Civil Society in South Africa

Issue Date Summer 1991
Volume 2
Issue 3
Page Numbers 53-55
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About the Author

Khehla Shubane, who was imprisoned for five years on Robben Island because of his antiapartheid activities, is a research officer at the Center for Policy Studies of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

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