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The road to democracy, Robert Mattes the African National Congress and its allies, Tom Lodge the National Party, Hermann Giliomee the Inkhata Freedom Party, Georgina Hamilton and Gerhard Mare the White Right, Johann van Rooyen the Democratic Party, David Welsh the Pan-African Congress and AZAPO, Saths Cooper the media, Daniel Silke and Robert Schrire the US looks on, Timothy Sisk South Africa goes to the polls, Benjamin Pogrund analysis of the results, Andrew Reynolds prospects for the new South Africa, Arend Lijphart.
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