Glossary- South Africa

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ANC: African National Congress

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Formed in 1912 to protest against racial discrimination and campaign for equal treatment.

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AWB: Afrikaner Resistance Movement

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Established in 1973 to oppose government reform that was perceived to undermine Afrikaner culture and political power.

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Bantu

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Means all black Africans, used by apartheid supporters

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Bantustans

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Rural reserves established in 1959 by the National Party. Created to provide black Africans with a place to live and to encourage tribal identities among communities. Africans who were legal residents of these ‘homelands’ were denied political rights in the urban areas of South Africa.

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Boer

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Afrikaans word meaning ‘farmer’ used to describe Dutch settlers and their descendants in South Africa

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BOSS: Bureau of State Security

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Established in 1969.Essentially South African secret police.

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CODESA: Convention for a Democratic South Africa

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Multi-party conference called in 1991 to determine the process from apartheid to multiculturalism

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Dompas

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Pass-book

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IFP: Inkatha Freedom Party

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Organised as a Zulu cultural organisation and transformed into a political party by Chief Buthelezi in the late 1980s.

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National Party

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Formed in 1914 by JBM Hertzog in opposition to the Botha-Smuts South African Party (SAP) to represent the interest of Afrikaners.

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PFP: Progressive Federal Party

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Formed in 1977 to represent the views of English speaking white voters opposed to apartheid

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SACP: South African Communist Party

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Established in 1921. Outlawed under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. Worked with the ANC to end apartheid. Unbanned in 1990

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SADF: South African Defence Force

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South African Army