Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics
| dc.contributor.author | Reddy, Thiven | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Kagwanja, Peter | en_ZA |
| dc.contributor.editor | Kondlo, Kwandiwe | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-03T09:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-03T09:38:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
| dc.description.abstract | An ironic feature of contemporary South African politics is that while the organisations representing Black Consciousness (BC) ideas remain weak and fragmented, a revival in BC ideas, values and practices in official and civil society discourses seems evident. BC organisations dominated anti-apartheid politics in the 1970s, but their startling decline, particularly their weakened state under post-1994 democracy, calls out for analytical attention. In the 1999 and 2004 elections, the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) was the leading BC organisation. Together with the smaller Socialist Party of Azania (Sopa), Azapo received dismal support. Moreover, Azapo has split into three smaller organisations. Efforts to merge the three have so far faltered. One cannot conclude, however, that the obvious failure of BC political parties to challenge the ANC and the historically white political parties at the polls means that we should dismiss these organisations’ ideologies as ineffective and lacking in influence. The resurgence of BC ideas at the level of civil society, at a time when we might expect BC to be anachronistic, is intriguing. It is also the subject of this chapter. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Reddy, T. (2009). <i>Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics</i>. Cape Town: HSRC Press. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22068 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Reddy, Thiven. <i>Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics</i>. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22068. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Reddy, T. (2009). Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics. In Kagwanja, P. & Kondlo, K. (eds.), State of the Nation: South Africa 2008. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 84-103. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-7969-2285-4 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Book AU - Reddy, Thiven AB - An ironic feature of contemporary South African politics is that while the organisations representing Black Consciousness (BC) ideas remain weak and fragmented, a revival in BC ideas, values and practices in official and civil society discourses seems evident. BC organisations dominated anti-apartheid politics in the 1970s, but their startling decline, particularly their weakened state under post-1994 democracy, calls out for analytical attention. In the 1999 and 2004 elections, the Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) was the leading BC organisation. Together with the smaller Socialist Party of Azania (Sopa), Azapo received dismal support. Moreover, Azapo has split into three smaller organisations. Efforts to merge the three have so far faltered. One cannot conclude, however, that the obvious failure of BC political parties to challenge the ANC and the historically white political parties at the polls means that we should dismiss these organisations’ ideologies as ineffective and lacking in influence. The resurgence of BC ideas at the level of civil society, at a time when we might expect BC to be anachronistic, is intriguing. It is also the subject of this chapter. CY - Cape Town DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town ED - Kagwanja, Peter ED - Kondlo, Kwandiwe LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PP - Cape Town PY - 2009 SM - 978-0-7969-2285-4 T1 - Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics TI - Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22068 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22068 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Reddy T. Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics. Cape Town: HSRC Press; 2009.http://hdl.handle.net/11427/22068 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | HSRC Press | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Political Studies | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.publisher.location | Cape Town | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Black Consciousness in contemporary South African politics | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Book | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Book Chapter | en_ZA |