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Well into its second decade in power, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African government perceives its foreign policy as based on democratic principles and practices, which are attuned to the interests of ‘the people’ or ‘the masses’ (Department of Foreign Affairs, 2006). This claim is particularly associated with Thabo Mbeki’s presidency (1999–2008) and the Special Report back to the Nation document Integrated Democratic Governance: A Restructured Presidency at Work (Chikane, 2001). In the latter, the Mbeki Presidency declared, explained and justified the various attempts it had taken to ‘put people first’ — also in the South African foreign policy decision-making process and conduct. This was not a novel claim to make. Prior to 1994, the ANC (1993) released its future foreign policy for South Africa, namely Foreign Policy in a New Democratic South Africa.
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van Wyk, JA. (2012). Public Participation in Post-Apartheid South African Foreign Policy. In: Headley, J., Reitzig, A., Burton, J. (eds) Public Participation in Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230367180_4
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