Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 2 March 1990, discussing: Release of Mandela, FW De Klerk and reform, end of Apartheid, ANC, Bill of Rights, Constitution.
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Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120129
South African History Online (2016) ' Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120129 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
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South African History Online. " Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120129.
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