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Draft of speech Struggle (Image 3)

The Nelson Mandela Foundation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation
Johannesburg, South Africa

This item consists of six pages of notes Nelson Mandela appears to be preparing for a speech, possibly to mark the anniversary of South Africa’s transition to democracy.

The third of six pages consists of notes made by Mandela, in which it appears he is preparing for a speech, possibly to mark the anniversary of South Africa's transition to democracy. In this note he discusses the role of all people and groups in the struggle to end apartheid.

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  • Title: Draft of speech Struggle (Image 3)
  • Date: 2001/2001
  • Original Language: English
  • Transcript:
    visited the shrine almost every week and continue to do so. 8 The struggle in this country raged for sometime before the Bantu-speaking people entered the fray. But because of their large numbers in comparison with the Khoisan groups, of their advanced social organisation and better weapons their resistance against white invasion was fierce and there were often disasters and humiliation on the part of white aggressors. 9 I have said earlier that Autshumayo had a distinction in history none of us can justly claim. He is the only prisoner who was able to escape from the Island. A remarkable feat indeed. 10 Throughout the struggle for liberation, especially from the early 50s, S.A. jails became a beehive of political prisoners from different sections of the liberation movement – from the ANC, CPSA, Cosatu, from the P.A.C., Azapo, the Liberal Party and Unity Movement. They
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  • Type: Diary/Calendar
  • Repository: Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
  • Reference code: 11
  • Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Deposited by Nelson Mandela
  • Finding aids: Finding aid available
  • Extent and Medium: 6 handwritten pages, 1 page
  • Creator: Mandela, Nelson
  • Conditions governing reproduction: Copyright held by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
  • Conditions governing access: Access by permission of the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory
  • Collection: Notebooks and Notes, 1990 - 2001
The Nelson Mandela Foundation

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