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  • It warned against what it called the "balkanisation" of the country violence, by the creation of mini-states.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • All this 'balkanisation' talk is to completely ignore other models to look at.

    An English Parliament - It's Part of the Solution, Not the Problem 2006

  • Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Friday warned against "balkanisation" on the African continent due to separatist movements, as his country faces an independence push in Western Sahara.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • What then are the alternatives between the various degrees of 'balkanisation' on the one hand and a one language policy on the other hand?

    Letters to the Editorial Collective 2000

  • Crocker added that the other factor negatively affecting investment in the continent was the "balkanisation" of the markets.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • The IFP constitutional model would further entrench regional disparities created by the apartheid system of 'balkanisation'.

    Mayibuye Editorial 1995

  • ANC on a Volkstaat, Mr Makwetu said the PAC would never submit to the "balkanisation" of South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Makwetu said the PAC would never submit to the "balkanisation" of South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • Makwetu said the PAC would never submit to the "balkanisation" of South Africa.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • What then are the alternatives between the various degrees of 'balkanisation' on the one hand and a one language policy on the other hand?

    Introduction 1969

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