Now That We Are Free: Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 1996

Now That We Are Free

Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa

Edited by: Wilmot James , Daria Caliguire and Kerry Cullinan

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685858001

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Against the backdrop of the heightened racial tensions between coloured and black South Africans, the authors explore how the individual interests of distinct racial or ethnic communities can be served without endangering the broader enterprise of creating and managing national unity.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	III
Introduction Wilmot James and Daria Caliguire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section 1 The Context
Chapter 1 Citizens of a single rainbow nation Nelson Mandela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
Chapter 2 Voices from the communities Daria Caliguire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 3 The struggle for the Cape Flats Irvin Kinnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
Section 2 Making Sense of the Coloured Vote
Chapter 4 The power of propaganda Brian Williams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter 5 From independence to identification Jeremy Seekings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Chapter 6 The devil who keeps promises Wilmot James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Chapter 7 Minorities together and apart Vunus Carrim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Section 3 Identity Questions in the Coloured Communities
Chapter 8 Unveiling the heart of fear Ebrahim Rasool Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 9 Too long in the twilight Peter Marais Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 10 Breaking down the borders Julian Sonn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
Section 4 Affirmative Action and Equity
Chapter 11 The RDP and affirmative action Howard Gabriels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 12 Motives, methods and milieux Philip Black and Valerie Flanagan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 13 Treading the thorny path to equity Mamphela Ramphele Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Section 5 Non-Racialism
Chapter 14 A politically incorrect view of non-racialism and majority rule Hermann Giliomee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Chapter 15 Cultural diversity and national unity Barbara Masekela Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Chapter 16 The Great Gariep: metaphors of national unity in the new South Africa Neville Alexander Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	104
Section 6 Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 17 Diversity management in Canada Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 18 Outlawing discrimination in Britain Kamlesh Bahl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 19 Diversity and assimilation in Brazil Fernando Rosa Ribeiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Chapter 20 Power sharing in Malaysia Mavis Putchucheary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
Conclusion Wilmot James and Daria Caliguire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
Postscript: June 1996 Kerry Cullinan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
About the Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 147

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Published: April 13, 2023
ISBN: 9781685858001