Full-Length Video

Feature Video

UDF Million Signature Campaign
Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town
January 22, 1984
February 17, 1984
February 21, 1984

Duration: 00:20:56

People: Mcebisi Xundu, Mosiuoa Patrick Lekota, Billy Nair, Oscar Mpetha

Organizations: United Democratic Front (UDF), South African Council of Churches

Primary Language(s): English

Description: Oscar Mpetha, former UDF co-president, appeals to crowd to sign UDF Million Signature petition denouncing apartheid and proposed constitutional reforms. Mpetha signs the petition and others in the crowd follow. [00:07] Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, UDF national publicity secretary and 2006 South African Minister of Defense, speaks about forced removals and army repression. This event was (likely?) held at the Khotso House, the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches in Johannesburg. [12:07] Billy Nair, UDF activist and Member of Parliament in 2007, addresses reporters about the extension of the Treason Trial. Reverend Mcebisi Xundu responds to questions about school boycotts and the future of South Africa. [17:55] Delegates arriving at UDF Launch rally in Mitchell's Plain (20 August 1983) [08:56]

Short Clips

"We in the UDF feel humbled and are proud to be associated with an organization like that..." 00:01:03
Description: United Democratic Front National Publicity Secretary Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota acknowledges the role played by women of the Black Sash, consistent with UDF's stance of non-racialism. (Lekota's nickname came from his playing on the soccer field.) Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, UDF national publicity secretary and 2006 South African Minister of Defense, speaks about forced removals and army repression. This event was (likely?) held at Khotso House, the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches in Johannesburg.