The aim of the ANC was to bring all Africans together as one to defend their rights and freedoms against the Apartheid. The ANC supported the militant strike by African mineworkers in 1920, however, some ANC leaders disagreed with militant actions such as strikes and protests. These leaders believed that the ANC could achieve their goals through persuasion. This was applied to Britain when South African delegates visited Britain in 1914 to protest the Land Act, but were ignored. It was not until the 1940s that the ANC changed and became a significant impact in the fight against the Apartheid. The coming years would prove to be a challenge for the ANC when their new legislation revealed more suffering and excruciating levels of racial discrimination.
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The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) was very much involved in the campaign. These actions lead to the Freedom Charter of 1955. This charter was a declaration made by opposition groups in South Africa, calling for human rights and peace such as “Pass Laws, permits and all other laws restricting these freedoms shall be abolished.” In reaction to the Freedom Charter, the Apartheid increased police raids and at the end of the year, 42 ANC leaders had been banned, causing many problems for the ANC. During these years of fighting, the ANC associated with the CPSA, the Communist Party of South Africa, to change South Africa’s political landscape. Throughout the 1920s the CPSA focused on organising African workers around issues of trade union rights and national liberation demands, and by 1925 the party had a majority of Black members and in 1928, the CPSA called for Black majority rule. Although the relationship between these two organizations was based on a tumultuous beginning, with the ANC rejecting communism in the 1930s, a strong working relationship to achieve national liberation developed during the
The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) was very much involved in the campaign. These actions lead to the Freedom Charter of 1955. This charter was a declaration made by opposition groups in South Africa, calling for human rights and peace such as “Pass Laws, permits and all other laws restricting these freedoms shall be abolished.” In reaction to the Freedom Charter, the Apartheid increased police raids and at the end of the year, 42 ANC leaders had been banned, causing many problems for the ANC. During these years of fighting, the ANC associated with the CPSA, the Communist Party of South Africa, to change South Africa’s political landscape. Throughout the 1920s the CPSA focused on organising African workers around issues of trade union rights and national liberation demands, and by 1925 the party had a majority of Black members and in 1928, the CPSA called for Black majority rule. Although the relationship between these two organizations was based on a tumultuous beginning, with the ANC rejecting communism in the 1930s, a strong working relationship to achieve national liberation developed during the