Articles
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Organise and advance to people's power |
Internal ANC paper, declaring 1987 the year of Advance to People's Power, which involves mass action, underground political work, armed struggle and international isolation of the Apartheid regime. |
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Fourth anniversary of the United Democratic Front: four fighting years |
Article regarding United Democratic Front fourth anniversary. During this period UDF managed to draw together disparate and often unco-ordinated forces in the mass-based democratic movement into a mighty national anti-apartheid front. |
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Foundations of government in a democratic South Africa |
Paper listing the objectives of a new constitution and its principles. |
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Strategies of Repression in the State of Emergency |
Article by the United Democratic Front on the State of Emergency and the counter-revolutionary forces in the townships. |
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The resolution of the national question in South Africa: Part 1 |
Paper by Jack Simons on the national question in South Africa. Analyses the national question and attempts to develop a framework for its resolution. |
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Steve Biko: after ten years |
Barney Pityana was a close friend and colleague of Steve Biko, he was invited to preach the this sermon at Notting Hill Methodist Church.on the 10th anniversary of Steve Biko's death. |
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Police put a clamp ban on statements by United Democratic Front and other bodies |
Pamphlet about police put a clamp ban on statement by United Democratic Front and other bodies as the government has barred the Sowetan and weekly mail from publishing any statement issued by the United Democratic Front and 12 other organisations promoting four major campaigns organised by the Un |
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Draft for discussion: Christmas against the emergency |
Pamphlet regarding Christmas against the emergency. Over 40 000 people were detained and some nearly killed by apartheid forces and thousands of students were locked out of schools. Therefore UDF calls on all people affected to strike. |
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Making music for the kids |
Article published from the City Press regarding the music festival to benefit kids detained under the state of emegency planned for Orlando Stadium |
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Ungovernability and people's power |
Discussion document on organs of people's power in response to a request from activists. |
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Unban the African National Congress mass meeting |
The United Democratic Front (UDF) successfully applied for a court order last night to go ahead with meetings to launch the "Unban the African National Congress" campaign. |
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The effects of the current unrest on township children |
Article about how township children were jailed, shot and killed, some served long prison sentences, others lost valuable years of schooling, many were forced into the lowest paid unskilled jobs while others joined the ranks of the increasing numbers of unemployed youth in our country. |
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Fund-raising: a revolutionary perspective |
Working Paper by Godfrey Motsepe prepared for the African Ntional Congress National Fund Raising Workshop held in March 1986 at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in Tanzania. Examines the nature and scope of fundraising and suggests types of fundraising initiatives. |
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The immediate tasks of the Democratic Movement |
Discussion paper discussing the immediate tasks of the Democratic Movement. |
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Current conditions |
Paper analysing the international and Southern African situation, different forms of sactions, and forms of investments. |
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Position paper on the cultural and academic boycott |
ANC position paper on the cultural and academic boycott, adopted by the National Executive Committee in May, 1989 in Lusaka, Zambia. |
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Renewed fighting in April |
On April 1 1989, the start of the implementation of Resolution 435, clashes between Swapo guerillas and South African security forces broke out in northern Namibia . For nine days the most intense fighting in the history of the border war raged along the 300 km frontier . |
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Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture |
Paper by Mashiphula Mbongwa and Kgotoki Nhlapo-Lewis entitled "Towards a mixed economy in South African agriculture" prepared for a meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe in April-May 1989. |
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Obstacles to free and fair elections in Namibia |
UN Resolution 435, which provided for free and fair elections in Namibia, was implemented on 1 April 1989. A Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and a UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) were responsible for the supervision and control of this process . |
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ANC lines up a new constitution for South Africa |
South Africa declares that the elimanation of apartheid and the creation of a truly just and democratic South Africa requires a constitution based on various principles eg. state, franchise, national identity etc. |