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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985

Compatriots A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our colle...

January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984

Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades Today, the 8th January, your organisation, the...

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983

Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a ...

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981

Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and C...

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980

Let Us Rise to the Occasion Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th annive...

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979

Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, C...

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972

  The Building of a Nation Speech by O.R. Tambo - commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the founding of the ANC, ...

David Hemson

Lawyer, trade union and labour activist.

Alec Erwin

Member of NUSAS, member of the ANC, Trade unionist, General Secretary and  Education secretary of FOSATU, Minister of Tr...

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Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

Political activist, member of the African Students Association, the South African Communist Party, African National Cong...

Billy Modise

Member of the ANCYL and ANC, former high commissioner and Chief of State Protocol, Recipient of the National Award from ...

The South African liberation movements in exile, c. 1945-1970 by Arianna Lissoni

Chaskalson was a pillar of strength in my battle against HIV/Aids by Justice Edwin Cameron - Constitutional Court, 9 December 2012

Arthur Chaskalson was a formidable man. He could be severe. To those he opposed, he could be intimidating. But he also h...

The Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012

George Bizos says late former Chief Justice would never have been a secret member of a political party Speech by Geor...