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Jan 16, 2012

Document 31 - The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process

In 1922, following the strikes and bloodshed in Johannesburg in the early months of that year, of which much history has...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year

On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, to celebrate the tenth a...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute

The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Co...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 33 - Accord on Afrikaner self-determination

The book celebrates the historic conference of South African resistance culture which took place in Amsterdam in 1987

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton

COSATU PRESS STATEMENT RE: MINISTER OF LABOUR GREEN PAPER ON POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A NEW EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS STATUTE COS...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 13 - The public participation process

It is therefore important that as we put our vision to the country, we should do so directly, knowing that people out th...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 12 - Certification of the final constitution

Within twenty-four hours of adoption, the executive director of the Constitutional Assembly began receiving calls from t...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent

1. INTRODUCTION As a preliminary response to today's budget, COSATU acknowledges that it has both positive and negative ...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 11 - Negotiating the final constitution

The adoption of the final Constitution concluded some of the most successful negotiations in recent constitutional and p...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Explore this africa item to learn more about South African history.

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 3 - Exploring the feasibility of negotiation

By 1985 the struggle for democracy in South Africa had intensified, and the country found itself on the brink of a poten...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 7 - Defining the process

Codesa's first plenary session boosted the chances of a speedy resolution to South Africa's conflict and of substantive ...

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Jan 16, 2012

Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate

It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of multi-party negotiations. However, it wa...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 36 - The first hearing on certification: a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court

The COSATU Executive Committee met on Friday, 24 May 1996 in its second ordinary meeting of the year. Below are some of ...

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Jan 16, 2012

Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’

Dear Prime Minister, YOUR people more than any other section of the white community must surely know in the very core ...

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