United Democratic Front

Ook bekend als: UDF

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Tijdlijn van de Organisatie

The United Democratic Front is launched

📅 20 Augustus 1983

Delegates from hundreds of civic, youth, religious, women's and labour organizations formed a national front against the tricameral constitution and apartheid.

Coloured voters largely boycott tricameral elections

📅 22 Augustus 1984

Low participation in elections for the House of Representatives reflected mass rejection of a constitution designed to divide oppressed communities.

Indian voters largely boycott tricameral elections

📅 28 Augustus 1984

The boycott of the House of Delegates election weakened the legitimacy of the apartheid government's constitutional reform.

The Vaal uprising begins

📅 3 September 1984

Township residents protested rent increases and illegitimate Black local authorities. Police violence helped turn the revolt into a national period of insurrection.

Security forces abduct and kill the Cradock Four

📅 27 Juni 1985

Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkhonto and Sicelo Mhlauli were murdered after organizing Eastern Cape communities against apartheid local government.

The state suppresses the tenth anniversary of Soweto

📅 16 Juni 1986

Security forces detained activists and restricted gatherings, while communities commemorated the students killed in 1976 and renewed demands for liberation.

The government restricts the UDF and allied organizations

📅 24 Februari 1988

Seventeen democratic organizations were effectively prohibited from political activity, forcing opposition networks to reorganize through the Mass Democratic Movement.

Democratic organizations meet De Klerk about political violence

📅 11 September 1990

ANC, UDF and COSATU representatives demanded government action as township killings threatened peaceful change.