'Ready, Fire, Aim,' such is the sequence that produced many educational policies within South Africa's post apartheid political climate. Within the pages of this book, Raafi Bell shines light on the process of symbolic policy making in South Africa and the barriers that South African policy makers faced as a result of firing the policy bullet before aiming the implementation gun. Raafi describes the challenges the 'New South Africa' faced while trying to implement its first two national educational curricula and reveals the very real challenges new democracies face in their effort to re-build after times of significant social transition.