Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC, by Dr Y M Dadoo, an article published in New Age, March 29, 1962. The article gives reasons for the failure of the 'United Front', citing the PAC 'attack' on the ANC and its leaders.
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Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo

- Origin date
- 29 Mar 1962
- Updated
- 17 Mar 2021

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- 01Dr Y M Dadoo. Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC, New Age, 29 March 1962.
Last updated · 17 Mar 2021
South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0111287
South African History Online (2016) 'Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0111287 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0111287, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0111287. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Why the United Front failed: Disruptive role of the PAC by Dr Yusuf Dadoo." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0111287.
Further reading
DISA Archive
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)
African National Congress (ANC)
South African Communist Party (SACP)
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