Synopses & Reviews
The Fall of Apartheid tells the extraordinary story how apartheid came into being, secured its ascendancy over the richest and most developed society in sub-Saharan Africa, and then collapsed. For the first time it reveals the full story of the secret meetings between Africans and Afrikaners in Britain, in which South Africa's current president, Thabo Mbeki, had a direct line to President Botha. Robert Harvey's fascinating narrative helps to illuminate not just the South African Problems but also more general issues of conflict- and problem-solving.
About the Author
Robert Harvey is former Assistant Editor of the
Economist and writer and columnist for the
Daily Telegraph.
Table of Contents
Preface * Introduction * Prelude *
Part One: The Select * A Stranger in Stellenbosch * A Seed of Hope * The Broeders--Stormtroopers of Apartheid * The Voksstaat * The Mathematicians * Afrikaner Darkness * Afrikaner Caudillo * The Rage *
Part Two: Triumph of the Soul * Romancing the Prisoner * Punch, Counterpunch * Most Secret Conduit * The Mandela Imperative * Hard Bargaining * Breakthrough * The Thatcher Opportunity * The Fall of Botha * Face to Face * The De Klerk Revolution * The White Collapse * The Unravelling * Endgame * Index