Free standard shipping on all orders
  • Visa
  • Master Card
  • American Express
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • JCB

The Road to Democracy in South Africa: Volume 4, 1980–1990 book cover

1st Edition

The Road to Democracy in South Africa Volume 4, 1980–1990

Edited By South African Democracy Education Trust Copyright 2025
966 Pages
by Routledge

966 Pages
by Routledge

966 Pages
by Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
In South Africa, the decade of 1980–1990 not only saw the mobilisation of the popular masses, but also the marked escalation of the armed struggle inside the country, initiated and waged by the African National Congress (ANC). The liberation movement, headed by the ANC-led Congress Alliance, took major strides which finally broke the backbone of white supremacist rule. This book examines and... Read more

Foreword

Essop Pahad

Preface

Notes on contributors

Sponsorship and donations

List of acronyms

Part 1

1. The crisis of the garrison state

Bernard Magubane

2. The African National Congress and negotiations

Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu

3. The ANC’s internal underground political work in the 1980s

Gregory Houston

4. The ANC underground, armed actions and popular resistance in Pietermaritzburg and the surrounding Natal Midlands townships

Jabulani Sithole

5. The ANC underground and armed actions in Northern Natal

Jabulani Sithole

6. The ANC underground and armed actions in Southern Natal

Jabulani Sithole

7. Hidden histories of the Eastern Cape underground

Janet Cherry

8. Race and ideology in Port Elizabeth: A view from the Northern Areas, 1979–1990

Pat Gibbs

9. The United Democratic Front in Cape Town, 1983–1986

Jeremy Seekings

10. The United Democratic Front, political resistance and local struggles in the Vaal and West Rand townships in the 1980s

Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi

11. The United Democratic Front in Lebowa and KwaNdebele during the 1980s

Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi

12. Bophuthatswana in the 1980s and the UDF in the Western Transvaal

Andrew Manson and Bernard Mbenga

13. Resistance and repression in the Northern Cape, 1980–1990

Chitja Twala and Leo Barnard

14. Activist networks and political protest in the Free State, 1983–1990

Chitja Twala and Jeremy Seekings

15. Resistance and conformity in the Qwaqwa homeland, 1975–1990

Chitja Twala

16. The South African Congress of Trade Unions and labour struggles in the 1980s

Jabulani Sithole

Biography

South African Democracy Education Trust

Add to Cart