Browsing Frederik van Zyl Slabbert articles by Title
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Sake 24
Article regarding the renewed public debate in the “new South Africa” on what an “Afrikaner” is; refers to a critical letter by “Kreef” (pseud.), published on LitNet, in response to a radio debate on this topic; race and ... -
Some notes on race and identity in Africa
Zanzibar Conference. Described by FVZS as: “… not a paper in any sense of the word, only a collection of random thoughts to stimulate discussion.” -
Some random comments on Kas Maine
Review of Charles van Onselen’s The seed is mine, a biography of Kas Maine, a traditional sharecropper on the South African Highveld. -
South Africa & negotiating in politics: myths and prospects
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, ... -
South Africa and negotiating in politics - myths and prospects
Article for Optima regarding South Africa and negotiating in politics - myths and prospects. -
South Africa and the world in the nineties
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. -
South Africa on the threshold of a new experiment
Article for Senator G. Malagodi, Liberal International. -
South Africa under Thabo Mbeki: The challenge of democratic stability
"Article in book. Chapter 13, pp. 210 - 216, in: Reynolds, Andrew, (ed.). Election ’99: South Africa: from Mandela to Mbeki. Published: Cape Town: David Philip, 1999." Accompanied a by letter that asks FVZS to write ... -
South Africa: The pitfalls, problems and prospects of reform
Article for "Leadersip SA" by Dr. van Zyl Slabbert, M. P., entitled: “South Africa: the pitfalls, problems and prospects of reform”. -
The Star and Barskyk. Referendum article
The Star. Referendum article. Afrikaans version published in: Die Suid-Afrikaan, no. 46, November/December 1993, p. 11, under the title: “Barskyk oorweeg ’n referendum”. -
The State we’re in - for F.M.
“ I [FVZS] wish to focus on Government since 1994 and look at three inter-related aspects of Government: The goals it sets for the country, secondly the instruments it creates to pursue those goals and thirdly, the efficiency ... -
Statement on PFP party membership in the light of the Federal Council Resolution adopted in this regard
Convicted that this Act should be repealed forthwith; rejects compulsory race classification. -
The Struggle for a non-racial democratic South Africa: 'time out' for stock-taking
Article for Indicator South Africa about the struggle for a non-racial democratic South Africa: ‘Time out’ for stock-taking. -
The struggle for a non-racial democratic South Africa: ‘Time out’ for stock-taking
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 ... -
Sunday Express (Arlene Getz - 1 September 1983)
Slogans urging voters to vote “no” in the 1983 tricameral referendum. -
Sunday Independent
Overview of election politics and voter behaviour in South Africa after the 1999 election; Ken Owen; FVZS’s election campaigns as Opposition Leader in the “old” South Africa; Tony Leon and the Democratic party’s improved ... -
Sunday Times 1992-12
The new worldwide wave of democratization can be useful to understanding the dynamics of South Africa’s transition to democracy; argues that the breakup of CODESA “was a good thing”: the issue of violence began to enjoy ... -
This is an edited version of a Tribute I gave to Helen Suzman at the Rabbi Cyrel Harris Community Centre on 10th May 2006
Article written for Financial Mail about Helen Suzman. Attached are two emails. One requests an article for a Financial Mail publication to commemorate the 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings [Pretoria]. The other ... -
Threats and challenges to SA becoming a more open society
Published in: M. Shain (Editor): Opposing voices: Liberalism and opposition. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2006. -
Time to bury the Great White Hope
Published under the title “Rituals and realities”, in: Leadership South Africa, vol. 7, no. 3, 1988, pp. 19 - 22.