Topic 2: Armed struggle

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  • Created by: Kdale
  • Created on: 09-06-22 19:44
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  • African nationalist radicalisation (armed struggle) 1961-68
    • moves to armed struggle
      • ANC- MK
        • targeted buildings
        • the Soviet Union made the largest financial contribution
        • communist governments helped with training and education
        • first act of sabotage planned for 16th December 1961 (Dingaan's day, Boer victory at Battle of Blood River)
      • banning of parties made the decision for armed struggle more urgent
      • SACP first to adopt armed struggle
      • PAC- Poqo
        • targeted people and buildings
        • Africanist ideologies
        • Mbashe Bridge killings- white family killed in a caravan
        • viewed as African savagery
    • The Rivonia Trial
      • 8 key leading figures arrested including Mandela
        • sabotage
        • kept on Robben Island
      • 1963-1964
      • Mandela delivered a 4 hour speech- turned into a political movement for ANC
      • life imprisonment rather than death penalty
    • impact of exile and imprisonment on ANC and PAC
      • Tambo travelled in exile around Europe and Africa gaining support for MK
        • secured significant funding from the Soviet Union
      • AAM found in London in 1960
        • Trevor Huddesdon vice president 1961 to 1981 then president
      • Sporting boycotts
        • Stop the Seventy Tour
        • FIFA banned South Africa from international football in 1963
        • excluded from 1964 olympics
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