History: Recent submissions

Now showing items 1421-1440 of 3832

    • “Barskyk” article published in: Die Suid-Afrikaan, no.35, October/November 1991, p. 5, under the pseudonym “Flaubert die Barbaar.” 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Describes a visit to the coloured informal settlement Heavenly Valley, and others, near Soweto; the [Johannesburg] Metropolitan Chamber [of Commerce and Industry].

    • “Barskyk” article published in: Die Suid-Afrikaan, no. 34, August/September 1991, p. 5, under the pseudonym “Flaubert die Barbaar.” 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Irritated by doom prophets advising South Africans to leave the country when the ANC take over the government; criticises Ken Owen and Alan Paton for their pronouncements in this regard.

    • Referendum article for the Star 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Lead sentence: “For South Africa, first prize would be widely acclaimed, fair and free elections on the 27th April, 1994.”; variations on “worst case outcomes”; transition has been allowed to become much more uneven and ...

    • Untitled article for The Star 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Nelson Mandela’s leadership; the Government’s underestimation of the dynamics of transition; F.W. de Klerk’s political position; the importance of Mandela and De Klerk entering into negotiations.

    • Untitled article, sent to Peter Sullivan, The Star 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Lead sentence: “The Government has been warned time and again that its policy of black resettlement in the Homelands and particularly its policy of treating the Cape Western Region as a Coloured Labour preference area would ...

    • Why you should support the PFP 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article about why you should support the PFP. Senior assistant editor, Wilf Nussey puts 10 questions to FVZS about the PFP’s policy, to assist voters in the forthcoming election. Attached are the questions and answers.

    • A look into the 80's 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article for The Star entitled: "a look into the 80's", and letter from H. W. Tyson, Editor, requesting an article, as part of, “a series of articles written by five leading politicians in the country which will focus on ...

    • Paradoxes built into our constitutional future 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article for Squire Magazine regarding paradoxes built into our constitutional future.

    • South Africa and the world in the nineties 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      A description of the political climate inherited by F.W. de Klerk when he assumed office in August 1989, his fundamental policy shift and the motives underlying his initiatives, as well as the processes being set in motion.

    • Idasa and opposition politics 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Generally stated, “Opposition politics [in South Africa] is being shaped by the dynamics of right-wing reaction and left-wing revolt and either is a consequence of the dynamics of reform initiated by the State. In other ...

    • Article for Jeff Opland - South African (sic) Foundation 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010; Opland, Jeff
      Article for Jeff Opland - South African (sic) Foundation. Assessment of the State President’s [P.W. Botha] speech at the Opening of Parliament, 1985, his offer to Nelson Mandela and other prisoners and banned organisations, ...

    • Article for South 1987-06-17 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Lead sentence: “Political language used by the ruling establishment in South Africa suffers from a bad dose of verbal inflation”.

    • Article for South 1987-05-26 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Lead sentence: “One of the legacies of almost 40 years of NP rule, has been the inflation of words beyond any recognised meaning. They lose their value in the difficult art of communication”.

    • Article for Rapport 1992-09-29 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Asks whether South Africa has the “social cement” to bring about social cohesion; comes to the conclusion that in spite of exclusive and inclusive intolerance, there is also a greater move to inclusive tolerance, however slow.

    • Article for Rapport 1981-06-23 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Argues that “White Politics” is not irrelevant if set against the discrepancy of a political system where [white] people in Parliament can make binding decisions about the majority of their [non-white] countrymen, without ...

    • Is democratic government possible in divided societies? 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Second of two articles for the Rand Daily Mail on the Germany (sic) Conference.

    • Problems of violence and democracy in divided societies 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      First of two articles for the Rand Daily Mail on the German Conference.

    • Article for The Pretoria News 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Questions the Government’s efforts to persuade “English-speaking and other well-intentioned voters” to vote “yes” in the November referendum.

    • Final questions for a new constitution 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article for the Pretoria News regarding final questions for a new constitution.

    • Answers to questions from The Pretoria News 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Change; Tri-cameral Parliament and President’s Council; urban Blacks; segregated parks in Pretoria; power-sharing; Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act; inflation rate.