History of the African National Congress (ANC)

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The Post-Apartheid South Africa: Has a New Era Dawned?: By Nakedi Mochaki, Newsletter of the ICP. 14 February, 1995. Can the ANC live up to its promisses?
Party faithful turning sceptic: By Chris Lowe. IPS, Harare. 16 February, 1995. With opening of parliament, issue of whether accomodation with the white NP means betrayal of ANC promisses to Blacks.
South Africa: A Revolution Betrayed?: A dialog on Africa-L (February, 1995). With its electoral victory, did the ANC betray its socialist aspirations?
Organising Department Now Re-organised: In Mayibuye, July 1995. After the election, the organising department had to be set up afresh, with new personnel and a new mission which took account of the new situation. We first had to define together with the political leadership of the movement questions like: how was the ANC going to operate as a majority party in government of national unity as well as a liberation movement.
ANC statement on Truth Commission Committee: 14 March, 1996. ANC holds that the temporary immunities granted its members was for the purpose of negotiating the political settlement and do not immunize them from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
A revolution betrayed: By John Pilger, in the Electronic Mail & Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa, 24 April 1998. Argues that the government, in the interests of compromise, has sold out its own principles and supporters.