Douglas Stephen Bax

Douglas Stephen Bax is a South African clergyman, author and activist. A one-time Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, he was a prominent anti-Apartheid figure as the principal composer of the Hammanskraal Resolution, a document that called on all South Africans of conscience to become conscientious objectors and refuse to serve in the South African Defence Force prior to the end of Apartheid. The document was adopted as the official response of the South African Council of Churches to the Sharpeville massacre, which had occurred in 1960.

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