12 The Kabwe conference, June 1985

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. About the author viii
5. Abbreviations ix
6. PROLOGUE: CONCEPTUAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS 1
7. PART I: RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE
8. 1 Introduction 12
9. 2 Nelson Mandela takes the initiative 24
10. 3 Was Mandela selling the ANC down the river? 33
11. 4 The parallel strategy of Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki 37
12. 5 Communists take an ultra-radical stand 51
13. 6 A qualitative shift in national and international conditions 64
14. 7 An alliance between the ANC and imperialist capital? 69
15. 8 Timing of the start of negotiations 74
16. 9 The structure of the national democratic revolution in South Africa 77
17. 10 Transitional mechanisms in the framework of the negotiation process 82
18. 11 Resistance to neocolonialism, the key content of South African liberation 95
19. 12 The Kabwe conference, June 1985 99
20. 13 ‘ANC Statement on Negotiations: October 9th, 1987’ 114
21. 14 Conclusions concerning the Mandela talks 128
22. 15 Conclusions regarding the secret Afrikaner nationalist–exile ANC dialogue group 135
23. 16 The Constitutional Committee 145
24. 17 The ANC’s anniversary (January 8th) statements, 1987–1990: A shift towards a political solution 149
25. 18 The in-house seminar on ‘Constitutional Guidelines’ 158
26. 19 The ANC’s fragmented organisation on the negotiation (constitutional) front 164
27. 20 ‘Constitutional Guidelines’, including my response 170
28. 21 The SACP conference document ‘The Path to Power’, April 1989 177
29. 22 Drafting the Harare Declaration 186
30. 23 Confusion reigns in the last months of 1989 and early 1990 194
31. 24 FW de Klerk’s speech on 2 February 1990 205
32. 25 Uncertainty continues as the exiles return in 1990 210
33. 26 Epilogue 213
34. Notes 221
35. PART II: EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY, 1985–1989
36. October 1985 – New Year’s Eve 1989 262
37. Postscript 434
38. PART III: INTERNAL PAPERS ADDRESSED TO THE SACP AND THE ANC
39. 1 We need to prepare ourselves for new possible tasks (August 1985) 438
40. 2 Economic commission (November 1985) 440
41. 3 Response to ‘discussion document’: There is a danger that the party will be isolated (July 1986) 441
42. 4 Some suggestions in connection with the present strategy and tactics of the liberation movement (July 1986) 445
43. 5 Work in the Bantustans (August 1987) 449
44. 6 The death squads – white and black (August 1987) 452
45. 7 ANC platform for negotiations (January 1988) 455
46. 8 A response to ‘Constitutional Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa’ (extract) (November 1988) 461
47. 9 Question of an interim phase (extract) (November 1988) 467
48. 10 Response to the SACP’s new draft programme, ‘The Path to Power’ (March 1989) 470
49. 11 Response to ANC discussion paper on the issue of negotiations (August 1989) 491
50. 12 Response to a party analysis (extract) (March 1990) 501
51. 13 Prospects for a negotiated settlement (third quarter 1990) 503
52. Source material 505
53. Index 515