History of South Africa

From 1902 to the Present

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20004078
AutoresThula Simpson (0000-0002-5992-3948, University of Pretoria, autor de correspondencia)
Año2022
Fecha de publicación2022-10-01
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaHistory of South Africa (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780197672020.001.0001
OpenAlexW4317409700
Open LibraryOL38421247M
ISBN9780197672020
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5

South Africa was born in war, has been cursed by crises and ruptures, and today stands on a precipice once again. This book explores the country's tumultuous journey from the finale of the Second Anglo-Boer War, to 2021. Drawing on sources including diaries, letters, oral testimony, and diplomatic reports, Thula Simpson follows the South African people through the battles, elections, resistance, strikes, insurrections, massacres, financial crashes and epidemics that have shaped the nation. Tracking South Africa's path from colony to Union, and apartheid to democracy, Simpson documents the influence of key figures including Jan Smuts, Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko, P.W. Botha, Thabo Mbeki and Cyril Ramaphosa. He offers detailed accounts of watershed events like the 1922 Rand Revolt, the Defiance Campaign, Sharpeville, the Soweto uprising, and the Marikana massacre. He sheds light on the roles of Gandhi, Churchill, Castro and Thatcher, the impact of the World Wars, the liberation struggle, and the Border War. Simpson's history charts the post-apartheid phases of ANC rule from the Rainbow Nation to state capture and the "New Dawn". Along the way, it reveals the divisions and solidarities of sport; the nation's economic travails; and pandemics from the Spanish flu, to AIDS, to COVID-19

Ancient history · Democracy · Economic history · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · State (computer science) · History · Law · South African History and Culture