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Papers of Amina Cachalia
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Correspondence relating to Amina Cachalia

Including: Copy of a letter by Achmed Kathrada from Pollsmoor Maximum Prison, 12 June 1988.

Copy of a letter by NBC News to Nelson Mandela at Victor Verster Prison, 18 January 1990.

Copy of a letter by President Nelson Mandela to Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, 3 December 1994.

Letter by Lana Danielle Jacobson to Rica Hodgson, 17 May 2000.

Faxed letter by Alexandra Clinic to Nelson Mandela, 25 July 2002.

'The World in Soweto'

Project proposals, correspondence, organizational documents, brochures; including the speech by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the project on the 1 December 1995.

Various activities

Documents relating to some of the many political and social engagements of Amina Cachalia, including:

Minutes of a meeting of the Women Caucus, regarding USAID funding, 4 November 1987.

Invitation and Programme to attend the International Visitor Program in the United States of America, sponsored by the United States Information Agency, April-May 1989.

International Women's Day Conference of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW), 10/11 March 1990.

Invitation to participate in the Women's National Coalition, 15 July 1992.

Minutes of a meeting of the Walter Sisulu 80th Birthday Fund Raising Committee, 9 March 1992.

Copy of a confirmation note to participate in a committee to organize the first Veterans Party hosted by President Nelson Mandela in 1994, honoring the veterans of the liberation struggle.

Project proposal for a Kwakhayale Ndaba (Home of Heritage) Veteran's Centre, inspired by Amina Cachalia and a body of people from various sectors.

Project proposal for a Veteran Heroe's Acre, born from discussions held between Amina Cachalia and Nelson Mandela.

Copy of a letter sent to the Chief Executive Officer, WIP regarding Amina Cachalia's involvement with a partnership between Ghaleb and a firm of German management consultants, 12 September 1997.

Project proposal for a Wall of Remembrance, initiated by Nelson Mandela and Amina Cachalia, 2002.

Interview with Amina Cachalia, interviewer and context unknown, 28 September 2004.

Invitation to attend the international conference "Women for the Economic Recovery of Africa", organized by the Parliament of South Africa, 4-7 May 2006.

Papers of Amina Cachalia

  • ZA HPRA A3278
  • Fonds
  • 1885 - 2006

The collection contains personal and historical documents, correspondence, photos, wishing cards and newspaper clips.

Cachalia, Amina

Various documents, pamphlets, cards and print matter

Few newsletters, pamphlets, newspaper excerpts and brochures spanning the period between 1944 to the post-Apartheid era, providing a selection of a wide range of issues of South African politics, amongst others:

Pamphlets calling for Mass protest from the years 1944, 1962, 1990s; copies of newspaper clips about nationwide Pass protests by African women in 1958; the Quarterly magazine of the ANC (SA) Women's section Voice of Women of 1982; FEDTRAW News' Natinal Women's Day Edition, August 1987; various flyers; Newspaper clip claiming that Nelson Mandela had signed over power of attorney to an American businessman Mr Robert J Brown, and a typed declaration denying this, dated 29 July 1988; Fax message from Heidi Holland to film maker Mike Dutfield, encouraging a documentary about Winnie Mandela, citing an interview with Thandi Modise relating to affairs of the ANC Women's League; postcards, stickers and the South African National Anthem; commemorative brochure about the work of the British Defence & Aid Fund (BDAF); "Renaissance as Reconstruction and other themes" by Devaki Jain, published by the SA NGO Coalition (SANGOCO), signed by the author for Amina Cachalia, 1998; Happy Birthday card for Nelson Mandela's 80th birthday, July 1998; exhibition brochure "Rivonia heroes" by Cui Ning, in honour of the Rivonia Trailists, 2004; excerpts from the manuscript of a book about Bram Fischer, by Stephen Clingman.

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