Shifting patterns of political discourse in the new South Africa1
- 1 March 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Critical Studies in Mass Communication
- Vol. 11 (1) , 22-53
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15295039409366884
Abstract
Since February, 1990, a remarkable series of shifts have occurred in the discourses used by the central political players in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) and the National Party (NP). This article examines the two key political discourses of the 1980s, namely the NP's apartheid and the UDF's (ANC internal‐wing) non‐racialism. Then the shifts that have occurred since 1990 are traced. It will be argued that by the end of 1992 the ANC had effectively moved from non‐racialism into a black (African) nationalism, while the NP had shifted from Afrikaner nationalism (and apartheid) to a form of non‐racialism. An attempt is made to explain these shifts.Keywords
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- Langauge and National Unity in a Post-Apartheid South AfricaCritical Arts, 1992