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’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that he 'unconditionally rejected … at Pollsmoor Prison send their greetings to…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… AZASO under the new leadership of Joe Phaahla embraces the Freedom Charter as its guiding document on education, … be opened". It was the adoption of ANC…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… under the new leadership of Joe Phaahla embraces the Freedom Charter as its guiding document on education, … be opened". It was the adoption of ANC policies…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… of the People and is on the drafting committee of the Freedom Charter , but is unable to attend due to her banning … in Maputo for First’s funeral. 20…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… equality in law and practice. Further, it stated that freedom cannot be won for any one section or for the people … "Women`s Charter" were ultimately…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… of the day as being a turning point in the struggle for freedom. The keynote speaker, Boesak, spoke of bringing … a wide range of groups and unity among…
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… to the last - they are not prepared to allow the torch of freedom to be wrested from their hands and stamped out under … will not and cannot crush the demand…
Message by Albert Luthuli to the Seventh Provincial Conference of the Natal Indian Congress, 5 February 1954, Durban
… In the name of Afrika and Freedom I greet you all! AFRIKA! AFRIKA! MAYIBUYE! INKULULEKO NGESIKHATHI SETHU (Freedom in Our Lifetime)! Let us sing together to…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Consequently, on the early … the central focus of the…
ArticleWomen and the struggle against Apartheid
… view of the role played by women in the struggle for freedom. It is often overlooked that women played a very … ANCWL made sure that women's demands were…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… strike. They also called for the day to be celebrated as Freedom Day in the future. At this period (1950), the … by the Congress of the People (CoP), in…
Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971
… Now let us talk of Freedom,. Everywhere in the world today, the oppressed and … length and breadth of our country to rise and demand the Freedom, of the…
Call to A. N. C. Ranks by Albert Luthuli, 1 November 1954
… from your organisation by these unlawful intimidations!" Freedom Volunteers Dealing with the freedom volunteers, the President says there is some … Indian…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… for a non-violent end to apartheid. November, Quote: 'Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people … Spiritual Leadership award from Humanity…
ArticleWorld War I and the South African Native Labour Contingent
… were used in the battlefront areas where they had more freedom of movement and contact with members of other labour … with fellow non-white South Africans,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Congress Alliance had been approaching the struggle for freedom and equality. Changing tactics was not going to be a … National Congress on 26 June 1955 in…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… National Congress (ANC) and its allies as South Africa's Freedom Day. December 20 , Threat of mass action unless the … National Congress (ANC) and its allies…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… and throughout the 1980s. It was at this time that the Freedom Charter, advocating for a non racial South Africa, … The reason for this was the increasing…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
… vote. The National Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front (FF) 2.2 %, Democratic Party (DP) 1.7 %, Pan …
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… I am truly honoured to celebrate nation-building, freedom, peace and unity with you, as you pay tribute to some … time as we prepare to mark the fourth…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU)
… to vacate the venue quickly they were attacked by Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members. The security police also began …
Presidential address by Alberth Luthuli to the Annual Provincial Conference of the Natal Branch of the African National Congress, 5 July 1956
… (Press report) "The struggle for freedom must go on no matter how hard the struggle might be! It must go on because Freedom is the noblest human attainment…
EventMulti-party delegates endorses the Interim constitution
… concessions to demands for a federal government by the Freedom Alliance, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the right wing Afrikaner … majority of the…
Address by Deputy President Jacob Zuma at the 40th Anniversary of the Execution of Vuyisile Mini and five others, 6 November 2004
… Samuel Jonas who later followed them to the gallows. The freedom we celebrate on 27 April each year came at an immense … sacrifices of our comrades who paid…
ArchiveThe Congress of the people
… church meeting and tell them about us wanting to make the Freedom Charter and what it was for, and then collect their … wants and they put all these wishes…
Congress of the People - I was there
… held at Kliptown to discuss and finally adopt the historic Freedom Charter which forms the basis of our policy today. On … of their country from the yoke of…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… government was considering tough measures ‘to limit the freedom of speech and movement of agitators’. But Luthuli was … ovation. On 14 September 1967 he was…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… human standards of treatment." Through the lead of some freedom lovers in the United States of America, Human Rights … found ready endorsement in many…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… Botha, speaking in Parliament, offered Nelson Mandela his freedom on condition that he “unconditionally rejected … at Pollsmoor Prison send their greetings…
PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… was incarcerated here. Mandela also took his steps to freedom through these gates in 1990. The prison has a huge … Mandela with his fist held high to…