c. 1992

The Afrikaner Resistance Movement, or AWB, is a far-right political minority group in South Africa. It advocates the re-establishment of an independent Afrikaner republic ("Boerestaat" or Volkstaat) and the protection of farmers from farm attacks. The organization is described as a Neo-Nazi or extremist white supremacist party.
Although the party is not currently violent, it was involved in violent actions in the 1990s.

The poster was produced around the time of the referendum in South Africa.

A referendum on ending apartheid was held in South Africa on 17 March 1992. The referendum was limited to white South African voters, who were asked whether or not they supported the negotiated reforms begun by State President F. W. de Klerk two years earlier, in which he proposed to end the apartheid system that had been implemented since 1948. The result of the election was a large victory for the "yes" side, which ultimately resulted in apartheid being lifted. This was the last occasion in which only the white electorate took part. Universal suffrage was introduced two years later for the country's first non-racial elections.

Only Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal, a rural right-wing stronghold, voted "no" with 57%.

Following the "yes" vote in March 1992, the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) and other right-wing groups denounced the outcome and accused the government of electoral fraud, although no evidence was provided.

Instead of a specific, coordinated set of actions immediately following the vote, the AWB continued its general strategy of opposing the transition to a multi-racial democracy.

580mm x 780mm

R2,000