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New technologies and industrial restructuring in South Africa
Paper prepared for a seminar on economic policy organised by the ANC Department of Economics and Planning, Congress of South African Trade…
An economic policy framework
Paper by Alec Erwin of the Congress of South African Trade Unions on an economic policy framework. Covers the present economic crisis, a…
Slovo speaks
Article appearing in , v5(1), March 1990 in which Joe Slovo is interviewed following the publication of 'Has Socialism Failed'.
Draft theses on current situation
Paper by Tito Mboweni on a new political situation which is emerging in South Africa after F W de Klerk's 2nd February speech. Says the…
East Cape Agricultural Union refers to Bill
Newspaper article relating to East Cape Agricultural Union's policy towards farm workers and farm evictions following evictions of farm…
Farm evictions: Democratic Partys policy
Newspaper article on the Democratic Party's policy regarding farm workers and farm evictions.This was in response to an appeal by the…
Kei Road farmers sabotage meeting claims priest
Newspaper article relating to the Kei Road Farmers Association meeting held to discuss farm dwellers' evictions.
Cape Provincial Administration to resettle farm dwellers
Article relating to the re-settling of farm dwellers evicted from Wolseley Estate, Kei Road by the Cape Provincial Administration's…
Brits crisis
Briefing article on Brits crisis where there were allegations of corruption, some people were arrested after people were killed. They could…
South Africa: the Party faithful
Article in , v.31(1), 12 January 1990, which covers the history of the SACP and lists most key leaders and members of the Party.
ANC Youth League in the 1990s
Paper following discussion between South African Youth Congress and the African National Congress Youth Section Secretariat regarding…
Theses on the current situation
Article about the current South African political situation. Covers government strategies, the character and implications of the ANC's…
An approach to the Democratic party
This article argues that the Democratic Party is a significant force over which the MDM can gain access and influence and the Democratic…
The role of business in South Africas future
African National Congress view on the role of business in South Africa's future. Presented to the ANC's Five Freedoms Forum.
A perspective on the background to the ANC Constitutional guidelines
Paper by Ian Phillips of the University of Natal, Durban, presented to the IDASA Conference in Port Elizabeth, 21-22 April 1989.
ANC Discussion Paper on the issue of negotiations
ANC Discussion Paper on the issue of negotiations. Argues that negotiated resolution of the South African question is urgent.
Position paper on the cultural and academic boycott
ANC position paper on the cultural and academic boycott, adopted by the National Executive Committee in May, 1989 in Lusaka, Zambia.
Renewed fighting in April
On April 1 1989, the start of the implementation of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo guerillas and South African security forces broke…
Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
Paper by Mashiphula Mbongwa and Kgotoki Nhlapo-Lewis entitled "Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture" prepared for a meeting…
Obstacles to free and fair elections in Namibia
UN Resolution 435, which provided for free and fair elections in Namibia, was implemented on 1 April 1989. A Special Representative of the…
The October 26 Municipal elections: the people demand universal adult suffrage
ANC Department of Political Education briefing on the October 26 municipal elections in South Africa. Covers the government's strategy and…
Defend, consolidate and advance the Front
An article on defend, consolidate and advance the Front which is divided in five topics such as National democratic struggle and the front…
Models of work with cadres within the National Liberation Movement
Paper by Sherry Mclean, presented at the ANC Seminar on Social Welfare, in Lusaka, Zambia, July 1988. Suggests ways in which social…
State of organisation and the way forward
Paper by John Motshabi on the state of the African National Congress and the way forward. Covers military strategy, enemy infiltration,…
Cultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
Paper produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South…
South Africas working class: a pillar of the
Paper by Jack Simons on South Africa's working class presented by Ray Simons to the ANC in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines in a…
Non-Central Government structures in South Africa today
Paper presented by Penuell M. Maduna for discussion at the African National Congress in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines for a…
Politics and the armed struggle: the revolutionary army
Paper delivered by Ronnie Kasrils on Umkhonto we Sizwe. Outlines the army's basic positions and the consequences and tasks which flow from…
Politics and the army
Paper delivered by Steve Tshwete to the African National Congress Department of Political Education Workshop in Lusaka, 23-28 February,…
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…