Civil resistance in South Africa (1970s and 80s)
What was the nature of the civil society resistance in the 1970s and 1980s
Acronyms
SANNC - south african native national congress
Renamed ANC - african national congress
ANCYL - youth league
ANCWL - women's league
CPSA - communist party of south africa
Renamed SACP - south african communist party
NP - national party
SAIC - south african indian congress
APO - african people's organisation
SACTU - south african congress of trade unions
FEDSAW - federation of south african women.
PAC - pan african congress
MK - Umkhonto we sizwe “ spear of the nation” armed wing of ANC
POQO - “ standing alone “ , PAC armed wing
ZANU and ZAPU - anti-colonist forces in Zimbabwe
NUSAS - national union of south africans students
SASO - south african students organisation (1969)
BCM - the black consciousness movement
BPC - the black people's convention
FOSATU - federation of south african trade unions
NUM - national union of mineworkers
COSATU - congress of south african trade unions
SACTU - south african congress of trade unions
CUSA - council of unions of south africa
UDF - united democratic front
AZASO - azanian students organisation
AZAPO - azanian peoples organisation
IFP - Inkatha Freedom Party
UWUSA - united workers union of South Africa
NACTU - national council of trade unions
MDM - mass democratic movement
ECC - end conscription campaign
SADF - south african defence force
, People
- Dr Xuma
- Jan Smuts
Led ANC 1940-1949
- Anton Lembede President before apartheid , invested in
international affairs
- Hofmeyr
First ANCYL president
- Maddie Hall Xuma
Smuts deputy, liberal
- DF Malan
President ANCWL , mother of the nation
- William H Andrews
Led national party , strongly believed in
Afrikaner nationalism. , drawn out of
ministry into politics. Brodehond ( protects
rights of afrikaners )
First general secretary CPSA - Dr PJ Strijom
Ignored letters and petitions by woman at
women's march 1956
What was the nature of the civil society resistance in the 1970s and 1980s
Acronyms
SANNC - south african native national congress
Renamed ANC - african national congress
ANCYL - youth league
ANCWL - women's league
CPSA - communist party of south africa
Renamed SACP - south african communist party
NP - national party
SAIC - south african indian congress
APO - african people's organisation
SACTU - south african congress of trade unions
FEDSAW - federation of south african women.
PAC - pan african congress
MK - Umkhonto we sizwe “ spear of the nation” armed wing of ANC
POQO - “ standing alone “ , PAC armed wing
ZANU and ZAPU - anti-colonist forces in Zimbabwe
NUSAS - national union of south africans students
SASO - south african students organisation (1969)
BCM - the black consciousness movement
BPC - the black people's convention
FOSATU - federation of south african trade unions
NUM - national union of mineworkers
COSATU - congress of south african trade unions
SACTU - south african congress of trade unions
CUSA - council of unions of south africa
UDF - united democratic front
AZASO - azanian students organisation
AZAPO - azanian peoples organisation
IFP - Inkatha Freedom Party
UWUSA - united workers union of South Africa
NACTU - national council of trade unions
MDM - mass democratic movement
ECC - end conscription campaign
SADF - south african defence force
, People
- Dr Xuma
- Jan Smuts
Led ANC 1940-1949
- Anton Lembede President before apartheid , invested in
international affairs
- Hofmeyr
First ANCYL president
- Maddie Hall Xuma
Smuts deputy, liberal
- DF Malan
President ANCWL , mother of the nation
- William H Andrews
Led national party , strongly believed in
Afrikaner nationalism. , drawn out of
ministry into politics. Brodehond ( protects
rights of afrikaners )
First general secretary CPSA - Dr PJ Strijom
Ignored letters and petitions by woman at
women's march 1956
