Summary Collapse of Communism and the effects on South African Politics
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Module
History
Institution
12th Grade
final essay for matric exams
- collapse of communism
- 100% essay
-includes analysis of the reforms and other impacts on the shift in south african politics (e.g Cuito Canavale; Anglola etc.)
- both ANC and NP perscpective
On assuming power in 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev launched the Soviet Union on a
dramatic new course.
His dual programme of Perestroika and Glasnost introduced major changes in
economic practice, internal affairs and international relations.
In the 1980s the SA govt faced a transformed world order.
The African continent was no longer controlled by Europeans and SA had
become isolated.
By the end of 1989 the Soviet Union was beginning to disintegrate.
The communist regimes in Easter Europe were collapsing and the Berlin Wall
had fallen.
This contributed to the end of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
GLASNOST AND PERESTROIKA
Perestroika was the reshaping of the Soviet economy to allow more profit making
by individuals and to reduce control by the govt.
Glasnost meant more openness about govt and more freedom of speech.
Criticism of govt policy would be allowed and corruption by govt officials would be
stopped.
THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL AND ITS IMPACT
The fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the most significant events of the 20th
century because it marked the end of the Cold War and was a catalyst for
change in many countries.
The Berlin Wall was the most powerful symbol of the Cold War division of
Europe.
The collapse of the Berlin Wall marked the climax of the revolutionary changes
sweeping through Eastern Europe.
Throughout the Soviet Bloc, reformers took control and ended more than forty
years of dictatorial communist rule.
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