A group of dissatisfied members of the far-right Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging (AWB) (translated roughly as The Afrikaaner Resistance Movement) break away and start their own group called Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging (BBB) (translated roughly as The White Liberation Movement) in Pretoria.
eventREF E-0012803Revised
28 January 1989
Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging
Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging
- Updated
- 27 Jan 2020
Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging
How we know this
- 01O'Malley,"SOUTH AFRICA - TOTAL STRATEGY",From: O'Malley,[Online], Available at: www.nelsonmandela.org,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]
Last updated · 27 Jan 2020
South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012803
South African History Online (2011) 'Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012803 (Accessed: 14 November 2026).
South African History Online, Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012803, (accessed 14 November 2026).
"Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012803. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Factions splits from The Afrikaaner Weerstandbeweging." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012803.
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