Internal resistance to the
apartheid system in South Africa came from several sectors of society and saw the creation of organisations dedicated variously to peaceful protests,
passive resistance and armed
insurrection. It came from both black activists like
Steve Biko and
Desmond Tutu as well as white activists like
Harry Schwarz,
Joe Slovo and
Trevor Huddleston. By the 1980s there was continuous interplay between violent and non-violent action, and this interplay was a notable feature of the rebellion against apartheid from 1983 until South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994.