Articles
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The October 26 Municipal elections: the people demand universal adult suffrage |
ANC Department of Political Education briefing on the October 26 municipal elections in South Africa. Covers the government's strategy and the popular response, and the election results and their implications. |
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Defend, consolidate and advance the Front |
An article on defend, consolidate and advance the Front which is divided in five topics such as National democratic struggle and the front approach, broadening the front, the United Democratic Front and political centre, the United Front and the state of emergency and the way forward. |
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Models of work with cadres within the National Liberation Movement |
Paper by Sherry Mclean, presented at the ANC Seminar on Social Welfare, in Lusaka, Zambia, July 1988. Suggests ways in which social problems can be overcome, such as community work, group work, counselling, confidentiality and training. |
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Cultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution |
Paper produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka, Zambia. |
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South Africa's working class: a pillar of the revolution |
Paper by Jack Simons on South Africa's working class presented by Ray Simons to the ANC in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines in a democratic South Africa, 1-4 March, 1988. Presents history of the workers's; struggle. |
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Non-Central Government structures in South Africa today |
Paper presented by Penuell M. Maduna for discussion at the African National Congress in-house seminar on Constitutional Guidelines for a future democratic South Africa, 1-4 March 1988 in Lusaka. |
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Politics and the armed struggle: the revolutionary army |
Paper delivered by Ronnie Kasrils on Umkhonto we Sizwe. Outlines the army's basic positions and the consequences and tasks which flow from them. |
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Politics and the army |
Paper delivered by Steve Tshwete to the African National Congress Department of Political Education Workshop in Lusaka, 23-28 February, 1988. Outlines the role of Umkhonto we Sizwe. |
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Constitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa |
Draft of Constitutional guideline for a democratic South Africa from the African National Congress Constitutional Committee. |
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The 1988 Municipal Elections |
Article on the 1988 municipal elections. It discusses the background information on what these elections will involve and why they are being held. Local Government in South Africa is also discussed. |
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A 3-phase counter revolutionary strategy |
Paper discussing a 3-phase counter revolutionary strategy. |
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The preliminary nature of the Constitutional document |
Paper covering rights and duties attached to property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom of speech, organisation and electoral activity with the need to combat the dissemination of racial and tribal hatred, devising an electoral system that will e |
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State of emergency |
Article by the United Democratic Front discussing the state of emergency. |
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A contribution from the Lusaka Regional Committee to the discussion initiated by Comrade Motshabi's memorandum |
The ANC Lusaka Regional Committee commenting on a memorandum by John Pule Motshabi entitled 'Comments and observations on the issues to be raised at the forthcoming consultative conference', dated December 1984 and dealing with tribalism and open membership. |
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Towards the reconstruction of South Africa: the constitutional dimension |
Paper by Albie Sachs presented as the Third Annual Ruth First Memorial Lecture in Maputo, 27 September 1985. Considers whether the struggle against apartheid is a national liberation struggle, or a struggle for civil rights. |
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What is a nation |
Discussion paper examining the term 'nation' and asking whether South Africa can be seen as a nation. Includes separate section on Language |
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Alternative Education |
Paper by Jack Simons on alternative education. Outlines an alternative education system for South Africa. |
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The situation in Katlehong |
In Katlehong the organisations in existence are ERAPO and Katlehong Youth League which has not affiliated to the United Democratic Front affiliates and other progressives. |
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Resistance politics will never be the same again... |
Article by the United Democratic Front on the seven-month state of emergency, leaders who were in detention or had gone underground to avoid detention were re-emerging and the former are recovering slowly from the effects of lengthy incarceration. |
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The United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s |
Summary of research proposal by Ineke van Kessel of the Department of Political and Historical Studies, African Studies Centre in Leiden. This research concentrates on the United Democratic Front and the crisis in South Africa in the 1980s. |