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Nov 29, 2016

Recorded message by Albert Luthuli to meeting in London in support of South African Leaders arrested on charge of Treason, 1 February 1957

[Extract] Chief Lutuli spoke of the "unprecedented human suffering being brought about by apartheid" and said...

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Nov 29, 2016

Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London

Twenty-four years ago today, March 21st, 1960, 69 Africans were brutally murdered in the black township of Sharpeville, ...

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Nov 29, 2016

The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959

Since the middle of June 1959 to date, August 31st, 1959, Natal has been witnessing widespread demonstrations throughout...

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Nov 29, 2016

Statement by Oliver Tambo at the launch of the "Nelson Mandela: Freedom at 70" Campaign, 11 June 1988, Wembley Stadium, London

Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, Dear friends of the British Anti-Apartheid Movement, Esteemed cultural workers and artis...

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Nov 29, 2016

Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka

Comrade President, Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda, a most eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South A...

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Nov 29, 2016

Make South Africa ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom: Oliver Tambo, 10 October 1984

We are marking two important occasions in the history of our protracted struggle at a time when the revolutionary fervou...

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Nov 29, 2016

Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, delivered by Mr. Tambo, at the funeral of Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 01 September 1983, London

We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who...

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Nov 29, 2016

Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958

Our Vision is a Democratic Society (Speech at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in ...

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Nov 29, 2016

A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958

This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to re...

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Nov 29, 2016

Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954

Urging Congress branches to ensure 100 per cent attendance at the forthcoming A.N.C. National Conference, due to begin a...

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Sixteen Days of Activism
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Nov 29, 2016

Sixteen Days of Activism

16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign for No Violence Against Women and Children. It takes ...

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History of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
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Nov 29, 2016

History of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town

International feminism was a catalyst for South African feminist organisation to address violence against women. In 1975...

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Behind Rangton's Door - a Balinese Woodcarver at Stellenbosch, 1673 to 1720 by Robert C.H. Shell
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Nov 28, 2016

Behind Rangton's Door - a Balinese Woodcarver at Stellenbosch, 1673 to 1720 by Robert C.H. Shell

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Nov 28, 2016

Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001

Chairperson, Your Excellency President Castro; Your Excellencies the Ministers; Your Excellencies Ambassadors; Disti...

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Nov 28, 2016

Statement by Oliver Tambo of acceptance of the Ho Chi Minh award bestowed on the African National Congress by the World Peace Council, 15 December 1986, Luanda

We are greatly honoured to receive, on behalf of the African National Congress, the illustrious Ho Chi Minh Award, confe...

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