Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 3. August 1988 / Timeline August 3, 1988
Version 3.52. August 1988, 4. August 1988
08/03/1988
One hundred forty-three conscripts from four cities in South Africa
announced their refusal to serve in the SADF (South African Defense
Force). The SADF was engaged in actions to preserve apartheid, the
social and economic system of racial separatism in South Africa,
and to prevent independence by South Africa's neighbors, Angola and
Namibia [see July 31, 1986]. The first in the wave of refuseniks
was David Bruce, a 24-year-old sentenced to six years in prison the
month prior for refusing to serve (he only served two).
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