WHITE POWER

For Immediate Release

White Power & the Rise and Fall of the National Party
Christi van der Westhuizen

Publishing Date: 1 November 2007

A POLITICAL TITLE THAT WOULD BE REMEMBERED FOR MANY YEARS

ZEBRA PRESS

Book Launch 6th November 2007, Constitution Hill
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In 2006, almost a hundred years after the founding of the National Party, the unthinkable happened: the once mighty party of apartheid collapsed into the African National Congress, its sworn enemy for almost a century. While a string of blunders saw party support plummeting, such a humiliating end was wholly unexpected. Is it true that the NP?s leaders had betrayed their supporters? What role did the NP play during the negotiations to ensure increased wealth among the black and white South African elite? And is greater material welfare enough to keep Afrikaners satisfied, or are we seeing a resurgence of Afrikaner nationalism in the ?De la Rey? phenomenon? These and other issues are addressed in White Power & the Rise and Fall of the National Party.

Christi van der Westhuizen has a master?s degree in South African Politics and Political Economy. She started her career at Vrye Weekblad, was a political correspondent for Beeld and deputy editorial page editor at ThisDay. She is currently an editor with Inter Press Service and is honorary research fellow with the School of Politics, University of KwaZulu-Natal. She received the Mondi award for her political columns and the Sam Mabe Sunday Times Award for environmental reporting.
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Pub date: November 2007
ISBN:  978 1 77007 305 0
Price: R220.00
Format: 230 x 150 mm
Extent: 384 pages (tbc)
Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket
Imprint: Zebra Press
Classification: History/Politics

Book launch details

Date: 6th November 2007
Venue: Constitution Hill, Old Fort Conference Room, No 1 Kotze Street, CNR Kotze and Hospital Street, Constitution hill, Braamfontein
Time: 6pm for 6:30pm
Speaker: Aubrey Matshiqi (Senior research fellow at the centre for policy studies)

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