Press release issued by the South African Council of Churches about the gazetting of the Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill, legislation which effectively banned 17 organisations, individuals and many activists aimed at bringing non-violent change in South Africa
Archive record
SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill

- Origin date
- 3 March 1988
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117961
South African History Online (2016) ' SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117961 (Accessed: 21 August 2026).
South African History Online, SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117961, (accessed 21 August 2026).
" SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117961. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. " SACC Press release: Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117961.
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