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Abbreviations and Acronyms Abbreviations and Acronyms AHI Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut ANC African National Congress Assocom Association of Chambers of Commerce AVU Afrikaner Volksunie, a splinter faction of the Conservative Party AWB Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) Azapo Azanian People's Organisation BCM Black Consciousness Movement BOSS Bureau of State Security, predecessor of NIS CBM Consultative Business Movement CCB Civil Cooperation Bureau, an undercover agency of the SADF Codesa Convention for a Democratic South Africa, a negotiating forum of nineteen parties established in 1991 Contralesa Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa Cosatu Congress of South African Trade Unions xiii xiv Abbreviations and Acronyms CP Conservative Party DET Department of Education and Training DMI Department of Military Intelligence DP Democratic Party EPG Eminent Persons' Group FCI Federated Chamber of Industries FLS Frontline States, the eleven states of Southern Africa that are members of SADC Fosatu Federation of South African Trade Unions, predecessor of Cosatu HNP Herstigte Nasionale Party, an extreme right-wing splinter party led by Jaap Marais Idasa Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa IDT Independent Development Trust IFP Inkatha Freedom Party JSE Johannesburg Stock Exchange KZP KwaZulu Police LRA Labour Relations Act MDM Mass Democratic Movement MK Umkhonto we Sizwe, the military wing of the ANC MNR Mozambique National Resistance, also known as Renamo MPLA Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, led by Jose Eduardo dos Santos Nactu National Council of Trade Unions Nafcoc National African Federated Chambers of Commerce Nats Members of the National Party NECC National Education Crisis Committee Abbreviations and Acronyms xv NIS National Intelligence Service NMC National Manpower Commission NP National Party NSMS National Security Management System NUM National Union of Mine Workers Numsa National Union of Metal Workers OAU Organization of African Unity OFS Orange Free State PAC Pan Africanist Congress PFP Progressive Federal Party, predecessor of the Democratic Party PWV Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vaal Triangle Renamo Resistência Nacional Mocambicano, a South Africa-supported rebel movement against the ruling Frelimo party; also known as MNR SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation Sabta South African Black Taxi Association Saccola South African Consultative Committee on Labour Affairs Sacob South African Chamber of Business SACP South African Communist Party SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference; renamed SADC (Southern African Development Community) in 1992 under terms of the Windhoek Treaty SADF South African Defence Force SAIRR South African Institute of Race Relations Samcor South African Motor Corporation SANCO South African National Civic Organisation SAP South African Police SBDC Small Business Development Corporation xvi Abbreviations and Acronyms SSC State Security Council Swapo South West African People's Organisation, the ruling nationalist movement in Namibia TBCV Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, and Venda, the nominally independent homelands UDF United Democratic Front UF Urban Foundation Unita Uniáo Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola, the U.S.- and South Africa-supported movement led by Jonas Savimbi Uwusa United Workers' Union of South Africa .
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