Speeches that shaped South Africa : from Malan to Malema / [editor], Martha Evans].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Martha, editor, writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political oratory--South Africa--History.

Political oratory.

Speeches, addresses, etc., African.

Politics and government.

History.

South Africa--Politics and government.

South Africa.

South Africa--History.

Genre:

Speeches.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 370 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cape Town, South Africa : Penguin Books, [2017]

Summary:

Great speeches have the power to bring about political change, and South Africa lays claim to some of the world's most skilled orators, from Nelson Mandela, whose courageous statement from the dock inspired the liberation struggle, to Desmond Tutu, whose 'Rainbow People of God' speech prepared the country for a new era. On the other side of the political spectrum, who can forget P.W. Botha's infamous Rubicon speech, an oratorical flop which took the country backwards during the 1980s, or F.W. de Klerk's unbanning of the ANC in 1990, which took it forwards again? Speeches that Shaped South Africa is the first collection of these historic utterances, featuring key speeches from the beginning of apartheid to the present. It includes Harold Macmillan's 'Wind of Change', Thabo Mbeki's 'I am an African' and Mmusi Maimane's 'Broken Man' speech. Also featured are Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman, Steve Biko, Winnie Mandela, Oliver Tambo, Julius Malema, Barbara Hogan and many others. The book covers past and present shenanigans in Parliament, clandestine broadcasts on Radio Freedom, moving eulogies that celebrate our political giants, and the informal rhetoric of populist crowd pleasers. Accompanying each speech is a commentary that places it in a historical context and explores its effects. Accessible and engaging, this analysis is based on original research and offers fresh insights into events. This is a fascinating journey through South African history over the past seventy years. Book jacket.

Contents:

Preface

National Party campaign speech, Paarl, 29 March 1948 / D. F. Malan

'Apartheid over our dead bodies' speech, 10 July 1946 / Yusuf Dadoo

Presidential address to the Transvaal ANC Women's League, 11 November 1956 / Lilian Ngoti

Opening address to the Africanist inaugural convention, 4 April 1959 / Robert Sobukwe

"Wind of change" speech, 3 February 1960 / Harold Macmillan

Speech of thanks to Harold Macmillan, 3 February 1960 / H. F. Verwoerd

Nobel Prize lecture, 11 December 1961 / Albert Luthuli

First Radio Freedom broadcast, 26 June 1963 / Walter Sisulu

Statement from the dock during the Rivonia Trial, 20 April 1964 / Nelson Mandela

'What I did was right', statement from the dock, 28 March 1966 / Bram Fischer

"Ripple of Hope" speech, 6 June 1966 / Robert F. Kennedy.

Speech in Parliament on the NP's race policy, 22 July 1970 / Helen Suzman

"White racism, black consciousness," January 1971 / Steve Biko

Speech at a Charge or Release Detainees meeting, 5 October 1975 / Winnie Mandela

Reply to a motion of no confidence in the government, 30 January 1976 / B. J. Vorster

Speech at the launch of the UDF, 20 August 1983 / Allan Boesak

"Year of the Women" address, 8 January 1984 / Oliver Tambo

"My father says" speech, 10 February 1985

"Rubicon" speech, 15 August 1985

Resignation speech, 7 February 1986 / Frederick van Zyl Slabbert

"Rainbow people of God" speech, 13 September 1989 / Desmond Tutu

Opening of Parliament, 2 February 1990 / F. W. de Klerk

Release speech, 11 February 1990 / Nelson Mandela

Televised address after Chris Hani's death, 13 April 1993 / Nelson Mandela

Inauguration speech, 10 May 1994 / Nelson Mandela.

Testimony at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 16-17 April 1996 / Nomonde Calata, Nyameka Goniwe

"I am an African", 8 May 1996 / Thabo Mbeki

Speech at the 15th International AIDS Conference, 9 July 2000 / Nkosi Johnson

Resignation speech, 21 September 2008 / Thabo Mbeki

Speech at Marikana, 8 August 2012 / Julius Malema

Speech at Nelson Mandela's funeral service, 15 December 2013 / Ahmed Kathrada

State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015 / Jacob Zuma

"Broken man" speech, 17 February 2015 / Mmusi Maimane

Speech at Ahmed Kathrada's memorial, 1 April 2017 / Barbara Hogan.

Notes:

"The speeches in this collection span nearly seventy years and represent a selection of the spoken words for some of South Africa's influential political traditions."--Page ix.

"Accompanying each speech is a commentary that it in a historical context and explores its effects. ... this analysis is based on original research and offers fresh insights into events."--Page [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781776091416

1776091418

OCLC:

1018450682

Publisher Number:

99979311802