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REASONS FOR BOTHA'S DECISION TO NEGOTIATE, 1985-89 - Coggle Diagram
REASONS FOR BOTHA'S DECISION TO NEGOTIATE, 1985-89
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REFORMS TO APARTHEID
Tricameral parliament:
- 3 houses
- White, Indian, Coloured members.
- Africans not represented at all.
Aspects of petty apartheid abandoned:
- mixed marriages
- segregation in public facilities
- pass laws abolished
Botha faced increasing criticism, especially internationally, about the reforms:
- Grand apartheid still in place.
- Not all petty apartheid abolished.
- Townships still faced the same problems of overcrowding and squalor.
- White SA still dominated.
- President too powerful.
Botha's Rubicon speech:
- Caused more international isolation.
- Many thought they would see real change, but didn't.
- Botha wrote his own speech rather than using the one drafted for him.
- Speech was long, rambling, insular. He had failed to cross the 'river' into introducing real reform