Speeches and Public Statements

New Year’s Message of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: 31 December 2007

Toast Remarks by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the occasion of the Special Visit to the Republic of Mauritius, 11 March 2008

Response of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Debate on the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 13 June 2007

Notes following Press Conference on Conclusion of UNSC Debate on Linkages between UN and Regional Organisations, United Nations Headquarters, New York, Wednesday 16 April 2008

State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 3 February 2006

Press Statement by South African President Mr Thabo Mbeki on the Conclusion of the Meeting with Italian Republic President Carlo Ciampi, Rome, Italy

Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the banquet for prince sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud Cape Town, 24 September 1997

Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the State Banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency, Festus Mogae, Cape Town, 25 October 2005

Speech of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Special Official Funeral of Dr C.F. Beyers Naude, Aasvoëlkop Drc, Johannesburg, 18 September 2004

Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament on the Release of Hon Jacob Zuma from his Responsibilities as Deputy President: National Assembly, 14 June 2005.

Speech of the President, Nelson Mandela, on acceptance of the Prince of Asturias Prize of International Co-operation Oviedo, Spain, 31 October 1992

Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the closing event of the celebration of Ten Years of Freedom, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, 11 February 2005

Speech to the Foreign Policy Association by the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela Denmark, 17 February 1992

Response on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency 19 June 2002

Opening address by Oliver Tambo to the National Consultative Conference, 14 December 1990

”Questions Affecting the Natives and Coloured People Resident in British South Africa”. Statement by the Executive of the South African Native Congress, 1903 [?]

Statement on a National Day of Protest, by the Central Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League (Transvaal), May 31, 1950

”Presidential Address” by Dr. J. S. Moroka 

”The Road to Freedom Is Via the Cross.” Statement by Chief A. J. Lutuli, issued after the announcement on November 12, 1952, of his dismissal as chief [n.d.]

”A Declaration to the Nations of the World.” Statement of the Non-European Unity Movement, signed by the Rev. Z. R. Mahabane, Dr. G. H. Gool, and E. C. Roberts, July 1945

”The African Liberator, Our Message.” Editorial by Gilbert Coka, in October 1935

”An Address at the Mendi Memorial Celebration, Bantu Sports Grounds, Johannesburg.” by Dr. A. B. Xuma, February 23, 1941

Speech by Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Ministerial Meeting NAM Durban, 31 August 1998

Speech on the occasion of the conferment of an honorary doctorate upon the Honourable the Prime Minister by the UOFS on 18 March 1967

Speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during a Luncheon at the Durban Club on 31 October 1975

Message on the First Anniversary of the Passive Resistance Movement, June 1947

Presidential Address to the Eighth Annual Conference Of The Natal Indian Congress, Durban, March 25, 1955

Interview by Johannesburg Television Service

Speech by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the presentation of the Africa Peace Award to the nation of Mozambique Durban, 1 November 1997

SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE AFRICA PEACE AWARD TO THE NATION OF MOZAMBIQUE Durban, 1 November 1997

Speech by President Mandela on the occasion of the opening of the 2nd Afro-Arab Trade Fair Johannesburg, 9 October 1995

Speech by President Mandela at the official opening of the Nelson Mandela Community Park in Mamelodi Pretoria, 6 September 1996

SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT A RALLY ON BEING GRANTED THE FREEDOM OF UITENHAGE Uitenhage, 14 September 1995

SPEECH BY PRESIDENT MANDELA AT A LUNCHEON HOSTED BY JAPANESE ECONOMIC ORGANISATIONS Tokyo, 4 July 1995

Speech by President Nelson Mandela to the Heads of major South Korean business Associations Seoul, 7 July 1995

Oliver Tambo Speech at Funeral in Maseru, December 1982

Nelson Mandela’s address at the State Banquet for President Mugabe 16 August 1994

Notes for Nelson Mandela’s closing address President’s budget debate Cape Town, 22 August 1994

Statement on the departure for New York to attend the special commemorative meeting of the UN General Assembly 20 October 1995

Nelson Mandela’s Wembley speech London, Monday 16 April 1990