[DEBATE] : CCS/UKZN Politics welcome Christi van der Westhuizen, Wed-Thurs

[Patrick Bond]

7 NOV BOOK LAUNCH - WHITE POWER (Christi van der.Westhuizen)

Zebra Press in association with Adams & Ike’s Books invite you and a 
partner to the launch of
White Power and the Rise and Fall of the National Party
By Christi van der Westhuizen

Date: Wed 7 November , 5.30 for 6.00 pm
Venue: Ike’s Books , 48A Florida Rd , ph: 031-303-9214
Introduction by: Patrick Bond, Centre for Civil Society, UKZN
Rsvp: 082-873-2702, cedrics at adamsbooks.co.za

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Thursday November 8: CCS and the UKZN School of Politics host van der 
Westhuizen for a seminar on her new book
Time: 12:30-14:00
Venue: SDS Seminar Room in MTB

In 2006, almost a hundred years after the founding of the National 
Party, the unthinkable happened: the once mighty party of apartheid 
collapsed into the African National Congress, its sworn enemy for almost 
a century. While a string of blunders saw party support plummeting, such 
a humiliating end was wholly unexpected. Is it true that the NP’s 
leaders had betrayed their supporters? What role did the NP play during 
the negotiations to ensure increased wealth among the black and white 
South African elite? And is greater material welfare enough to keep 
Afrikaners satisfied, or are we seeing a resurgence of Afrikaner 
nationalism in the ‘De la Rey’ phenomenon? These and other issues are 
addressed in White Power & the Rise and Fall of the National Party, 
which follows on the success of Zebra Press’ earlier titles , The 
Anatomy of SA (Richard Calland) and Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the 
ANC (William Gumede ,2 nd edition just released). The book combines a 
wealth of facts with incisive analysis of the reasons for the rise and 
fall of the National Party , partly based on interviews with former 
senior NP leaders and previously unpublished archival material .

Contents

1) from colonialism to apartheid
2) the party : between accumulation and crisis
3) building a black bulwark against resistance
4) the emperor strikes back
5) the negotiations and the violence
6) clinching the elite compromise
7) the crumbling : without the state, we’re nothing
8) the globalization of the Afrikaner

Christi van der Westhuizen is an award-winning journalist who started 
her career at Vrye Weekblad, later became Beeld’s senior political 
correspondent in parliament and subsequently worked as ThisDay's deputy 
editorial page editor. She is currently Inter Press Service's trade 
project editor for Africa and Europe and is honorary research fellow 
with the School of Politics, University of KwaZulu Natal. While working 
as senior researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, she edited 
the 2005 book Gender Instruments in Africa-Critical Perspectives, Future 
Strategies. She holds a Master’s degree in political economy and South 
African politics. Among others, she received the Mondi Newspaper Award 
in 2001 for her political and social commentary and the Sam Mabe WWF 
Sunday Times Award for environmental reporting in 1998.