Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party

Date: 29 Dec 1978
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party

Rev. Allan Hendrickse was elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party of South Africa at its thirteenth Congress in Bloemfontein. The party declared its support for the banned African National Congress (ANC) and urged universal suffrage in a South African unitary state.

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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.
02The Guardian,'The Rev Allan Hendrickse', fromThe Guardian, [Online], available at www.theguardian.com [Accessed: 02 October 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012367

South African History Online (2011) 'Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012367 (Accessed: 20 August 2026).

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"Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012367. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Rev. Allan Hendrickse is elected leader of the Coloured Labour Party." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012367.