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Examines the creation and implementation of South Africa's National
Peace Accord and this key transitional phase in the country's
history, and its implications for peace mediation and conflict
resolution. It is now 30 years since the National Peace Accord
(NPA) was signed in South Africa, bringing to an end the violent
struggle of the Apartheid era and signalling the transition to
democracy. Signed by the ANC Alliance, the Government, the Inkatha
Freedom Party and a wide range of other political and labour
organizations on 14 September 1991, the parties agreed in the NPA
on the common goal of a united, non-racial democratic South Africa,
and provided practical means for moving towards this end: codes of
conduct for political organizations and for the police, the
creation of national, regional and local peace structures for
conflict resolution, the investigation and prevention of violence,
peace monitoring, socio-economic reconstruction and peacebuilding.
This book, written by one of those involved in the process that
evolved, provides for the first time an assessment and in-depth
account of this key phase of South Africa's history. The National
Peace Campaign set up under the NPA mobilized the 'silent majority'
and gave peace an unprecedented grassroots identity and legitimacy.
The author describes the formulation of the NPA by political
representatives, with Church and business facilitators, which ended
the political impasse, constituted South Africa's first experience
of multi-party negotiations, and made it possible for the
constitutional talks (Codesa) to start. She examines the work of
the Goldstone Commission, which prefigured the TRC, as well as the
role of international observers from the UN, EU, Commonwealth and
OAU. Exploring the work of the peace structures set up to implement
the Accord - the National Peace Committee and Secretariat, the 11
Regional Peace Committees and 263 Local Peace Committees, and over
18,000 peace monitors - Carmichael provides a uniquely detailed
assessment of the NPA, the on-the-ground peacebuilding work and the
essential involvement of the people at its heart. Filling a
significant gap in modern history, this book will be essential
reading for scholars, students and others interested in South
Africa's post-Apartheid history, as well as government agencies and
NGOs involved in peacemaking globally.
Examines the creation and implementation of South Africa's National
Peace Accord and this key transitional phase in the country's
history, and its implications for peace mediation and conflict
resolution. It is now 30 years since the National Peace Accord
(NPA) was signed in South Africa, bringing to an end the violent
struggle of the Apartheid era and signalling the transition to
democracy. Signed by the ANC Alliance, the Government, the Inkatha
Freedom Party and a wide range of other political and labour
organizations on 14 September 1991, the parties agreed in the NPA
on the common goal of a united, non-racial democratic South Africa,
and provided practical means for moving towards this end: codes of
conduct for political organizations and for the police, the
creation of national, regional and local peace structures for
conflict resolution, the investigation and prevention of violence,
peace monitoring, socio-economic reconstruction and peacebuilding.
This book, written by one of those involved in the process that
evolved, provides for the first time an assessment and in-depth
account of this key phase of South Africa's history. The National
Peace Campaign set up under the NPA mobilized the 'silent majority'
and gave peace an unprecedented grassroots identity and legitimacy.
The author describes the formulation of the NPA by political
representatives, with Church and business facilitators, which ended
the political impasse, constituted South Africa's first experience
of multi-party negotiations, and made it possible for the
constitutional talks (Codesa) to start. She examines the work of
the Goldstone Commission, which prefigured the TRC, as well as the
role of international observers from the UN, EU, Commonwealth and
OAU. Exploring the work of the peace structures set up to implement
the Accord - the National Peace Committee and Secretariat, the 11
Regional Peace Committees and 263 Local Peace Committees, and over
18,000 peace monitors - Carmichael provides a uniquely detailed
assessment of the NPA, the on-the-ground peacebuilding work and the
essential involvement of the people at its heart. Filling a
significant gap in modern history, this book will be essential
reading for scholars, students and others interested in South
Africa's post-Apartheid history, as well as government agencies and
NGOs involved in peacemaking globally.
Mount Vesuvius has awakened. Fifteen-year-old slave, Mira, saw the
coming burial of Herculaneum and the death of its people in a
vision. She vowed to save the Roman child in her care, but first
she must escape her stubborn owner and the slave set to watch her.
Mira begs her guard to let her slip away, or flee with her, before
they share the fate of the town when the volcano sends its fiery
death raging down the mountain.
Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in
Community presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and
ethical formation through friendship. Contributors discuss the
positive effects of friendship and some of the culturally diverse
ways that friendships develop. Friends help us co-exist in diverse
societies, live sustainably in our ecosystems, heal from trauma,
develop inner virtues, engage wisely in social action, and connect
with the divine. While friendship is a core human value, cultural
traditions have used different tools to build friendships. For
example, Indigenous communities emphasize reciprocity on the land;
Jewish traditions encourage respect for study partners; Buddhist
teachers suggest discernment in befriending; Christian texts speak
of bringing God’s love into community. The fifteen scholars
contributing to this book draw on the teachings of six different
global traditions: Indigenous, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Islamic,
and Christian. Each scholar applies the tools of their
tradition—reciprocity, respect, discernment, love, and more—to
discuss how we might become our best selves in community.
The love of friendship has, at the least, established its place as
a necessary model of love in Christian tradition. This study shows
the deep roots it has in Christian thought, among both ancient and
modern writers, and is intended to facilitate further reflection on
and exploration of its creative potential now and for the
future.>
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