References

SAHA research materials – by theme

1. UDF Origins

LAUNCH OF THE UDF, 1983
The historic launch of the UDF in August 1983 has left its mark on SAHA’s collection of artefacts. The moment itself is captured in photos, transcripts and press cuttings. The nature of this new umbrella body is illuminated through a range of materials, including booklets and launch-related documents.

• AL2431 (UDF Collection)
  • A1.2.1-2 – National launch materials and UDF information booklet
  • A19.1 –Press cuttings about the UDF launch
  • A1.32.1 – UDF Media Committee UDF launch papers
  • A4.1 – Western Cape regional UDF launch papers
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 17I – Photos from the launch including Archie Gumede, Allan Boesak, Frances Baard, Leila Issel and crowd.
• AL2460 (Julie Frederikse Collection)
  • I30 – Transcripts of UDF launch

2. No Botha’s Deal

DON’T SUPPORT APARTHEID/ CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
The scourge of the Tricameral Parliament elicited anger and protest within the UDF and the democratic movement as a whole. This protest left a visual and written footprint that is to be found among SAHA’s collections. These materials track the campaign against the elections, as well as the elections themselves.

• AL2934 (Dawie Bosch Papers)
  • 4.1 – File of pamphlets, meeting notes, press clippings about the UDF’s Anti-Tricameral Parliament campaign
• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  • A1.13.1 – Statements and press releases by the UDF about the Tricameral elections
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 7A – Elections to the Tricameral parliament
  • 19B 7,8 – Police arresting demonstrators protesting against the elections to the Tricameral Parliament, 1984

RESIST BANTUSTAN VIOLENCE/SAAWU & BORDER REGION
The regional mobilisation under the UDF and in conjunction with SAAWU provides a number of interesting areas of archival investigation at SAHA. These include materials concerning the UDF, the Border Regions and the role of SAAWU during this and other periods.

• AL2431(UDF Records)
  • A1.32.6 – UDF Media Committee documents about the Border Regions
  • A1.32.7 – UDF Media Committee documents about the SAAWU Solidarity Campaign
  • A2 – Various documents related to the UDF Border Region including meetings, reports, correspondence, media pamphlets and newsletter
  • C2 – Border Region statements, reports, budgets, correspondence
• AL2457 (Original SAHA Collection)
  • 5.54 – SAAWU documents
• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  • D0149- UDF Border Region Sticker
• AL3051 (Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers)
  • F3.27 – Draft of article by Hilda “Women of the Borders” (undated)

3. Civics & community organisation

DON’T VOTE FOR COMMUNITY COUNCILS and COUNCILLORS NO HOUSES
The UDF’s protest against Black Local Authorities and its resistance to rent increases in the form of the rent boycott are memorable features of the year 1983. SAHA’s materials extend beyond the rent boycotts of 1983, and beyond the issues related to the Black Local Authorities in 1983. They reveal the recurrent nature of these themes throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  • A1.7.2 – Report on rent boycott
  • A1.13.3 – 1987 documents about rent boycotts
  • A1.13.5 – 1990 documents about rent boycotts
  • A5.5 – Press statements about rent boycotts (1990, 1991)
  • A1.13.1- Statements and press releases about Black Local Authority elections (1983/ 1984/ 1985)
  • A1.14.1- Policy Paper: “UDF and the Black Local Authorities”, Feb 1985
  • A4.15.2- Press cuttings about Black Local Authorities
  • 1.15.7- Notes on UDF National workshop on Black Local Authority and paper “The Crisis in Black Local Government”, 1990
• AL2566 (PLANACT Records)
  • 10.4- Paper on the crisis of the Black Local Authorities in the Transvaal
  • 24.5.6- Notes on the Black Local Authorities and the elections of 26 Oct 1988
  • 24.27.2- Report of the Central Witwatersrand Area Study with particular reference to the Black Local Authorities, 198
  • 24.38.5.1- Press cuttings on Black Local Authorities and rent boycotts

VAAL UPRISING/ BLOODY MONDAY
Nothing in SAHA’s Collections

4.  Repression

4.1 Imprisoning leaders and treason trials

UDF & CONGRESS- WE STAND BY OUR LEADERS/ DURBAN CONSULATE INCIDENT/ PIETERMARITZBURG TREASON TRIAL
SAHA’s materials concerning the crackdown on the UDF leadership in 1984 and the occupation by some of the UDF’s leadership of the British Consulate in Durban cluster around the Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial- the culmination of this wave of arrests. Here we have UDF statements, as well as valuable documentation related to the acquittal of the trialists.

• AL2431 (UDF Collection)
  • A1.13.1- statements and press releases about treason trials (Pietermaritzburg)
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 19A.33- protest outside British Consulate
    
  • 17H.11- UDF trialists after their release 10 December 1985
• AL2563 (Transvaal Indian Congress)
  • 6.1(a)- Press statements on acquittal of twelve Pietermaritzburg trialists
  • 15.3- Press cuttings on treason trials

THE DELMAS TREASON TRIAL
Photos, booklets, letters and newspaper clippings bring the historic Delmas Treason Trial to life within the SAHA collections. These items reveal the impact of the trial on the UDF, whose leadership suffered at the hands of the state, and the representation of the trial in the media at the time.

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  • A1.9.4- Statement issued by the UDF about the Delmas Treason Trial
  • A1.17.2- Letter by Delmas treason trialists
  • A1.18.9- draft of booklet on “The Delmas Trial”
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 21B- Delmas Treason Trial - photos of the accused and other photos
• AL2878 (Promotion of Access to Information Act Records)
  • 980 JB05993.03 TRC/Department of Justice- Original statement by Mr. Petrus Mokoena on the Delmas Treason Trial
• AL2424 (Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee Records)
  • H2- Document entitled “Another treason trial at Delmas”
• AL3080 (Noel Stott Papers)
  • B3- Newspaper clippings about the Delmas Treason Trial

4.2. Troops in the townships

TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS- ECC 1984/ TRANSVAAL STAYAWAY/ BLACK CHRISTMAS
The Vaal unrest of 1984, organised around the UDF stayaway and the ECC’s Troops out of the Townships campaign, is also commemorated at SAHA. This is most notable in the ephemera collection, where stickers and t-shirts tell of anger and frustration at the state’s military presence in the Vaal and beyond.

• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  • A121- T-shirt: “Troops out of the township, Stop the call up End Conscription Campaign” (ECC)
  • A269- T-shirt: “Troops out of the township” (ECC)
  • D0341- Sticker: “Sebokeng Soweto Kwanobuhle Tembisa…. TROOPS OUT NOW!” (ECC)

4.3. The State of Emergency

21st JULY 1985 STATE OF EMERGENCY
The declaration of the state of emergency in 1985 generated a wave of detentions and repressions. But another by-product of this imposition was a flood of discussion from various quarters about the impacts and repercussions of the State of Emergency on the democratic movement at large, and on the UDF in particular. Many of these documents, as well as contemporary photographs, are to be found at SAHA.

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  • A1.13.1- statements and press releases about the State of Emergency, 1985
  • A1.14.1- Discussion paper: “The tasks of the democratic movement during the State of Emergency”, Oct 1985
  • A1.18.10- Draft outline of a UDF book including a chapter on the history of the UDF since the declaration of the State of Emergency
• AL2693 (South African Labour Bulletin Records)
  • E1.1.1-29- Documents discussing the effects of the State of Emergency on industrial relations
  • G1.1-10- Review of the article “Effects of the State of Emergency on the Trade Unions”
• AL2563 (Transvaal Indian Congress Records)
  • 6.1(a)- Press statements on detentions and the State of Emergency, 1985
• AL3117 (Laura Pollecutt Papers)
  • A2.7.4- Discussion documents about the State of Emergency, 1985
• AL2956 (Emilia Potenza Records)
  • A2.8- “Democratic Movement under attack: A Report on the State of Emergency”, 1985
  • A10.2- UDF discussion paper: “The tasks of the Democratic Movement during the State of Emergency”- undated
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 28(1-7)- Photos of the film “Witness to Apartheid” which was filmed during the 1985 State of Emergency
  • 19A35- Candlelight vigil against the State of Emergency (undated)

The State of Emergency, 1988-1989
The fourth state of emergency, as an extension of 3 years of emergency conditions generated a large body of discussion. Most notably, SAHA’s collection of documents about the State of Emergency represents the thoughts of various sectors, from medicine, to politics, to urban planning about life under such conditions.

• AL3065 (Brian Currin Papers)
  • C1.1 (12)- Journal article: “Security management and urban upgrading under the State of Emergency: a case study of state strategy  in Mamelodi township,1986-1988” by Andrew Boraine.
• C16 (2)- Research document- the effects of the fourth State of Emergency
• AL3013 (Barbara Hogan Papers)
  • 17.13-UDF Discussion paper: “The tasks of the restructuring of national politics’ democratic movement during the State of Emergency” (undated)
• AL3182 (National Medical and Dental Association Records)
  • E4.2- Article: “The responsibility of doctors during the State of Emergency”- DJM McQuoid-Mason, 1988
• J4.3.7- Article: “Strategies of Repression in the State of Emergency” (undated)
• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  • D0335- Sticker: “Democracy yes State of Emergency No”
• D0197- Sticker: “State of Emergency license to kill” (undated)
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 19A35- Candlelight vigil against the State of Emergency (undated)

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY/ STATE OF EMERGENCY 1985/UITENHAGE MASSACRE/PEBCO 3
The state crackdown that framed the 1985 State of Emergency left pools of blood across the country. The state brutality of the Uitenhage (Langa) Massacre, and the murder of the Pebco Three are recorded at SAHA in photographs, on audio tapes/CDs and in TRC amnesty applications.

• AL3116 (Janet Cherry Papers)
  • D1.2- Short summary of the Uitenhage Massacre
  • I1.1- Memo on the Langa Massacre
• A2.2- Newspaper reports about the Pebco Three
• AL2460 (Julie Frederikse Collection)
  • I16-17- Transcript of interview about the Uitenhage Massacre
  • T259, T261- Langa Commemoration and Memorial service audio recording (tape and CD)
• AL2457 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 24(9)- Scene of the Langa Massacre
• AL3121 (Julian Knight and Rudolph Jansen Collection)
  • A4- Amnesty application for the murder of the Pebco Three
    
• AL2878 (Promotion of Access to Information Act Records)
  • A.2.4.1.11(W51)- Briefing notes (1985) and final report (1997) of the TRC Investigative Unit into the deaths of the Pebco Three

CRADOCK FOUR
SAHA holds within its collections a range of compelling material related to the death of the Cradock Four. These materials include photos of their funeral, newspaper clippings, documents relating to a memorial rally in their memory, the inquests into their deaths, TRC amnesty applications for the murders and other TRC documents.

• AL2460 (Julie Frederikse Collection)
  • A. Molly Blackburn transcript file- The transcript of a Mike Loewe interview with Blackburn on the evening she learnt of the death of the Cradock Four
  • A. Jo-Anne Bekker transcript file- Articles about the Cradock Four from the Black Sash Publication, Aug 1985
  • A. Mangezi Radebe transcript file- a reprint of article about the Cradock Four
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)      
  • 8Ea- Cradock Funeral
  • 16A.3- Molly Blackburn at Cradock Funeral
  • 18Dc,d- Cradock Funeral
• AL3121 (Julian Knight and Rudolph Jansen Papers)
  • E17- Inquest into the death of Cradock 4 and judgement
• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  • A4.12.2- Cradock 4 Memorial Rally Programme
• AL2878 (Promotion to Access of Information Act Records)
  • 320-323 A2.4.1.4
• AL3116 (Janet Cherry Papers)         
  • A2.3.2- Article about Amnesty Application for death of Cradock 4 (TRC)                 
  • 2.3.17- Article about UDF statement about Cradock Four (TRC)
  • A3- Record of meeting, hearing schedule, documents and newspaper clippings (TRC)
  • B1.3.2- Correspondence regarding Cradock Four Hearings (TRC)
  • F3.3.4.3- Article (TRC)
  • I6.2- Briefing Notes: The Cradock Four (TRC)

HANDS OFF COSATU- ATTACK ON COSATU HOUSE, 7 MAY 1987 (& KHOTSO HOUSE IN 1988)
The attack on COSATU House and the one on Khotso House a year later were given extensive coverage at the TRC. The mass of SAHA’s material on these fronts concerns amnesty applications by apartheid’s right-hand men for these counter-revolutionary acts. This material is augmented by a range of items about the Hands off COSATU campaign.

5. Women

FEDSAW LAUNCH DECEMBER 1984/ FEDTRAW WOMEN’S CONGRESS APRIL 1987
The launch of FEDSAW in 1987 and the FEDTRAW Women’s Congress in 1987, are two landmarks of the women’s movement in the 1980s. SAHA’s material related to these organisations provides broad insight into the activities of FEDSAW and FEDTRAW. It is a story told through pamphlets, photos and documents.

• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 17B 17-19- FEDSAW meeting and demonstration
  • 17B 20-21- CT FEDSAW meeting
• AL2457 (Original SAHA Collection)
  • I5- FEDSAW papers
  • I6- FEDTRAW papers
• AL3051 (Hilda & Rusty Bernstein)
  • C2.5- FEDSAW pamphlet by Hilda Bernstein “Women Organised” undated
• AL3109 (UDF Working Group on International Relations Records)
  • A2.2- FEDSAW material
• AL2563 (Transvaal Indian Congress Records)
  • 8.2 Women: FEDTRAW and FEDSAW items
• AL3080 (Noel Stott Papers)
  • A2.12- FEDTRAW items, 1987
• AL2564 (Five Freedoms Forum Records)
  • 13(b)- FEDTRAW documents
• AL3182 (National Medical and Dental Association Records)
  • C2.7- Two FEDTRAW documents, 1985-1987

6. Students/ Youth

• Organising students
• People’s Education
• Celebrate June 16
• SAYCO

7. Trade unions

COSATU LAUNCH
The presence of COSATU material in SAHA’s collections is as ubiquitous as COSATU’s presence on South African terrain since its inception in 1985. While such references are too vast to list, SAHA’s records from the day of COSATU’s launch provide an immediate visual entry point into that pivotal event.

• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 11Ga/12Ga- Jay Naidoo at COSATU launch, Durban, 1985
  • 11G b-d/ 13G b-d- COSATU launch and conference, Durban 1985
  • 11Gf/ 15Gf- Launch, Western Cape, March 1986

8.  People’s Power

8.1 Build street and block committees

ALEX SIX DAY WAR/ PEOPLE’S ORGANISATION IN MAMELODI
SAHA holds little material related to the Alex Six Day War. The Photo Collection, however, records a service for those who died, attended by members of the Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee, one of the UDF’s affiliates.

• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 17G6-11- JODAC members at a service for those who died in the Alex Massacre

8.2 Build the front

MAY DAY- UDF/COSATU
SAHA’s collection of material related to May Day is most striking in that it is mainly of a highly visual nature. Badges, stickers, photos and leaflets populate our collections in tribute to May Day celebrations by the UDF and COSATU. The strong ties between the UDF and COSATU, which became more notable as the UDF came under increasing state repression, is implicit to this story and these items.

• AL2957 (Ismael Vadi Collection)
  • A6.12- COSATU May Day leaflet
• AL2431 (UDF Collection)
  • A8.6- ‘May Day Rally: Witbank’
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  • 13Ak- UDF May Day poster 1984
  • 17H 13,14- UDF May Day celebration
• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  
  • DO311- COSATU May Day sticker
    
  • C121- UDF May Day Badge
    
  • A213- COSATU May Day t-shirt
    
  • A282- COSATU May Day t-shirt
    
  • D0011- COSATU May Day sticker

ZAPIRO UDF CALENDER 1987/ MDM
As one of the most accessible commentators on South African politics, Zapiro’s presence is felt at SAHA in a dedicated collection of his cartoons. The Mass Democratic Movement, too, has an extensive presence in SAHA’s collections. The extent of these MDM materials is indicative of the MDM’s amorphous nature, which was linked intimately to the banning of the UDF.

ZAPIRO:

• AL3129 (Zapiro Cartoons 1994-2004)
  
  • A collection of Zapiro cartoons about the TRC
    
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection) 
  
  • 13Ae- Zapiro cartoon from an issue of South
    
• AL3060 (State vs. PW Botha)
  
  • 39.3- Zapiro cartoon

MDM:

• AL2431 (UDF Collection)
  
• AL2566 (PLANACT Collection)
  
• AL2424 (JODAC Collection)
  
• AL2457 (Original SAHA Collection)
  
• AL3109 (UDF Working Group on International Relations)
  
• AL2597 (Ismael Vadi Collection)
  
• AL3116 (Janet Cherry Collection)
  
• AL3182 (National Medical and Dental Association Records)
  
• AL2425 (South African Youth Congress Collection)
  
• AL2563 (Transvaal Indian Congress Collection)
  
• AL2421 (NIC Collection)

UNBAN THE ANC/ THE UDF’S OFFICIAL ADOPTION OF THE FREEDOM CHARTER
While the UDF only officially adopted the Freedom Charter in 1988, it was a prominent feature of the long struggle history that gave rise to the Charterist Movement. SAHA’s Freedom Charter material is extensive. This includes ephemera, analyses, commemorative items celebrating the 30 year anniversary of the charter in 1985, and perhaps most significantly, documents about the Freedom Charter by one of its authors, Rusty Bernstein.

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  
  • A1.17.9- Adopt the Freedom Charter Campaign documents
    
  • A1.25.2- Information package: UDF and the Freedom Charter; various articles about the Freedom Charter
    
  • A1.26.8- Freedom Charter workshop papers (1985), articles, copies of the Freedom Charter and pamphlets
    
  • A1.11.5- Speech on “Worker and the Freedom Charter”
    
  • A1.13.3- Statements and press releases about the Freedom Charter Campaign, 1987
    
• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  
  • A3- Freedom Charter t-shirt
    
  • A176- T-shirt: “30th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter”
    
  • A144- T-shirt: “The Freedom Charter- Freedom Day 26 June Unban the ANC”
    
  • D0074- Sticker: “The People Shall Govern! The Freedom Charter for People’s Power, 26 June 1987 UDF”
    
  • D0124- Sticker: “Freedom Charter the People Shall Govern! June 26 ’55-’85, 30 years”
    
  • D0375- Sticker: “Long live the Freedom Charter ANC viva la carta de liberdade”
    
• AL3051 (Hilda and Rusty Bernstein Papers)
  
  • V1- Political Literature: The Freedom Charter
    
  • V1.1- Fighting Talk article “The Freedom Charter”
    
  • V1.3- Dave Everett: Feedback on the Freedom Charter, 28 November 1989
    
  • V1.4- Draft, handwritten recital notes of the Freedom Charter
    
  • X1.8- Correspondence: to Dave Everett re the Freedom Charter, 28 November 1989
    
  • Y1- Original Freedom Charter pamphlet and poster of the Congress of the People
    
• AL2563 (Transvaal Indian Congress Records)
  
  • 4.2(a)i- Freedom Charter Campaign documents
  • 15- Press cuttings about the Freedom Charter
    
• AL2956 (Emilia Potenza Records)
  
  • A3.37- UDF newsletter: “UDF focus on the Freedom Charter”
    
  • A12.16- Social Studies article: “30 Years of the Freedom Charter”
    
  • A12.33- The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People in June 1955
    
• AL2564 (Five Freedoms Forum Records)
  
  • 11.1(e)- Paper: “The Freedom Charter and education” by NJ McGurk
    
• AL2424 (Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee Records)
  
  • G4- JODAC Freedom Charter Committee documents, including speeches and opinion pieces
    
• AL3080 (Noel Stott Papers)
  
  • B4.2- Article on the Freedom Charter
    
• AL3013 (Barbara Hogan Papers)
  
  • 1.1.11- Freedom Charter flyer
    
• AL3117 (Laura Pollecutt Papers)
  
  • D16.11- Booklet: “Until we have won our liberty. Thirty years of the Freedom Charter”
    
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  
  • 19G11- Freedom Charter demonstration, 1955
    
• AL2457 (Original SAHA Collection)
  
  • H16- Freedom Charter Committee documents
    
• AL2460 (Julie Frederikse Collection)
  
  • I12- Transcripts of a Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee panel discussion on the Freedom Charter, chaired by Tom Waspe, circa 1985

9. Defiance

THE DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN:

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  
  • A8.2.4- Attendance register and report by the Defiance Campaign Committee, 30 Sep 1989
    
  • A8.7- Defiance Campaign Workshop report, 30 Nov 1989
    
  • AL 2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
    
  • 19A 19,20- Defiance Campaign march to John Vorster Square, Johannesburg, 15 Sep 1989
    
  • 19A 21,22- Defaince Campaign march, Cape Town, 13 Sep 1989
    
  • 19H 7- Religious leaders at Defiance Campaign March, Johannesburg, Sep 1989
    
• AL2719 (Centre for South-South Relations)
  
  • J1.3- Photo of Defiance Campaign protest with Trevor Manuel, 1989
    
  • J1.5-6- Photos of protestors during the Defiance Campaign, 1989
    
• AL2957 (Ismail Vadi Papers)
  
  • A3.18; A3.32; A3.38- SADTU draft of defiance campaign document, Southern Transvaal region
    
• AL2564 (Five Freedoms Forum Records)
  
  • 6.2(j)- Defiance Campaign material
    
• AL2424 (Johannesburg Democratic Action Committee Records)
  
  • F2- Document of Mass Democratic Movement Defiance Campaign 1989

THE CONFERENCE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE (CDF):

• AL3013 (Barbara Hogan Papers)
  
  • 1.15.1- Press statement: the launch of CDF 16 Aug 1989
    
  • 1.19.4- Address by Walter Sisulu at CDF 9 Dec 1989
    
• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  
  • B1-15- Conference documents, statements, list of delegates, media, finance and other items
    
• AL2957 (Ismail Vadi Papers)
  
  • A10.10-10.13; A10.15-16; A14.127; A14.80- various conference documents including briefing, resolution, photograph and others
    
• AL3182 (National Medical and Dental Association Records)
  
  • B3.2.2; J2.5.2- Various CDF documents
    
• AL3109 (UDF Working Group on International Relations Records)
  
  • C1.7- CDF document
    
• AL3080 (Noel Stott Papers)
  
  • A3.2.6- Publication of the resolutions of CDF
    
• AL2540 (SAHA Ephemera Collection)
  
  • A206- CDF t-shirt
    
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  
  • 17F 1-10- CDF photos including Desmond Tutu, Beyers Naude, Allan Boesak, Walter Sisulu, Mkhuseli Jack
    
• AL2418 (Progressive Teachers’ League Records)
  
  • J2.2- Resolution on education crisis taken at CDF
    
• AL3116 (Janet Cherry Papers)
  
  • G3.2.49- Article about CDF from Letsetse: The Flea (Publication of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania)
    
• AL2421 (Natal Indian Congress Records)
  
  • E2- Mass Democratic Movement discussion papers for CDF
    
• AL2517 (ANC Women’s Section Records)
  
  • 1.2.24- CDF resolution on children

10.  Victory

THE RELEASE OF NELSON MANDELA
Given Mandela’s prominent and iconic place in South Africa’s struggle history, it is natural that archival items concerning the nation’s first democratically-elected president abound. SAHA also houses a range of materials which focus specifically on February 1990 and the aftermath of his release from prison. They celebrate his release and reflect an awareness of a new political landscape.

• AL3103 (Barbara Hogan Papers)
  
  • 1.19.6- Raymond Suttner speech “Unbanning and release of Mandela”, Feb/March 1990
    
  • 17.17- UDF document: “Unbanning and release of Mandela: new conditions and new tasks” (undated)
    
• AL2547 (SAHA Photo Collection)
  
  • 1Cj- Rally to celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela, Jabulani, Soweto, 11 Feb 1990
    
  • 1Ck- Rally to celebrate the release of Nelson Mnadela, Durban, 25 Feb 1990
    
  • 1Cl- Nelson Mandela with three schoolboys soon after his release, Johannesburg, Feb 1990
    
  • 1Cm- Nelson Mandela at Welcome Home Rally 13 Feb 1990
    
  • 16B28b- Nelson with Winnie Mandela, 1990
    
  • 27 (9)- Jubilation at the time of Mandela’s release
    
• AL2431 (UDF Collection)
  
  • A1.11.7- Mandela’s speech upon his release from prison, 11 Feb 1990
    
• AL2460 (Julie Frederikse Collection)
  
  • T460- Audio recording of SABC Radio RSA Broadcast of Nelson Mandela’s release, 11 Feb 1990

THE DISSOLUTION OF THE UDF

The materials housed at SAHA which chart the UDF’s life are countless. By contrast, records relating to the UDF’s disbandment are small. But this lone document provides the last act to the UDF story and a telling backdrop to the times.

• AL2431 (UDF Records)
  
  • A.1.13.6- Statement of the NEC of the UDF announcing its dissolution, 15 Aug 1991

GALLERY

TIMELINE

THEMES:

• Origins
• Botha's Deal
• Civics
• Repression
• Women
• Students
• Trade Unions
• People's Power
• Defiance
• Victory