Opening speech at the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, July 1971. He discusses the experience of being Black in South Africa and his hopes for a better South Africa.
Archive record
Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress

- Origin date
- 5 July 1971
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120042
South African History Online (2016) 'Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120042 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120042, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120042. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Speech opening 47th Annual NUSAS Congress." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120042.
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