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Mr. GOVAN MBEKI examination. In houses paraffin bottles and tins are particularly suspect and in some cases have been confiscated. The police inter- rogated petrol attendants at the filling stations at New Brighton about people who buy petrol in bottles and tins. In some cases the police took shoes which were returned to their owners after a few days. In the meanwhile explosions of (Continued on page 5) The police activity centred round the repe ated acts of sabotage which continued throughout last week. New Age learns that a number of police, more particularly Special Branch. have been draf ted into Port Elizabeth from centres as far afield as Johan nesburg. The people 111 the township report that large numbers of normally uniformed police now wear overalls, and tie scarves around their heads when they do patrol duty at night. FRESH EXPLOSIONS Police stop people carrying par- cels and order them to turn their contents out on the ground for A leading member of the now banned Congress of Democrats re- ceived a telephone call some weeks ago, by a man claiming to be a friend of Ben Turck's, conveying a 'warning' about Dosie. The caller said that apart from being an in- former. 'Oosie' had an Immorality Act charge pending against him. The caller would not give his name. This seemed part of a cam- paign to spread suspicion against him in the Congress movement. The dead man left three notes. all in Afrikaans, in his flat. One ended 'F reedom for South Africa! Long Live Mandela!' Intensive Police Drive To Hall S abolage Campaign PORT ELIZABETH early on Monday morningfol- lowingintensive police activity in the townships of New Brightonand Zakele. Among those arrested were Messrs Govan Mbeki, Moun- tain Ngqungwana, Livingstone Mancoko, Wilberforce Khupe, Ben Tshume, James Kati, Caleb Mayekiso, GeorgeSam- budla, Stanley Vangca, S. Nzube, C. Kotani, AlvenBen- nie, Nonkanyana, Nkampeni, Mkhutshulwa, Suluba and Matshaba. ALL THE AR- RESTED MEN WERE RE- LEASED AGAIN ON TUES- DAY MORNING. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper 6d. § SOUTHERN EDITION Thu rsday, October II , 1962 5c. :mllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli1 111111 11111111111 11111 111111 1111111 1111 1111 .. In the staff of the Rand Daily Mail, and against a background of per- sistent Special Branch harassment and persecution. Oos thuizen. who was 29, was educat ed at Potchefstroom Univer- sity, worked on the 'Vaderland' as a reporter, and then as news editor of the 'Suid Afrikaanse Stem.' He was later Johannesburg correspon- dent for the 'Sunday Tribune','and then joined the staff of the 'Mail.' ALLEGATION His services with the 'Mail' were abrup tly terminated from the be- ginning of October after an alle- gation that he had let his political views and associations intrude upon his duties as a reporter. B. :: \ w . 1) -, Ct- NEW _JI \ r. I I \...i . E EXTREME SIGNS Belsen-type cases-children with scalv skin. ulcerated mouths and eyeballs, emaciated, feeble bodies -are the extreme signs of the hunger epidemic. But even in dis- tricts not among the worst, there is underfeeding and the diseases of underfeeding, which is a polite name for starvation. Many countries of the world know hunger. But not amidst sur- pluses. In Sekhukhuneland, 12 miles from the citrus-growing areas along the Steelpoort River, Africans were found to be suffering from scurvy (a Vitamin C defic- ency which oranges could prevent ) (Continued 0/ 1 page 4) JOHANNES URG SOUTH Africa sat up with a shock thiseek last when the facts of the famine were released, foRo ' ng an in- vestigation of thehungry areas of the Northern Transvaal. The facts are shattering: In the Glen Cowie Hospital, Stofberg area. missionaries said that children sometimes go without food for two days or three days. In certain areas of Potgieters- rust, despite relief feeding (this is one of the areas where the Government has sent in help) adults can afford to have mealie-meal only every second day. In most areas. including Sek- hukhuneland, Bushbuckridge, Acornhoek, Pietersburg, Pot- gietersrust and Warmbaths, African crops have failed for two successive years as a result of drought and the majority of Africans are forced to buy their food from the traders' stores. Fou nd In Gas-F illed Flat Co nditions Transvaal JOHANNESBURG A HALF hour after the body of 'Oosie'Oothuizen, jour- nalist and Congress 01 Demo- crats me ber, was found in his gas-filled fiat, Special Branch detectives arrived and searched through the books and papers of the dead man. With the Special Branch was a reporter of the Nationalist party organ 'Die Transvaler.' The death of Oosthuizen has shocked his friends and associates in the Congress movement. Jt took place shortly after 'Oosie' had been sacked as a reporter from Special Branch Se arch Home Of 0 dJ I - t 'Dosie' was plagued by visits of ea ou ·rna IS theSpecial Branch to his flat, even dunng his absence, but also by rumours, suspected to have been planted at the instance of the Special Branch, that he was an in- former. Horrify-ng Ea stern I Woman ,Trek s! i 2 Miles or i _ i o ler i ! Famine stalks Zululand, lmd ! § the African people are in a § § desperate plight as a result of § == one of the worst droughts to § hit tbis area for many years. § § The people are starving as § § cattle grow leaner and crops § § witber away and die. § == Rain has not fallen since § April and unless tbe drougbt § == is broken soon there will be § serious consequences affecting § § the health of the people. § § The water situation is criti- § § cal and people have to trek § § miles in order to get a little § § water to drink. They cannot § § obtain any water to wasb § == themselves or their clothes. § ! ! § parched and eroded land to == § get a little water for herself § § and ber family. (Further § § pictures on page 4). § IA DI zu UI.ANDi

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Mr. GOVAN MBEKIexamination. In houses paraffinbottles and tins are particularlysuspect and in some cases havebeen confiscated. The police inter­rogated petrol attendants at thefilling stations at New Brightonabout people who buy petrolin bottles and tins. In some casesthe police took shoes which werereturned to their owners after afew days.

In the meanwhile explosions of(Continued on page 5)

The police activity centred roundthe repe ated acts of sabotagewhich continued throughout lastweek.

New Age learns that a numberof police, more particularly SpecialBranch. have been draf ted intoPort Elizabeth from centres as farafield as Johan nesburg. The people111 the township report that largenumbers of normally uniformedpolice now wear overalls, and tiescarves around their heads whenthey do patrol duty at night.

FRESH EXPLOSIONSPolice stop people carrying par­

cels and order them to turn theircontents out on the ground for

A leading member of the nowbanned Congress of Democrats re­ceived a telephone call some weeksago, by a man claiming to be afriend of Ben Turck's, conveyinga 'warning' about Dosie. The callersaid that apart from being an in­former. 'Oosie' had an ImmoralityAct charge pending against him.The caller would not give hisname. This seemed part of a cam­paign to spread suspicion againsthim in the Congress movement.

The dead man left three notes.all in Afrikaans, in his flat. Oneended 'F reedom for South Africa!Long Live Mandela!'

Intensive Police Drive To HallSabolage Campaign

PORT ELIZABETH

M~~~erst~~c ;:est~:r~::early on Monday morning fol­lowingintensive police activityin the townships of NewBrighton and Zakele.

Among those arrested wereMessrs Govan Mbeki, Moun­tain Ngqungwana, LivingstoneMancoko, Wilberforce Khupe,Ben Tshume, James Kati,Caleb Mayekiso, George Sam­budla, Stanley Vangca, S.Nzube, C. Kotani, Alven Ben­nie, Nonkanyana, Nkampeni,Mkhutshulwa, Suluba andMatshaba. ALL THE AR­RESTED MEN WERE RE­LEASED AGAIN ON TUES­DAY MORNING.

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the staff of the Rand Daily Mail,and against a background of per­sistent Special Branch harassmentand persecution.

Oos thuizen. who was 29, waseducat ed at Potchefstroom Univer­sity, worked on the 'Vaderland' asa reporter, and then as news editorof the 'Suid Afrikaanse Stem.' Hewas later Johannesburg correspon­dent for the 'Sunday Tribune',' andthen joined the staff of the 'Mail.'

ALLEGATIONHis services with the 'Mail' were

abrup tly terminated from the be­ginning of October after an alle­gation that he had let his politicalviews and associations intrudeupon his duties as a reporter.

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EXTREME SIGNSBelsen-type cases-children with

scalv skin. ulcerated mouths andeyeballs, emaciated, feeble bodies-are the extreme signs of thehunger epidemic. But even in dis­tricts not among the worst, thereis underfeeding and the diseasesof underfeeding, which is a politename for starvation.

Many countries of the worldknow hunger. But not amidst sur­pluses. In Sekhukhun eland, 12miles from the citrus-growingareas along the Steelpoort River,Africans were found to be sufferingfrom scurvy (a Vitamin C defic­ency which oranges could prevent )

(Continued 0/ 1 page 4)

JOHANNES URGSOUTH Africa sat up with a

shock thiseek lastwhen the facts of the faminewere released, foRo 'ng an in­vestigation of the hungry areasof the Northern Transvaal.

The facts are shattering:• In the Glen Cowie Hospital,

Stofberg area. missionaries saidthat children sometimes gowithout food for two days orthree days.

• In certain areas of Potgieters­rust, despite relief feeding (thisis one of the areas where theGovernment has sent in help)adults can afford to havemealie-meal only every secondday.

• In most areas. including Sek­hukhuneland, Bushbuckridge,Acor nhoek, Pietersburg, Pot­gietersrust and Warmbaths,African crops have failed fortwo successive years as a resultof drought and the majority ofAfricans are forced to buy theirfood from the traders' stores.

Found In Gas-Filled Flat

ConditionsTransvaal

JOHANNESBURGA HALF hour after the body

of 'Oosie'Oothuizen, jour­nalist and Congress01 Demo­crats me ber, was found inhis gas-filled fiat, SpecialBranch detectives arrived andsearched through the booksand papers of the dead man.

With the Special Branch was areporter of the Nationalist partyorgan 'Die Transvaler.'

The death of Oosthuizen hasshocked his friends and associatesin the Congress movement. Jt tookplace shortly after 'Oosie' hadbeen sacked as a reporter from

Special Branch Search HomeOf 0 d J I- t 'Dosie' was plagued by visits ofea ou·rnaIS theSpecial Branch to his flat , even

dunng his absence, but also byrumours, suspected to have beenplanted at the instance of theSpecial Branch, that he was an in­former.

Horrify-ngEastern

IWoman ,Treks!i 2 Miles or i _Bo_d~y _i oler i! Famine stalks Zululand, lmd !§ the African people are in a §§ desperate plight as a result of §== one of the worst droughts to §~ hit tbis area for many years. §§ The people are starving as §§ cattle grow leaner and crops §§ witber away and die. §== Rain has not fallen since §~ April and unless tbe drougbt §== is broken soon there will be §~ serious consequences affecting §§ the health of the people. §§ The water situation is criti- §§ cal and people have to trek §§ miles in order to get a little §§ water to drink. They cannot §§ obtain any water to wasb §== themselves or their clothes. §

! ~l~ldtw~omr:r.e~~v~~~: !§ parched and eroded land to ==§ get a little water for herself §§ and ber family. (Further §§ pictures on page 4). §

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NEW AGE , THURSDAY, OCTOBER II , 1962

'AMANDLA!R. LUDSKI

Chairm anH. LAWREN CE

Provo SecretaryS. A. Congress of Youth

Cape Town.

in the final, positive assault on op­pression.

We call on our people to standup on their feet. together unitedand determined. Let li S all raiseour right arms. close our fists androa r "AMA NDLA. "

Power .belongs to the people. Letus use this power to free ourselves.Let us use this power to defy themadness of the removal of Afri­cans from the Western Cape. Letus use It now.

Forward to one South African.Nation!

Forward to democracy and a lifelit up by the fire of tru th in thefreedom char ter!

THERE is something pathological about the way the Nationa­lists refuse to admit that there can ever be anything wrong

with their administration.Since they came to power, they have steadfastly refused to

inquire into any of the manifold abuses and excesses on thepart of their servants which have been brought to light duringthe last 14 years. There have been riots and shootings. deathsand injuries, uprisings and emergencies, but the Government hasbeen quite content to carryon as before. In fact, its firstreaction has been to jump to the defence of any of its personnelwho are under attack, no matter how serious the charge againstthem might be.

The only exceptions were in the cases of the SharpevilleandLanga massacres, when the massive protest of a shocked worldforced the Government to appoint judicial commissions.

Last week there were two more examples of the Governmentrefusal to acknowledge its shortcomings. On the one hand theMinister of Justice, Mr. Vorster, despite the remarks of Mr.Justice Beyers following the brutal killing of a convict at KleinDrakenstein, despite two attempted jail breaks resulting in lossof life, refused to appoint an inquiry into the prison service,maintaining that he had no intention of launching a witch-huntat the instigation of the daily press and that he was quite satis­fied his prison officials were doing a good job.

On the other hand the B.A.D. Minister de Wet Nel rushedinto print to refute the allegations of two nutrition experts thatthere was widespread starvation in the Eastern Transvaal,where Africans were living in such desperate poverty thattheir conditions were akin to those of people living in the StoneAge. "All official reports indicate that there is no starvation inthe areas", said the Minister. "There is a degree of malnutritiondue to traditionally wrong eating habits of the Bantu."

This is so fatuous as not even to warrant a reply. Yet whatit does reveal is the fear of the Government that any inquiryinto anything may strike at the roots of the apartheid system I

which the Government is pledged to maintain no matter at whatcost to the people of this country.

In fact, Dr. O. Martiny, a director of the Nutrition Corpora­tion, did tell a Rotary Club meeting in Johannesburg last weekthat the serious extent of malnutrition in South Africa was dueto the entire system of reserves and low wages.

"The reserves today are places where women, children andold people live- depending on money sent back by their men­folk on the farms and in the cities. But the wage position inthe cities and on the farms makes it impossible for themto support their families."

This is a real body blow against the whole system of Bantu­stans, which are revealed as mere reservoirs of cheap andstarving labour. and it is because the Government cannot nowabandon its Bantustan policy, no matter what misery it entails,that it is not prepared to countenance any criticism or inquiry.

This rigid inflexibility characterises Government behaviourin all spheres of its work. The Nationalists are not prepared toargue about the merits of their theories and policies. Theymerely impose them on a population the maiority of whomhave no say in the affairs of the country at any level.

Any Govemment which proves itself insensitive to publicopinion must eventually be removed from office. How this isto be done in South Africa, where most people are denied thevote, has now become a burning issue among the people.

EDITORIAL

FRIGHTENED OF THE·IIOWN SHADOWS

AN OPEN LmER TO THENON·WHITE PEOPLE

Sons and Daughters of Africa,Once again the While racialists

and their Nazi government proposeto assault our people through themad "Remo val of Africans fromthe Western Cape" scheme.

Once again we hear the voicesof protes t and the cries of indigna­tion against this proposa l to tearour people from their homes andjobs. .

But this time, we. the youth. arenot going to sit obediently besideour fathers and listen to thei rvoices and cries fade out in fearand inactivity. We. the youth , arenot afra id of the Nazi Nationalistsor their armies of destruc tion!

We are no longer prepared tobear the tortu re of patience thatour fathers have for ced us to en­dure for so long. We must breakthe chains of inactivity and dis­cussion now, and we calI on ourpeople to stand by the youth forwe accept the role of the vanguard

VERWOERD'S NEWIMPERIALISM

Ex-PAC and.Ex-ANCMust Unite

Everyone is puzzled when think­ing of what South Africa will belike when independence has beengiven to the African peoples ofthe reserves in the Transkei , Zulu ­land and Nor thern Transvaal.When these people are declared tobe nations with their own parlia­me1¥s and their own flags whatwill the South African Republicbe then?

Will each of these independentsta tes be able to apo ly for mem­bership of the United Nations?Will South Africa allow them tojoin the British Commonwealth ifthey want to? If not. what does itmean to be a nation of that kind?

I! seems as though the Republi cof South Africa is also going toform a South African Common­wealth and call these reserve inde­pendencies to join her. If so, thiswill be a new-born imperialismof Africa.

A. J. CHITUNGACape Town.

GRAND TOT AL R1699.81

Today we are in the decisivestages of the strugg le for freedom.Unity is essential among theAfricans. The ex-PAC and ex­ANC must fight shoulder to shoul­der as brothers. Th e ex-PAC mustunderstand tha t there are Whitesin the struggle who are as dedi­cated to the cause of freedom asany black leader . The ex-ANCmust not think that change in thiscount ry will only come whenevery White has understood thefutility of baasskapism,

The Communist Part y before itwas banned preached brothe rhoodamong all peon le regardless ofcolour. The ANC preached racialharmon y. The answer to this hasbeen the hardening of the Whitesround the slogan of White sunre­rnacv, excent for opposit ion fromthe tiny minority in COD.

For three centuries the Whiteshave nlanted the seeds of hatredand dissension in our hearts andnow they are going to reap whatthey have planted. For apartheidto come down its pillars must becrushed, and it is the African andnobody else who must take thelead and dynamite them.

A people tha t oppresses otherpeoples are digging deep theirgrave.

V. M. ZEMKINKOMOMagwalandini.

J. KOZONGUIZI

The money had been col­lected by our Johannesburgoffice. but had arrived toolate to be included in lastweek's column. In fact. themoney only arrived from Jo­hannesburg on the Tuesdayand our bank manage r wasvery worried! We need hard­ly add that we were veryworried too.

And our worries are notover. Each month brings withit fresh probl ems. And thismonth's problems have onlyjust begun. We are hopingthat you will ease our mindsby sending us a present intime to celebra te our birthdaynext week. when we will beeight years old. Make it anice. big. fat donation-itmay be your last oppor tunityto give us a birthday present.

stop hope this will help to facili­tate matters for formation of pro­posed National Party stop greet­ings Dr. Kerina".

What this actually means is thatagreement between Kerina andKozonguizi is eno ugh to dissolveParties in S.W.A. What I know ofS.WAN.U. is that constitutio nallyS.W.A.N.U. can be dissolved onlyby decision of the Nationa l Con­ference and not by either theNation al Executive or the Presi­dent. Whilst it has been easy forus (abroad) to fly aroun d and con­fer, the conditions within the coun­try have not allowed S.W.A.N.U.to hold a National Conferencesince the inaucural one in Septern­her 1959. Tn 1960 there was a stateof emergency and in 1961 fundshad to be used for the Defence inthe "Public Violence" tr ial, andthe one scheduled for 1-3 Septem­her 1962 had to be cancelled inAugust when the members of theNation al Executive Committeewere arrested.

London.

If Mr. Kerina-Getzen "resigns"from S.W.A.P.O. it is only that he(as a person) has no support there.Did he have to wait 2 years inS.W.A.P.O. onlv to "res ign" whenmoves for unitv are afoo t? Ishould think "One Party" ismerely a form of unity but unityitself can take var ious forms andshapes. And unit y itself is themost irnnortant under the circum­sta nces. What he should do i~ tosee how he can achieve his nobleobjective witho ut antaeonisinesom e of those he should have inthe 'One Party' .

I SUSDect that Ihe explanationfor his 'resignation' lies elsewhereand not in that S.W.A.P.O. is op­posed to the "One Party" idea.Sooner or later we'll get to knowabout it.

rTHE SECRET OFOU

SURVIVALIF you study this week's so GIVE GENEROUSLY.

donations, you will on- A~?stD~~0sWt~~;tions :derstand the secret of our Jo hannesburg:success, and why we are In memory of "Oosie" fromstill able to function. Paul and Adelaide R6, Sheila

birthd ay Rl , Dona tion R810,Donation R500, Lawyer RIOO,Min Colis R4, D. R5, L. R2,London R100, Birthday pre­sent from the Buntings R50,Lesley and Ivan RIO.Cape Town:Jazz concert R15, Cheque R4.Asa R2. Blanket R4.10. KalkBay R2, N. R2, Bob R2.Edna (fete) 20c. Joyan RIO.Dot R2. Double yolk R5.Watches R2, Sylvia R4. RubarR4. Athlaw RI O, Broken R2.Pearl R4, J & H RIO, FriendsR6.nUlt BAN:G. Singh R4, Geo's collectiontin R4.50. J. N. collection tinR2.66, Graham R1. Jonah R1,Kay 25c. R.N.V. R1.50,Eleanor 50c.

UNITY MUFROM BELOW

S.W.A.COME

May I put the record straighton the progress of S.W.A. unitytalks by way of comment on yourarticle "S.WA P.O. OPPOSEDTO 'ONE PARTY' PLAN" in"N ew Age". September 27. 1962,which Mr. Nujom a and I saw be­fore he left for New York.

The Accra statement was anagreement amongst the S.W.A.delegates to the F reedom fighters'Conference last June . This was torecommend the idea of unity be­tween S.W.A.P.O. and S.W.A.N.U.I! recognised that this idea couldnot be dictated to the people fromoutside but could only be recom­mended as unity would only befeasible if accepted and imple­mented initially in South WestAfrica. The next move will thushave to come from the Organisa­tions themselves in South WestAfrica. In the meantime theS.W.A.P.O. and S.W.A.N.U. repre­sentatives abroad will co-operatewhere possible. As soon as .wehear from headquarters a meetingof the S.W.A.P.O.-S.w .A.N.U. rep­resentatives abroad will be con-

;:~:~m~Ont~a:; ~~~ b~~i:sa~l .~~position taken by the ,?rgaOlsa­tions in South West Africa.

As far Mr. Kerina-Getzen's

fJAMi~I S[~I{E~~~DE~2rp~g~PLE'S PARTY , are concerned, theposition is as folIows:

I agree with him that the bestform of unity would be on thebasis of "One Organisat ion" forSouth West Africa and was pre­pared to put this idea before myOrganisation for consideration. Ifapproved the next move wouldhave been to app roach S.W.A.P.O.and other groups in South WestAfrica but Dot to dictate to them.I expect Mr. Getzen to d~ thesame i.e. to work through his Or­ganisation rather than throughnewspapers and embassies abroad.

I cannot understand why Mr.Kerina-Getzen is in such a hurrynow about his "One Party" evento the point of "re signing" fromS.W.A.P.O. Only a year ago whenI announced in Accra that I wasprepared to recommend the dis­solution of S.W.A.N.U. if theothers were prepa red to j? in . inthe move for One Organisattonhe stated in Dar es Salaam (whenboth S.WAP.O. and S.W.A.N.U.representatives there pressed forunity) that unity betweenS.W.A.P.O. and S.WAN.U. wouldcome only over his dead body.

T am rather suspicious nowwhether Mr. Kerina-Get zen realIywants 'One Part y' or even unity bythe way he has been going aboutthis. Apar t from announcing thisfirst to the Press in New York andelsewhere he sent the followingrather expensive Cable to Wind­hoek.

"John Olto Geingob NganjoneMuundjua S.W.A.P.O. S.W.A.N.U.S.W.A.U.N.O. Chief Kutako Box574 Windhoek folIowing text ofproposals contained in Dr. KerinaKozonguizi accord stop dissolvealI existing political parties stopform One Nat ional Pan-AfricanRevolutionary Party stop establishNational Coordinating Committeeto arrange a general nation al con­vention for election of truly rep­resentat ive executive committee ofthe new party stop establish fullyrepresentative committee for draft­ing of constitution of new partystop full text of agreement follows

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FAMINE RELIEFJOHANNESBURG.

Tran svaal Ind ian YouthCongress members have beenspending their Sunday morn­ings collecting from door todoor in Fordsburg and Vrede­dorp for famine relief in theNorthern Transvaal. Theircollection total to date isRI06, and they are still at it.

Civic League which sponsored thesuccessful ticket of. CouncillorsGoo l, Parker and Peake.

On this occasion, Mr. Desai'scandidature is supported by one of.he two sitting Councillor s forWard SIX. namely Mrs. Z. Gool.He is also supported by Dr.M. A. Ebrahim. Mr. BagusAllie, Imam Abdulla Haron, Mr.Cardiff Marney, Mr. Aggie Allie,Dr. Abrahams , and numerousother prom inent citizens in theWard.

Although he is banned fromgatherings, Mr. Desai. is fully en­titled to participate in debates ofthe City Council. which as a statu­tor y body does not fall under thedefinition of a "gathering",

Mr. BAR NEY DESAI

paigns against discrimination andfor equal rights for Non-Whites,WJS closely associated with Mr.G. Peake. He served as electionagent to Mr. Peake durin g thelast general Council elections.During tha t period he was also anexecutive member of the Worker"

Two weeks later she waswoken at 3.30 a.rn. and or­dered to repor t at the officeot the superintendent with herlour children . She waited forthe othce to open at 8 o'clockand was again told to leavethe house.

Mrs. Komani has been un­able to lind anywhere else tolive. Now she is threatenedWith a court order to eject her.And each week she is visitedby municipal police remind­ing her that she must leave Ifshe 'doesn't want trouble '.

FOOTNOTE : In the sameplight are five other similart arrulies in the township butthey refused to give New Agethei r names because they stillhope the Council will relenland withdraw their ejectmentnotices.

JOH ANNESBURG .

SH~a~~n:s ~~~~~n :lIn; (lc)o ~~Th is is the crime of Mrs. M.Komani of Naledi Town shipwho is fighting a one-womanbattle against the City Councilto keep a roof over the headsof her four children, agedfrom 7 years to six months.

Mrs. Kornani's husband.who was a tuberculotic for 10years , died two months ago.A for tn rght after the funeralMrs. Komani went to reporther husband's death to thesuperintendent and was toldto pack her belongings andleave the house. She did notqualify under section 10 (I) dto remain 10 the urban areaand had to leave the Councilhouse. she was told.

ately flouted the law and shou ldbe prepared to meet the punish­ments meted out to them.'

The cour t was told that onMarch 21 a detective had kept theBenjamin house under observationwith binocul ars. Later that eveningthe house was searched. A numberof documents were found in thewash-basket.

th~~t~~cil7m~~~s e~:~~nlou~oti~s t~~south-western African town ship s,Mrs. Turok and Miss Andersonhad been seen in the early hoursof the next morning pasting upcopies of the documents on a shopin Rosebank.

An appeal is to be lodged onbehalf of the four women. Mrs.Benjamin, Mrs. Turok and Mrs.Hall are all mothers of thre eyoung children.

CAP E TOWN~IR. Barney Desai, banned

leader of the S.A. Col­oured People's Congress, hasagreed to stand as a candidatein Cape Town's Ward Six,where there will be a bye-elec­tion as a result of the imprison­ment of the sitting councillorGeorge Peake.

Mr. Desai hJS been bannedfrom gatherings tor five years andis confined to the magisterial dis­tricts of Ca pe Town and Wynberg.He has also been ordered to re­sign from 27 organisa tions. He isfurther restricted from enteringany factory or African township .In terms of the Sabotage Act hisstatements may not be publishedin the press.

Mr. Desai, who is well knownlocally and nationall y for his CJm-

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FIVE EX-COD MEM ERSGET JAIL SENTENCES

Distributed ANC LeafletsJOHANNESBURG

FIVE members of the bannedCongress of Democrats

were found guilty of furtheringthe objects of the unlawfulAfrican National Congress andwere sentenced to 18 monthsimprisonment in the RegionalCou rt fast week.

They are John Benjami n and hiswife Pixie, Mary Turok, MollieAnderson and Eve Hall.

T welve months of the 18 monthssentences was suspended in thecase of the four women, who willthu s serve six months in jail; and

. the whole of John Benjamin's sen­tence was suspended .

The magistrate said the accusedhad 'premeditatedly and deliber-

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police-five Europeans and twonon- Europeans- also spent moreth an four hours at the home ofMr. Levy Mqotsi of Mquq o Street,Duncan Village on Thur sday morn­ing. They swooped on his nomeat 5.45 a.rn. and left again at10.05 a.m. Mr. Mqotsi, who is anarticled clerk in the employ ofMr. Louis Mtshizana, is generalsecretary of the African Peoples'Democrat ic Union of SouthernAfrica; joint secretary of the Non­European Unity Movement andassistant secretary of the Ali-Afri­can Convention. He was alsoam ong the 1960 State of Emer­gency detainee s.

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Mtshizana a warrant authorisingthem to search his prem ises forcirculars or circular letters per­ta ining to the following organisa­tions: The Non-Europea n UnityMovement, All African Conven­tion. Basutoland African Students'Associatio n, South African Afr icanStudents' Association, Th e Con­gress Alliance, SASA and theSouth African African RugbyBoard, a body of which Mr.Mtsh izana is President.

T he security police consisted of3 Euro pean, 3 Coloured and 2Africans.After searching Mr. Mtsh izana'shom e in Frederick Street, DuncanVillage for two hours, they wentdir ect to his office in Bantu Street,Du ncan Village. They spent a fur­ther two hours there. The y left hishome and office in disorder , takingdocume nts, letters and some booksaway with them.

BOMB ATTACK

A second bomb attack, on abuilding in Dunc an Village, oc­cur ed shortly after midnight onT uesday night in a photographicstudio, Mafigo Studio in QulubaLan e, Duncan Village. A bou le" b-omb" believed to have con­ta ined petro l started a fire in thestud io, No t much dam age wasdone to the studio owing to quickaction by the owner Mr. S. " Best"Mafu and about a score of nearbyresidents. Neighbours emergedfrom their homes to help him putout the fire. Damage was estimatedat £25.

Some weeks ago a paraffin bombwas throw n into the offices of theMunicipal Native Admin istration

. Department.

10HN BENJAMIN

THE Security Branch of theSouth African Police took

four hours last week to searchthe home and office of an EastLondo n attorn ey Mr. Louis L.Mtshizana, of Duncan Village.

Th e Securi ty police showed Mr.

NEWAGE, THURSDAY, OcrOBER 11, 1962

NEW WAVEo ND

BOMBS ANDBAlDS IN

EAST LONDON

LAST WEEK WASMARKED BY RE·

NEWE D OUTBREAKS OFSABOTAGE ON T HERAND, PORT ELI ZAB ETHAND EAST LONDON.

At Kew, near AlexandraTownship, Johannesburg, 16sticksof dynamitewere used toblow away the four supportsof a 60·foot pylon carryingelectricity to part of the nor­thern areas of Johannesburg.Despite the damage, the pylondid not collapse.

The blast, described as "like acrack of lightning", occurred atabo ut 9.30 p.m. on Sunday. Resi­dents nearb y saw a column ofsmoke shoot into the air.

Another sixteen sticks of dyna­mite attached to another pylo nfailed to explode.

Other dynamite attacks weremade on high-ten sion pylons atNoo rdgesig, but only one wasdamaged. An attempt was alsomade to blow up a storage tank ofSasol at Industria .

UMKHONTO WE SIZWEThe "Star" newspaper reported

that it had a telephon e call froman African who said the explosionswere the work of Umkhonto weSizwe.

The "Star" also quot ed ColonelSpengler, the head of the SpecialBranch, as saying: "Th e people in­volved arc not amateurs. They ob­viously had a working knowledgeof explosives."

Sasol spokesmen have decidednot to divulge any details of thedamage to the Sasol plant on thegrounds that "it is not in thepublic interest."

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la's locat ion, commited sui- §cide by hanging himself fr om ~a tree. At the time of gomg ==to press no details were ~known. §

Thi s chief, a forme r school §teacher, sat on the throne of §Chieftainess Mokocna Mat- §lala banished far from her §people because she resisted §Bantu Author ities. All the §years of her exile there has §been pressure from her sup- §porters for her return. §

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SERIOUS DOUBTS

Akr am Hourani, the Baath ist leader of Syria, isnot the only man ask ing such questions; and up-to­dat e President N asser has provided no answer tothe m.

It is obvious th at if these are not mere words andif the new conce pt of unity ad vanced in th e Charter

is sincerely acte d upon, itca n go a long way towards

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hea ling the breach between

.. . ~:.lr~~:lsJ.i veB~~r~~ser~f ~~:. many Arabs, genuinely com-

mitted to the cause of Arabuni ty, who have seriousdoubts about the implemen­tation of Presi de nt Nasser's

.. new professions . Only thefuture will reveal if theirdoubts have any basis .

S imila r doubts have beenexpr essed both inside and outside Egypt about theCha rter 's ringing declar at ions of faith in democracy.

HOW CAN DEMOCRACY, IT IS BEING ASKED,FLO UR ISH TO G ETH ER WITH A PERSONALAUT OC RACY STILL t A RGE LY BASED U PONPOLl CE AND SEC RET SE RVIC E?

Or how can socialism be built or defendedby frowning upon all organised socialist move­ments?

COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIPH owever, soci a li.st plann ing in the UA R, according

to th~ ~harter,. will not proceed on the assumptionthat It IS per mis sible to sacr ifice the present genera­h.o~ for the sake of generations yet unb orn. Ever ycrnzen mllS! be here and now guaranteed the right towork , medical care, educat ion and insurance againstold age. "Law mu st be su bser vient to freedom andnot become a sword drawn in its face." F reedom ofconsttuct iv~ criticism and br ave self-crit icism shouldnever be infrrnged u pon , because that is the onlymeans to. crea te .a truly collective leadership ca pableof checking arbi tra ry tende nc ies.

For the same reaso n the leade rsh ip a t all le velsmust be "protected agai nst itself" . It must not be~\I0'Yed to beco me a new "class" or to acqu ire th eIllUSIOn that gre at pro b lems of national developmentcan be solved by a hu ge bu reaucracy.

The Char ter has a spec ial chapter on Ara b uni tyand It . represen ts a dras tic revision of a tt itude. Nomore IS It insis ted u po n tha t a unitary stat e is theo~ly form of uni ty poss ible between two A rab coun­tr!e s. No w "any parti al un ity, expressing the popularWill of two or mor e Ara b countries" is welcome.Coercion of any kind is declared to be immoral andha rmful to the .cau .se of uni~y. Any atte mpt to forcethe pace of unJ.ty IS re cogn ised as equally injurious.

T he UAR will loo k upon itse lf as the base andnucle us of Ar.ab r~volution. It will propagate hermessage of un itywithout fea r of the "outworn argu­~h~~s~~at this IS Interfe ren ce in the internal affairs of

But it will never becom e invol ved in an y localparty di sputes in any Ara b state. The UAR willsu pport every popular national mov eme nt but willnot try to dictate po lic ies and tactics to it.

ex ports will be und er th e public sector and one quarterof exports under the private sector.

In in ternal trdd e the share will be

• public secto r 25 per cent.

• private sector 75 per cent .

All banks and insurance com panies will be stat e­owne d .

Aft er defini ng the out lines of a soci alist economy,the Charter says tha t hen ceforth it is the battle ofproduction that will decid e the fale of tbe revoluoo D.The most dangerous obs tacle in the way of the Egyp­tian peop le is the ra pid rise in the population. Whileadopting all possib le measures to check thi s rise(through birth-control). efforts should be made con­tinuously to sh or ten th e period fixed (10 year s) fordoubling th e national in co me . Agricultu re should beextend ed bot h ho rizontally- by reclaiming the desert- and vert ica lly - b y rai sing the productivity of thecult ivated land. Indu st ri es should be re-equ ipp ed withthe most modern ma ch ines . Prio rity should be givento heavy industri es bu t without hampering the pro­gress of consumer ind ust r ies.

,assers

Last week NE W AGE carried the first part of an analysis by a Special Correspondent of theNational Charter for Egypt adopted by a large conference in Cairo in .\fay of this year. In theconcluding section of the article the writer poses the question:

SOCIALISMTurning to economic questions, the Charter declares

that pla nning and socialism provide the only path tora p id economic development and a social democracy.Soc iali'it planning requires a dominant pu b ie sectorwhich will bear the main responsibility of the devel ­opment plans and a private sector that would operateunder the peo ple's control and within the frameworkof the o verall plan.

T he Charter also defines the .li mits of the twosector s. In add it ion to public services like railways,roads , ports, ai rways and power, the majority ofhea vy and medi um-scale industries and mines are tobe in th e pu blic sector . Light industries will be opento the p rivate sector, provided it works under thegu idanc e of the public sector.

In for eign tra de , all imports and three-quarters of

HALF T,HE SEATSDo th to realise demo cra cy a nd socialism as well

as to reso lve the class stru ggle peacefully, it was firstnecessar y to dep rive landlords and monopolist capi­tali sts of a ll their weapons . This having been donethrough the various refor ms undertaken du ring1961-62, it is now possible to lay down the basicpr inciples of the new political se t-up.

T hese prin cip les, according to th e Charter, are:

• T he peasants and workers mu st have at lea sthalf the seats in the popular councils and politicalorganisat ion s o f all level s, including the House ofRe present atives.

• T he authori ty of the freely and directly electedpopular co uncils mu st be raised above the au thorityof the Ex ecutive.

• A new po litica l vanguard organisation shouldbe cre a ted within the framework of the ArabSocialist Un ion - the all-emb raci ng front - by re-cr u iti ng elements fit for leadership. .

• At every level collective leadersh ip should beensured in or de r to "guard aga inst the in dividualrunning loose" and to promote dem ocracy.

• Th e role of trad e unions and co-operativesshould he en ha nced and steps should be taken toorgan ise agri cu ltu ral labour un ion s.

All laws mu st be redrafted to serve the newsocial relations brought into being by the socialistrevo lution .

THERE is a h.ealthy admission in theCharter of the fact tha t the Egyptian

coup d'etat of July 23 , 1952, did not initself const itute a revolution, it only openedthe ga tes to a revolution.

Also that the army was not the maker of therevolut ion tha t followed but only the people'stool for it.

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Th e new reg ime established on July 23, the Chartersays, co u ld have easily degenerated into just anotherchange of Cabi net or a fascist military dictatorship.

It wa s sav ed from this fate by the people. TheCharter al so admits that fora cons iderable per iod oftime the gates opened onJuly 23 remained open be­fore th e need for revolu­tionary ch anges was admit­ted: but that was due partlyto obj ect ive factors andpartly to the fact that theleadership of the regime wasnot yet ready for a re vo lu­tion.

Revolut ionary action, theCharter continues, must pos­

sess tw o essentia l attributes: popularity and pro­gressiveness. A revolut ion cannot be made by anindividu al or a gro up.

"The va lue of a true revolution lies in the degreeof its popularity, in the exten t to which it is anexpre ssi on of the vast masses, in the extent to whichit mobi lises the ir force s to rebuild the future, andalso in th e exte nt to which it enables the masses toimp ose th eir wi ll on life ." Democracy, therefore, isthe true s ign of a reall y popular revol ution

Sim ila r ly, the true sign of tbe progressive natureof a revolut ion is socialism.

WILL NASSER DO

NEW AGB, THUR.SDAY, ocrosss 11, 1962

JOH ANN ESBU RG .

AFRICAN LEADERSARRESTED IN P.E.

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incen diary bom bs have been re­po rted in va rio us part s of thesprawling tow nshi p. Ea rl y in th eweek the house of Mr. Ndabarnbi,Mata nzirna 's rep resentat ive at Za­kele, was set alight with a petrolbom b. This followed a week af terthe works ho p of Mr . Memor yMan eli, anot her of Matanzirna'srepresentatives, was bu rn t down .Ot her targets were hou ses of apolice sergeant and so me loca tionheadmen.

T he death has occur red here, afortnight befo re he wo u ld havereached the age of 77, of Mr.Ric hard G. Baloyi, wh o served a,trea su rer -gener al of the now ban ­ned African Nat ion al C ongress upto 1949.

Mr. Baloyi WJ'. in h is hey-day,prominent Alexa ndra Townshipbus-own er, member of the Na tiveRepresentat ive Co uncil, ac tive inthe A.N .C. and a leade r of theAlexandra resistance movement tothe remova l of the town ship . Hepla yed an important pa rt inthe late 'thirt ies in the revi val ofthe A.N.C. as a fighting for ce inthe T ra nsvaal, touring in the coun­tryside and hel ping to pu t Co n­gre ss branches on their feet.

H e was a Chie f Steward of th eBan tu Methodist Churc h.

Death of R. G. Baloyi

WARRAN TS TO SEARCH

On T hur,day at six in the morn­109 the Special Branch in teams ofth ree swooped on hou ses of afew well-known lead ers at NewBright on.

T hey pro duced warrants tosearc h. A ll tho se sea rched rep ortedtha t it was a tho rou gh search inwhich every piece of furni tur e wasmoved , a nd floor mats a nd lino­leum s were lifted from the floor.Th e poli ce took documents andpamphlets.

ZULULANDl ~iIN

which btnd s all stu den ts to fo llowthei r leaders in times of str ikes .

PunishedThose who ha ve refused to fol­

low the ru les of the oath have beenpuni shed by the s tud ents. Somehav e fled the schoo l and live inEvaton bom es; others have aban­doned classe s.

Th ere have been severa l fight~

in the school grounds and sur­rounding a rea, one fight eve nbreaking ou t into shoo ting lastweek . Officials of the Ban tu Edu­cati on Dep art ment and of theAM E Church which run s the twohostels, met last week to discussthe uphea vals. But no solution hasyet been found . Th ere ar e about650 students a t Wilb erforc e, about200 of them day scho lar s.

FAMINE

negotiate with the sch ool authori­ties over conditions in th e ho stelan d their treatment.

An official at the school saidthe sit uati on was 'te nse.' He be­lieved that last week' s pro test wasa continuation of th e students'Aug ust 25 strike when studentsrefused to att end lect ures. Afterth is strike the Bant u EducationDep artment set up an inquiry intostudents' complaints.

Before an y result was an nouncedthe students called anot her strikeJu st before this the studen ts tookwhat they call their ' tenni s oa th'

ABOVE: Children wash in a stream which is normally a river to o deep and da nger ous to batbe in. The-"trdee pest part of the water when this picture was taken was o nly abo ut one inch.

BEWW: These hal f·stan ed cattle wander aimlessly around in search of gra ss which just is not there.

lILBERFORCE STUDENTS GO

N STRIKEJOHANNESBUR G

The ents at Wilberforcei - e came out OD strikeI week; and 400 strong

, rehed through Evaton Lo­cation to the police station topresent a list of their griev­ances.

Th ey wer e turn ed back by thep<lJice before th ey reached thestati on. So me of the students weretaken inside for que stioning.

Th e stud ents decided on thestrike a fte r repe ated attempts to

Hungry people must be fedduring famine. But if th factsof the famine do not wakeSouth Africans up to the morebasic causes children will sufterin vain.

A trade unio nist returned fr oma visit to his home area north ofTzan een in th e Mod jad]e,Mamitwa a rea said: "Th e peop lehav e n ot got the money to bu yfood' . Me n goi ng to 100k fo rwork (th e J.C. I. min es a t Gr ave­lo tte are an important labourcentr e) ar e comi ng home , jobless.Families are lucky if th ey get onemeal a day.

One ba g of mealie me al costs£2.2.6d. and must last a family of5 six weeks . Wo men wh o go outto wor k in the field s of Whitefarm ers earn 9d a d ay, or arepa id in po ta toes or tom ato es.

Th e fields are bare, but it isnot onl y this dro ught. Th e land iserode d, ove rworked, de nuded, andther e is too litt le land for thepeop le.

KUPUGANI

Bus iness men and nu trition ex­per ts have srart eo Kupugaru, anon-pr om o rga rusauon to ouy sur­purses tr am tne tarmers and re ­~ell tnem, a t prices lowe r than tnecurrent ma rket prices, 10 tne nun ­gf) peo ple 10 th e nungry ke se rve s,l'Io..upuga nl HaS con e marvels IIIwaxmg Soutn Atrrca up 10 tne dis­aster or tn t: rarnme and ever -pre­sent maln u trinon Ana 10 or aw.nga.tennon to tne Iun atic rood OIS­mounon sys tem.

Sourn An rca's food distribution-ystern needs drasuc overnaunng.l",eISp rUI1, lor ex ample, IS fight mme vegetable grow ing and tropicalt rurt area . HUI Its produce IS sentto rne Jo hanne sourg market, andtnen back to tne local mar ket , oyWhich time prices hav e risen, 1nNelspruit Atncan s are f orced topay vc a head ot ca b bage, 9d each ,-- - - --- - ------ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -l or paw-paws, 10 cents t or 16bana nas.

BU r CA N TH E PEOPLE OFTli~ R ESERVES BUY THESU KPLUS FOODS? Evidencetrom the Reserves of the Nor thernTransvaal is th at, in m ost cases,people do not have the cash toteed thei r families balanced diets.

Rates of pay ofiered fo r work inareas nearby the Reserv es are:N elspr uil CitruS Estates: an aver ­age of R5 monthly, plus a rationot meali e meal for each worker.The hi ghest wage found in tbearea was RIO plus me alie meal.

Whi te River ar ea: the majorityof far mer s pay R5, plus 14 Ibs. ofmea lie meal a week.

T im ber areas of Graskop andSab ie: an average o f R9.40 toRIO monthly plus porridge andmeat.

It is doubtful whether familiescould pay even one cent a day forfood for sc hool children.

only four had survived .l-ollowtng crop failures 80 per

cent of the mh atnt ant s of Sekhuk­nuneland live in idleness and re lyon mo ney which the remaining 20per cent are able to send home tothe reserve . Drought conditionshave fo rce d neighnouring Whitetarmers to cut down on labour,so the srtuation is made moredrastic.

Fa rmers in the Limburg areatalk of half- starved Africans pour­109 ove r the borders in search ofwork. One fa rmer said that eachda y he is forced to tum awayhund red s who come asking foremploymenror begging for food.

WHAT IS BEING D ONE?

What is being done about th is?MISSIOn hospit al s a re crowd edWith malnutrinon cases and st rug g­ling to r lack of tunds, Peeningscnemes a re working in someareas, bu t a re reaching only atiny pro po rtion ot the hungrypopula tion.

At Nels p ruit the Non-EuropeanCh ud w eir are Society feeds 150to 20U chi ld ren a day, and hasanot he r ree ding centre m the loc a­tion . T here are feeding schemestor chi ldre n a t Tz aneen . A tewhun dred ch ildr en are ted at Pi eter s­burg.

At Potgieter sru st the ReliefCommittee , toge ther WIth theG overnm ent , IS reeding a bou tb,UOU Atrrc ans (mamly children)ou t ot a total populauon 01108,000 in the di strict. -

1he big qu est ion IS: wha t is tobe, cone? In some di stricts !i.A .D.orticrals have been sym pathe tic toIeernng sche mes and rea dy to co­operate . But mo st are wai ting torpol rcy deCISIOns and instrucuonstrorn the M inister .

Nt!W AO~, THtJiSDAV, ocroaalt 11, 1962

If they left South Afr ica witho utpassport s this is a cri me whic h isnot extra dit ab le. Did the Nyasa­land or Fed erati on aut ho ri ties act

~~dmft:~tl~Yh;~o1f S~~:~ ~~i~~yhanded ove r the two men without

~a ~ei~:~t ~;op~r~~~~~ ~fr~~~,a~~with this?

The two men were in Lim be atthe time of some local unrest andwere ca ught u p in a genera l policecheck . T he )' were lodged in p r isonand then found themselves beforean Immigration Officer named Mr.Louw. (Is he a So uth African inthe service of the Nyas alandGovern ment ?) Afte r thi s the fateof th e two men seemed to besea led.

T he sam e Mr. Lo uw esc ortedthe me n to the airport near Blan­tyre and guarded the m in th e planet tll its departure. From Nyasalandth e two men were passed into thecus tody o f the Salisbury p olice,an d then arr es ted as they land ed atJan Sm uts airport. T hey have beenin custody ever since.

SEC OND CH ARG E

Apart f rom the cha rge of leav­ing South Africa in co ntra ventionof the D eparture f rom the Re­pu bl ic Act , they are to be triedfo r no t being in poss ession otreference books.

inve stigators found, maln utri tionwas a permanent condi tion of thepeop le and existed long befo re thedro ugh t.

In Potgi ete rsru st Af rican womenwere questi oned on the infant mor ­tality ra te . In one family, only 3ou t of 10 children had sur vived,in ano ther there were five sur viva lsout of 10, and out of nine ch ildrenborn e by an other African woman,

VATION IN HET OF PLENTY

Now In Jail Awaiting Trial

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Near Tzaneen mission hospitalworkers said that 10 years agothe African population ther e wa sconsidered the healthiest in thecountry. Today pellagra and eye­diseases are rife. And in Tzaneenfarmers complain bitterl y abouttheir tomato surpluses.

Alth ou gh d rou ght co nditio nshave aggra vated the situation, th e

But thi s affair mu st be invest i­ga ted by D r. Band a 111 N yasaland.Bow is it pOSSible for two po liti­ca ls arr es ted on a minor cha rgein Ny asal and to be put on apl ane and se nt ba ck to SouthAfric a ? T heir offence in N yasa­land cou ld have been no moresecious t han ent ry witho ut thenecessar y perm ission .

Attention Dr. Banda!

JOHANNESBURGSITIING in the Germiston

jail are two former PACmen who were deported fromNyasaJand into tbe hands orUle South Atrican Police torace charges of leaving the Re­public illegally and withoutpassports.

T he two men are Selby Ngen­dan e an d John Mo na pe, whoser ved term s or 18 montns impn ­sonment atter the Pan-Atr icamstca mpaign ot 196U, and who lettSoutn Africa for Bechuana landatte r their release.

The sto ry of how the two menleft South Africa Will be canvassedwhen th e case comes to co urt.(1 hey have been held in prisonsince th e beogmn mg of J uly, a ndlawyers will argue a ball app lica·tlOn shortly.)

INVESTIGATION WA NTED

TWO EX-PAC MEN SE TBACK RO'M NYASALAND

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s MANDELA IN JAIL I==========_~JO HA NNESBUR G . furt her ing or calcula ted to

NE~~s~~er ~~nd~~~ ~~lr~ r~~th~~ t~: o~j~~~e~en~o~f_on a charge of incite ment munism",arising out of the May 31, T he last ban served on1961 stri ke a gainst the Re- Man de la exp ired jus t befor epu blic, has been served with the Pi etern .ar itzburg confer -an orde r signed by the Mi ni- ence wh ich called fo r aster of Ju stice which prohi bits Na tional Convention and ledh im from at tendmg gatheri ngs to the general strike. Mand elain South Africa until Octob er went into hidi ng jus t beforeI , 1967. the Piet ermaritzbur g confer-

Th e banni ng order was ser- ence to evade another ban ,ved o n Monday by a Special and delivered the ha rd-h itt ing,Branch d etective visiting the key note speec h of the con-Fo rt. ference .

Th e ban is in terms of th e Main co nsequ ences of theSuppression of C omm unism ban is tha t in ter ms of theA ct an d is ordered by Min i- Sa bo tage Act it automaticallyster Vorster becau se he is becomes an offen ce to pub-"satisfied tha t you are en- lish an y sta tem ent made by

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the reserves he must first go tothe B.A.D. Commissioner forhis reference book to be en­dorsed accordingly.

In answer to a statement by. theB.A.D. Manager that women wMvisit their husbands are not al­lowed to remain in the area forlonger than 14 days, some speaker ssaid : The women come from thereserves to get children from theirhusbands. How are they going toknow in a fortn ight if the purposefor which they came has been ac­complished?

GENOCID EA dock worker who had been

refused permission to visit hishome for longer than six monthsposed the position thus: "Mywife is sick and she has been get­ting medical treatment here, andnow has been deported. When Iask. for leave to go and see to hertreatment in the reserves 1 amnot allowed to remain there longerthan a specified period. ls th isgovernment now Jellyin g the Af ri­cans even the right 10 reprodu ce?• Another point which was raised

sharply was that peop le werebeing thrown out of the site­and-service scheme houseswithout being refunded whatthey had already paid in capi­tal and interest.

Summing UpSumming up the achievement of

the O.B. during the war, VanRensburg says:

" I fought (Smuts') war effort andI fought it bitterly with all themeans at my disposal- which wereconsiderab le . . . The re is nodoubt that they (the O.B. mem­bers) seriously hampered the Gov­ernment's war effort. Hampered itbecause the Government wasforced to draw off considerablemanpower to guard many stra tegicpoin ts and essential services. Anot inconsiderable military ele­ment also had to be retained inSouth Africa as a strategic reservefor possible emergencies."

In most countries tbis wouldqualify as treason.

But Balthazar John Vorster, ourMinister of Justice, prefers to callit "culture." -

A very cultured man, ourMinister, steeped in the tradi­lions of Western civilisation,father of the Sabotage Act,banner and banisher. He hasn'tchanged much since the war.

in an appearance. He heads thischapter of his book: "T he dog thatbarks is no biter."

F

COMPLAINTS

The main complaints raised bythe women and generally by thepeople are :• That husbands and wives do

not get an opport unity to livetogether. Migrant labour whichunder the Influx control regu­lations is classed according tolabour pools is not allowed tobe in the reserves for longerthan six months. Otherwise theman loses his chance to be al­lowed to work in the particularurban area.

• When the man leaves to go to

One of the tactics of the O.B.was provocation. After the deathof Mussolini, "this Caesarean fi­gure", "the greatest Italian of ourage't -they held a memorial meetingin the Johan nesburg City Hall.And to ensure tha t the occasionwas sufficiently lively, they tr ied toprovoke the sort of hooliganism atwhich their members were so well­trained and adept.

. " Men were detai led to ring upthe Communist Party headquarterstwo or three times a day for aweek, and also that of their spiri­tual fellow-travellers, the Spring­bok Legion", writes van Rensburg."These calls- in soldierly Englishand from ostensible sympath isers­vibrated with indignation at thevery idea of these •Fascists' daringto show their face in public . . .Whatever our fellows could do towhip up Communist hate and fanCommunist courage, was done. Iknow of no act of incitement andprovocation which was left un­tr ied."

Van Rensburg says the O.B. or­ganised a few hundre d Storrnjaersto act as a reception committee incase the Communists tried to breakup their meeting, but to their dis­appointment, no Communists put

Provocation

the proposal of one of his lieute­nants for a coat of arms for theStormjaers. "It would portray adejected parro t, pin ing in a cage.Outside a lot of wild birds wouldbe flying round the cage, jeering atthe cageling. The mo tto would be: L- _

'He talked'!"

WOMEN PROTESTDEPORTAllONS

P.E.AT

Demonstration at Offices of N.A.D. ManagerPO RT ELI ZABET H missioner's Cour t where they are

A BOUT 200 angry women n~~dal~; ~~e t~~er:::a~1 5 for beingfrom Zakele and New No sooner do the husbands pay

Brigbton went to the offices of the fine than the cruel machinethe Manager of Native Affairs takes one more tu rn. They arefast week to lodge a protest ordered out of the urban area to

against the deportation of ~~t~:;s ~~~ers~~~~;t~f ~hoe;~~e~~~women from the urban areas children and persona l belongingsto the reserves. cram the 3rd class carriages, and

Of late the police and Munici- at junctions like A rnabele the plat ,pal police have been carry ing out forms are cluttered with womena determined drive to round up whose anxiety is written on theirwomen who do not qualify under faces as they squat on the groundSection 10 to remain in the urban with their cry ing children, sur-area . Under this Section of the . rounded by their personal belong-Urban 'Areas Act no African is ings- blankets, suitcases, sauce-allowed to live in an urban area pans, and what not.without a permit, which is onlygranted to those who are em­ployed. Only those who haveworked without a break for oneemployer for 10 years or havebeen employed in the area con­tinuous ly for 15 years automatical­ly qualify for permanen t residence.

THE CRUEL MACHINEThe regulations under this sec­

tion are being tightened to suchan extent that both the childrenand women who do not qualifyare being turned out of houses inthe location. The women togetherwith their possessions and house­hold goods are bundled into kwe­las and driven to the BAD. Com-

Vorster himself, who was O.B."Genera l" in the Eastern Cape. Wemay assume that the Governmentwas not prejudiced against thembecause of their cultura l activities.Van Rensburg himself admits inhis autobiography: "We oftenbroke the law-and broke it shat­teringly."

InterrogationsO.B. members were no strangers

to the political police, and werefrequently raided and interrogated.Van Rensburg writes:"W hen the police raids were attheir height and men were beingtaken right and left at all hours ofthe day and night, many fellowsdisregarded their orders to give noinformation under interrogation.We had warned all comrades thatthey should refuse to inculpate orexculpate themselves; confinethemselves to their names and ad­dresses--or refuse even that, if theyfelt that way.

"Unfor tunately, some imaginedthat they would be able to get outof it by fooling the detectives withall sorts of ingenious excuses andexplanations. The other side wastoo well briefed to be misled soeasily, so it usually ended in thetalkative arrestees being trapped in-their own fairy ta les within anhour or so.

"By that time they were for itand were held indefinitely. For whyshould an innocent babe in thewood go out of his way to tell lies?They landed in gaol or an intern­ment camp."

Van Rensburg quotes jokingly

Manie Maritz, but later sank backinto obscurity, where it is nowheaded by one S. K. Rudman, ofNata l, wnose pronou ncements onracial matters occasionally figurein the columns of the Sundaypress.

SabotageThe actual order for att ack was

never given , but the O.B. was heldin reaumess tor Der Tag should itever dawn. Inside the O.B. grewup the organr sauon at Storm jaers,the storm troopers of Afrikaner­dam . The Stormja ers were em­ployed in operations ranging fromdetence a t Nat ionalist politicalplatforms to outfight sabotage, dy­namit ing of post otfices and rail­way liues, cutt ing of telephonewires etc.

lwo members of the O.B., Vis­ser and van Blerk, were sentencedto death under the Emergency Re­gulations for their part in blowingup the Benoni POS t Office. A na­non-wide petition was organisedby the Nanon alist Party and theywere later reprieved, to be re­leased completely when the Na­tionalists came to power in 1948.

A half dozen or so other mem­bers of the O.B. were shot tryingto escape from internment campsor jails, the most celebrated in­cident of this kind being the dra­matic pursuit of "General" Jo­hannes van der Walt, the 0 .8.wrestler and hero, who was shotwhile on the run near Krugersdorp,

Thousands of members of theO.B. were interned for their activi­ties during the war, including Mr.

worn by the male Voortrekkers.The women wore the long Vic­torian dress and the kappie.

Col. Laas was a somewhat mys­terious character whose manner­isms pleased nobod y. He was firstrelieved of his command in theSouth African forces while Pirowwas still Minister of Defence inthe Hertzog Government. In Sep­tember 1940 he was relieved ofhis command by the OssewaBrandwag, which replaced him asKomrnandant-Generaal with theformer Administrator of the FreeState. Hans van Rensburg,

Laas later came to life with anew organisation Die Boerenasie,but after a while abandoned thatship too. Die Boerenasie flared intovigorous life for a While under

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THE CLTUREMR. V RSTER

3 TO STAND TRIALJOHANNESBURG

T HREE officials of theban ned Congress of De­

mocrats failed in the exceptionthey took to the charge againstthem and they will stand trialon November 12 for ~violating

the dignity' of President Swart.The three are former C.O.D.

president Pieter Beyleveld, generalsecretary Ben T urok, now servinga three year prison term for sabo­tage, and former Johannesburgregional secretary Eve Hall, whowas sentenced to 18 months im­prisonment (12 months suspended)in another court last week.

The magistrate dismissed the de­fence argument that the wordingof the Act was not clear and un­ambiguous and that the earlier,pre-Republic law should be app­lied. The magistrate ruled that themeaning of the 1961 statute, underwhich this was the first prosecu­tion, was clear and it created anentirely 'new' offence.

The charges arise from a Con­gress of Democrats leaflet urgingprotests against Johannesburg'sconferring the freedom of the cityon the President.

The Ossewa Brandwag was bornin 1938, when Nationalist Afri­kanerdom celebrated the centenaryof the Great Trek by means of anox-wagon trek from Cape Townthrough the Free State and Natalto Pretoria, where the foundat ionstone of the Voortrekker Monu­ment was laid on December 16­then Dingaan's Day, now the Dayof the Covenant.

The Ossewa Brandwag wasformed to embody the upsurge inAfrikaner nationalism which wasexperienced at that time. Its firstleader was Col. J. C. Laas, anofficer in the Permanent Force.And its first units were recruitedfrom the ranks of the South Afri­can armed forces.

Groups of men in each unit whowere loyal to Afrikanerdom werepicked out for this purpose. Thisexplains why the Ossewa Brand­wag had from its very inception aquasi-military charac ter. The mem­bers not only went in for folk­singing and dancing and volkspele,but also for military drill in theuniform of open-necked shirt withthe knott ed scarf which was sup­posed to be a repl ica of the dress

Translorma tionUnder Van Rensburg, a con­

firmed Germ anophi le and admirerof Hitler and Nati onal-Socialism,the character of the OssewaBrandwag underwent a considera­ble change, The ideological element 1-- - --- - --- - ------- --"r---- - --- - - ­became much more pronounced.When Pirow's New Ordent es werethreaten ed with expulsion from the'I ransvaal Nanonali st Party, VanRensburg announced they wouldbe welcome in the O.B.

Nationaust At rikanerdom, aspersonified by the O.B., was pre­paring tor the final assault on theoastion s of Mritish-JewJsh-Liberal­Irnperialisnc Democracy, whosecouapse was believed to be immi­nent now that Hitler was tnum­

_ _ _ _ _ _ ___~ phant on the continent of Europe.

Born in 1938

W HEN Mr. Vorster wasappointed Minister of

Justice, there was quite a hul­labaloo in the press about thefact that he had been a generalin the Ossewa Brandwagduring the war. Was it right,some asked, that a man withsuch a background should beput in charge of the depart­ment responsible for the main­tenance of law and order?

The Minister himself dismissedthese queries as irrelevant. As faras be was concerned, be said, theOssewa Bran dwag ,was purely anAfrikaner cultural organisation.

A cultur al organisation, run by"generals" ?

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i BEN BELLA'S ,FIRST RECEPTION.I

The new Algerian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ben Bella, for his first official reception sincebeing voted into office attended a ceremony organised by the' Chinese charge d'affaires in Al­giers, Mr. Hsien Yi, The reception was given on the eve of the 13th birthday of the foundingof the Chinese People's Republic. The picture shows (from left to right): Mohammed Ben Bel-

Ia, Ferhat Abbas (chairman of the Algerian Nati onal Assembly) and Hsien Yi,

'TWO SIDES' says Ben Bella

ALGIERS

T HE fundamental objectiveof the Algerian Govern­

ment would be a socialisteconomy which would lift thecountry out of its undevelopedstate, said Mr. Ben Bella,Algerian Prime Minister, in hisinvestiture address bere recent­ly.

Within the coming year the firstQuota of available land would beredistributed within this pro­jlramme of land reform-a reformwhich would end the impoverish­ment of the masses and unemploy­ment (there were now more tban 2million out of work).

Mr. Ben Bella announced thatfrom October 7 the Governmentwould begin running those farmsand firms "declared vacant" i.e.whose owners had run awav orfled to Europe. .

Management committees werebeing formed and tbese farmswould be an embryo of the col­lective farms of the futur e.

Mr. Ben Bella reaffirmed theAlgerians' role as "Ara bo-Is lamic,Maghrebian and Afr ican peoples."Finally, he said, Algeria would befor all Algerians.

aII Algerians"

The fundamental object­ive of the Algerian Gov­ernment willbe a socialisteconomy which will liftthe country out of itsundeveloped state. Land

reform starts this week.

"Algeria is for

'TWO FRONTS'

I~el:eiS i~~~r~~~aW~~e!P~~~~Chen Vi. said: "Th e home situa­tion in China has been affected bynatural disasters and poor harvestsfor the past three consecutiveyears. Now we are looking forwardto a good autumn harvest.

"We want to build up Socialism.a thing which has never beforebeen attempted by the Chinesepeople in their thousands of yearsof history. We have no experience.and there are quite a few mistakesand shortcomings in our work.

"These two sides add up toserious difficulties. but the entireChinese people are united as onein their struggle to beat off thenatur al disasters."

Some 300 guests from morethan 50 countri es including Britishscientists on an official delegationfrom the Royal Society. watchedthe colourful two-hour march past.

Grey skies did nothing to dampthe enthusiarn of the half-milliondemonstrators.

PEKINGWHILE China is still confronted with many difficulties which

it would be wrong to ignore, the most difficult perio d hasalready passed, Vice-Premier Chen Yi said at the 13th anniver­sary celebrations of the country's liberation here.

From TED BRAKE

"The economic situation bothin town and country is improvingdaily", he said.

Last year it was slightly betterthan the year before; this year itwas again slightly better than lastyear.

Despite the widespread floodsand drought in various part s ofthe country the actual harvest ofsummer crops turned out bettertha n last year.

INDUSTRY, TOOThe yield of autumn croos now

being gathered was also expectedto he higher,

Chen Yi said this gradual im­provement in agricultural produc­tion had in turn oromoted in­dustrial production. Readjustmentsin industry and capita l construc­tion had also yielded positiveresults.

Considerable increases had beenregistered this year in m;IOY oro­~ucts of light industry. as well as10 badlv needed heavy industrialecuinment,

Speaking of future policy. ChenVi <aid agriculture must continueto be the foundatio n of China'snational economy and industrymust be readiusted to that end.

WAR TIlRE AT

si tJaufi~~ng C~~n t~i i;;ie;~ati'~I~~ M~~~e~I~~r: s:~~f~~IYofc~~~perialisrn is the source of war. Chinese Communist Party Central

"In order to prevent war and .Committee. the country's key­safeguard world peace. the Socia- ' .policy-making body, declared thatlist camp. the international working 'the most urgent task was to de-clas s, the national liberation move- velop the national economy "withments, all countries that oppose agriculture as the foundation andwar- all neace-lovinn forces-must industry the leading factor".unite and act together in waiting r , T e session called for a struggle~ tit-fo~-tat struca le against U.S. . 'on .t~,!' .fronts in Chin~-"again s timnerialist policies of aggression revI~lOmsm and against dog-an d war." ;, • . matism", . • .

People's China's 13th Birthday

1Most DifficultPeriod Past'

THESE TWO MAPS showYemen's position at the southemend of the Red Sea. The map onthe left illustrates Yemen's posi­tion in relation to the Arab coun­tries of the Middle East (note howit is dominated by Saudi Arabia ),whereas tbe map below shows tbecloseness of Yemen to Aden andto Africa.

The people of Aden, under the leadership of the Aden Trade UnionCongress and the People's Socialist Party , have rallied enthusiasticallyto the cause of the Yemeni revolution . Their bitter opposition toBritish moves to incorporate Aden with the many feudal, British­dominated protec torates in Southern Ara bia led to widespread demon­strations in the colony at the end of last month in which a number ofpeople were killed.

Progressive groups in Aden have always said that their little territorybelongs by rights to the Yemen, but while the Yemen was underdespotic rule they could not hope that union would bring many benefitsto Aden. The way is now open for the unification of all the small

states of Southern Arabia on thebasis of anti-imperialism andsocial progress. The British, how­ever. can be expected to leave noholds barred in their determinationto hold on to their military baseat Aden, a base which threatensthe independence of all the peoplesof the Middle East and EastAfrica.

REVOLT 'I NYEMEN

A FrER 1,100 years of rule the feudal Imams of Yemen havebeen overthrown. As in Egypt and Iraq during the 1950's,

the army played a vital role, and even now is busy trying tosave the revblution from being crushed by interventionist forcesfrom feudal Saudi Arabia. Provided that the general popula­tion are involved to the extent that they feel that this is theirrevolution to advance their interests, there seems to be no reasonwhy the feudalist forces should not be defeated.

An important step aimed at preventing attempts from withinto restore the monarchy has been the execution of several dozenleading supporters of feudalism, which in the Yemen assumeda most cruel and despotic form. (In the past, let it be noted, thelate Iman, known during the 14 years of his rule as Ahmed theDevil, had many of his opponents beheaded in public. Contraryto expectations he himself died a natural death, but his succes­sor Crown Prince el Badr, died in an artillery bombardment ofhis palace two weeks ago).

Foreign PolicyThe army command issued a statement defining the foreign

policy of the newly-proclaimed Free Arab Republic of theYemen.

• It would aim at resisting imperialism and fore ign intervention;• adhere to the U.N Charter '• establish friendly relations with all countries recognising its

independence• and consolidate the Arab League.At borne the objectives of the revolution were "to put an end to

the monarchial regime and foreign influences."The new Go vernment would abolish tribal differences• organise the people and qu alify them to run their own country• introduce social justice• "build capitalism but discourage any monopolies"• and reorganise and strengthen the army.Two of the first countries to recognise the new revolutionary

regime were Egypt and the Soviet Union.The twin dangers to the new government are the feudal

elements in the rest of the Arabian peninsula, more especiallySaudi Arabia, and the British troops in Aden.

All About Aden

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Food andRefreshments ofall kinds will be

sold

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SATURDAY3rdNOVEMBER

10 a.m.- 6p.m.

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Ostraci se and isolate those whosupport the Boards. Expose theMatanzimas and the Cyprians ofDurban" .

Charity Show ForMoslem Society

CAPE TOWNA charity show in aid of the

Mosque Building Fund of theMoslem Educational Benefit Socie­t) is being presented at the KismetTheat re. Athlone, on Sunday, Oc­tober 21. at 7.30 p.m.

Among the stars who will betaking part arc Farieda Schroeder.Geo. E. Mottram , the 12-year-oldAly Khan, Danny Joseph. MaxA~lI er and Vijay Pather. Comperewill be Tony Naidoo.

D URBAN.

TOYSfor Xmas

GR OCERIESextra cheap

VEGETABLESfresh and cheap

CL OTHINGat bargain prices

MATINEE DANCEfrom 2 p.m.

GRAND FETEAND

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•Drill Hall -Cap~ Tow~

A N?to~~l t~nd~~~~d:~);e "~~a~~~~~~~~" B~~~d~ n~~IS t~ce~otfssJ~~ r----------in all the major townships in Dur­ban by the banned African Nation­al Congress.

The Government is preparing tohold elections for Urban BantuCouncils and the banned A.N.C.In It~ leaflet warns the people thatAdvisory Boards and Bantu Coun­cils have already proved to be in­strurnents which have been usedIn further oppressing the Africanpeople.

Under the heading "Call to thepeople", the leaflet states: "Boy­colt the Boards! Unite everywhereand fight against Advisory Boards.

New Headache forr-------------­

White SportsmenDURBAN

~ S h African Sportsd ation, which hasuc' g fight for in-

rec ition of alld the removal ofb in sport,

ed e nth AfricanN • 01 'cs Commit-tee (SAN OC) I weekend

t a co ere ee I Durban.This major break-through will

undoubtedly mean the further iso­lation of all-white South Africansportsmen.

Other decisions to stamp outracialism at future Olympic meetsinclude:

t . Immediate application byS.A.N.R.O.C. for membership ofthe International Olympics Com­mittee.

2. Negotiation.3. The drawing up of a constitu­

tion for S.A.N.R.O.C. based onthe Olympic Charter .

The energetic secretary ofS.A.S.A. was elected first presidentof S.A.N.R.O.C.. Other officialsinclude Rev. B. L. Sicamoney,chairman; R. Feldman, vice-chair­man; R. Hlongwane. secretary.

Another welcome decision wasto reiect the suggestion of disband­in~ S.A.S.A. on the main groundt11;>1 S A.S.A. still has a Tole tofulfil in all other branches ofsnnrt ot er than Olympics.

The resolution oonosing ni~~o­

lution, moved bv George Sinchand seconded by Alan Paton. wascarried by an overwhelming majo­rity.

NON-RACIAL OLYMPICSCOMMITTE FORMED

SIal' ButcheryPARK ROAD, WYNBERG

(Prop. A. E. Omar)Stocldsts of Prime Beef,

Mutton and PoultryWe are the Pioneers of Low

Prices!Telephone: 17-4118

Fine Victory for AvalonAvalon Athletic further en­

hanced their chances of winningthe coveted U.T.C. League Com­petition when they convicinglybeat Orlando Pirates by four goalsto one at Curries Fountain lastSunday.

With three matches to go Avalonhave 22 points on the League log.The League leaders Moroka Swal­lows have 23 points with only onematch to go after their win againstlowly placed Lincoln City atPietermaritzburg. As Aces Unitedwith 20 points also have threemore matches to play to completetheir League fixtures. the nextfew matches promise thrills galoreand a fitting climax to a greatseason.

authorities. It has been banned insome schools and Government of­ficials sometimes refuse to recog­nise it.

Its call for a national liberationfront was made independently andwithout awareness of that madeby Lekhotla la Bafo (see New AgeSeptember 27).

This is a sign of the broad feel·ing of the need for unity inBasutoland.

The conference also adopted aresolution affirming its policy ofconsistent participation in studentpolitics but not party politicalpartisanship at this stage.

Another resolution passed wasthat of launching a campaign of"B.A.S.A, in Country" wherebybranches will be established intowns and villages in order to in­tegrate its activities in the people'sself-determination movement "forthe achievement of students' andnational aims,"

BASUTO STUDENTS CALLFOB NATIONAL FRO T

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iA OUTSTAN NGII SPOR'IS A I-] IT is the season for "Sports- ~

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for judging this competition,but one of the best is surelyto ask: who has done most,on a national scale, to pro­mote true sportsmanship?

If we exclude organisationssuch as the South AfricanSports Association and thinkof sportsmen, then the honourmust surely go to genial R. ,Lutchrnan, general Secretaryof the South African Soccer no doubt that he has done aLeague, fine job. If Indian schoolboys

NO ONE HAS DONE hero-worship African playersMORE like Scara Sono and Mandy

ere is no sportsman in Davids, if Coloureds can for-the ranks of non-racialists get their racial feeling inwho bas do e more in the cheering heroes like Dharamp st year to make integrated Mohan and Mthembu- this issport a reality and a success. part of Lutchie's work.

He has had his critics- Sportsmanshipand will continue to have Today there is a better feel-them: men who feel that he ing of sportsmanship amongis too dictatorial, that there the groups than ever before-is too much power in his and it is partly the work of !::hands and that he does not the South African Soccerconsult enough. League, led by men like R. K.

i n~~tdrfflc~it~ j~~~ h~ h::he~d ~:;~~~'n ~~~ ~heal~~d~;~f~: 5to control an organisation able Lutchie.dealing with thousands of Some racial feeling stillpeople and handling thou- exists, but it is steadily dis-sands of rand. It has had appearing as people flock togreat responsibilities and he the outstanding entertainmenthas had to be on his toes all and sportsmanship the League

==~===_~ the time and give it careful provides.

cortsii~el~~}~r~~nate that feeling ta~or~~~hW~rth;U~~hirt~~~ _~====_~between him and the amateur we duly nominate our Sports-bodies is not yet as cordial man of the Year: R.as it ought to be, but there is LUTCHMAN. _

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Stu de n t s' Association(B.A.S.A.) at its annual con­ference held on September29and 30called for the formationof a national liberation frontin Basutoland.

The resolution, which was unan­imously adopted, read "that thisconference cans on the patrioticforces in Lesotho to unite in anational liberation front for theachiev~ment of national indepen­denee.

B.A.S.A., the oldest student bodyin Basutoland (founded in 1933and takes students from Form Ato university level) is the most re­presentative and consistent stu­dents' organisation in Basutoland.

Owing to its militant strugglefor students' rights and interests ithas incurred the hostility of theGovernment and certain school

SOCCE,R I

SUNOAY, 14th \0 p.m.

SHOWGROUNDS, PIETERMARITZ I-FINAL)

AlhI ne Alhl. VS IYlarllzburg CilyCURTAIN RAISER at 1.30 p.m.

'burg United vs Union JacksCURTAIN RAISER at 1.30 p.m.

Co slals vs Spartak Dy

PROFESSIONALR2,OOO U ITED TO ACCO CO'SLEAGUE CUP COMPETITJON

CURRIES, DURBAN (SECOND ROUND)

Bearts vs Trans,vaal U ited