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  • noun A confederation

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Examples

  • Ummm, no, perhaps best described as "confederalism".

    Balkinization 2007

  • Bekker said there was a perception in South Africa that the IFP favoured confederalism, when in fact it stood for federalism.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • On the ANC ticket of a united South Africa and not of confederalism as the IFP demands, 62% of the electorate voted for the ANC.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • On the ANC ticket of a united South Africa and not of confederalism as the IFP demands, 62% of the electorate voted for the ANC.

    AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NATAL WELCOMES SOFTENING OF IFP STANCE ON INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION 1995

  • Quizzed on the FA's federalism/confederalism anomalies, Mr

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • He denied the CP was "softening" its position on confederalism.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • He denied, however, that the CP had "softened" its position on confederalism, the cornerstone of the party's policies.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • "Politically ... confederalism is not a constitutional option,"

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • After September's deal, they joined forces with white separatists who see confederalism as their hope for self-determination in a white homeland.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

  • He said Bophuthatswana remained wary of surrendering its independence with the options still unclear, but added that it was no secret that the Christian Democratic Party favoured confederalism, with maximum economic co-operation, as the first choice as a workable alternative to independence.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1993

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