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The power should derive from the people as a whole. They should then use that power to create the kind of South Africa they want.

— Oliver Tambo

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Our people are organising all over South Africa, and getting better all the time.

It is most important to bear in mind that the economy of South Africa is the bedrock on which rests the apartheid State machinery.

We are no longer asking for slight shifts in the official forms of domination by the white minority. We have travelled far beyond that point.

In our millions we have fought common battles together, recognising quite clearly that our strength lies in our unity.

I’m afraid so. That is not merely a decision by the ANC. It is dictated by the expectations of the people.

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