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Aug 11, 2017

First National Consultative Conference: Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee, 25 April 1969, Morogoro

The vital and central task of the African National Congress today is the intensification of the armed struggle for the o...

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Aug 11, 2017

First National Consultative Conference: The Freedom Charter revolutionary programme of the ANC, 26 April 1969, Morogoro

For over two hundred and fifty years the African people fought wars of resistance against the European invaders in defen...

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Aug 11, 2017

Classroom activities: Learning about history

Discovering our past teaches us about ourselves and about the people and places we see every day.  We must remember...

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Aug 10, 2017

First National Consultative Conference - Morogoro, 26 April 1969

The first National Consultative Conference of the ANC was held at Morogoro, Tanzania, from 25 April to 1 May 1969. The c...

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Aug 10, 2017

For immediate release: David Goldblatt, 15 January - 19 February 2011, Paris

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Aug 10, 2017

Goldblatt's old and new by Jackie May, 8 October 2010

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Aug 10, 2017

David Goldblatt photographie les zones grises sud-africaines by Le Monde, 15 June 2017

Amateurs de clichés ou de sensationnalisme, manichéens dans l’âme, passez votre chemin ! David Goldblatt n’est pas de ce...

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Aug 10, 2017

​Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017

How does a person place himself in the current South African discourse when he is young, white and male? As someone who ...

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Aug 10, 2017

The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017

Inseparable from the photographic images of world-renowned South African photographer David Goldblatt, are values. Value...

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Aug 10, 2017

Photography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017

South African photographer David Goldblatt (87)  has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmin...

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Aug 10, 2017

Returning to the scene of the crime by Inside Time (Inside Time), 31 May 2017

It was an audacious plan – to find people with criminal convictions who would be prepared to return to the scene of thei...

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Aug 10, 2017

David Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017

The South African photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham an...

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Aug 10, 2017

This doccie about a SA photographer is worth the watch by Garreth Van Niekerk (channel24), 28 May 2017

Johannesburg - For the better half of the past century, celebrated South African lensman David Goldblatt has turned his ...

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Aug 10, 2017

Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa

David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks for international succ...

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Aug 10, 2017

UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017

Cape Town - The University of Cape Town has defended its protection of freedom of artistic expression, after the David G...

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