ABSTRACT
Organized violent opposition to the white minority government in South Africa lasted for more than 30 years, between 1961 and 1994, with the African National Congress (ANC) assuming a leading role. This chapter will focus on the ANC’s development. It will discuss its decision to adopt violent tactics. It will then assess the factors that sustained its campaigning. Finally it will address the dynamics that caused the ANC’s turn-away from violence as well as the considerations that shaped the political settlement.
