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Title: | South Africa's Civic Association Movement: ANC's Ally or Society's 'Watchdog'? Shifting Social Movement-Political Party Relations |
Author: | Lanegran, Kimberly |
Year: | 1995 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review |
Volume: | 38 |
Issue: | 2 |
Period: | September |
Pages: | 101-126 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | action groups popular participation African National Congress (South Africa) nationalism Politics and Government |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/525319 |
Abstract: | This article probes one vital feature of South Africa's civil society: the relationship between the ANC and the Civic Association Movement. The ANC owes its current political power, in large part, to the sacrifices and dedicated efforts of members of the Civic Association Movement. After an examination of the contribution of agents of civil society to democratization processes in Latin America, the author discusses the changing relationship between the Civics and the ANC, distinguishing three periods: the period of indirect alliance, 1979 to 1990; the period of increased conflict, February 1990 to November 1993; and the period of electoral alliance: November 1993 through April 1994. The conclusion is that, although there is a great overlap between ANC and SANCO (South African National Civic Organization, launched in February 1992) leadership and membership, SANCO and individual Civics can be expected to break the 'closed-ranks' attitude which kept them from articulating policy differences between themselves and the ANC during the 1994 election campaigns. At the same time, official ANC statements assert that Civics should not concern themselves with the responsibilities of the ANC-led State. Bibliogr., notes, ref. |