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The slogan was never officially endorsed by the PAC but often used by party members during rallies. After the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, PAC officials have repeatedly distanced themselves and the party from the slogan and called it a "war cry from its armed wing" incompatible with its "current reconcillatory stand".<ref>[http://www.bccsa.co.za/templates/judgement_template_102.asp BCCSA Judgement : SABC - News Item - Apla Cadres<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
The slogan was never officially endorsed by the PAC but often used by party members during rallies. After the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, PAC officials have repeatedly distanced themselves and the party from the slogan and called it a "war cry from its armed wing" incompatible with its "current reconcillatory stand".<ref>[http://www.bccsa.co.za/templates/judgement_template_102.asp BCCSA Judgement : SABC - News Item - Apla Cadres<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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By 1991 (when the fight against apartheid neared its end), in the ideological terminology of the [[Pan Africanist Congress|Africanist]] PAC, a [[settler]] was defined as a white person participating in the oppression of indigenous people, and did therefore not include white South Africans in general. White South Africans whose "sole allegiance was to Africa" were considered part of the African nation and therefore excluded from the settler category.<ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft958009mm&chunk.id=s1.5.3&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ch5&brand=eschol The Opening of the Apartheid Mind<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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However, even after 1991, grassroots sympathizers of the PAC at times interpreted the slogan as a call for attacks on whites in general and certain attacks on whites, such as the 1993 killing of American [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|Anti-Apartheid activist]] [[Amy Biehl]],<ref>[http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98729_0w0699810056.htm Statement by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Amnesty Arising from Killing of Amy Biehl]</ref> were indeed directly motivated by the slogan. |
However, even after 1991, grassroots sympathizers of the PAC at times interpreted the slogan as a call for attacks on whites in general and certain attacks on whites, such as the 1993 killing of American [[Anti-Apartheid Movement|Anti-Apartheid activist]] [[Amy Biehl]],<ref>[http://www.info.gov.za/speeches/1998/98729_0w0699810056.htm Statement by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Amnesty Arising from Killing of Amy Biehl]</ref> were indeed directly motivated by the slogan. |
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Revision as of 08:51, 7 May 2014
One Settler, One Bullet was a rallying cry and slogan originated by the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) - the armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) - during the struggle of the 1980s against apartheid in South Africa. The slogan parodied the {{ANC]]'s slogan 'One Man, One Vote' (which eventually became 'One Person, One Vote').
The slogan was never officially endorsed by the PAC but often used by party members during rallies. After the dismantling of apartheid in 1994, PAC officials have repeatedly distanced themselves and the party from the slogan and called it a "war cry from its armed wing" incompatible with its "current reconcillatory stand".[1]
By 1991 (when the fight against apartheid neared its end), in the ideological terminology of the Africanist PAC, a settler was defined as a white person participating in the oppression of indigenous people, and did therefore not include white South Africans in general. White South Africans whose "sole allegiance was to Africa" were considered part of the African nation and therefore excluded from the settler category.[2]
However, even after 1991, grassroots sympathizers of the PAC at times interpreted the slogan as a call for attacks on whites in general and certain attacks on whites, such as the 1993 killing of American Anti-Apartheid activist Amy Biehl,[3] were indeed directly motivated by the slogan.
Variants
- "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer" - competing slogan reportedly originated by Peter Mokaba of the ANC at the April 1993 funeral of assassinated South African Communist party leader Chris Hani.[4]
- "One Merchant, One Bullet" - used by People Against Gangsterism and Drugs, an Islamist vigilante group in post-apartheid South Africa. ("Merchant" refers to drug dealers.)
- "One Prawn, One Bullet" - line spoken by the mercenary character Koobus of the movie District 9.
References
- ^ BCCSA Judgement : SABC - News Item - Apla Cadres
- ^ The Opening of the Apartheid Mind
- ^ Statement by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Amnesty Arising from Killing of Amy Biehl
- ^ The Extreme White Right: A Security Threat? - 'Volk' Faith and Fatherland, The Security Threat Posed by the White Right - Monograph No 81 March 2003
