EDITORS:Bill Freund, Gerhard Mare, Mike Morris, Vishnu Padayachee.ASSOCIATE EDITORS:Stephen Gelb (LERC); Pete Hudson, Alan Mabin (Univ. Witwatersrand);David Kaplan (Univ. Cape Town); Colin Bundy (Univ. Western Cape);Robert Davies (Univ. Eduardo Mondlane); Gavin Williams (Univ. Oxford);Dan O'Meara (Univ of Quebec, Montreal); John Saul (York University).Layout by Vijay MakanjeePUBLICATION GUIDELINES:We ask contributors to submit two (2) typed copies, following the format (onsuch issues as references and notes) of articles in this issue of TRANSFOR-MATION. Whilst the journal will cater for work at any level of abstraction,or detail, a number of criteria will guide the editors in selection of materialfor inclusion. Articles should aim for academic rigour but also clarify the pol-itical implications of the issues discussed. We are concerned not to competewith other South African journals that may cover related ground but in dif-ferent ways: this will also govern our selection principles.All contributions will be assessed anonymously by referees. Contributionsshould preferably not exceed the following lengths:analytical articles: 7000 wordsdebates and review articles: 3000 wordsThe views expressed in TRANSFORMATION do not necessarily reflectthose of the editors.EDITORIAL AND CONTRIBUTIONS ADDRESS:TRANSFORMATION,c/o Economic History Department,University of Natal,King George V Ave,4001 Durban,South Africa.Subscription rates and address at the back of this issue.ISSN: 0258-7696TRANSFORMATIONARTICLESSTATE REFORM POLICY IN SOUTH AFRICA 1Mike Morris and Vishnu PadayacheeMORRIS AND PADAYACHEE explore the nature of the state'reform 'process, how it is itself being transformed and how it re-lates to the accumulation crisis that South African capitalism isexperiencing.A BLACK COUP - INKATHA AND THE SALE OF ILANGA 27Alison GillwaldThe black press in South Africa influences hundreds of thou-sands of readers in English and indigenous languages. GILL-WALD considers the Durban-based and Inkatha-ownednewspaper Ilanga and how it appears to succeed despite the pol-itical odds.PHILOSOPHY AND THE CRISIS IN SOUTH AFRICA 37M A NupenFor NUPEN, the work of Rick Turner, the Durban political phil-osopher assassinated ten years ago, inspires the argument thatphilosophy in South Africa must play the role of creating a pub-lic and practical discourse that can promote critical rationalityand widen democratic debate.EDUCATION STRUGGLES IN NATAL/KWAZULU: 47Teachers and school committeesRobert MorrellRadical teachers' organisations have had a somewhat abortivestart in South Africa while consen'alivc organisations seem topersist. MORRELL examines the situation of black teachers inattempting to explain this phenomenon.DEBATETHE STATE OF APARTHEID: 66Assessing sanctions at year oneMike Fleshman and Jim CasonMOVING FORWARD ON SANCTIONS: 70A view from inside South AfricaStephen GelbIn an article originalfy published in Canada, FLESHMAN andCASON set forth the argument for total sanctions as promotedin activist anti-apartheid circles overseas. GELB considers therelevance of their critique of alternative strategies.A REFLECTION ON THE VON HOLDT-PLAUT DEBATE 80Daryl GlaserTRANSFORMA TION has been contributing to an ongoing de-bate about South African trade union politics. GLASER sug-gests that neither the workerists nor the populists, so-called,present an adequate approach to the issue of democracy in a fu-ture South Africa.RESPONSE TO SPIEGEL 87Ari SitasAndrew Spiegel's repfy (TRANSFORMATION 61988) to Sitas'contribution on worker poetry in Natal receives a reply fromSITAS in turn.REVIEWSPutting a Plough to the Ground: Accumulation 91and Dispossession in Rural South Africa 1850-1930Ann VaughanSouth African Review 4 95Bill