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Breyten Theatre controversy
Until 1978 the AWB existed in a very small way, with no membership lists or cards (as part of an effort to avoid detection by the infamous secret service of the Apartheid government), however in 1979 a wealthy AWB member, Albert Hertzog, began to fund the rent of an office in Pretoria which began to serve as an AWB headquarters.
Until 1978 the AWB existed in a very small way, with no membership lists or cards (as part of an effort to avoid detection by the infamous secret service of the Apartheid government), however in 1979 a wealthy AWB member, Albert Hertzog, began to fund the rent of an office in Pretoria which began to serve as an AWB headquarters.
The early 1980s witnessed tremendous growth amongst the right-wing of White South Africa, as President PW Botha warned that Afrikaners must “adapt or die”, this effectively signalled the commencement of a punishing string of reforms which lead to the dismantling of Apartheid in 1990. The AWB grew rapidly and soon had an active membership in the thousands.
The early 1980s witnessed tremendous growth amongst the right-wing of White South Africa, as President PW Botha warned that Afrikaners must “adapt or die”, this effectively signalled the commencement of a punishing string of reforms which lead to the dismantling of Apartheid in 1990. The AWB grew rapidly and soon had an active membership in the thousands.
==Early Militancy==
In 1977 35 AWB members, under the leadership of Eugene Terre'Blanche, tore up petitions being circulated by a group of liberal White actors at a shopping mall in Pretoria. The actors were petitioning for the Breyten Theatre, a state-owned theatre in Pretoria, to be opened to non-Whites.
==Militant Action==
==Militant Action==