South Africa -- Past and Present
Rather than a mere struggle between black and white Marina Ottaway suggests that the conflicts in South Africa that hampered the nation's transition from apartheid to a fuller participatory government lay in the factionalism present in all of the representative bodies involved in the negotiations. (Ottaway, 1993) Although Ottaway's text ends before the configuration of the final ruling government body that governs South Africa, many of the problems she chronicles still persist within the nation to this day, as the state has been transformed from an authoritarian, white-minority rule state into a democratic and pluralistic entity. The state is commonly called 'black' run, but truly it has tried to embrace a pluralistic and multi-racial ideal, albeit with some difficulties, such as the need for proportional representation of the tribes as well as introducing purely democratic elements.
First of all, Ottaway upon the question of how to construct a new constitution that was more representative of all peoples, in a nation where segregation had been legally encoded into the constitution since after the end of World War II. The author stresses that F.W. de Klerk found it difficult to pacify conservative whites that their rights would not be subsumed in the new South Africa.
However, it was not simply the ruling South African government at the time that found it difficult to please all of its constituent members when compromising with the opposition leaders. The factionalism of the African National Congress also played a role. Many members resented what they perceived the appointed leaders' non-democratic style.
Despite Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela's argument for the unity of the African National Congress as an organization and its character as an inclusive 'church' of African identity and struggle against oppression and apartheid, Maria Ottaway respectfully disagrees with such a characterization and suggests that tribal conflicts were equally important as racial conflicts for the failure of a truly peaceful political statement, as often-violent tension exists within the nation's political fabric between political and territorial groups to this day. These problems were exacerbated by the fact that the Black members of the ANC had not formulated a clear 'take over' plan from Black to White rule, despite the assumption that the Black nationalism...
South Africa The Republic of South Africa as it is officially known is a burgeoning international market for trade and investment. Since the establishment of freedom from apartheid in 1994 the country has seen dramatic political, economic, cultural, and legal changes that have brought it to the forefront of international business. The economic picture of the country is a in a growth phase and will continue to be, if the conditions
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The South African also played a role in its purposeful lack of involvement (Von Feigenblatt 2008). Outcome The eventual outcome of the South African conflict was the establishment of a new government and new constitution in the country, headed for some time by the African National Congress (Von Feigenblatt 2008; Ottoway 1993). This also marked one of the most successful and most peaceful transitions of a post-colonial African government to date,
The instrumental approach is a sound approach, because it involves the psychological and cultural considerations that are tangential to the successful transition of South Africa. Resolving the conflict from these perspectives would move the transition towards success so that the more integrated technical problems of economics could be resolved. The instrumental approach is also appropriate because the unspoken and conflicting agendas of the parties prevented those goals from being consciously
Preface – Moral Leadership in an International Context South Africa - Johannesburg and Cape Town December 2018 – January 2019 Wow! What an adventure! This trip/course to South Africa with my Candler School of Theology comrades was a full bounty of knowledge and personal growth. The agenda set forth by our instructors Dr. Robert Franklin, Dr. Gregory Ellison, and Dr. Letitia Campbell was chock full of meetings and interviews with current moral leaders
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