17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act

Date: 24 Feb 1988
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act

On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended the emergency regulations so that the Minister of Law and Order could restrict the activities of organisations or individuals. On the same day, 17 anti-apartheid organisations were restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act of 1953. Some of these organisations included the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the National Education Union of South Africa (NEUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee (NECC). Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, did not ban the organisations completely, but the implementation of the Act effectively halted their activities.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
02South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, pp. 253, 255 & 716.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). 17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012732

South African History Online (2011) '17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012732 (Accessed: 28 July 2026).

South African History Online, 17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012732, (accessed 28 July 2026).

"17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012732. Accessed 28 July 2026.

South African History Online. "17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012732.