Transcriptions

The transcriptions contained within this collection encompass all of the roles that Mr Mandela filled both before and during his retirement. This is an ongoing exercise as we continually identify additional speeches made by Mr Mandela. Every speech is verified prior to accessioning.

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Nelson Mandela’s address to the people of Cape Town on his election as President of South Africa

ZA COM MR-S-175
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1994-05-09

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Rally at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to celebrate Mandela's election as President

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

Address to the International Labour Conference

ZA COM MR-S-038
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1990-06-08

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Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

The struggle is my life : Press statement issued on 26 June 1961

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26 June 1961

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This statement, issued after the positive response to a three day strike, announces a second phase in the fight against Verwoerd, a country-wide campaign of non-cooperation, and announces a National Convention. It also explains his decision, in accordance with the advice of the National Action Council, to carry on his political work underground rather than leaving the country or giving himself up for arrest to a government he did not recognise.

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

Unite! Mobilise! Fight on! Between the anvil of united mass action and the hammer of the armed struggle we shall crush Apartheid!

ZA COM MR-S-012
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1980

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Occasion: Mandela's call after the Soweto uprising of 1976
Presentation notes:
This message was Mandela's call after the Soweto uprising of 1976. It was published by the ANC on 10 June 1980, with an introduction by O R Tambo, President of the ANC at the time.

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

I am prepared to die : Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial

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20 April 1964

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In this, the opening of the Defence case, Mandela states that his experiences in South Africa and his pride as an African underlie his actions. He details how and why Umkhonto we Sizwe was formed and what its strategies were. He also responds to the allegations of the State one by one and includes an explanation of both his ideological influences and his ideals.

Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla

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