Internal Resistance To Apartheid Flashcards
Who were the np leaders in the beginning
John vorster and pw botha
Why was there pressure to apartheid?
Internal resistance: violence and deteriorating economy
International pressure:weakened economy and sanctions
What was pw bothas dual strategy
Reform and prepression
What dide pw bothas reform strategy consist of
Legalising trade unions
Abolished some laws
Limited rights to non whites
What did pw bothas repression strategy consist of?
Increase military strength
Increased rols of police
Ress censorship
Bannings
Detention without trial
Murder
State of emergency
How did pw botha fight the total onslaught
His total strategy: military,economic,pshycological and political means
State security council
Total strategy
Reform and repression
What were the political reforms
Local black councillors
Tri cameras system
Legalising black trade unions
UDF
United democratic front
COSATU
Congress of South African trade unions
How did trade unions intensify resistance
Powerful movement
Legal democratic structure to org against apartheid
FOSATU
Federation of South African trade unions
Black sash and ECC
End conscription campaign
COSAS
Congress of South African students
School boycotts
When udf and cosatu banned what came out
Mdm
Mass democratic movement
