SA History Timeline

1960s

Sabotage campaigns

Underground liberation movements began sabotage campaigns against state and infrastructure targets during the 1960s.

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political-violence

Underground liberation movements began sabotage campaigns against state and infrastructure targets during the 1960s.

Significance

Sabotage marked a shift from open mass protest toward armed and clandestine resistance.

Why it matters

Sabotage marked a shift from open mass protest toward armed and clandestine resistance.

Disputed interpretations

Individual incidents varied in target, attribution and casualties and should be handled as separate records.