud and corruption cases related directly to state and SOE procurement (2010–2016)
Figure 3.1. Financial flows via the shadow state
Tables
Table 1.1. Known outflows from Gupta-linked companies and individuals
Table 2.1. Value of fraud and corruption charges against Transnet, Eskom and SASSA (2010–2013)
Table 4.1. Value of South African SOE procurement (2010–2011)
Table 4.2. South African government guarantee exposure (2014/15–2016/17)
Acronyms and abbreviations
| ACSA | Airports Company South Africa |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| ANCYL | African National Congress Youth League |
| ASGISA | Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa |
| B-BBEE | broad-based black economic empowerment |
| BBC | Black Business Council |
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BEE
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