The Drama of the Peace Process in South Africa : : I Look Back 30 Years / / Sylvia Neame.
Weaves together personal experiences with historical accounts to present rare insight into the struggle to end apartheid.
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Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2021] Best Red, and imprint of HSRC Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (518 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Abbreviations -- PROLOGUE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PART I: RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nelson Mandela takes the initiative -- 3 Was Mandela selling the ANC down the river? -- 4 The parallel strategy of Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki -- 5 Communists take an ultra-radical stand -- 6 A qualitative shift in national and international conditions -- 7 An alliance between the ANC and imperialist capital? -- 8 Timing of the start of negotiations -- 9 The structure of the national democratic revolution in South Africa -- 10 Transitional mechanisms in the framework of the negotiation process -- 11 Resistance to neocolonialism, the key content of South African liberation -- 12 The Kabwe conference, June 1985 -- 13 ‘ANC Statement on Negotiations: October 9th, 1987’ -- 14 Conclusions concerning the Mandela talks -- 15 Conclusions regarding the secret Afrikaner nationalist–exile ANC dialogue group -- 16 The Constitutional Committee -- 17 The ANC’s anniversary (January 8th) statements, 1987–1990: A shift towards a political solution -- 18 The in-house seminar on ‘Constitutional Guidelines’ -- 19 The ANC’s fragmented organisation on the negotiation (constitutional) front -- 20 ‘Constitutional Guidelines’, including my response -- 21 The SACP conference document ‘The Path to Power’, April 1989 -- 22 Drafting the Harare Declaration -- 23 Confusion reigns in the last months of 1989 and early 1990 -- 24 FW de Klerk’s speech on 2 February 1990 -- 25 Uncertainty continues as the exiles return in 1990 -- 26 Epilogue -- Notes -- PART II: EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY, 1985–1989 -- October 1985 – New Year’s Eve 1989 -- Postscript -- PART III: INTERNAL PAPERS ADDRESSED TO THE SACP AND THE ANC -- 1 We need to prepare ourselves for new possible tasks (August 1985) -- 2 Economic commission (November 1985) -- 3 Response to ‘discussion document’: There is a danger that the party will be isolated (July 1986) -- 4 Some suggestions in connection with the present strategy and tactics of the liberation movement (July 1986) -- 5 Work in the Bantustans (August 1987) -- 6 The death squads – white and black (August 1987) -- 7 ANC platform for negotiations (January 1988) -- 8 A response to ‘Constitutional Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa’ (extract) (November 1988) -- 9 Question of an interim phase (extract) (November 1988) -- 10 Response to the SACP’s new draft programme, ‘The Path to Power’ (March 1989) -- 11 Response to ANC discussion paper on the issue of negotiations (August 1989) -- 12 Response to a party analysis (extract) (March 1990) -- 13 Prospects for a negotiated settlement (third quarter 1990) -- Source material -- Index |
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Summary: | Weaves together personal experiences with historical accounts to present rare insight into the struggle to end apartheid. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781928246510 9783110783520 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781928246510 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Sylvia Neame. |