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Total Onslaught and Total Strategy
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- 1What was 'Total Onslaught' ?Botha and his gov. believed that white S.A was under threat from communists inside and outside of the country
- 2What did he call this threat?Total Onslaught
- 3What was his response to 'Total Onslaught' ?Total Strategy
- 4What was 'Total Strategy'?Declaring a state of emergency in most urban areas
- 5What happened in 1986?State of Emergency was extended to the whole country
- 6How many had been detained by 1986?16-20,000 and most died in police custody
- 7How many had died between Sep 1984 and Jan 1986?Police had killed more than 600 Black Africans
- 8How many more deaths were there from 1986-89?3000 more which meant that the security forces were loosing control
- 9What was the effect of the state of emergency?Police had more power & gov. could implement curfews therefore controlling the movements of people
- 10What did this mean for the President?He could rule without consulting the constitution or parliament
- 11What became a criminal offence?To possess documents that the gov. could see as threatening
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- AS level History Flashcards on Total Onslaught and Total Strategy , created by Niamh Clayden on 25/04/2017.
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