South Africa’s Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation under Apartheid (Volume 74) (Ohio RIS Africa Series)

__South Africa's Resistance Press__ is a collection of essays celebrating the contributions of scores of newspapers, newsletters, and magazines that confronted the state in the generation after 1960. These publications contributed in no small measure to reviving a mass movement inside South Africa that would finally bring an end to apartheid. This marginalized press had an impact on its audience that cannot be measured in terms of the small number of issues sold, the limited amount of advertising revenue raised, or the relative absence of effective marketing and distribution strategies. These journalists rendered communities visible that were too often invisible and provided a voice for those too often voiceless. They contributed immeasurably to broadening the concept of a free press in South Africa. The guardians of the new South Africa owe these publications a debt of gratitude that cannot be repaid. Introduction: South Africa's Resistance Press Under Apartheid / Lee Switzer -- Pt. 1. In Transition: From Protest To Resistance. Representing The Labouring Classes: African Workers In The African Nationalist Press, 1900-1960 / Peter Limb ; Far From Dead: The Final Years Of The Guardian, 1960-1963 / James Zug ; Representing Blackness: Steve Biko And The Black Consciousness Movement / Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane And David R. Howarth -- Pt. 2. On The Barricades: The Struggle For South Africa. The Media Of The United Democratic Front, 1983-1991 / Jeremy Seekings ; East Cape News Agencies: Reporting On A Black Hole / Franz Krüger ; Grassroots: From Washing Lines To Utopia / Ineke Van Kessel ; You Have The Right To Know: South, 1987-1994 / Mohamed Adhikari ; Ambiguities In Alternative Discourse: New Nation And The Sowetan In The 1980s / Keyan G. Tomaselli ; Breaking The Mold Of Political Subservience: Vrye Weekblad And The Afrikaans Alternative Press / George Claassen ; The Weekly Mail, 1985-1994 / Christopher Merrett And Christopher Saunders. Edited By Les Switzer And Mohamed Adhikari ; Foreword By Guy Berger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. List of Illustrations 10 Foreword by Guy Berger 12 Preface 16 List of Abbreviations 20 Ch. 1/Introduction:South Africa's Resistance Press in Perspective 26 Ch. 2/ "Representing the Labouring Classes": African Workers in the African Nationalist Press, 1900-1960 104 Ch. 3/ "Far from the Dead": The Final Years of the Guardian, 1960-1963 153 Ch. 4/ Representing Blackness: Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement 201 Ch. 5/The Media of the United Democratic Front, 1983-1991 248 Ch. 6/East Cape News Agencies: Reporting on a Black Hole 285 Ch. 7/Grassroots: From Washing Lines to Utopia 308 Ch. 8/ "You Have the Right to Know": South, 1987-1994 352 Ch. 9/Ambiguities in Alternative Discourse: New Nation and the Sowetan in the 1980's 403 Ch. 10/Breaking the Mold of Political Subservience: Vrye Weekblad and the Afrikaans Alternative Press 429 Ch. 11/The weekly Mail, 1985-1994 483 Notes on Contributors 512 Index 516 Presents a collection of essays that celebrates the contributions of scores of newspapers, newsletters, and magazines that confronted the state in the generation after 1960.