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Apr 24, 2018

Chapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg

I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer hol...

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Apr 24, 2018

Chapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg

“Mum, please hold my poetry book. Help me memorise my lines.” “What’s it called?” she asked. “Hiawatha.” “Oh, then just ...

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Apr 24, 2018

Chapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg

June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence –...

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Apr 24, 2018

Preface by Denis Goldberg

After 22 years as a political prisoner and 24 years thereafter I felt it was time to write about my life in South Africa...

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Apr 24, 2018

The Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan

As the only White amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will a...

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Apr 24, 2018

The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg

A comprehensive overview of life in South Africa before, during, and after the apartheid era, this unique memoir is a hi...

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Apr 23, 2018

Trojan Horses: Liliesleaf, Rivonia (August 1962 - 11 July 1963) by Garth Canon Benneyworth, 2 November 2017

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Apr 23, 2018

Bechuanaland's Aerial Pipeline, 1960 - 1965 by Garth Benneyworth, 04 December 2017

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Apr 23, 2018

Operation Mayibuye 1963 by Garth Benneyworth

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Apr 23, 2018

Rolling up Rivonia: 1962 - 1963 by Garth Benneyworth, 15 August 2017

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Apr 20, 2018

At the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018

‘The South African labour market,’ Charles van Onselen writes in New Nineveh, ‘has always been dominated by … mining, ag...

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Apr 09, 2018

`The struggle is my life`- Nelson Mandela press statement

The magnificent response to the call of the National Action Council for a three day strike and the wonderful work done b...

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Apr 09, 2018

Winnie Madikizela Mandela And The House Number 802

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Apr 09, 2018

If Julius Malema Was A Woman He Would Be Winnie' Seth Mazibuko, Class of 76

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Apr 09, 2018

Oral History by Yuxi Wang

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