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Township violence and the end of apartheid : war on the reef /

In 1993 South Africa state president F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress (ANC) leader Nelson Mandela were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime". Yet, while both deserved the plaudits they received for entering the negoti...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kynoch, Gary (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk : Johannesburg : James Currey ; Wits University Press, 2018.
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505 0 |a Introduction. Part 1. War on the reef. 1. Beginnings -- 2. Rule of the gun: the ANC and the IFP at war -- 3. Rule of the gun: violence on multiple fronts -- 4. State security forces and township conflict. Part 2. Katlehong and Thokoza. 5. A tale of two townships -- 6. Combatant stories -- 7. Living in a war zone. Conclusion. 
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