Negotiating with Apartheid: The Mission of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group 1986

The 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, meeting in the Bahamas, established an Eminent Persons Group to encourage dialogue towards the establishment of a non-racial and representative government in South Africa. The Group visited South Africa and met with leaders of the front-line states,...

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Published in:	Round table (London) 2012-06, Vol.101 (3), p.253-260
Main Author:	Mole, Stuart
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Africa African Cultural Groups Apartheid Bahamas Blacks C.I.S Commonwealth Congress of South African Trade Unions Eminent Persons Group Exiles Gleneagles Agreement Government Legislative Bodies Nassau Accord Negotiations Political Defection Political leadership Representative government Sanctions Sanctions (international law) Sharpville Massacre South Africa South African Defence Forces Special Commonwealth Summit State government United Democratic Front World Problems
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Summary:	The 1985 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, meeting in the Bahamas, established an Eminent Persons Group to encourage dialogue towards the establishment of a non-racial and representative government in South Africa. The Group visited South Africa and met with leaders of the front-line states, government ministers and black leaders in South Africa and African National Congress leaders in exile. Its report was published as a Penguin Special in June 1986, reputedly the fastest book ever published and an immediate best-seller. The report painted a damning picture of apartheid and galvanised calls for full economic and financial sanctions. It demonstrated the distinctive strengths of the Commonwealth in world affairs.
ISSN:	0035-8533 1474-029X