G LOBALISATION , M ARGINALISATION & N EW S OCIAL M OVEMENTS IN POST -A PARTHEID S OUTH A FRICA A joint project between the Centre for Civil Society and the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Queries: Richard Ballard (Project Manager)  School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 4041 ballardr@ukzn.ac.za  Tel 031 2602266  Fax 031 2602359 The Contentious Politics of the Concerned Citizens Forum (CCF) Peter Dwyer Alternative Information Development Centre 2004 A case study for the UKZN project entitled: Globalisation, Marginalisation and New Social Movements in post-Apartheid South Africa About the Author: Having completed a Ph. D on the ways in which former COSATU activists learned through their political participation in the liberation struggle and subsequently as members of government post 1994, he undertook a one year Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Centre for Civil Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. A life-long trade unionist, before coming to South Africa in January 2003, he was active in the Anti Nazi League, Globalise Resistance and Stop the War Coalition in the UK. Since coming to South Africa, he has participated in the Durban based ‘People Against War’ coalition and the eThekwini Social Forum. He currently works on popular education and research for the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) in Cape Town. His current research interests include understanding how popular participation contributes to a sense of self- transformation and learning. This study was commissioned as part of a broader research project entitled Globalisation, Marginalisation & New Social Movements in post-Apartheid South Africa, a joint project between the Centre for Civil Society and the School of Development Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal. The project was funded primarily by the Ford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies whose support is gratefully acknowledged. For more information, visit: http://www.ukzn.ac.za/ccs/ and click on ‘social movements’ under ‘research’.