Speeches
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1987, the year of the Krimpvark, the cougar of the rooibok? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1987 |
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at National Conference held at Cape Town on 12 March 1987, discussing: State of Emergency, detentions, conditions of prisons, pass laws, restoration of South African citizenship, education. |
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Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1994 |
Opening Address by National President Jenny De Tolly at the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town on 29 July 1994, discussing: Multi-party Negotiations, new government structure, local government, democracy, constitution, ANC majority, RDP. |
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Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg, 1984 |
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at the Black Sash National Conference held at Johannesburg on 15 March 1984, discussing: Elections, Group Areas Act, Reform, Apartheid. |
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The signing of the Agreement of non-aggression and good neighbourliness |
Speech by Samora Machel on the signing of the Nkomati Accord. |
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Nobel Lecture |
Bishop Tutu's Nobel lecture delivered in Oslo, Norway, on 11 December 1984 and his acceptance of the award speech on the 10th December 1984. |
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Message of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of 8th January, 1985 |
Message delivered by Oliver Tambo, President of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, on the 8th January, 1985, marking the organisation's 73rd anniversary. Looks back at events of 1984. |
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Opening address at the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth, 1985 |
National Conference held at Port Elizabeth Opening address by Sir Richard Luyt on 14 March 1985, discussing: Military Force, Human Rights, minority rule, conscription, Namibia, End Conscription Campaign. |
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Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth, 1985 |
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at the Black Sash National Conference held at Port Elizabeth on 14 March 1985 discussing: 30th Anniversary of Black Sash, bans on gatherings, detention, reform, poverty, labour. |
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Message of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of 8th January, 1986 |
Message delivered by Oliver Tambo, President of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, on the occasion of 8th January, 1986, the organisation's 74th anniversary. Looks back at the events of 1985. |
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Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1986 |
Opening Address by National President Sheena Duncan at the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 13 March 1986, discussing: Detentions, deaths of Molly Blackburn and Matthew Goniwe, violence, Prisons and Defence Acts, Closure of Rand Daily Mail, dismantling Apartheid, ID Documents, civ |
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Our Party |
Address by Dan Tloome at a meeting in London on 30 July 1986 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the SACP. Outlines the history of the SACP and its objectives. |
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Speech by Comrade Walter Sisulu at the National Welcome Back Rally |
Text of speech by Walter Sisulu made at the National Welcome Back Rally in Johannesburg, 29 October 1989. |
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Address by State President F W de Klerk, DMS, at the opening of the second session of the ninth Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Friday 2 February 1990 |
Address by the State President F W de Klerk, at the opening of the second session of the ninth Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, Friday, 2 February 1990. Deals with foreign relations, human rights, the death penalty, socio-economic aspects, the economy, and negotiation. |
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Fighting out of darkness or moving gradually towards the light? presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown, 1990 |
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Grahamstown on 2 March 1990, discussing: Release of Mandela, FW De Klerk and reform, end of Apartheid, ANC, Bill of Rights, Constitution. |
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The current situation and the role of the Party |
Address (by Jack Simons?) to the Interim Leadership Group of the South African Communist Party. Puts forward tasks facing the Party. |
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The current situation and the role of the Party |
Address (by Jack Simons?) to the Interim Leadership Group of the South African Communist Party. Puts forward tasks facing the Party. |
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Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th anniversary of the African National Congress, January 8, 1991 |
Speech made by Deputy ANC President, Nelson Mandela, on the occasion of the organisation's 79th anniversary. Includes an introductory statement by Oliver Tambo. |
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The Black Sash National Conference presidential Address held at Cape Town, 1991 |
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town on 1 March 1991, discussing: Reconstruction, dismantling Apartheid, violence, making of a constitution, Bill of Rights, access to land. |
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Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Opening of the ANC National Conference |
Nelson Mandela's address to the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) National Conference, 2-7 July, 1991 in which he stated that the ANC must lead the process of democratic transformation and the Conference will enable ANC to formulate strategies to do this. |
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Beyond the stereotype: the SACP in the past, present and future |
Speech made by Joe Slovo at the University of the Western Cape Conference to mark the 70th anniversary of the SACP. (incomplete) |