ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the federal and capitalist image, and presents views within the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies. A common characteristic of many of the depictions of federalism is that the need for associated economic changes is disregarded. Despite examples such as Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, whose constitutions demonstrate that federalism is not necessarily associated with capitalism, the search has primarily been for political solutions. In Lijphart's view the Progressive Federal Party's constitutional proposals are fully consociation, and, indeed, even the National Party (NP) has had occasion to refer to its plans as consociational. The NP lacks credibility, but there are suggestions of advances and flexibility in its thinking. The purposes of the Lombard and Du Pisanie proposals are found in the attributes of federalism. The South African government lays great stress on the significance of the ANC-South African Communist Party (SACP) alliance.
