Liberals Against Apartheid: A History of the Liberal Party of South Africa, 1953-68

by Randolph Vigne

Then an officer of the party, Vigne was banned in 1963 and escaped from South Africa the next year. He describes the non-racial party that competed with the Communist-influenced and racially compartmentalized Congress Alliance, its continued efforts after other anti-apartheid groups were proscribed in 1960, the move to sabotage by members who lost faith in constitutional and legislative processes, and the influence of the party on the African National Congress. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

268 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 1997