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"Current Situation Inside Azania": The PAC Position "Current Situation Inside Azania": The PAC Position
Author: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaPublisher: Pan Africanist Congress of AzaniaFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
Free Zeph Mothopeng and All Political Prisoners in Azania Free Zeph Mothopeng and All Political Prisoners in Azania
Author: Nyati J. PokelaPublisher: PAC Observer Mission to the U.N.Date: 10/12/1981Volume Number: 12-OctFormat: TranscriptCollection: South Africa
Statement by Nyati J. Pokela, chairman, PAC Central Committee to the United Nations Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1987Volume Number: Issue 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Inside: PAC army attacks on the rise; Boers fear APLAs operational style; Townships become operational zones; How the PAC army was born and APLA in action.
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1987Volume Number: Issue 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Azanian People now know their enemy.
Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People\'s Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1986Volume Number: Issue 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original.
Azania Commando-supplement to Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Commando-supplement to Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Volume Number: Supplement 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original.
Azania Commando-supplement to Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) Azania Commando-supplement to Azania Combat- Official Organ of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA)
Publisher: PAC Military Wing (APLA/POQO)Year: 1987Volume Number: Supplement 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Special tribute to three APLA men who fell in the Bramley Battle
The Black Peoples' Convention (BPC)- South Africa: Historical Background and Basic Documents The Black Peoples' Convention (BPC)- South Africa: Historical Background and Basic Documents
Author: edited by Sipho ButheleziPublisher: Black Liberation PressFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
This monograph provides a basic history of the Black Peoples' Convention and contains a copy of their constitution.
Azapo: Azanian People's Organization- Constitution and Policy Azapo: Azanian People's Organization- Constitution and Policy
Author: Azanian Peoples OrganizationPublisher: Frank TalkFormat: MonographCollection: South Africa
The Constitution of the Azanian Peoples Organization. Also includes Azapo policy on Black Consciousness, Bantustans, Class and Race, Trade Unions and Local, National and International Relations.
Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania Solidarity- Official Organ of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania
Publisher: Publicity and Information Department of the B.C.M. (A)Year: 1986Volume Number: No. 13 FebruaryFormat: PeriodicalCollection: South Africa
Reproduction of the original. Inside: The Deception of the Botha-Malan Junta; South Africa- 1985 in Retrospect; The Meaning of the National Democratic Revolution and the Black Struggle in South Africa