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7 June 2019
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CHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
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CHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
"[B]y sheer accident, despite the [ANC] military's wishes, for the first time, military work was a complement to politic...
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Chapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
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Chapter 7 - Planning for people's war `Blow on the embers and it will catch alight', January 1983 - March 1984 by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
It was...a way in which we could give real meaning to people's involvement; to once and for all take away this myth that...
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Jakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
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Jakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
7 June 2019
Professor Gert Johannes "Jakes" Gerwel, who died of complications following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a quiet Sout...
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Conclusion by Howard Barrell
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Conclusion by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
Operation Vula, with whose destruction I began this dissertation and with whose genesis I have just ended the tenth and ...
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Postscript Ante by Howard Barrell
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Postscript Ante by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
In July 1990, five months after the South African government had unbanned the ANC, security police in Durban raided a lo...
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Bibliography by Howard Barrell
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Bibliography by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
This bibliography includes all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a ...
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Note on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
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Note on sources and footnoting by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
THE EXTREMITY OF CONFLICT in a revolutionary struggle can create a number of difficulties for someone attempting a serio...
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Acknowledgements by Howard Barrell
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Acknowledgements by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
First thanks to Ronnie Kasrils - King Kong, friend, commander and the greatest hairy one of them all - who planted the s...
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Introduction by Howard Barrell
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Introduction by Howard Barrell
7 June 2019
ENEMIES DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER to sustain their wars and, if neither is a clear-cut winner in that process, no less so i...
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Birth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
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Birth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
7 June 2019
In the mid-80s a strange pop phenomenon swept through the shebeens and music festivals of South Africa. Based on the art...
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Opening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
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Opening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
7 June 2019
We are a few days away from the celebration of one of our national holidays, Heritage Day. The opening of this exhibitio...
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Address on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
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Address on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
7 June 2019
Comrades and Friends, Fellow South Africans, We are gathered here today at this historic site to celebrate the 107th a...
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Hugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
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Hugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
7 June 2019
In 1959, Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, joined the South African Liberal party: shortly afterwards it became the only...
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Julius Malema in hot water again over Indian Comments
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Julius Malema in hot water again over Indian Comments
7 June 2019
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