General H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti

On 19 November 1970 the head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) General H. Van Den Bergh,, briefly appeared on Rhodesian (now known as Zimbabwe) Television telling viewers that anti-apartheid protests overseas were cautiously planned by communists linked to the South African Communist Party (SACP) and leftists in exile. BOSS was at the cutting edge of Apartheid South Africa's fight against what it considered a threat on the state mounted by exiled liberation movements, notably the ANC and its ally, the SACP. He vigorously denied that the demonstrations against the springboks were spontaneous. Van Den Bergh claimed that those were all part of the Cold War and had been carefully planned. This claim was made on the basis of the SACP's relationship with the Soviet Union, suggesting that it was being used by Moscow to pursue its Cold War agenda. By extension therefore, viewers would be expected to infer that the ANC was also a tool of the Soviet Union in its aspirations to spread its influence and gain a strategic advantage during the Cold War. He said that when the SACP planned to overthrow the government, they were exposed by the South African Police. Van Den Bergh was interviewed in a weekly slot called "The South African Scene" which was produced by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Van Den Bergh is a former member of the Ossewabrandwag who had been incarcerated for pro-Nazi activities during World War II. He and John Vorster used security legislation to put down the resistance in South Africa, in particular the General Law Amendment Act of 1963. The legislation became part of the Apartheid State's security measures aimed at stifling resistance in South Africa after the ANC and the PAC adopted armed struggle as the only option left to sustain resistance to Apartheid. It has always been assumed that the ANC's capacity to embark on and sustain armed struggle depended on its alliance with the SACP, who in turn could always count on the moral, military and material support from Moscow.