This is the 30th lecture delivered by Dr. Hugh Ashton in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series on january 18, 1978 at the University of Cape Town. The lecture comprises of some statistical information regarding South Africas' socio-political situation with an emphasis on race relations and an insight into the demographics with reference to Rhodesia as well. The discussion involves achieving "total assimilation" or a multi-racial state.
Archive record
Moral suasion

- Origin date
- 18 January 1978
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Moral suasion. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111986
South African History Online (2016) 'Moral suasion', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111986 (Accessed: 31 August 2026).
South African History Online, Moral suasion [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111986, (accessed 31 August 2026).
"Moral suasion." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111986. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Moral suasion." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0111986.
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