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Labour Party (LP)
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Mar 30, 2011

Labour Party (LP)

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Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
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Mar 30, 2011

Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)

The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) was an ultra-right wing organisation led by Eugene Terreblanche, that first came ...

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Mar 30, 2011

National Land Committee

PRINCIPLES ON RESTITUTION, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNAL TENURE, REDISTRIBUTION & FARM TENURE ADOPTED AT THE POLICY S...

Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
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Mar 30, 2011

Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM)

This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where is the N...

Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Mar 30, 2011

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established in 1980 as the Southern African Development Coordination C...

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Mar 30, 2011

African People’s Organisation (APO)

By the beginning of the twentieth century a number of political organisations initiated by Coloureds existed, most of wh...

Council of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
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Mar 30, 2011

Council of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)

During the 1930s there were attempts by African workers to organise and reconstruct all fragmented African trade unions ...

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
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Mar 30, 2011

Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP)

The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) is a South African political organization, established by Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, which ...

South African Council of Churches (SACC)
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Mar 30, 2011

South African Council of Churches (SACC)

Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ...read on 5 July 1995 statement to a workshop on The...

Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
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Mar 30, 2011

Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC)

The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded i...

South African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
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Mar 30, 2011

South African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)

Like all other Black ethnic groups, the Coloureds also fell victim to segregation and repressive legislations enacted by...

South African Party (SAP)
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Mar 30, 2011

South African Party (SAP)

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Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
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Mar 30, 2011

Azanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)

In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists and organisations alike. On 19 Oc...

Afrikaner Broederbond
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Mar 30, 2011

Afrikaner Broederbond

On 5 June 1918 disaffected Afrikaners were brought together in a new organisation called Jong Suid-Afrika (Young South A...

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Mar 30, 2011

Poqo

Poqo was formed as an armed wing to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) during the 1960's and was known for its aggressive...

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