Court go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings

Date: 6 Jun 1986
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

United Democratic Front was granted a court order by the Minister of Law and Order and Divisional Commissioner of Police to go ahead with a meeting to launch the ‘Unban the ANC’ campaign at the Rand Supreme court in Johannesburg.The court order was successfully granted after the UDF sent out a call for the unbanning of the African National Congress on 5 June 1986. The UDF issued the call a few days after the publication by the government, which portrayed the ANC as a communist party. The state agreed that the meetings were not unlawful, but they nonetheless prohibited any political meetings in commemoration of the June 16 Soweto uprising.The UDF were informed that the police would only interfere with the meeting if they discussed June 16 or the Freedom Charter of 1955

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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2016, June 9). Court go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121145

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South African History Online. "Court go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings." South African History Online. June 9, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0121145.