The 33rd lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial lecture series delivered by Alan Paton in Johannesburg on 23rd May 1985, in which he believes that South Africa should move towards forming a federal constitution and that the" Verwoerdian Utopia has fallen to pieces"; he also challenges the State President to give the people of KwaZulu and Natal an opportunity to embark on a multi-racial regional government.
archiveREF R-0112001Revised
Archive record
Federation or desolution
- Origin date
- 23 May 1985
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Federation or desolution. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112001
South African History Online (2016) 'Federation or desolution', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112001 (Accessed: 5 November 2026).
South African History Online, Federation or desolution [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112001, (accessed 5 November 2026).
"Federation or desolution." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112001. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Federation or desolution." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0112001.
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