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Aug 17, 2017

Introduction

From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new...

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Aug 17, 2017

Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986

    During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Co...

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Aug 17, 2017

"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986

    Today, I stand before this august and eminent assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Th...

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Aug 17, 2017

"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986

    The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for almost a quarter o...

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Aug 17, 2017

Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986

     We have gathered here today to bid farewell to a warrior.  We have converged from all corners o...

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Aug 17, 2017

Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Prime Minister, Comrade leaders of SWAPO of Namibia, Foreign guests, Your Excellencies, Distingui...

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Aug 16, 2017

Marikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes

Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking miners at the Lonmin platinum min...

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Aug 16, 2017

"Attack, Advance, Give the Enemy No Quarter!" by O. R. Tambo, Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 74th Anniversary of the ANC, 8 January 1986

Compatriots,      As the New Year begins, and on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of your vangu...

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Aug 16, 2017

Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966

     Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the gr...

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Aug 16, 2017

Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.

MANDELA AND TAMBO said the brass plate on our office door. We practised as attorneys-at-law in Johannesburg in a shabby ...

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Aug 16, 2017

28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders

From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Dea...

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Aug 16, 2017

Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002

UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN – WESTVILLE DOCUMENTATION CENTRE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT "VOICES OF RESISTANCE” INTERVIEWEE SUN...

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Aug 15, 2017

Mokgadi Caster Semenya

Caster Semenya, one of the premier South African atheltes has been running since an early age. Setting multiple world re...

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Aug 15, 2017

African Art Centre

The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation based in KwaZulu-Natal. Founded in 1959, it was under the leadership...

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Aug 15, 2017

Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964

    In a statement released in London on Wednesday, December 23rd, Mr. Z.B. Molete, Publicity Secretary of the...

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