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South Africa in the Contemporary World
An historical review: How South Africa looks in the African and International context after 25 years of Apartheid
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 May 2019
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Two great changes have been brought by twenty-five years of apartheid rule in South Africa. Its internal contradictions have been sharpened by the simultaneous attempts to divide the country along even more rigid color lines and to stimulate more rapid economic growth; and its external relations have declined to the point where the Republic today has become the “polecat of the world.” These two developments are inextricably linked so that it makes little sense to try and describe the South African situation without focussing on their interrelationship.
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1 This description was first used by the pro-government newspaper Die Burger after the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.
2 Legum, Colin and Legum, Margaret: South Africa: Crisis for the West (London & New York, 1964), pp. 6ff.Google Scholar
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4 No single member of the UN has failed to join in condemnations of apartheid; even Portugal has disassociated itself from South Africa's racial policies.
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7 E.g., Mr. Vorster justified opening diplomatic relations with Malawi in 1967 on the ground that it was necessary to prevent the Communists from cutting Africa in two. “That is why I found it necessary to establish diplomatic relations with Malawi.” House of Assembly debates, 23 April 1969, cols. 4577-8.
8 For a useful discussion of this question, see Robert Molteno: Africa and South Africa (The Africa Bureau, London, 1971).
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11 South Africa House of Assembly Debates, 6 June 1961, cols. 7378-9.
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14 House of Assembly Debates, 9 March 1960, col. 3019.
15 Africa Contemporary Record, 1971-72, (London), p. B305.
16 Cf. South Africa's “Good Neighbour” relations with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland; Africa Bureau Fact Sheet 31 in X-Ray on Southern Africa, London, October 1973.
17 For a full account see Colin Legum: Dialogue: Africa's Great Debate; Africa Contemporary Record Current Affairs Series, London 1972.
18 Fact Sheet Paper 33 (April 1957); South African Information Services.
19 Cf. Colin and Margaret Legum: South Africa: Crisis for the West (London & New York, 1964), p. 74ff.
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