A Global Perspective on Social Activism and Democracy in South Africa
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The following is a speech delivered at the conference on “Social Activism and SocioEconomic Rights: Deepening Democracy in South Africa, convened by the Institute for Democracy in South Africa, Cape Town, August 11-13, 2003, on the occasion of ten years since the defeat of apartheid. The speech was delivered on August 11 before some 100 South African government and ANC officials, trade unionists, grassroots activists and social justice movement leaders
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