---11^ 1 Jb<l V 1 l j W 'J ! 04?The situation in South Africa is developing, it it not

- rtatic and events change according to the political situation. Vow interviews Comrades Mitta Seper^pere and Dulcie September on this aspect particularly on

- the events that brought about South Africa’s Women’s Day. (August 9th, 1956-1981)Q . Th* political situation in South Africa is developing

and becoming more complex by the day. How do 5* ' you tee in such a situation, the developing role o f

w o n e n o f South Africa in this complex strugglet

"A . The Coup in Portugal in 1974, which brought about >v the liberation o f Angola and Mozambique in 1975

and the achievement o f independence by Zimbabwe ‘ ‘ in 1980 were events that the racist regime in

Pretoria saw as a threat to Apartheid and the survival o f the white man in that country, because the balance o f forces had shifted in favour o f our

' liberation movement. There is also mountingpressure on the regime internally and internationally to do away with Apartheid and bring about meaning-

" ful changes. The commercial and industrial stri­kes that are sweeping the country, the school boy­cotts by African, Coloured and Indian students supported by their parents, the bus-boycotts and the attacks by the cadres o f Umkhonto-we-Sizwe on the chief installations inside the country, all these

' events are sending panic in the ranks o f the enemy.In order to defuse this explosive situation the regime had to work out a formula - not for the eradication o f Apartheid but for its preservation. It saw its survival in the use o f the army and the police, in the creation o f the so-called African middle-class.The racists see this petty-bourgeois class as their allies in case o f a confrontation with the oppressed majority. The regime sees also the solution to the problems confronting it in the “ Constellation o f States” policy for the political and economic domi­nation o f the Southern African States and the abolition o f the so-called petty-apartheid.The situation in South Africa is made even more complex by the election o f Reagan as President . o f the United States. South Africa has seen in Reagan a saviour o f the white man in that country. Reagan has promised closer co-operation with Pretoria, the exchange o f military personnel, and of course continued supply o f arms to the racists, in

-^.defiance o f the United Nation resolution. The supply o f nuclear equipment and technology by th* imperialist countries headed by the United States, poses a serious threat to peace not only to the Front Line States or Africa but to the world as a whole - peace which the progressive forces the world over are doing everything possible to preserve for the survival o f mankind.However, our people inside the country have not stood idly by. They have responded positively against the manouevres o f the racist regime. They are not bluffed by the cosmetic changes brought about to lull them. In fact they see this as the intensification o f their oppression, hence the militancy o f our people has increased tremendously. Recent years have seen a nationwide upsurge o f organised resistance. Our women have not lagged behind, they have participated fully in the fight against increased rents, school and bus-boycotts, strikes, forced removals for the consolidation o f the Bantustans and from the squatter camps, and recently the Anti-Republic Day celebrations, which were boycotted by various organisations. There is no better way the women can develop their role

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Q. August 9th is a great day, not only to the women o f South Africa, but to everybody in the country. What do you say is the aftermath of August 9th and what are we benefitting today from that eventt

A. The Goat March to Pretoria by 20,000 women to protest against the extension o f passes to African women was organised by the Federation o f South African Women, which was formed two years earlier by the women o f South Africa i.e. Africans, Coloureds, Indians and progressive Whites and the African National Congress Women’s League. The formation o f the Federation o f the South African Women was a milestone in the history o f the struggle o f the oppressed and exploited women in our country. The achievement o f their unity was manifested on August 9th. That unity was main­tained thereafter until this day. After this demons­tration August 9th was observed by the people o f South Africa as South Africa Women’s Day. Toda; this day is not only recognised by the people o f South Africa but by the progressive forces the wor over and now it is recognised by the United Natioi This is a exeat achievement indeed.

The second lesson we learnt from August ytn was organisational work. To ensure the success o f the demonstration it was important that enough time should ’-e given to the organisers, who took nine months to make the necessary preparations. This involved the printing o f petitions, arrangements fo. transport, catering and so on. This is a very important lesson for revolutionaries, to learn to dt their work in time and not leave things until the last hour.

The third lesson we learnt was the necessity for co­operation from our menfolk. On that day the men's place was in the kitchen. They cooked and looked after the children. Were it not for the hundred percent cooperation displayed by our men, many o f the women would have failed to participate. Thougl men had always given the women moral support by attending their meetings and conferences, on this da; August 9th the support was both moral and physica

Q. Given the traditional rote o f women in society, do you see that participation involving in the struggle, especially in this 25th anniversary o f August 9th?

A. I would say, unlike women in other parts o f Africa the African woman in South Africa is gradually breaking from the traditional role she plays in

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|todety. We can attribute thi> development to the tfollowing factorsfirs tly the early industrialisation o f the counfriO 1 0

th® discovery o f gold and diamonds saw an ^nflux o f rural wome to these mining areas, which £ooner or later were transformed into big towns. !»Secondly the passing o f a string o f discriminatory and

oppressive laws designed to keep the African in a : state o f poverty, so that African men continue to |J»eU their labour power to commerce and industry, j while their women do domestic work for the boss. Where there is suppression there is always reaction.

• . I t is the oppression and exploitation perpetrated by ^ th 0 racist regime that is forcing the African woman :; to discard her traditional role and throw in her lot . in the national liberation struggle. This point is

clearly illustrated by the extension o f the pass laws to the African woman. I f there is any Apartheid law which had made it possible for the African woman to join the African National Congress en masse it was the Pass Laws. No matter whether the African woman wants to continue to play her traditional role or not the Apartheid system will chase her out o f that kitchen. Today more and more women are fighting the increase in rent and bus-. •, because these increases are hitting her direcfty. The cost o f living is growing by the day, this forces the African woman to fight for higher wage and go on strike. Take also the case o f the raral woman; for years she thought she was leading a semi-normal life, but when the regime started culling her cattle she realised that she and her children are going to starve. She was up in arms against that piece o f legislation. Many rural women played a significant role in the fight against pass Laws, Bantu Authorities Act and so on, and many have gone to jail. Rural women are resist­ing forced removals from the lands occupied by their forefather* for decades. Take the squatters o f Crossroads, when they were threatened with removal to the Bantustans they fought back and were victorious. These women can never look back, because they have realised that to fight for their rights is the only solution to their problems.

■jrt like to add that the racists never learn aI w ' . w -------------- ------- ------- —-lesso.* ..For instance, the introduction o f Bantu Education, was to make an African a better hewer o f wood and a drawer o f water for the white man. The regime was proved wrong by the events o f June 16th, 1976. Now the regime does not realise that by endorsing the people out o f the urban area into the Bantustans it is exporting revolutionary militancy into the Bantustans, because the so-called superflous appendages were once trade unionists and members o f the liberation movements, who would encourage the rural woman more and more to discard her traditional role and involve herself in the struggle and I see more and more women jetting involved as we commemorate the 25th anniversary o f South Africa Women’s Day, especially that women in exile are observing the day in a most befitting manner i.e. re-organising themselves wd it is only when they are organised that they :an be able to help and guide the women inside -he country.

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the enemy on all fronts. Given thit, would you com ment on the role o f women and her economic

^ muscle within the nationol liberation struggle ( historical and introspective?)

A. As I said earlier that our women had participated fully in the political and economic struggle waged by the African National Congress and the South African Congress o f Trade Unions respectively. We have some o f our women who played and others who are playing a leading role in the Trade Union movement.. Many o f the leading women trade unionists have been jailed, tortured and send into banishment. In exercising Her economic muscles it is worth mentioning that the 1946 Miners Strike was made successful by women selling fat cakes wrapped in leaflets calling the miners to go on strike. In all the Stay-at homes, and strikes, demanding better working conditions and higher wages the African woman has played an active part. In the recent strikes even at work-places w where the majority o f workers are women, strikes * * have been called. Another powerful weapon used ^ by our women is the boycott o f products manu- - t factured in industries, whose workers are on stri- w ke, like the boycott o f red meat in the Cape, in sympathy with the workers. As the struggle intensifies more and more women will exercise not only their economic muscle but their military muscles as well, because many o f our young women have equipped themselves and are ready to meet the enemy on the battle front.

Our people are engaging the enemy on all fronts. Umkhonto we Sizwe is striking right at the very heart o f racism - remember Sasol, the numerous railway lines, police stations to the sub-station in Durban, the Defence Recruiting Place, and many other successful operations launched by the peoples Army.All the people in South Africa are calling for the release o f Nelson Mandela and all political prisoners. They regard Nelson Mandela and his colleagues as the true leaders o f South Africa and not those who are in government and in all kinds o f racist organi­sations like the Presidents* Council. The youth of South Africa are leaving to join the ANC because they realise that they cannot go on facing the racist regime with sticjcs, stones and dust bin lids. They must take the struggle to a higher level by facing the racists with a gun.

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There are numerous itrikes going on in South Africa by the exploited workers. Many o f these n ] itrikes have been successful and the bosses were ^ ‘ forced around the negotiating table and forced to make concessions.In many o f these (trikes women have played a leading role. One has but to think o f strikes like Pveready Batt<yies, Sea Harvest, Rainbow Chickens

j j The women have brought to a standstill and gained concessions.

'Hie working people in particular and the women in particular must realise that to apply economic muscle can make changes in working conditions.This we have observed generally in the past.Women must get together in the factories even more than they do now to oppose the exploitation o f the bosses. And where there are cases o f the man and breadwinner being on strike, women must have patience and support their husbands because, just as the economic muscle is important for women, it is also important for men, and men and women must unite against the bosses for a better living.The people in the church, students, workers, mothers, fathers and children, are all up in arms against the racist regime. We want that racist regime destroyed so that we can bring a people’s government into being and so that the just demands o f the Freedom Charter can become a reality.

!. South African women have produced a string o f dedicated leadership.. Could you com m ent on some o f the leadership qualities that some o f them dis­played, give example, e.g. Florence Matomela and Francis Board. ( Aspire to, imitate, copy from.)

• A good leader will always put the interests o f t'-e people first, before she even thinks o f her own.Above all a leader should know that she is no master or dictator but a servant o f the people. She must be prepared to be subjected to criticism and self-cnticism. There should always be mutual con­sultation between the people she leads and herself.At all cost she should uphold the principles o f democracy i.e. she must abide by the decision of the majority and has no right to change that deci­sion because she is a leader. A revolution is nota bed o f roses. It has many pitfalls and hardships.

. A good leader will face up to those hardships with* less complaints. Just to illustrate one or two

points. I remember two incidents, which made an indelible impression on me. During the State o f Emergency some o f the detainees in Kimberley were charged with incitement for burning their passes. Mary Letele, the wife o f Dr. Letele had to arrange for their defence, but unfortunately the father took ill in Cape Town. Mary had to leave for Cape Town. While there she met members o f the Quakers organisation to raise funds for the defence. After few days Mary’s father died. Mary did not stay to mourn the death o f her father, but said to members o f her family ‘ this one is dead I must go back to Kimberley to save those who are •till alive’. She came back and made arrangements for the defence o f the accused and afterwards went back for the funeral.When Helen Joseph was going round the country visiting the banished people I accompanied her on her tap to Frenchdale and Driefontein, in the

nJlfT iT ’j JO€ Morolong, who was with Helen 016 tune had 40 arrange for a van, because

” u ■■■• u|xu u Lieback. At one stage I complained about the bad

0 4 A roads ^ ^ e dust- Helen immediately interrupted me to say that everything was alright I realised that in a revolution one is not suppoaed to compla I learnt a lesson, I n ever complained again. I thini those two examples are worth emulating.I happen to spend 5 yean In prisons in South Africa with the late Florence Matomela and Fnrncii Baard and Dorothy Nyembe.Florence Matomela suffered from diabete*.^ to go into diabetic comas quite often ^ h e

Proper medical JreatmeS „o r ^ she placed on a special d ie t As a matter o f fact *

w o ^ yfs r r ? o ht 'ssszrBut in spite o f the treatment that was meetad out

£ i d f ’ S i f ? ! “ f 1* 1 h m elf digmty and i J f ’ w t K a strong character which made

T L y L ie ™ £he COnfr°nted * * prison offidals

* year * Solitary confinement Smce her involvement in 1948 in the

work o f the ANC. Francis spent most o f her t L e

1969 sh°eUt ° f r \ Qn being reIea5ed from jail in 1969 she was bamshed to a place where she had no fnends or relatives

,l? ' had much through imprison-ment, banishment and solitary confinement her

M rjav *- ?eing at the hT h m n° way did ^ e suffer-'Dorothy Nyembe was ̂̂I know that the treatment' th .*0 *** released in prison would have marip h received inmined woman to cany on ‘Im a ? T ° ' e deter‘ •PS will change thatnsOTe St™esle. Noth-

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struggle in their names. ’ earey on the

Q ‘ ™ * l P ° ! lUCa! titu e tio n an<* clim ate in 1956 hod its

tU to the aa7 ' U 1 St? - D ° >0U ° ny ’t0 the P o lit ica l situation then and now I f

m .ld in ei9 US h6 at err ^ D ° y ° U t te tke used in 1956 oppUcable to the situation today ?

r n T NationaJist Party came into power inTra“ y oppressive “ «* discriminatory

a . <1* I ** Bantu lo c a t io n Act. BantukJln « ! ' many ° thers- • “ designed toKeep the African as a perpetual slave for the

^ thS protest ^ demonstration against these laws have fallen on the deaf ears o f

S U t u ^ n ' ° f reTnoving ^ e ® from theStatute Book the racist regime has intensified° n m° re v^8°r°usly. Although we are

still fighting against the same laws today, it does

ta 19sT L U' e P01* ^ “'tuation that prevailed in 1956 is the same as the situation today, for thesimple reason that in that period the African

Qperating *««■“ * hence it could call the people to mass action like in the Defiance Campaign, Potato Boycott, Anti-pass

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* From page 10\s * o r\/--campaigns and so on. But the Declaration o f the U

State o f Emergency in I960, which was followed* by the banning o f the African National Congress 'J. completely changed the *ituation and the methods i . 'o f struggle, because the organisation had now to ? under illegal conditions. During the period

between 1912 and 1960 the ANC was waging a non- vj. violent struggle. The African National Congress had

achieved nothing by this method and here the racist* had closed all avenues o f protest. The solu-

£•■ tion was the formation o f the military wing o f the f .. ANC Umkhonto-we-Sizwe in 1961, which embarked

on the Sabotage campaign. The people's resistance was met with terror and brutality by the fascists police. The detention without trial law was passed. Many o f our people were detained, tortured and

:• murdered in jail and these acts o f open terror still continue unabated.The regime sees the solution to the people’s griev ances in the use o f the army and the police, like during the Soweto Uprisings, when our children were murdered in cold-blood. The regime sees the solution to the people’s problems in the acts o f agg«~ssian against the Front Line States, in order to. ‘abilise them. The frequent raids into the Peeves Republic o f Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Botswana, nnder the pretext o f hot pursuit o f the freedom fighters is pure provocation. The training o f dissidents, and counter-revolutionaries from these countries by the Pretoria regime clearly shows the ill intentions o f the racists. Faced with this open acts o f terrorism how can the oppressed people o f South Africa fight fascism using non­violent means o f struggle? There is just no room for that. Armed struggle is the only answer.What would you say are the problems o f the Black woman in South Africa?

The Black woman in South Africa is oppressed as an African and as a woman and exploited as a worker. In fact she belongs to the most exploited section-of the population. She suffers the greatest disabilities. She is denied the most basic human right * the right to live a decent family life. In the urb-~ jarea if she has to look after the home and her Mren she becomes the victim o f Black Urban Areas Act. She is regarded as a auperflous append­age, because she is said to be economically unpro­ductive and must go to the Bantustans, where like the wife o f a migrant labourer has to live with her childrenf-bring them up, look after theix education and guide them all single-handedly and under very difficult conditions. As a worker she has no job opportunities. There is discrimination in her wages. Whether she has the same qualifications as her male fellow-worker the principle o f equal pay for equal work doe* not apply as far as the wages o f the African woman is concerned.The bulk o f the African worker* are engaged in domestic work and agriculture. Women who fall under those two categories are the most exploited and downtrodden section o f the women population.As a domestic worker and a farm hand she has no barganining powers. There are no laws stipulating her rninumum wage and hours o f work. For an African woman to fall pregnant can mean the loss o f her job. In most cases no maternity leave is paid. When an African woman is too old to work she is dumped in the Bantustans, without taking

into account whether she has relatives to loo it utter n f\ c; her or not. There she has to live on the meagre ^ pension paid every second month. She has to be

subjected to the torture of having to stand in long queues, sometimes only to be told to come the following day. If she cannot walk, she would be carried by relatives in a wheel-barrow or any odd mode o f transport, because she cannot just afford to hire a taxi. She must be there personally, because the racist officials are not prepared to give that pension to her next o f kin, or use the same method used for paying white women pensioners. An African woman has not e.'-aped the degradation and humiliation that is brought about by the Pass Laws. To ' quote just one incident o f a wornim who wns -arrested with some men for pass off< nces. When the woman told the policeman who had arrested her that she had left a baby at home, she was milked in the presence o f these men to ascertain that she was really breast-feeding. A professional African woman is no better than an ordinary African woman. The wage gap between a professional African and her white counterpart is very wide.Their working and living conditions are not the same. The problems o f the African woman axe many and complex.

Q. This year it the 25th Annlvenory o f August 9th.What thould women o f South Africa do in anti­cipation In commemoration o f thit event?

A. To the women o f South Africa in exile I would say there couldn’t have been a better way to mark the 25th Anniversary o f the South African Women’s Day than by organising a National Conference, which was supposed to be held on that day, but because o f conditions beyond their control, was postponed to a future date. In my opinion the women in exile have accomplished their itemal mission. The plight o f the South African woman is well placed on the international map. It is now time that all efforts are concentrated on the home front. To the women inside the country I say unite, mobilize, intensify the struggle and be pre­pared to make greater and more sacrifices, for the darkest hour before dawn is at hand.During this year, the 25th Anniversary o f August 9th, the women o f South Africa should, in antici­pation of that event, mobilize all women in the factories and whenever they are, to speak up for themselves against the exploitation by the bosses.It is high time that we demand shorter working hours, without having our starvation pay reduced. And, in commemoration o f August 9th we must continue to push for better pay and better working conditions, and, above everything, to be able to establish genuine non-racial trade Unions that will fight in the interest o f the exploited workers.Our women must re-dedicate themselves to the liberation struggle, to give their fighting youth all the support they can. This is very crucial because as the struggle escalates, our youth are going to need that support. The Matomelas, the Baards and the Dorothy Nyembes’ always said that women bring life into the world and it is their duty to protect those lives.

And in memory o f those who have struggled and fal­len along the way, it would be a great day if we could organise, mobilize and intensfy the struggle.

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* iwtu x iThe struggle continues, under the banner o f the ANC. Women o f South Africa, remember that we are needed in all areas o f the liberation struggle and it will be our full involvement in that struggle that will lead us to our emancipation.

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. . Once more, at this tragic hour, death has . . 'J* w profound and sorrowful anguish by robbing the entire oppressed struggling masses o four country o f one o f the most passionate coura­geous revolutionaries.

„ the morning o f the 18th July. 1981Comrade H i Weinberg passed away after a heart attack* Cde Eli Weinberg, bom on the 28th Aygust, 1908, m Liban-Latvia, came to South Africa at the end o f 1929 and worked as a pro-

phot°gXapher. He lived in Natal, Zululand and between 1930 and 1931 he came to live in

K S S T c S i0inCd ‘ he Pro8res**ve JewishCommunist Party o f South Africa

and other organisations. In mid 1933, he went to» , e “ J * ? WhCre he ^ e th e r with other

^ ; v ” w o r £ « . mUni5t Party eng2gCd faIn 1935 he was appointed the leader o f the

Cape Town Garment Workers Union, he also orga­nised the Sweet Workers Union. He left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth where he worked for two yean before returning to Johannesburg.. He assisted in organising the African Mine Workers Union and was also elected Secretary o f the Travellers Union.

Comrade Eli Weinberg dedicated fifty years of his life breaking the path o f grimmest trials, through determination, courage, confidence and the fighting tradition o f our people to win freedom in our country. In 1953 because o f his organising ability as a Communist and a trade Unionist, the Nationalist Government deprived him o f his employment. With- . out employment, Cde Eli took up photography once more, in order to earn a living. Cde Eli’s interest in photography dates back to 1926, when he assisted in a photography studio belonging to a friend in Latvia. Throughout his trade union career hr -maintained his interest in photography, exhibition

JL Wishing. It is worthwhile to remember thatr-t the Women’s Conference marking the esta­blishment o f the Federation • o f S.A. Women. Cde Eli took and published photos, thus keeping an important record in the formation o f the Federation. Also, in the historic 9th August, 1956 march* where more than 20,000 women o f all races went in pro-

j test against the extension o f pass laws to women,Cde Eli took and published photos o f this great event in the Guardian and ite successor the New Age.

Consistent with the Apartheid regime’s aggressive policies towards the national liberation movement o f our people, Comrade Eli has had his fair share o f persecution at the hanis o f the Pretoria fascist regime. He was detained during the State o f Emergency in 1960. In September 1964, he was arrested together with Bram Fisher and sentenced to five years impri­sonment in the Pretoria prison. After his release from prison, he was bannei, house arrested anH constantly harassed by the Special branch.

In 1976, during the Soweto uprisings, Comra-ie Eli said: “ The flood o f young people into our ranks in search o f knowledge and training, particularly in

1 search o f political education, is our guarantee that

..iv. oiusu.. ..... ii.n . - muuncua Ngawetftu, Matia —— Ken R'>na - Power to tf'e People - will be realised” .On t!ie instruction of the ANC Cde Eli left S.A illegally to join the ranks o f the liberation movement He stayed in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania up till his death this year. At the NEC meeting o f SACTU in Decemb* 1977, he was appointed to be Administrative Secretary o f SACTU and a leading figure in the Dar-Es-Salaam structure o f the ANC.

He is survived by his wife Violet, his daughter Sheila, and grandson Mark. Both Violet and Sheila have been banned, detained and imprisoned at various tone3- Cde Eli’s love for the people created in him a deep resentment for the Apartheid regime and a firm determination to struggle to the bitter end. His rich history o f political aativity is evidence o f this.

The unforgetable example o f his life demands the­refore o f each o f us at this moment the sacred duty to emulate his serene, firm and peneverent image.Al_ th? name o f vanguard liberation movement, the ANC, its Military Wing Umkhonto we Sizwe, and in lasting memory o f Cde Eli’s contribution, we reipect- fully dip our revolutionary bunnert and pledge to continue his life-long work until final victory.

i- j VU>lett his dedicated wife andCde at all times, to his daughter and grandson, and relatives with whom he shared his entirely dedicated life toourstruggle for national liberation, and to the hund­reds who today feel the grief o f his untimely departure expression o f the moat deeply felt condolences.

L ift High His Banner!

HEROES NEVER DIE BUT ARE LIRVIVED BY THEIR ACTIVITIES?

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“ a L w i ^ IaWS and the crowd cheerea with calls c* Amandla , as singing echoed for away the audience

stm t ta Ealutes of ** «"*day SE?

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August 9th was celebrated in many places. In London a big rally was addressed by the ANC Chief Representative Ruth Mompati. A woman from El Salvador joined forces with our women and comme­morated the day.

In Canada, New York, Maseru, Luanda, Maputo, Dar-Es-Salaam, Berlin, Moscow and in many other capitals women paid homage to the Organisers, leaders and marchers o f August 9th, 1956. The popular song

"You have touched a woman You have struck a rock”

was echoed the world over as the United Nations declared that August 9th must be observed as the International Day o f Solidarity with the struggling women o f South Africa and Namibia.

LONQ LIVE AUGUST 9TH

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VERKLAAR ONDER EED:

Ek is Vi swart man, 36 jaar oud met ID. 1/4610891/8 en woonagtig te 7127 Kagiso. Tie. nr. 762-3593. Ek is Vi besigheidsman en besit my eie winkel.

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Ek is die eienaar van J.M. General Dealer, 6480 Hintsastraat, Kagiso. Op Saterdag 85/06/15 het ek *n brief by my winkel gekry wat opdrag. gegee het dat besighede nie op Sondag 85/06/16 moet oopmaak nie.

Op Sondag 1985/06/16 het ek bogenoemde besigheid nie oopgemaak vir besigheid nie omrede ek bang was vir oproer.

Dieselfde dag om ongeveer 17h30 het Ti onbekende swart man na my huis gekom en *n rapport aan my gemaak dat ‘n skare mense besig was om my winkel met klippe te bestook.

Ek het dadelik die Kagiso Polisie daarvan telefonies in kennis gestel.

Ekself het nie na die winkel gegaan nie omdat ek bang was vir die mense.

Om ongeveer 21h00 dieselfde dag het ek toe wel na die winkel gegaan om te gaan ondersoek instel wat gebeur het.

By die winkel het ek gemerk dat al die ruite stukkend is en dat die plek ook aan die brand gesteek was.

Daar was 'n sitkamer stel in die een vertrek wat heeltemal uitgebrand is.

Van die meel en groente wat in die vertrekke was wat as stoorkamer gebruik is, het ook uitgebrand.

Van die plunderaars was beslis_ in die gebou en het van die voorrade weggedra.

Ek vermoed dat die aanval op my winkel gemik was omrede ek 'n raadslid is.

Die skade is plus minus R5000.00.

Ek is vertroud met die inhoud van die verklaring en begryp dit.

Ek het geen beswaar teen die afle van die voorgeskrewe eed nie.

Ek beskou die afl§ van die eed as bindend vir my gewete.

- ’ (GET) M.G. MABASA

Ek sertifiseer dat bostaamie v«rklarin*» ileur my i>ent»em ia .?n <lar. .lie

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verklaarder erken dat hy vertroud is met die inhoud van hierdie ver- klaring en dit begryp.

Hierdie verklaring is beedig voor my en verklaarder se handtekening is in my teenwoordigheid daarop aangebring te Kagiso op ........... .om.

1985/07/

VREDEREGTERJames Timotheus MOSTERT K0MMIS5ARISSTRAAT 118 KRUGERSDORPLUITENANT : S.A. POLISIE

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RESIDENTS ORGANISATION

20 04 1983The Secretary

Pear Sir/lfedem

The Erugersdorp Residents Organisation invites ycur Organisation to a special

meeting to discuss ratters of interest tc the residents of Krugersdorp

Townships. Thtc Ifeeting will be held at 12.*0pn on Sunday, Iiy l^th at ST. Mary's School in Kagiso 1.

The theme of the jeeting will be; "K?.Q, a NEED or IOT”. Anticipated from

your delegation is free, total r.rd activp participation in tbe discussion.

Youra Faithfully

_______________ (Secretary)George Itoiloa

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COPANO YA BAAGI BA KAGISOte le mema go nna teng mokopanong e e tla bang teng no Kagiso I

Ko: Kerekeng Ya Roma Kaoi: 22 September 1983 Nako: 6 pm

npano e e tla lehelela dilo l*e-di latelang:

DIRENTF.: G O FENYA GA BATHO BA KAGISO

okgatlho wa batho, Krugersdorp Residents Organisation o ile wo ngwatla

wrnhof lengwalo (petition) mabapi te go tlhatlhoswa ga dlrerfte. Koomhof o

■bile a re d>ente tse tlhatihositsweng dl fo losw e^

PHETOLO YA C O M M U N IT Y CO U N C IL

muso baswcu o fetotse di-Community Council go re di bitswe di-Local

ithoritie*. Go tlhoplwa maloko a yona ka November, ngwaga o.

.ANG LE IKUTLW ELE M A TSH W EN YEGO A TLA TLESVVANG KE

PHETOGO TSE

GO ROM ELW A GA BATHO K\VA DI-BANTUSTAN 1olao o o bidiwang Orderely Movement and Resettlement of Mack Persons. O

ta-sefca ditsela tsa go koba batho ba metse-setoropo o ba romelele dl-Bantustan

MOI.AO-THEO O M ONTSHA WA AFRIKA BO RW Amuwn# hasweu ba Atoka borwa editse molao-thco o montsha tsang ma-

ilourcd le ma-lndia mo palamenteng. Ba tlogela rona batho-batsho kwantle.

MATHATA A M ANGW E

tla seka-sekana le mathata a mangwe I batho ba Kagiso

10NTSI TLANG LOTLHEi"a go: Krugersdorp Residents Organisation

HI Sehenzisa Drive, Kagiso.

RESIDENTS MEETINGWe invite you to this important residents meeting

which will be held in Kagiso 1

At: The Roman Catholic Church

On: 22 SeptemberT983

At: 6 pmThis meeting will look at the following:

1. RENT V ICTORYThe Krugersdorp Residents Organisation made a petition «o Koornhol on the

problems of increased rents. This resulted in Koomhof announcine the lo«er,nE or

rents in Krugerdorp black townships.2. THE CH ANG IN G OF THE C O M M U N IT Y CO U N C ILS

The white government has decided to change Community Councils to Black l ocal

Authorities, the election of which will be held In November this year.

COME AND SEE HOW THIS WILL AFFECT YOU IN YOl'R

DAY TO DAY LIVES;.1. SENDING PEOPLE TO THE RURAL AREASThis is the New Orderly Movement and Resettlement of Black Persons Bill. *nich

will be used to send people to the rural areas.4. THE NEW CONSTITUTION O F SOUTH AFRICAOnce more the white government have made a constitution of South Africa tr>

include Coloured and Indian but lo exclude Africans without asking the Black

people what they want for South Africa.

5. OTHER PRO B LEM S , ,We will also talk about the problems that face the BlacR people or hnigrrsdnrp

e.g. housing and others.

COME ONE COME ALL OO

Issued by the K R U GE R DO R P RESIDENTS O RG AN ISA T IO N O

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RESOLUTIONS TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AT PROTEST MEETINGS HELD ON 7.11.82 AND 21.11.82 AT THE R.C. CHURCH, KAGISO II AND METHODIST CHURCH KAGISO II RESPECTIVELY_____

Residents of Kagiso and Munsieville, noting with alarm the manner in which their affairs are run by the powers that be resolved:

1. That the members of the Krugersdorp C. Council resign en bloc and forthwith.

2. That the Community Council act be scrapped.

3. That the businesses of the Community Counsellors be boycotted ie. Shops, Taxis etc

OUR MgTIVATION_FOR_THESE_RESOLUTIONS_ARE:

1. They have agreed to rent increases without our consent.

2. They have agreed to the erection of a hostel ^ without our consent.

3. They have increased lodgers fees, who are these lodgers? Are they not our children?

4. They have agreed to a host of other things too many to mention

5. They refuse to come to our meetings.

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RtPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE/FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN' j y

■_______________________________ .WOMEN 1 9 8 4 " _____________________________ _

THE MARCH 31st CONFERENCE" - 0 0 1 0 5 3

In a bid to bring together women from a l l over the Transvaal and to look into means of improving consu ltat ion and communication

•between the d i f f e r en t groups of women, the Transvaal Region Fed- saw organised a conference which was held on the 31st March at Khotso House.

The theme of the conference was ORGANISING WOMEN. /Speakers'.Included Tom^lantliSta 'from tTTe Soweto Civic_Association_who’ 'addressecT3He__cdnference on high rents;* Francis Baard who talked about involvement in the trade unions and organising working women. There were a lso two speakers from Mogopa who addressed the conference on removals and re la ted to the conference the p l ight of the victims of removals, in p a r t i c u la r , o f Mogopa. Remarkable was the unity 'that ex is ted among the Batlokena-ba-Magopa and the ir determination to r e s i s t removals u n t i l they were fo rc ib ly removed through the existence of the army. Mrs Gretta Ncapai, an a c t iv i s t in Fedsaw, addressed the conference on the a c t iv i t i e s of the Federation. The speaker c a l le d fo r support by the Federation of student struggles and fo r contibutions towards the drawing up o f the Education Charter.

To rea l ise the theme o f the conference, a Co-Ordinating Committee was established. The purpose of which was, amongst many others,

i . to e s tab l ish branches in areas where they do not ex is t ;

i i . to strengthen e x is t in g branches; i i i . to co-ordinate between s t ructu res ; iv . xo draw a l l women's groupings under the umbrella o;

the i -ederation; v. to f in a l l y organise towarjs the regional launch of

the Transvaal Federation of South Afr ican v.cmen.

The Co-Cruinating Committee was const ituted out of d i f fe ren t areas present at the conference ana was given the power to co-opt fro:n otiier areas that v.ould be e stab l ished the rea fte r . There were altogether ten areas represented.

FIRST MEETING OF THE CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEEThe f i r s t meeting o f the Co-Ordinating Committee was held on the 14th iipril 19&4. The purpose of the Committee was re ite ra ted . A programme of action was immediately drawn up. The f i r s t on the programme to be embarkea upon was the Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of the Federation of South A fr ican taomen.

The 30th Anniversary of the Federation was held on the 13th May,1984 at Hanelodi, YMCA. Over 2000 people attended.

Speakers present were: Father hkhatshwa o f UDFR ita Ndzanga from Gawu Tshepo Khunsbane from Tzaneen

' S i s t e r Bernard Dorothy Nyembe

Messages of support were rece ived from UV/O, NOW and Soyco.

A l l speakers emphasised the need to organise women under the broad - vt a f f i l i a t i o n of the UDF.

2 / . . . A resolution

* 2. ' ' 1 M 3 1 9 S rA resolution c a l l in g upon women to organise a l l over the country in urban and ru ra l a r e a s ; . t o f i g h t s iae - by - s id e with men in the l ibe ra t ion strugg le under the banner of the UDF was over­whelmingly adopted at the R a l ly .

Signatures were co l lec ted in support o f the UDF M i l l io n Signature Campaign.

The Rally was quite a success and gave the Co-Ordinating Committee insp irat ion to draw strength from and to organise even be tte r .

FUNDRAISING AND WORKSHOPSThe next on the programme o f action i s fundrais ing. An attempt has alreaay been made, but was however unsuccessful, to ra ise funds from the UDF by way o f a loan. Numerous other methods are s t i l l being embarked upon.

The Co-Ordinating Committee thought that to organise e f f e c t i v e l y , the Committee needs to id e n t i fy issues arouna which to organise women and to educate women about such issues . This, i t is thought, could be achieved by running workshops on such issues in areas so a f fec ted . For ex.iuple, an area problem may be id en t i f ied as lack of creche f a c i l i t i e s , a workshop could be organised in the sa id area and people could be adaressed on ch i ld care, etc.

In the third meeting o f the Co-Ordinating Committee which i s to be held on the 26th fcay, the Committee w i l l concentrate on the running of such workshops.

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BLACK DECEMBER>

This situation of o p p re s iv e w a r* will not e n d as long a s P.W. B o th a's g o v e r n m e n t refuses to m e e t o u r d e m a n d s a n d d ism a n tle ap artheid .

W hy ca n t w e say e n o u g h a n d no m o re

1985 w a s a y ea r o f bullets , b lo o d an d tearg as .

T his y e a r is the y e a r th e racist a r m y and police killed a n d m a im e d h u n d r e d s of o u r pe o p le .

T h e SADF ra p e s , h a r a s s t n d c o n tin u e s to p u m p bullets o n u n a r m e d p eo p le .

It w a s Vaal. U ite n h a g e . Langa. P.E. a n d

M am elodi. W ho is next?P.W. Botha d ec lared a s ta te of e m e r g e n c y a n d curfew in our to w n s h ip s an indication th at the

g o v e r m e n t is panicking.

T he future is u n c e rta in for th e t h o u s a n d s of | * “s t u d e n ts w h o did n o t w rite th eir ex a m s.

b e c a u s e of .ap a rth e id an d t h e f?i*ur« tc m e e t their

demands.W e call on all th o s e w h o love peace a n d free* mmm*(ja m to o b se rv e a Black D e c e m b e r in s u p p o rt of th e s e d e m a n d s .

The Consumer boycott has been called o ff from SO W till the 7ih December

• Let us not buy in town from the Sth Dec - 31st Dec -• S A D F must get out o: cur townships

• Release of all detainees• E nd ing o f the state of emergency sod curfew

• Resignation o f all councillors

• Let us boycott businesses o f cour.fv:!ors

• Shopkeepers must lower their price', ana not

exploit

IN O BSERV IN G THIS CALL:• Let us not buy in town the whole o f Dccembrr

• Let us boycott o f councillor’s shops

# Let us refrain from excessive drinkin •

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Collection Number: AK2145 KRUGERSDORP RESIDENTS’ ORGANISATION AND 4 OTHERS v. THE MINISTER OF LAW AND ORDER AND 2 OTHERS 1986 PUBLISHER: Publisher:- Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:- Johannesburg ©2012

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