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How did the efforts made by the government to repress the UDF, play a role in determining the political influence of COSATU in the apartheid struggle?

How did the efforts made by the government to repress the UDF, play a role in determining the political influence of COSATU in the apartheid struggle?

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1.4.6 How did the efforts made by the government to repress the UDF, play a role in determining the political influence of COSATU in the apartheid struggle?
Transcribed Image Text:1.4.6 How did the efforts made by the government to repress the UDF, play a role in determining the political influence of COSATU in the apartheid struggle?
SOURCE 1C The extract below explains the working relationship between the UDF, its affiliates and COSATU in the 1980's. In 1987, the UDF formed an alliance to resist the ongoing State of Emergency, linking together the union federation Cosatu, the progressive churches under the South African Council of Churches, and the UDF affiliates including Sayco (South African Youth Congress) and NUSAS (National Union of South African Students). On May 5 and 6, UDF and COSATU jointly called for a national stay-away, to protest yet another whites-only election on May 6. Two and a half million people answered the stayaway call. But the day after, on May 7, agents of the state bombed Cosatu House. In February 1988, the state yet again passed new restriction orders on the UDF, Cosatu, and 16 other organizations. A number of leaders were restricted as well. The UDF responded by having affiliates and local and regional structures take over campaigns. Many people carried on the organization as before, but working under new names. Increasingly, this was coordinated under the broad label of the "MDM" (for the "Mass Democratic Movement"), rather than specifically named organizations. The MDM was not a formal structure, and Cosatu increasingly took on a coordinating role within the mass movement.
Transcribed Image Text:SOURCE 1C The extract below explains the working relationship between the UDF, its affiliates and COSATU in the 1980's. In 1987, the UDF formed an alliance to resist the ongoing State of Emergency, linking together the union federation Cosatu, the progressive churches under the South African Council of Churches, and the UDF affiliates including Sayco (South African Youth Congress) and NUSAS (National Union of South African Students). On May 5 and 6, UDF and COSATU jointly called for a national stay-away, to protest yet another whites-only election on May 6. Two and a half million people answered the stayaway call. But the day after, on May 7, agents of the state bombed Cosatu House. In February 1988, the state yet again passed new restriction orders on the UDF, Cosatu, and 16 other organizations. A number of leaders were restricted as well. The UDF responded by having affiliates and local and regional structures take over campaigns. Many people carried on the organization as before, but working under new names. Increasingly, this was coordinated under the broad label of the "MDM" (for the "Mass Democratic Movement"), rather than specifically named organizations. The MDM was not a formal structure, and Cosatu increasingly took on a coordinating role within the mass movement.
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