E UNITED NATIONS Economic and Social Council Distr. GENERAL E/CN.4/1999/15/Add.1 27 January 1999 ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH/FRENCH COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty-fifth session Provisional agenda item 6 RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, XENOPHOBIA AND ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION Report by Mr. Glele-Ahanhanzo, Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 1998/26 Addendum Mission to South Africa (24 February – 5 March 1998) CONTENTS Paragraphs Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA II. . 1 – Page 2 3 3 – 15 3 A. Historical survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 6 3 B. Socio-political survey 7 - 10 4 C. Human rights survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 – 15 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IMPLEMENTATION OF POST-APARTHEID REFORMS . . . . . . . . 16 - 46 6 A. The Reforms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 - 39 6 B. Opposition to the changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 - 46 12 GE.99-10391 (EXT)