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Education Speeches by COSATU Office Bearers
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Aug 20, 2024

Education Speeches by COSATU Office Bearers

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The Martyrdom of Dr Hoosen Haffejee
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Jul 25, 2024

The Martyrdom of Dr Hoosen Haffejee

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Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
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Mar 22, 2023

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone

Programme Director, Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula, Acting Premier of Gauteng Ms Qedane Mahlangu, Fa...

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Sep 10, 2012

Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006

Programme Directors, Tumi Makgabo and Marcus Ziegler, Your Excellency, President of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter, Your Ex...

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Sep 15, 2017

Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990

Mr. Chairman,  Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC,  Comrades and friends,  Compatr...

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2022 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2022
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Feb 11, 2022

2022 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 10 February 2022

STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA CAPE TOWN CITY HALL 10 FEBRUARY 2022 Speaker of the Nati...

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Chief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
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Dec 13, 2021

Chief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021

Programme Director, Esteemed Members of the Luthuli Museum Council, Comrades, ladies and gentlemen: First of al...

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State President FW de Klerk - Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, Norway – 10 December 1993
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Nov 11, 2021

State President FW de Klerk - Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, Norway – 10 December 1993

Former President FW de Klerk Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

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”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]
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Jul 20, 2012

”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]

In speaking of Bantu women in urban areas, the first thing to be considered is the Home, around which and in which the w...

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Jun 27, 2012

Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994

Master of Ceremonies Honourable Ministers of the Government of National Unity Honourable Provincial Premiers and c...

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May 26, 2015

65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo

Speech by Joe Slovo, Chairman of the South African Communist Party When South African communists met in Cape Town 65 ...

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Jun 27, 2012

Speech of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the rally to relaunch the SACP Johannesburg, 29 July 1990

Comrade Chairman, Comrades and friends. This is an important day in the political history of our country. It is a da...

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Aug 20, 2013

Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain

President, distinguished platform guests, ladies and gentlemen! We have arrived at a historic moment. We have brought t...

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Oct 04, 2011

”Racial problems in South Africa”, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the second Pan-African Youth Seminar Dar Es Salaam, 5 August 1961

Pamphlet published by World Assembly of Youth Racial problems in South Africa There is unquestionably much which c...

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2021 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2021
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Feb 12, 2021

2021 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2021

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Sep 19, 2017

Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner

This paper is an attempt to work out what seems to me to be some of the implications of the concept "Black Power". It co...

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Jan 15, 2020

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020

Today, the African National Congress celebrates 108 years since its formation. We mark this occasion in the hist...

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Speech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
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Nov 04, 2020

Speech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998

President of the National Assembly; Your Excellency, President Jose dos Santos; Honourable Members of Parliament, ...

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The Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
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Dec 13, 2012

The Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012

George Bizos says late former Chief Justice would never have been a secret member of a political party Speech by Geor...

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Manifesto of the Communist Party of South Africa by SACP, 30 July 1921, Cape Town
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Apr 08, 2013

Manifesto of the Communist Party of South Africa by SACP, 30 July 1921, Cape Town

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Jan 26, 2017

Oral History: Representing the Hidden, the Untold and the Veiled, edited by Christina Landman, (2013)

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Jun 10, 2019

Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870

John Ruskin: Imperial Duty, Oxford 8 February 1870 "Imperial Duty" There is a destiny now possible to us ”” the hi...

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Oct 23, 2012

First Annual Denis Goldberg Lecture - Close the Gap, 6 October 2012

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May 30, 2014

Memories of Bram Fischer by Denis Goldberg

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Jun 27, 2012

The first Bram Fischer Memorial lecture, delivered by President Nelson R. Mandela Market Theatre, Johannesburg, 9 June 1995

We here present and many thousands elsewhere are grateful to the Legal Resources Centre for taking the initiative in est...

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Feb 16, 2017

Address by President Jacob Zuma to the 12th International meeting of the Communist and Workers Parties, 3 December 2010, Centurion, Pretoria

General Secretary of the South African Communist Party,  Comrade Blade Nzimande;  Comrades` delegates to...

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Apr 18, 2013

Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa

South African Communist Party 2003 Chris Hani Memorial Lecture. 15th April 2003. Delivered: by Z. Pallo Jordan. 15...

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Apr 09, 2013

The Enemy Hidden Under the Same Colour by the Central Committee of the SACP on the activities of the ‘Gang of 8’, 1976, South Africa

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Apr 18, 2013

100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa

100 Years “Emancipation of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation. ...

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Apr 18, 2013

A Helots’ Bill of Rights

South African Communist Party Documents. 1923 A Helots’ Bill of Rights   First Published: Editorial in The Internatio...

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State of African National Congress discussion document from ANC veterans and stalwarts
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Apr 03, 2020

State of African National Congress discussion document from ANC veterans and stalwarts

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2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
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Feb 17, 2020

2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020

Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Am...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 67th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1979

Fellow countrymen, Militants of the African National Congress and of the struggle for liberation in our country, C...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 68th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1980

Let Us Rise to the Occasion Speech by Comrade President, O.R. Tambo on the occasion of January 8th, 1980, 68th annive...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981

Extend and Defend Our Revolutionary Gains! President O. R. Tambo`s January 8th, 1981, Statement. Compatriots and C...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 71th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1983

Today, January 8th, we mark the 71st anniversary of our organisation, the African National Congress. We are beginning a ...

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Jan 10, 2013

January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1982

ACT IN UNITY! Compatriots, allies and democratic supporters of the heroic struggle of the people of South Africa, ...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985

Compatriots A new year has begun, bringing with it fresh hopes and new challenges. I am sure that I express our colle...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 72th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1984

Dear Compatriots, Brothers and Sisters in the Struggle, Comrades Today, the 8th January, your organisation, the...

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Jan 07, 2013

January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988

Compatriots, Once more it is January 8th, the anniversary of your movement, the African National Congress. Today we o...

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