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POLICY AND POLITICAL PROCESSES TOWARDS 51ST NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Parktown, 13 August 2002
11 June 2019
Statement by Cde Jeff Radebe at the breakfast briefing The African National Congress will be holding its 51st National ...
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What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
11 June 2019
Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted:...
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Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
11 June 2019
Isithwalandwe President Nelson Mandela and the entire family and relatives, President Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President of...
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Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
11 June 2019
Programme Director, Cde Mondli Gungubele; Bishop Msibi, Senior Pastor Ntlhoro and other Pastors of Church of Warriors o...
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Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
11 June 2019
NEC members Deputy Chairperson Provincial Secretary Deputy Secretary Provincial Treasurer PEC members The leadersh...
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Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
11 June 2019
Let us now praise famous men…Apocrypha, Ecclesiasticus 44.1 In the canon of human conscience Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ...
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Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the launch of the Public Administration Leadership and Management Academy, 1 August 2008,
11 June 2019
Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Chairs of our Portfolio and Select Committees of Public Service and Administration, Me...
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Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
11 June 2019
"Oh dear, I can't go to the gods again with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall ru...
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Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
11 June 2019
We meet here today to commemorate the death of an outstanding young South African patriot, Stephen Bantu Biko. The bloo...
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PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
11 June 2019
David Goldblatt sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures h...
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Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
11 June 2019
"Presidential Order of the Day - we wish you and the South African Navy every success in ensuring the maritime security ...
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South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
11 June 2019
Photography was only developed about 200 years ago and was viewed with suspicion as a creative outlet for much of that t...
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David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
11 June 2019
'Mostly Unseen' presents a selection of photographs taken by David Goldblatt over the past five decades. At times, it is...
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Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
11 June 2019
War photographers are either sleazy and glamorous, or noble and glamorous. At least this is what you will think if you b...
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Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
11 June 2019
Some years ago, Muhammed Ali was asked for his thoughts on the death of the great African-American boxer, Joe Louis. Ali...
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