Apla, noun

/ˈæplə//ˈapla/
Origin:
Acronym formed on Azanian People’s Liberation Army.
The military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress. Also attributive. See also Azania, PAC, Poqo.
[1976 E. Prov. Herald 29 Sept. 1An organisation known as the Azania Liberation Army was recruiting people in Soweto for guerilla training outside South Africa.]
1988 Daily Dispatch 29 July 23The Apla unit attacked the South African forces with hand grenades and followed up with automatic gunfire when fire was returned.
1988 P. Lawrence in Saturday Star 9 July 11Similar uncompromising attitudes may be maturing in the camps of the PAC army, the Azanian People’s Liberation Army (Apla). Its recruits are reported to chant a chilling slogan: ‘One settler, one bullet.’
1990 City Press 4 Feb. 2He said it was unrealistic to expect the PAC to disband its army, the Azanian Peoples’ Liberation Army (Apla), as it was formed to meet certain national objectives.
1991 L. Kaunda in Natal Witness 28 Mar. (Echo) 5Apla continued to operate and said most of their missions were reported as ANC missions by the police and the press, or were totally unreported.
The military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress. Also attributive.
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