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Page 1: W23 - Historical Papers, Wits University · 2012. 10. 19. · -meeting; do not po»e a pireat to law and order, the Koornhof btlU.*, • and that the bans wart groundless. •

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Page 2: W23 - Historical Papers, Wits University · 2012. 10. 19. · -meeting; do not po»e a pireat to law and order, the Koornhof btlU.*, • and that the bans wart groundless. •

.»■* « y ' *» ' * ' *~ - »•______»____________ ^ » - V y . /* t ' V r i ; T***^* * * ___ 1

S e e c e n t e r s p r e a d

^NATIONAL. *r*r - ;

•7;:.t J » VvS;

0 r •1 - : V ;."> I.

/ *- '_■ - V -.

~ i . . .

3a Nee . . . but,the People Shall Govern

ON N O V T M JE 1 X » M » S o « i A tn c x m la tka n l aa Ika » •* tarn-

■ M M yrafaaala Black Soatk Afrtcaaa 4Ma't. T k a li tk . K°k**“ - By u d a d ta f tk.aujertlt of Samk Afncaa. fro* Ike pracaaa af political t « U a ■ »* •* . Ik« » ■ > " &■< to a n t U m f U [ka coaflkt, act I t to raacSo-

"" rk . f»cx tkal Mack Saatk AfHcm* o u U aw «o)i waa ao m n l f t a o r-a c c M ^ I t « » a n n c o k k u • » feUkaran u * ukaa ky ik. N au a « tka atoctorata. Tkc pritUctW u a t i i i a a la Sm U A tria c u ar>rr n U kyf - - - r----- TIm toaqiiaiUic. ofm l i h a n aa hmtm m m al tkai tkay caa'aal; rale ky cwKrol. ' 1- \

Ta M la ia ta <H« eoatrol ' tk»y ■bm o im Iim P « » - Tkry eaaaw ad o rt u •kart M. Tkc *aaUky aad.. J a a paacrfalk a » CMUraclatf a wkoU aaOrark a( n f r v l n ■ n aam I*Ik. offfwm,t ami tk .,. n p k * ^ . Ow k u k oeaaadi ‘ far k . « u rifht* I r a M u a M ac n M * * . a n a ll) by fi Sal aaly i n ' . M a | M W aay ■aaalaffal ■ay h political tacialoa a» k la |. kai vkai Ik- tla kU of parftatocatary tooocracy tM a *a« m Bomb Africa W k a» t J«ttoo—*• Oar aaly .o*. lia. la atfaalaailaa, -O rfaaiaallaa ivm yk wklck I m in ii caa l ip political c»an a«i M* a ^ t r a l t a ^

Toa aiofua c a * . la M a t Tka aaa la Ik. rallyia| call af. rka Boat -kroadly kaa« alliaac. la i w r | i la Sawtk Africa'■ klHory UDF aaUaa, Apaftkcid <*>“ •»- TW e ttc r la 4r i n fraa Ik . mam Beal of Ike paopUs- aaf Irallooa tk ll *< k an . tkt Frartoto Ckanar, *kkk H alo : Tka paa-, £ a j£ aU '|0 > < n -'

. Ml + V”1

f t u THE DEMOCRATIC Mvj^ktack fro® ihc «u ic ,,

Mcdir.p have ooauoualiy bccii baofai^ * r £ * L _ Scuta AJnan Workrn Unior. b*no»d in ^ . r Lb* Ciikci. bu* b o y c o o e n in M d w tu n # detained aad harmned, 1*4 ofDcu^flfUniud Dcmocrmiic Front ^hrt»tened^vil>v xc»incuoB order '* * a

5 .M tov orfuuM uacP b«y»;b*d ibeir m c ru n p bonped.^- .T b c -U D F b u ' b w . cu k ii^ bord iU louacb in . J ib ^ / Border ire f io ^ .bem g

• twice beancd.’ » ruLionx! lo- ' ■U r-*ccrruru ii E eeu n g bori- aod. u well m n w c tio p oppoec tbc cooctiu iuoru! propoeals in d ibe k .o o rah cf •Biiu. v . - % v ,v ■

Id the ruo -u p t o tb* fercodura on lh* eooMiiu-*- lion U D F m c«tinfs wer* -'- banned. Each . tinir- ro u thoriik* have ftlkfod ih»t *,.•• m public m e tiin f w ould c m *v d« n jer lb« oubUc peoas in ; term* of th e S«curity» A a .

^Kfaces iro n list

Fill**-I inows«no C4««Dr*i*cu o r* N o p i^

Spirit of defiance at people’s weekend

.iP lR l I' o f d o jin c* rc«a*sc« r*rrH ;* c c r o u Socth A fnai la« *

• G w e ta a p p e a r s < » Y u t u f D a o o d : v

.A T r ib u te .a )c> f r f t^

________ e L m u d .> T>emocT»jjc From c t ePrmiod ■ ^eooic '* • '

^ ‘ ^ - ♦ ■* . > . • • '. . . . . . . __ I m e n u 1 Security- A n . Th* m »etin| to Uu&:h a campaign to fner NelKin jnov^ftC* of m p p o fu n from m lsom cn o f •*,m actm p > « r t p^r*«nt*C from baing ~ beW ^ M todeia. jailed kader of tbc A fr ia n N tuoaa l^ Aifv> 10f>lher wnicft, 7,

^ ry w h rra in tKa m agjaunal duiric i /o r ih« tiMirt j . C ongm *. Tho-aand i of paople Irom ail part* • bc»on|*d to th« UD-. weak end. • ^ __ - - - o f the countrv were txpcc tad to attend, bui the v |fev ^ ^ woppMl| tM .r „ th«>r•' U D F offic»al»^ applied for an urgent eoiin »a* banned » .poweMo pwt a «op to the gov«n*»*m » coo-■mterdta agairut tne banning o f e raJly tv -;-j U D F Pre»«Jent Arch>e Gumed« Mid tb« ban* propoe«i» anc Ju x r-a id Bsiu.Rondeboech. C ape Tow n The interdict w » k » t n an a t^ m p i *to inhibit the eaprcsnon of t>pCaAer, tn ^ paru ap an u l»rne aac a^ain granted ,'confircn in i (be U D F » bcltc/ th at «u ' popular opposm oe to the new coo*tuution and

-meeting; do n o t po»e a p ireat to law and order, the Koornhof btlU.*, • and that the bans w art groundless. • . . . .• Mr C u n u Nsondo of the F ret ‘M andela

Apart from the UD F other groupe affected . * Committee iaid ‘the continued incarceranoc of .by the ban* a re tbc Free M andela Committee.* ‘ -leader* like M .ndeia wa* in*pired by a *en*e of ,

c ‘.th eT ra ru v aa l Indian C ongreu . A zapoand the • ' . fear and guilt 7 be ban wa> an act 01 cowardice ’ r P ^ Congrw* of South. African Studonia..Com -. The ban of Saawv na* come under heavy

«em oraw on aerv*e» for Yu»uf .D adoo,-ibe attack* world-w>dc Tho/am»tc Cqwet*. pnr- p l 2 ca ik d pan pre»*dcnt Of the South African .V gujent of S aa» u »aid. ‘the ban by Scbe ju*t.,

Indian Congrea*. and S tavaB iko have aWo been compteied » hat the South African Government ,'» — -* ai^n.,1 W«- ht»u* Ihf \n u th AfrK.m C.m ern-

. awore to fight tbem lo the eoCIbc areeaend wai the clinuu & 3m t ’D T i

p rcfram m c of action again* tne con- atawtKXia! prupoaab and the K-ocranof- BiUa.__ 1 was limed to coincide war sic whue-iMi> rrterendum

i be ‘Peop^e i Weekend* broug*. together • IhOkaond* m people oppoaed to r t r propoaed

new Onpcnkuiton in m uu ntltcx cwlturai . rvcau . demuofctrationi, motor w a***aJCmJ<* •

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R E P O R T S

.Catering: workers v

.remember a comrade

' O N E O F the m » wtw formed the . Commercial. C»icx-J and Allied

■' W often'U nion. M om. Kagan, diod, to September ai u * « « ° f 7<-

M omi Ka«*n wie * * * ■kad from ■ young *t< w»l active ■*

J un d erg ro u n d yw itr. m ovem en t. r i»« tne rt»m wing d icu u x ih ip m

' the country, In the 1930~i. ft* arrived

l io r r t .

- a South Afnea. w*«r. 1» woA*! “ t bu. drive: In Cap* T o w t He w u diimi»»*d (or crgaa i.ia* fellow

/ » « “ «• f T * r ; —^ in h lio o iJo b ,* eac tartin « •*»*' h* aerted t o Sfeaeg wort organ*, - mi ehop worten. During the IfSffg

- andW iy l«Cr». b* wa. *«iv* m e»- ' ' m u m Sacui and th» union. w-* ioa*:*d wrth B — particularly Ihe

“ "N itio n tl Union of Diatrlbutlv*•: W otiea -The NUDW delayed 1

fleauoo or whether to affiliat* to Sactu or Tuo*a £^e 1® tin LtTiueoc*

r , < / ic e g a n end attoen ha* him. It we.

*' ool> m 196: «>*» 1 P 1* 1 Tuc**-- Though mo*t of to (** l io n . wer* i» -U * ■euebllihed

t .fttwcTM unit**. *a«*n V * ’**■; gtrumental in forming Ccewtua . •

>**“ ' Kagan'. tonera. ww attended by *■* *• Urge Ccawuia <W c**jo ii, repreeeo-

u n r o o f F o*aoiai« :C uaa.a*w «Iiai■ e m p l o y e r ! and m e i r b e r i r f K b e r un-

j ■***■ > v - H V ^ v

’ N a m ib ia n A ;d e fe n d e r

r Soes d o w n - -? c a m p a ig n in g ] ’:ONE OF the Hre « w intwruuoBi

• • ca m p aig n er. a g a n * apaitlwd ~R .v M icbaal Scott — <ti«d ; «

“ •. L ondon recen tly . H« a t o o *•**’*■“: - u one o f the earl**. critic* « S * 11

. ' "A inc*’. rota fa N s = : ia - . . . ’

• • H i (XV.!«-TT*P*-"0 < * * " W» C*B>"' aeigning iju n ii apar-heio In South

- Afnca, and u t rtaurt w banned from th u country in 19KX .

In l«4t ne w*i jailed for mroe month. */ter take* pan lb a P“ nv'

v .. r c . i . i a n c c c m p a r g n p r o t c . t i n j bu*r.e*> r a m c t io M on In-

dian traden . . * • : ;f' in th e *ro* y « he u>»k'“P “ •

E U K o f th« H e r e r o p e o p i* tn N am ibia, n u i in * re pe* l*d »ppe* li to

' UK UN to pr«M un»« S o u th A Jnc* . H e u t e r look th* cm * to th* I n u n n u io n a l C o u rt o f »a*tic*.

• A fte r tM vim l o u th AfM ov Sco tt founded th e A frw *n B u ree u in L ondon , w hich w r o u OB*M i*ely on

' A fn cen iewc*.He tr»wli«d to B»ny P « “ of m*

world, informmj people of chenjei taking piece i» d e c o lo n m n i

-countnee. - _____ ,For hu eftonj be wmi (koorwd

• fcom N vueiend » 1953 end eipelled from indi* in l» « tor U t* m p tin | to hw » iotui«M w » > 0 ^ uibelw»rin ^ e ie m . - •

it S.. *r*n he w<Si'

l e a a e r s s la iT

Le*cxno for Um 71 worker*killed. '** ~ 1

*A ¥tah by NUM ©Twiai* uj u o * vrvon in boqjcaJ hai >oc lh a i lc

K The.Uiem ocr ■ » « - . - « v n , c t o the; eo tttu irrtiu lenuo end ef •wt.'Tiini to NUM the! Ihe Bopp*l«- o ' ^ ^ c n c e nay b e n beer.

- oonsuuiic and ibcfL action, rwpooiibie for the c c ac*

S A S P L L N A T IP S A L 2 .. .

CO refuses: to serve in ‘aggressive' SA army

| DURBAN CON SCI EN T.-'."S ob -'. j j t e to r F tu ! Dob*on fcai 5f«n

.lactitenead oy eoun m r u . *c oa«! ¥•*.■'i cvii*n utipm onm ea aai I _ i dishooourablc d» »*ha r |c Skjt*. Uic j army. • • • * ■ ’' r Several Trorronant charr*- le ^ im ,

■eluding Dr AlUn B o tm . rrojdeo'.1 of Ihe World Albence of .

‘iChurtbte. h*»e .pondec-^ the , | jentr'ct. *»•-. Z . ' l ' •

1 Church. Huderrt and cee.rumty orjaru*uxmi h*va • 9«i^on

brougnt oui by x.Hr C otK u.' ^ i O b ^cu n Support Group r

luppor. cf Jooeor..A-mor*. ihttr. ars l* c Cx^ioitc

! iufUC? *nd Peioc C^^rr.m .~r the ' »oa.-^ o ' icx ial * U irc n » ^ -*

• ‘ SRC* o « -Uo.NCiir' s ' Caoc• ' and U-.e ’ Unm^v » e.r Uu

•*cfifn Ca,<s.aa^ *e^ -v * J e n .■| O ' JU*' |'i '-p a . Archb**aac ^ U ip

o/ ihr Cburca ol u« *,rovy', « ^ S o u A / n ta ar>d £>r I n— t wt

. iraonj ’i k Bi^ra Jnaa . r Dot»ar a e»o*ffu£V ii

i objector (CO.) *ft*r bcs« a the ! v m y l a 14 poothe, u be m i Ik■ o n MONDAY w a n k * . 'Sepumblw^ pt»* «•* «b'«iow» who

•12.^ tnethe* gee expweior, at "the. ,d»eo el Hlob*ac. * - - * .-Hlobene co llie ry k i l l e d - 6 1 1- » 000 w onw r min#worten end tiyured ten ahert. : -cell dcepue utempu >7 the Otembcr. * The iocideo; he* weried off l <• of Mine* to prewol Ihottjrom tang■ neural! outcry not ooiy s*cr tha in- *o. The • Ch»mb<.' -» «rorg

. odent but B ocfotnj i»» J

/ a ! t e i w o poop.* d » rm ry d*y^ .'»nd refuwd to put t p e c u cc t cellug on South African minee — deeper w w orken Us observe the «opp*Jt..wha: ihe Charr.ber Mine* ciaimi

. are u n o n | the a n c u a *afcry r^u la* ixwm id lh< wprid.

In re»pooae to Ihe traced), the National U nion o f M in ew o rk env National U nion Oi M tn ew o raen ~ T " ^ in_

'(NUM) called on th* c o u n try . 470 * .c taed m int b o w * of being!n»rc Iin- 0 0 0 m inew orten to obKrve a work tc to te d in p ro fiu th ac la th t bv o of s o p p « . between *%-- and 9J0am --.their w o rk en .. - • , - . _ • o ^ to K U y Septem ber 2b. The * o p - f , A n o th .i b*ld -in .

NUM alto held ft memorial icrvKe fo r Ihe vtciinu ai K ftcoo.H ouje ic .iohanneiburj, i-*

Rev But: -T lhafale of Refina Murwii. i p c a t rg a: the >crwx, a t '

Accoromi lo NUM ftnerai tecmary, Cyril Ramaphoaa. «ta!«* m enu obtained from tf\jurtd mineworkera reveal lh«t oo th« morning of accident aaethana gu levcii were not leeted. lo id dr ! bon, the NUM ha* al»o clajncd tnai inadequate yentiiatiOQ and unufc' machinery could have caused the pioewr. . *-. ■ !• ■ v*

The fl*me »afety lamp* wtu^b u z used to (tetect methane p i are al*c consalerad U> be inaccuraie, f ir'cx •they do not reveal the precue

-methane lever. ■ ; i

Paul Doneor — y w n w + tm ^ _

oould no tonfer justify h a po«^oc si - t membe* of the SA D P . * ~

He w u tned under the p*wn»oo of cxiaung k ju lau o n and n a M d tr the - n e w Defence Am endmea: A r t .

M h e n e lm r • • 4 - . - ' H The nev Act. wiucb bai Seea pe*-' „ A p n i thu 'year. th a - | * d by p ^ U m en t bui b - « t yet

• NUM applied to join the oflfoa! I come m u • f le a . m ake, p r c w n for . M in e ' S f e t y C o m ffllf .c t w h ic h '] a l i * r a .n « K rv.ce for retigiou.

over.ee: « f « v in the m inea - - | « * • N o ^ r e ^ w - p a n fu a^ ^ c r t o n w « re!u « d by th* - i and th o « who refu k to f « - -unjux

'o o v e ra m e * Mining Engineer on th* ground! that the union wa* u»- regutcred and ^ r e p r a c n ta t i v t '.

The fact that NUM a an uo- ..regjitcred trade tuuoc doc. not prw

^ v e n t tl* Departm ent o f Manpower

. — ------ ------ ---------_ - . .*wftei* Will face up to s a y a n ir. ja ^

in ha s a ie n e n ; to u * court* 1 Dobeon m l h a objertjora tc per-

dcipaung in the SADF were • The SADF b an pan of anunju* and wsdemocrauc eocxty and

f n e n*e (w«m tlick) err+ve* el me Treeeon Trttf oovrt

‘Defender o f the people’ dies exiled

xx | --------- — — ■ ------ • — .fc™ » ;!o w T M tiac* * » ® official d » > m role a to gnaranto* «he cow ion oiS S l ^ B S r r ^ d c io n . th* . goventment ^ by a x - o n ty . S S i J T r f M ine, r e c c ^ e . the j .T h e SADF t a b - r u - e NUM at repreeentativt o t . . the legaimata aip*nuuane sr grse peo-n-nc*. NUM ha* a m em oenfiip cw *0 » P,ft- > .J r 1 • t • S o u th A frica ’! occvnarion ofo » . ^ . . _ Namit>i» he* been d e c u m : &ac?*! by

I the Imemetionei Cour. af and the L rued SaiiOGa TSe S-\D F

ADVOCATE VERNON * e rra n |c , knowr, during the I9JCT* a i the ‘defender of the peop i« \ d*«3 n aaile In Swaziland la* wvek.

Dunng tne 1956 T reaaor Trial he represented the 130 keed*rs t / th* Congre** M ovement charged whh high treason.

As a result oT h a thorough and p ierc ing c ro ss e a am in a tio n of hundred* of police officers and oth*r; au te wrtneasea many of the allega­tions egajnst the accueed fell away. Eventually all were acquined.

Amongst the police off»cen whom he in terrogated wa* the p rtsen t Com m iujoncr of Police. General jo h a r Coetzee, whc w u ' th*»n ft y*ong ) -em an reeponftih** tor

T o g e th er w ith Brem Fisher.- Berrang* defendod Nelson Msndeia.

Waiter Saulu, D eans Goldberg and , others In th* Rjvona tnai.

Laiar . J ta m -F i*«>*r WM to ‘ K charged and jailed.

At roughly the asme time, le g ^ * .non ^a* introduced prohi&iung poo- pie 'm od under the Supree*!0« of Com munum A b from precuun | law.

And Berrange wa* one of the first vicum a • He was l*ted as a com ­munist and ha kegal actmties were ende*1 by the government.

He arranged for h a name to be •perno\ed from the South Afncan

Roll of Advocates and left the country. He settled In Swaziland and » «• o«Iv niinwrrrt to return tn South

The NUM ftayt n wU! i^ sh for a m iners safety bill of n g h u and aclan run* to take the Ocvernm ent- — --------------------Mining Engineer to < «un t o \ “ foreee ih.A xrcupaaor. refuis.' to allow Ihe union a eeat o r 1 *T he SADF na> p e n jte r . the Mine Safety Committee.

It has also calked on the M m ater of Mineral and Energy A tta in 10 ap­point a com m asion of enquiry tatc ia/ety on the mines *in v ie* of the ap palling ftafeiy conditions in $ouih Afncan mines’.

The bill of tights proposed by the NUM include* th* following:# T h at m inen have the nghl to their own safety repre*eniauve»•T n a : they have the right to refu*e to

pursued_ policy of aggre**.=* inwards neighboring etates. its rv»« a to un­dermine and d esu cd ae ir e govrm- ire n t i aad -eccn o m ie i c f th eie cour.tr es.

Doctor, said ha Initial eacmon to enter the army was *ba»: oc the deitra no( to leave th* o o -« r) '.

h* sens aJthough h* w«» a m n g In * non-com batant poexuon ai a

i uacher, h* remained **>a r a . er wtth i end * jpponive of a- vetttu tkm

unsa/e. unhealthy or illegal • T h e rvgh; to Oemand special m r~o* Uoni of suspected safety violauona • T h e nght to review government in- ,pCn o n ' failure to conduct inspec- uons into safety’.• T h e right to accompany Inspector* dur.ng nspecuons, without loai of pay• I h e nght lo tako pan in developing mmine procedure pieni and to ad-

rcproducc an unjust soc*;«. T h a poaiuoft waj untenable, he said

Doston is the fin: por^cal C O . from within the rank* o ' iSc SADF and the s.Uh C O . ftince t te 19«3 July - Intake

C O . wpoort groups arcund the country u : mobtlu r.g aspport for Duoson. The C.O.S.O National Conference recently eatoraec the Black Sa*h call in March u a year for

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r e p o r t s

A weekend when’people came from miles* around andrfelt a'.S p i r i i o f l f r e a d i r f ^ n a h ^ a i r

• JL- " . -.v ■?' ■' »•* * /»» ■ * • / . ' m TT-1_ _ ______ i , ________ ; ' 1 inlfi ■ •To d • bxxx:‘ diM Jtrr. «»ia . * W t i T‘ - • From pa ge 1 - £In Johan®e***»rg dem onstrator*'

Secretary P a tn C I 'L e k o ia to ld * cheering crowd o t 1.200 'J u t the

• avoid tv* b » o d * diaa*trr.‘ *aaid ’ , L e k o ii- ^

Sut m eet.np were held in CapeIn Johanae**»rg d em o n stn to rt ^ Con*ti<mk>R Act Sut m eet.np w*tt held in Capec r y in g re ih tc tm r te f tb c KlK>mhof BUi> u • p . t t « j t -O Tow tt. Al Mu£tteT» PUin me U D F r>a n t m pw sw m ed. b o n e t o t . - x , Uo n » b r i u w i •. •re jioo ii r r t t i r . T fevor M m iu cIv

_ , in d k i» m o o i Dim »• ■ ‘ 7 .................- • — , , ,V " - N t u o r u b r j h»ve rn .d e u w i », Tt*ioo»i .e c r r tu y . Tfevor M r n t l , ,

Wioniy UttT- . ^ p red a ted in with 1 h iked '- la id the d r tu M o f lee inf > country / "■■• , , . . Vs • a k t from which they o f f r »ome of. f. of pe»« »nd tnenelihip w here .Riot police ■ad^Sicarwy B raw a.. ^ ^ | l n _ We d0 B 0t:wmm to be / people i i « * « n t i y would e o n e ,

s u s sdcu io td in d re— ted wards.

*.'» kept • J b e tK P fc t t r ! • • ' r“ “ * “ **- ** *■“ ' t o u 1 ' p* nm eeliop to P a n -E ta tb e th . P fc tte^ . h. l in , • be au d . t4f ,

tb e m e lv a t o ! ; H Kill tune T " r J u FI VE STUDENTS ti the U » « eK >no a -e» « J -ftfldr.- prisoner*. allow the m u m of exiles -•£ ' Id L avtiw sf Hill the focus * V ° n , ^ ZuhiUnd h iv t died of

u n b . n k .d m , so ih .1 « o n ^ t h e ta rd .lu p . u>t< r H o n * " ' h " ' ' j u n a tn d m e 'c a m p m n e toua te ■ »o4«tioe which could ^ p ro p o ta ir iscr«a»ed renu, lew tr . . .

. . ._:__ - - ------ !■ tK* r f

Oftiy M -i d r f a n i a t i o u------------- - , «*d . .■>' • ■ s:< «TOTJ rao u p . 10 f i |h t (or iL

^ iM n a b u r » ; i» « n « b u ^ u « i C .p .^ re;ttt ^ m , In U n p . t m t Cip« Town, eo-. OOC'oeoBk «ltmded;''beciu*: they irfll u ie our coloured V pfwidrat 0»» r M w u cllod o r .

' l b . .p e .k a t- .od Indu* r»*-.fc ** •oldim. .nd ;? ,g .« p te« -;fro io c DM only of the- ' _ ” • _ _ 7 r . uor , bec.UK they will .ncr=ue tbe n e i^ ^ propped Pre«le* • Council bw

^-reien the p r u p v u l Ve b>ve in the > the oewoommun '.y council! u ~‘V r f - ' Z m f X Z S Z oouTrtr^Evrn at S Ute , - r mere -nporunt for■ ^ E T S n S i ul— S r S i f h «iU Ume to reioue ^1 p o t . i c l - ( .o fn .t r . ^ ^

buiklief ■ eKsed, noo-fi -»• B«moa»ijc S c ^ . t Africa.V Id Port E c a b t th , P u b lic ity .-

• ■ ’t r W O l ) e l i e v e s %

f i r e w a s p l a n n e d“ A FIRE ripped th roufh the offieo of ; the On«ed Women'i Orjimu'ioe to I

Cipe To<nt on.*» one dev befert Oiti*. t a u n ^ T ^ r T » - y a i a i D ^ » « :.'Front'* ‘Ptopte'i Weekend1.'

, , Mr» Dor* Z».*u«n|u. PrwKitns L Vr , , the U y V O b ^ w B e k ^ w ^ ^ J k a k c d. ^«wfTe UDF Weekend, • n d -

i y j w tt tu n ed by p oop* oppc»«3 to hm«' -. to rpn iu tia iv . ***.. *»- *

Accorriini » r f* w itn e « a ttxrr*'~ _ peopie were v e a rvnn in i «wty froffl •.

1 be officer at i ^ 6 em , when tha ftm*' b ro at out. ft>uc* have been called to '

. . to mvesiiy»e pcerW e an o n ^fhe f i r t a b o u t R3 CTO worth

5* o f damaj^ to carpets, funutare and office tqvrpmerz. UW O layi moory wbi atio no*er from the ofTicea.

Ibe Are & nf*ie w o caAed in tt>’ atop 1 he Ware m the eany nou n d v

Satjrd*v montirg.

f c u lh n r rV 1 ■ tt» » - - » n n >\mm/ Ope•*» He»«9 e* itno Teehaiieo*

^.Horror,at}NT goy e: "3 '5 students murdered

__. . . ___ _ . _ ■>_____ _ . . . m wrth

»t”v -

CAr -xa a> l b a i t e r c wrth ’b n w a w u al! CTv-r the S een and w aik

%ajC tnai i n a f j wetn^er* - at the on

prenty — w d . a a r r w ; t h e ; * *m n o n e x . '

Many w eft * a r - « to the te e ^ and « r " f t e a r c h ^ fcr eupporters « the LHrted DemocrKX rrwn_

l>vc s u c e n a aax. » c t h«d a ir t^

Pooo Klo»«»» «t UDf J**c*rO 0^non*tr»Pon kn

j . . .* . __ _____ r - h*J been * .T h e .. ______ __ .doted flowing ft eU»h wlUi Ukaihj including «n

^ " ‘‘‘P r * ‘Y ,, 1 “ ■' n n p o n e n wt»* « u r r n u p w t e d Ih n n g rto m en p o o e w d t decline in^ ^ ,ntaL^ * » ,

6 o w v . c - j h .C heering. w g > n g .» d e h » n t.n g U D F ^ <>" S u « rd .y , O c lo tw 29. '

S t * x h « Gufnede, ™een other .udenu ^n w . M m R.m uobin hoeoiul — ten wtth tertoui hMd »nd - ----------- ---------------------t t i £ m « S * - 7■ “6: ^ »K?££T3fJ!““ *■Mp“"

v-te, the g n ^ w m e n '.y p ro p o iu - t ^ i l w , K l M , ^ u « ZuluUnd «v*°?. - / l « wn d the counL-r hive for ft d e 'H . 3 OXI U n rw v -. of the N c-.

: t h r i v e o ( n r ^ * t ■'-n«K x»l to n of nxwrnmg or. Tkur*-, m io e ru yeBeror- u p d > Z*-ho.■ td d th n r vo.a! to th e » . « ol p rp ten d I ) O d o b er J. I V 7 * i » s - M . -cc .ure bo y ro tt . « KUnOed

c c n ^ - .ly o ^ p .n g S o « h A f n ^ . > B u i h d T f c r r > 4 ^ ' - e - c n .) terv icrSUM s « * t »ko l|M t ™ ■ . m h |B b a i B ), c f t , a - M ■, o-. TiT >1 the kiluep i«d ■ « >

• •y e riio n R o W K u lib u id .fo c tu K d o n - or o ^ p m o o c . , h u t x o p n e fmrr. ,the lo h f i t i a o fT he Com- . r e l7 0 p „ , th e Zul. king. • I erro r ■ U k o t i . ID*- publieir

,m itt« . of the UDF In lh e region. H‘ *-- Uoo<iw^ ZwelRhini h « (ailed eei the ; K c rd try u id ‘It ti r < ir Uiu 0 » e , i» ld the E « t e n c» p e hM bee i well ^ h A frio n govtrpmrtn tc b ." B utheien 'i d e n r r - a ie c e-re g w d e d fo rlb e-eo n tn tw tto n it hM^. audeirl -or»fti3 C.OB»'. non-nolence funcu*. only when h

^ * ■ i> ui,in‘:o *h,i°' !refforts io builoiAg o c r o r j .n a . t io n ' i tu d e n ti o f being . p « » « i . « X e r ,« e ,p e d « .

■ to d p.rtiruU rty U D F .' ,or h“ ">*e “ chj f ”i [-..-In L en ... net; J o h .a n e .b n r j- the jownltMnfccTWMi Zuk

3 OCX) per.o< paik?d two haJU in * ' ‘u i ^ n .:* » r . r i t e c ! m r t t i r p ‘ ' S u d e n t s d e a m b e r * M e » c m c t f m e

UDI^¥getsS>v6rldr\vide- .support ^■ ' \:r ' '• ............. ........ „— 'IffT E R N A T iO N A L PRESSURE

v "tfairw in S « r> A fnca a mow ttin*Thm to the p * n n * that em erfe*^ . .

from -a recent United Democratic rmjonMi promises t o ' u v b k li>~ m ade ■ taieJrer.a, [ ): Front. »*SA A»*ed W o rte n Um on. ( v ^ nct us heip ^ ra m a of r jp r r w o a - r : “ A m rery irT m a o o n u the In te^

. - ore* confem *ce^bald In Johao*. w Ckkei b*n tu itar. r / v r national v > r T '« * o r c f ir.' F - ‘ '* '* ^ H a parrv wiil oe ck»eK m o n r^ ? n n |'. Geneva. a.V jca:maji«» ano ‘tw y en

the bchiv>our of tbe South A f n c u i^ t r g in tn ix ^ i r Euroc* auo^ .M b o n tiea . . • ^-aeet m e a a ^ a . S iro rf K etenwnu aho

A m e M ff from veteran a n o - / came frotr ooioc*i partie* like the "mx»JV>cjd canp« jfncf. A rc h s jh o p V^Oreeni in Weft G erm anv feuropean

# i e M i o ‘ Molo< r o d e n t & th S*uflent.t’ KcDn»e>'JL-v« Cou-v; {SKQ aJ the U r en c ^ the Nortf •MokJt concicmf»«t J * arsejxz te r ra , the Zulu v r y t i m i x r . k « csj.c" C" ttuder.t* not -t «t rk * :h a » bm uJitaa. • ' -

he O r ^ u af Wewr> A frcaa 5ci

• |« ic 'k n o .-« i,e ih « e r tc « .M . <>"“ « « > « "» : ■*»

^ 0^1 s ^H^ya. p*ic«H t had exp;»;*^d that t? # r t - . ^ r t^ c '^ s c / nxrr r . v m tL tj r t*

°uaiity c / »ea.if > ^ p jw er S*. | nkxih* m h.tui ja n e <^ort r i f< wix r? fundare* ra^ ‘J u t the . . .

s . bMt

Afnca.

neaburx.Held undes' the tnem c ‘u n itf ______

afaio* ■partbaW , the conferm ce - • -t-arrt n v r w t ^ S tro rf r* e-« en t» aho ' could not ru it byr«iea»rd *corea o f international mee- A m ea u je from veteran ant»-.v came frotr o o lo c ti partje* like the b,*d to rely v f c r t t a a ia that be oul al dnm txxm , c a n p w fn e r. Archotfhop **<jreent in W e« G erm an s fcuropeen iVh«T*um ent ra e the b ^ in ir .p o f - 1reyOT Huddieaone. u y i t .i .: m e ^ . m i - ip s th e id jraupfc oere optrent v «u» boytotu. meeting* «nd or»M «iK >m m South ^ of lcrTOr ,h r Cokei u 1h4 . - u e n c ia m d r c r a of chore* g r o t* l e ^ - r i w tm

■ > re ^ -T of the SA b u t tu ^ n policy-., s-in H o la .v « i * « Germnny. • «en of comm un.ty l ^ - . n J »■ - ■ -------- --- — - White n « collecting the me*. •• (« t« re - « N . t^ In the » * « » '

a m w . H eem er met with me->. C .pe, K u .t te r restsunce w » UK o-Bm »h Aftu-Apvtheid M ovement. - «>e. while in the E x te rn Cm* petv the UN Com m ittee on H u m .n . pie were oppoun* the Sebe g ^ i K ' i Righu. the Latheran World Federe-r-<nenl. . -lion, and th« International Labour > He had told We«t turopea.ia that Organuation. 1 » thotc who hud not taken tide* on the

Releasing the" m e u tje s at the * ponHlct In SA w e rt more and more *umte a |a in * ao«rihe»d- prrw con* 1 being identified as ftemf aiorfside ference. Van MeertJen taiu that h t Ihaicher. ReMgitn and the Weal had been horrJied ovenets by tha German jovem m eni.

Many of tee m enage* also give He ftves h a fuii w p p o n tc the U D F. support to the C D F and SAAWU. D r Phillip Power, fen r-a l aecrra -y

The jneMMfT% had been gathered, of the World Owmcil of Q iurches,■ by a member Of use Transv*^! UDF

publicity a e c m a n a i and form er Nusas presiden t Auret van Heerden. recently m u m e d from Europe.

In ore of the meaiagev Willy Bnndu cha .-r^non of the Social Democratic Party in West Germany and head of the Socialat Inter*

s ite condemns repreasio?. in the G aaet. and aees U D F .a t a s*gn of hope for the future. J

Other meaaages come from the world s largest trade union. I G M e ta l l, an d fro m th e W orld C onfedention of Labour Holland's two largest union federations also

d a rv x rv -y a rd (kaacon.*'

• Abba -n« .. f* o a . r. of tbe S K> i the Unrreni'.y o 9 w te» > Weavilic. jukJ htscarm ca » « homfied i the vnMenct lr.k»-r« was c u t-* d:va.v»rs am onf cr »» rated Sou; Arnc-mt. *1 -• K.a:< Phi'.ipi prrudent o f IK NatHjna! Union of Sattn African So ’dem v saKi. ’* We aepioee tf u n n em « iry k » or »* o due to t? unniveni) udminKsntion s anra, aigcncc ond p n m v a ic r hj lna.ilha

A c rb a comnihter %u Been $r. l in Natal uud lowyrn ere taking a ikJtiviiB with a v»e« at wruirget be:r laidhy the nudenu.

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YOUTH SASPU NATIOHA- *■

Sovco swells as Soweto youth sign up supportLESS THAN two momha aftar Mi. lau n ch in g th s S o w eto Y outh Congreai (Soyco) a i*P*dly |a b u n | support among » youth. t

A U u -T 1 of a«w m em ben aifo up ai their weak* ameun** and more and more beook are becoming • > / . tive in newi; ionwed aib - comma-

^-v.r . v - ^ A, - tM m b cn ' and 10 m c o u n |« women _ general to be actrvt tr d u cu u io ru and Soycoprofram m ea In this way, they say

___faelm p of iafenanty wdJ be over­l y come. They will alto be looking at J f ' ' -women in the f a i l l e ’ and the

£ *W omen'i C harter. • , The O T jin w y co m m u ee u buay Aartiof local Soyco branches -

S teenng com m ittee* of activem em ben h*vt been m vp in aome of

. ’ Soweto i 26 townships By neat yea: Soyco hope* to have cohered m e* of

- The §utKv~ie a m a a m yi Soyco ' prtuden i Oupa MoeaLrcn*. were *e up t o accomodate and channel the vaned mtereeu and ialenU o f th e ; ? W -youth.’ T

, The culture and mort* committee . — ------------ _hai already orfvmoC tabic unrm ,- Drvalopmg kadm hip ami pa» ^dacerttreuaauon ■ necaaeary because chCM, volleybe^ inc softball facilitse* • tfcapaooc among young woman k . Soweto u to b» . conunj-ed conuct

» f a member* The committee w il, »eeo u a priority. The S o y c o /. between memben from difierreni ai*c esier (or tnurcstad is Woman1! comnunee my* it aim* to - i tm j 0 easentia; T tm wiU be tnroughpoetry and drama • '• “w i l l a **ni of equally among a*Ur )otnt acovwe* and, for cam ple. m

ieyoo ^reaicent Monareng. . But the orfaxuMD urea* although

leeungi where people develop-** *pm: of belonging and comnuim ent'. Hera m cm ocn can o change &cmt and feedback from . otner area* and Mae inai thry arc not w orur4 tr. aolauon , ? '

The publication* com m stee 11 >' reaponaibl* £or prod-cing media and equipping m em ben wuh media ikilu. V They distnbute progreesve public*- ucna in their area* to help populanae . Soyco and iU vicwv «*

Tbe er'-enatnmcTt comm aiae will o - j r a t regular fu^cnoru and eociai ocranoro. '*• • / / „•. ^

Tha aducatiof) e n w a w e m Soyoo member* directly and S oyco , worxi » rrj ck » d y wnn OLhcr auder.i • orfam aaitona on th u u»ue. The . ad u cau o a com m iaae will aaant

m em ben ai d«*elopmf ax — de r- funding of the c n u u c wtf a»o organuc w o m h o p i anc r t u a n oe » a broad range of u m

Along wn.^ local brancn* <*Cn*i«.~ A ru o and YCS, Soyoo a n o u n j J mtc the driw^ng up of Ihe Bdacauon C harter, inm ated by C a m and Azaio j jk yea., Soyoo vtr> firmry rrjoat d k * r*

cooumjboi; and tne k o o ra ro i uand u affiliated to the UD* Aj part c f the Anu- Commune* C o u n d . oommiuee tnrv a rt actjwety o rgar^- - xng a^L rfi the Loca. AtfL*orkjce eiocuoni in S ow au *

They have t.^rtwr., tnctr ful aupoor behind the Reiaaac M anet j Can - pa.gr. wtucn r j j **ecanL'y p o a t trte , ground ir. S o w ix . . _ . .

energy-jr

new congress!V '* s -T H E A L E X A N D R A ' Y » » th

Co^frvm n i k tu ad x d ia .tlw En-. i -T. tMarwwL HiT 1 M. m onth. ■

. PujJ M ulm a^v *BC w u # « o « l - .J , p m id ra c 10W Ux CMeunf U m Bnc«

. ’a o u o r to fore- the ofjinjsulion ‘ • j v u u i n U C s * u ' N ationa l

^ . Conftixnoe, I Buo6*r U m ectinp'.‘ j ' k t i held u> a c » Ow p ro b ten i ' E.V pecCi Ai0 2 a c . i l -youth.

. * Sine* iM n t coM uaraoft h « b o n — / ro m u iiu d . Itn-IMT.- >nd tc c c p u d

' - - (X p* M onartn*. Soyra prwxJem, f i o t i About the loss lh«l * Jioutil J3T%uutajof\ couiv ? ** tn euuctim g

f : i ; their n t m o r i . «afi in ita tin* *>', , . i ‘ • *.--- -

H i ( t« « rb « l UK H » a 0 b«iA|

.: Cosas-linked ■ group starts

>:;An Thabong ‘

Str^ing at Ayco launcft.. among tne moai energeuc. aware and concerned people m the communrry. J

T h e youth *ho*k? eupport aacT other and m e n b e n of t-^eff o o a - , ■ u n it).' be aaid. - ’A

*A youth organaanoc provide* , itructum to that probicm* and m- 7 «ue» car. be deaJt with m an org*^»*d i_ and unnec w«y,‘ M o n artn j v j &

Ea-SSRC waaer. Dan M ocuaa. ■olaled k k tk of the a a . a coo- fit)nun* tbe youLh wtuch oould tx u a c n up. A m o rj theae w e rr un- . employment, f i t rveernuior*, eapui- voo of «u d cn ti from aducationa. c tn t r e i . ir r e le v a n t e d u c a t io n

t program mea, and t |» - Unuu in -achooia.*• O th e r ip eak cn m d u d ed ’ Pm ni

A YOUTH c o e g ra if U to be bunched <h» n o r ^ » Thabong near Witbani » tS* Oran#* Free

"Suit.is wi£ work ckaae*y with the

b n a c h in U» a a w f ll « U f U D F vic^ pr^ !, ^ , ,

therefope <io < « h « « « p l « . ta;t M w J iJ ta o f ,

Co**1- .____r~_____ BUHlber of o tf in u n io n i m e:jrtj'ij.ELYO.jMiyo, Siyo, Soyco indPreim ey. th* T i ib o c i Com i

te i.id i a tiw ooiy «“* “> <1“ DFS O r» n u » J in S « < tcboott ta

T h ib o n * .. C a n »»■ B p en eo cec Bumerou* p r o c i r a i U faai bad

'ficuhy fuxfcni rcr.-^o for B i«un*v and nero b en b a « b M VKtimiaod aad h a n » e d by aecarsy police

Y o u t h o r g a n i s e - « ' in K w a m a s h u

A n A >#» y o o P s, a p « a x »

Nuaa* were read oci. ^ • *A vco p lan* to aet u p tub*

co m m .u e« to dea .1 wur. culuira^ iporun^. rebgjotu. acr-.WHtiK and polnical uLiO 0 >e of L^t- p n o n tio i« to o rg a n u e w o rk ih c r? •'■d •c rn n an in c ^ jc a ie people aoc-u*. J>e tiiualior they find thexrae ve* r . and ho** k relaixa Ic govert m en’, pcucy .

uooer*tar>c. r.fi a rc fcctvcw "

TL* cut.ura. c o irm ri^ t wt»-*tt orgv':»« ar»ma and ev*.ni^vhK-a cow c b e j ^ y t ' ^ i - k : •

■ enucaucv »c ?,VCjc*3tanncg»^ ITT. J im m rr> -. » W u * >**hereT-i*- -*j *culd oe in.ed, wvT where n tjp-* may a-*c * 4 up u> tr* crfa>.i**uOr. prti.-»r-. fu r 'j a*r alao pltnned a* an a c t^ - / . < 4

•Youth gather - in Kudumane.: to. unite in : N :C ape area -IN OCTOBER y* another youLl - o rgan iaa tio n . Kudyrr.aoe l o u th

T Unity (Kuyouni' launraaC Uu* ume in the N orthern Cape wwti of Batlhanx

v Over 200 peoo*« tttendad om ptu a poi.ee pretcruz and an «ar>c«aa£>* ‘ change of venue.

Youth from all over the rapoe a*- * - t e n d e d , in c lu d in g thoae from

tranche* of kuyouru b testbob and *urroundmg vuiafea. • •.

Speaker* f ro r me S o w YouLfc. Cor4 re» !Soyco), tfte UDF s>d ch*

/South Afncar, C ounci of CSss^het ' - and local people a d d rw it : t t e

ccseting. The tnem e a.'.n jng th ro M T ^ **» '* tb t future be.onf* to the v o ^ y Opem r* the .aunch. Mr J I T c t» a , local cnie:*. we'.co^od u%e y * s anc .'the youthful « heart*. He ia ^ tne youtf were cull tr th e? f a r a t m yeaa ar-d in a penod of p«»n a~ | and

^ reperarion 'o r tbe taa o a a : iay ahead. ■*

•Rzmombaf. the fu u in a e c c p « ihe yocJi. It • m ’.he yoctr a a . me uOfK o* tne peoo r Uek. > ov * a ; o rt f-uitraie th a iv -*e,’ be **jC

Victor Sefoo from th<■ Se»>ixju-'ijrwe P a rt\( *pcaa^ 4 aaoc: .

in^ #ru ;u re a » j tt> youLh’ aac l*k t u a r t wonk* be *

;

uj;c ree. : ;He po-r-c*'' 'ru/Tcr.n| uu*ed ^

depnvai>- • re.«>^aucx3 ^ cwt^ m. riL zi y ^ ^ e n (amfliet. men^ brwa^owr. c f living a x ' aea.'th _ su .-k la^ i ir. the p t-u u : of oce-'raaf bte polic.e* '

He cai.od fo r csm m hrsss' anc ■ cksdicauon 10 t c a jie ipcucc o u n 'th e F re e c c r Charter anc r t te

• U D F DeclarationTbe meeting ended wrth 3 e ••©►

oor. of the Kuyou;- o rc ia r-e , w ar ,, Eddie Tau a t prca»0*aL - - V*

At leaa: »ev«n p o t;« v tb tom w ** prraeni outaioe the meeting aac p e o pie tnvclhng tncre from < oar araaa are reported to havx beet fc n a c

. back and c a n ware Marchac. ?.M em ben u v kuyoum u rwmmmg

Bicreanngi) popular in th« trm aac many au d a n u and youna here Joined da*oiw atiae^M b y 1 polKa. and B o rh u th ata^a« aad ‘ •chool au thcri’ja* in LnOaraoa a.

Ituyoum *ay their aim • to arfanjee the youth, a* the finurr b c jc tji to them and they have *n m o orar* role to play ic the c ra a u « d Umr own future.

Kiryoum will also be U iiu H rg Jw UDP ano aim to jotc the N o m arr Cape region o f the UDF.

Ir. the future they hope la fe&l up won other youth o rg an o a u w a tha Northern Cape to form be vaoraua youth oryannaoon in the afaa.

Hare a fortress sav students[STUD EN TS A T Fort Hare Un/v*r-

ahy. ctaun Ihe campu* hai been 'turned m u a ‘concentration ca rp ' after police ewooped on a prtxen

1 Two tnouaand studen 'j boycotted c la u e t a fte r 52 itu o e n t* w ere arreeted during the peacefu' pnxca; m arch ih e « u d e n u were later

T H E ROLE of yofcA m toctaey wa* '-m arch to eom m em oraie the w th aiv reJeaaed from police ciatodv. but U the mam focu* c tae launching of * ©f Steve Biko’t death ' " o f them were charjod with publici h e Cxmuck Ndlovti Youth Lea*ue m Y l „ ’KwaMaanu. • Singing L anga procession la js

. A youth o r j* o « K » ibouid tm lu.- . to J 5 4 . . r Vyouth «r the e.*ea, crjaaiae activttie* : S l H l J l C O S f l S m C m b e r l O T C S t / > . '

i l i a A 4 5 0 * roc« u n p r t bad aflegedly d * d w tiflaw artit^for a^ J o W l i i T ^ i r ■ a t o a f f S aaid fr«ed<xc aonai followed the aofTm of ooctar or ambulanoa, thay aaid.

^ ~ V * - a 16 year okj Coaaa nw nber. Lennoa Zlngehra wa* an ■taeuUve mamber° T M p n r i i k a * the D .C O 'Kwadi Z ln fe h w throuah tha R raau o f th« Lana* branch of Co*aj_ and

. Mattwane Youth L M fua of PWur* Lanfa. ’' m an txburg to ld rhe fa th e r in g , Friend* aaid the Sed 9 Lanf* High

•Preaentlr we ' . to u artn t School pupil wi* c ta c k a d by a gangfruftraied, unt -1 The only and wm* B alin g for 13 day* before way we can aoenc 10 th a problem ‘ h a body w *i toeoufiad by hit a ater ai conatrjeuvefy a 10 o r p n a e them »the local mortuary. He had beeninto a youth _

•A youth o riaaM S o n thould >e M r . a* t leaden r .^ training structure *mce youth are the future leaden of•octet J.

T h e fonnnio© o t nu* youth laafue •hould th ere fo re he M en a* a

taken to O roote Schuur Hoapctai but had later died of bead Injunea. _

, Coea* m em oen aaid the hifh crune rata and numerou* g * n p in the Cape |hetxoe» w u a reault of aparthud .

The inadequate heau^ tervioa* for hlecV* w rrr ur*di?wa/fed a.'^ necr4e

wai hi rapraaentaiiva at ih* Co*a» National Council ta June thu year.

Tbe m oum en. in d u d ^n repreaen- tatrves of Nu*aa the Cape Youth' Confre**, Azaio and Coaat, foikwad the cxrfTm. • •

-A church m iruurr marchec a: the end of the column. Cota* m em ben daplayad a banner wtuch read: T h e Future 1* O u n ' and p o * ten of Zingelwa wnh the meatage *Miy The Future Be WTui He W «hed It To B e 1

v»oier. under the Cax Nauonal Security Act. ^

Suidet.u o r the camp-_i laid the prwcK march had beer -cwv violent- until the police arrived. Pobce *aid^ knive* and « ickj were tr-and'-ihed, - but * u oenu d a m * e d theae claim* a* untrue. * fr-

Since the m odem . K ucksu *ay tha umvemty ha* been Ilka a cooccntra- - t io r cam p, with a heavy police presence araund the aampua, and very « ric t eurfawi tmpoaac.

In lata August, Fort Hare Kudami act ft re to t new staff laa room in p m c c a ia jn e increased auaJer.t fee* and kgai.n*: the dec«uoo by the un- iveraity a u th o m a not ud provide buaea *0 that the funarau of fellow student* could be an ended

For. Hare fee* have increased drastically c*er the la« few yean. In I9UI, reaidence feea were RJ20 and tuition fee* R430. while neat yea ' tney rwe to R900 and R7UU respec­tively.

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■- J. . U N IT E D P E M O C R A T IC - .F R O H T -

Bans couldn’t , crush the; ‘Border UDF;- la u n c h in g ;^ .THE BORDER « * » tt» 'U D R /. h » been “ O r»h»ni«>«d c y u n p w u c m i . taem pu «_•

—*- *****?W ilUam**** 00 October l»,

t « a * u AI U » 1« n u in a .

g q u x n ch*s*ed P*"*"' t---** w u be* ■ Rhode. U ntw -

m* tnataad. * ■ * .► b w v Lh« m cm * aa tt th . ^

I to h u n c h * . UD FB Ox rcpon. T «* *weiu before, tb .

■'. jmach w u Sue » be held in th . E u t ■iMKtoc Q»y H ei. but til m eeuap “

' E . t i L o o d o e * • "; lb ro» |hout t*e « • “ “$ T a*

... i— —| h * lto e* ctlleti on

SASPU NA~*~?QNAL 5

UDF *ub»»ctty Mcretary T^oxamU* fty»>*Y M u im d t wmj A*wet »m»

TH O ZA M ILI GQWETA, f of. a . 100 OOCMOM* Sen* A fn a* Allied - W eriun L'ek>e, ta i « ~ T « fr*« kl**«. (• V > p™< ccn/«t«o» U JU»»y,

V’ »,

m mmMjiig -w.-. - — -----___ )b«<c the v a s t of the two mujoe

n u w d e la t io n ! i ' W “ “ J « k . up th* j Uniteda . is* Grmhaa\su>wn m eeting '. Dwnocnlic Froo*. < *- •

^ ^ o i o c l u d i u C o t l :• T h u k t h . U K U M .of • * » • « *T T I f m l" ^ ™ <** b v th e U D F to B o t f l . in r « p o n M tc

O th e r c r i t n i . i u o n l te n t & ,» « » , • « * » • “ d e u to r . . t i e * *• • • -.Th« Ico tr . w « r t le u e d b j U D F. A fr tw ,

° ° ! I V w « a * tb o u t the current publicity . e c m ^ . F tm ck leepoeelb;. for ' » 4cl d o c o o o j is . 0 * 4 . t h e . * « W P"** conference on rep re* . ^ t te CU U i r > « n u t ^ -

- — J — •*» S«w>*iion HI SA. “ ■* Qgt B( (to ^■ rvln | c ' b U * 1 I* tWCkkel u d ta* ftet»*i»o* o/ a»oat of fca **-

• i*o c rn id a ^ tw C m * L |_____________ J _ . . - fltu S aaw t m

■ " . T Z Z L : f o r t h , v a m r . of . w l . n l e o rn .a to our «in t « ■ « A* « u c u tiv i o( iu borO«r« » * « * “ >> oTU>« dec<^ »od

of « » * » ■ «*>«$ ! « T ih w o t currsntly in d c u i i , m enu n n c t the Uiuon A o .. . . i . e t . d n r« » ld e n i ,-< ' • ! ! » te t o f p ro p o u u »

i».:» d uti i-— •** —----- - - .; in (Jetatftd lh* ix n - ru o n *■• »• •• . . ,

” !* ?? r u T - ^ " 1 m k a e r condem ni T ha un-

m euoc.- th . ^ p o c - « l i i th tt , th e ^ U j h , < -h o rld » 'M » r (or the of T r r o i e n t e o n n , a I n o w h o v c o c t ta

G ^ v ru m ii k t ^roc.' tW ^ W b M g k w u Am Ckk»: pwjc* u i v m j to Aoo< h i* ‘8* • ifk f’

H« tola tM cooi«r»«oi Wow W MmrW*J k*i«I i r u W by &n W l A W cai

MCuHr* poUn.G a » t tb i M li A f r k t* .

• CVr»»lw coli4bonnoe t u pro»*d by tW fMt Out **u>— • ^ ” t tCvik*l »oUca

J»j i> e le iitr u y i i /u i Both* »hOuk3_______________________ - , * " C o ^ o n A n

t io o . **< « l » c u d - p r « U U a i , 1 lt*e eet ^ me Itoorahof BJu. but »hou,dlu fu iD B Sif.a*o of Sm w i* »» v n » r *ronc ' : n u e r reiejee aii poUucii pneonen,^ . . . d e n t C k * r ta . N q a k u l . , U ^ b » dMwait kne S*b«lo Ndxuu o + • fulurt ^ eoumr> into cult.D**com u i ^ w n « Md "J whiit^nly rc/trendunv, '■ The cho^ft i o f all ourS to M . .n d H is t» » S l* , u _** ' ^ . n ^ j , hekJ -co u n try ', p eo p le cea th en .«tre u u rm - * _______ f d b c m a iri ft tn d th« »uporr*«oQ ■ lofrtfler in * r «L*nc»p:tcr« Ire* of

The m e * u u »h o r n U - n i th il . t o . . _ ™ u S M o y o u r fe»r and tuepkffln to work out i con- dett(i!*» * a x i » 0 b e c l to their S ^ n l y itm i our ' iu tu u o n .b u » ; or. tne »iil of the peo-,UBber .-.SSST-p** - • —«*• “About U»« U w r, . . . “ * — * y ^

Mass work for Pta t Dir.* ■ _____ T .--------£ _____ M F w r . n d t a v i t i M U D F -e f l te » -■ > ;.'In A tten d |» v ille . t

dL-eojon w t m « r * * re ;m -' fn ^ - o r g a n i s a t i o n s

A C O O R D IN A TIO N Com mlaee tu Oeen (or»oi; in P»«on» te put the p ro g n a tM o f ten o n of ■«*

N E w f . ’u d m*lLng UDF-ofTte*. In A t t« r i^ « .M e .- th .< ,» iF » Mb e trr r tto e p M iu ith e c o m jn u n a ie t. • w v i z n in L.e hcetd htve fa rc e d

--------------------- , _ y o u th o r t t n i» « t io n i th e them K lvei t*to • Hoeiel Anti-in* profrm rra* o f ftcuon #s * u ’»vil!*-A ttencf«evili« •- Y outh 'C o m m u n ity . C ou'.ci! l o r r a u i tUnited Dem com uc Front Into e re c t S . ^1 ^ * * « V th e n b«n« vw-

=> r t*-o r - ■ • • ,• • « ,• ; y oulh O ru n ia tk x t (M tyo) tn d the ~ um oc^ tn d ttire tiened with ev'c'*°"•M u n protreew ve oT»niM tlonJ in q , ™ , , „ South A fn c tn S tu d e n u ' ■ they trc p r« e in | th e td with pltM to

t t T ^ e - V T ^ ' i rr iU « « to Lie „ oom , OK* « the - fonr. o re je m m u n r , O ^ ^ . i c nCommittee. T i e South A fn c tn ( . ^ r . n ^ o o r work in the com - »u h the A tu n d |ev il.e renOenu lite r

**■’“ “ “ munuiee. Ih n u p e c t of the e tm - th u m ontb. . •P . „ n b e , . r o . f o r . th e U D F . M » n w u o * . « Pein* p ltn w dp r o i r im i r ' of t c t i o . w t . - f o r - , . . far ^ :JL u .M i . •. . . munny coun^a t ie c o o c v Abou, » >

I b e youth | 0 to «v«ty boute 1» , peor-c - tr .M tm tlo d . . A l te r id ie y i l l e tn d m eetm p. -e*a« t r t ^ be td d ia e e d

v msun»« htJ **24ified^*i.t for o p poctio t 10 lh* I o ^ t r D « 0 t'« K o oraaor i J U ftftc cc-

plant m n o tr«i.Q y< 40 co m m u ar', yo iia . tr*

muoc ftwJ C h art- 2 T*niM i«c,

- —- -^jljed W o rte n Union, the M o ttr Aiiembiy t * Com ponent W orken tm o r , tn d tne O en en i W orken UniOT. of S w tr . Africe htve beer.c jn»u!lod *.f ..

W c rruur »»*» o« the CrTinutx*«. in! \e miu* U K O u'® U ’'n n u u « . u. ............. ..................; , , _u, b to 0P7 0 « the e:e*- S tu b rtle . ttlkin* .b o u t Lb. proH em .. a w . f i i r w i u * e p iw o under Lie e ipernnced in the tow »hip«. theHlick Loc*’ A u ih o r it it t Act ir. nccC for r«**denu lo ht r t tn « r ohtiNovember c*mp»ign wlI be rur, arpm M tK xu. »nd the im p o ru ^ « o-tbroufth M tr.eeungi h o u * ^ o - ; n<* vouni lor th« commun-ty coutvnouM w crr. d isth b u iio ro T U D F c\to »n November.

py bo:r. W c*- KscfciLe.T »r.d by UDP oTTicc-bc*/' l

U«rfc* fci tn* i renu. t>oor boci.-£ . dusiy f t n f i tn * tnc Cvrr.f>- inf c»i n» V * »< lQ -!' e 'ocfc'iorj w:!! be h«hi-»v.e- ^

gbMUV ■» /* ----- »b u in in i public m eetjnp convened , —

s s r - s s r s s j g e t . t o g e t h e r

“ “ m m * * » i n P E L D FMpethm ftn Archie Gumeoe, P*0 j h E EASTERN Ck * UDF “* the pretidenii of the UDF,

L ekou told the prtM coo:cr*cc* ih u the te-* r ft *«op- W 1 meft*ure.’t . _ , . '

I he p«tm conference thftt re cuedthe UDF letter ftl*o c*n>e ou: K ron|*. Uhk,i. v ** --------- —\y e ju n s t reprcewon in the O^kei . ten d ed ft c o tf e re n ;* h*‘d 0 n p*niu»un. ^ Elaftbcth.

SAAW U pre»ident. Tbcxftm ile V ^ *pckeep«r»oe icr the wu? Gqwrinx. tokl the c o n fe r r w thftt ;.coina u tu e «ftjd m ca. ponn13* ^on top of being bftnrec in C u c ^ iui , ducunucni hftJ gone wei*. anion w u ftlso beir.g h tm m c d in SA.: , Over 1000 poop*« cr«nri<d tbe “ lu ofTjcei ir. E»*i London w t i C o o ^ -U D F mfti* r»Il). bc-C m the R* unuftll) being w d e c - .CmemA. Ne>* Bngraso. _

The p re« con’erence *J»o re«ft*ed‘:. pope Molefft, Nfti*asftJ S ^ .rm-*nm.emfttkora) mcw^ca coooen.-ang - Qjc UDF ftnd eeverm. m*tcouu^the CiUei ftuthonuee ft.*v2 the t from the Port E isftbeth Yov tu iu n pdicv . in h e re d t> ft member Co.'urreii (Peycci ftac the r r of the Irftn ive* : UL'F puoUcity. £ ^ > e t h Blftci G « c i*^retkhftL Auret van Heerden. (Pt£>co) ipoce o r tb*«ru ru ;re of

While ftreu-'ng re p ro u c a m hj» ftd-. UDF end re*ton» 5a rqccucg d r e n lo the c o n fe re n c e , V«n t ^o o rch o f BUia ftafl « c o o » y u to j le e n k n a^c noted tha: ’r^-jpie w ill. pm poeau, nupond to o p p r tu io ' in c o p ?o * ft ‘ A t l o t a r i r

fp ,it of b&rrunp o’ “ eetin*V' *j>ok«pereon ia«i curr*«ii u the UDF in the C uke.-bonisr rc%^>n w popuJtn** a e U D P t « ahai rwr* bee**. i**m:nec’ ___ ' p n m t’iJy t h r i f t tftcir acw v

l Ilk. lA 5 « ed itio n o f S a S ° U s a I IO N A - » * • h,t by th* •i*l<

fcvenii b « far . w hen S ecurity Po,«cmen w rr> ^ «t NATIONAL » p nm en enC 11 0 0 0 cop.e. oft h t p e p e r . u * ln g • C n m in e . Procedure A n warrent, » vigue ptace of i c f j^ u o o ftilowing pouct to •cu r ftny o b j ^ t which mey con-' stuuie evvl*ac« of ftn ofTence.

SASPLr » ta^ y e ri conucted the SP axvd were 10* the publication would be aubmrtu* u> the Dirwtormie of Publication*. A co lo n d at John Vonler S ^ r t u»ld the Iftwyen dayi U u r that U a pwOUcauon » u not ur>-

a»e wouW be returned to the ftrtrtterv

Saspu.National turget of harsh state actionzzsrtisrrwsiUut the ediuoc h ^ ! been l» n n « l Act wtuch !» ■ ’ • t J c j- .ci

Thii l> not the d m t ru e the B t u n r « p « e r rn u r » * « * ” " * £ “ > " h t i a c t e d . g . i n . t S A S P U C o n ; i r . : u « « ^ Kfe.'eOc-r-l NATIONAL. I . A l l U

■ ^T10 *' ““

unbanned on aopeal. ^ ^ * »«. r v . > » - w . •- »hr

N o m e n C*pc ciairr. the p o ii» z*'/* n reauned them *ith dfeer.uoc. In Kumb«ney a tu d a -a w*"* S r^ n e d

- q . 9% .c~*c about w*i*re tn#> rev ived NATIONAL a*wi whom th»> d ;ai» ibu l» 0 . I’.. Tfca. reiMacd laier.

Nunerou* cop:ei have ir. the poai

In Quee'-jiowr> pewer sonfiecated copies and th reatened the du* tnbuiora wuh court acuoc. >

Recently, ft United De-nacraiic From ofTi:i*l had a atory h< wai giv­ing to NATIONAL nafT ccm'^ce'.ed by Bophuthauwana police.

In Cape Town, pobc* md«»j two bookahopi, looking for cop*ei of tf.e new^rtaner

around 'he p*op«* * < w hicn e -e rg y w l; b« dtrec ut*tliu tna forma, j c r m . a i

, He Mid, V .e a^ar« o*Eanam C*p* -naa«* sa* or»aaj**- ar>c popw.^*n**i*or ef tb* LD F a f.cuH j u i ano w t a wr g *| r bu t we fu v t eraMMMd ocr >ga-nec much luppc-. a rc e*afc^k tt.-ong UD F ptJ .t* «c the L»*i

a p c »♦.A m or^ in* o rgar^oo iw o r the ten m com m ioet tre Peyca. Pef toe M otor AMcrr&? and Co n e n u W o rk e n ’ Ltucr. of Sc A fnca (MacwueaL the Geec W orken Lnior. •* Souin A.* ( G w u ia ) . G e l r e s d a le Y ou M atabar R eiiderra Aaaoci*^ C otm oi and aome ‘ram l^en h as

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' s e ^ M a n y . . " . . ! 0 V 3 « '- '. J°*°*

•A JOINT actio* eonso itta t of U»United Dem ocrat* Front. tn d c ui> io n , and in i D c m n e a t Support >C am m ataa (D«*oor=' w»s to rn * : . t»c«ntly in J o h * r.n » s u a “ oppoa* ‘ r . . r > ia o c iu o *nd i»2 y support for,

- ' the South Afr.caB A l.*d W o rk « B l t w Union (Saawu) m C t a . P»opl« r f ,. “ MdfcHMM • ■ ’ *.

. A: » sd idarey w u n j . by the commio**, the unjon* and the ^UDF pledged m ppor. lor S**»'-i

- ■ which u i been banned by tha p s a e l * -.•govamnaenL •“f i The banning S a a w u r t i o w a d u *

. b*n k for black trad* unkM r e c c |» v uon hod not y e B e " • » « . • •* d * r

; ,poke»pe*on to r the Council of .' (Jmow of Souti A ir ie r Ptroehaw . - / C a m a y . • 1 , . V ‘V v *'’ >> -The burning «rik*a «**!»* th*

ecrt of the freadoce of * * * " “ j. v o r f a m a a t i o a i a * t h a j r « *

•'i>f-i»id. •.»•> v;. J ' ■ 't ^ t o o n d w id n ap m d ten u re

■: ^ M »uH to Oskai • * > roM ltJr,C . ~ COF *>e*J«rVf*opc **»

• .■ p m tk Ou*»n«. ;»'• .* /- T b . C o m m a ra a i.-C au n sg . ta d

. . .'• A iied Wot t e n U » » (C caw uu!- — . J ( s u t e m e t i * ^ p o r t w ^ i*

• • • 'V i H e r b e r t B t r e U J M . S a a w u n a t i o n u , r - r . / - ; , * t . v _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ _ _ ____________________________________

- - a r j t r . i w r , c a l l e d f o r p e o p l e t o o o n - ^ ^ " l e ^ * y l T ^ ^ ^ ^ m n m s i ^ r r i T r i i i r - * • • — s o l i d a r i t y r w e e u r j s l d e r b * y c o t t t » l c o m p a n i t s T e o u * IS e e H n i, c n a i r o i m e f r y * M a * • . v - — A t „ n nllOCT ------r ~ I COX „

- « - r o p . r » t l . | i . a M . C U k . ^ » » < ! . : - b^ e rrrfjo o U l« Dew!y , « B* l « O B - , « » ) B W » « f f . . . ^ b o c n m ~ n u n c , planned ttr . . .. . ' ’ V . - # C o r « h w ttk m * x » t ' . ' r - - _ m m e » » iB * i« r y h i} ! e « r t» 1 - ' , ____/• eruon »**** gf>uen‘

u v i h id w m * * * w n to bear ofl v \ t re p o a . »fA / . .' aad D»kci fovxram enu. •••--’-»>,> Th« fist of p tn jd p w iti in ifte .rwai

^C ontribute d ire a tn*iem : tid * icb *, comm ine* incli*dc the UDF. wu u clothinj lo <Sc u jn «w to U » S»4 ' ; Dc*ccn% FCWL", O ctw nJ m eDuluuhc lud ium , v . . *j'. , ^ AUwd W « lt« n ; i W o a t t * w » f c ••• _ ,c W l

r ^ s a s i s e g t s 2 ^ ”roeeu3*j m d throufh union R ru-- G entr»l W » .l u m . Tfcree pt-W ^ i ^ e u n p J o tu iw B b J T , S c a x . f D ttvct Aj

tibGitj for k. S e r » s e * ------; c - ^ The B W » n | • « « * S " -« d by

.'TobU e , » fOTd ****** w d <'*®oer > " ' a t E u t Lootlae Sm wu btwefc

, v eaecutjve ^ . \• * ■• ' • He Hid S*rem M » « i! oocm in*, - y . i under co o d iu o iu of intenee

»r»*Tieo! l o t . , u r a . -------- -------1„ re ^ o w e ie ^ B M O C B io u ie . ..I rw d y b o e n held u. S « w . lU tu o _

A'ictory against victimisation wonWORKERS O R G A N ISED by U-.e • T h t h a c u t be d a h m ia u l - -

> M « o rA « e m b iy O m p o n en i ly by the imior. end m t a M e m ^ j V o rx e n ' U hkk » o n > ,* T h « t A tC ] M p lu r * h y they

' «icu>r> recently * o e n n u n jje m en t “ >— < ■ "™• §t the Pon EiiZ*t>cLn A E Q pUni m d

lhe:r tK-*ra«i* WC w*iMrw» c h a r ja « l« m r a •o rtc T . ^

The wcxkfT. W andik Tom, w *Frzc tn d t » T = 0 • « > U n -U K ^ o f two Uiu of p*»rvi-

He w ii aleo «-'<>f»dly w e u h e d by »Mcuntv ju e r t 1- tne plant, and hand- c u lle d 'to the factory p i a unul police .arriv ed ..- . J » i . .

^ A t a general m esU ni lau r. workeneondem ned -phr«c»J vicumiaauor. and police involvement1

■ X f S W O R K E R S . A T J . n D rim rna,c h t n e i aaainat Tom . • Labormtonee in Johanneeouri a r t

J ~ * 0 a rju in l u u . n Oem^Om* th . m « u t t m e n ^ o » a

, » I rxa-N-a — I---- 'v»U ted ■ u n c d recofiuuon » } rw

• ment wnh Macwuw wtuch tak: <li*- >r -CTpUaary m x u cn i.iouk! ftn t be_ with mtemaily. . "

W orsen t lio Oemanded that AEC1 , ihouW employ 1U own »«cunty

• fu ird i. and not ih o * of m outude company. T hii w u bccaua^ the

M*cwu«a'» D«rn»t Hem*

ion.

c o m p u i y ^ r t i i w u b e c a u a ^ tn e P ^ e

•' . 'v w a i rumy. .. / .A f t e r D c * 0 U « l i n | » l l h t h e i u u o h . - e l i o p e i d f o r t h t

m a n a j e m e n ; a j r e c d t o a n m d e p c n - ^ . W o r t e r . « i w p a i c d e n t d i a c i p l m a r y I n q u i r y w i t h t h e u n - ; t i m e I h e y w e r e o n B r i k e .

■ L a b o r a t o r ie s t e s t w o r k e r s ’ s t r e n g t h. . . . ___• 1 •eefiiia^ IA

- mftiMiycI"*"- --------------- -was entitled to call in polise when it wanted to.

W o rten rtfuaed to move from a •aemilivt' aecuon of the plant until they had a v r a t l lu aran te t from management t h t they wouldn't ca ll. the police.

the guarantee.

M an aiam en t 'ta fu ie i to flva n a io n i for Maritjukt!'! dlamueai to the w orken ' committee or to Oawu officiais. •

Gawu b now takin* the m ancr to th e In d u ttn a l C o u rt, to have M aabuko reinstased.

W o ra e r i a re still dem anding M aab u k o 'l re in ea tim tn l and a 1U told

Once they had w u n demarx>ec# T h t im n w Ja it « 'tW id fk ilirt oe iM O on

lease of Tom

U tlllW IU U > |o f their elecied r v p r x tc n u L ^ . M r J M azibuko. who w ai Hred after worker* went on « n k e demanding a R2 per hour wa*e m creoe.

Two other w o rie n on the worker* committee who were fired tofether with M azibuko were rfcnftaied butm a n a g e m e n t r e f ^ t o ~ n « u ^ - ■ ^ w l M , ^M a z i b u k o d e t p i t t t h e d e m a n d , o f R J « p e r V l fit,, workerv who are member* of the have been w orun*G e n e r a l a n d A l l i e d W o r t e n U n i o n . f o r m o r e t M n «( G a w u V - RI20 p e r n » n t h . .

Managers; close; door! on Saawu

SO Ul II A fK JC A N Allied W crlen “ ' clajm

F»he^

O n e ' Factory in Q 'j 'en a io * » wont rg hano in hand wtii-. io c — police to underm ux toe jrt'or

1 •'c a .fc |k l* o rJ fcJiO* ih e d u r r j in . o" V» n c -nben a?Ur a e r a t ot I4i) *or*cr» a: th ' facvory

I r e enurt worfeforte 'rB ra e «r. kjppor. of ieu c* •»M-cek-'e*: M p « tr r a r i X r ’--« M aheu »"ho ^ t r t o u t *** a * - * C»p.or w th » iy*r**.v W w k sn d rr.jr.defl the unci^.d.'XjiX c * e i- tAierr.ent of the twc.

!f\*i eyer.1^ m arofem en; a.*v. p©»:cf vw;ed the homei « maj-. j o-jjoured’ w oracn to pefiuace Ifte-: Lo re:ura to work ar#i drop Usetr Oo- m anda

Fiiher u id he woo*d no tonfe- Sk Lkiing o r Saawu rr>cr-.5 cr» but wo^xl gc to tne Cuke: lo rocruii rTK'-r * o rk e n wnce S u * v « no^ ban­ned tnere.

The dumiased warmer* were -a2 paxi ofT. I he 30 un*>r member* wert pwd each. Mpeme 11 cenu and^

• M*hel* W> c e n u . .Saawu ofTiciAii, recently relea**C

frorr cetcntion. da;m the »ecunr>. pohce told them tney had or%Mnmi

v or*er* not to join S u « v becauM s. vb*. fuB of bad element*'. Other* tad beer, recruited lo inform on the ac­tivities of the u n io n .- , t

Fred Fuher Bv*n«iement would hive no deaiinjs wah the union and if worker* went or, u n k e they wouid t>c Cam iued unm®0 *ateiy. Uiey w trr

___ nour increa*e m t h t ; wa^cv Some of them are pajd a» buie ai

After their reieaae. union ofTicaii met management who confirmed whm •ecurr.y ponca tu d told there in Ociention.

• I hu proved to us they werx work- ir>f hand in hand,' i**d the offir tia.

O it of jail,; but into, a • prison^ of no release ,

, E X » ro U T :C A l. pr*Jt>er> baushed VI to M iuntsatie a rt bong !*= « ~. A nrtt ftJT TTC. S.'' lA.*l tiiey fca^e ^

; n e v e had to pey before. * . - ___; .VAbout 3 Xj political p n so o m frcci

the Eastern Cape •*.•? a o w d t o ^ Mdamaane after their r«e»«e froir,

iRiibbwi Island. Since W U ^w bM , . t C»kei became 'tn d c p o je a '. I t a ; ' hs-» taken the fo ra of ‘Oepoctalloc'. ,

, E»-prtaon«t say they » « e toid to - Mep out of politic* acc that they

-would not have to pay wss. Rut iince , - 1981, C U a authanuae tm * m r j t d ,

■ denandung that they n o t . and. aiao u r c a r i for all the tin* taey have > oot been paying r e n t I t *ome c«*e* this include* tm e spent oc RoOben _ ,laland . ■, __ -

This came to li*ht receaiy wttM f « i urtxnc?! were evicted irotn their house in Mdantaane « fta laian* pay u n i n of R133/ " ~

^ ;The twr. eraroea. k to NoKpbo ■Norongc, 61, and her a a a e r , M.-* M iU N oraw tuaiu . I I, i a v t «nc* - aai«d 40 be .allow ed. Ic sed* D unci-'^V tla it, w hK i * » South Afnc*- H ' -V ■ - ' .'

The tw e women lay ttcy p*id rem . until .1914. w hen M n N crongo becsjrK n ek and am id t r t w o u c u . w ortan,. M n N o n w c i h « i b eec^ uck!y. for a n u tune s e w t utat- They tr ld the reat office tney wculd n*or r« able u> cooanue reymg rent, ^ and d>l oot d^ so unci 1981. * h cc tw y iw ra stkkiczJy icv ed v ‘J 5 a n o u ct tc p»y a r n a n

T h e v t* t evicted i»casiy , a ^' have ik ~ a p p e a l^ tc E e T^pert- | me.-.; of C c-.'pcrjtioc arid De>-;iop- • m tr.L w ho havr r r e n e d them ' Sffvv*- bacx i t C u k e t e a o c a v .

A * .^ h » !« ta e f pcm. - 1- p n so cr. j M .- F r jJ e . L-igaX He: » e r ten ts : j w tu i n o u ' deir*m --4 R4dD--'S tc ! ren t u -x * n lie wt> u i c tc V dam - 1 t t n t in 1ST; after s e m t t ' yean on . K o b o « laiand i d A S ^ activnir*. r 'Every time Iherr w»* a rent notice.1 w e d d phone Lie i s c t y police .who cam t and tool; the a a ice a ^ ty . i toid them I d id n t co c e here for rent. yo.. brought me here, Mr Oan^als said.

W itnout Tnor w a--n^. Ik was evicted tn Deccm!>ff cr ye*.' and h a furniture ts ic n aw t- Since ther, ne ha-1 been tv ing « a Tetauva

A nother men, who w«j relea»ed from Robben Itland =- -Wy Uus y * ^ after hit second tenr. -Jieix. h*s been served with a demand lor R»6 < ma rreen . - • - ___

He and hi* faniiy . who a n from P ort Elizabeth, were moved tc Md*r.\*ane after iiM fc* spell on the

•Mane, and the amount apparently in­clude* rent for th t_ « n e be *pent there, while ha famiiy * e i aione in M danltane, ^- He said the fo -» e r political p ru o n en wanted a o ea r » altm em from South Africa oc o c * poa uon 'D oes this jnean we fce^e now been handed over to tne Cisar.? We wtiu to Robben Island b e c ta e w t don't accep t B antustan i. we can’t be fcrccd to accept th c « cow. 1

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REPORTS*

The day’ the :•*?* . ** ,

soldiers went^

marching into.r t o wri.r with V*% ■ *>' guns and a ll... under heavy ? police... ? s ; j* protection;;; -

VIGOROUS PROTESTS p w u d

the conTcmni d a « freedom 01

Soweto on th . 21 iM M lios, 1 black

unit of the SA DF. by the Sowtio

Council recant)?. > ,

The batulioa. paraoeil ta front of

' "SASPU NATIONAL 7

toid lara ol 21 »aiallion i w c h throos1' «*• Mraeta » o « .io attar t» t"8 pram ac T r ~ a o m •< the

thr Soweto Council C hC T b en u n d et H c m tr y 'o t me lUleaac M andela n a lia i and m em b en o f Lhe So» « 0heavy police p w e n c c , includinj C o m m ittee , Moot" o u u id e the Youth. C o n jr c u w ere t a ie c bymany plain ckxnea potion . • •" chamber .with . placard detnandm i -tecunty po l.ee f n u p n o to (n s tK n

D eraonaratorv many of th e n - the i* le « e of M andela and reiectinj were i l M ^ m e d when they m ed ioweanns Free M andela T-«hiru,’ «an» - ihe 21 .Battalion be.n j p v en the p tio to r« ? li poi.ee taking freedom K>n*i and chanted «l0 | i n i . freedom .of Soweic. ", . V to a car. .AH were relca»ed alterin protest H »in« the conferm ent He »od Kvera! other people in- quow oninj. . * t ‘

Mr Aubrey M okoena. p u b l ie n jd u d m * ■ M r Jabu N ,w enya,-your- - The p ro to u aUc eowcided wah

City" ty T IiafceM il/^ the arrival of h e t JCoorrfc*. Minister

* of C o -cp cn iio r and Development.• t i the ceremony.► Mr David Ihebahalu caairpenot

of the Sowc*o Council. th* con­ferment wa» ‘in recogniu?« of ihe

- battalion's ckjae utocm ujr. with Soweto’.

• j

Clamp on campaign to Free Mandela \ v - ‘

r\T>j .«*•' *T-

ONCE AOAJN the So«h Afncao ' Government a facm: with • eon-

etned campaign to releaie Ne'jor. Mindeia. the African National Conjrei. leader, aen^oced to b/e ln>- pnsonmcnL

The campaign • * in a iaiari ic 19B0 and I nee then ove- a million people, nationally and international*. have Hjnefl petltioni for hi* releaae. ,

Thu time th. OcmrameK leena determjied to «lop the campaign roovicj into full «w«t It banned the Scrweio rally to lau--ca tne campaign. ir September. When the men ir.ee.: n | wai rtacheciiied for October 23 — a nmilar last minute profubiuon w u unpoeed. .

Ztnai M*no*a. on m . eommltlaa tor the r» le e « o ' ail potuiea’ priaunere. ' . houn of a M onday m oran* . elateo time o rja i-ja tio m can reue thU cam-Uui th«if ploy hed w eeeeded, J P ^ r - r rne,r- n - . -

R.MC leaden ire ineA ent Ihe cam- - Petm ow ere r<in* c x a i t io d and p*jgn will tK p u nued <ieipite ihf wQI bo h n 'W 13 A t Unitoj N iiioni

_ hji'Kl.iap of c o rju M batm iot o/ u they com e in. The pct Jvjn |a:h=r- m tcur.gK ' ing will coniinje u ioaij t» ir.erx tf

They claim 11 - »Lppor. of or% vu» < ' ^ *°. .'lion , n ieh » Scvcc. O * . .Mapc Pdtficai o f f e n d .AUtfC the YM CA. tax! au o c tau o r* < Although the can** j .: a c "" .- - i

Severe! cotnniinac o e m b r n have j Jpo ltng bodlc, ^ « f ,e rv :• on M andela o-ii c c '. . T « .d w i:i tbeen briefly detained ence the R.M . „ • ’ ' * oolitic e! pm oncrxre»i.T.ed — M n N kapay l, M r ' C am p**" o r ja n u e n point out that . - T . ■

M o k o e n a . the I98C initiative to aecure the Many o>s»m«atur a*« e t . « .or r ,r c l c u e o f M a n d tla ad o ih e r 7 -the feic*»c of political pru w •

The RM C fo t a rcu cd the ban 00 1 political pruonerv f iz z le out. Tbey . p re -re q u iiilc io i c o m t .tu ' ~e.• ^ uppQyxtnt to Ooe U>e dcw er* : chan^c.Thert can be no dcmocrec)

w hen the c o s tu tu lio n it m e a t without the p ro cu re of t a e « pcop.c

•When w* oam im -T * v tx r

The Keleaw Ma»itia Committee jr ihe Tranwatl » bc*ded by Curtia Nkondo, with A-brrj Moiocm w publicity lecreur* Other executive mem^T art Jabu Sgwenye, Oreta 1 Niepe; _ Phjllif- Maruwwi and Zi^ii Mandela.

Tur'kxjp m eetng b? *»^ung if. hourafter tu expiry anc reacheflulmg the ^ cxifUT4 orjxruiation* to er>- ■ meeting. W et over 1300 pocple at- ^ ^te n o « i the f t ^ c r r ^ an c tp e e k e n . _______ ,m u m e d 10 J o h a n a e ta u r i m m e aariy - - ; i a tb e ^ ow n w t> tn d u» th e tr ow n ^

Auer*) Moaoen*. puDiKJly ••cr«i*o». r e l r t i e wc a re n o ; o e m a n d tn f clemency We know the govenunen: will rex release them becam e they

c already beer. ai*ed 10 do *c 9y .r» k icu and -jitemeLonal ro u p *

anu orp&n^aJicu' . . .I h e ta . ' ic rc tcu e M andeb ^ai

dr»^-. wtc: kxfc anc !-.tcm*bor.«J wpp^-r. rtes iflr.ia Sam o n Machei o f Vi •m btqjc . JuIiuj N/eir.*e e ' Tanz* v» mt.c Canaan Banara of 7!mbfc?^6» have exierviec their fc.p- I

P™ - ' / ' . . IThit”year M anode m arked n j 65th t

birahda> and hu 19th yea; m prao... ‘ R eccr.' he hai oern mO'T*. cT j Rohbe: aland jmo Polsmoor ?na^> 1 on the maint&nd. a lo r j »nth Wa:tcr J

' Sisuiu, Govan M x t 1 end c ih c n

Nusas looks beyond the white referendum '•NO 15 e o t e o o u ih ' w as th e - the-aew con*Utut>oc, -vcur-l l u - catchword for a cam pa^n launched clearty do( enough. * nationwide in October by Nuaai 00 ■ *w* need to fo further, and » h ^ all Ui cim puM t. . "Vl taroufh other mean*, our ciear rejee-

Central to the campaign waa a peO * 'j t l o n - o f a p a r t h . H a n d o i i r tion - 14000 « n . d 11 In the Am , preparadnea to jo .1- baru.i wtm a., three week. - calling on fU deata t o : Solith A fncam in d ra w n , up . con- reject the coMtituiior. bccatue k u ~ '- } Khution for our totr.tr,on future. «ne

• c lu d e i m o it S o u th A f r te a n i . ' said. . .en trench* apartheid and was drawn ^ ..The cam paifn involved maw

ngtu d o a a whcea-only refsreoc-jrc have to decidc or. the future of CUT country?

• *lf w t are committed to Teal democracy and not to racially aa ciueive periuimsntary politics. ■»« must lend our tuppon to the United Democratic Front.’ the Nuaai a i l ­ment said. . . ,

A .call, for-active lupoort of theUP by r e p m a e n u t lv e e o f t h e ruling . m M (j n f l o n all M um c a m p u » ~ , : L Q F v u p r o m i , , , , , , | n u , . N u ia im tnodtj. - _ ' ' " J*w *, n o ----- 1— — - * * *

Said Nuaaa preiiden: Kate Philip:•The tucccts of the campaigr. anC the petition ha* shown une^um»cally where students in Nusai stand.'

many of them with UD F »pe»x«ri. seminarv talki tn m icflnca i and media expo*ure from cam pui radio nations and ncwipapcn.

x s c .

*• Explajnin# the liogan *No ■ not . enough*. Philip aejd ‘beceuse tne

referendum a s white*-only a/Tair, w t • do not recognise the referendum aa s Icfitimats -means o( msking thu bug deciaon about South Afnca’i future. * •

*So. While voting ‘no* terve to

. A natem er.t outlining N uiai’ posi­tion saw! ‘Car. the cor.ttjtuuon be a itep in the ngnt direction when it u premised on the bar.tu iun policy? li it going to prevent shootingi and detentions in the Cukei? is it goirg to n o p narvation and maas removaii? .1 it going to stop tha war in Nam ibia'

•It fc not enoueh to vote ‘no*. What

campaigr., UDF speakers, inciudung publicity secretary Moeiua Lekoxa and secretary ^opo Molefe. have ap­peared or. Nusas platform* az W'tu and UCT. and Nusai has Pecome a UDF affiliate.

In a pamphlet entitled ‘Nusai says *no’ to the constitution’. Nusai Kate* *Our participation in the UDF only comr.outes to the strength of the UD F if we actively build opposition to the new constitution on ot* cam­puses *

Turf m eeting^ on M andela goes ahead despite banONLY AK hour after u a a a iry o f t ban on m eeu n p a! T urflcop campca, 2 0 0 0 cu d en u (alfirred c ■ m er.m jto launch the Free V.ar.- a i Cam­paign in the Tranevaa^ - . -

Ihe launch w o to taa t place the day before, but tha! meeua* had ^ been banned.

S p eak e r* fro m th« R e le a ie - M indeia Com mittee (R V O , UDF, Aiaso and Soyco arg^ec x r the im- ponar.c* of the F re rco c Charter and for MawJela af • eysoc! of aT. • political praonert.

Axasc proidenH Tiego Moteneke, w u given a standir.g o v a u r when he 1 cud the government w a - c o « be ab le , to maintain the M tus q u o - « th o u l the help af p«cpie lixt ‘ O a t ih a B u th e le i i a ? e David 1‘hebehali. He »aid peot»i who had been forced tnio jharr mcependcr.cc in Ciakei w^rc beiag jaila : far oppev m j Pretona 'i ivuem o f Apartheid.

C unii N .o o d a ctiairpea. n of tr.t , RMC. condemneti '.he f . - r n m r t i

a ttem pt lc Ku? L*ia la^ncAng of tne Free M ar.oeu C am p ari * tne un- r tn i iy b j banninj 'J* Satutvay

:mee-jn» He *iul n »a> ac a--t o ' covkaroicc *5> the jirveranenL

O ups M onarer.g. p rrv d e r- of Soycc. n>d tna: the pew ic know . vkfto thet* lead en are. It .ec duty of 'eaacr* who %rz no1 rrwtsor.ed. barne^ or detained tr sa:l pecp>e * ’.a: neae leaders itand . j *e s a - .

S la in e x - l s l a n d e r m o u r n e d b y m a n )HUNDREDS cf m curacn .-rammed the Dube YWCA to pe» tne* -as: rospecti to former Rc^oer. Island pnaoncr. B ran M buio.; M a to u k i who wai sut;bod to dearr recent*

Speakers, some of t t r n former Island inmatat, said w»j adedicaud opponent o f apartheid.

In 1976, when the J m v : student uprisings broks out, fctacoueo lad hi* fallow studsnu ou: o ' th* eia*- srooma

Later that yaar ha anC » m e elaa- imate* ware detained aac cnargod under the Sabotage Ac^

Released from tha iaia*; last year. M aubuao josned the D r^ n e es Aid M ovem ent and wai u w a ! in the form ation of the Sowrtc Youth Congress and the Terr.am Residents - Assoc laiioo.

His cofTir wai ca.'tned f"cm the hall by m oum en rep rt^K srg studen; organisauons, trade uiuc^s. ihe Free Mandeia Committee tae United Democratic Front.

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COMMUNITIES SASPU NATIONAL 8

MBEKWENI TOW VSHIF in Pm iI h u been the a w of imeme oppoe- lion lo ran i in craa ta i to facant

_ e t e b .Unity am onj the ifedanu of the

■ '• tow tiih ip h u bee* ttrcn jto en ed . dctpitc many i i w i

Tentior r a i m t f y n i t in tne townihip due id I1 4 1 uoamploymem w onened by the rn rtn c Vm enu t i the h c - j knwr Taatiia Plant. when the W a* Cape Ad- m m utration B o ert (W CAB) an ­nounced t il t tod lerooe c h u r n

.would go up l quarer.M berwenj rea o c su want t o th e

WCAB 1 office to p ro u * ifam K the

Rents'raise costs more than moneyunlT inertm ci and l£ tell official! they couid not a/Tord the increase* - O roen to disoene were ignored and

,1 2 0 people were arreeted . *. .. ; t . Eight of the 120 people»arrtatad •-

were teachen at the Simon H ebe,.' Hifh School 10 Paaft. Three hundred puput gathered outside the Paarl Magistrate s Co on m n y po n of lhe .

leachen who were charged under the internal Security Act.

The pupils were detained anc held ib ceiu a: the court. -Whiic being heic, police used t u - p i lo ‘quieten

‘their singing'.Police Lucr denied usng L u r p i

a g u m the pupus who were subse­quently reieaaed-V *

The unpopular community council had i f rxtC to the service ru e in­crease o r condition Lhn the pecpia be consulted on the use of profits

' from the beer halls. . * .Residents o f the com m une y want

the p ro fits used fo r tow nsh ip Orveicpm ena T o d e m o a c ra u thee distalufactioru about 300C people boycoue^ the beer haL’ which was later to n e d and burned down.

The court case of the 120 has beer, pcetpcmed to October, Bail has beer set ai RVj for illegais and RJO for legale Those who could not a/Tord the bail were jailed in P o o n o o r

. Pnaort. « *. . -

Cheers, as Vaal Civic is formedTH E VAAL C m Aaaoeiauoti wai

\ brought to lift m isxWDcuiber by t{ unam m ouidectiice of 1200 ret>-

• - id tn u of Vi*, low*t£S» latently.;] The m eetinj. orjanjaed by th t Viai

Aciton Committee. wat addrctted b>■ a ran ft of tp c u e r v including the

'.S o w e to C iv ic A l l o c a t i o n W r p e n o n Dr N tM to M a ltn t.

.! U D K IM vw e-charpet*oo M rC u n u■ Nkondo and loea* p w p lt.

(indication of the l u r a t e f the n * .; » ’ /o rp ru * -ii« r by reserving: • •

> •1 0 re.iect the K ooraaof Bifcs and to; ' 1 boyco:*. the oom muray council eiec-l

_ *- ♦ 1)0 ns: • - • -»• to o p p o s e . p a r t i c ip a t io n la ;

• I Government <rae-«d bodies; ! «. . ' • x seek afflliaticr. to the O w ed — Dem ocrat* Front,

# to reject the preeeot education' I synem •% * ** I| • t o tack k high r r x a a and fifh t ar \• better oualiiy bouec'g:

# 1 0 condemn the Casparr% ir biack . i and while prna*ons anC 10 cal' for tn> j < - proved admmtfaauwr- o f p c '.u o r j. .

V • • i o reyect the hotne-and syRcm. the. j benning o^“Saauv a/w. C u te ; rtpre*- \ s»on. *•« to pi«J#e •oucar.ty wxrt i -Saswu and peopie at the u t t . I

v *a! » r»denu condemned t>c j* 1 eonimunhy counaia and ta«d There.

v had been no t m p ^ e m e n j ance1 were introduced m *977. ' | 4 l> Mo*.Ians warned th t audience

j s a |s :n r bclievmg J h claim that the I ■ new councils o ltvatf to blarki under

j the Black Local A u th o riu a Ar*I -were fully fladfed *un»c«paliti».

- He described \m koom nof Bills as \ a mechamsT. to d rvide urban and

ruraJ people . . %- i /* Dr Motlana u ic *we a-x uncreated

i. . in power, not I p ^ o n n to air grievances. We wa«r power to vou, lo m ake the lawt c f thu c o u n t r y .

j , - Speaking on the education i w r i t , i. Nkondo said, if education w u

d em ocratic and retcvant, people• ’ would al! be ahie to see through the

evil a ttem pu of tne govtm m ert.A 16-member m u n m com m2 tec.

in c lu d in g o ffice b e a re rs and ■_ representatives o f all a r * u wm

elected, . v

R e s i d e n t s b u i l d - t h e ir o w n b o d y .a CIVIC orgar.tsabon has been set up ir. Soshanguve near Presona a fte r , 2 OCX) residents me: in August to du-

^ ~ cuss its formatwn.. A aiaartni oommiaae c t 9 peop;* w is elected to draft a constjtutior

.and to call the meeting to launch the organiMiion

Over 500 p e o o e attended tha -launching and clected an eaecutivt

. o f eighi people, including Re» Hlaleihws. a v k * ^ ® d a n t o f the United D cnocratK Front.. t h e R csrienu Ccm m atee will act

up branche* in the (LfTerent sections of Soshanguve, and a^ns to unite and o rganise people to face th eir problems together.

While there a rt no community council elections in Soananguve. rrs^ oenu suspect this is because the Depart me ni of Cooperation and Development piar to m co rx ra ie it

Bophuthatswaaa. Rasidenu say

a f f a t i a -9

Hucafights-Fi et|JKg an^lcouricillpuppets

Placards afta^ H«o«oa • M tn_

Resid ents• • a J

remember shot rents resister;V

■million*of thaae fron--io«*T* ‘-rps nexiCV bR 400 pocpte anandeo the Tallyto launch the H uiudi Q v k Aaaocia- - • w .r x C>ua • ' . - •» - tio r (Hue* recently. - . \ * "‘Huhudi is hae niBf’v places all over

Huca wm fo rc e d to oppoue the ' South Africa M a gove.-nmen!. p o lio IBreat o ' rercova .1 and to take up v ic make it difficult for pec^rie to other tssuci facing Huhudi reaiflm u. r1 come to tne towna, t r r w ? as m ary

T h r crow d was adcraM ed b> » people out of the towns ai ^oaai^ie, speaxcn from Huhudi, tne Unites , and todcr.ro* the shacks w^.icr pe*>Dem ocraur Front, the-B lack Sash. ‘ pie buiid because they have no Other me Anif-Commuiiily Councils Com- place to stay. s . - \muiee, the Sooth African Council of ^ When peop-e ar» *o^v9L ,AshB ; beio*i. and crvwa, labour organia* Chunshes (SACO, the Soweto Youth. ’ pointed out. they loae their S ecao r "tiona. «uden ; ano oerem o'gar.ia*- Congren (So»coV Kudumane Youth 10 ng^ts and are orly able taw o ra as . tioru 1U n tty a n u th e . H u h u d i Y o u th » nugran j for the reei of their iivca. c *Now cTanisayon* are ^ y trg Organisaiion. R e v e ren d B ro o k s f ro m . th e they mas: create an organ aa: on aJ

The crowd cheered the ^-eakers as /Northern Cape branci o f :he SA CC netw ort that wilj not leave Lhe pco- aach in tun: xorderBnad the cor> x u*- people m u t unite, m the face o f • pie o f Huhudi io Tight a r aoiaxcd ba*- munity council jvaterc which they r th e new consnuaion » i r * ; ^ t i e / O u k an e aaid said was imposed upon tne A fncaa - . ’ih c government u a/nud. anc you - He aax^ tne government bao ba.>- popuianor in the townships. - trs 'on ly afraid if you trvow you have -ned all the U D F m eeurgx. ‘But. be

The ICoombof Bills were crtucaed ; robbed •omeor.e.' he said. ‘W e've • V e are the people and we wifl by all speakers al an attem pt to been robbed of ol’ land, the vote stand together and will go from

•and human dignity, and they are rJL ' bouac J o houae, atrect to « rec c and• on the road of dividing people. But through that we will win.* v they will never be ab.c to kill the - ‘The community cour.c’.u put the

spirit o f togetherness.’ * - * * ' »temp on mOua control when theyThe Soyco sptakeT pointed to the tell us to leave the ce>ev and the

Occupants of ®00 houses roned fo r - youth in the crowd and said they u m t with removals. They are used to demolition by the Departm ent o f Co- 'should not forge: that when influx divide th ; urban and rural people, in operation and Development are u r , control w m introduced their parents be moved to Pucumong. ■ , - were young and since then had

M r Caleng. who was elected r sacrificed to five their children an chairperson of Hues, said Huhudi ^ education.residents had beer waiting for more . , *lhe government is again introduc- than ten y ean lor perrruMion t o , mg changes, end the youth must renovaie their houses, but now the / th a l le n g e them lo pay the debt ihey bo ard had d e c la red th em u n- ^ ©wc to their parcnu. We must come inhabitable, demolished them a n d , ' together and discuss We must see ‘voluntarily' resettled the people in tiu : the future »» oura Pudumon# , . - . y . ‘If people a rt reaettlad we will havs

‘People have been bribed and ouneives to b^ame. We must form our own organisation lo wora hand in

A B O U T 2000 people Sobantu Viliags Hall • rsaeaoy to • * commemorate Graham R who - . v : w u shot dead d u n rg the Sooantu , rent p ro u su last year. r

l h e meeting wm caissc ^ the • -C} Sobantu Youth Organaaisco. formed . al the height of lhe p ro tec t r

Archie Guroede, proasoess of the UDF and a former S o b a ju w r i rn t . ; • < paid tn b u u to the y o u a cf the towmlup, saying they w m part of a - V bng-eum ling traditsoe. M a n peopk *- of Sooamu h*J died m the sc u au o o protest of 1951. • . . -

‘But I b o w you are ooc asuraed .' r _ ^ be a id , t h e oppoamoo ic hgS rests will continue.' - *'• • *

He told M n Nancy RaOea* aer sac • • he^ inspired the oommuary b the . . crugXie for .pistioe. v -

G rv ism Radcbe died aac two d * bis friends . M blangi D im a and *'

i Jabuiani Naoai were inured after j n o l a ^ r j i V 'cam paign* the t pc. =e f » d « Ultra oo the i r » cey of 0

•U D F I h tt it S£»r we wvi repa; 0^1 ! ^ p t^ e t tt - *' v- — *p w e n u . 'h s « J j T ie * o o u - ^ the _V

U O F i f-rm.it O .iU -ie aaid the . S o b f r t e o tn m a o tj 't o e > r a o * o o .. - From dcv»;..ocd oui c - t lo r tm K f. ! to unae » « * j« ihe r s r ' i t zattea. t ,

cuu 'ted the Vginnm g t» a rent boycoa w ait;, er.ied t» r «eruhs . isier whe .1 t ie Drakrtjar^r; Ad- ‘

fdivioc the urba.-andtu£aJ population .and they would force u r- -wanted peopie to leave the towns. *;

Huhudi reaidenu are preaently flghung a bettle to remain m lhe a 'ea.

forced to move there.* he said. 'If yo . accept iheir ofTer to move, you get .> hand with organiaanoni lias Huca RlOUO to erect a nev* houee. They* have alao sncreaaed the rem . end through threats hev* fo rced . 100 families 10 move.

‘The community council is helping Koom hol do this. Todsy Koom hof u telling the councils he is giving them in d e p e n d e n c e l ik e S e b c an d Mpephu. and they will be big boascs '

“But let us rca..se who our real op­ponent is.’ G aierg said *Let us unite and involve our people in the homciancs and liberate ail our peo­ple — black and white ’

T h t Black Sash spcaaer said over Ihree million peopie ned been moved ffn«» |Kf >r fcrtme* n«sn* o r '

of gra*»' >'H» oeganaaiiors.'• *Sir:c IV *V g 'V J sXi 'S ta r te d ueva:op:-.g ir. al! com* mun uet. Orcar.isaticns did not i u .1 I r^maLra.-on Board wat Jrcod to

■ from tne tov arivmore but f?x»m sc* v lhe increases. •Severe' speaaen ■ at U> r r c .Tg

shammed the g cv sm m ec 's corv sutution and tne KoomnoT i j* and urged peopie to unite undr- =5* ban­ner of U D F .'

Secreta-y of UK North G * U D F / lac M k h u e , criticised tfc ccrrv munity coundl system. Theae aodjes are imposed oc us and ca m a ao a - our prob«ems such m the lack o f } nousct people car. afforc

T h e alternative is for a i aaooie to *om e to g e th e r around . Lie tem aa^a of lhe Freedom C hanrr.’ a* s e a t ' T h e Charter speaks of boiaes tor all and lh a a Mill the demand 9 people al! over the country .'

Mewa Ramgobto told the a c eta g th at m ost In d ians rejected the governm ent's constitution thrust upon them just like the Ber m ans were forced upon Africans

Security policemen were con­spicuous during the early p a t o f the meeting and several peop*e *«=re told 10 leave as they did not lave the permits to be in an African aera.

Ramgobin was cheerec w ien be told the meeting he had baas aaaed to leave but refused be^suia use peo­ple of Sobamu bad invnac but. to speak and be w m d e te m ^ a c 10 do

the same way the conatauucn divides the African from lhe Indian and coloured'.

•| want to cal! on you to reject all diflerentiation that goes with the system and su n d unucd. Because of U D h. all -communities throughout South A frica a re w ith H uhud i because we unite lo ftgh: apartheid *

Ihe Anu-Commumiy Councils Committee speaker congratulated Huca for its stand against removals and the community councils, and in its struggle (or good houee*. ,

JsTo drought relief for protestersRESIDENTS O F the Mgweii and W anburg communities near Stui- terheim who are opposing their propoacd removal tc the Ciskei. say they are being refused drought relief a*d because they are against the move

Only paid up c s rd carry ing m em bers of the ru iiog C isse: Nsuona. Inoependence Par.y (p^lP > are being allocates drought reiief r> 10n s given work on lhe relief job

sehemes and allowed lo buy the suo-

sidlaed catua feed.M em bers of the anti-rem oval

Mgwah Resdents Asaocta^or My pressure was bang pul or. residenu to accept removal. Tliey My the July handout of rations w m dum ped after rotting in the Tnbal Auuionty ofTice.

Pnng'c Nobobe. aecreury -J the MRA. said. T h e drought has hu Mgwah hard Fields canr.oi b? p.ougred and grazing a atmoat ncn- eaisunt.’

He said the vm i majority of

Mgwalians were undaumad by theirtim idauon and refused k ertner Join lhe CN IP or apply fcr Ciskei reference books enabling ®em to w ort in other areas.

Meanwniie reports have acme in of commercial farmers m aairf orrvmie deais with the tnbaJ authorises over tne iubs!Coed bales of e t c leed wtuch ar- sold ai R l. M f»a. ttai* deris say they have seen tne a te . oe ing caned away ir. large quv&ue* on lhe bacss of fannen

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ONE MONTH t f u r m m n O m t u>« liiuvwwy d OnfttM WmtviU. S R C tha r .c to r h u b « tti fo rc e d to

, it cog ruae a Kudea acuon commute* .and tc me* atudanu about recoo- imuung m* SRC.

Thu development -cam* after b>* tana* student prt ae ir* a/»d th# th re a p - of legti acuor by atudenu

L t j i l rep reeestiu v u of both the % •tu d en u end the .unseem ly ad- - iruniatreuoo roe: near tne end of September i c d*acuaa Rudent d e ­mands thee I f **. *» r* •D m SRC cooBitaiioc be r« o * n * ed . • i valid * * . \ \

• *SRC o ffice be ow ned . '•Fund* owed to R udenu by the u ^ . hreruty be r tte u e c . '■ C•D »aplinary action again* two R >- dcnu (rorc the Actioe Committee be dropped. „V. a •

W e«vurf‘i rector. JJC Oreyling. announced the au*pcn*40^ of the SRC n a prea* conference at the end of AuguR. Th* SR C » fundi were paralysed. eq -.-p ran i leizcd. and a » u locked ai* of the SRC office*. __

Keasoeu $ y tc by Oreylir.| for tne .im pcruioc were maladrruruatf aiiocp/ fuoc* ar<d protaeoa with the SRCCOniUliiUOC, t ;

Si-Ccnti r^ecied the ctaimi ar-d • hv Greyung resorted to th e u t a t u o _ a» an excuse m cruah our rndcpen- ■

der SRC and replace h vnr. a. . ennr r jua iioo -co trro lied o r v _______

s a s p u n a t io n a l e

Westyille students locked ; in battle with admin Dier S!

and to m eat me gain* be has l o q! unce 6 e*ired.‘

a a Acuon C oouanM e teaed to fight lor the v tuauat of *c u>-

•r- dependent S R C All u Seeang * n ; luuaiiy banned but r o o k s recently

woo a victory whee tt* rec o t wmav forced to officially reccfro** Du

’ comm ittee alter a mw a ^ i between I Rudenu. aomin, a unr*xrvr» cxxoc-* m em ber and thetr I ~ tauvca '^ . Support for ta* Wei -C «rufci>c ns. been w ioecread, wuh- organisation* like the UDF, toe Natal -- iodian Congreaa. A iaa*. Nuaai. V. C o i u and O ur b aa ccm m uoity* orgameauooi throw ;n | Ifecr wei^ru* > bctnxxj W acm lk Buoeao hshi for a ^ •deraocrauc SRC,.

^ S u t o e n u a y the univ*n*y ■ t r y n | **■ to railroad through h a .n chanjc* to

. , • the c o o t , uiuoo before aw unrwemry UK am endm cr.u --ouKj ^ ^ toooraoJI « 19M.’J k S R C it would Be prohibuod f ro m ,', _____inviunf r * . « r « » o v — m i p r c ■»- A t ^ moment u . . i M t y eo«i>-

or p ro c u a a , pubuc^uon.- • “«r f the rector. > • '* n “ ' r‘l

*-yrecom me& oaooci t o .

AOOa Omar w»c»-p>—<Qenl oi A u to aOdr»M«* tiooenUA pampniet put out by tha_SR £ pamphieu, and *u*dcnu *ay un;ve> SRC preudenu Abba Om a.. aajd

called on all ttu d en a not to be ffuued - uty authonuet have adnuued to an by the rector** tacuci. ^ : open reiauoniAip wnh the eecurry • *We have lo n | a r u t t l ^ for a L p o b c a . . . '* -oemocratic SRC Adnuc m u* not be ' 11m preeeni SRC coneauiuoc waiallowed to cn u h ua. T h u m the time ratified by the um venry council in wiihou: t/»e p e rm m io n ------------------ _for ue ail to lu n d united and fight for' 1980 a ^ r an u iunuve atuocnt ca ir-. They would ako be a npp«d of tha i . P*niAjncQtb« rem itaum eru of a democratic pagn. * > ' nghi tc t j e and to Ruceni r e p re a ro -n O n c e to#- u o iv e re n y g t tn aS R C « id the pamphlet, ' At the begmmng of thu year, ihe -.aiioo ai duciDiinary heaar.ga. T he •autonomy* change* iu~ i to r

Thia attack oc tne SRC ia''" univenity aubmiaed tne canauuikoo uruvem ty would be legally r u p o n a r , ' through the prococure of a fcIL Thia •cen aa a coounuation of ircrcaioc , to legal cour«ael for cru tiry * bic for the SRC and wouid m e ref ore p car. be a lengthy p r x c *haraaameni of eu d e n u by um ven - a oumbc* o f p o inu o f coniuc* j be abie to imervcne m an d * 0 3 SRC >- Negotia^ona b e tw e e- ttC rn ta and a u th o n tiea and a e cu n ty p o n c e between ihe coruutuijon and tne u n -r aciiviuea " ’ ^ . um vem ty a -ih o rtii* a rt Kill un-rcceruly. . k -w" ivm ity ’fcaiuia were .a o u d . O r thii ’” SiuGenia arnx^iy re.iected the reo- ' 1 oerw iy. bui auderu . * f - i « fail.. T * d atu d m u were hanoac over uj p re lex’, tne rector prcecnle^ m e SR C ' to-'a change* to the conamuuo.-. aa a£ they wiij M»e tc r c a ./. ~ further

•ec u n ty p o lice fo r d ia tr ib u tin i -w;m amenr.menta to m e cotiainuUGt. atteir.pt to *«mp the SRC of all t>ow«r icgai action. v

Conference on| detentiorirhears of new moves;

r * * DELEGATES PROM aL over Sooth Afnca garnered tr. La* London laa; month, to bear i ca^iogue o ck>.er t io rj u>c anaNao of ataie etraief^ ;

• me aecooc ar.r.^a conference oo Oeunuon. w

The c o c f ie rc e waa convened tn E ik Loodoe to ideeufy with th e ; Exurrn Cape aivj Border areaa aa o - periencing the h -jcea t leveU o f

. repressions- ** • . ’i r -*• T V ccnfereooe began with an

opening addre* by G ieac M o« who- apoke about the changing nature of • government actsoo. Refem ng to the recent detenuooa of A m anda Kwadi

• and Alberuna Suulu, Moaa pointed to a changing itraiegy which he aaid includes aitem ptt to preaa charge* againat de^iocea and refining bail,

“ eflccjvely putting them in p rev e n t tative detecuor.

C u m aajd .’the South'. A fricac „ govemmoBt w«m ever further m - Namibia with rega.'t1 to aecurry lawi becauac it foela to w p c e n z .- I

Pointing to the lift o f rec -ded Ocathi in detentioo chalked up oc a blackboard tr. m* r_ail aha aaal . /

‘My bro tben and aastera in Soutrt Africa are more fo rtunau in being able to draw up auch a b*. Id Namibia, there ia do record of.wbo » haa died.’ - f 1

' In me afternooc of the cocferaoce the deiegatea and aboui BOO people _ crammed into the St Johna C h u rch .. hall tn Duncan Village outude £aet Londoo for a maa> rally oo Oeten- tioro. The floor of the hall waa J covered with aneenng powder placed there to the morning. . , •. \

A n a b e r apeaker aaid detea&oni of... an eatimated 1000 people tn Qakei have 'ihow r ua that detention ia not .Tha conference noted that fewer

and fewer . d e te s tio a a a r t . being ^ the ogre the police would like to have reported by the media and political" ua believe. W* have learnt that you

• detenuona are being hidden under can be deuined for aix momha end me veil of the Criminal Procedure even tortured, but H doe* not follow Act. .that you won't come out,* he aatd. *«.

Delegate* were addreeaed by Nora T here are dark ahadowi in deieo- *O iate of tha N am ibun Council of ,tion, but If you are arm ed with m# JChurchea and the S ou th W eat knowledge and the courage of your - __________Afncan Nauonal Unxio (Swanu). conwctiona, you can defeat them.* *pea**r et tn* Detairv^e Support CommitiM* coniereoo* m Eaei U>noon

Standard tens expelled but: principal stays ;T H t fciVTlRE aundard ten d ae i at Jabulari High School in S oveto haa been etpelled following a boycott of

m" ~ over 1 0 0 0 a;uder.u who demanded that their achopi pnncipal reaign im-

• mediately.I he boycott s a n e d in September

% and earned on despiu repealed police imervenixxu baion chargea and detenuona o f auioenu

S tudena demanded th a m e prin­cipal ru ign b t c u u . mey aaid, he • u vunappro«eKaoic' anc kepi or.

refusing to act on meir gr»ev*nce*.Ihe boycott wma aay me atudenu.

„ . the result o f longstanding lensiorj b e tw een i tu o e r .i i a n d a cn o o i authontiea.

Comp.situa wer* that tha ata/T sat in the sta/T room and Uimed a deaf car to atudenr request! for tuition.

After the atar. of th* boycou. atu- dania were funner angrred when me pnncipal did not come to a joint meeting of fcuOenta parent* and school authontiea to diacuaa the

l i t . f tW w lR M I *«>■-

t i r . i A t » 1 » *•* » t t n '

with marric itudenti.S tudenu aay member* of the

achooia' governing council at the m eeting tried to d ia to n th e ir problems and to divide students and parents. When the council agreed lo

t reopen the achool, the students returned — only to find m e door* locked. A governing councillor mere aa>d be was guing to fetch me kr-

Soon after b* left, polio* arrived^

aflegodly firing teargaa at the waiting nudenu and charging them with

: batont and doga.Later some atudents were allegedly

vuiied at their homes by secunty police.- At least four were detained

Some Budenis aay m ey w e 'e served with document* i gncd by D epan- ment of Educauor. and Training (DEI') official telling them to repon

" io - th e Pro.ea Police sta tion in

R h o d e s BSM voted into AzasoT H E RH O D ES Black S tu d en u jon Axasm.hc aak:. 'W e don't see M ovtm em (BSM) voted b ;-a large r - them asarrvel body 'T here axe manymajonty to afTuiaie to Araao

There waa only one vote f c me black consciowiness Aiar:'.*n Stu­denu Movement (Aiaam)

BSM Chairperson. Monde T abau , aaid ‘tha decision lu ailuiate tc Azaso was not entirely unexpected it can be attributed to me orgaruaationa proweaa of the Axa*o core group tup-, p lcm anud by the eap«rti» * thert riHiV# * fV.« wre»U ll* ‘fi kw t i f\ i 1

issues which transcend the dif- fcrence* beiween me c 'jtansuitioni, for eaample. we wouic jotnuy tase up an issue of un.'a.r eiputsjoris or me conwcuencc* of tne. quota *ys*r*n *

failure m : decis.or: to A/Tilieie to Azasc. me BSM orf&.iued s deba.e between A iasj anc A iasm ai pan of a focui weeiL. Saliem Baoai, Azaso Project* O fficer a d d rc n e d the meetirg but Azaam failed to aend a ^ P f k

Sow eio.W het the achool re-opened m ore

than a m onth later, the pnncipal wai there w ah police. Standard ten Ru- d en u were iold to leave the achoo! im m ediately o r face chargea o fue*p*asmf. . « - *

I he pnncipal aaid mey nad Raned the boycott, but a tudenu atrongiy agreed They aaid me standard tern b*d merely voiced m* gr.avancea of the entire atudei.; body

O tner ciasaci were aliovwad to re- i r u r ai tne sc n o o ' and war* pror^wed a '•pcciai tuitioii ptogram- r .. t \ Bu; suxier.u aav ma: uungi are woree no* than be.rij»c

•Ihe arhoul u m ^.e bae a coo- centra iicr c*m. and poln-t a r e forc­ing s wCenis -g gc to achooi a rd there are SAl3h aow ten * i ’.h g u r j j , ihe ciAssrooma.’ said one ttuder.t.

Ihoac aui go irf 10 cUsset are nicking to tneir dem ano; lor me t r ■ -nedwia res.gnation of me pnncip-u and lor better (union. Thry a/c now also calling tor the reinstatement of

V* - .1 * n < iir-4 t .

Teachers in crucial p lace', in the battle of ideologiesTLACHE.vS IN S o u l, Ainca hav* « -v crjeia.' role to piav in me R.--ggi: for 1 tn r m -uj c youag peorye, ac- rord irg to Joe Panama, tec-nary of m e N au i UDF aad forae- prcaaOcst of Azasc - I * * -

Speaking a: me ansua. x n 't 'e n c - - o f me Nauonai Eoucauo* _ ntoc J 4 Soum Afnca (Neuaa) in h o z m u rsz - burg recent'y, Ptiaaiaa a u l teacnera ^

.w ere ai me forefront o» a tough ideoiogisa. war beir.g fo u rs between -• undem ocratic o rgan isa-cm and progreauve force*. Thu* artcrpreia- L tior. o f lextbooka, noven. ayuabi, etc ia of v ru ' ..T.^jnaaca in Gae formula* lion of ^rvgreaaiv* B c u ^ -

PhaaJha hit out at teacner training .* college*, saying m ey hac 'me moc d icu to n a 1 admimatra^oaa tn th* country'. He aaid thu n i because „ the govemmeni v>anted tc have a tight control o r ideas be. -4 brought

^into achooli 'However, a progreasive education organisauoc aae Neuaa - wai the forum to re-oneauie young teach e rv ' he and. Neuai could bdp \ to bnng these teachen tacc me orbit o f progreai've thinking aao a.'ter-

1 native leaching m ethod . V -.The other apeaaer a; th* con­

ference. Paddy Kxamey. director of D iakom a, aaid preaem teachings- me: nod* would have tc caange i education was to beoonc relevant and Lberaung. '*

‘Education m ould be a two way process between fearner aad teacher. There ahoe.d be dialogue.’ He aaid' educaaon often avokled reau ex penence of students

1 he conference decided Skat Neua should emoarfc on a r Educat c n 1 * Charter campaign and afL-aie to tr.e United D e m o c ra t F ro ri

‘N eu u does not aee er.^cat ion ia {•tsolaiion. We set. it in u poia.au.! »oc.*4 and economic oor .es: Thai u | wh». alicm* us 10 un* up wiih me

L D r . ‘ said C uris Naor^A »ru> was I elcctcu president c f Nc^as.. Me SAjd D oth me JD F r c O jan er

1 cam paic“.» wocic h e r U oOuiae i educationiati anc projer. a lio - 1 native to the present a/stem of

e d u ^ on. lh u p re^ p p o ^ d trot | rscwia w pulc se e p c o im u m ty ,; w o iie ' and R u c '^ t c o r ^ .u

*J hia u a hat n &es -a cu rrent 1 .‘run: m ou other ..ga.--wi.unj for ; teachen .'

Nk^ndo u id Neusa » u act in op- * j position to trese o ^ r i u . on5 and

u n i U v . r K\ a*>u a>

I W k O h

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i y O N X S I L'E I\J 0 RUSH E

RESIST

WITH

g ^ i T S S ? ° e n « •M lleU e N o m . » . o r Q . r » . . r l o , A i „ c .n fo o O a « C a n n .n c » M n U n io n * t * . l L o n O o v

F o -r men. Luyanda M ayekuo, U . William D v m O I . Dumuani Manm- j n , 3 1 and Beyi Keyt, JZ appeared m the Cake) Supreme Court recently c h a fe d with e n | t f » | in " te rro r* acvvitie*’, becom m j m am b e i of the ANC. rvcrukini people to underjo military treiiuai tr. LMotho, end poe- i e u i n | benncd litera ture . They picaCed not |u ih /.: j \ ■ [■{.

Mr J u » « D S d« W e » r* « * to « rtq u eJt By the'. CUkei A ttorney Genera!. Mf F W Ju rftn * ,io re-open

(the S u t ' t case, to C*J' policemen, I m e|iftre te i end court in terpreten to jive evidence on the iile |e d confea- uoni made by th re . Of the accuead.

Thii umattal p ro c td u n . resulted from allegation! of aaeaull by the Sccunty Police on M iy e l-w .

'icr. queftioned by the defence eounee! ai U) whet had happenedwhen he m » a (bou t mak-m j • eor.feeaion. Meyekiao be K*: noticed the m**ntrate *»* ”*

jre a jrc in j hia a iu w tn H i «»>d be had indicated to the m a j r .n t t he • t t not willinj to continue w th hi»

J O H A N N E S B U R G ’***’- *

A frikaans activists chargedA W lfS student. Carl N*hau*. And hy fiancac. school teacher Johanna Louren*. appeared in the Johan­nesburg m a*u:r*ic '»coun in connec­tion w*h allegations of high trea*on and alternatively contrevenirg tne terronam act.

Nichaua. (13;. • Ba cudcnu and L o u re n i. (2 3 ). ■ n e th e m e t i c i ichootttachcr. had their ca»c po*l- poned lo November 7 ir the supreme cour..

T h t su ic alleged that they con­spired with the A fnear National CongraM or u* mem b en and wp- p o r.cn to funner the aims of the organisation, and that they joined the ANC and actad as m em ben or aip- p o n e n of the A N C It u alleged that they form ed a group calied the AfnkaanM Soeialata Allan** (ASA) for the p j r p o « o f lupporung the ANC, the Com m uni* Party of South Afnca. the South Afncar. G jn g rcu

Trialist claims he was assaulted

•SA A W U A N D ?,B O fO eR '.; RCOIOH *J0 f UNITES :> AfiARTHEJDV D M C C $

COM DEM M 'CISKE1 K P R E S aO H 1

oC l rade Unione (Sa>fu » i u‘ ro a r organluiiona. T h ty i r c j T .* ^ ' *o have dirjnbuiod ANC pu tw cxionr and r tc r ju e d people to join, u »«■ j ai identified target* in the ccv*sr^ to ( De ut^oiaged

Nicnaui u ai*o alleged to h**» mad to cor.Laa Cat henna Hunt*? oc n*.- tc n rtU i.n j to the ANC

Fnenoj txunded the p roca«ingi and po lice p h o to g ra p h e n to o i icveraJ p - c u r « a* they tm ar«d anc left tha court

A t a p ra v io u i h a a r i c j the m *f[i*^iu oroerrd th ; d oon d t te cour* u> be cloted a/ter a oumeer of pec pic aang a aong The tpc a * .o n w e n later told t r 'eave the c o « t oat by one and *ecu:..j policemer k the doer io c i their name* and tosnmcx.

At an earlier hcanng, an Anghcac p r ie i ! . . th e R a v e ren d Tho«ra» Stanton, waj aentanced to au Mcrshi impnaonmcn: for rrfuaing to «ra*e a auiem em to help police i»v«ug*- tion* mio the caae Reverend Sum ac Uid tnu would viol*i* ha cor-

lacience; T o give evidence (or the | (Uio in their ca*c again* tha * > u n |! ‘ m an would be aomeihiof I w ou^ be ' I deeply aiham ed of for tha r o t of a y |

c n n n E S i s a s s s '

boater* W> tha campaign to atop tne repra**»on in the C***eL son/eaaion - • : • ►' I Mayekiao dcn.od that when he war j r -mat Pany docum enu or th u he

•T he’ tn a t ia tra te im m e d ltta ly an ra ted on June 8 19S1, he wa» i r . w v a m em ber of phonod the Secunty Police, who t r I pou eaaio n * oi A frican N f i p n a , A : ied V ro r te n Union, aauliod me in hu preaence ‘ * I C c n p e u and S o u th Afrtc-?

Afncan

The ca*< continue*

M a s s t r i a l i n

v i o l e n t . C i s k e i * ■T U O H U N D RED and four P * c ^ ap p eared b riefly b efo re Mr J L>racaioa in the M danuane repon*.court on C'^trgai of pubiic v n eacc recem l). No evidence * u lec ar.C Lhe group w u not u io d lo p sa £ j

T>e arcuacd ^ere ali u r e sx c ir ( M dantaane on Au^oat 3, the c a ' the j auic of eme*genr) w u d e c .a r te a.v: <*tn the final group to b« arrexec

! a 'le r tbe promulgauon d cnaerjrncy ’ IrrguJa^ow and a lOJOptr to *ar? Icvnew They were rcie**ed o r bai.j ja ..d w am sc id appear aga.-. oc,

November. - t *

P R E T O R IA

C o u r t r e m a n d s S a a w u w o r k e r s

T i l t 1 RIAL of two member* of m e Sojth Afncan Allied Worker* 'Jn:on (Saawu). charged with furthering Lhe a im of the ANC and being m p o » o -

laton of banned literature, * * i poat*

I'p o n ed to N ovem ber I* m the P re to ria m agistrate* co u rt. M r G a5 rie! Moroka (27) and Mr Gerald

I Day (21) of A nencgevilk appeared laeparately bcfoce Mr E C Wilken*.

T

A N C pair guilty 01 treason ■■■san

i i i

A N C three convictedTH ER E WERE clenched fi* u J u t* end ihouti of •A m »n(l!» '» two A NC member! W l eemenced for hi#9 t re u o o In tbe P ie te rm iri tlb u r j Supreme Court rK tn tly .

A third tnui •»» >«t«enc«i for lem w u m ’ fcter he w»j « « u iu e d for h tjh i ru io n on the fround* tJu t he w u l 'C iikelxn ' and owed allepenee to South Africa.

L u n file M » |iw e li» e <>f P o n Eiuebeth wi* Jailed for an effective

;24 y e a n for h i |h tr.a*on,Sipho Dinca. alio hrxr, P.E.. w»i

co nv ic ted o f t re a io n . 'H e and M iw a k h e C U o ia n i . a ‘c u k i ; cnuer,-. were both len u n ced to 2 0 y ean impn*onment for their lote in the White Umfoiori mueion.

In p ea tn f en ien ce the ju d |e aald he had no doubt the men were motiveled by a bebef that whal they were doinf we» juet anc n th t. Bul- he « id . he ‘Ttfjri/uUy' had to jail them u> pewec. eociely.

■| reached the conclusion with Mdne« became all of you po«"<*i

wK.iW u a t e i r

_____I W O M tM b k K S o! the banned African Nation*, cotv p e a l (ANC) conv.ctec of hign trea*on were sentenced uj a total of 33 y ean impnaor.ment in the P rc to ra Supreme Court. ^ : . * • • • r

Both Alpheua Zacharia M olcol f2S, and Jacob Molefe (23k who rece.voc military training ir; Angola, had

• m own no change o f attitude and Kill held the vww» of faithful tu p p o n en and m em ben of the military wing of the outlawed organlaation, Mr Juauce H H Moll aaid .• He aentencec Molot*i to 18 year* and Molefe to 15 y ean impnionmenL V ' ^

Both accused. M r Juftice Moll aald. had entered the

country o - F tb n ^ ry U th ii year to Co further reccn- m u i nr> i j io prepare baact from where attack* souid

launched again* South Afnca. Their a;iTw the co u r heard, w u to uUxxa^e electricity pow<' auttf'ru. ue.

. depou. pohc: ataJiow and sewerage lyrenra.Thejucge. hcw eve'. found there werr e*'.eroaung c ^

cumaianccj following evidence by P n x e u o : I He.jn. a lecturer in appi.oc. P v’chalo© ai the Untverxitv of Cajv lo w n . She had teatified m at both men were af'a«c o ' u>e police and had »ed ‘hom ble bvea' during the 197c stu- den:*' unreal

1 An applicator, by the defence council. Mr David So*?ot. for ieave to *ppea! wa* pccpore-J

c r.c a» he w asn 't dealing c.-i/r ir.ii* in the ordinary ecnac d u v ( wore. . . .

Ma*- ar:n pie*£ied guL^ to the, Chartca and Shec not guilt)

A o jp u ie in the triai anaac wber Ma rr Robert W elnun, t r t i p c t v a eA^ert with tha #ocuh:y pcbce . 1 c a.'^ed S h tri had detr.oc*ratfC to

'hin* while I t w i . j detencar. arw t r ' har.jic tvplcjaivei ar.w t m t x b • aod- j trunu

FNeij's defence chalie^|«? L*-a. saving truu Aelmac hadc't la* -n s f a;«meci from Shac ai tne t ir a ic :: » u qoM.ior-abte tnai he - ^cair.ei up with the a tgauor a; the r x j

Earlier in the tnal, MaJchacs. *iC 2 was not part o f tu# plan tc

~ 2 . '

j E 5 3 SM b e k w e n i p e o p le f ig h t B o a r d again"OVER TW O hundred reakJenu aang f re e d o m s o n g i a t th e P e a rl magiatrxte* court before attending heanngi arising from s proteat march on the administration board offices.

Ona hur.dred and auiy-aevan p»o- pla face charges of attend]na an 6 * legal gathenng or alteroauvely of da* obeying a police officer. Tha accuaad w ert divided into two groups tad their case* wert postponed until Oc­tober 4 and 3. _

( I T w i V t n t t * ! u J l W V * ' T . * ' 'r* -V £ l J » » V n W » r e . I K t v - f 1” - *

F o r t H a r e s tu d e n ts o u t for th e m o m e n tFORTY-FIVE Fort Hare student* who appeared in the tnagx:races court in Alica were released on R30 bail pending further police enquiries. They were initially charged wtth p ub lic v io len ce , but th e ch ief prosecutor. Mr M M aphuu. con-

♦ f . A U '

SB tried, for. M alatji deathA SfcC U R rnr policeman ia to be charged with the m urder d IVyear- old detainee, Pana Malaijl of Soweto, who was ahot in the head al Protea Police Headquarters, Soweto, in July this year.

The Tranevaal attorney-general an ­n o u n c e d t h a t t h e u n n a m e d policeman would face a murder charga and would appa*-* in the magistrate's court aoon.

The policeman will have an oppce- tunity toanawer to the allegaxion* On the basi* of the court's finding* the attorney* general will decide wheiher to proceed with the charpe*

n . m m w A h & T

N u n c h a r g e d fo r b a n n e d m a t e r ia lSlb 'IE R MARY Bernard. 48. of St Mary's Convent Kagiso. Krvger- adorp. appeared in the Joharneaourgrff>;rtn«< r m ^ o r charter of no*se»-* v ien O f l U v i t u r C .c , h t p l o l A l A r te l

Suxcr Bernard ^ as alleged-y lound in po*ie*»ion of the banned publica­tions ’1 oca War in South Afnca1 and Sochaba'. as well as a phoiocopy cf a speech by Oliver Tambo. prraident of tne A N C She told the court in s wruter. statement that she had been sent ‘S ech ab a ’ by an unknown penon and had been given a copy of T o ta l W ar in South Afnca' at a con* ference st which everyone waj aip- piiad with a copy. She waj not sw art thai It waa banned

The tnal was poetponed to Dec em ber I, and R300 bail for Sister Bernard waj e* tended_______ .

R IE T E R S B U R G « m w « *T w e n t y y ea r s for K w a m a s h u ca d re sr w o KW AMASHU m en * h o stashed a cacnc of arm*, ammunition and eaplosives In P hoenu near Durban %^ere aentenced to u n yean impnaonm ent in September.

Acting Juatice Vlljoen told Siphiwa Wilfred M akhattm and Mthokoaoi Nobel man S h e t . 18, the ata;e must punish any attempt to overthrow its

order no m atter how opprrsaed the t i t i r t r t m l ^ i i t t l •H i i»iel Wi«.

w a * > r i ? \ i

Shtie. M akhaum s»u tra iled Tao tania tn 1ST1 u a membe* of in*A N C

ViljoeC ordered that the tcc yea; sentence for Makhattm ru r con-: currently with an IS yaar aerccacc b e ' was aiready serving for 'ju tr t t to r .'. J

Four year* of LV wn yt i r sc ie n c e ’ on Sheii were suspended. Tbe .-udge J noted that Sheri had only a e o 13 or I 16 yean old at the tima of tne oTence , and that be had been sym ptie-.ic to . hu brother who la aervmg a f./leen | year sentence oc Robtxn iu s C for \ his supppor. of the Afncan N e^ona.. Cnrgreas

The fudge tolc Shec *wh«' you | ctiooae to walk down the roeJ o^ vioter.t reaataace you a rt au>ectec to tne penalties that men aw * auf- f e r ' 1

M A N K W E N g OfcWW ** »

E le v e n T u r f l o o p ! s t u d e n t s o n ba ilELEVEN U N IV ER SITY cf the North itudenu. charjed » e - public | violence, had their caje por,pored 10 September M at the Man»»en{ | m ejntraiee couft near P ie te rcu rj j 1 he case t ru c i from mcidenu on the j ,i»n u.» c« Jura •I.'"'* s-"--';

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CCAW USA

W orkers set? up a chain ,v r e a c t i o n * ^

"THREE JOHANNESBURG chain •lores have been hit by strikes involv­ing the Commerced Caiermg and Allied W orken Union (Ccawusa).

Seventy w orken ai Game Discount Centra w*m on « n k e after rejecting k ten percent w a ft offer by manage­ment.

T )» com pary refused lo negooau with Ccawuaa becauac ll did no* racofruae the union- 7 '

S ttiy w orken at a Checkers branch downed 100b B prolast against ‘con­s isten tly abusive and In su rin g behaviour' by the mart'% manager.

Tha ■ the latest bj a sane* of strike* at O we ken Korea p r o m p t! by c l* h « betweer worken anC s e n managcrv

Tha s in k s w u resolved after _ w ngem ent conceoed that the w o rtcn ' grievance* war* legfciaue, a n d u n d erto o k to m o n ito r the m a n n e r 1 behaviour tr ensure there

ere no further tocidents.Fifty workers came out on sm ke In

r fotsgt against tha retrenchment of a colleague at A /ncar S ^ a fa> Johan- eesb u rg . H ow ever, a co m p an y f to im p e n o c danjad any knowledge p f tha Brikt. .

Textiles get’C all in a knot-TH E M INISTER e f M a n p o w h » appointed an ofVicie: eoncUieiion I b oart 10 looe at U* d a p o n b ttw w " j ;—UK Frame p w p and Foeatu * H " , .N u io u J Umon of Tefltie W o r t tn '

The d u p u s centrei on c , w t u By |the NUTW that Krone * n lu x in t to

GAWU

Golden workers'OVER ONE hundred General Allied W o rten Umon m em ben at Angio Am encan walked <xn recently in onxeiv agajn* tne oiamissaJ o f a fellow worker. *.

W aiter M r.guni. a photocopy machine operator who ha* been w on.ng wstn th ;ompnn> for 28 yean, wai cisrmased because ha did not smee si some of the white «a/T.

The worker* commit 1 ae met with m snagerrent rrpreeentativca, but wnen no satisfactory afreem ent w u reached, the workers decided not to return until the committee had met with Gavin Reily, chairperson of Anglo A m erican..

The weikout was finally defueed wher management agreed to in­vestigate the m acer.and Mnguni wai suspended o r full pa) ^

The workers * y it was their corv- cened prsaaure that brought about the co rcesscn , *and have pledged Uemselves to setting up a fy«em of genune worker represenauon by speecmf up the process of forming an official Gawu branch in Anglo.

in * Mr.aev* *i» now tor eh. c a* -< 1 J U O » t« ln so tm »» t K «» F n K x u t miU, k «J , , ,

W ortcr"^ IrxJuB-ruJ Union (TWIUV Workers not at liberty, to striketven th o cf1! NUTW a i h e (Mjoniy j v ■ *

MORE T h JOs’ HO Ube-T) U 'l b>- lu rance -Company w o rae r. bav< been (itftmii»er after * rik in | to ow ma--y] recoftu ijor of their uraoe-

Liberty U ft refute* to recofsw a

the uifcoc. tne inftormcce and A*>

• Cullinan ^

‘P e a n u t s ’ r e je c te d -J

t h e n p o l i c e arrive;;FO U R : H O U R S a f t e r ' w * r te n downed tooli in dem and O' b erer

-pay n c r t u d at Culunar Ra^no-; tone*, near Prtiorvftj police 1

on Lhe K e n t .A conungen: aa»embied 1

police Ration next 10 the fac u r ^For two year* the compan% aac aot

p v tn mcrca*e» b\r. when 1 d t sc recer.tl), Ih ey ,gav« w o rk tn aaid. .* . ^

Jim '

W o r k e r s p u t o n ' -

r o c k s , t h e n s u n kNINETY-TW O UmhJanfa Rocai m umopal workers are facmg c u -T * of tmpaM ing b e c a u f they refsaed, to leave the municipality1! p ^ r a o after being diftminexl

They we a f re d after 140 mu - g pei workers, m am ben of the N * a a a t • Federation o f W orkers, aowned too ti demanding additional n p to* ■ creaies. T he w orkers we*e ao t saisficd with a salary adjusune=: a July,

Tha 92 w o r te n a r t to 1 e o u n on October 14.

• .GAWU . - j

union.The case wiB test ro t only whether

it ts an unfair labour pracuce for an emprfover to favour s m inorty unior^ but whether ar. employer can refuse to recogniv a union b c c aa * tt hai « ■ugonty m one plan: and ao». in s group of pianlt. 1 ■ f

n is m a w u

U n i o n s t e e l e d t o y

i r o n o u t w a g e s •1 H t NATIONAL Iron, S teel MataJ s c d a l l i e d W o rk e r s U n io n fNomawu) recently negotiated new wage raies for Hi members a l two

: surance . W orker* U nion o f ‘•A (IAWUSA). Th*i wai oootra;r w

'L iberty Life policy,. a p an ag en ea r apokeepenon said- * -

Union spokesm en sa-? o ther c e - . ■mands would br- acah %Tth tater —

t;.^ fireo +0 tx c t j woukl c o cu tu a j it "iking anc nootkse sup^or. i g u 'i r J L rc - ’y Life managam em . who nave rc.uted :o • rccognue the union y a u K of ns ‘pooucal mouvsi-or.’ . and b e c a u t it -only aiiow* b<sck j mrtr.berfthip • - ’

R xhards Bay firms, me union said tn a press statrm enl •

A l Union Liquid a r an acroes tn« board mcrease o f 20c v u agrveo up­on, to remain in force until the end of June next year.A fte r tough neg o tia tio n s a i_

Xjcbards Bay Minerals, managervect

• PWAWU

, , N.mp.» - « l .m . ol • bro«.n r.lr .n w m .n l

B osses prom ise paper-thin ;NAM PAK IS r » r 4 t« ck oo K vm cuicm tn oU *r plM tt.U r n M « to f N . « r » c b « ! H ow c*.t, t lu i ntumO olM r w o rte n from one of (u p lenu w otlter, end m eat u t m t i r t -m* <t cppoon 0 0 vw encie. m other plena, ceeuel le t» u r to keep th e 'p ta r. ruao-

A t me end of Septemoer, Self in* o*eruri>«. the N i n p u CoBicel C o n te ln en PW AW U he* eherply attacked U»e plaA ck*ed dcmn end 90 of Uie.lX) petrenchraenu. It ley , they »*v* H t t m w en retrenched come a i e n e u S of -resiooeuaeuon'

Durtrt* ncffluatioo* b B w w 'u t c r Narapee and not a . a r » J of

muon, the P*per W oo* asd A llod >"«w . - t . r , U#,M (PWAWU) and M •»« * * * “ *1-

aet’Jed for an increaae ^ between loc and 3Sc per hou: . V r . ' -»

H ow ever th e u n io a aoo its m em ben have rejected tha as an *»- sui*’, not to be interpreted as s wage agree men i. M ore than SHO N »m a»- m em bers have been bovcoctr^ the au/T canteen for the past rwo mooths as a shew of duaausfactioc pur; the increase ■*

• NAAW U :;

tu*«.Vt'.-S

SO

st the same tim s a** f* * -n V t « f a

W i » S .

M o t o r w o r k e r s d r iv e f o r w a g e s T " ’NAAW U IS investigating the legatory of Sigma’s refusal to pey 2 t t t i w orken si tu Pretoria plant aAcr they were .laid ofT for one day because of a sm ke at another fac­tory. •* •* -I.':'* -

This strike was preciprtjfted by the breakdown of nauona: pay neg tiom betw een Naawu and Auto Ptaaue management, A to u l of 1 OCC worken at the company's Roashr,. Pon Eluabeth and Cape Town ptanu

-cam e out on itnke. J-

• B E E W U -i.

L a u n c h m e e t i n g _■ s h o r t c i r c u i t e d rA BAN on all meetings in the N onh trn Trsntvaa; on the weekend t / OcioOer ! prevented the ineuyurxJ meeung of the Biack Eiectromcs eid EiectncsJ Worker* Unior..

.T he union wm uj have been lauochad in Sethexo^ cspilal of Lebowa. *

tU '.e , •* ' »<1 ^ • ' » r . , . - ‘‘ - t *f e ’ t i ' . V > Jn r> « * l* i .

• MAWU

M etal workers forge victory -;’:A YEAR old disoute has finally beer settled between the M etal and Allied W orsen Union (Mawu) and B 4 S E n |in een n g afte r, a decision hy Mswu to msuiuta u id u sn a l c o a t ac­tion. - .i

The U 9 w o rk m w ho were ftrto on September 7 last year, met daily a nee the dispute. Several of their leaders were arrested and charged under the Intimidation Act, however no-one was convicted 3* - -

All the w orken are to be reir-jUIed shortty * * - ,

U n i o n c r a c k s r , s h a t t e r p r o o f d e a lFOSATITS CH EM ICAL W orker’s lndu*na! Union (CWIU) ha« won recognmon from three plsnu in tne Plaic G lau group in yanoui parts of the country.

The three companies are Plate CHau :n CermisUMi and the Shsi- terpn ife 5«fety Claas p lsn u in Pre*.one and Port Elizabeth. All threr agreements accord the union full rrrcg m tio n . including collective bargain.ng n ghu on wages ana word­ing conoitions. recognition of ahon aiawsnli. access to orgsPisert step oroer facilities and procedure* for

• i ’K f n ‘ - n t a t t n i

A g r e e m e n t n o t V c h i c k e n fe e d . i V V '.T H E O E N E R A L a n d A ll ia t f W orken Union (Oawv) has rew ^ad advanced auges ir oegotianaas ar a recognition agraoemer.; a: *-ie £or* mill Psckstauon of S uinbrc Eggs, near Johannesburg. - *

Managerr.ert agrwed to ra o o f ae Oawu in pnndp ie when cv t: two thirds of tne total worvforse w en found tc be Gawu m em ben. *

Sogr-uationj ovr* tne forrr r f ihe agreem ci are proceeding

• n u m

G o l d m i n e r s s h u n

d a n g e r o u s gro u n dAT LEAST 4C w orken a; the * eat Ra/vj D r.efontan mine rcf'jaec ~ gc unaergnxin . necenliy bccaxsae 2 »ey believed tne mme's 14 levet ic as un­safe inaaung the work area sa/e, • • If.e Goid Field's group, whic^ >wna t h e m in e , t h r e a t e n s ^ tn e nunaworken wttn dum iwa. The w o rs e n belong lo the ^ a i^ c a l Union of Mineworkers.

ySAMttU v ‘: • -O r g a n i s e r s fa c es e c u r i t y c h a r g e ' .-

T W O ORGANISERS of tne S ouh Afncan M inew orken Union a n fac­ing cnargei under the laaeraal Securr.y Act after theff arrest o- .arta Rusunburg

Themba Nortlantane and Pk tk X Tshoietssne were detained by South Afncan security police after rsffic po licc n o p p e d their_ c a r a: a roadblock.

They were released o n 'R lC ba2 and will appear in uie R astta targ Magistrate'! Court on October J l in connection with poaaeeuoo of Free M andela T nhirti. M otor Ajwrobiv Component W orken Union o ’ SmU) Afnca (Macwioa) T ^ h iru anc ban­ned literature. *

They will be charged under Sectaan 13 of the IntemaJ Security Acu a aec- lion which hai wvJe powen ur con­vict people for thering the a-r» of s banned orgariiauon. -

The South Afncan Mmeworxsn Union wa» formec earlier tha year m a joint inuia’.ive by the South Avvcan. Allied W o rse n Union (Saawj>. Municipal and Genera.' v ^ ^aeo Union, G enera end Allied v ^ a e n Union (Gawu* Orange Vaa* Geoera! W orken Union (O V G * Uk Ge.-<'al W orsen Union of South Afnca. Ifiu 'tc M .iriauo snd the

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A spiral of violence • •SO U T H AHUCA k ta • m u a t cMI ar»r. T k a t’. • »ary karak aariaa. n i w aad ■>« ooa 'l w< k U*ktly. Sc r t r *o * , My k at a l ?

T V x n u m Hrady. Soatk Airtca a • j k m v j ta r t j d p m r aad m M i n c x c m i i d ta tka t a k i t ! . M i l »taaritj. Tky Btaarlty

••cm oaly "rula ikalr P*r**r aad .rliliafa tkraagk tke aaa of ta rn ix f ^ m n m i '-T t1 »ioi«aea. Sac»**ly, «ke> i n m p—ittat ta tka p<fau.r t m x l i (of I n w a *»d kaaweracy ky ka.r« i •» <k*tr re rrrm '. IMr^ b j B t b o . Tka CM aaly lead u w i caafrcataboa u d

-aioleac*, Tklrdly, i t » « c n a ta S I \ I n a k n u u t the iacleKa u ftae r ti i^ i ’~n to u i u r r t i : ofcatacla. err placad ta tkalr patfc.

Talaa taJi?tto»li>, Omm poiao i n n>r to a a o K n u folkkal t ta tke fora df perliaMat lad Da tarloaa |o»i n a «« t*y*r.- i a ravrxd for wklto oaly. Tko a a t ratial prl.ll eta i ^ l m i o

all u )o r reaaarcea ta oar tocWfy: adacatloo, boaaiac. Uai, b r .’th, t« a kiakm , la Dm acoaoatfe m x r r t »< nad tka a a i a m f o t - aa owaaratu tad eoamU ky • Mall auaarlty.It k akrtaa tku tta aa)o«1ry of Soatk Africa* ka at* efcoaaa to l)*e

tka way. Tkey i n tore*d to. Rl*kt fm« tke day. of n a Rkkaact p«- .» t i n loafkt | | 1!K tiw-tr aol>tuj«tk>4. Tbry ka*e ary ulMd k e»I a d e em , la tke loaaaiipa , aad aa>oa*« * u a a * i u d »t>a».e- «W n > t> B»y tom* eaeer tko apartheid «*ip &ey ra^K . O rfc a e a -,i__ t< ■ keea H u n t ky me fo-eraaeeat, ao l'lau klllai, actatat)!.---------- j , i u 4 aad karraaeri. f in rcaktaace u i c a a t lM d aac + m i .

Tkk kiatory of tka acrid laackaa aa tkat oppreaaelae aad w » J » ? f t tofatkar, tad becalm tka keauxratic oppoaWoa to eaprvaloa aaJ eiplolutloa k Soatk Africa k m rt altk tacrraaed lapmato*. *» Had oancl’aa ajafreeted ky • *>lral of tloleace. Tkk k *r»y aa ap« k of ■ ci»U m i ta Soatk Africa today.

N a ta li; ' ' lA b n r m r t r y o t tft* u t io « s l tcm m a t k * . Im tW D r t u

rvfioc bm W vcom broke Mtf k D*c*mSrr ! 9 t l U tk* m>om- ~m tkat (Mio«r*d m U km ct anbliinxkic * * n kspt m to .m m W*»i» k« IM ftM xibu'toc of H*rrt*oo Dub*, tk* U B M C M tv tkat koM* rvatmii w*r* to b* i K m i d , aad tkat tk* km tart* w»r* to j© up agai&. A c v rfrr t u b rv u b y Mforc*d aad d* » 0 M (r«ti0M r*fuiariy an* c* ad Tk* la»tl of ftokoc* rtacbad Buck k ttgbu tkat o rta taa lly tk* P F P coa- avct»4 \a r > i te*MQ|*tk>a iato ab*f*tk>M of polint bntatfc? v k x k tarlwfttf tk* «->k«t»>a| o f youflf ekU drn to tk* aMcs af potica **kki** to p r tt ta : m i ^ a u froai throw iaf atoaca at tk* vaaa whea tk*y aatcrac!

- tk* towaahipa. ; s . ^ ' *Far aJnoat a y w r aow tkoM to^aahip* ka** t a w ka riaMaa. l t la ka-

t v t a t b f to aot* tkat. aitkoagb lakatha daieoa *om< 750 000 a n a U n , Buoy c f aboB Bust live la tb* towaahipi arouad Durbae, B a tk d o d ba< aot c o a t forward to provide tb* k a irrah lp , d lrtd io c aad aupforr for tkoaa raudM U tha: aa* »oaid aap*ct of a people * kaad*r. U au ad w* a** b ia aeodiai rmpraai a o r k m to a ttack tk* reside sta of LajmmiyUU wba sr» rcamtag (weed locorporitioe Bto kwaZu-u. . j

,c;.A. ■ Border . •Fatkef dowa tk* oaa*t, ka tk* Eaat Loadoa area wker* tk* aapfxiaarfty

|ad*p*adca: kom*iaad of C lakd la reaf^aalbi* for tk* gaofrapktcai ua- p r a o u x m of tbouaaads of booM ku, joblcaa, laodicm aad rtfkdCM

.. b iatk Sootk Alrlcaaa, bos boycott* broke out la Ja ly la protaat agaiaaf aa 11% b e n u * la fare*. W bat bapprocd Lkeo kaa a k c t Wm axpoacd astloaaily aad kit*nulioaa!ly. Life Pr**id«m Leaaox S*k* tw acd bk of!Via! aad uaofTkia! artaies Ioom . TbouMada of p*opW «*r« aaaaaltad at Sabc'i awa triad to fort* tb * a to rid* la the bears aad atoppad tbe as from rra**ilia| ta work by car. Approximately 100 pcopie war* abo<

. d*»d, n aay of tfcea for try tag ta do ao(kio | more tbaa board a Crab b prvtereecx lo a be*. O w r ooe tkouaaad p«opie * « « dctaim d. T k o ^ taodj w tr t b*rd*d Bto Um E>ukaake football aradu.ia aad to r t* kL

• L lfk t of tk* U r a t a t a n pf tk< csB B lr te* elected to repreacar tk* boycaetaf ocuruM en »*r* dauia*d. F2ft*ea trad* aaloaiau from four vaxw* were detaa*4. Tk* Soutb Africa* AHlad W orker* IJaioa w u banoW Is tk* Ci*k*L tk*r* wer* koua* aM rchcs for M p p o rm r' o f tk* aatoa aad oppoarata af tk* Sab* r*glM*. f

W estern ;C ap e•• • - ■ *TW Aaaiera Cap* la turp foliowa tfe- u b m p a n rra of ria*M* rrorr*-

*k>a iad aayUldtRg recU uaca. For i Ibom two y ean aow tke ad ' B ie tsm tk n board hai be*a trying to fore* tke KTC a o M fu n to me**. Tbey k«»* tore do«e ib*ir shacks, burot tk* B a ta riab aad arat tk* peo­ple back to tk* rural area* at guapcoL

Tkf adauD board ta ao* trylflf to rra>o*« tk* paopir of Now O oa- ar>*dj witk tke aaaiaiaac* of rubber bulleta auad m * * z * n a c k ia rv O a top of this tbey laiead to a>o*t tke eoitre A fn ear ;>opulatloo of tke >V«serr Cape ts a aew area kaowo u kiu>al!tak*, 42 knu away aod is yet ua^oilt aad uainnabited, Tk* reaidesti of L a o |i . N ysags aad Gogulatu, aJoaf » t t t the squa tien la Croa*ruada aad KTC ka*c aaJd loudly aad ciearly that lK*y will ao< a o u .

To this d e p r e s s p»cttire of Tloleot oo rfn>aes:*oa la tnrae Bajor m u of our country we muit add the leas o*crt but m teas rioieat ofTro- al*e carreatly being waged agauut tb* African working ciaa* b the form cf the kocrnbof Bills aod other to taw rw which arek to tig b e* up th< already vtcknu pas.* I««* aod bHua cootroU. Toe laiionale oehicd U> aew ateaHdm is not difficult to apof. The N*ts ara faced wirb u u u li o f people (in fact, m.llkoo*) to wtx>ai (h*y raaao i and will aot g *e houaUig. edweatbo. basic ao-.ial Welfare aad pol)>*>.al r lfb u . M aa« of thrM people are wnemploved, aod tbowe lucky e ^ x jH t* ha*« )ob« a r t •aroiag o*iy poverty wagea.

T h a u b naay l e o e i tbe moot reprwal** aide of the waoU picture. Thrae aspects which reprcMOt a ayateoi of batitutiOM l *lokeoc* deaigned to deay the Ba^ority of South Africans not oely (heir fair ahare of thia couatry 'i wealth and power, but their birthright kaelf. Other rrprcMt** regiane* hstew oree records b term* of the aumker* of people who have beeo killed, detabed aad gone aliasing, but ours la th* only aac that denies the majority of paopie th*ir citu»aahip.

That ka why we apeak of a civil war.Basic U a io d i for hwman rights aad freedoms ara p « b ( re^cieC, O w roalybope il*s b o rganiaatloa . O rgao iaatioa through watch democrat* caa eapreas their political daaiaads aad MpUatMaaa.

SASPU NATIONAL 1

Dad o o ’S: spirit lives, onT HE GOVERNM ENT cam *,

down kard oe a., atiam pts B ;

South A i n u to ci^urn th* dcsih of Yusuf Dadoc

All cofnmcmoreitoc acrvicd were banned, and inc newi.eticr a i the ■

i remvaaJ Indian Cong-xsi which com m em onue^ Da^oc t death <uf- . lered ihe same fate., In London I 2UL peooc gathered

for the luneral. wtuc*- took piacc it Mighgaie cemcier>. on / a lew Ieet

fron-. karl M a n ’i gr*vc Among the cro%*c w e t represeo-. tauves from*-Lie ba.med AI near, Naucnai C or g ras , the So. 'r Afncan Com'nunisJ Party. Lie N au j IndiM Congress (NIC), tke 1 ranr-iaJ Indian * Cor.g-eai (TIC), the Sou:* A fr .;in ‘ Congres# o f Irade Junior.* (Sactu*.' buix*pcar" Ant*' Ao*">eKj m ow . men'.i. aiw em >ui> ot'.. :u*u from C/echi»&iavakia. ^ugcs.av ia . the SomC U m . Swo-cr. tne ( »crman O e r oct*i c K 'duo '.c a Vietruun.

Ihe ral'v ic r u i a h j : was ad- d roaed by Oi*.er lari'bo . pres.dent o f the ANw. W jse i M abhida. grnc 'a i aec c u .} : f irx Con. i.unis:} artv. jck. S.'**a ar* R ^ a n . th e 'u ic LV Oudoo i

A ctordm g tc L » . taco o b . who rrpreser.ted ‘he N w, tre so n: o f the luneral was not or.• c utdness.'

'b e f o r e h e , d ied Dr P a d o o recovered from a ocep coma and socac ttv ever>-oc< icr. about 4.' minutes. H* created *" p irr.o^here which made it »rnp«a->e for prople to be m oum iuT >, Accordirg lo rijje.-u the mood at

the Htfhgaic ce .re te rf was one of redediCMiion and com^>tmeni a med at showing the grcdics: respect lor s South Afncan leadc:No m aner wr.ai s e ta the South A /r.caa govcraxneni I Ar.u-Paa* Campaign of 1*4 whicn a inec to collect •

Y r - f r took to deny Dadoc tbe mil hoc m ~ a . - r i for the ix > :.jo o of - e paai bwv .‘ ‘ marks of reaoect imemaJly. A yea: i tu r he w u ebctcd presideK of ± c TIC i : a0 m m iaiu of respect internally,

^ r . : tne bantuni of the ro ee u rp ' '• was acen by the T IC to be i

*J'uung tribute'.' T b e baa.nuig‘of our Dadoc

memorial mecuQg was no lurpruc After all, D adoc

-fY4 wms a national ieider. The__binning of the meeting is, in

> use If. i fttung tnbute to the amce u in d ic i ia tha:

V ■> the govenuneot suU fear* th a * grci: son of A fnci, in qnie

o*ooo M drN M Otiw u Uk4 of hn death and hta 23 yeanOuartUan' g) CSllC.

Dadoo's death u i grea; '.o a to all those trying to rid our aoctexy of all forms of eapiaitaiion inC oppression. For he piaved a m s;cr rose in qualiuuvely changing the n stu rt of oppoaiuoc. At the lim e txme when people Arug^ed scpa.'iicty and left the people as the top to Fight,Dadoc created urury and adopted i broad appmacn

T h e Ana-Pvai c a n p a^ o o f th e 1940's, ihe 194"Xurns-Dadoo- Najckrr Pac%the 1952 Defiance C artpa^n •nd tne Congreaj c 't r . : Peo­ple arc testimony, u> r^ar. to 04 & Ooro^a A j s pre*-d« to th* cam* ^ M ^ the uinifiCM .-c of . ! P » ^ D a to o a d to d ■ b»nm n|

•Dadoc w u t K M - f.-ure M h wide iu p o o r. H u . p r c h ib ,^ k ia from u tc - * . , t ru S i«death w j; oe m thi. country, u d t o ™ e tia p . * 4 * - ^ pat 0« Inal, but I t i u a c be » « .

j v in ;w il sever » . fw » « te V the T IC s u e m c s t B id . ^ V P « i hu convuuon. ___ .< D id c c w u gjvrn i oinc-mor.Lh aus^esdec acme nee

j 4 t the tin .c o ha death Yusuf Dadoo a a s i tfter he was ‘-ned wun IS om en dunxsg -*.e Defiance f \ cha-rperson o r w e Com.'.iur.ui Part) ot South ( in >9*2.

1 / J lA /n c a . * A lin r ir .g or-e* proaiM ed him froo pa.ucipai;Dj irD acoo bccarie a pnoui-T«nt figure tr Soutr. Afnca dur* p c lix ^ . 3 .#«-‘ m*uiora o*j*. be cooui.aed tc contribute m

ing the b :e «93CT* wSe.% 'fcuh Lkc-mi:>ded pe-opicchallcrgcd the co'Me r '^_ v r ^ Dadoc a ro.e m fc-«mng

and h j

A yea: iMit: he w u ebctcd prcsiden: masa m e e ^ g of 12 OCX) people The orw a rjv u ra of the T IC b.'ougb’. ^ra»Mr.rts of Indiana into the c a m a u r a s ofoppxaitwe.

Tne 194o Piaaivt R n u a n c e Campcgr. against the Asiatic 1-artd Tenure and R rp rescn u ao r \ a w u led by Dadoo, aad he w u himae.;' jailed a c « c \ umes for ‘civil diaobedience’.

While he w u aening a aetuenoe he was bcougti to tnai with 31 OLhcn for orgams^ag the A fncas suae w o n e n strike of 1946.

this ume Dadoo was oponiy saying the future of the tndun South Afncana by alongside the Africans and coioureds.

A lter calling for united action o f ail communities, be look par. in ihe signing of the Xuma-Dadoo-Naicker P»ct of 1947. teytng the foundations for the join: cam­paigns of the iy50 s.

In 1950 Daooo aacced ed 0 M Najcker i* oresjdent c / T ^ the South A fncan Indian f Congre** b th* same year a Joint f tu a h n g Council w u | estabiiahod which brough: the C o n g 'e a s o r g a n ia a t io n a « . .

1 together to wan a cam pa*c ~«*1 l f } 0 for the - deaiaac* o f uxyu£ w P

i Isw*. V ^ -

i in se o

B

tion, at tr a n c Umc u ; a b l i a h in g c l o i r r opera!;on bctweer uons of the South community

To this end he fonr^d the Tran*vaal N on-E urope Unaed From in 1939. 1 was a forerunner ofdevtiopm enu. AI ** ot t»»* O*«*ac* Cmmp^n.

Hi* convxrtion and i.-npnaonmenl for four m onihi in ' Cor.grea* anc acted as one o» tne apoeeocopie of Lie the same year for ant>>«a.* activities made Dadoo into a j banner Afncan Nauona! Cor^reaa. national figure j He w u later elected to the C entra G oeaaitce of the

Fie w u choaert to be one of the leaders of the National I Communist Panv and w*i ts cnajrpervsn.

L u t h t i i o f t^ * A fr ic a n N a’io i.al C c reaa, and Fathe* Irevor uddiejtone, w u a ^ a n c d nonour cm t*.iwil*nd«r.

In 19o0 the precis mail or. of marahaJ bw forced him mio eaiie in London

There he >tpresented the S o u th A f r ic a a I n d ia n

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