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

Historian Sylvia Neame portrays, from a unique vantage point, the unfolding of the peace process in South Africa in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As a scholar, a member of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party, and a former prisoner of the apartheid regime, Neame weaves together her personal contributions with historical accounts to offer rare insight into the struggle to end apartheid
PARTIAL CONTENTS:
* Prologue.
* RESHAPING THE NARRATIVE.
* Nelson Mandela Takes the Initiative.
* Was Mandela Selling the ANC Down the River?
* The Parallel Strategy of Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki.
* Communists Take an Ultra-Radical Stand.
* A Qualitative Shift in National and International Conditions.
* An Alliance Between the ANC and Imperialist Capital?
* Timing of the Start of Negotiations.
* The Structure of the National-Democratic Revolution in South Africa.
* Transitional Mechanisms in the Framework of the Negotiation Process.
* Resistance to Neocolonialism, the Key Content of South African Liberation.
* The Kabwe Conference, June 1985.
* "ANC Statement on Negotiations: October 9, 1987."
* Conclusions Concerning the Mandela Talks.
* Conclusions Regarding the Secret Afrikaner Nationalist–Exile ANC Dialogue Group.
* The Constitutional Committee
* The ANC's Anniversary (January 8) Statements, 1987–1990: A Shift.
* The In-House Seminar on "Constitutional Guidelines."
* The ANC's Fragmented Organisation on the Negotiation Front.
* "Constitutional Guidelines," Including My Response.
* The SACP Conference Document, April 1989.
* Drafting the Harare Declaration.
* Confusion Reigns.
* De Klerk's Speech on 2 February 1990.
* Uncertainty Continues as the Exiles Return.
* EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY.
* October 1985–New Year's Eve 1989.
* INTERNAL PAPERS ADDRESSED TO THE SACP AND THE ANC.
* We Need to Prepare Ourselves for New Possible Tasks.
* Response to Discussion Document: There Is a Danger That the Party Will Be Isolated.
* Some Suggestions in Connection with the Present Strategy and Tactics of the Liberation Movement.
* Work in the Bantustans.
* The Death Squads: White and Black.
* ANC Platform for Negotiations.
* A Response to "Constitutional Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa" (Extract).
* Question of an Interim Phase (Extract).
* Response to the SACP's New Draft Programme, "The Path to Power."
* Response to ANC Discussion Paper on the Issue of Negotiations.
* Response to a Party Analysis (Extract).
* Prospects for a Negotiated Settlement.