Fridjhon, Michael2010-09-142010-09-141976-03http://hdl.handle.net/10539/8684African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented March, 1976The Torch Commando is customarily regarded as a war veterans movement which emerged spontaneously as a response to the proposed violation of the Constitution by the Nationalist Government through the removal of the Coloureds from the Common Roll without the requisite two thirds majority. In terms of this view, the emotional and volatile nature of the movement's origins are both its strength and its weakness. The Torch is regarded as an ephemeral feature on the South African political landscape. The explanation of its meteoric rise and fall needs to be consistent for itself only, and only bears relation to the rest of the white political structure inasmuch as it can be used to elucidate problems about the official opposition groups.enTorch Commando. South AfricaSouth Africa. History. 1909-1961South Africa. Politics and government. 1930-1960Government, Resistance to. South AfricaWorking Paper