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ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
Friends, 20 years ago London hosted a historic concert which called for our freedom. Your voices carried across the water to inspire us in our prison cells far…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
Friends, thank you for joining us here this evening, and your support for our causes. It is a great privilege having been able to travel here in our 90th year…
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
President Johnson-Sirleaf, distinguished guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, We have for years remarked about people coming to such events primarily to see…
ArchiveAcceptance of Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, by Nelson Mandela, 1 November 2006
I am pleased to be here today, to enjoy the warm company of friends like Nadine Gordimer, and to know that Seamus Heaney is with us through his words. That I…
ArchiveAddress at Commemoration of the lives of Yusuf Cachalia and Bram Fischer, by Nelson Mandela, 5 June 2005,
Friends Comrades I have so often announced my retirement from public life that nobody believes me anymore - not even my closest advisors or friends, it…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
Ladies and Gentlemen Comrades and Friends Thank you for attending this function at the invitation of an old man. What you have just witnessed could be…
5th Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 10 September 2004, University of Cape Town
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
Great gains have been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old guard racists have in general come to realize that there is…
ArchiveChapter 18 New Life Number 9 2002- 2009 by Denis Goldberg
It helped enormously that I had a post to go to. Ronnie Kasrils was meticulous in requiring me to provide real information showing that I could indeed handle…
ArchiveChapter 16 Tee Shirts, Music and More Solidarity by Denis Goldberg
In the months after I started my incessant round of speaking engagements in 1985 I found that there was a wonderful array of t-shirts, badges and buttons,…
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
The New Germany Lutheran Church is the oldest congregation in the ELCSA(NT). Located in the greater Durban area, this congregation is characterized by…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
It is with deep sadness and regret that the African National Congress has learnt of the death today (12 September 2004) of Ray Alexander Simons, a champion of…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
Ladies and gentlemen Friends and colleagues and especially my good friends from the media. Thank you very much to all of you for taking time out of your very…
ArchiveStatement Celebrating Ten Years of Democracy, ANC Chief Whip Nkosinathi Nhleko, 10 May 2004, Parliament Cape Town South Africa
Parliament is today taking part in celebrating the first decade of freedom and democracy in our country. And as we so, we remain cognisant of the brave…
ArchiveChapter 15 The World is my Oyster Life Number 7 1985-1994 by Denis Goldberg
When I returned to London after six weeks Esmé was not very pleased with me for being away so long. For both of us we were faced with shaping our new life…
ArchiveChapter 14 Out of prison: 28 February 1985 as a free person by Denis Goldberg
Once I knew I was being released I had a problem. I needed to buy clothes. Under guard I was taken shopping in Pretoria by Hillary and that was exciting,…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
I had some idea that there were negotiations going on for my release and I had some sense that somehow my daughter was involved. In 1985 the regime offered all…
ArchiveChapter 12 Hangings by Denis Goldberg
After the escape of Tim, Stephen and Alex we who remained behind bore the consequences. The prison was rebuilt and we politicals were held in another prison…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
During the past week, the entire country has been united in mourning the fall of a giant of our struggle. Messages of condolences have come from all over the…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
Mr President, Honourable Members of the Security Council We are honoured by the opportunity of returning to the Security Council to report to your honourable…
ArchiveKeynote Address at National General Council Meeting, by President Thabo Mbeki, 12 July 2000, Port Elizabeth
Comrade Chairperson, Members of the NEC, Comrades delegates, Distinguished veterans, Your Excellencies, Members of the diplomatic corps and guests,…
Scandinavia's Magersfontein Dead - Their Final Resting Place? by Garth Benneyworth, September 2017, Sol Plaatje University
Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 2, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960
Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 1, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960
ArchiveOral History Thesis by Yuxi Wang (Minzu University of China)
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
The farming community of Kirkwood, in the heart of the Sundays River Valley, close to the town of Addo and the Northern regions of the Addo Elephant Park,…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before completed their studies. Tim Jenkin, blonde, with glasses…
ArchiveChapter 10 Problems of imprisonment by Denis Goldberg
To cover 22 years of imprisonment in chronological order is too difficult - and I think it would be boring to read about that life within a life in such detail…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
Tomorrow, April 26, 1994, an historic event will take place in South Africa, 18 year old and over, men and women, black and white, will go to the polls to…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
To mark the centenary of the founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), New Frame republishes work by historian Shula Marks about Allison…