| Abstract: | This contribution argues that the alleged 'isolation' of South Africa has only been superficial in nature. Contrary to conventional analysis, it demonstrates that South Africa was sheltered from the anger of the international community by two sets of circumstances up until the 1975 coup in Portugal. From that moment, Pretoria has sought to re-create for itself a range of regional options which could, once again, provide the opportunities for the major Western powers to shield it. It concludes that these circumstances have been reastablished by the government of P.W. Botha and that they have, in addition, provided a modicum of international legitimacy for the proposed course of domestic reconstruction by Pretoria. Notes, ref. |
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