Editing Day of Reconciliation (section)

=== African origins ===
{{see|Umkhonto we Sizwe}}
Black and indigenous South Africans who did not have the right to [[Voting|vote]] after the [[Second Boer War|South African War]], protested [[Racism|racial discrimination]] on 16 December 1910.<ref name=":1" /> Other protests against the government handling of racial discrimination continued to be held on 16 December. In 1929, 1930 and 1934, anti-pass demonstrations were held by the [[South African Communist Party|Communist Party of South Africa]] (CPSA) on that day.<ref name=":1" /> The All African Convention (AAC) was held during the same time in 1935, covering dates 15 December through 18 December.<ref name=":1" />

Much later, when efforts of passive protest and resistance against apartheid had been unsuccessful, the [[African National Congress]] (ANC) decided to form a military or armed group.<ref name=":4" /> The decision to move to armed resistance happened after the ANC was banned by the government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nelsonmandela.org/omalley/index.php/site/q/03lv02424/04lv02730/05lv02918/06lv02985.htm|title=Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operations reportÂ – The O'Malley Archives|last=O'Malley|first=Padraig|website=Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory|access-date=9 July 2017}}</ref> Nelson Mandela believed that [[Nonviolent resistance|non-violent resistance]] was not working to stop Apartheid, and advocated acts of [[sabotage]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/8304153/Nelson-Mandelas-Spear-of-the-Nation-the-ANCs-armed-resistance.html|title=Nelson Mandela's Spear of the Nation: the ANC's armed resistance|last=Laing|first=Aislinn|date=5 February 2011|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=9 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> The date of 16 December is the anniversary of the 1961 founding of [[Umkhonto we Sizwe]] ("Spear of the Nation" or MK), the armed wing of the ANC.<ref name="info-gov-za" /> On that day, Umkhonto we Sizwe enacted its "first acts of sabotage" which included bomb blasts against government buildings in [[Johannesburg]], [[Port Elizabeth]] and [[Durban]].<ref name=":1" /> Also on 16 December 1961, the Umkhonto we Sizwe distributed leaflets describing how the group "will carry on the struggle for freedom and democracy by new methods, which are necessary to complement the actions of the established national liberation organisations."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anc.org.za/content/formation-umkhonto-we-sizwe|title=The formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe|website=African National Congress|language=en|access-date=9 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729104548/http://www.anc.org.za/content/formation-umkhonto-we-sizwe|archive-date=29 July 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>