Foreword Preface Notes on contributors Sponsorship and donations List of acronyms 1. The crisis of the garrison state 2. The African National Congress and negotiations 3. The ANC's internal underground political work in the 1980s 4. The ANC underground, armed actions and popular resistance in Pietermaritzburg and the surrounding Natal Midlands townships 5. The ANC underground and armed actions in Northern Natal 6. The ANC underground and armed actions in Southern Natal 7. Hidden histories of the Eastern Cape underground 8.

Race and ideology in Port Elizabeth: A view from the Northern Areas, 1979-1990 9. The United Democratic Front in Cape Town, 1983-1986 10. The United Democratic Front, political resistance and local struggles in the Vaal and West Rand townships in the 1980s 11. The United Democratic Front in Lebowa and KwaNdebele during the 1980s 12. Bophuthatswana in the 1980s and the UDF in the Western Transvaal 13. Resistance and repression in the Northern Cape, 1980-1990 14. Activist networks and political protest in the Free State, 1983-1990 15. Resistance and conformity in the Qwaqwa homeland, 1975-1990 16.

The South African Congress of Trade Unions and labour struggles in the 1980s.