Apartheid caused a very peculiar thing: there existed, and some argue today still exist, parallel economies: one a developed economy of immense wealth, development, and prosperity, the other a developing economy of great poverty, dilapidation, and destitution. The existence of …
When Apartheid ended, the political paradigm in South Africa changed completely, especially as it related to liberals. Liberals participated in the negotiations for a post-Apartheid constitution during a time that seemed like a moment of liberal victory, but soon thereafter …
In the 1980s, there occurred what Wentzel (1995, vii) referred to as a “liberal slideaway,” the consequences of which South Africa still experiences today. Liberals had warned that the indignity of Apartheid policy would eventually lead to a violent reaction. …
One factor behind the desire to disenfranchise blacks (which took place in 1936) and the Cape coloureds (in the 1950s) is to be found in the early history of the Cape Colony, where the non-racial franchise originated in South Africa. …
There was a hope among black South Africans generally and liberals in particular that whatever party governed, the Second World War and its elevation of the notion of human rights regardless of race, would lead to a loosening of domestic …
Liberalism in South Africa developed most in the Cape Colony, which later became the Cape Province. British influence was always greatest at the Cape, which was home to most English-speaking South Africans, who have always been somewhat cosmopolitan compared to …
Stephan P. du Toit Viljoen (28 June 1901, Caledon – 11 May 1993, Pretoria) was a South African academic economist and public servant who served as a professor and the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of …
The post-Apartheid regime’s determination to carry out land reform came to a head in 2018, when Parliament adopted a resolution that committed the institution to amending the Constitution to allow for the expropriation of private property, mostly rural land, without …
Despite its inherent appeal to nationalism, the African National Congress (ANC), which rules South Africa today, was a largely liberal organization from the time of its founding in 1912 to roughly the end of the 1940s. It advocated the removal …
The Torch Commando was a group of former South African soldiers who had served during the Second World War (Robertson 1971, 51). Founded in 1951, the Torch Commando was organized specifically to oppose the introduction of the Separate Representation of …
