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A Bushman Odyssey Trailer
1 September 2019
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A letter from Solomon Mahlangu, 3 July 1978 (original scan)
1 September 2019
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Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
1 September 2019
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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Appendix I: Correspondence Between Mahatma Gandhi  And Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
1 September 2019
[Note: Most of this correspondence is from the Pyarelal papers at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large pa...
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Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
1 September 2019
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his...
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Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
1 September 2019
It is with a deep sense of pride and honour that I speak today on behalf of the South African Communist Party, which cel...
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Farewell Speech On Eve Of Imprisonment, February   29, 1948
1 September 2019
(Dr. Dadoo, Dr. G. M. Naicker, Manilal Gandhi and Sundra Pillai were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment each for...
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Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh  Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
1 September 2019
Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble de...
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Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
1 September 2019
Adv. Vorster once referred to this speech as his "political confession". 1 It was in his second year as Prime Minister t...
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Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
1 September 2019
The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known and in a certain sense also an interesting speech. Adv. Vor...
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Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
1 September 2019
When South Africa became a Republic, subversive elements intensified their attack on South Africa and her peoples. At th...
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Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
1 September 2019
The Prime Minister took part in this debate in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by numerous interje...
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B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
1 September 2019
The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one o...
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Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic:  Answers to Questions by May 1961
1 September 2019
Demonstrations Against Proclamation Of Republic Answers To Questions By drum, May 196173 [Drum asked several non-Europea...
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Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act:  Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
1 September 2019
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 T...
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