The Drama of the Peace Process in South Africa: I Look Back 30 Years

Sylvia Neame

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The Drama of the Peace Process in South Africa

I Look Back 30 Years

Sylvia Neame

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Weaves together personal experiences with historical accounts to present rare insight into the struggle to end apartheid.

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History Regional and National History Africa

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

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December 27, 2021

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9781928246510

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Best Red, and imprint of HSRC Press

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518

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781928246510

eBook ISBN: 9781928246510

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