“In effect a deal was done: Slabbert would resign, form the Institute for Democracy in Africa (Idasa) and he would then be rewarded with public talks with the ANC — hence the famous Dakar meeting and subsequent meetings Slabbert organised between South African business and the ANC”.
This extract is taken from an article by RW Johnson which appeared earlier this week in Business Day Slabbert’s political career cut short at great cost to all SA.
A number of letters then appeared commenting on the article: Slabbert’s blueprint for the new SA by Robin Carlisle; Slabbert was right by Shelagh Gastrow and Slabbert’s heartbreak by Philip Lloyd.