Word: ances
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...REFORM PROCESS began in early 1990 with Nelson Mandela's release and the unbanning of the ANC and other antiapartheid organizations. De Klerk can be credited for single-handedly changing the ruling National Party's course from pursuing a cosmetic reform program to actively dismantling apartheid...
...Klerk has been, for the most part, an unsung hero, forced to tread a fine line between National Party voters still committed to the maintenance of apartheid, and ANC members, concerned that the reform process will be stalled. He has had a number of factors stacked against him in his crusade...
...most important of these has been the violence that has continued to plague the townships since Mandela's release. The bitter struggle between Inkatha, the Zulu nationalist organization, and the ANC has led to the deaths of thousands of Black South Africans. It has also given weight to conservative white fears of an ethnic bloodbath after a transition to majority rule...
Similarly, the initial proceedings of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa have given little hope for progress. The 13 participants, most important among them the National Party, the ANC, the Democratic Party (a multi-racial opposition party) and the Inkatha movement, have stuck to outdated blueprints for South Africa's future, leaving little room for compromise. Two major parties--The Conservative Party and the left wing Pan African Congress--refused to participate altogether...
...ANC, while giving its support to the referendum, declared that a defeat of the National Party would force it to resume armed struggle against the government...