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The South African Congress of Democrats (SACOD) was a radical, left, white, anti-apartheid organization founded in South Africa in late 1953 as part of the multi-racial Congress Alliance.[1] The establishment of the COD sought to illustrate opposition to apartheid among whites. The COD identified closely with the African National Congress and advocated racial equality and universal suffrage.


Though small, COD was a key organization of the Congress Alliance. The COD took part in every Congress Alliance campaign until it was banned by the South African Apartheid government in September 1962.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Relationship with the ANC and SACP


  • 2 Members


  • 3 Sources


  • 4 External links





Relationship with the ANC and SACP


The ANC viewed the COD as a way to put its views directly to the white public. Moreover, as Nelson Mandela wrote, "The COD served an important symbolic function for Africans; blacks who had come into the struggle because they were anti-white discovered that there were indeed whites of goodwill who treated Africans as equal."[3] Though COD was not itself a communist organization, many members of the banned South African Communist Party (SACP) joined the COD.



Members


COD never had more than 700 members and was based mainly in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Members of COD included:[4]



  • Michael Harmel

  • Bram Fischer

  • Joe Slovo

  • Ruth First

  • Denis Goldberg

  • Albie Sachs

  • Ben Turok


  • Harold Strachan[5]

  • Rusty Bernstein

  • Hilda Bernstein

  • Arthur Goldreich

  • Helen Joseph

  • Eve Hall

  • Tony Hall



Sources





  1. ^ South African History Online. "South African Congress of Democrats Founding Conference"..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ South African History Online. "Congress of Democrats".


  3. ^ Nelson, Mandela (1994). Long Walk To Freedom. p. 149.


  4. ^ South African Democracy Education Trust (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1960-1970. Zebra Press. p. 622.


  5. ^ Molver, Zoë (1 October 2007). ""But he didn't know how to read it ...": The editing of Harold Strachan's Way Up, Way Out". English in Africa. Business.highbeam.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.




External links



  • "Obituary: Eve Hall"

  • "Obituary: Tony Hall"










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