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Title: | 'Negotiated Elections' in South Africa, 1994 |
Author: | Szeftel, Morris |
Year: | 1994 |
Periodical: | Review of African Political Economy |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 61 |
Pages: | 457-470 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | elections 1994 Politics and Government Ethnic and Race Relations nationalism |
External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03056249408704075 |
Abstract: | The process of reconstituting the South African State on a democratic basis achieved a definitive step with the general elections of April 1994. Despite numerous irregularities and organizational problems, the elections were relatively peaceful and their result was decisive. The ANC's landslide victory was a culmination of its long struggle for democracy and gave it a conclusive mandate to govern. For the future, however, a daunting agenda remains to be confronted. This article discusses the negotiations and violence that preceded the elections in South Africa, the role of the Multi-Party Negotiating Forum, the threat to the elections posed by right-wing opposition groups, the election procedure, and the outcome of the elections. Bibliogr. |