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South African Journal of Political Studies
Volume 26, 1999 - Issue 2: The South African election of June 1999
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Interpreting the South African election of June 1999

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Pages 133-144 | Published online: 24 Feb 2007

Notes and references

  • Tony Leon speech, 5 March 1999, as quoted in DP Manifesto;see DP web page, www.dp.org.za
  • 1999 . ‘Letter’ . The Star , 27 May : 16 [Johannesburg] from Smuts Ngonyama (Head of ANC Presidency and Department of Information and Publicity)
  • DP billboards had pictures of Tony Leon with his jacket off and sleeves rolled back and the caption “The guts to fight back’.
  • Vorster , S. ‘Implications of an ANC Two‐Thirds Majority’ . New National Party web page , www.natweb.co.za/keyfacts
  • ANC Manifesto , web page, www.anc.org.za
  • The ANC's ‘two‐thirds’ was effectively achieved when Minority Front leader Amichand Rajbansi formed an alliance with the ANC after the election.
  • The National Party (NP) changed its name to the New National Party (NNP) in 1998.
  • Booysen , Susan . ‘Election 1999 and scenarios for opposition politics in South Africa’ . Politikon , this issue of
  • Mattes , Bob . 1999 . ‘The Secret of ANC's Success’ . Mail & Guardian , June : xv Special Election Supplement, 4–10
  • Friedman , Steven . ‘Who we are: voter participation, rationality and the 1999 election’ . Politikon ,
  • Kotzé , Hennie . ‘The New National Party in the 1999 election: end of the road or a new beginning?’ . Politikon ,
  • 1999 . Editorial . Mail & Guardian , 11–17 June : 22
  • Sono , Themba . 1999 . ‘Black Anger Part of ANC's Win’ . The Star , 8 June : 12 [Johannesburg]
  • Hermann Giliomee 1996 ‘A Politically Incorrect View of Non‐Racialism and Majority Rule’ Wilmot James Daria Caligure Kerry Cullinan , Now That We Are Free: Coloured Communities in a Democratic South Africa 97 Cape Town Idasa
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  • 1999 . ‘Does the ANC Really Need an Opposition?’ . The Sunday Independent , 6 June : 11
  • Yengeni , Tony . 1999 . ‘Advocates Slam DP Exclusion’ . The Citizen , 3 July : 2
  • 1998 . “ Statistics South Africa ” . In Census in Brief , 9 11 Pretoria : Statistics South Africa .
  • 1999 . Mail & Guardian , 11–17 June : 22
  • 1999 . Mail & Guardian , 11–17 June : 23
  • 1999 . The Sunday Times , 13 June : 20
  • van Zyl Slabbert (1999), op. cit.
  • Desai , Ashwin . 1999 . ‘Indian Voters Turned their Back on Black Parties’ . The Sunday Tribune , 6 June : 4
  • Govender , Prega and Munusamy , Ranjeni . 1999 . ‘Indians Snub ANC, IFP’ . Sunday Times , 6 June (extra)
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  • Desai (1999), op. cit.
  • Makoe , Abbey . 1999 . ‘Mangope's Loyalists Flock to Lament “The Good Old Days'” . The Sunday Independent , 30 May : 7
  • 1999 . ‘State Set for New Siege of Mafikeng’ . The Sunday Independent , 13 June : 7
  • Southall , Roger . “The Struggle for a Place Called Home: the ANC versus the UDM in the Eastern Cape’ and Mcebisi Ndletyana, “The United Democratic Movement: a critical assessment’ . Politikon ,
  • Norval , Aletta . “ (1996) ” . In Deconstructing Apartheid Discourse , London : Verso .
  • Carter , Chiara . 1999 . ‘Coloured Vote: A Myth is Exposed’ . City Press , 6 June : 5
  • Ibid.
  • Vadi , Ismail and Cachalia , Firoz . 1999 . ‘DP Inroads into Lenasia “only 29%'” . The Star , 10 June : 14
  • Habib and Naidu (1999), op. cit.
  • Habib , Adam and Taylor , Rupert . 1999 . ‘Parliamentary Opposition and Democratic Consolidation in South Africa’ . Review of African Political Economy , 80 : 261 – 267 . Idasa web page, www.idasa.org.za
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  • Nzimande , Blade . 1999 . ‘Letter’ . The Sunday Independent , 16 May : 11
  • Koelble , Thomas A. ‘Globalisation and democratisation: the prospects for social democracy in South Africa’ . Politikon , this issue of
  • James , Wilmot G. 1999 . ‘Voters Look Beyond Ethnic Allegiances as South Africa Fashions a National Consensus’ . The Sunday Independent , 6 June : 11
  • Hartley , Ray . 6 June 1999 . “ ‘A Triumph for Liberal Democracy’ ” . In Sunday Times 6 June , 18 Johannesburg
  • Mbhele , Wally . 1999 . ‘Red Faces for Black Opposition’ . Mail & Guardian Special Election Supplement , 4–10 June : x
  • Zwane , Simon . 1999 . ‘Buthelezi Loses Will to Oppose’ . The Star , 27 May : 6 [Johannesburg]
  • Piper , Laurence and Hampton , Kerri . 1998 . “The Decline of “Militant Zulu Nationalism”: IFP politics after 1994’ . Politikon , 25 (1) : 81 – 101 .
  • Piper , Laurence . ‘Democracy for a bargain: the 1999 election in Kwazulu‐Natal’ . Politikon , this issue of
  • See IFP web page, www.ifp.co.za
  • One study of the 1994 election has revealed that race and ethnicity are not as predominant as commonly supposed; see Mattes (1995), op. cit.
  • Seekings , Jeremy . 1997 . ‘From the Ballot Box to the Bookshelf: Studies of the 1994 South African General Election’ . Journal of Contemporary African Studies , 15 (2) : 287 – 309 .
  • Tilly , Charles . 1997 . ‘Contentious Politics and Social Change’ . African Studies , 56 (1) : 59
  • Taylor , Rupert and Orkin , Mark . 1995 . “The Racialisation of Social Scientific Research on South Africa’ . South African Sociological Review , 7 (2) : 43 – 59 .
  • Mandela , Nelson . 1995 . Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela , London : Abacus .
  • de Klerk , F. W. 1998 . The Last Trek, A New Beginning: The Autobiography , London : Macmillan .

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