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Diplomacy on Time: Denmark in South Africa’s Negotiated Revolution

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TitleDiplomacy on Time
SubtitleDenmark in South Africa’s Negotiated Revolution
ContributorPeter Brückner (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.64449/9780906785508
Landing pagehttps://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp/catalog/book/380
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
CopyrightDanish Foreign Policy Society
PublisherUJ Press
Publication placeJohannesburg
Published on2025-09-09
ISBN978-0-906785-49-2 (Paperback)
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Short abstract

The purpose of this memoir is not to write the whole story from Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 to the first democratic elections in 1994.

Long abstract

The purpose of this memoir is not to write the whole story from Nelson Mandela’s release in 1990 to the first democratic elections in 1994. That has already been done. My aim is merely to describe the Danish efforts during the negotiation process in the four years that culminated in the adoption of South Africa’s first democratic constitution and the installation of Mandela as president.

Print length268 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
THEMA
  • JP
BISAC
  • POL053000
Keywords
  • Denmark
  • South Africa
  • Apartheid
  • Diplomacy
Contents

Series Foreword

(pp. i–iii)

    Foreword

    (pp. v–xi)

      Arrival

      (pp. 3–6)

        In Place in Two Capitals

        (pp. 7–8)

          Contacts?

          (pp. 9–11)

            Danish Anti-Apartheid Policy

            (pp. 13–23)

              First Meeting with Nelson Mandela

              (pp. 25–29)

                The Other Side

                (pp. 31–33)

                  The First Meeting with President Frederik Willem de Klerk

                  (pp. 35–40)

                    Meetings with Foreign Minister Pik Botha and Deputy Foreign Minister Leon Wessels

                    (pp. 41–44)

                      Reflections

                      (pp. 45–51)

                        EC Negative and Positive Measures towards South Africa

                        (pp. 55–62)

                          Visits by Danish Parliamentarians and the Multi-Party Conference

                          (pp. 63–81)

                            Nelson Mandela’s Visit to Copenhagen

                            (pp. 83–88)

                              First Danish Ministerial Visit to South Africa

                              (pp. 89–106)

                                The EC Troika Visit in September 1992

                                (pp. 109–113)

                                  EC Observer Mission in South Africa: ECOMSA and the Goldstone Commission

                                  (pp. 115–128)

                                    Preparations for the Danish Presidency of the European Community

                                    (pp. 129–136)

                                      Cooperation with other Countries’ Representatives in South Africa

                                      (pp. 137–141)

                                        Informal Interaction with South Africans

                                        (pp. 143–146)

                                          Denmark’s EU Presidency in the First Half of 1993

                                          (pp. 147–159)

                                            Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi’s Visit to Denmark 2-3 September 1993

                                            (pp. 161–162)

                                              Campaigning and Election Observation

                                              (pp. 163–170)

                                                The Death Squad. Q’s Revelations

                                                (pp. 171–188)

                                                  Free at Last: The Elections and Nelson Mandela’s Presidential Inauguration

                                                  (pp. 191–198)

                                                    After the Elections

                                                    (pp. 199–209)

                                                      Epilogue

                                                      (pp. 211–215)

                                                        Conclusion: What did we Achieve, What did we Learn?

                                                        (pp. 217–220)
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