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… Fellow South Africans, Comrades and friends: Today is the 8th of January, the 89th … Congress. On this important day in our country's history and our national calendar, the National Executive Committee … in the continuing struggle for the reconstruction and development of our country and the renaissance of our …

… Cape, Comrade Phumulo Masualle Comrades Ronnie Kasrils and Pallo Jordan Leaders of political parties here present MEC for Sports, Recreation, Arts and Culture, MEC Xoliswa Tom and other MEC’s here present Members of the Provincial …

… Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South … prison, including a walking tour along its main building and Section A, where visitors can watch the “Cell Stories” …

… thanks to Ronnie Kasrils - King Kong, friend, commander and the greatest hairy one of them all - who planted the seed for this study, cleared the way for it and has since tolerated my defection from old verities. Pallo Jordan and Norman Levy saw matters through the ANC. My academic …

… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (referred to as the 'Ghetto' … the next document). The Natal Indian Congress rejected it and launched a passive resistance campaign. Dr. G. M. (Monty) …

… Can you tell us what the background to this leaflet is, and why you have chosen to make your call at this time? … Union, are giving battle to the armed forces of Ian Smith and Vorster in Rhodesia. Reliable reports from the battle … whitewashing accounts put out by the South African press and radio, indicate that the freedom fighters are fighting …

… form almost the entire producing element in agriculture and mining, and are steadily increasing their value in all town industry. … of the population in every country. What is characteristic and peculiar about the Native problem is that it crosses, …

… peace. The alternative is growing violence, tension and conflict. That is unacceptable and in nobody's interest. The well-being of all in this … negotiation the highest priority. The aim is a totally new and just constitutional dispensation in which every …

… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Indian Congress had … Cape Town. However, it was prepared 'to meet this friendly and tolerant spirit' of the Government. In the following … agreement created the office of the Agent in South Africa, and provided for among other things an assisted emigration …

… President of the University of Beijing; Members of faculty and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in … award to me of an honorary degree. It is an exceptional, and indeed unique, privilege to be invited today as an … I have mentioned. Rather, every single such occasion - and there have been many, over many years, in many countries …

… Congress for 52 years. I remain a member of the ANC and therefore respect its decisions. It is for this reason … of the ANC. I would like sincerely to thank the nation and the ANC for having given me the opportunity to serve in … office during the last 14 years as the Deputy President and President of South Africa. This service has at all times …

… to Pretoria, where the African population was much smaller and the Congress organisation not as strong as in … Pretoria is thirty-five miles from Johannesburg city and almost fifty miles from Soweto where almost all the … picked up its treason passengers from Soweto for a long and exhausting journey of nearly 100 miles every day. When we …

… of the whole of the West Street Masjid began in 1988 and was completed in 1990 at a cost of Rand two million. … Islamic architecture but has been blended with marble, oak and maranti finish, coupled with giant, intricately-woven … The MYM was established as a religio-cultural organisation and for the first ten years or so remained apolitical. The …

… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new and competitive presence of Indians in the country created panic among white South Africans. Afrikaners and British alike were afraid of being outdone and …

… minister. He immediately initiated plans for a new church and on 18 October 1872 the structure was consecrated and served as a church until 1917 when its entrance and tower were demolished. It was then converted to a shop …

… of Parliamentarians Members of the Diplomatic Corps Ladies and Gentlemen; I am deeply honoured that you afforded me the … today, if only to convey to you the heartfelt greetings and best wishes of the government and people of South Africa, those of the veterans of our …

… of Reference of the Special Commission were to investigate and report on: The Special Commission was mandated to interview and co-opt any member of the African National Congress and was fully independent. It was authorised to examine all …

… against South Africa. This is a meeting which the ANC and the people of South Africa as a whole consider of the … leaders of political parties, as well as heads of national and international non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of …

… against South Africa. This is a meeting which the ANC and the people of South Africa as a whole consider of the … leaders of political parties, as well as heads of national and international non-governmental organisations, and from people in different walks of life in many parts of …

… you did not say how much I must speak. This is a mourning and a celebration of our leader and don`t you dare pull my blazer from behind. Mama Graca … members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC and the leadership of the Alliance. Former president of the …

… To mark the centenary of the founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), New Frame republishes … Allison Wessels George Champion, leader of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Natal (known as the ICU Yase … union, it drew its adherents both from the intelligentsia and the newly pro­letarianised in the towns and from the …

… of the below links are to websites that SAHO recommends (and uses) for further research about South African History. … is a joint project between South African History Online and the Dumile Feni Foundation. Franco Frescura Official site … is a joint project between South African History Online and the Rick Turner family. Omar Badsha Official site - …

… for me also a personal home-coming, both in the physical and spiritual sense. The environs of Umtata are not only my … my spiritual association with this great Church started. And I cannot over-emphasise the role that the Methodist … record of commitment to the development of Africa's sons and daughters in more areas than one. The great institutions …

… Presidents of the WCC The General Secretary Delegates and members of the WCC Distinguished Guests It is a great … in activating the conscience of the world for peace and on behalf of the poor, the disadvantage and the dispossessed. When the World Council of Churches was …

… Vice-President of the Republic of Argentina and President of the Senate; President of the Chamber of Deputies; Honourable Senators and Deputies; Your Excellencies; Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for the honour you do to the …

… Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest Comrades and Colleagues, It is with deep sorrow and great personal regret that I inform you of my inability …

… Honourable Premier,  Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Mayors and councilors, Representatives of United Nations agencies, … home to one of the most outstanding leaders of our country and continent, Chief Albert Luthuli. This visionary, who was …

… nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied troops from … the West, storming into Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and later France. Faced with far superior airpower, more unified command, and highly mobile armed forces, the Allied defenders were a …

… the emergence of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), … With the CEC restructured to become a Politburo in 1977 and Mabhida elected the new general secretary at the 1979 … inside as well as proper guidance to the working class and the Trade Unions".1 The PB, at one of its meetings in …

… be informed by the strategic tasks of the organisation and the challenges that it faces in the current phase. In this process, it is natural and necessary that there should be contest among individuals and lobbying by their supporters. Our challenge is to ensure …