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Brian Murray du Toit collection, 1902-1996 3.25 Linear Feet

Du Toit, Brian M., 1935-

The collection consists of copies of speeches, public statements, press releases, memoranda, letters, church records, personal journals, travel documents, family photographs, kinship charts, field notes, manuscripts and related materials on the Inkatha Freedom Party and descendants of the Boers who left South Africa following the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The collection also includes materials on the Afrikaner Broederbond and the Dutch Reformed Church. Du Toit has used these materials in several published works, including three books on the Afrikaner diaspora: Colonial Boer: an Afrikaner Settlement in Chubut, Argentina (1995); Boer Settlers in the Southwest (1995); and The Boers in East Africa (1998).

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"Budget speech 1976 (committee stage)" [budget committee members of the KwaZulu Assembly], 1976-1976 Box 1, Folder 40

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Buthelezi and the Inkatha Freedom Party, 1928-1989

The series contains copies of speeches, public statements and political/historical writings by Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, president of the Inkatha Freedom Party (formerly Inkatha Yenkululeko Yesizwe, National Cultural Liberation) and chief minister of KwaZulu (1976-1994). The materials are arranged chronologically under two headings: Buthelezi, and Other documents on the Inkatha Freedom Party. Subjects covered in the materials include alliance among black political movements, debates over "peaceful" and "armed" struggle, socioeconomic well-being and access of black South Africans to education, etc. The speeches were delivered at different forums, including weekly church congregations, political rallies, round-table discussions, press conferences, and official government and party meetings. Public statements were released mainly through Inkatha's own Information Centre on South Africa and reflect Inkatha's official positions on a variety of South African issues during the struggle against the apartheid regime. Most of the materials were "EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY" [in capital letters].

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