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Internal Combustion, 1956–64

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Between 1955 and 1966 the Government and the Congress leaders locked horns in anger. The black leadership, stung by the outright rejection of their political demands, sought a wider constituency to define these more clearly and voice them more strongly. The Government began to consolidate apartheid with political partition and a republican constitution so as to secure South Africa for local white rule for all time. A series of dramatic confrontations followed: on the one side, resistance to removals, especially in the rural areas, and the calling of a Congress of the People to adopt a Freedom Charter. On the other, the trial of opposition leaders for treason, the banning of the extra-parliamentary opposition, and the declaration of a republic outside the Commonwealth.

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  1. Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

    T. R. H. Davenport (Emeritus Professor of History)

  2. University of Cape Town, South Africa

    Christopher Saunders (Professor of History)

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Davenport, T.R.H., Saunders, C. (2000). Internal Combustion, 1956–64. In: South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230287549_15

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