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Constitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa
Draft of Constitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa from the African National Congress Constitutional Committee. Lists…
The immediate tasks of the Democratic Movement
Discussion paper discussing the immediate tasks of the Democratic Movement.
The 1988 Municipal Elections
Article on the 1988 municipal elections. It discusses the background information on what these elections will involve and why they are…
A 3-phase counter revolutionary strategy
Paper discussing a 3-phase counter revolutionary strategy.
Current conditions
Paper analysing the international and Southern African situation, different forms of sactions, and forms of investments.
'Power-sharing' Apartheid style: a cr
Paper on power-sharing and the apartheid government from the Centre for African Studies in Maputo, Mozambique. Argues that it is projecting…
The 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917: an appreciation
Paper by Jack Simons on the Russian Revolution.
Organise and advance to peoples power
Internal ANC paper, declaring 1987 the year of Advance to People's Power, which involves mass action, underground political work, armed…
Fourth anniversary of the United Democratic Front: four fighting years
Article regarding United Democratic Front fourth anniversary. During this period UDF managed to draw together disparate and often unco…
Foundations of government in a democratic South Africa
Paper listing the objectives of a new constitution and its principles.
Strategies of Repression in the State of Emergency
Article by the United Democratic Front on the State of Emergency and the counter-revolutionary forces in the townships.
The resolution of the national question in South Africa: Part 1
Paper by Jack Simons on the national question in South Africa. Analyses the national question and attempts to develop a framework for its…
On the White Elections
Article by the United Democratic Front regarding the whites only elections.The Front calls on South Africans, especially white compatriots…
Police put a clamp ban on statements by United Democratic Front and other bodies
Pamphlet about police put a clamp ban on statement by United Democratic Front and other bodies as the government has barred the Sowetan and…
Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency
Pamphlet regarding Christmas against the emergency. Over 40 000 people were detained and some nearly killed by apartheid forces and…
Making music for the kids
Article published from the City Press regarding the music festival to benefit kids detained under the state of emegency planned for Orlando…
Ungovernability and peoples power
Discussion document on organs of people's power in response to a request from activists.
Unban the African National Congress mass meeting
The United Democratic Front (UDF) successfully applied for a court order last night to go ahead with meetings to launch the "Unban the…
The effects of the current unrest on township children
Article about how township children were jailed, shot and killed, some served long prison sentences, others lost valuable years of…
Fund-raising: a revolutionary perspective
Working Paper by Godfrey Motsepe prepared for the African Ntional Congress National Fund Raising Workshop held in March 1986 at the Solomon…
The preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
Paper covering rights and duties attached to property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom…
The situation in Katlehong
In Katlehong the organisations in existence are ERAPO and Katlehong Youth League which has not affiliated to the United Democratic Front…
The United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s
Summary of research proposal by Ineke van Kessel of the Department of Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden…
Resistance politics will never be the same again...
Article by the United Democratic Front on the seven-month state of emergency, leaders who were in detention or had gone underground to…
What is a nation
Discussion paper examining the term 'nation' and asking whether South Africa can be seen as a nation. Includes separate section on Language
Towards the reconstruction of South Africa: the constitutional dimension
Paper by Albie Sachs presented as the Third Annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture in Maputo, 27 September 1985. Considers whether the struggle…
A contribution from the Lusaka Regional Commi
The ANC Lusaka Regional Committee commenting on a memorandum by John Pule Motshabi entitled 'Comments and observations on the issues to be…
United Democratic Front and the Black Local Authorities
Article by the United Democratic Front on its continued campaign against the Black Local Authorities.
The occupation of the British Consulate in Durban, the Anderson visit and the role of the United Democratic Front in the international struggle against apartheid
Discussion paper by the United Democratic Front on its stand regarding the international struggle against apartheid, the British Consulate…
Legal analysis of Nkomati Agreement
Paper by Kader Asmal on the Nkomati Accord. Analysis of the agreement from an international legal perspective, to provide assistance to the…
Planning for peoples war discussion document
Discussion document on planning for a peoples war. Covers the armed struggle, people's revolutionary violence, uprisings in the Bantustans,…
Obituary of Yusuf Dadoo
Obituary of Yusuf Dadoo. 3 typewritten pages with handwritten corrections
The United Democratic Front: a workerist response
Article discussing the nature of UDF and the discussion making of UDF.
Strategic issues in the struggle for national liberation in South Africa
Paper examining reforms introduced by the government and whether they are adequate to initiate change in the country: provision for the…
Nothing's positive in apartheid, says Boe
Allan Boesak address at the National Launch of the United Democratic Front held in Cape Town "nothing's positive in apartheid".
Thousands flock to United Democratic Front launch
Thousands of people and about 400 organisations from all over the country came to the lauch of UDF and messages of supports from all…
Three presidents for coalition of the people
The United Democratic Front a political coalition of 400 labour, political, civic, church, women's and students' organisations opposed to…
New ball-game in South African politics
The launching of the United Democratic Front in Cape Town marked the beginning of a new ball-game in South Africa.
United Democratic Front may cause a bigger stir later on
Article discussing: affidavits on police brutality, the PFP's attempt at a bill of Rights to the forming of the United Democratic Front and…
The role of the Trade Unions in the National Liberation Struggle
An article about the National Liberation Struggle as their decision to join the United Democratic Front was made as part of their response…
The Black Conciousness Movement and social research
This article contains a discussion about the Black Consciousness philosophy and includes a discussion about Bantu education and Christian…
The SACC and the Government
Article about the meeting of delegates from the South African Council of Churches and the South African Prime Minister and his associates…
Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the meeting in Lusaka on April 1st 1980 of the Heads of Independent States in Southern Africa
Statement of the African National Congress of South Africa on the occasion of the meeting in Lusaka on April 1st 1980 of the Heads of…
Paper delivered at the Annual Meeting of Diakonia on March 25, 1980
Article containing a paper delivered by Archbishop Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, at the annual meeting…
Consultation of SA church leaders on racism in South Africa, Hammanskraal, 11-15 February, 1980
Article containing confidential background information on a consultation of South Africa church leaders on racism in South Africa,…
The situation in Afghanistan
The Situation in Afghanistan: statement issued by the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, January 1980, discusses…
Black Conciousness: an appraisal
The article discusses whether the Black Conciousness Movement arose as a result of the influence of an ideology or as a reflection of the…
The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk
Article discussing the role of the Dutch Reformed Church in effecting social change and justice in South Africa.
Foreign African labour in South Africa
African National Congress paper on foreign African labour in South Africa. Covers control of foreign labour, recruitment of foreign labour…
Submission on the question of foreign investment in South Africa
This is the article about the submission on the question of foreign investment in South Africa submitted to Swedish Commission on November…