South Africa Table of Contents
| Acronym or Contraction | Organization or Term |
|---|---|
| AAC | All-African Convention |
| Aasac | All-African Student Committee |
| ABSA | Amalgamated Banks of South Africa |
| ACDP | African Christian Democratic Party |
| ADB | African Development Bank |
| ADM | African Democratic Movement |
| AEC | Atomic Energy Corporation |
| AECI | African Explosives and Chemical Industries |
| AHI | Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut (Afrikaner Trade Institute) |
| AIDS | acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| ALUSAF | Aluminum Corporation of South Africa |
| Amcor | African Metals Corporation |
| AMCP | African Moderates Congress Party |
| AME | African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| AMP | Africa Muslim Party |
| AMWU | African Mineworkers' Union |
| ANC | African National Congress |
| ANCWL | African National Congress Women's League |
| ANCYL | African National Congress Youth League |
| AOW | African Organisation for Women |
| APLA | Azanian People's Liberation Army |
| ARM | African Resistance Movement |
| Armscor | Armaments Corporation of South Africa |
| AVF | Afrikaner Volksfront |
| AVK | Afrikanervroue-Kenkrag (Akrikaner Women's Organisation) |
| AWB | Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) |
| Azanyu | Azanian National Youth Unity |
| BBB | Blanke Bevrydingsbeweging (White Protection Movement) |
| BCM | Black Consciousness Movement |
| BCMA | Black Consciousness Movement of Azania |
| BDF | Bophuthatswana Defence Force |
| BMATT | British Military Advisory Training Team |
| BOSS | Bureau of State Security |
| BPC | Black People's Convention |
| BWB | Boere Weerstandsbeweging (Boer Resistance Movement) |
| CAAA | Comprehensive Antiapartheid Act |
| CCI | Crime Combatting and Investigation Office |
| CDF | Ciskei Defence Force |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Department |
| CITES | Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora |
| CNETU | Council of Non-European Trade Unions |
| Codesa | Convention for a Democratic South Africa |
| Cosag | Concerned South Africans Group |
| COSAS | Congress of South African Students |
| COSATU | Congress of South African Trade Unions |
| CP | Conservative Party |
| CPSA | Communist Party of South Africa |
| CSO | Central Selling Organisation |
| CYL | Congress Youth League (also ANCYL) |
| DBSA | Development Bank of Southern Africa |
| DCC | Defence Command Council |
| DP | Democratic Party |
| EAC | Economic Advisory Council |
| EC | European Community |
| ECC | End Conscription Campaign |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EEZ | Exclusive Economic Zone |
| Eskom | Electricity Supply Commission |
| EU | European Union |
| FAK | Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge (Federation of Afrikaner Cultural Organisations) |
| FAWU | Food and Allied Workers' Union |
| FF | Freedom Front |
| FNLA | Frente Nacionale de Libertação de Angola (National Front for the Liberation of Angola) |
| Foskor | Phosphate Development Corporation |
| FP | Federal Party |
| FRELIMO | Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique) |
| FSAW | Federation of South African Women |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| Genmin | General Mining Corporation |
| GNP | gross national product |
| GST | general sales tax |
| HEU | highly enriched uranium |
| HNP | Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party) |
| HNP | Herstigte Nasionale Party (Reconstituted National Party) |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICU | Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union of South Africa |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDC | Industrial Development Corporation |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IEC | Independent Electoral Commission |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFP | Inkatha Freedom Party |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOC | International Olympic Committee |
| IP | Independent Party |
| Iscor | South African Iron and Steel Corporation |
| ISL | International Socialist League |
| JATS | Joint Air Training Scheme |
| JCI | Johannesburg Consolidated Investments |
| JMC | Joint Management Center |
| JMCC | Joint Military Coordinating Council |
| JSE | Johannesburg Stock Exchange |
| MARNET | Military Area Radio Network |
| MDM | Mass Democratic Movement |
| MF | Minority Front |
| MK | Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation) |
| MNR | Mozambican National Resistance (also Renamo) |
| MPLA | Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) |
| NACOSA | National AIDS Convention of South Africa |
| Nactu | National Council of Trade Unions |
| NAFCOC | National African Federated Chamber of Commerce |
| NAM | Nonaligned Movement |
| NDM | National Democratic Movement |
| NEC | National Executive Committee |
| NEHAWU | National Education, Health, and Allied Workers' Union |
| NGK | Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) |
| NIA | National Intelligence Agency |
| NICC | National Intelligence Coordinating Committee |
| NIDR | National Institute for Defence Research |
| NP | National Party |
| NPKF | National Peacekeeping Force |
| NPP | National Peoples' Party |
| NPT | Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty |
| NSMS | National Security Management System |
| NUM | National Union of Mineworkers |
| NUMSA | National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa |
| NUSAS | National Union of South African Students |
| NWC | National Working Committee |
| OAU | Organization of African Unity |
| OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PAC | Pan-Africanist Congress |
| PASO | Pan-Africanist Students' Organisation |
| PFP | Progressive Federal Party |
| Popcru | Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union |
| PSA | Public Service Association |
| PTA | Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| Putco | Public Utility Transport Corporation |
| PWV | Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging |
| RDP | Reconstruction and Development Programme |
| Renamo | Resistencia Nacional Moçambicana (Mozambican National Resistance) |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
| RSC | regional services council |
| SAA | South African Airways |
| SAA | South African Army |
| SAAC | South African Aviation Corps |
| SAAF | South African Air Force |
| SABC | South African Broadcasting Corporation |
| SACC | South African Council of Churches |
| SACCOLA | South African Employers' Consultative Committee on Labour Affairs |
| SACOB | South African Chamber of Business |
| SACP | South African Communist Party |
| SACTU | South African Congress of Trade Unions |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SADCC | Southern African Development Coordination Conference |
| SADF | South African Defence Force(s) |
| Safmarine | South African Marine Corporation |
| SAIC | South African Indian Congress |
| SAIRR | South African Institute of Race Relations |
| Samcor | South African Motor Corporation |
| SAMS | South African Medical Service |
| SAN | South African Navy |
| SANAC | South African Native Affairs Commission |
| SANDF | South African National Defence Force |
| SANLAM | South African National Life Assurance Company |
| Sansco | South African National Student Congress |
| SANTAM | South African National Trust Company |
| SAP | South African Party |
| SAP | South African Police |
| SAPA | South African Press Association |
| SAPS | South African Police Service |
| SAPU | South African Police Union |
| SARCC | South African Rail Commuter Corporation |
| SASO | South African Students' Organisation |
| SASOL | South African Coal, Oil, and Gas Corporation |
| SASS | South African Secret Service |
| Satour | South African Tourism Board |
| SATS | South African Transport Services |
| SDF | Seaward Defence Force |
| SEIFSA | Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa |
| Soekor | Southern Oil Exploration Corporation |
| Soweto | Southwestern Townships |
| SSC | State Security Council |
| SWAPO | South-West Africa People's Organisation |
| SWATF | South-West Africa Territorial Force |
| TEC | Transitional Executive Council |
| UDF | Union Defence Force(s) |
| UDF | United Democratic Front |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNITA | União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) |
| UNOMOZ | United Nations Operation in Mozambique |
| UNOMSA | United Nations Observer Mission in South Africa |
| UP | United Party |
| Usco | Union Steel Company |
| UWUSA | United Workers Union of South Africa |
| VAT | value-added tax |
| VOC | Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (Dutch East India Company) |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| ZANU-PF | Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front |
| ZCC | Zion Christian Church |
Data as of May 1996