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'''South African resistance to war''' has a long tradition, and a history that includes [[conscientious objectors]], pacifists, deserters and draft dodgers, as well as those whose objections are based upon the notion of "just war" as opposed to unjust or illegal war.
==Conscientious objectors==
The first known conscientious objectors in South Africa were English, Scottish, and Irishmen who were disillusioned by the treatment of [[Boer]] civilians kept in the [[Internment|concentration camps]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg |title=File:LizzieVanZyl.jpg - Wikimedia Commons |publisher=Commons.wikimedia.org |date= |accessdate=2021-11-19}}</ref> Those who based their objection to war either on grounds of the rejection of a particular system, such as the [[
==Pacifists, deserters and draft dodgers==
Those who resisted war in general or in part due to either religious, private or personal convictions
However,
==Committee on South African War Resistance==
The Committee on South African War Resistance (COSAWR) was founded in 1978 by the merging of two groups of [[South
==Conscientious Objector Support Group==
The [[Conscientious Objector Support Group]] (COSG), an umbrella organisation, was formed in 1978. In 1982
==Stop the War Committee==
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The [[Stop the War Committee]] was an [[anti-war]] organisation which opposed the [[Second Boer War]].
It was formed by [[William Thomas Stead]] in 1899.<ref>{{
==See also==
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*[[List of anti-war organizations]]
*[[List of peace activists]]
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==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060211074412/http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1970s/pr791029.html "On War Resisters"], Statement by the National Executive of the African National Congress on "The South African Defence Force 'Deserters'", 29 October 1979.
* [http://www.wri-irg.org/co/rtba/southafrica.htm Refusing to Bear Arms (South Africa)], A worldwide survey of conscription and conscientious objection to military service, 10 August 1998.
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