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Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989

Mr. Chairman,  Your Excellencies, Ministers, Ambassadors and High Commissioners,  Comrades and friends, T...

Statement at the Conference of The Socialist International and Frontline States on Southern Africa, Harare by O. R. Tambo, 15 February 1989

Esteemed Heads of State and Political Parties of the Frontline States,  Distinguished heads of delegation of memb...

Statement to the Ordinary Congress of the Socialist International, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, 20 June 1989

(Extract) The special conference on southern Africa, convened by the Socialist International in Harare earlier this yea...

Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989

The five-year plan placed before the National Party conference by President-elect F.W. de Klerk yesterday, 29th June, 19...

Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989

Compatriots, fellow South Africans and comrades, On behalf of the National Executive Committee of the African National ...

Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989

Mr. Chairman, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak,  Your Excellencies, Distinguished Heads of State and Government,&...

Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989

This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our country. Those who have chosen ...

Present Stage of the Struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. Paper prepared at the request of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 1 June 1968

Twenty years ago last month, a minority of the white minority in South Africa, steeped in the doctrines Hitler sought to...

Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968

Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies,  distinguished representatives and guests: Permit me first of all, Sir, to ex...

Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968

In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked the Chairman, Amb...

We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968

Mr. President,  Your Imperial Majesty,  Your Royal Majesty,  Your Excellencies and distinguished gu...

Intensify the Revolution by O. R. Tambo The 'Morogoro Conference', Morogoro, Tanzania, 25 April – 1 May 1969

Contents Extracts from the Political Report of the National Executive Committee to the Consultative Conference of th...

A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969

(Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa in the struggle f...

Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969

Since the banning of the African National Congress on April, 1960, three conferences which were in the nature of general...

ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991

From the 2nd to the 7th July 1991, 2,244 delegates representing 760,000 members met in the 48th National Conference of t...

Political Overview By The ANC Gauteng Provincial Chairperson, Comrade Paul Mashatile On The Occasion Of The Special Provincial General Council, Turffontein Racecourse, Johannesburg, 24 February 2013

Programme Director, Deputy Chairperson, Comrade Gwen Ramokgopa Secretary General, Comrade Gwede Mantashe NEC Deployees...

Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008

SALUTATION Programme director, Ms. Mpumi Mpofu, Honourable Minister of Transport, Mr. Jeff Radebe Premier of KwaZulu-...

Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010

The Executive Governor of the Province of Hubei, Mr Li Xiansheng, our distinguished hosts, honoured guests, fellow South...

Statement by Nzo Mnumzana in the plenary meeting of the General Assembly, 20 November 1984

In the name of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress of South Africa and on behalf of the st...

Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013

The President of the Progressive Professionals Forum (PPF), Mr Jimmy Manyi, Esteemed Members of the PPF,  Ladies ...

Bitter Battles to Come - Message to the Meeting of the Council of the Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity Organisation by O. R. Tambo, Tripoli, January 1971

Twelve years ago, the peoples of Africa and Asia met in the revolutionary capital of the United Arab Republic to map out...

State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015

The Speaker of the National Assembly, The Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker of the Nati...

Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971

South Africa's Strategy of Creating Client States The strategic objective of the South African racists with regard to t...

Mobilise Our Black Power - Statement to the People of South Africa on the Tenth Anniversary of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1971

Now let us talk of Freedom,. Everywhere in the world today, the oppressed and exploited masses of people are up in arms....

Speech on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ANC, Lusaka by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1972

We are gathered here today to commemorate sixty years of the formation and existence of the African National Congress of...

Address by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of the release of the 20 Year Review: South Africa 1994 to 2014, Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, 11 March 2014

Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Representatives of all sectors, Fellow South Africans, Good morning to you all. Than...

Preface by Denis Goldberg

Preface by Denis Goldberg

After 22 years as a political prisoner and 24 years thereafter I felt it was time to write about my life in South Africa...

Chapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg

Chapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg

June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence –...

Living in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983

Living in the Interregnum by Nadine Gordimer (The New York Review of Books), 20 January 1983

I live at 6,000 feet in a society whirling, stamping, swaying with the force of revolutionary change. The vision is head...

Ottilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018

Ottilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018

Ottilie Abrahams was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through examp...

One hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018

One hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018

Last week fighter aircraft flying in formation to look like the figure "100" swooped down The Mall and over Buckingham P...

Hugh Masekela on "To Tell the Truth", 28 December 1964

Hugh Masekela on "To Tell the Truth", 28 December 1964

Thabo Mbeki reacts to Ramaphosa's presidency

Thabo Mbeki reacts to Ramaphosa's presidency

SANTU MOFOKENG “Chasing Shadows” 2011

SANTU MOFOKENG “Chasing Shadows” 2011

Mandela and De Klerk economic debate pre - 27 April 1994

Mandela and De Klerk economic debate pre - 27 April 1994

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Talks Frankly About Stompie Seipei

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Talks Frankly About Stompie Seipei

If Julius Malema Was A Woman He Would Be Winnie' Seth Mazibuko, Class of 76

If Julius Malema Was A Woman He Would Be Winnie' Seth Mazibuko, Class of 76

Winnie Madikizela Mandela And The House Number 802

Winnie Madikizela Mandela And The House Number 802

Have You Heard From Johannesburg by Connie Fields

Have You Heard From Johannesburg by Connie Fields

Life and times of the ANC Stalwart Billy Modise

Life and times of the ANC Stalwart Billy Modise