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PEOPLE'S ANGER NEARBOlLI G PO
W HILE VERWOERD CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN THAT THE SYSTEM OF BANTUSTAN IS THE ONLY ROAD TO PEACE IN SOUTHAFRICA, NEW AGE CON
TINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF UNREST AND VIOLENCE, MURDERS ANDDEPORTATIONS, FROM THE SO-CALLED "BANTU HOMELANDS."
In Bantustan there is no rule of law; there is plain force and terror against the people administered hi the Government-appointed stooge chiefs backed by th~ South African police. .
In this issue we carry three reports from the African areas showing that unrest IS seethingand that the people's anger is growing against the undemocratic system which is being forcedupon them.
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ead On Mountainsi eKillings In Matlala Reserve
The Matlala people have signeda petition demanding:
I. The immediate return oftheir beloved Chieftainess Makwena Matlala, and the 22 men andwomen.
2. The return of their fieldsand cattle confiscated by thoGovernment officials when theMatIala Reserve was declared aTrust Land.
3. Freedom of movement in theland of their birth and their rightto work on their fields as theythink fit.
4. Total abolition of Pass Lawsand revocation of influx controlso that their sons can sell theirlabour where they choose.
5. Removal of the Governmentstooge chiefs who are doing somuch harm in the tribe and havecaused much division instead ofunity among the rural Africans.
In an exclusive interview witha representative of New Age inBizana, Mr. Ganyile said that hewas still as strongly opposed toBantu Authorities as he had beenbefore his conviction 21 monthsago.
"We shall refuse to accept thisso-called Transkeian independence.We want freedom in the whole ofSouth Africa," be said.
could not do anything, neithercould he.
Then Mr. Ratswenane Satekge,who had married the daughter ofthe banished chieftainess, wasfound dead on a hillside near thehome of the headmen. The circumstances of his death have alsonot been thoroughly investigated.
CATTLE REGULATIONSThe supporters of the chief
tainess are also harassed forcontraventions of the cattle regulations. Mr. David Kwebu, forinstance, arrested on a charge ofkeeping cattle against the ordersof the officials, had to walk adistance of about 40 miles toreach the court for his case. Manyothers are also in trouble.
There is resentment against theheadman because it is felt he isnot the real tribal head, but aGovernment-approved imposter.
They ruthlessly suppress anyopposition to the Bantu Authoritywhich is headed by Chief MarufaAlfred Matlala, an ex-schoolteacher who sits on the Matlalathrone now, and urged the banishment of the rightful ruler and 22others who supported her.
SUSPICIONUnexplained deaths in the Re
serve have led to a suspicion thatperhaps the pro-Government sideis resorting to strong-arm tactics.
There was the strange death ofthe 70-year-old Mr. Mosbidi Bosi,found lying dead in the open onenight. Wben his widow repone dhis deatb the headman told berber busband was a rebel wbo belonged to the African NationalCongress, and be was not preparedto do anything about his death.
The Bantu Commissioner toldthe widow that if the headman
MATLALASWANTTHEIR
QUEENBACK
PIETERSBURG.THE Bantu Authorities Act
has claimed more victimsin the strife-tom Matlala Reserve, 40 miles south west ofPietersburg.
Since the deposal and banishment of the Chieftainess MakoenaMatIala who resisted Bantu Authorities and the turning ofMatlala Location into a Trustfarm, there has been strife andconflict among her people.
The people are split in twosections: those who support thedeposed chieftainess and are evennow pressing for her return, andthe bootlickers of the NationalistGovernment Bantu Authority. Thelatter, now running the tribe, aremaking the lives of the restwretched.
oundUnexplaine
PORT ELIZABETH.TWO weeks ago Chalmers
Ziyeki Duna was brutallymurdered at the Mbinzanalocation in the Lady Frere(Glen Grey) district. His headand body were hacked withhatchets, pierced with bayonets and battered with sticks.When the m derers left hisdead body lying on theparched' earth he was unrecognisable.
Seven other men who narrowlyescaped death arc lying in hospitalwith severe injuries.
All these people are active anddetermined opponents of BantuAuthorities. and Ziyeki Duna was ,an uncompromising leader of thcresistance movement against thet""'lnny of the Bantu . Authorities
h the Nationalist Govern!h.....,t is imposing on the peasantswith such dreadful consequences.
HOME GUARDS ATTACK
LOOKED ON
People in the area allege thatthe police looked on while thefrenzied home guard men werebrutally assaultina: people whoseonly Clime was opposition to theBantu Authorities.
The trouble arose when Ziyekidid not attend a meeting convenedby a sub-chief who is a supporterof Matanzima. Manzezulu Mfonta, the sub-chief, sent his bushcourt messenger to issue a summons against Ziyeki to appear before him to answer charges arisingout of his failure to attend hismeeting. Ziyeki ignored the summons.
After a few days the sub-chiefdespatched his home guards tobring him to his court by force.Ziyeki refused to surrender andmen in the location put the horneguards to flight after a brief skirmish.
A few days thereafter, according to reports to New Age frommen in the area, truckloads ofarmed men from Qamata, KaiserMatanzima's headquarters, accompanied by armed police and Matanzima in person were transportedto Mbinzana location.
The invaders at once set aboutattacking the men in the area whodefended themselves with sticks asbest they could against the surpriseattack of Matanzima's men whonot only outnumbered them butwere armed with bayonets andhatchets.
NEW AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962
IT WAS A..aw......TTOO I. TE
REFUGEES SUFFER IN'BASUTOLAND
THE ANSWER IS £1 ADA~
EXPLOSION
EDITORIAL
STARVATION INMIDST 0 1....,..lIV
THE so-called maize crisis which has hit the country is atypical crisis of our economic system. While on the one band
thousands of our Non-White citizens in all provinces are suffering from starvation, on the other hand the maize farmers haveproduced 29 million bags of maize more than they can sell.
You would think that the humanitarian answer to this problem would be to feed the surplus maize 10 the starving people.But not under our system. where private profit and not publicgood is the standard by which everything is measured.
The Government's solution to the problem is two-fold:(a) to export the surplus at a price lower than the Maize
Board's domestic selling price. (Why can't the price be loweredfor the benefit of the local population"):
(b) to restrict production. so that in future there will be nodanger of surpluses. The Minister of Agricultural Economicsand Marketing Mr. Uys announced last week that the Government was introducing a "new and revolutionary" scheme forcontrolling agriculture in the Republic. The scheme wouldinvolve production control.
"We are looking for a lasting remedy which will not kill thepatient," he said. But the patient he is thinking of is not theBlack child suffering from kwashiorkor or pellagra. It iswealthy maize farmer who is worrying about his profits. ."'-
The maize problem has been created by what the Ministercalls an "explosion" in agricultural production-from 40 millionbags in 1959 to 61 million bags this season.
You would think such an explosion would be a cause for joyand celebration. holding out the promise of abundant food forall. But not in South Africa under the present set-up. Here the"explosion" has simply produced an economic crisis and stepsare being taken to ensure that such explosions do not occuragain.
The people can continue to go hungry: the maize farmers'profits must be protected at all costs, even at the expense ofthe health of the majority of the population.
There is no logic, no humanity about our system. Privategreed comes before public welfare.
IN OUR VIEW, THE SOONER THIS BRUTAL SYSTEMIS SCRAPPED THE BETTER.
Strangelv enough. a man who has started to think along theright linesfor a solution is Mr. de Wet Nel, the B.A.D. Minister.Speaking in Pretoria last week, he said:
"We must realise tbat in the future the Bantu will provide themost important market for the farmer and the industrialist. Itwould be foolish not to develop our internal markets whileseeking external markets from other nations."
Mr. Nel was defending the Government at the annual congressof the Transvaal Agricultural Union against the accusation thatit was spending too much money on the Bantu. ("Sheer nonsense," replied Mr. Nel. "Only a small percentage of the total(Government) expenditure was being devoted to the Bantu, whohimself made a big contribution towards his own development."). But if Mr. Nel and the Government are really concerned
about the problem of "developing the internal market" (againit is profits and not people that come first), why don't they startordering a substantial increase in the wages of the Africanworkers?
If all African workers got a minimum wage of £1 a day,there would be no difficulty in disposing of the maize or anyother surplus. But we are not likely to get such action from theGovernment. Mr. Schoeman's recent railway wage increasesallocated only R2+ million out of R21 million to the 90,000African workers, which means each worker wiII get only a fewshillingsextra a month.
This is certainly not the way to "develop the internal market."Only a revolution in Government thinking and action can bringthat about. and no such revolution can be expected from thepresent Government or any other based on White domination.
Determined action to smash White domination and transferthe natural resources of the country into the hands of the peopleremains the only long-term answer to the chronic economiccrisis which causes such sufferingand misery among the massesas we have been forced to witness this year.
We are still in tears, perplexed,and unhappy about what happened a few months ago to Mr.Mokitimi, the beloved son of Mokitimi's' f,lInill of Basutoland,whom the British officials declared unwanted in the territorybecause he was born in theUnion of S.A. while his poorparents were making a living inthe Republic.
Once again the same weapon isapplied, in a sharp. harshly reversed manner. to Mr. Massina,in Swaziland. His crime is that hewas born and brought up inSwaziland. but worked in the Republic (New Age 9/8/62). It looksexactly like that!
Do the above two incidentsgenuinely represent the policy ofGreat Britain? Is this their law ofjustice and order?
The majority of the inhabitan tsof the High Commission Territo ries work in the Republic. Doesthis mean that these Africans canstill be turned back by the law ofthe British officials when they return to their homes because ofworking in the Republic irrespective of their birth-places?
Independence and freedom ofthese Territories by Great Britainmust be speeded up, otherwisesome of her employees will continue causing bitterness. hatredand unfriendliness between herand her future friends.
MOSES MONAKWE
More Police VansThan Ambulances
L. LETHAHAJohannesburg.
Speed Up Independence
Please
In every town in South Africayou will find many police vans totake criminals to jail but only afew ambulances to save the livesof our people. There are morecourts of law than hospitals.
If you go to any hospital youwill wait until you are blue in theface. Why'? Because the doctorwon't be there in time. or there isonly one doctor who is busysomewhere else.
But should you be arrested atanv time. even at midnight, thepolice are always there and amagistrate can be found to "fixyou up."
I agree with Messrs Katjaviviand Tjiriangc that we will nevergo to the Congo. We are bornand bred here and will die for themotherland. Let the Vootrekkersrather disperse themselves likethey did in 1833.
GIDEON NAM TON lSI
East London.
(Mr. Tonisi contributes thefollowing anecdote:
African: Please serve me, I havebeen waiting a long time.
Shopkeeper: Oh I!O to hell I can' tserve a kaffir first.
African: I'm sorry sir, I've already been to hell and it'swritten there " For Europeansonly.")
The Real Danger InAfrica Is Imperialism
"Contact" of July 26 states thatMr. Mpho has been suspendedfrom the Bechuanaland People'sParty on suspicion that he is usingthis organisation as a springboardto form a Communist Party.
The fact that Africa is exploitedby the English, French, Portuguese, Dutch and Spaniards isnever mentioned. For "Contact" itis only the Communists who existin Africa,
Lobatsi.
FORD MOLOI
Last Week's Donations:
BPP PEOPLE MUST
UNITE
Branch spies. I myself lost one
j~~y~~C~~~ ~rd prh:re~ t i~ase~-Special Branch man and he wasafraid of being boycotted by theB.c.P. if he employed me.
I appeal to all freedom lovingpeople to assist the refugees and tostrengthen the forces of the liberation movement of the Africanpeople.
Greetings to Mr. Nelson Mandela, a great leader of the liberation Movement. All freedom fighters must stand up and fight sideby side to demand his release.
MAYFORD D. MFAZWEMaseru.
We of the Bechuanaland People's Party branch in Cape Towndeny the speech made by thesuspended Secretary-General ofthe BPP Mr. Mpho in New Ageof August II that all the branchessupport him in his call for a general conference to elect the leaders.
What we know is that Mr.Mpho has been suspended fromoffice fUI <1"11 indefinite period andwe are still awaiting the result ofthe investization which will leadus to the truth of the dispute. Wein Cape Town do not intend tobreak the law or the constitution.
langa.
We find it most unfortunate forMr. Mph o nut to co-operate withthe other leaders. We urge all theBPP people to unite in thestruggle.
closed our offices it will bevery difficult, if not impossible. to put the pieces together again.
Don't leave your givinguntil the last moment. Thereis too much at stake.
It will be pay-day by thetime you read this. You willhave some ready money inyour pocket.
GI VE GENE ROUSLYlGIVE NOWl
Por t Elizabeth:Wagon wheels R20, Work
er's friend R20, Chips R2.Doc R2, Keep going R2.
Cape Town:J s; J R2. A.F. 90c, Blan
ket R3, S.D. R:!O. S & H R3,C.B.M. 5c, Mike R20, Reclady R2. Lippy R 10.50, Zenobia R2.40.
We Africans shall not besilenced by the Sabotage Act.Africans of Sekhukhuneland, Zeerust. Sharpeville, Coalbrook andon the farms are already underthe ground, whether this Act isthere or not. The minority Government of South Africa can tryto arrest us. ban, kill or deportuv, but we shall carry on to fleeour nation. The SAP can trv tohandcuff us like cattle but ' ourbrains are free.
As for the United Nations, wethe people of South Africa aresick and tired of the imperialisthoo ligans they send here. We hatemen who look after the hot potatoes of Dr. Vcrwoerd. Theymust impose sanctions azainst theminoritv Government of S.A.
MORRIS MATSEMELAPretoria.
WE WILL NOT BESILENCED
The refugees arc really sufferinghere in Maseru. It is very difficultfor them to find work, becauseBasutoland is not yet industrialisedand unemployment has increasedbecause many Basutos have beendeported from the Republic andothers are victims of Influx Control.
Some of the refugees do noteven have a place to sleep and inmany cases have to pay 30 centsa night just for lodging. During theday they walk the streets lookingfor people to assist them withsomething to eat.
The committee established tohelp the refugees can give butlittle assistance and is not able tomeet all the needs of the refugees.
Some of the refugees have anespecially tough time because theyare suspected of being Special
TH~~S i:r~~stO~h~i~1. ~~had already prepared a statement to that effect and had,as a precaut ion, given allmembers of our staff onemonth's notice. We had intended, on the 31st, to giveour landlords notice that wewould quit our offices by theend of September.
THAT IS HOW CLOSEWE CAME TO EXTINCTION.
Only the timely generosity
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fnnga_~ps~~~ a~~si~~ss of wind- G:~~enf~ie~dO'R~~n~~~r RJ~As it is, we have just friends R500. Country R275,
scraped home. We shall start Monthly R25. N.N. RIOO.September month with but a Rosebank R100.few cents in our bankingaccount and a few more accumulated debts.
Everything now depends onhow much you give us withinthe next 30 days.
WE SHALL REQUIRE AMINIMUM OF R2,400.That. admittedly, is a lot ofmoney-but it must be found.
The alternative is the lossof New Age. Once we have
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ICECIL WILLIAMS;i SUBPOENAED IN IIMANDELA CASE i§ JOHANN ESBURG. §§ Mr. Cecil Williams. well- §§ known stage producer. was §§ served with a subpoena on §§ Monday to appear before a §
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boycott South Africa. It Imamrnously supported the banning ofnuclear weapo ns. It called for the
- admission of China to the UnitedNat ions.
I i blamed the Government forthe conditions in the NorthernTransvaa l where famine and malnutritio n are rife. It called on theGovernment to allevia te thesufferings of the people and makeimmediate plans for the distribution of surplus food which wasbeing destroyed.
It demanded a living wage forall. workers and an end to exploitation.
Conference received messagesfrom Dr. Y. M. Dadoo, SAIC representative in London. the BlackSash. Liberal Party. Peace Council. Mr. Fenner Brockwav, theBritish M.P., the Nati onal' Assoelation for the Advancement ofthe Coloured People of the USA,the Mozambique Democratic National Congress and the AntiAp.irtheid Movement in Britain.
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movement. she said, lay in thehands of the youth which was whythe Nat s enfranchised the 18-yearolds. The introdu ction of inferioreducation for Africans, Indiansand Coloureds was a Nationalistplot calculated to ruin generationsof the oppr essed people.
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PRESS LIES"The enemy knows that to
weaken any threatening powerone should divide it and sow rnis1rust.. Hence the capi tal ist pressfor Its own ends is trying tomake us believe that Mandela wasbetrayed by 'Reds.'
" We consider' Mandela's arre stmerely a dr ess rehearsal, What isirnport nnt to us is that the workhe W3~ doing must continue unhindered. This propaganda i, calculated to keep lI S in a state ofstrife so that our energies arcwasted fighting one another instead of uniting to combat Nationalist oppression."
The TIYC conference electedNelson Mandela honorary presldent- ·the first non-Indian to holdthis position.
The conference urged all international sportsmen and artiste, to
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These arc the South African delegat es at the recent All-African Women's Conference held in Dar es Salaam•L,:ft to right: Mrs. Kay Xa~anisa (East London), Sisler Pheneas Luke (Durban), Sister Edna M~abaza (PortElizab eth) and Mrs. A~elalde Tambo (Johannesburg.) Another delegate Sister Edith Ncwa na (Benoni) wasnot present when the picture was taken. Also at the conference were two or three South Afr ican womenwho tried to pass themselves off as delegates represeu ' lng the PAC but they were unable, when asked, totell the confere nce the name of their President or tbe members of their executive committee or when and
where they were elected.
The leaders' only apparentcrime. said the conference. wascalling for resistance against thehated apartheid laws.
Mrs. Winnie Mandela, wife ofNelson Mandela, received an ovation from the conference as,dressed in a lemon-colour ed sari.she was garlanded with yellowcarnation s when she stood up tospeak .
The strength of any political
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NEW AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1962
FRIGHTENEDThe repressive laws of the Na-
tionalists. however. were the
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So long as the leaders weregagged. imprisoned. exiled orbanished there wou ld be strife andconflict. The denial of rights anddemocracy to the Non-Whitescontained the seeds of conflict.This danger could not be dismissed merely by arresting Mandcla,Sisulu and other leaders. nor by ,-- - - - - - - - a Government show of strengthand intimidation .
"What we need now is a wellknit united front. The acid test ofthe stability of any mult i-racialand multi-national polit ical structure is the spontaneou s loyalty andenthusiasm demonstrated by thediverse ethnic elements.
" ' reside"t Kennedy'. compliments. We mUltb. tb, firstto et I min on the moonI"
as a desperate attempt on the partof the Verwoerd Governm ent toremove these fearless, dedicatedand devoted leaders from thepeople with a view to renderingthe peo ple leaderless and thus supprcssrng their aspiratio ns,
" 'I (I the African people insideand out side Africa, the arres t ofNelson Mandela marks the beginning of a chapter in the bitter,trll ~gle for freedom For Mandcla vyrnbolises a historic phase inou, struggle,
" In this situation the Africanpeople cannot be expected to foldtheir arms and look to the skiesfor help when their very manhoodi, attacke d. It i, the sacred duty
u~e{~to~Z;c:~d ~~~fs~et~~ ~;~~~I~;~We know we are facing a ruthlessand formidable enemy but theNationalis t Partv Government isnot invincible and never will be.Thus the certaint y of our Victoryis not in doubt."
JOHANNESBURG.
T~~ ~::a~s~o:~~nI~edi::Youth Congress held hereover the week-end pledgedsolida rity with Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu andother arrested leaders and demanded their immediate andunconditional release.
Call For New Methods ofStruggle
DAR ES SALAA M.THERE has been an emer-
gency meeting of the African National Congress in Tanganyika, following the arres tof underground leader NelsonMande!a and of former secretary-general Walter Sisulu,
Mr. Oliver Tarn bo, Vice-President of the ANC. was one of theconvenor'. of the emergency ~e.,
~ l ~, n . Othe r» who .it tended ineluded Robert Resha, one of theI\N ( rcpi esent.iuves ab road , Tennyson Mak i.v.me, AI C man in'I anganyika. James Hadebe andR. R. Pihso. from the ANC officeIn Cairo.
. a period of three J:lY~ , star t\ from 9 In the morn ing untilinc small hours of the followingday. the conference conducted exhaustive discus...ions on the deteriorating situatio n in the Republicof South Africa created by thepassing of the Sabotage Act and 1- ------- --- - --------------- - - - - - ------ - - -the ,1ITe, t of Nelson Mandela,Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe,
Resolutions passed by this conference arc a closely guarde dsecret, but reliable sources closeto the African Nat ional Congresssay they recommend new methodsof ~ l ru~le wilhin the country anddrastic changes in the externalwork with a vlew to intensifyingthe st ru~~le. ha stening the overthrow of the fascisl Verwoerd reoghne and crushing white domination in South Africa.
ACT OF AGGRESSION
The conference considered theunp recedented arms build-up byDefence Mrnister Fouche and thepassing of the Sabotage Act inl,ttAI contempt of the people's
lernnation of this draconianh.......1 '>ure. 3~ a break with peaceand an act of aggression againstthe African people in particularand all those o pposed to apar theid.
" Indeed." says the statement." in terms of this piece of legislation every claim to human dignity.every ob jectio n to injust ice andevery form of protest, howeverpeaceful. is a Clime punishable bydeath.
" In the light of this attack,"continues the statement, "it is inconceivable that the Africanpeople could sil back and refrainfrom defending themselves ,"
On externa l work. conferencedecided to issue a call for "theholding of an mternational conference on South Africa in one ofthe independent African Slates.Such a conference would bring together governments and organisation" of the peo ples of the world.who have in one way or anotherdemonstrated their opposition tothe barbarous policy of apartheidand white domi nation, and arewilling to join in a determined andconcerted action to rid the worldof this scourge."
MAND ELA ARRESTDel ling with the arrest of
Nelson Mandela and other leadersof the people. "confere nce resolved to call on all freedomloving peoples to demand theimmediate and uncondit ional release of Nelson Mandela and allother political leaders, jailed orawaiting trial, and for the liftingof the bans and restrictions onChief A. J. Lutuli and others."
Commentin g on this, one of theleaders said: "The arrest of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu andDuma Nokwe must be looked at
PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP
The inte rna tiona l shows held bynumerou s coun tri es were ex tre mely good. a nd the youth wo uld a llshout " M ir Dru shb a," " Pea ce a ndFriendship" af ter each item . Int ere st ing, too, were the semi narsheld on subj ect s concerningpeace, independe nce and lib era':tion. Mee ting G agarin, the firstspacema n, was one of th e highlight" of the festival.
Co ntrary to reports in the Western Press, the Finns were friendlyand h elpf ul to the youth attendin!:th e festiv al. There were one ortwo clashes when a small group ofFi nn ish duck tails tried to hand outanrl-festlva l newspapers. T he students, how ever, preferred to ignorethe Am erica n-sponsored antifestival shows and exhibitions-wehad so mu ch else to see and do.
The de legat ions from all theSoci al ist countr ies were lar ge a ndwell org anised. Seven hundredSoviet delegates ca me in the ir ow nluxury liner, bringing 400 e ntertainer.. an d thei r own buses withthem , It was al so very encouragmg to see 450 enthusiastic pr ofestival Ame rican stud ents, whohapp ily joined in sho uts of "CubaSI. Yankee NO " with the 900Cuban de lega tes .
MULTI-RACIAL
There were large de legationsfrom all over Africa, a nd we werepro ud to see tha t the So ut hAf rican delegation was the onlytrul y multi -ra cia l one . With us wehad Afric an. Indi an . Col ou red a ndWhite representa tives. Alth ou ghwe were so small. we made up forour lack of numbe rs in inexh .iustihle enthusiasm, and th e " Arna ndla" badge was well distr ibuted .
Every night we wou ld dance inthe ..trect.. with gro ups of s tudents .
~~t~~~~n~.,~mreanf~~~ f~~~USt:i~ ~sessions to sym pho ny concerts.
WOND ER FU L SP IRIT
In spite of a lot o f d isor gani sation and d ifficu lties of transpor t.there was a won der fu l spirita rno ngst the yout h Th is was feltpart icul arl y hy u.. South Africa n...wh o were free for the first t ime tomix with people of alI colours anddiscu s-, wha te ver we liked.
Alt hough this fes tiva l was notup to the standard of previou sone s hel d, it was ce rtainly th elarg est. We man aged to meetman y people and make man yfriends a nd found that Sou thAfri ca i" no t a lo ne or forgo tte n.
AlI of us look forw a rd to attend ing the next fes tiva l in Cuba .
and flowers with the peop le.Thi s went on with ever-growing crowds fa r into the night.
The Fest ival opened with amar ch through Helsinki of th e20,000 you th . Ea ch dele gat iondan ced in to the Oly mpi c sta diumwea ring th eir national costum es,T welve South Afri can s marchedproudly behind th e ANC flag. Di .,p lays were held by the countrieswhere pre viou s fe stival s had beenhel d ; a nd the o pe ning ended witha . spectac ular firew or ks d ispl a y,hundr eds of balloons bursting
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"The Wind of Freedom Blows Over Africa" savs this newSoviet poster. .
The pnly Multi-RacialDelegation In elsinki
A South A rica Reports On The Youth Festival
BY plane. train and boat .20.000 y o u n g peo ple
poured into Helsinki for the8th World Youth Festival. F orthose delegates travelling inthe spec ial festival tra ins fromthe Soviet Union, the Fes tivalstart ed two days ear ly. Atevery sta tion in the USSR wewere gree ted by huge crowds .and the students would allclimb ou t of the train , singsongs and exchange bad ges
high over the stadi um. parach utingdown f1ag~ of the d ifferent co untries. This soo n had the yo ut hclapping a nd singing.
VA RIED PROGRAMME
Th e festiva l pro gra mme wasvery larg e an d varie d. and it wasextr emely difficult to cho ose whic hconcer tv, dances, exhibnions, sem inars and sporting events to go toeach da y. The un fortun a te th ingW .I ,> th at the del egat ion" were living in schools sca ttere d all ove rHelsinki, and a sho rta ge of busesmad e It difficu lt to find one's wa y
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the Festiva l song at 6.30 a.m. andend ed a t 3 a .m, whe n We ca meback to o ur schools with th e sunalready h igh in the skv-Fin land~~n~'~c lan d of the -" Mid night
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Ben Tu ro k, look ing cheer- §ful but sligh tly thinner. ap- §pea red in court one da y last §week, br ough t there from th e §Pretoria Pri son w here he is §serving a thre e-year sen tence §on an Explos ives' Act cha rge. §
§ His appearance in cou rt was §§ to be joined with Co ngress of §§ Dem ocrats official s Pieter §§ Beyleveld and Eve Hall on a ~§ charge of " degrading the d ig- §§ nity of the State Pre sident." §§ Th is follows the issue of a §§ leaflet urging Johannesburg §== no t to confer the Freed om of §~ the City on Mr . Swart. §== The case was remanded to §~ Sept ember 20. §§ T urok was returned in cus - §§ tod y to Pr etoria Central Gaol. §
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Gh ana a nd T anga nyika were enjoying . Ver woer d' s bra nd of " freedom " wa s un accept abl e to them .
In Oc tober a speci a l meet ing ofthe T ranskei T errit orial Authoritywill take place to pass the newConstitution dra wn up by th e Recess Committ ee un de r Verwoerd 'splan.
The meeting de cided and man dated the chiefs and members ofthe ITA in Sabata's area to walkout if the ir poi nt of view was notaccepted at the special meeting.They want noth ing to do withVerwoerd's pla n.
If Verwoerd's Plan Accepted
FRtED0M FIGHTERSON TRIAL
One Court Case After Another
M rs. Ntwana is seen here with ber chi ldren at her vegetable stall on which she depen ds fo r a living.
P O RT ELI Z A BET H
FJ~;I~~:~~he ~~~~h a~a~~i~~bu in Ch ief Sab ata D al indyeb o'sarea are tak ing fur ther more mor edrastic st eps on the road of opposition to Bantu Authorities.
At a meet ing at Bumbane theyele cted thre e men to inform theBAD Chief Commission er fo r theT ra nskei that they were op posedto tb e Bantu Authorities.
Speakers emphasised , an d themeeting decided, that they wan tedrea l freedom such as the people of
Marks Shope and Leo n Levy,na tional officials of the S.A. Congress of Trade Unions, bo th on theba nned list , a nd D r, A. Kazi an dJohn Mol efe appeared last weekon a charge of having 'organised,con vened or held a meeting' inKl iptown on March I -
Evidence was led tt-lle effectth at the meeting was held on avacant plot of ground whe re childre n oft en played. It was fu ll ofsto nes and boulders. Captain Steynsaid that an ybody who was observant enough would see that this waspart of a road leadin g down to thera ilway line. The fact tha t WIGCoe tzee of the Special Branch regarded it as a plot was probablydue to the fact that he was notconversant with conditions atKl iptown, The peopl e had dis-
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JOHANNESBURG. pers ed in fairly orde rly fa shi onwhen asked to do so.
THE dramatic appearance in Adv . Ruth K ap lan applied forcourt of Nelson Mandela the disch arge of Levy a nd Kazi
and Walter Sisulu has been at the end of the sta te case . Sh e
f()Uow~d by. a seri~ of other .. i.~~i~~:en~~t o~h~be'c::~ ~a~~s~cases , IllVolVlDg leading mem- was Presid ent of SACTU- ev Ibers of the liberatory move- den ce that was hearsay since it re ment. lied on WID C oetzee's evidence of
having seen documents and hearing that Levy was Pr esiden t. Levybad never att ended the meeting.
Dr. Kazi was a guest sp eakerand could not therefore beaccus ed of " hold ing" a meeting.
The application was turneddown and the case rem anded toSe -ber 26.
L Bartholomew Hlagane,charged with being in pos sessionof illegal literatur e while enteringone of the south-weste rn town ships, was reman ded on bail toSeptember 5.
Miss Ann Nicholson, a memberof the Con gre ss of D emo crats, wa stried last week with ob structingMajor Moolman of tbe SpecialBranch while in the cour se of hisduties. Th e Stat e alleges that ontwo occasions du r ing the SACTUmeeting at K lipt own Miss N ichol-
son cla shed with the Major.On the first occa sion she is
alleged to have pushed betweenhim and a n African wom an who mhe was sco lding. She pu shed h imin th e stomach shouting "w hatright have yo u got to .tell her tokeep quiet?" On the sec ond occasio n when the meeting was in theproce ss of dispersing , she i~
a lleged to have walked up to hima ngr ily and , pu shing her hand towa rds the region of his stomachaga in, sho uted : "the Specia lBranch thi nk they can do whatthe y like. Show me your authority."
WARNINGMaj o r Moolman describ ed how
he had warn ed Nicholson (afterthe first alter ca tion) that he was apol ice officer on duty an d badpu shed her away. On the secondoccasion, he had her rem oved tothe po lice sta tion. He offered toallo w her to go peaceful ly, Sherefu sed. He then ch arged her withinter fering with the police in theirduties. The case was remanded toSeptember 2 1.
Mr. Jacob Lebone, wh o wasarrested while walking acrossDiagon al Street on th e da y of the
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COD LEADERSREMANDED
MESDAMES Mary Turok, wifeof Ben T uro k, Eve H all ,
Pix ie Benjamin and Mollie An der son together with John Benjaminwere re ma nded to October 3 whenthey ap peared in the Magistrate'sCourt, Johannesburg, on Mon day.The se m em bers of the Congress ofDem ocrats are being ch arged withbelonging to or carr ying on theact ivities of an illegal organisat ionnam ely the Afr ican National Congress. T he case was rem anded becau se th e pro secu tor broke hi sarm during the week-end and wasincapacitate d.
it or not, every man is going toobey my orders and is go ing tobow to th e laws of the Gov ern men t." T ha t is Matanzima swea ring at the people.
Today people are deported tothe remotest a rea s through theorders of Ka iser Mat an zim a, simply because they spoke the voiceof the peo ple and not of M at anzima. So me of Matan zirna 's oppo nent s h ave lost their lives.
el'seculionFo r insta nce, I am forc ed to
live in Basut ol and with my husban d beca use of the per secutionwe were su bjected to in the T ranskei. Both my husba nd and I were
N£W AOS, THUlt SDAY, AUGUst 30. 1962
liMTHE
This is the ne w bouse of Mr. Hans A bra ham, Commissioner General of the Xhosa, which has bee n built ata cost of R60 ,OOO near Umtata, No similar house has yet bee n built fo r any African in a ny of the Bantustans. The Commissioner General lives better tba n the futu re P rime Mi nister of the Transkel,
ar y school nam ed "The M aranzima Second ary School" in honour
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F rom Brian Somana han d typistes a nd artisans. In
JOHANNESBURG. ~g~re c~~~ilir~~r na~~~.uatI~THE Government has ~~:reco~~~n fi~~r n~~~;~UI~t:~
told its Bantu Com- official in charge showed hismissioners here and in disappo intment. "People don'tReef towns to hunt for seem inte rested," he sa id.Xhosas to staff Dr. Ver- He was ple ased to see me
woerd's first - Bantustan in - ~n~e~~~~r.tt;~\~ \;~~~~e~~the Transkei. he sa id , urgently needed
Wa nted ar e Xhosa-speaking young men to take up jobs ingraduates , matriculan ts, sh ort- the Transkei. He ha d nohand typi stes a nd qu alified doub t I would do well in theartisan s. Notices have been in fo rmation dep artment ofpin ned up in tow nsh ip super - the new Bantustan .intendent's offices asking But then I mentioned tha tXho sa-speaking Af ricans to I had been a member of theadvise the ne arest Cornmis- African National Congresssioner of th eir educa tiona l before it was banned. Hisqu ali fications. In mines a nd fa ce dropped. He als o drop-compounds lea flets h ave been ped his pen with wh ich hedistri buted, ask ing Xhosa- was about to enter my namespeakers to ad vise mine and in one of his empty col umns,compound ma nage rs of their " We ll," he sa id, "1 don' tqu ali fications. know. 1 can only suggest you
But so far there have not watch the ad verti sements inbeen very many qu alified Ele thu.' He pa used: "Do youapplicants. In the Johannes- know Ele thu?" I did , I said.burg BA .D. Information "Well, watch Elethu andOffice I saw th e fool scap apply the n if you are intesheet with columns dra wn for rested in going to the Trans-gr ad ua tes, matricula nts, short- kei ." §
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of K. D . Matanzima. But whatwas he be ing honoured fo r? N othing. He beca me too bi!: for hisboots.
Crue l la ws are pi led o n thepeople. W hat does he say? " L ike
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i R60,000 BOUSE FOR BANS ABRAHAM I
ord ered to be deported to Keiland s. Bef o re that dep ort at ion myhusban d was su mmonsed to Matan zima 's bush cour t at Qarnata.When he defie d, he was chargedat Cofimva ba Magistra te's Courtwith co ntem pt of Mat anz irna'scou rt an d sentenced to one mo nthin ja il. He serv ed one week andwen t ou t on bai l.
When he disappeared afterward s I was sub jected to persec utio n. Wi th other wome n fromEm xer villa ge I was fined in theMagistrate's Co urt a t Cofimvaba.Imm ed iat ely after th at Mat an zimawith his 200-s trong body guardfrom Qa mata took a cow frommy kr aa l and als o fro m three
,----- -----------------, ot~e~~s sentenced to a fine of £20or th ree months imprisonment byMatanzima in a bush court. 1spent one mon th in jail and the nwen t o ut on bail pend ing a napp eal.
A ll the time m y six ch ildrenwere left with a sickl y cous in. No bod y wa s aIlo wed to help them .
P olitical AsylumSo ev entually I fled to Basu to
land to o , leav ing all m y posses sions su ch as cattle, sheep, furniture etc. No w here I depend onselling vegeta bles, fruit and theliter atu re of the liberatory mo veme nt. Wi th each day , th e hope forand be lief in freedom gro ws, thedesi re to over throw Ma ta nzimaand wha t he stands for .
The power to do that is inour han ds!
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land in the Qamat a villages. H ewou ld not ha ve been free fromthe famin es which al way s hitthe Tr an skei if it wer e no t for thefeudal du es h e received from th epeasants who stayed on his land .
Land RungeI'It can r ightly be said that it is
the need for mo re land andthence more p rod uce by thepeople of the T ranskei tha t b asproduced th e Mat an zirna we seetod ay.
The people, having grave con tempt for the Wh ite man wh o hadtak en awa y a ll their land s an dfor the all -White G overnmentwhic h h ad de prive d the peo ple ofall ri gh ts of f ree occupation andco ntr ol of the land (La nd Act1913) felt that if the Hintsas andNdlambes could re-awaken, condit ion s wo uld change .
T rying to move with the time s,the Em igrant T ernbus sent Matanzima to college with the ai m ofbui ld ing up a leader who wo uldsave th em from the reaction aryWhite G overnm ent. Mat an zim areceived h is B.A. and Law degrees.
Th e people did no t h ave anyidea tha t they mi gh t be bu ild ingup their own Sup er-G od . Whe rehe is. the peopl e ha ve put him .
Too BigNo w Mat a nz ima says : "The
chiefs should not be easily acc essible by the pe ople. " The Emigrant Tembus have h ad a second-
MATOF
IT is amazing that Ka iserMatan zima should claim
to be speaking for the peopleand that he should be tippedas the fut ure Prime Ministerof the Transkei when thatterritory is given self-rule.
Wh o is Ma ta nzima ? In the firstplace he is a ma n for himse lf a ndno t for th e people.
Th e people of Em igrant Tembulan d had a hand in building h imto his present position. H e wasborn in Qam ata . H is father wasnot a p rosperou s man, a lthoughhe own ed a fairly large p iece of
NEW AGE, lHURSDAY, AUGUST 90, 1962
Warning By African Youth League
drugged him along at a runningpace. As he ran, he shouted"These handcuffs are killing me."
Mr. l. ighrenburg ill evidencesaid Mr. Mokitimi told the crowdoutside the court " Bolela" whichhe interpret ed as rnearung " Fight."Afterwards the people startedthrowing stones. When told that" Bolela" meant "Tell: ' Mr.Lightenburg had nothing to say.
Mr. Mokitimi alleged that hecomplained to a Mr. Ramsden inthe Rezrstrar's office about thet i gh t nes~ of his handcuffs but wastold to "shut up." Giving evidenceMr. Ramsden said he hadexamined the handcuffs and cometo the conclusion Mr. Mok inrni1\ :1, J lI~t making a fuss to get hishandcufts loosened ~n th ,u hecould run away.
BEATEN UPMr, Mokumn said he 1V1 ~
throw n face down illto a policevan and beaten up WI th batons.At the police:station he was againmanhandled b\ the riot squad andeventually thrown into a cell in asemi-conscious state
He was later examined by a Dr.van Aswegen who. after exertingsome pressure on his eyeballs,said: "He is bluffing."
A certificate of examinat iondated one week later. however,showed that Mr. Mokitimi hadbruises on the LI pper abdomen andspine and scratches on his shoulder blade.
The inquiry is proceeding.
R4. A small number received arise of R6. Since then. however.there have been complaints fromthe workers about dismissals andabout bad treatment by Whitechargehands and compoundpolice. culminating in the strikelast week.
PORT ELIZABETH:
WORKER IVICT RIES
Continued from previous column
sed section of the population. It isWe who will lose our jobs andhomes. not Mr. De Wet Nel andmembers of the Nationalist Party.
CREATING HATRED"We warn the GO\'ernment if it
carries on with its inhuman andun -Chri stian -llke policy. it willstir up a hatred in the heart.. ofthe Africans that will not easilydie.
"Afrikaners have not to this dayforgotten the concentratio n campsand the suffering caused by theBritish in the War of 1899.
"We Africans will also neverforget the suffering and hardshipsthat this Government has placedupon us and our children.
"We ask all people who recognise the injustices of this policyto join in our protest."
DURBAN:ABOUT 300 chemical workers-
the entire Africa n staff-ofthe South African Titan Productsat Umgobaba, on the Natal SouthCoast, went out on strike lastweek as a result of the dismissalof one of their comra des.
This was the culmination of along series of complai nts by theworkers alleging bad treatmentand conditions of work.
The strike was settled bySACTU negotiators who met themanagement On Monday. Theterms of the settlement are that allthe workers' grievances will besympathetically considered by aspecial committee. There will beno prosecution under the NativeLabour (Settlement of Disputes)Act and no victimisation.
These workers recently wonsubstantial wage increases when.after they had received no replyfrom the local company, they submitted their demands to the headoffice of the company in England.
Increases ranged from R2 to
Police Assault On B.e.p.Youth Leader Alleged
, Inquiry in MaseruFrom J. G. Kgasane
MASERU.EVIDENCE of a police
assa t on BCP YouthLeader Mr. Mohau JoshuaMokitimi on October 31,1961, was given before an inquiry held at the DistrictCommissioner's Court underthe chairmanship of Mr. Justice Roper, .a former j dge ofthe Basutoland High Court.
The assault touched off the riotwhich swept through Maseru thatnight and for participation inwhich Mr. Jack Mosiane andothers were later sentenced to longterms of imprisonment.
Giving evidence, Mr. Mokitimisaid he was sitting in court duringthe afternoon adjournment writingnotes to hand over to his defencecounsel Mr. Tsotsi when the prosecutor Mr. Lightenburg and thepolice captain, tben Mr. Reden,came up to him.
"YOU ARE A LIAR"Mr. Reden asked him why he
are South Africans, and the wholeof South Africa belongs to us together with other peoples who livehere.
"Our forefathers began to cometo the Western Cape nearly ahundred years ago. They came towork on the farms. roads. docksand railways. They played a partin building homes. factories andshops.
WORK TO DO"There are 150000 of us in the
Western Cape. We are here because there is work for us to do.Employers want our labour. Factory owners and farmers haveprotested against the Government's high-handed and oppressive action in taking us away fromour jobs. and homes.
"We do not want to go. Employers do not want us to go.
"Why then does Mr. De WetNel, who is Minister of Bantu
"EISELEN LYNG HATRE
CAPE TOWN.""VEare not cattle, to be
shifted up and downthecountry by the Government tosuit political ends," says astatement by the AfricanYouth League protestingagainst the proposal of theGovernment that Africans beremoved from the WesternCape.
"We reject the statement by Mr.De Wet Nel that we have to bethrown out from the WesternCape. Many of us were born here.Others have lived here for most oftheir lives. All of us have workedin the Western Cape to build itstrades and industry. and to makea living for ourselves.
"The Western Cape is as muchour country as of anyone else. We
NEW AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30. 1962
u.s. BasesThe United States has
stationed more than I milliontroops in over 70 countriesand areas in all parts of theworld and established morethan 900 military bases in 35foreign countries.
It has 15 bases for launching inter-continental guidedmissiles.
It has more than 200 military bases in Japan , and inOkinawa it has set up the biggest nuclear base in Asia.
West German paper pointed outthat it was ironical. to say theleast, that Fraenkel's first job asprosecutor after the war was toprosecute Nazi war criminals!
A leading West Berlin paper.the Taggespiegel, indignantly commented on the Fraenkel affair:"The whole case is typical of thedangerous laxity with which thebrown stains on white waistcoatsare disregarded, even when thereis a question of selecting a candidale for a high office." Wellspoken. What makes these comments particularly droll is the factthat the Tagespiegel is edited by aman with a great big brown stainon his own white waistcoat. Hisname is Karl Heinrich Silex, andduring the Hitler period he editedthe nazi daily Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung for ten years. Amongsthis writings then were several outpourings of praise for AdolfHitler as Germany's saviour.
Suppliers
said with a smile. "we were alsoable to keep in contact with ourbureaux all over the countrythroughout the Congress. Communications worked excellently."
One of the indirect consequences of the anti-colonial upsurge has been the breaking awayby many leading politicians fromthe bondage of the one-time symbol of respectability- the collarand tie. One premier who has decided to doff his tie for somethingmore suitable for the tropics, isBritish Guiana's Dr. CbeddiJagan, who is leading a stiff fightfor the independence of his country.
Not all his followers, however,are able simply to accept the ideaof a tieJess premier. Said one ofhis admirers recently: "Poor doc,he got so many worries, he na gottime fo' buy tie."
The wide publicity given to his .Nazi past forced the top WestGerman public prosecutor. Wolfgang Fraenkel, to retire recently(on a handsome pension). One
Arms In Hand
purchase part of the land fromthe landlords for distribution tothe peasantry.
"Help will be extended tolandlords to enter trade and industry. Membership of theFront is open to patriotic landlords."
Question OfNeutrality Fr~n~?ske:rn~ebdolr~r~~~.pl ics for the"In all major actions now." he
Diemist troops who do not take replied, "we use captured U.S.part in attacks, or who come over arms. A great quantity have beenvoluntarily. or who do not offer brought over to us by desertingresistance "will be released lmme- troops, often whole units. Othersdiately after the battle and hel,ed we capture in raids.according to their wishes." "For instance, in September
There is a provision that reads : 1961, we attacked Phuoc Thanh-"To army units and officials who a provincial capital about 60 milesrise up in mutiny or attempt coups north of Saigon. In an action thatdirected against the U.S. imperio- lasted precisely three minutes welists and their agents, the National- were masters of the situation. WeLiberation Front will give active bagged 400 arms of all categories.support and immediate aid to help especially recoilless cannon and
fhe.n./~~~Ia~~t{~/~ :::~f1~~~ SOlP i ~~~~~d rifles that we like very
~~~~il on the question of neutra- c1~;~ k~~v ~~~ Ao~~ricaar~s l i\~o~"The Congress had deep di" North Vietnam. But that would be
cussions on the foreign policy stupid even if we could. Think ofof peace and neutrality. .. The the transport problem. The Ameri-Congress solemnly asserts that cans on the other hand." he saidSouth Vietnam will establish with a laugh, "deliver them rightdiplomatic relations with all there where we need them. Notcountries, without distinction of ~~~pma:~Sweb~~ed~,~her essential
~if~ti~h~ s~;i~ci~i~nof°t'hfeor;r;~ As to the extent of territorydung Conference . . . actu.ally ~ dmin.istered by the
" It w,ill not .enter into mili- ~~~onal -Ll be ratlOn Front, he
~~~ts~~~~~~n:~t : r~~~;~~t{J. ~. : 'it's difficult to ink that in on aeconomic and ot erwise, from ~ap for van ous reaso~s: There
any cou~try willi~~ to provi~e ~~~d~a~t vill~~~~ ~~r:;,r:;i~;;I~ rib~:such ass/~t.ance Wl~~out restric- rated without a Diem official or
. ¥h~r~O~~I:I~~~s '?'oie of warning ~i~~iltel~O~~de;h~~~ c~~tr~thb~~m }~heD~~~r::~~; . affi r'!l~ that if ;~~~~e ;~~rev:;tig~~a~1s ~re~!~it~~ ~ _the ~mperatlve and legitimate as- ministration who are in effect ourpirations of the South Vletn:tmese prisoners.peopl~ go .unheeded, and If the ''There are other areas of dis-U.S. Imperialists.and th:lr agents puted territory, which we control
r~ir~r: a~~~~~~i~~n~o. ~h~h~ ~~~~1~ ~~y~ig~h~~~ ~~:re :~elll~;1tr~~e~~of . South. Vietnam and t~e where the Diem administration
~~t l~na}~~~~r~tf~tru~~~n.t . ~~~ ~:~ecech:~eJo t~~~t~unt: t~~t PF~g~~:~~e:~~d~~~~h a~~et~:~~~~c~ef=~ ~~t~::ti~~~~~ have not yet beencompl~tely oV~,rthrow the treache- "Don't forget we have not been
ro~~~~ct~~o~~ie sincer~ly devoted ~I~~;~on :~~ 1~~~at i~~d ~~ve~~~to pea.c~ may be dlstur~ed by goes faster than we can organisethe militant note of this pro- administration. By and large, you
noO~~e~:~t~nlY r~eall that if the f~:n:aYan~ha~tr~::~c c~~~~~~~~~~German and Italian people had not all the latter. We hold the
~~~~h~nd rU~~~ea~a~~tJ ~~Il~th~~~ countr yside."
~~~~ndsP~~~d t~ar~orror of the r5!-U-III-II11-IlII-IIII-IIII-IIII-III-IIII-IIU-IIII-UII-IIII-IIII-III-IIII-IIII......J11I1II JAGAN: TieIess in Guiana
i MORE WORLD TIT-BITSThe people of South Vietnam
are fighting with arms in theirhands against an Asiatic neofascism which endangers worldpeace.
Their leaders are quite conscious of this. They are also conscious of their responsibilities totake every step possible to securea peaceful settlement.
"We will not miss any chanceatall," the Declaration says, "to improve the disastroussituation thathas now overtaken South Vietnam,10 end the bloodshedthere, to promote a settlement which will helprelax international tensions."
Later I was able to interviewone of the Central Committeemembers who had taken part inthe Congress. He stressed the complete security in which the IS-dayproceedings had taken place.
"Thanks to the good-qualityradio transmitters with which theAmericans have supplied us," he
ORCES tlA EGNSNKS TO ,KSI
Broad Liberation Fronl In South Viet-nom
In conclusion, the Front'sProgramme called for "theestablishment of a neutralarea in Indo-China, comprising South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, which wouldenjoy full sovereignty and independence."
The other document adopted bythe Congress-the Declarationcontains some points of specialinterest.
Land reform policy, for instance, is
"to recognise the right to landownership for all landlords wbodo not work as agents for the
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ITHE DIEM FAMILYI~ DICTATORSHIP ~
I N~ithDin~ict?t~:r;1 P~e~~:~~ I§ Head lr one of the only §I ~~i~t. parties permitted toI§ Nj:o Dinh Nhu: Brother of §§ the President. Head of the ~§ other political party. Con- §~ troIs "security" services. §
§ Tr~~oL~i~~~h}h~u:Sif~o~~ ~of the country's economic §life. All U.S. aid passes §through her hands (her §father. Tran Van Chuong,::is Ambassador in Washing- §ton), She allots military ~contracts. Her currency §operations are said to make §those of French officials jibefore they had to leave §look small beer. Believed §to have large sums salted Saway in France. Switzer- §land, Brazil and Tunis. ~
Ngo Dinh Can: Brother of ~the President. "Viceroy" of §Central Vietnam. §
_ N20 Dinh Luyen: Brother of §~ :~eL~~d~~~nt. Ambassador ~
~ Ngo Dinh Thuc: Brother of ~~ ~;oS~li~de~l~a~ is~fP vi~g ~;; Long. Diem wanted the §§ Vatican to appoint him §§ Archbishop of Saigon. Has §§ the monopoly for exploit- §§ ing the timber reserves of §§ South-West Vietnam. of §§ French rubber plantations §;; seized by Diem and of the §§ import and distribution of §§ sacramental wine. His in- §:: vestments also include Sai- §§ gon's largest department §
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'But they must carry out thepresent agrarian policy of theFront which is to reduce landrents and guarantee peasants'tenant rights.
"In the future, the nationalcoalition administration. by negotiation and at fair prices, will
I ASIA I
Hard Core Of Front
FOR three weeksearly this year in a large village, whichmustremain nameless as long as U.S. bombers patrol South
Vietnamese skies, the historic First Congress of the NationalLiberation Front was held with over a hundredelecteddelegatesfrom all over the country taking part.
By coincidence. the Con-gress started work just eight By Wilfred Burchettdays after a U.S. MilitaryCommand was set up in Saigon and direct U.S. militaryintervention started in SouthVietnam.
Plenarv sessions were held in asolid, brick building with electriclight and loudspeaker sys.temwhich broadcast the proceedingsnot' only to the delegates in thehall. but to the local residents aswell-a tribute to the securitywhich reigns in the liberatedareas,
The three main political partiesforming the hard core of theFront are:
The Democratic Party. formedin 1944. a party of intellectualsand " na il business people. whichsupported the resistance warag.unst the French from the beginning;
The Radical Socialist Party,formed in 1961. representing intellectuals in-Saigon and other urbancentres and reflecting the strongtrend towaid-, neutralism. evenamong thovc ill the Diem administration and army;
The People's RevolutionaryParty, formed in Januarv 196:!and ' representing the workerpeasant movement and militantintellectuals.
All three took part ill the Concress. Il was also attended bydelegates from social and religiousorganisations. the Committee for
'_.- Afro-Asian Solidarity. the peacecommittees. associations of writersand journalists.
Delegates represented everyprovince and major town in SouthVietnam. There were small business people. doctors and lawyers.Catholic priests and Buddhistpriests, peasants and fishermenand members of the Front'sarmed forces- including formerofficers from Diem's army.
After 15 days of hard work. aProgramme and Declaration ofpoli~y were adopted and 31 members of a 52-member CentralCommittee elected. The remainingplaces were left open to representother organisations which it wasexpected would later join theFront
A 10·point policy statementissued a month before the Congress by the provisional CentralCommittee bad among other aimscalled for
an end to Diem's war againstthe people:
the withdrawal of U.S. interventionist forces;
the election of a New National Assembly and Presidentthrough "free. non-fraudulent"balloting;
the dissolution of concentration camps and freeing of political prisoners;
an end to press-gang conscription methods;
the application of variousmeasures to end the economicmonopoly of the Diem family.and
a foreign policy of peace andneutrality.This was endorsed by the Con
gress.
NEW AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUsr 30, 1962
sured us of their support inthe campaign to boycott S.A.
Whilst all this is taking place,thousands of people continue topatronise all-White sportingevents. The leaflet adds: "Ourleaders in sports as well as inother spheres are engaged in abitter fight against apartheid insports as well as in other spheresof life."
Under the heading "what doesattendance at these events mean?",the leaflet sets out the following:• It helps to strengthen the
apartheid ideology.• Portion of the money paid at
the gates is used to engageprofessional coaches. To trainwhom? Whites only. Theythen turn around and say thatNon-Whites can't make thegrade for S.A. national teams.
• It means that we in this country are not pulling our weightwhereas people overseas arefighting against apar theid notonly in sport but in otherspheres as well.
• It means that we are not supporting wholeheartedly ourown sporting bodies run onnon-racial lines and whichneed our moral and financialassistance. "-
The leaflet ends with a call tostudents not to support all-whitefixtures and to assist in the propaJlation of this idea amongst allsections of the people.
11 Years Service-Sacked
Mr. Douglas Sithunda, who wassacked by a Cape Town firmdespite 11 years' service because,after an illness of five weeks, bewas ordered by the doctor to doonly Iigbt duties. The finn proposed to dismiss Mr. Sithundawith only his notice pay due tohim, but his trade union, the African Commercial and DistributiveWorkers' Union, raised the matterwith tbe Department of Labourand was able to secure IJ furtber
two weeks' holiday pay.
BOYCOTT ALLWHITE SPORTS
CAPE TOWN.Cape Town's slogan painters
have been in action again. Lastweek the slogans "Free Mandela,""Hang Vorster" and "Jail Vorster"were painted on walls and buildings in the city centre, some ofthem within a stone's throw ofpolice headquarters at CaledonSquare.
A few days later the sloganpainters were out again. This timeslogans were painted on the Vall;Riebceck statue on the Foreshoreand the Bartholomew Diaz statuein the Gardens, on Roeland Streetbridge and a number of otherplaces in the central city area.
Among the slogans were "LongLive Mandela and Sisulu." "FreelAngola," "Resist Nat-Nazism"and "Free Mandela."
-»-RACING AT KENILWORTH
The following are Damon'sselections for Monday:Maiden Plate, I mile: LADY
WILLOW. Danger, Trustee.Maiden Plate, 5 furlongs: CAR
BONATE. Danger, Solina.Wynberg Progress Stakes: BO
TANY BAY. Danger, Fourways.
Maturity Handicap: GREAT.GUNS. Danger, Metro.
Settler's Day Handicap:J. DODGE2. Irish Thunder3. Honey Brume.
)·Year-Old Stakes: HERALD'SDREAM. Danger, Grass Bird.
Wynberg Handicap (B): NOTATION. Danger, Old Times.
Kenilworth Handicap (Second):BLONDE BOMBER. Danger,Green Arrow.
MORE CA PE TOW N SLOGANS
• The all-White S.A. FootballAssociation has been suspended for the second consecutive year from InternationalFootball by the world footballbody-FIFA.
• The prospect of White S.A.athletes participating in International Olympics is in thebalance.
• The Non-European FootballAssociations have ceased toplay matches organised onracial lines.
• The White athletic body refused to take Non-Whites in itsteam to Lourenco Marques although some African athletesclocked beller times than theirWhite counterparts.
• The fate of cricket is in thebalance too. Why? S.A. refusesto play the West Indians, thePakistanis and the Indians.
• And Rugby, SA's nationalgame, is due for a rude shock.New Zealand students have as-
DURBAN.
.A ~~~~ toa~II!J~~~entss:oo~~events is made in a leaOet issuedat all universities a nd high schoolsby the President of the Students'Representative Council of theUniversity of Natal , Mr. ThumbaPillay.
Giving some facts for the students "to think about" the leafletstates:
MORE POLICERAIDS
JOHANNESBURG
The Special Branch have kept uptheir round the clock raids and interrogations of members of the liberatory movement in Johannesburc,
S~vera l raids were made on thehouses of members of the RandYouth Club following on the appearance of "F ree Mandela" slogam in the townships. In onehouse, the police said they werelooking for ink. Among thoseraided were Mr. Roy Letlalo, whowas visited twice; Miss Vera Gule,Mr. Henry Nkosi, Rev. Mento, Mr.Gera ld Lockman and Mr. Wellington Sikiti- all of the Youth Club.The police arrived at Mr. DumaNokwe's house looking for Mr.Tha bo Mbeki, He was out visitingfr iends at the time.
Mr. Gerald Ludi, a member ofthe Congress of Democrats, alsocame under their scrutiny. Whenthe Special Branch arrived at Mrs.Eve Hall's fiat, she had left andthey did not search.
Several people have been visitedby the Special Branch and questioned about their addresses, timeof going to work, number of children, distances of their homes fromtheir places of work and otherquestions which seem to point tothe possibility of house arrest.Amongst the latest batch of peoplequestioned along these lines havebeen Mrs. Ruth Matseoane andMrs. Phillipa Levy and Messrs.Vic Goldberg and Walfle Kodesh,
Ebrahim Ismail, a member of tbeNatal Indian Youth Congress, waslast week found guilty of paintingslogans 00 a wall of a Durbanbakery on May 21 and was finedR30 (or 30 days). He was sen
.tenced to a further 60 dayssuspended for three years. Ebrahim Ismail was arrested at hishome at 2 a.m, on May 21 whenseveral slogans "Un ite Fight NaziBill" appeared in prominent places
throughout Durban.
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Brutus Nominate~For Wits SRC
JOHANNESBURGMr. Dennis Brutus, the well
known sports administrator andlive-wire campaigner who has contributed largely to apartheid beingcondemned by various international sporting bodies, is one of thecandidates up for election to theS.R.C. at Wits University.
Mr. Brutus is eligible for election as a part-time student at theUniversity.
His name appeared amongst the102 on the banned list publishedrecently by the Minister of Justice,Mr. Vorster.
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W HAT is happening to the South African Sports Association?There is a lot of confusion at present, caused largely by
false press reports that SASA disbanded after the July Executive meeting. These are the facts:
• SASA is being asked to consider disbanding: the requestcomes from the Executive.
• The final decision will depend on the affiliated bodies andthe officials- all of whom have been asked to give theirdecision IN WRITING.
• While president Rangasamy has asked affiliated bodies toagree to dissolve- and he is supported by some vice-presidents like REGGIE FELDMAN and M. N. PATHER (ofJohannesburg and Durban respectivelyj-e-some of the othervice-presidents-including strong men like GEORGESINGH (Durban) and FATHER SIGAMONEY (Jhb.}have strongly opposed the move.
WHATEVER HAPPENS WILL BE DECIDEr> AT THECOUNCIL MEETING IN OCTOBER.
Why has SASA Exec. Moved to Disband?The reason is clearly set out in the Executive resolutions
calling for disbandment:
• It is necessary to take the fight against racial sport to itsnext stage.
• The time is ripe to set up a SOUTH AFRICAN NONRACIAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE which can apply formembership of the world body.
• Only an Olympic Committee can seek membership- SASAhas served its purpose and cannot take the Olympic fightany further.
• Chancellor Meyer of the International Olympic Committeehas stated to a top White sports administrator (also a topGovernment official) that he expects the non-racial bodiesto make their challenge at the next Olympic Congress.
• He is sending SASA the Olympic Rules so that a Constitution can be drafted.
Sports bodies must get ready to move into the next round ofthe sports-fight: the ROUND THAT SHOULD SEE THEKNOCK-OUT BLOW-if we stand togetherand don't flinch.
WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE CAN BE SURE THATTHE FIGHT FOR TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP WILL BEFOUGHT OUT TO THE VICTORIOUS END.
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