Welsh The Rise And Fall Of Apartheid

From Racial Domination To Majority Rule
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-86842-410-8
Verlag: Jonathan Ball
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 600 Seiten

On his way into Parliament on 2 February 1990 FW de Klerk turned to his wife Marike and said, referring to his forthcoming speech: 'South Africa will never be the same again after this.' Did white South Africa crack, or did its leadership yield sufficiently and just in time to avert a revolution? The transformation has been called a miracle, belying gloomy predictions of race war in which the white minority went into a laager and fought to the last drop of blood. Why did it happen? Professor Welsh views the topic against the backdrop of a long history of conflict spanning apartheid's rise and demise, and the liberation movement's suppression and subsequent resurrection. His view is that the movement away from apartheid to majority rule would have taken far longer and been much bloodier were it not for the changes undergone by Afrikaner nationalism itself. There were turning points, such as the Soweto uprising of 1976, but few believed that the transition from white domination to inclusive democracy would occur as soon - and as relatively peacefully - as it did. In effect, however, a multitude of different factors led the ANC and the National Party to see that neither side could win the conflict on its own terms. Utterly dissimilar in background, culture, beliefs and political style, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk were an unlikely pair of liberators. But both soon recognised that they were dependent on each other to steer the transformation process through to its conclusion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Welsh, David

Leseproben

Abbreviations

AAC	All Africa Convention

AB	Afrikaner Broederbond

AVF	Afrikaner Volksfront

AHI	Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut

ANC	African National Congress

ANCYL

ANC Youth League

AP	Afrikaner Party

Apla	Azanian People’s Liberation Army

Assocom

Association of South African Chambers of Commerce

Azapo

Azanian People’s Organisation

BC	Black Consciousness

BOSS	Bureau of State Security

CCB	Civil Co-operation Bureau

Codesa

Convention for a Democratic South Africa

Contralesa

Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa

Cosag

Concerned South Africans Group

Cosas

Congress of South African Students

Cosatu

Congress of South African Trade Unions

CP	Conservative Party

CPRC	Coloured Persons’ Representative Council

CPSA	Communist Party of South Africa

Cradora

Cradock Residents’ Association

DP	Democratic Party

EPG	Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group

FA	Freedom Alliance

FCI	Federated Chamber of Industries

Fosatu

Federation of South African Trade Unions

GNU	Government of National Unity

HNP	Herstigte Nasionale Party

ICU	Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa

IEC	Independent Electoral Commission

IFP	Inkatha Freedom Party

JMC	Joint Management Centre

LP	Labour Party

Mawu	Metal and Allied Workers Union

MDM	Mass Democratic Movement

MK	Umkhonto we Sizwe

MPLA	Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola

MPNP	Multiparty Negotiating Process

NAC	National Action Committee

Nactu

National Council of Trade Unions

NEC	ANC National Executive Committee

NGK	Nederduitse Gereformeede Kerk

O-B	Ossewa-Brandwag

NIS	National Intelligence Service

NNC	Native National Congress

NP	National Party

NPA	National Peace Accord

NUM	National Union of Mineworkers

Nusas

National Union of South African Students

PAC	Pan-Africanist Congress

PR	proportional representation

PWV	Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging

RDP	Reconstruction and Development Programme

RSC	Regional Services Council

SABC	South African Broadcasting Corporation

Sabra

South African Bureau of Racial Affairs

Sactu

South African Congress of Trade Unions

SADF	South African Defence Force

SAP	South African Police

SAP	South African Party

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