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Acronym or Contraction |
Organization or Term |
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AAC |
All-African Convention |
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Aasac |
All-African Student Committee |
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ABSA |
Amalgamated Banks of South Africa |
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ACDP |
African Christian Democratic Party |
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ADB |
African Development Bank |
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ADM |
African Democratic Movement |
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AEC |
Atomic Energy Corporation |
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AECI |
African Explosives and Chemical Industries |
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AHI |
Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (Afrikaner Trade Institute) |
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AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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ALUSAF |
Aluminum Corporation of South Africa |
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Amcor |
African Metals Corporation |
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AMCP |
African Moderates Congress Party |
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AME |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
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AMP |
Africa Muslim Party |
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AMWU |
African Mineworkers' Union |
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ANC |
African National Congress |
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ANCWL |
African National Congress Women's League |
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ANCYL |
African National Congress Youth League |
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AOW |
African Organisation for Women |
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APLA |
Azanian People's Liberation Army |
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ARM |
African Resistance Movement |
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Armscor |
Armaments Corporation of South Africa |
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AVF |
Afrikaner Volksfront |
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AVK |
Afrikanervroue-Kenkrag (Akrikaner Women's Organisation) |
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AWB |
Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) |
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Azanyu |
Azanian National Youth Unity |
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BBB |
Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging (White Protection Movement) |
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BCM |
Black Consciousness Movement |
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BCMA |
Black Consciousness Movement of Azania |
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BDF |
Bophuthatswana Defence Force |
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BMATT |
British Military Advisory Training Team |
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BOSS |
Bureau of State Security |
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BPC |
Black People's Convention |
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BWB |
Boere Weerstandsbeweging (Boer Resistance Movement) |
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CAAA |
Comprehensive Antiapartheid Act |
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CCI |
Crime Combatting and Investigation Office |
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CDF |
Ciskei Defence Force |
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CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
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CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
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CNETU |
Council of Non-European Trade Unions |
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Codesa |
Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
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Cosag |
Concerned South Africans Group |
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COSAS |
Congress of South African Students |
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COSATU |
Congress of South African Trade Unions |
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CP |
Conservative Party |
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CPSA |
Communist Party of South Africa |
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CSO |
Central Selling Organisation |
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CYL |
Congress Youth League (also ANCYL) |
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DBSA |
Development Bank of Southern Africa |
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DCC |
Defence Command Council |
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DP |
Democratic Party |
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EAC |
Economic Advisory Council |
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EC |
European Community |
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ECC |
End Conscription Campaign |
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EEC |
European Economic Community |
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EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
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Eskom |
Electricity Supply Commission |
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EU |
European Union |
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FAK |
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organisations) |
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FAWU |
Food and Allied Workers' Union |
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FF |
Freedom Front |
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FNLA |
Frente Nacionale de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola) |
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Foskor |
Phosphate Development Corporation |
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FP |
Federal Party |
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FRELIMO |
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique) |
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FSAW |
Federation of South African Women |
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FY |
Fiscal Year |
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GDP |
gross domestic product |
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Genmin |
General Mining Corporation |
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GNP |
gross national product |
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GST |
general sales tax |
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HEU |
highly enriched uranium |
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HNP |
Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party) |
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HNP |
Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) |
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IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
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ICU |
Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of South Africa |
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IDA |
International Development Association |
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IDC |
Industrial Development Corporation |
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IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
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IEC |
Independent Electoral Commission |
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IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
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IFP |
Inkatha Freedom Party |
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IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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IOC |
International Olympic Committee |
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IP |
Independent Party |
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Iscor |
South African Iron and Steel Corporation |
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ISL |
International Socialist League |
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JATS |
Joint Air Training Scheme |
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JCI |
Johannesburg Consolidated Investments |
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JMC |
Joint Management Center |
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JMCC |
Joint Military Coordinating Council |
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JSE |
Johannesburg Stock Exchange |
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MARNET |
Military Area Radio Network |
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MDM |
Mass Democratic Movement |
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MF |
Minority Front |
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MK |
Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) |
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MNR |
Mozambican National Resistance (also Renamo) |
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MPLA |
Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) |
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NACOSA |
National AIDS Convention of South Africa |
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Nactu |
National Council of Trade Unions |
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NAFCOC |
National African Federated Chamber of Commerce |
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NAM |
Nonaligned Movement |
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NDM |
National Democratic Movement |
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NEC |
National Executive Committee |
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NEHAWU |
National Education, Health, and Allied Workers' Union |
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NGK |
Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) |
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NIA |
National Intelligence Agency |
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NICC |
National Intelligence Coordinating Committee |
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NIDR |
National Institute for Defence Research |
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NP |
National Party |
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NPKF |
National Peacekeeping Force |
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NPP |
National Peoples' Party |
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NPT |
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
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NSMS |
National Security Management System |
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NUM |
National Union of Mineworkers |
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NUMSA |
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa |
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NUSAS |
National Union of South African Students |
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NWC |
National Working Committee |
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OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
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OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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PAC |
Pan-Africanist Congress |
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PASO |
Pan-Africanist Students' Organisation |
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PFP |
Progressive Federal Party |
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Popcru |
Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union |
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PSA |
Public Service Association |
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PTA |
Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa |
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Putco |
Public Utility Transport Corporation |
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PWV |
Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging |
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RDP |
Reconstruction and Development Programme |
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Renamo |
Resistencia Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance) |
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RFC |
Royal Flying Corps |
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RSC |
regional services council |
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SAA |
South African Airways |
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SAA |
South African Army |
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SAAC |
South African Aviation Corps |
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SAAF |
South African Air Force |
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SABC |
South African Broadcasting Corporation |
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SACC |
South African Council of Churches |
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SACCOLA |
South African Employers' Consultative Committee on Labour Affairs |
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SACOB |
South African Chamber of Business |
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SACP |
South African Communist Party |
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SACTU |
South African Congress of Trade Unions |
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SACU |
Southern African Customs Union |
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SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
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SADCC |
Southern African Development Coordination Conference |
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SADF |
South African Defence Force(s) |
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Safmarine |
South African Marine Corporation |
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SAIC |
South African Indian Congress |
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SAIRR |
South African Institute of Race Relations |
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Samcor |
South African Motor Corporation |
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SAMS |
South African Medical Service |
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SAN |
South African Navy |
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SANAC |
South African Native Affairs Commission |
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SANDF |
South African National Defence Force |
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SANLAM |
South African National Life Assurance Company |
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Sansco |
South African National Student Congress |
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SANTAM |
South African National Trust Company |
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SAP |
South African Party |
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SAP |
South African Police |
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SAPA |
South African Press Association |
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SAPS |
South African Police Service |
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SAPU |
South African Police Union |
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SARCC |
South African Rail Commuter Corporation |
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SASO |
South African Students' Organisation |
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SASOL |
South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation |
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SASS |
South African Secret Service |
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Satour |
South African Tourism Board |
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SATS |
South African Transport Services |
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SDF |
Seaward Defence Force |
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SEIFSA |
Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa |
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Soekor |
Southern Oil Exploration Corporation |
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Soweto |
Southwestern Townships |
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SSC |
State Security Council |
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SWAPO |
South-West Africa People's Organisation |
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SWATF |
South-West Africa Territorial Force |
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TEC |
Transitional Executive Council |
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UDF |
Union Defence Force(s) |
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UDF |
United Democratic Front |
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UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
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UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
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UNITA |
União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) |
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UNOMOZ |
United Nations Operation in Mozambique |
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UNOMSA |
United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa |
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UP |
United Party |
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Usco |
Union Steel Company |
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UWUSA |
United Workers Union of South Africa |
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VAT |
value-added tax |
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VOC |
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |
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ZANU-PF |
Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |
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ZCC |
Zion Christian Church |
