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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Mercosur Heads of State Summit Ushuaia, 24 July 1998
President Menem; Your Excellencies; Ladies and gentlemen, For too long geography has kept us apart despite the many similarities of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela opening the morals summit called by the National Religious Leaders’Forum Johannesburg, 22 October 1998
Master of Ceremonies Mayor of Johannesburg Religious and political leaders of our nation When we issued a call last year to the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
Vice-President of the Republic of Argentina and President of the Senate; President of the Chamber of Deputies; Honourable Senators and …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African freedom day celebrations Cape Town, 27 April 1998
Master of Ceremonies; Premier of the Western Cape; Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Chief of the SANDF; Mayor of Cape …
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
Mr. Chairperson, Distinguished participants This summit departs from tradition in more ways than one. Firstly, in the hustle-bustle…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
My Dear Brother Leader Comrades and Friends There are few countries outside our immediate region of Southern and Eastern Africa that…
Address By President Mandela - Opening Of The President’s Budget Debate Cape Town, 2 March 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a great honour to stand once again in this chamber in the debate on…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to Parliament National Assembly, Cape Town, 5 February 1999
Madame Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly; Honourable Chairperson and Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate University of Zululand, 30 May 1998
Mr. Chancellor; Mr. Vice-Chancellor, Members of Council and Senate, Members of the University, Your Majesty, Premier, …
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
Your Excellency, President Mkapa Vice President Omar Ali Juma President Amour of Zanzibar Mr. Prime Minister Secretary General of the …
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
President of the University of Beijing; Members of faculty and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
Mr Prime Minister; Honourable Members of the Senate and the National Assembly of Pakistan Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
It is indeed a very special honour to receive not one Honorary Doctorate but two, and not from one prestigious institution of learning but…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Accepting the Deutscher Medienpreis Baden-Baden, 28 January 1999
Master of Ceremonies; Distinguished guests, It is a distinct privilege and great honour to receive this esteemed prize tonight. You…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
Mr Speaker; Honourable Members of the Hungarian national Assembly. It is indeed a very great honour to stand before the elected…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
Madame Speaker; Honourable Members; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen: It was to be expected that this year's debate on the…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
[A joint appeal to all "suppressed" people in South Africa, whether European or Non-European, to form a United Front to fight for full…
A Bushman Odyssey Trailer
A letter from Solomon Mahlangu, 3 July 1978 (original scan)
Appendix II: About Dr. Dadoo, delivered by Oliver Tambo
We are gathered here to pay homage to an outstanding leader of the African liberatory struggle, a comrade and friend who devoted most of…
Appendix I: Correspondence Between Mahatma Gandhi And Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
[Note: Most of this correspondence is from the Pyarelal papers at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large part of which are…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
[Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September…
Address At Meeting On The Occasion Of The 60th Anniversary Of The Formation Of The South African Communist Party, London, July 30, 1981
It is with a deep sense of pride and honour that I speak today on behalf of the South African Communist Party, which celebrates the 60th…
Farewell Speech On Eve Of Imprisonment, February 29, 1948
(Dr. Dadoo, Dr. G. M. Naicker, Manilal Gandhi and Sundra Pillai were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment each for their leadership…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
Dear Sir/Madam, The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill has become law. The already so weak and feeble democratic structure…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 21 May 1962 during the second reading of the General Law Amendment Bill
When South Africa became a Republic, subversive elements intensified their attack on South Africa and her peoples. At this time Adv…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
The Prime Minister took part in this debate in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by numerous interjections. Adv…
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
The Honourable B. J. Vorster is not only one of the most active speakers in the Republic of South Africa, but also one of the most sought…
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic: Answers to Questions by May 1961
Demonstrations Against Proclamation Of Republic Answers To Questions By drum, May 196173 [Drum asked several non-European leaders for…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive…
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
Adv. Vorster once referred to this speech as his "political confession". 1 It was in his second year as Prime Minister that Adv. Vorster…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
The Prime Minister's Koffiefontein speech is very well-known and in a certain sense also an interesting speech. Adv. Vorster took this…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 4 February 1974 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
The beginning of 1974 was characterised by confusion and uncertainly in international relations. There was the Watergate scandal in which…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
Important and significant events preceded this address of the Prime Minister. There was the accusation from the Herstigte Nasionale Party…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
The Prime Minister described and analysed the political dispensation of the day in an exemplary fashion. It was his first public appearance…
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
On this occasion the Prime Minister made good use of the opportunity of talking to Afrikaans students. At the time there were disturbances…
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
The parliamentary by-election in Waterberg was of particular significance to both the National Party and the Re-constituted National Party…
Extract from a speech at the conclusion of the Republic Festival on 31 May 1971 at Goodwood, Cape
0n this occasion the Prime Minister directed a special word to the youth of the Republic and pointed to the great responsibility that…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
On this occasion. Adv. Vorster expounded in a most original way the responsibility of being a student. Discovering life is a personal…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with various important matters, including the World Council of Churches, the Republic's policy in…
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
Press reports Mr. Louw, Union delegate, as saying in Fourth Committee on sixteen November that Mr. Rathebe told meeting of Johannesburg…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
The Chairman General Assembly United Nations Organisation West Minister London Africans South Africa Protest against [proposed]…
Constitution of the ANC
29a. Constitution of the ANC 1. NAME: The name of the organisation shall be the African National Congress. 2. OBJECTS: The aims of the…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
Preamble: Whereas it is expedient in view of the situation created by the "Native" Policy of segregation, discrimination and other…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 22 April 1976 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
During April 1976 the Prime Minister's visit to Israel gave a new dimension to South Africa's foreign policy. The formal agreement…
Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on January 1976 in reply to a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Leader of the Opposition
During this debate the Prime Minister outlined South Africa's involvement in the Angolan War. He stated clearly that South Africa…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also…
Article on the pass law deputation in July 25, 1889
Pirie was, on Thursday last, the scene of a large representative and important gathering of Natives of the district of King William's Town…
Editorial on taxation, in November 10, 1884 [Extract]
[Extract] What the effect of muzzling a race of people, used to settling differences and difficulties after searching inquiry will be, we…