September 2020

Some of the other personal collections

Some of the other personal collections Albie Sachs Collection The Albie Sachs Collection consists of the personal documents collected by the lawyer, writer, activist and former South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs.  We, the People SA hold a small selection of items digitised from the full physical collection housed at the UWC-Robben Island Museum …

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The ANC’s Negotiations Commission

The Structure of CODESA The ANC’s Negotiations Commission was set up to direct and manage the ANC’s position in the constitutional negotiations at CODESA and later the Multi-Party Negotiation Process (MPNP). It was responsible for developing negotiations positions, preparing delegates for meetings, and planning the process at CODESA. Its ultimate goal was the election of …

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Another right-wing threat – civil war in Bophuthatswana

The story of the civil war in Bophuthatswana 10 – 12 MARCH 1994 Kevin Carter / Getty Images The ‘FreedomAlliance’: This political coalition was made up of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), the AWB, the AVF, the CP and the Ciskei and Bophuthatswana homeland governments. These parties were united in their rejection of a unitary …

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