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جذور الصراع جنوب إفريقيا
جذور الصراع جنوب إفريقيا
The origins of the conflict in South Africa reach back to the arrival of the first European settlers in
The gradual expansion of colonial territory brought the colonial powers and local settlers
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conflict with numerous African communities over the next two centuries. White rule was formalized
through the sale and expropriation of land and the establishment of the Cape and Natal colonies and
.taxes and other oppressive policies resulted in numerous military confrontations and protests
Protest actions during the first half of the twentieth century were largely nonviolent, and it was only
with the banning of the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and
other liberation groups in 1961 that the liberation forces engaged in a military struggle. The conflict
in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s mainly involved guerrilla attacks on military personnel and
government facilities. The government security forces, particularly the South African Defence Force
,SADF), and the South African Police (SAP), were directly involved in battling the liberation forces(
as well as repressing public protests against the government. The conflict was also marked by
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Self-Protection Units (SPUs) within ANC and IFP areas, respectively. These units were armed and
received basic combat training, but were subject to very little formal control. While the conflict was
ostensibly between the ANC and IFP, the state security forces were directly implicated in supplying
.we Sizwe] (MK) under the ANC and the Azanian Peoples Liberation Army (APLA) under the PAC
These groups had training camps in other southern African countries and many young South
.course of the liberation struggle was considerably lower than those who died outside
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