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100 1 Maharaj, Mac,|eauthor.
245 10 Breakthrough :|bthe struggles and secret talks that
brought Apartheid South Africa to the negotiating table /
|cMac Maharaj and Z. Pallo Jordan.
264 1 Cape Town :|bPenguin Books,|c2021.
300 xxiv, 224 pages :|billustrations (black and white, and
colour) ;|c24 cm
336 text|2rdacontent
336 still image|2rdacontent
337 unmediated|2rdamedia
338 volume|2rdacarrier
505 0 Breakthrough - The imprisoned society - The landscape is
reconfigured - Apartheid bows, but does not bend - The
gathering storm - State terrorism - The white laager
wavers - Botha trips himself - Shaping setbacks into
opportunities - Seizing the initiative - Botha in a bind -
New terrain, new challenges - Annexures. A. Memo from
Nelson Mandela to P.W. Botha - B. Constitutional
guidelines for a democratic South Africa - C. Harare
declaration.
520 "When President F.W. de Klerk announced the unbanning of
the liberation movements on 2 February 1990, he opened the
door to negotiations that would end apartheid and pave the
way to democracy. But how did this moment come about? What
power struggles and secret talks had brought the country
to this point? Written by two ANC veterans who were close
to these events, Breakthrough sheds new light on the
process that led to the formal negotiations. The book
focuses in particular on the years 1984-1990 and on the
skirmishes that took place in the shadows, away from the
public glare, as the principal adversaries engaged in a
battle of positions that carved a pathway to the
negotiating table. Drawing from material in the prison
files of Nelson Mandela, minutes of the meetings of the
ANC Constitutional Committee, the NWC and the NEC, notes
about the Mells Park talks led by Professor Willie
Esterhuyse and Thabo Mbeki, communications between Oliver
Tambo and Operation Vula, the Kobie Coetsee Papers, the
Broederbond archives and numerous other sources, the
authors piece together a compelling narrative of events.
Breakthrough demonstrates that the events that preceded
the formal talks of 1990-1994 are crucial for a full
understanding of South Africa's transition from apartheid
to democracy. "
610 20 African National Congress|xHistory.
610 20 National Party (South Africa)|xHistory.
650 7 History.|2ukslc
650 7 Republic of South Africa.|2thema
650 7 c 1990 to c 1999.|2thema
650 7 History.|2thema
650 7 African history.|2thema
650 7 National liberation & independence, post-colonialism.
|2thema
651 0 South Africa|xPolitics and government|y1978-1989.
651 0 South Africa|xPolitics and government|y1989-1994.
700 1 Jordan, Z. Pallo,|eauthor.
