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to select its leadership and take political decisions, but it had not held such a meeting since its banning in 1960. In 1969, Tambo called the Morogoro conference – not strictly a national conference in terms of the ANC's rules, but rather a national "consultative" conference – in response to signs
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ur movement must reject all manifestations of militarism which separates armed people's struggle from its political context... The primacy of the political leadership is unchallenged and supreme and all revolutionary formations and levels (whether armed or not) are subordinate to this
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circulated a memorandum which reflected on the theme, "WHAT IS WRONG?", seeking to explain and address what he called "a deepgoing malaise such as we have never known before" in the movement, and concurring with many of the complaints in the Hani memorandum – though a response by
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and five other MK cadres, which criticised the "wrong policies and personal failures" of the ANC leadership. All the signatories to the memorandum were suspended, which provoked further outrage among MK members.
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In response to the Hani memorandum, the conference decided to reinstate Hani and the other six cadres who had been suspended, and it adopted a new "Strategy and Tactics" document, drafted by SACP leader
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On the internal front, the conference sought to address a growing malaise and malcontent, particularly among the rank-and-file of the ANC and MK. It also passed a
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in him. He ultimately remained acting president until his appointment as president was formally confirmed at the next consultative conference, held in
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government in 1960, and the Morogoro Conference was to become the first of three consultative conferences that the ANC held while in exile.
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Further submissions and responses by the African National Congress to questions raised by the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation
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Further submissions and responses by the African National Congress to questions raised by the Commission for Truth and Reconciliation
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Discussion at the conference confronted head-on the apparent malcontent in the ANC and MK ranks. In preparation for the conference,
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The conference was attended by over seventy delegates, and included representation for various ANC branches, various units of
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The conference resolved to open membership of the ANC to non-blacks, a decision unpopular with some of the ANC's staunch
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The consultative conference did not nominate and vote on the composition of the ANC
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African National Congress (1997). "Appendix: ANC structures and personnel".
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of "crisis" in the organisation, particularly in the ranks of
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had limited freedom of movement due to a series of government
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While operating inside South Africa, the ANC had held annual
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was a consultative conference held by the South African
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Index

African National Congress
Morogoro
Tanzania
apartheid
Umkhonto we Sizwe
apartheid
liberation movements
Organisation of African Unity
All-African Trade Union Federation
Tanganyika African National Union
National Union of Tanganyika Workers
South West Africa People's Organisation
Zimbabwe African People's Union
FRELIMO
MPLA
motion of confidence
Oliver Tambo
African National Congress
Southern Africa
Morogoro, Tanzania
Lusaka, Zambia
Albert Luthuli
banning orders
national conferences
Umkhonto weSizwe
South African Communist Party
Chris Hani
Ben Turok
Joe Matthews
Joe Slovo

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