The Politics of Difference and the Forging of a Political ‘Community’: Discourses and Practices of the Charterist Civic Movement in the Vaal Triangle, South Africa, 1980–84.

The period 1984–86 has been widely recognised as a watershed in South Africa’s history, leading to the most sustained challenge to the apartheid regime and eventually contributing to the demise of white minority rule. The Vaal Uprising of September 1984, triggered by dissatisfaction over rent increa...

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Published in:	Journal of Southern African Studies Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 1181 - 1199
Main Author:	Rueedi, Franziska
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2015
Subjects:	Vaal Triangle (South Africa) South Africa Activism Housing Urban policy History City councils Civic associations Twentieth century
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