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Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
1 September 2019
1. Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. ...
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Anti-Pass Campaign
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Anti-Pass Campaign
1 September 2019
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the ...
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Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
1 September 2019
[For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949 This historic joint meeting of the representatives of the national organisat...
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ANC Youth League Manifesto 1944
1 September 2019
Issued by the Provisional Committee of the ANC Youth League in March 1944. PREAMBLE WHEREAS Africanism must be promot...
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American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
1 September 2019
[NOTE: In this statement at a meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid on June 25, 1982, to com...
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An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
1 September 2019
by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on ...
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Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
1 September 2019
NAME: The name of the Organisation shall be "African National Congress Youth League" hereinafter styled: C.Y.L. II AIMS...
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Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
1 September 2019
International political processes leading to the "Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern ...
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Africa and Freedom, 1961
1 September 2019
Text of the Nobel Lecture delivered by Chief Albert Lutuli in the Oslo University, on December 11, 1961 In years gone by...
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A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
1 September 2019
In this Freedom Day address Lutuli introduces the campaign to make ordinary black people more aware of their political s...
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Class Struggle
1 September 2019
All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into classes. In a capitalist soc...
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Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
1 September 2019
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901 1 Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen It is by no means a plea...
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A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
1 September 2019
This message was published early in April 1958, before the general elections. Sir or Madam, You may be surprised to rec...
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Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
1 September 2019
Madam SpeakerChairperson of the National Council of Provinces Deputy Speaker Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP Mister Presi...
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Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
1 September 2019
We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your honourable selves and our este...
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