*National Democratic Revolution, Part 5b* Henry Nxumalo *Henry Nxumalo, 1917-1957 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Nxumalo>*
*Defiance Campaign*The document linked below, the third in this part of the National Democratic Revolution (NDR) series, was written by the famous "Drum" reporter, Henry Nxumalo [pictured above].
In 1950, the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was banned, dissolved itself, and gradually began to reconstitute itself as a clandestine party, the SACP. The Communist Party made no further public statements until 1959, when the first issue of the African Communist magazine was published.
But two other things happened: the remaining, legal components of the movement rallied round to protest against the banning and to support the formerly-CPSA comrades, such as Dadoo, Marks, Bopape and Kotane, as reported by Henry Nxumalo a few months later in the Drum magazine.
Nelson MandelaThe movement was solid. The ANC did not wash off the communists. The NDR was already on firm foundations. The Defiance Against Unjust Laws campaign was led by Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela among others. Mandela was that campaign's Volunteer-in-Chief.
*_Please download and read the text via the following link_:**Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign, Drum, 1952, Nxumalo<https://sites.google.com/site/communistuniversity/texts/12-ndr/1207b%2CDefianceofUnjustLawsCampaign%2CDrum%2CNxumalo.doc?attredirects=0&d=1>*(617 words)
** */_Further reading_:/**The African Miners Strike of 1946, Naicker<https://sites.google.com/site/communistuniversity/texts/12-ndr/1207%2CTheAfricanMinersStrikeof1946%2CNaicker.doc?attredirects=0&d=1>*(3894 words) *Three Doctors Pact, 1947, Xuma, Naicker, Dadoo<https://sites.google.com/site/communistuniversity/texts/12-ndr/1207a%2CThreeDoctorsPact%2C1947%2CXuma%2CNaicker%2CDadoo.doc?attredirects=0&d=1>*(380 words)
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