AT the Dante Alighieri Society in=20 Johannesburg this week, an Italian book on=20 the new South Africa was launched. The=20 collection of10 essays, Il Nuovo Sudafrica,=20 was edited by Itala Vivan, professor of=20 literature at the University of Political=20 Science in Milan.=20
The volume contains essays about this=20 country’s transition to democracy,=20 including contributions by Nigel Worden on=20 history, Steven Friedman on the political=20 economy, Thandabantu Nhlapo on the=20 judiciary, Jenny Cargill on the economy,=20 and Caroline White on the role of women.=20 Several contributors were present at the=20 launch and gave summaries in English of=20 their work. Vivan is touring South Africa=20 to promote the book.=20
Heading the chapters are excerpts of poems=20 by Sipho Sepamla, who also attended the=20 launch and read from his work.=20