SPEECHES
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What does freedom mean, does it matter anyway? Opening Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban, 1989 |
Opening Address by National President Mary Burton at the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 2 March 1989, discussing: Liberation, press freedom, detentions, militarisation, detentions, capital punishment, political trials, legislation, labour and poverty. |
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In honour of Com. I B Tabata's birthday on 10th June, 1989 |
Address given by Jane Gool on I B Tabata's birthday. Presents his life history and the history of the Unity Movement. |
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Straighten up your shoulders! |
Speech to marchers gathered in St George's Cathedral in Cape Town, September 2, 1989, where about 170 women protested against death sentences and detention. |
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Address at the opening of the ANC Conference at Arusha, 1 December 1987 |
Address by Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere of Chama Cha Mapinduzi, at the opening of the African National Congress (ANC) Conference in Arusha, 1 December 1987. Covers the struggle in South Africa, international support, abolition of the National Party, and the armed struggle. |
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ANC International Solidarity Conference, Arusha, 1-4 December 1987: Message |
Message delivered by Teodata Hunguana, Minister of Information, People's Republic of Mozambique, at the African National Congress International Solidarity Conference in Arusha, 1-4 December 1987. |
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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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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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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 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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Address by ANC Deputy President to SACP 8th National Congress |
Address by ANC Deputy President, Walter Sisulu, to SACP 8th National Congress held in Johannesburg, 5 December 1991 |
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Address to the 8th National Congress of SACP |
Address by Jay Naidoo, General Secretary of COSATU to the 8th National Congress of the South African Communist Party |