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Communist Party

South Africa · Government / Government of South Africa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1950–1989Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1950

Daniel Francois Malan1950

Government / Government of South Africa

The South African Communist Party is banned by the Suppression of Communism Act

1989

Frederik Willem de Klerk2 February 1989

Government / Government of South Africa

Announces the lifting of the ban on the Communist Party

Names involved

Daniel Francois MalanFrederik Willem de Klerk

Provenance

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