Browsing by Subject "African National Congress"
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The 2011 local government elections: considering policy and legislative responses to local government challenges
(Unisa Press, 2012)Within the context of the 2011 local government elections (hereafter the 2011 elections), this article explores the correlation between the main issues raised by political parties as local government challenges and ... -
An analysis of the role of the ANC in building a political culture that is conducive to democracy in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa), 2024-07)Political culture is a fundamental aspect of all democratic states as it plays a role in democratic consolidation (Merkel, 1998:57). Due to South Africa’s long history of oppression and segregation under apartheid rule, ... -
The Crisis Committee, post apartheid protest and political mobilisation in Phomolong Township, Free State.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)Often depicted in images of violence, burning tyres, destruction of property and looting of private businesses, service delivery protests have captured the imagination of many scholars interested in South Africa’s ... -
The emergence and radicalisation of black political formations in Kroonstad, 1915 to 1957.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2013)From the beginning of the 1920s to the 1950s Kroonstad witnessed the emergence of black radical formations, although this happened intermittently. The inaction of the ANC in the 1920s provided the ICU with space to ... -
Expectations and the issue of land in South Africa – the historical origins and current debate
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Land remains a contentious political issue that has the potential for further conflict in South Africa. Expectations over land are a legitimate result of a history of dispossession, displacement and deprivation during the ... -
From Makhaza to Rammulotsi: reflections on South Africa's "toilet election" of 2011
(Historical Association of South Africa, 2012)In the run-up to South Africa’s 2011 local election, the event was labelled the “toilet election” in the media. The message that struck a sensitive chord in the national newspapers was that some local authorities were ... -
From “struggle” to “post-revolutionary” politics: the National Party, the African National Congress, and the "great rapprochement".
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2009)• Opsomming: Die Nasionale Party as regerende party onder Suid-Afrika se apartheidsbestel, en sy langtydse teenstander en navolger, die African National Congress, blyk onwaarskynlike onderwerpe vir ‘n vergelyking: Die ... -
The impact of a leftist ideological shift in South Africa on the ANC, Cosatu and the SACP as the governing Tripartite Alliance
(North-West University, 2018)The ANC's relationship with COSATU and the SACP has been volatile ever since the formation of the Tripartite Alliance in 1990. In terms of economic policy, COSATU and the SACP lean to the far left as they believe that ... -
Indigenous "Africans" and transnational "Pan-Netherlanders": past and present in the "re-construction" of post-1994 Afrikaner identity.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)This article explores two strategies to “re-imagine” Afrikaner identity in a post-apartheid South Africa in which white Afrikaners, once politically and culturally dominant, have become increasingly marginalized. One, ... -
The Premier’s Economic Advisory Council in the African National Congress-led government of the Free State Province, 1999 - 2004: a historical exploration on service delivery and poverty alleviation.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2012)The article traces the impact and relevance of the service delivery and poverty alleviation strategies introduced by the African National Congress (ANC) led provincial government in the Free State Province. This was in ...
