• Article for Leadership 1990-12 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Lead sentence: “There are frequent flashes of irritation from various quarters involved in the dynamics of transition in South Africa”.
    • Article for Millennium 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Re the uncertainty of imposing a time-frame on the duration, and the futility of predicting the outcome of the transition in South Africa.
    • The challenge of institution building in transition 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Published as: “The challenge of institution-building in the transition to democracy”, in: Democratic nation-building in South Africa / editors, Nic Rhoodie, Ian Liebenberg. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1994, pp. 449 - 454.
    • Democracy in action 1988-02 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Overview of the state of the nation at the current time; the pre-negotiation phase of politics; criticizes the government’s efforts to popularize the benefits of reform above the disadvantages of revolt by inducing “moderate” ...
    • Democracy in action 1990-08-16 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      The sanitization of security from violence and partisan abuse is a prerequisite for negotiating democracy during transition.
    • Democracy in action 1991-10 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Transitional terminological tribulations.
    • Democracy in action 1994-09 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      The legitimacy of transition at the Local Government level.
    • South Africa & negotiating in politics: myths and prospects 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article regarding the negotiation of democracy in South Africa. Reworked version of article later published as “Can democracy be negotiated in SA?” in: F. van Zyl Slabbert; Dene Smuts. The system and the struggle: reform, ...
    • The struggle for a non-racial democratic South Africa: ‘Time out’ for stock-taking 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Article regarding the struggle for a non-racial democratic South Africa. Version of article published as “The conflict deepens: Strategic Dilemmas”, in: The system and the struggle: reform, revolt and reaction in South ...
    • Time to bury the Great White Hope 

      Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
      Published under the title “Rituals and realities”, in: Leadership South Africa, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 19 - 22.