United Democratic Front

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anti-apartheid organization coalition political coalition social movement

The United Democratic Front was a major non-racial coalition of anti-apartheid organizations in South Africa that mobilized mass resistance against white minority rule in the 1980s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
anti-apartheid movement 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-apartheid organization coalition ⓘ
political coalition ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
activePeriod 1980s ⓘ
aimedAt ending apartheid ⓘ
establishing a democratic South Africa ⓘ
alliedWith African National Congress ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin South Africa ⓘ
dissolved early 1990s ⓘ
founded 1983 ⓘ
hadLeadershipFrom church leaders ⓘ
community activists ⓘ
trade unionists ⓘ
hasCharacteristic broad coalition ⓘ
mass-based ⓘ
non-racial ⓘ
hasMembershipType coalition of organizations ⓘ
ideology anti-apartheid ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
non-racialism ⓘ
influenced transition to democracy in South Africa ⓘ
legacy model of broad-based civic coalition politics in South Africa ⓘ
location Cape Town ⓘ
mobilized civic associations ⓘ
community organizations ⓘ
mass resistance ⓘ
religious groups ⓘ
student organizations ⓘ
trade unions ⓘ
notableLeader Albertina Sisulu ⓘ
Allan Boesak ⓘ
Frank Chikane ⓘ
Murphy Morobe ⓘ
Popo Molefe ⓘ
opposedTo apartheid ⓘ
white minority rule in South Africa ⓘ
partOf anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
surface form: South African anti-apartheid movement
repressedBy apartheid security forces ⓘ
subjectTo bannings ⓘ
detentions without trial ⓘ
state of emergency regulations ⓘ
supported Freedom Charter ⓘ
targeted apartheid local government structures ⓘ
apartheid state institutions ⓘ
usedStrategy boycotts ⓘ
civil disobedience ⓘ
mass protests ⓘ
stay-aways ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nelson Mandela → fieldOfWork → United Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: anti-apartheid movement
Breyten Breytenbach → movement → United Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: anti-apartheid movement
Nelson Mandela → movement → United Democratic Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: anti-apartheid movement
NP → opposedBy → United Democratic Front ⓘ
subject surface form: National Party
National Party (South Africa) → opposedBy → United Democratic Front ⓘ
P. W. Botha → opposedBy → United Democratic Front ⓘ