AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act -

ANC African National Congress -

APF Anti - Privatisation Forum

ARP Alexandra Renewal Project -

ASF Asian Social Forum -

AWC Anti - War Coalition

AZAPO Azanian People's Organisation -

BCC Boiketlong Community Committee -

BCCSA Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa -

BOCOSFO Bophelong Community Development Forum -

CAWP Coalition Against Water Privatisation -

CAX Coalition Against Xenophobia -

CDL Conference of the Democratic Left -

CEPPWAWU Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union -

CHRA Combined Harare Residents Association -

CNF Community Network Forum -

COJ City of Johannesburg -

COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions -

COREMO Concerned Residents Movement -

DME Department of Minerals and Energy -

EJNF Environmental Justice Networking Forum -

ERP Education Right Project -

EWCCC Evaton West Community Crisis Committee -

FBE Free Basic Electricity -

FBW Free Basic Water -

FXI Freedom of Expression Institute -

GDLC Gauteng Democratic Left Committee -

GDS Growth and Development Summit -

GEAR Growth, Employment and Redistribution -

GIWUSA General Workers Union of South Africa -

IEC Independent Electoral Commission -

KCR Kathorus Concerned Residents -

LEF Labour and Economic Forum -

LPM Landless People’s Movement -

MTBPS Medium Term Budget Policy Statement -

NEHAWU National Education Health and Allied Workers' Union -

NEW National Exploratory Workshop -

OFWCC Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee -

PAC Pan Africanist Congress -

PAWUSA Public and Allied Workers Union of South Africa -

PCR Phiri Concerned Residents -

POPCRU Police and Prison Civil Right Union -

PSC Palestine Solidarity Committee -

RED Research and Education in Development -

RLF Rosa Luxemburg Foundation -

RRCC Rammolutsi Rehatammoho Crisis Committee -

SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation -

SACCAWU South African Commercial, catering and Allied Workers Union -

SACP South African Communist Party -

SADC Southern African Development Community -

SADF South African Defence Force -

SAMWU South African Municipal Workers Union -

SANGOCO South African National NGO Coalition -

SCA Supreme Court of Appeal -

SCR Soweto Concerned Residents -

SECC Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee -

SMI Social Movements Indaba -

SPRA Schubart Park Residents Association -

SRWCC SAMANCOR Retrenched Workers Crisis Committee -

TCC Tembalihle Crisis Committee -

UUSC Unitarian Universalist Service Committee -

VCF Vaal Community Forum -

WEF World Economic Forum -

WOW War on Want -

WCCC Working Class Crisis Committee -

WCR Wynberg Concerned Residents -

Wits University of the Witwatersand -

WSF World Social Forum -

WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development -

The Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF) was formed in July 2000 around two important struggles: the struggle against iGoli 2002 in Johannesburg, and the struggle against Wits 2001 at Wits University. Both of these attacks on the working class were a direct result of the Growth, Employment and Redistribution (GEAR) policy of the African National Congress (ANC) government.

One of the main goals of the APF was to coordinate working class struggles against privatisation. With a strong belief in mass action to achieve their goals, the APF’s involvement in the meetings, rallies, marches and demonstrations as part of their many campaigns led to the development of the movement over a period of ten years.

The APF collection documents the growth and decline of the APF’s ten year existence and bears testament to the organisation’s steadfast commitment in the struggles against privatisation through their campaigns.

The APF collection consists of paper-based and digital documents, posters, ephemera, audio-visual and oral history materials. The documents, ephemera and audio-visual materials were collected by Dale McKinley over a two year period through the APF’s own office; through individual leaders/activists/members both at the APF and community affiliate levels, and through his own substantial personal archive accumulated over a period of ten years as a co-founding member, activist and elected leader of the APF. The oral history collection consists of oral histories (audio and transcripts) from selected APF and associated community affiliate leaders, activists and members. Dale McKinley and Ahmed Veriava conducted these interviews for the APF oral history project on behalf of the South African History Archive (SAHA) in 2010.

Dale McKinley was involved in the predecessor to the APF (the Anti-Igoli Forum) during 1999-2000 and was one of the co-founders of the APF when it was formally launched in 2000. During the first two years of the APF, McKinley was an ordinary member of the APF Activist Forum. In 2002 he became the APF media officer-spokesperson and coordinator of the media sub-committee (a position he occupied until early 2010). During the same year he also became the media officer-spokesperson for the newly formed Social Movements Indaba (SMI - a position he occupied until 2008). As media co-coordinator, McKinley sat on the APF Office Bearers collective from 2002-2005 as an ex-officio member and helped write and produce a quarterly APF newsletter. In 2003 McKinley became a co-founder of the APF-initiated Coalition Against Water Privatisation (CAWP) and acted as its media officer-spokesperson as well as legal liaison until 2010. In 2007, McKinley was elected as the Treasurer of the APF after he had previously acted - during 2006 - in the capacity of interim Treasurer. He served in this position until 2010. At the APF's 2010 AGM (April) he declined to run for re-election and thus stepped down as an office bearer. He remained an ordinary member of the APF until late 2010 when its structures and leadership collective effectively ceased to operate.

Throughout the ten years that Dale McKinley was an activist and leader of the APF, SMI and CAWP, he represented the organisation at a number of national and international meetings/conferences, gave numerous public talks/speeches on behalf of the APF as well as authoring and publishing many educational, academic and media articles and essays on related struggles and debates.