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First drafts : South African history in the making
Title:
First drafts : South African history in the making
Author:
Sparks, Allister.
ISBN:
9781868423460
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Jeppestown : Jonathan Ball, 2009.
Physical Description:
xvi, 399 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:
A generational change: from struggle to deliver -- A three-in-one revolution -- SADC leaders must pin Mugabe down -- 9/11 and the countdown to war -- Yes, there was an exit plan for Mugabe -- Swift death of a once invincible force -- In a turbulent world, SA looks like a haven -- Zimbabwe the crisis without end -- New dialectic of the post-cold war world -- How to get the poor into the economy -- Warning: you are ignoring the rules of damage control -- Israel through South African eyes -- Looking back on the first decade of democracy -- The arms deal and politics of the back alley -- Zim out of commonwealth indefinitely -- The capture of Saddam Hussein -- Mugabe turns on white struggle heroes -- A shameful act of political expediency -- Perverse hypocrisy of the hanging christians -- Mbeki sets his sites high -- The passing of a saint -- Devastating report on Iraq's weapons -- The start of a legal saga -- Zim insult will sharpen alliance tensions -- A squeaky win, but Bush returns with increased power -- Watching America's long rightward swing -- Beginning of the end for Tony Blair -- Mbeki's plan to help the poor -- Shaik guilty: and a grave crisis for Mbeki -- Mbeki replaces Zuma with stop-gap deputy -- A surreal world of terror -- The left flexes its muscles -- Mbeki hits back as ANC crisis worsens -- An unbreakable deadlock -- The dangers of populism -- Power vacuum as the smear campaign worsens -- Rape charge means the end of Zuma -- Hamas victory shows West out of touch -- Iran the big winner of Bush's war -- New name for major new growth strategy -- The growing crisis of our big nine cities -- Zuma acquitted of rape, but stigma stays -- Meeting with the leaders of Hamas -- Then to Israel -- Then to compare with SA -- A struggle for the elusive soul of the ANC -- Political realignment looms for SA -- The mother of all messes -- Up next- a helluva year -- The revenge killing of Saddam Husein -- The rot that is corroding the ANC -- Seeking causes of the high crime rate -- An election without the electorate -- Mugabe begins election rigging campaign -- Opportunity for DA to breach its white ceiling -- When is foreign intervention justified -- New twist to the Mideast crisis -- A preliminary bout in the big power struggle -- Mbeki's final blunder -- If he is innocent, why doesn't he clear his name -- Celebrating the liberal flag-bearer -- Mbeki heading for defeat -- Eskom crisis exposes inefficiency -- A crime against the crime fighters -- How Mugabe bilked his way out of defeat -- Tsvangirai withdraws -- SABC a snake pit of faction fighting -- A civil war among the desperate -- America's candidate of change -- Defining moment in the Zuma saga -- Mugabe's blackmail deal -- Judge throws out Zuma charges -- Humiliated Mbeki leaves gracefully -- Manuel resigns, then returns -- First hint of a new party -- End of the free market theology -- The second transition -- A multicultural leader for the global village -- The age of the serialised scandal -- COPE makes agreat start -- Brutal Gaza war brings only negatives -- The truths Israel won't face -- Lavish promises as recession looms -- Appeal court trashes Zuma case withdrawal -- Man with a massive mission -- COPE shoots itself in the foot -- Zim generals trying to scuttle deal -- Changing dynamics in the Middle East -- Zuma charges withdrawn -- Now he's our OJ Simpson -- A carefully balanced Zuma Cabinet -- Election shows deep rift in Iran -- Life beyond the social engineers -- Taking responsibility for our failures -- Obscene symbolism in hard times -- The whitewashing of Judge Hlope -- The Zuma era: its problems and prospects.
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