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The situation in Katlehong
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The situation in Katlehong
27 August 2019
In Katlehong the organisations in existence are ERAPO and Katlehong Youth League which has not affiliated to the United ...
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The United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
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The United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
27 August 2019
Summary of research proposal by Ineke van Kessel of the Department of Political and Historical Studies, African Studies ...
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Resistance politics will never be the same again...
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Resistance politics will never be the same again...
27 August 2019
Article by the United Democratic Front on the seven-month state of emergency, leaders who were in detention or had gone ...
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What is a nation
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What is a nation
27 August 2019
Discussion paper examining the term 'nation' and asking whether South Africa can be seen as a nation. Includes separate ...
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Towards the reconstruction of South Africa: the constitutional dimension
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Towards the reconstruction of South Africa: the constitutional dimension
27 August 2019
Paper by Albie Sachs presented as the Third Annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture in Maputo, 27 September 1985. Considers w...
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A contribution from the Lusaka Regional Commi
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A contribution from the Lusaka Regional Commi
27 August 2019
The ANC Lusaka Regional Committee commenting on a memorandum by John Pule Motshabi entitled 'Comments and observations o...
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United Democratic Front and the Black Local Authorities
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United Democratic Front and the Black Local Authorities
27 August 2019
Article by the United Democratic Front on its continued campaign against the Black Local Authorities.
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The occupation of the British Consulate in Durban, the Anderson visit and the role of the United Democratic Front in the international struggle against apartheid
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The occupation of the British Consulate in Durban, the Anderson visit and the role of the United Democratic Front in the international struggle against apartheid
27 August 2019
Discussion paper by the United Democratic Front on its stand regarding the international struggle against apartheid, the...
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Legal analysis of Nkomati Agreement
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Legal analysis of Nkomati Agreement
27 August 2019
Paper by Kader Asmal on the Nkomati Accord. Analysis of the agreement from an international legal perspective, to provid...
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Planning for peoples war discussion document
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Planning for peoples war discussion document
27 August 2019
Discussion document on planning for a peoples war. Covers the armed struggle, people's revolutionary violence, uprisings...
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Obituary of Yusuf Dadoo
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Obituary of Yusuf Dadoo
27 August 2019
Obituary of Yusuf Dadoo. 3 typewritten pages with handwritten corrections
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The United Democratic Front: a workerist response
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The United Democratic Front: a workerist response
27 August 2019
Article discussing the nature of UDF and the discussion making of UDF.
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Strategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
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Strategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
27 August 2019
Paper examining reforms introduced by the government and whether they are adequate to initiate change in the country: pr...
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Nothing's positive in apartheid, says Boe
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Nothing's positive in apartheid, says Boe
27 August 2019
Allan Boesak address at the National Launch of the United Democratic Front held in Cape Town "nothing's positive...
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Thousands flock to United Democratic Front launch
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Thousands flock to United Democratic Front launch
27 August 2019
Thousands of people and about 400 organisations from all over the country came to the lauch of UDF and messages of suppo...
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