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Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 2, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960

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Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 1, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960

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Oral History Thesis by Yuxi Wang (Minzu University of China)

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Nqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape

The farming community of Kirkwood, in the heart of the Sundays River Valley, close to the town of Addo and the Northern ...

Chapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg

In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before completed their studi...

Chapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg

To cover 22 years of imprisonment in chronological order is too difficult - and I think it would be boring to read about...

Chapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg

It is not easy to write about prison. When I was freed after 22 years I had spent 45 per cent of my life inside the wall...

Chapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg

The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I ...

Chapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg

On 11 July 1963 I was sitting in the living-room of theLiliesleaf farm-house reading Robert Junk’s Brighter than a Thous...

Chapter 6 Underground in Joburg by Denis Goldberg

In the early 1960s, following the sharpeville massacre and the state of emergency, there were more than 100 sabotage att...

Chapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg

After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, there was ...

Chapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg

Esmé was as active as I was and we enjoyed working together. One of our early activities was helping to organise non-rac...

Have You Heard From Johannesburg by Connie Fields

Montagu Pass

Declared a National Monument in 1972, it is the oldest unaltered Pass in South Africa, and links George with the Village...

Keur River Bridge

  Situated on the Historic Montagu Pass this bridge was built in 1847. This solid bridge was designed by Charles M...