Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 2 March 1989, discussing: Liberation, press freedom, detentions, militarisation, detentions, capital punishment, political trials, legislation, labour and poverty.
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What does freedom mean, does it matter anyway? Opening Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1989

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). What does freedom mean, does it matter anyway? Opening Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1989 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0120124
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