Meeting in Port Elizabeth, the ANC executive announced that the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign would begin on 26 June. The plan was made with the South African Indian Congress and called on volunteers to break selected apartheid regulations openly and accept arrest. The campaign was prepared through organizational discussion and community mobilization, not simply launched by Mandela acting alone.
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What was the purpose of the Day of Volunteers?
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Volunteers pledged to serve the campaign and follow its organizing rules.