ANC |
African National Congress |
APLA |
Azanian People’s Liberation Army, military wing of the PAC [1] |
AWB |
Afrikaner Weerstands Beweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) |
CCB |
Civil Cooperation Bureau, covert security branch unit which also acted as a hit squad |
CODESA |
Convention for a Democratic South Africa, first convened in December 1991 to discuss power sharing between the National Party government, the ANC and other political parties [2] |
COSAS |
Congress of South African Students |
COSATU |
Congress of South African Trade Unions [3] |
DRC |
Dutch Reformed Church also known as NGK (Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk) [4] |
FABCOS |
Foundation of African Business & Consumer Services [5] |
HRV |
Human Rights Violations hearings at the TRC |
IFP |
Inkatha Freedom Party |
MCC |
Mandela Crisis Committee, formed by UDF in response to the activities of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and the Mandela United Football Club [6] |
MK |
Umkhonto we Sizwe (“Spear of the Nation”) military wing of ANC [7] |
MP |
Member of Parliament |
PAC |
Pan Africanist Congress |
Pebco |
Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation |
PFP |
Progressive Federal Party originally the United Party, official parliamentary opposition during Apartheid |
RENAMO |
Mozambique political party and resistance movement opposed to FRELIMO [8] |
SABC |
South African Broadcasting Company; television and radio |
SACC |
South African Council of Churches |
SACP |
South Africa Communist Party |
SADF |
South African Defense Force |
SASRIA |
South African Special Risks Insurance Association; originally established in the wake of the 1976 Soweto Uprising to cover potential calamities such as civil disturbances which normal insurers would not consider; funds demanded by some to help fulfill TRC reparations mandate [9] |
SDU |
Self Defense Unit; ANC aligned structure |
SPU |
Self Protection Unit; IFP aligned structure |
SWAPO |
South West Africa People's Organization active prior to Namibia’s independence [10] |
UDF |
United Democratic Front, umbrella anti-apartheid movement operating inside South Africa from early 1980s; generally seen to be aligned with the ANC [11] |
UNITA |
Angolan political party and resistance movement [12] |