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Apartheid is a cancer in the body politic of the world |
The truth of the UDF slogan "UDF Unites - Apartheid Divides" was clearly borne out on Saturday as thousands of poeple from all over South Africa, representing over 400 organisations flocked to Cape Town . Image of Archie Gumede, one of the three presidents of the UDF salutes the crowd. |
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United Democratic Front affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress |
United Democratic Front affiliates called upon to intensify campaign to unban the African National Congress. |
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Campaign for National United Action: Christmas against the emergency December 16 to 26 |
Newspaper clipping regarding campaign for National United Action-christmas against the emergengcy December 16 to 26. UDF pledge themselves to ten days of united action in protest against apartheid and the state of emergency |
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A reply to J G Matthews' article: Africans and Non-European Unity |
I B Tabata's reply to an article by J G Matthews, of the African National Congress Youth League, on Africans and Non-European Unity. Published in Inkundla Ya Bantu, 22 October 1949. |
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The road to Oslo and beyond |
Article about Chief Albert Lutuli's Nobel Peace Prize award with extracts from the speech by Mr Gunnar Jahn, President of the Nobel Institute on the occasion of the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize in the Oslo University, 10 December 1961 and the acceptance speech by Chief Lutuli. |
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Should we participate in tri-cameralism? A position promoting the idea |
An article about whether or not to participate in a tri-cameralism, a writer starts off by saying that, entering parliament, is not a priniciple move, but rather a change of tactic and they remain committed to the realisation of the people's demands as stipulated in the Freedom Charter. |
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Transformation of the United Democratic Front |
A brief contribution to the ongoing discussion on the transformation of the United Democratic Front.It focuses on a number of issues which represents what could become the broad orientation of the United Democratic Front. |
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The Death Penalty |
This article discusses the abolishment of capital punishment. |
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The United Democratic Front and township revolt in South Africa |
This article discusses the United Democratic Front and township revolt in South Africa |
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Police community relations: a mediator's perspective |
Article by a mediator following efforts by President F.W.de Klerk to curb the use of excessive force by police stating the difficulties faced by public officials in the United States of America who coped with similar issues during the civil rights protests of the 1960's and 1970's. |
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'World Vision International: what is it up to in Southern Africa?' |
Article in which Jeffrey Marishane raises concerns regarding the real motives of the World Vision's presence in Southern Africa, in its history there are activities and links with mainly the United State military and intelligence community in the recent past and defferent parts of the world sugge |
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Transformation of the United Democratic Front into a new broad Front |
This article discusses the relevence of UDF, its future and the issue of UDF politics. |
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Call to whites Repression: Has the State of emergency really ended? |
The official state of emergency ended on March 7 1986, as in that month more people died than at any other time during the state of Emergency |
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Our Policy |
Our Policy: editorial in The Guardian, June 29, 1950. Discusses the suppession of Communism Bill |
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End Apartheid in 1951: New Year message |
End Apartheid in 1951: New Year message from Dr Yusuf Dadoo, President of the S A Indian Congress, published in The Guardian, January 11, 1951 |
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Land and national oppression |
This paper clearly describes the land rights of the natives in the Cape Colony from the Ordinance and up until the Ten Point Programme and discussing the problem of national oppression with regards to the social and economic conditions and the fact that the people of South Africa were landless, v |
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The wreckers if unity at work |
Draft of an article by I B Tabata about the Anti-Coloured Affairs Committee, responding to a statement by the same title by the All-African Convention. Intended for publication in Ikhwezi Lomso. |
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Editorial |
Draft editorial by I B Tabata, possibly for publication in Ikhwezi Lomso, on the current political situation in South Africa. |
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The Conference of the All-African Convention |
Draft of an article by I B Tabata, published in the January 1959 issue of Ikhwezi Lomso, about the Conference of the All-African Convention in December 1958. |
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The National Situation: the real problems of the liberatory movement 3 |
Draft of an article by I B Tabata on the political situation in South Africa and an alliance of the African National Congress, the Coloured People's Union and the South African Indian Congress. |