January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… - the total liberation of our country. The bells that rang in the New Year were, for us, a call to battle, summoning us … sacrifices, until victory is ours. Today, January 8th, 1985, we observe and celebrate 73 years of the African … sections of the Black population into acceptance of the apartheid constitution. By our refusal to be bullied into …