Alfred Nzo: Reassessing a Misunderstood Minister.
Alfred Nzo served as the newly democratic South Africa's Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1994 and 1999. His tenure was widely criticised. Nzo was described as ineffectual and inert by the media, opposition parties and even by some within his own African National Congress. These criticisms have b...
| Publicado en: | African Studies Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 21 - 40 |
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