The meeting was called because of the impending dangers posed by the fragmentation of South Africa by the apartheid government.
Archive record
Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations

- Origin date
- July 1981
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0113634
South African History Online (2016) 'Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0113634 (Accessed: 24 July 2026).
South African History Online, Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0113634, (accessed 24 July 2026).
"Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0113634. Accessed 24 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Minutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ts/ref/R-0113634.
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