Activists from various
poitical parties were
imprisioned including 
memebers of the
United Democratic Front

STATEMENT

• Statement by UDF National Executive Committee on National Launching of the UDF, 1 August 1983
• Statement on the Unbanning of Political Organisations, 2 February 1990

LIST OF ORGANISATIONS

• List of Organisations which Support and are Affiliates of the Regional UDF, 1 August 1983

MESSAGES

• Messages of Support,  1 August 1983

UDF ARTICLE LINKS

• Search for UDF articles on on the Digital Imaging Project of South Africa
• Editorial comment: UDF - an invaluable weapon - Dawn - 1 Jan 1983
• United Democratic Front blasts off at a mass rally - SASPU National - 9 Sep 1983
• Editorial: Apartheid divides - the UDF unites - Sechaba - 10 Oct 1983
• United Democratic Front - SASPU National - 10 October 1983
• UDF moves forward - Grassroots - 10 Oct 1983
• Little voting after UDF call - Grassroots - 10 Oct 1983
• The unity of the UDF! - Grassroots - 11 Nov 1983
• UDF launches campaign for 1 million signatures - Grassroots - 1 Jan 1984
• UDF conference - Grassroots - 1 Jan 1984
• UDF unites opposition to apartheid - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 1, February 1984
• A million to sign - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 1, February 1984
• TIC pledges solidarity with UDF - Speak: the voice of the community - 11 Nov 1984
• The Task of the democratic movement in the state of emergency - Isizwe, 1985, Volume 1 No 1, November
• The UDF is still united in action - SASPU National - 12 Dec 1985
• Building people's power - Isizwe, Volume 1 Number 2, March 1986
• Border UDF plans its year - SASPU National - 4 Apr 1986
• UDF signature campaign moves ahead - Speak: the voice of the community - 4 Apr 1984
• 'We are growing stronger' - UDF - Grassroots - 8 Aug 1986
• Three tough years...but UDF grows and grows - Grassroots - 9 Sep 1986
• Three years of united action - Isizwe, Volume 1 Number 3, November 1986
• A nationwide demand: UDF says "unban ANC" - SASPU National - 4 Apr 1986
• Notes on the current situation - Isizwe, Volume 1 No 4, March 1987
• Votes for UDF, ANC - Grassroots - 6 Jun 1987
• Organisations in the UDF - Grassroots - 7 Jul 1987
• Build the Front - Isizwe, Volume 1 No 5, September 1987
• Build organisation - UDF executive - Grassroots - 9 Sep 1987
• UDF, five years in the forefront: Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, 19th August 1988 - Mayibuye - 1 Jan 1988
• Five years of the UDF - Grassroots - 9 Sep 1988
• Broad front: still on the agenda - Mayibuye - 1 Jan 1989

UDF AND THE UNIONS

• Unions join united action front - Mayibuye - 1 Jan 1983
• FOSATU decides not to join UDF - Fosatu Worker News - 11 Nov 1983
• Unions give reasons for joining UDF - SASPU NATIONAL - 3 Mar 1984

YOUTH AND STUDENT ORGANISATIONS IN THE UDF

• New body set to unite PE youth - SASPU Focus, 1983, Volume 2 No 2, July
• UDF youth rally behind don't vote call - SASPU National - 8 Aug 1984
• Educating ourselves: interview with SAYCO - Isizwe, 1987, Volume 1 No 5, September

STUDENTS AND EDUCATION STRUGGLES

• Facing the challenge - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 1, February 1984
• SRC women's portfolios - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 1, February 1984
• Year of struggle, time of learning - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 2, November 1984
• Student leaders speak - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 2, November 1984
• The demands behind the boycotts - SASPU Focus, Volume 3 No 2, November 1984

REPRESSION AND THE STATE OF EMERGENCIES

• State tries to prove UDF-ANC-SACP links - SASPU National - 2 Feb 1986
• UDF hits out at emergency - Grassroots - 8 Aug 1986
• Editorial: UDF threatened - Sechaba - 11 Nov 1986
• Two emergencies 1960 and 1986 - Isizwe, Volume 1 Number 3 November 1986
• UDF call for...Christmas against Emergency - Grassroots - 12 Dec 1986
• UDF president detained - Grassroots - 2 Feb 1987
• UDF under attack - Arise Vukani - 1 Jan 1987
• UDF leaders released - Grassroots - 3 Mar 1988

ISOLATING THE APARTHEID REGIME

• Foreigners invest for profit - UDF - Saspu National - 6 Jun 1985
• UDF and the International Struggle - Isizwe, Volume 1 No 1 November 1985
• Disinvestment debate - Isizwe, Volume 1 Number 3 November 1986

WOMEN'S STRUGGLES AND ORGANISATIONS

• UDFWCO to unite women in the front - SASPU National - 1 Jan 1987

DISSOLUTION OF THE UDF (1991)

• The future of the UDF by Gugile Nkwinti - Mayibuye - 2 Feb 1991
  The UDF's future - Mayibuye - 3 Mar 1991

ARTICLES ON THE UDF

• People's Power - the 20th Anniversary of the UDF. Article by Blade Nzimande, SACP General Secretary, Umsebenzi Online, Vol.2, No.17, 20 August 2003