The ANC and allied organisers called workers and residents to stay home from 29 to 31 May, opposing the creation of a republic without the participation of the Black majority. The action challenged a political transition presented as national self-determination while African, Coloured and Indian people were excluded from the electorate. Organising drew on workplace and community networks despite police intimidation.
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What political exclusion did the 1961 stay-at-home protest challenge?
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The referendum and constitutional transition excluded most South Africans.
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