South Africa's brave new world
Subtitle: the beloved country since the end of apartheid
By: R.W. Johnson.
Publisher: Allen Lane
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 701
ISBN-13: 9780713995381
Subjects: South Africa -- History -- 1994-; South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-; Zuid-Afrika
Description: The universal jubilation that greeted Nelson Mandela's inauguration as president of South Africa in 1994 and the process by which the nightmare of apartheid had been banished is one of the most thrilling, hopeful stories in the modern era: peaceful, rational change was possible and the weight of an oppressive history was suddenly lifted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.