| | An assessment of the impact of the PC (Presidential Council) proposals and the 1983 constitutional reforms on 'Coloured' politics in SA. A distinctive protest politics has operated almost continuously since opposition to CAC ('Coloured' Advisory Council) and the Separate Representation of Voters Act in the forties. The CPRC ('Coloured' Persons Representative Council) set up in 1968 was generally referred to as 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' . Opposition to it was so widespread that the Labour Party was forced to use it for vehement attacks on apartheid in order to justify its participation. With the 1983 reforms, however, the Labour Party changed abruptly from ritual denunciation to open collaboration, evoking widespread condemnation from Alan Boesak and a host of black political, civic and trade union organisations. |
