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• All day Tuesday. the wor-kers waited patiently outside thefactory gates.

MILITANT SPIRIT• On Wednesday morning the

workers again reported for workbut were told to wait outside until2 p.m. Late in the afternoon theworkers were paid Ior 7t day'swork on the old wage rates.

That night the workers held ameeting and from the 1!1i1itantspirit it was obvious that therewould be no submitting to the cut-throat wage demands of thebosses.

• On Thursday the bosses suc-ceeded (in spite of Influx ControlRegulations) in obta ining a centln-gent of about 50 African workenfrom the Uitenhage Labour Bu-reau, 21 miles from Port Eliza-beth. When these workers expres-sed sur prise at the low wagesLKB wished to pay them, andqueried the fact that there wereno other workers in the factory,they received no satisfactory re-plies from the bosses and decidedto leave their new jobs.

(Continu ed on page 5)

summary mass dismissal when theworkers refused to work for lessmoney; and told them to leave thefactory and to return the follow-ing day at 2 p.m. to fetch theirwages. The works manager thentook their time cards and morethan 1,000 African and Colouredworkers were locked out.

S-Seep. 5

"FOOD and Can ni ngworkersaD over the coun-

try are carefully watching thefruit as it comes into theirfactories, and wilf refuse towork fruit from Port Eliza-beth," said Mrs. Abrahams,general secretary of the Foodand Canning Workers' Union.

This action is being taken insolidarity with the workers ofLKB in Port Elizabeth who havebeen locked out as a result of theirrefusal to accept a Wage BoardAgreement which will mean nearly16 per cent. reduction in theirwages.

• Last Monday, December 7,at about 2 p .rn, the works mana-ger of LKB told the workers thattheir wages would be reduced byup to 11/- per week on a £3 payenvelope as from Friday, .l lth De-cember, He threatened them with

P.E. CANNING WORKERSSTAND FI RM

. eVol. 6, No.9. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper6di

SOUTHERN EDITION Thursday, December 17, 1959 • §:ill 111111111111 111111111 111111111 IIl1l11nlll11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111III1I11~

EVECE1"111111111111111111111111111 111111111111" 111111 111111111111111111111111111111"'" 111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111'11. 11..• Condemned the banning and

banishment of leaders;• Increased taxes and the

separate universities act.The NEC was asked to make

necessary preparations for thegolden anniversary of the ANCin 1962 to include' country-widecelebrations.

(For speeches see page 6)

placed under the care of the United Nations;

• The people of the Windhoek location have consistently saidthat their removal to a new location many miles away wouldentail hardships for them. They told the authorities that to movethem forcibly would lead to trouble.

But as usual, their pleas and demands we~e ignored by theauthorities. resulting in bloodshed and loss of life,

FATHER CHRISTMAS GIVES AFRIKA! SALUTE(Right): Nothing nicer than

a bottle of cooldrink and cake.And loads more of good thingsto eat for the children of allraces who played happily to-gether at the party .

Few recognised James Hade- ;y"be, secretary of We Transvaa lAfrican Natio'na l Congress, be-hind that fuzzy beard, until hlsringin2 voice broke into thestrains of l nkosi Sikaleli' i'Afrika.

plans for rural organisation tomeet the challenge of BantuAuthorities;

• Urged the intensification ofthe anti-pass campaign and theeconomic boycott.

Other resolutions also called onall democrats to organise massivecounter-demonstrations during theUnion festival, and

:::;:;;;~IPlUl llJ r'IUI'lu" 'UI Pl I"' q IIIU l ' lij ll r U I' 'lJ tl lu'' IU ''' nll'l ll l ll " . IIlU"IU " ' II" 'lI l"II I"lIU I I J" ' I , 1I ,' II " I U fl IU ' '' U''lIl" ru." u r' 'U' ' I U' '' U"lU' WU'''U ' "UI''U.'1 11"IUI "ti"IU " 'Ull lI ItIU' I,I ~' '' Ul ltU . ''U ' I .U I '.I1''I U''I UIllI'"U'IIU I "lI"IU"IIlP·1I1 'IU"IU IIlU II I. I" U"·~I 'II I I · 'U Il I Utl ' l l " U" I U ' '' U' ' I ~ I ' I UI ''U '' I U'' 'U " U II I U ' '' U · I!U ' 'U ' 4 U ' · ' U' ' 'U ' 1 U P II ' ''U I ' ' U ' " UI' 'pl ' ' U' ''U' 'lj'

(Below): Where else could" you find such a Santa but at

the Xmas party given by theTreason Trial Defence Fund inJoha nnesburg for the childrenof the accused.

NINE DEAD IN WINDHOEK- See Editorial on Page 2gr~~e~+~~~o~~r;'~'l~d i~2 a~1~~~n~et~:e~ ~~~nJri~~~~ ~ ~~:J~hoek location and police and troops.

This clash was the direct result of the refusal of the localauthorities and the South African Government to listen to thedemands of the people.

• The African people of South West Africa don't want to liveunder the yoke of the Union's apartheid laws, they want to be

PACKED TOCEILING

From Joe Gqabl

DURBA N.

THIS was one of the mostimpressive, if not THE

most impressive conferencethe ANC has ever held. I havenever seen such courage, suchsense of responsibility, highspirits and determination, asshown throughout this confer-ence.

TH E MOST IMPRESSIVEFEATURE WAS THE PRES-ENCE OF DELEGATES FROMTHE RURAL AREAS, OFNATAL AND THE TRANSKEI.THE AGE-OLD CUSTOM OFT HE ZULUS PROHIBITINGWOMEN FROM SPEAKINGPUBLICLY HAS BEE NBROKEN.

Zulu women in traditional dressimpressed -the entire conferencewith their c1etermination andmilitancy. During the debate onBantustans the Zulu women al-most dominated conference asone after another rose to speak,giving a clear exposition of con-ditions under which they livesince the introduction of Bantu-stans.

They realise that the chiefs areselling them out, and proclaimedtheir determination to stand fore-square behind Congress despitethe warnings of Native Commis-sioners that Congress misled them.

The opening session held atCurrie's Fountain , on Saturdayafternoon was the biggest everheld and was attended by abouteight thousand people.

Fraternal greetings were re-ceived from the fellow-Congresses,

~~thM~~~tU~~rica~e~~titi;~~rst~~ I~~IiT":~~~~~~~UNO, Chou En-lai, the PrimeMinister of People's China, andthe World Peace Council.

CLOSED session of conferencewhich was held in the BantuSocial Centre was attended by 386delegates from throughout theUnion. After lunch the Confer-ence was again thrown open tothe public and waiting c.row~ssurged into the hall packing Itliterally to the ceiling, and manycould not get in at all.

Resolutions adopted :

• Condemned Erasmus' schemeto reorganise the army in order tosuppress alI opposition to the Na-t ionalists;

• Called on all democraticcountries to refrain from supply-ing arms to the Nationalist Gov- ternment;

• Condemned Bantustan as agigantic fraud;

• Directed the National Exe-cutive Committee to draw up

P E

NEW AGE, T HURSDAY, DECE MBER 17,1959

LONDON, DUBLINJOHANNESBURG

oECONGRESS-CoD We LearnFrom The "Progressives"?

o MUST TAKEOVER S.W.A.

EVER Y DROP O F BLOOD SP I LT A T WINDHOEK IS

EDI TORIAL'

NEW AGE XMAS DANCE

South W est A fr ica does no t b elong to th e Union of SouthAfrica; that is the salient fact from wh ich a ll els e flows.

T he te rritory was co nquered by fo rce of arms d u rin g Worl dWar I by Sou th African troo ps fig hti ng a war for imperi a li sta im s. Sou th Afr ica co ntinued as the occupying and administerin gpower subject to the pe ace treaty whic h fo llowed. That treaty,and the subseq ue n t obligations assumed u nder the old League ofNati ons. ga ve the Union the tempora ry ri gh t to administer SouthW est Africa un der cert ai n conditions.

We Love S.A.

A Chief's ReplyMy atten tion has been drawn

to an ar ticle in your issue of the5th November. 1959, appea ring onpage 8, under the na me of GeorgeMbele, entitled: "W ILL HE BE UEX ILE D? "

I wish to correct a certain im-pression it has created . The writerstates inter alia that " . .. His ab -sence from the Eshowe func tionwas inte rpreted by many as an

:~di~h~onest~~Ii~~~eon~enOfho~t~~~~ MR. ERI~ LO UW .ma~ ~eel that he deserves a pat. on the backAuthorities and rumo urs are rife for his prophetic visron over the ev en ts at W Indhoek, b u ta~ongsl leading members of the there is nothing e lse fo r whi ch he is to b e ..ongratulated. TwelveTnbe that. Chief Buthelezi .":lay de ad a nd m a ny more inj ured c ry o ut In condemnation o f his a nd~~~~ebGoe:~;~~!~f."hJS OPPOSitIOn his. governme nt' s po licies to wards the pe op le of South We st

I con sider this article to have Afnca .been very unfortunately couched .The truth of the matter is that Idid not go to the Eshowe func- A ST AIN O N T H E G O O D N A M E O F SO UT H AFRICA~io~, merely because I was not W HIC H N O AMO U NT OF C URSING AT "AGITATORS "

f~~~edo~~iat~~~~ce:n~atI a :~:~~~ OR BLAMIN G THE UNITED NATIONS, WILL EVER BEanee was by invitation only. I ABLE TO ERASE.

?~dpl?~J ~~y~~t~/hc~r~~~~~~~e~~.is The ge ner al reaso n for wid espr ead unrest and public disorders1 would furt her like to add that in Sou th West Africa is th e sa me as the reason for sim ila r

h~~~ilit~a~~ :heev~~tat1i;~~~nta~1 phenomena ~n t he U nio n: a ,despot!c f?rm of government wl~ichBantu Authon ties to your corres- no l?n ger .e \cn pretends to take t ~le WIshes of the governe.d Int opondent or t.o an ybody either now consideration: a governmen t w h ich m o re and more relies o n?~ at anyt ime, The Bantu Autho r- armed force to p ush obviou sly unpopular policies down the

f~~~ ~oI~~~afr~r~~~lr: a~n~~~e~~= throa ts of un w ill ing people.

~fA~aife~~~~g'irh tf~b~~:t~~~~ There is , ho~~ver, a furth~r reaso n for th~ present unrest inthey would like to watch how this South West A fnca, and that IS the ever-growmg and eve r-m oreact works at places where it has clearly expressed demand of the people of that territo ry for lnde-alrea dy been. . accepted before pendenee fro m fo r eign d om ina t ion . A nd the foreign dominationr;a~h~~~v~n~e~r~~~ ~~;pi~t::~= tbey want to rid themselves of is that of Sou th Africa.

~~~e ~:~:. ;~~ni~u~hOi~cebyt~~~ ._ The. habit c,>f thinki~g of .South West Africa .as part of th eGovernment. At one meeting 1 Union, a kind ?~ ti fth ,P rovInce. IS one th .at has persisted for ma nyexpre ssed the view that it would years In a ll political circles. The developing stru gg le o f the peoplehave been. better i~ it was com- of that te rr itory is presenting the prob le m in a ne w ligh t, a nd it

K~r~,or{~ntf~~~~l ylt~la~~~u~arthi~}; is time for a fr esh assessment of th e situation.between the Devil and the deepblue sea. I have never opp osedthe Government either by an actof commission or omission as isaverred in this article by your cor-respo ndent. The spec ulation abo utby banishment I leave to the G ov-ernment, to God and to thef uture.

A. N. MAN G OSUT HUGATSHA BUT HELE ZI,

(Chief of the Shenge Tr ibe)Mablabatini, Zulularid.

(Mr. Mbele apo logises for It d id not give th e U nio n the ~~!..to grab the territory as it s~~~ht in~~v~ve~:~~:. ~e ~:~~~ ow n, nor di d it p:ive tht> U nion the right to~mple on the mostwas that of comments by a elementa ry human a nd political rights of the inh a b ita n ts .numbe r of tr ibesmen atEshowe.-Editor).

I have been dismissed from myemployment as a cateri ng sales-man at Volksrust witho ut reasonat 24 hours notice . I wro te a letterasking for an explanation and ithas not been answered since No-vember 12.

I cannot say what was the rea-son for my dismissa l, but I canonly attribute it to the fact that Ihave been doing my best as aCo ngressite here on the border ofNata l and the Transvaal.

T hope that the powers that bewill come to their senses and re-gret what they have been doing tothe African people for the last300 years.

L. J. P. Mkakeni-KhumaloCharl estown, Natal,

B y de nying th e people of South West A fr ica the ri ght to sel f-d eterm ination , b y denyin g them th e right to any say in theco nt ro l of the ir own de stin ies, the U nion has viola ted both th elegal and th e moral obligation s it assumed under th e p eace treaty.

we~~~~ 1t~ricw~ h~~;o;~t~ a~~ Former German co nquerors and colon ists. wh o lo ot ed th ewith the idea of serving it. The land an d m u rde red th e people, ha ve been eiven th e fr an chise. allon.l~ thin.g that can kill the evil the poli t ic a l rig hts a nyone could hope for. The O va mbo. Darnara, -~~Ir~frtal~~r i~~~~ :~ ~~r~u~~ ~~ma, .He~~ro an d oth.e r indigenous Afr!can oeople•. for wh os ehave fruitful confidence to our liberation So uth African troops ostensibly fought In the firstleaders . Wha tever contrib ution we G rea t War, are st ill oppressed , denied a ll opport unity fo r politicalmak e to the. good of ,Sout h Africa a dv anceme nt.and the African cont inent abr oad,":lust be our own contrib ution de- • The only difference for them is the fa ct th a t Sou th Afri-rIve~. from our.

SPILT MILKJOHANNESBURG.

W~:k~enc~al~~~t:~n s~r::African cbildren livin2 in thelocations and townships aroundJ ohannesburg, more than370,000 gallon s of skim milkha ve been thr own away on theRand in the past year. Thereason given to farmers at theTra nsvaal Fre "b Milk Pro.ducers ' Association meeting inHeidelberg las t week was thatthe Association had lost itscontract to supply hospitalswith 1,000 ga llons a day andtheir milk so ld in tbe locat ionshad been seve rely cut by "pi-rate" dairy farmers.

But a year ago the price ofmilk was raised from 6id. apint to 7id. a pint though tbeA'isociation complained thatmilk is sold to hospitals andin the locations at lower pricesthan the farmers are paid forth e milk.

at one Lond on cinema recently,was greeted with a loud 'boo' fromthe audience.

ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT ·ERS OF THE BOYCOTT ARER EASON ING : "D R, VER-WO ER D HAS R EFUSED TOLISTEN TO TH E VOI CE OFREASON . LET US SEE IF HEWILL DISMISS OUR ECONO-MIC SANCTIONS WIT H ASMUCH CONTEMPT."

Britain

Representing 55 milli on workersin 92 countries, the I.C.F.T.U.congress said the "r acial, inhu manand brutal po licies" of the South

African Government "violate allco ncepts of decency and morality."

BRUSSELS.

o~:ttRSS~~tt ~~~~og::I;have bee n considerably.strengthened by the decisionofthe sixth Congress of the In-ternational Confederation ofFree Trade Unioos, meeting inBmssel's last week, to join theboycott in protest againstapartheid.

And 55 Million Workers areasked to Follow Suit

ta ined by many peopl e before andafter that period.

T he first ph ase of the camp aignis to find sponsors, the second willbe the co nfer ence in London inJanuary, and the th ird, the inte nsi-fied campaign itsel f whe n the or-ganise rs hope that dockers will re-fuse to unlo ad Sout h African im-po rts ,

The campaign has received widesup port from sucb leading figure sas Bert rand Ru ssell, Canon Col-lins, Lord Altrincham, John Stone-ho use M.P . and Dr. Don ald Soper.

A number of trad e union coun -cils are backing the bo ycott . Loca lboyco tt committees have been setup in Birmingham, Ne wcastle,Manchester, Oxford and Cam -bridge.

The London Co-operative Partyhas decided to urge the Co -opera-tive Wholesale Society no t tohand le South African goods.

SIGNS WA NTEDSho ps are aski ng the boycott

o rganise rs for signs saying "Wedon 't sell South African goo ds."

Sou th Afric a Hou se sent an In-form ation Officer to Oxford andCambridge to tr y 'to convince stu-dent s not to support the boycot t,

5

NEW A GE, THURSDAY,:ECEMBE~ 17, 195~.-;-t;---~~~5~5$~$~~1

Anti-Nat Boycott Inh d

beca use, ran one of the reasons, it

ea wo uld hurt th e Afri can peoplemos t of al l. Official statementsputting forward this policy haveheen posted to l.he universities thathav e passe d resolutio ns in sup -110ft of the boyco tt.

Some firms han dling SouthAfri can goods have laun ched ana dvertising campaign under thes logan "Buy South Af r ican" . Axlrde carrying this slog an shown

London Conference Soon

Swee

"Going Up?" - Whiles Only! _AFRICA LIFTMEN SACKED

AGENTS WANTED

I

Mariri, Mor iti Simo n Mog anedi ,Makalepeng Jim Morewane,Mareshe K I a a s Ma dinane,Kgoloke Jame s Mahlaghume ,Sibele Jo hannes Mat loke, Monom-bane Jam es Molu ba tse, Mor owaneFrans Swaledi , ChieftainessM adinoge Pholokwe, Kgore JimMakoleng, Hlope JohannesMann. Chiefta mess Pholokwe isthe mot her of two sma ll childrenaged five and two years respe ctive-ly.

Commenting on the plea to theBritish Prime Minister CanonJohn Co llins said he would do allin his po wer to save the Sekhuk-hun eland tnbesrnen f rom death .

" Now tha t Mr . Swar t is freefrom pa rty politi cal considerat ionsI beseec h him to d o everything inhis powe r to see tha! the SouthAfrican Go vern ment behaves inthat spiri t of mercy which is thepeculiar disting uish ing mark ofthe Chris tian gospel ," he added.

• Last week-end CanonCollins discussed the matterwith our new Governor-General who promis ed to con-sider it carefully.

the reduc ed rat es of pay.

Deputations of food and can-ning wor kers in othe r areas willsee emp loyers to ask them not toimplement Wage DeterminationNo. 179, but to reta in the Co n-ciliation Board Agreemen t rea chedbetween the Unio n a n d thebosses .

THE SPI RIT OF THE WOR-KERS IS M ILITANT AND THEBOSSES A RE CLEARL Y WOR -RIED ABOUT T HE DISMALFAILURE O F T HE IR "ST AY-OUT-OF-T HE-FAC T ORY" DE -MAND AND UP T O TH ETIME OF W RIT ING T H EBOSSES HA VE NO T BEEN

ABLE TO FIL L TH E IR FA C-T OR Y WITH SCA B LABO UROR TO I N D U C E THELO CKED-OUT WO RK ERS TOALLOW T HE MSELVES TO BEROBBED OF NEA RLY 16 PE RCENT. OF T HE IR WAG ES.

NEWAGE

SWING YOUR CARES ASIDE

ALways the Event of the Year!THE TRADITIONAL

(Continu ed from page 1)

It is this spi rit of so lidar ityamong the wor kers which hascaused the ma nagement to res ortto all sorts of methods of induc e-ment . They have tried to persuadethe workers to return to work un-der the new agreements unti l themanagement and the Un ion havecompleted nego tiations.

SUSPICION

Even the bo sses' offer to pro -vide accommodation inside thefactory for Tr ade Union officialswas turned down as the workersconsidered it an att empt to spreadsuspicion among the wor ker s tha tthe Union officials had beenbought by the bo sses.

• Last Sund ay the worker svoted to stay away from workun til the old wage rat es ar e re-stored and urged an other wor -kers not to work at LKB unde r

ROCKET IN ROLL

TO THE MUSIC OF

ALL-in for an aLL-outgood time!

Alf Wyllie's Band

P.E. CANNI G WORKERSSTAND FIRM

Mr. GaitskeD, leader of theLabour Party, following thedismissal in the Appeal Courtlast week of the appeals of 14Sekhukhuneland tribesmen, in-cluding one woman, againstsentences of death for the mur-der of a sub-chief and hisbodyguard.

The tribe smen were convicted ofmurder following un rest inSekhukhuneland arising out of theimposition of the Bantu Au thor-ities Act.

"RESPECTFULLY U R G EYOU IN TERCED E SWA RTREQUESTING HE EXERCIS ECLEMENCY AS NEW GO V-ERNOR-GENERAL," SAY STHE ANC TELEGRAM.

Two of the appellant s had thei rappeals upheld in the Ap pealCourt, they a r e MapethleKgoloke and Leshu ru JackNkadimeng.

T hose awaiting execut ion are as. follows: Makopele John Kgol ane,

Mah as Jack Mariri , Matchele Jo-hannes Ngowake, Segopotje Jim

Appeals Dismissed

S OP SEKHUKHUNICUTIO ea s ANC

Later on, when the initialexci tement had died down, thewhole group posed for a happypicture (LEFT). On the ex-tr eme left is John Motloheloa,a n old friend of Mrs. Mafe-keng's, who was deported toBasu toland from Cape Townseveral months ago, where heis now an active New Ageseller. Standing right at theback is Duma Nokwe, and thetwo E uropeans who made thetri p ar e W016e Kodesh andHy mie Barsel, Sitting right inthe cen tre of the group is Mrs.Mafekeng herself. and makingup the rest of the gro up areme m bers of the famili es offrie nds of hers. And the babyon Mrs . Mafekeng's lap-3he,of course, is Theresa UhumMafekeng, youngest of the Ma-fek eng children whom Eliza-bzeth took with her on herdramatic flight , and who isno w almost as famous as hermo th er.

"ST OP the executions" is theplea which has been wired

by the African Nat ional Con-gress to the British PrimeMinister Mr. MacMillan and

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~WOMEN ASK FOR~I CLEMENCY ;~ T~~ri~~e~~~no~~~~~~ ~§ following cable to Her §~ Majesty the Queen: ~§ " Women of all races bel: you §§ to intercede for clemency for §§ the fourteen Africans, inclu ding §§ one woman. a mother, awa iting E§ execu tion follow ing tr ibal un- E§ rest afte r the imposition of E§ Bant u A uthorities." ==§ Bu t a message receive d by ~§ the F ederation from the Secre-::§ ta ry of the Governor-General ~§ said that representations to th e E§ Qu een were referred to his ==§ Mi nisters for consideration by ~§ the Govem o....General. ==§ The f edera tion's cable was E§ Sent to Buckin gham Pa lace, not §

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rs. Mufekeng

NEW AGE , T HU I{SDA Y. DECEMBER 17, 1959- - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- -

P OYESTRAIDS

Mrs. Elizabeth Mafekengwhose banishment fromPaarl and subseq uent flightto Basutoland was worldnews last month, was re-cently visited at her presenthome in Basutoland by agroup of Congressmenfrom South Africa led byANC Secretary-GeneralDuma Nokwe.

Mrs. Mafekeng is seenhere (right) overcome byexcitement as she greets hervisitors.

On hearing tha t her visi-tors had arrived , Mrs. Ma-fekeng rushed outside togreet them. Every body pre-sent was overcome by ex-citement, none more sothan Mrs. Mafekeng her-self, as can be seen fromthis picture (right).

A CLeoder

RENTAND

These women formed picket s outside the Jabavu municipal office last week fromsix o'clock each morning. They blocked the gates lead ing to the offices and sang"Senzenina Sibanlje1wa iHigh Rents."

• Their husbands, they complain, lose a day's pay when they are rounded up forarrear rentals.

• Rai ding police knock up the families in the middle of the night.These fami lies are paying their current rentals but are being prosecuted for the

arrears that have mou nted up since the new economic rentals were enforced.

tion would first have to be em-side red by the Department.

*~OSE who are agai nst atonicbombs, in the Saha ra or ai y-

where else, will recognise thevalue of a film like On The Belchwhich will be lau nched witt awor ld-wide preview in 19 differentcountries a t the sam e time on De-cernbel' 17. Those indifferent mg htco me away f rom the show hau nglea rned something of what thepeace -lover s of the world st'ivefor.

All in all , it ough t to beanother convin cer that it would hefar bett er to dump all th e nuc learweapo ns in the sea than haviDi:; afew survivors of mankind 1113-rooned on the beach.

ALEX LA G UM A.

I should like to present youmy co ndolences in connectionwith the untim ely death ofLion el F orman. I did nothave the plea sure of meetin gh im b ut he had won my sin-cere esteem as a comp an ion-in-arm s. It is a great loss toever yo ne strug gling for th ef r e e d 0 m of the Africa npeoples.

Please give my most sinceresymp athy to his wife.

Sincerely yours ,DR. l. POTEKHIN

Institute of Ethnography,Acad emy of Sciences of the

USSR, .Mos cew,

NEXT WEEK-8PECIALA fu ll report by the well-

known American report er,Anna Louise Strong, on thelN Dl A-CffiNA B O RD ERDISP UTE. Th e report waswritten shortly aft er the writ erhad re turn ed from an extensi verecent visit to Tib et.

T HE holid ay season havingopened, Ca pe Town has been

enterta ined amon g other things bythe massed voices of the EoanG roup Choir in the "Messiah"which seems to have become aregula r a nnua l fea ture looked for-ward to by mus ic lovers here .

Th e C oloured Affairs Co uncilchoir ho wever performed behindclosed doors thi s week and musiccritics will hav e to wait for Dr.I.D.'s official hand- out before theycan give vent to their op inio ns ofthe rend erings by these male im-perso nat or s.

It m ight also be inter esting tono te th at of cou rse the choir mayby all m eans adopt a resolution toperfo nn in publ ic-but th e resolu-

Brig. Kassi m: Wounds Healing.

appear cruci al.Amer's app ointment was accom pani ed by others

which suggest a shif t to the right in the UAR govern-

~;;~tah~~r~t~~ ~~:~er:t~s~~JhfoN:~~o~fl ~~io~o~~ I I!!=======::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::==~right-wing of the Free Officers, Education Minis ter - - - - ----- - - ----- - --Kamal Ed dine Hussein ; and the National Unio n isbeing once again reorganised.

RIGHTISTAt the same time, Mohamed Toema, a leader of

the National Union's predecessor, the LiberationRally, a rightist who has been somew hat in eclipsein recent years, was brought into the cabi net.

These moves h ave been made in an atm osphere ofcautious expect ation as Cairo awaits the results of itsrecent financial and economic missions to the U .S.

and the Worl d Bank. Its earn-paign against Chi na-over ananti-UAR speech delivered by

~Syrian CP leader Kh alid Bag-dash a t Peking's 10th anni·versary celebra tion s - was

" . t imed, many he re believe, to. ' . coincide with the UA R initia -

X tivwl~ 'Yl~~hi~J~~~' of thesemissions and the abse nce of:any indications tha t Wes ternloans will be fort hc oming,

the campaign ha s now ended as abruptly as it bega n .Meanw hile, Czechoslovakia offered a new

loan. Cairo wits comment: "K aissouni (Minis-ter of Economy )went to Washington and cameback with a loan from Czechoslovakia."

YPT-SYRIA' STRAINS

ECO NOMIC FACTORS

IRAQ MURDER PLOT

LIONEL FORMAN

AMER'S appointment follows the failure ofthe attempt to assassinate Iraq's Prime

Minister AbdulKerim Kassim,Baghdad hold s the U AR

respons ible for this att empt\ \ ( and links it to the repo rted

) 'IWI t I I it;. ili~ssingSy~fan1!l~i tro°tf~rd~~'Ji . r/fftJl Cair o's Al Akb ar ~tate~ :

(~ ';~~~r·~g:i~;tfrt~~'~ t IS di-)~~. 0 . ' ~. Persistent rumou~s pred ict-

\ ~ . O~tob~~ t~~~bl~hi;n tt~eq i~Baghdad itself , had been cur-rent in Damascus , Beirut. and

othe r capitals since last summer. The tone of Cairo-Damascus anti-Kassirn pro pa ganda since the abortiveattempt and its repeated pro mise that " next tim e thebullets won 't miss" lend a certa in substance to Bagh-dad 's charges .

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CONSPIRACY WASSAID TO HAVE BEEN TO ELIMINATE KAS SIM,BLAME THE CO MMUNISTS, AND SO INDUCETHE IRAQI ARMY TO CRUSH T HE COMMU -NISTS, THUS PAVING TH E WAY FOR A UAR-IRAQ "R ECONC ILIAT ION."

If the DAR was directly or indi rectly behind theassassination attempt, th is resort to terr orism mar ksa progressive degeneration of the position of its sup -porters in Ir aq. Yet the attempt would appear to havebeen well organised ; in the circums tance s the dem andfor People's Court Jud ge Medhawi for a purg e ofthe 'Iraqi security administration and police would

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ELI WEINBERG.

HELP SELLNEW AGE

Poems Published

been chosen from 94 entries in acompetition organised by "TheStar", and that it is being pro-duced by the Trinity Players theofficial Diocesan Drama Group.

WELL WRITTENOf course, it is a good play. It is

well written. it has strong mo-ments of tense drama and action,yet it achieves this with a ]111n1 -mum of technical effects, relyinglargely on its own inherent Ideaand emotion.

The story centres around Fred-erick Aimes a missionary who ISunder arrest for alleged treason,and involves a number of typicalSouth Africans, including the ex-ceedingly well-typed members ofthe Special Branch. The ending ISa little senseless and somewhat de-tracts from the value of what pre-cedes it.ALMOST PERFECT CASTING

Tbe Trinity Players must becongratulated on an almost perfectcasting. Th e central figure ofFrederick Aimes, played byDonald Saunders, is beautifullycontrolled and dominates the sceneeven when he is olIsta2e. The twodetectives, Ken Murray and MarkShute, are so well done that thoseof us who have personal contactwith the real thin2 might almostforget that these are actors.

Pnyl is Barnes as Iso bel Howessuffers from a little nervousnesswhich is at times misplaced, butArthur ,Wilby, as her husbandJacob. is the perfect "Mine Host"in a small Village hotel. Mr.Levinsky, the Jewish traevller, isdone by an exceedingly EnglishNoel Beal, yet achieves warmthand humanity . Robin Scott-Smithas Lawrence Domites IS a littlestiff and formal even for a bUSI-nessman, Barry Spurgeon andBetty Macphail carry off their byno means simple parts exceedinglywell.

It is a pity that this thoughtfulplay was only on for a few daysand limited by the size of thetheatre to a rather small audience.And is it likely that this Chn stmasplay will be played to Non-Europeans?

Latest Fighting TalkThe December issue of Fighting

Talk is another bright num ber fullof interesting art icles which rangefrom an account of South Africa'sexiles to an article on Tretchikoffand another on Telepathy.

This latest issue also deals withFort Hare, the Immorality Act andAfrica and the United Na tion s. Itis on sale at all New Age offies at6d. per copy.

A collection of poems, "Th e DarkGoddess," by A. Yousuf of Fords-burg, Johannesburg has been pub-lished by The Mitre Press, London.

Mr. Yousuf is 28 years old andfirst started writing poetry aboutfive years ago. This volume of 27poems is his first. In "The DarkGoddess" the author has dispensedwith traditional metrical forms fora prose form in order to permit theexpression of a wide range offeeling.~

DADOO POLICY

Review of "Candle In The Hea '

Dr. Asvat ResignsFrom I I.C.

"The Executive Committeeof the Transvaal Indian Con-gress following the adoptio n ofthe Dadoo policy considerstbat it fA' the primary task ofthe organisation to build andmaintai ' the ma:cilnom unityamong the peopfe. To this endif bas and will continue to doall in its power to pro secut etbis policy.

"The Executive at the sametime places on record the manyyears of unstinting service ren-dered by her to the organisa-tion in particula r and the causeof the freedom of the oppres-sed people in general. It ap-

r~a~:r ~his r::~~:eu;~e~~~t~ri~ 11I1--------- -her heart.

"The Committee appeals toall Congressmen to redoubletheir efforts and"work so thatthe progress of the TransvaalIndian Congress and t,lie move-ment as a whole will continuetowards areate r success."

~,~:~o~~g t~~solE~:Cnu~;:Committee of the TransvaalIndian Congr.ess:

"The Executive Committeehas given weighty considera-tion to recent unpleasantness,internal occurences involving anumber of personali ties, which 1II1-- ---- - - - -to some measure threatenedthe harmonious functioning ofthe organisation. In the beliefthat unity will be maintamed,Dr. Asvat, of her own accordhas tendered her resignationfrom the Executive and Work-ing Committee, which withgreat regret the Executive ac-cepts.

MISSIONARY ARRESTEDFO TREAS'

'.('HERE has been an im-mense revolution in the

thinking of many Europeansin South Africa. Who but thekeenest students .of politicscould have foreseen it tenyears ago?

"A Candle In the Heart" pro-duced by the T rinity Players atthe Intimate Th eatre, illustratesthis trend once more.

Ten years ago it would have re-quired considerable courage' of so-called "leftists" to stage this kindof play for white audiences. Yetthe significant thing is that it has

BRAVESTOCK-Chiel LUluli

Never in the history of ourcountry were the forces of democ-racy so united as they are todayto meet the challenge of racial op-pression and tyranny. An un-breakable friendship, alliance andunity has been achieved betweenthe African and Indian people intheir resolve to defeat Apartheidand segregation, he said.

Detailing the various demandsof the Congresses, Dr. Naickerdealing with the demands of theworkers, said that every worker isentitled to at least £l-a-day andit is his right to belong to a re-cognised Trade Union.

"We therefore ask for an in-crease in wages for our peopleand we fight for equal trade unionrights," he added.

Urging the people not to divertfrom the non-violent path, Dr.Naicker said: "Let us march for-ward with the cry of Afrika! andmake our country a happy placefor all the different races who in-habit it.

"Fo rward to a South Africa

~~e;cl ~doe~ b~~ia~a1~~C::~ina tion !" l l~~~~~~~~d l ~=~=~~~~~~

Nationalist Party on the colour is-sues. That is why the official op-position, the United Party, triesto out-Nat the Nationalists. Fewwould mourn its demise."

Stating that Dr. Verwoerd, "apotential dictator" has succeededin gaining undisputed control of theNationalist Party and in turn ofParliament, Chief Lutuli said thatthis mean.. that "we have entereda most crucial and decisive stagein our struggle for freedom."

"The task of the ANC in this •.situation is to encourage andbuild a spirit of defiance to op_J-- - - - - ----pression and the courage to re-I I(F-~~55~~~~~~1 1sist oppression," he added.

Continuing he added: "We arenot without strength and someadvantages. Ad nauseam I havesaid that white South Africa isvulnerable. We are a giant thatdoes not know its strength. Wecome from a brave sturdy stock."

Dealing With the Boycott, ChiefLutuli stated that "our sympa-thisers are organising overseasboycotts of South African goods,"added that this should be an in-centive to us in our limited boy-cott here in South Africa.

• "We can mobilise and harnessour economic power as workersand as consumers to strengthenour liberation movement."

"Unbreakable Friendship"- Dr. G. M. Naicker

Stating that a great tide offreedom was sweeping acrossthe Continent of Africa, Dr.Naieker said that in SouthAfrica too there was a greatupsurge for freedom.

"Your Congress in alliance withthe other Congresses and demo-cratic forces is destilled to be inthe vanguard of our mighty non-

7~01~nt ~~~.?a~~:~ inJe;;~~r~~:n:~~all." said Dr. G, M. Narcker, Pre-sident of the South African In-dian Congress, when he officiallyopened the ANC National AnnualConference

"Although our beloved ChiefLutuli is not with us we knowthat every breath of his existenceis dedicated to the cause of Free-dom," he said.

Attractive po sters were displayed. Seen here are Miss N. Malgas(left) and Mr. Z. Malas, two of the demonstrators.

"I REGARD it as an honourto be here because I be-

lieve that the African NationalCongress is the most potentforce for democracy in thismulti-racial land.

From M. P. Naicker'T HE liberation struggle is

on in earnest in our ownSouth Africa and in the rest ofAfrica," declared Chief A. J.Lutuli, exiled President-Gene-ral of the African NationalCongress, in his Presidentialaddress which was read out inhis absence to the mass open-ing session of the 47th natio-nal annual conference of theANC.

"The number of men and wo-men persecuted for their politicalfaith and stand by the NationalistParty Governm ent since it cameinto power In 1948, is the largestin the Union's history," he said.

Stating th-at this year alone closeon to 4,000 people, mostly women,have been victims of the Nation-alist Government's tyranny, ChiefLutuli added: "To these cham-pions of the noble cause of Free-dom and Democracy I say:'Mo ney to give you we have none,but in full measure we expressour deep felt sympathy and ad-miration. We are proud of you'."

"The traged y of our situation isthat the overwhelrmng majorityof white South Africa support the

From Opening Speeches 01 A.N.C. Conference

WE COME FRO

Makeupa

Party forour

New AgeXmas

Eve Dame

From Temba MqotaPORT ELLZABETH.

T HERE are many signs that theyouth in the Eastern Cape

have begun to organise themselveson a mass scale. Youth activitiessuch as picnics, concerts, gamesand a dance club have success-fully been started and the en-thusiasm of the young peopleseems to be unquenchable.

Recently, this area was visitedby the President-General of theYouth League, Mr. Pat Molaoa,who revived great interest amongmany branches of the YouthLeague. A number of SOCialgatherings and politica l discus-sions were held during his bne fstay. The Youth only wished hecould have stayed longer.

BROADEN ORGANISATIO NSpeaking at a mass youth rally

Mr. Molaoa explained the natureof the Youth League and thefunctions which it was its duty toperform. He strongly encouragedthe youth to broaden out theirorganisation to accommodate allthe cultural and sporti ng demandsof the young people ,

FESTIVAL OF OPPRESSIONReferring to the 50th Anni·

versary of Union celebrations thatare being organised by the Nation-alist Party, Mr. Molaoa said:"These celebrations are nothmgbut an attempt to deceive us mtojoining our oppressors in adespicable glorification of 50 yearsof oppression under the Act 01Union 1910."

HE URGED TH E YOUTHLEAGUE TO SET UP INDE·PENDENT FESTIVAL COM-MITIEES, DRAWN FROMRANKS OF YOUTH FROMA~L WALKS OF LIFE ANDOF ALL RACES TO PREPAREFOR THEIR OWN NATIONALYOUTH FESTIVAL WHICHWILL BE HELD EARLY INTHE NEW YEAR.

BIG ANC PARADEIN CRABOCK

CR ADOCK.T HE Cradock branch of the

ANC recently organisedone of the biggest demonstra-tions ever held here. Thedemonstration was against op-pressive laws and injustice.

More than 270 volunteers tookpart in a poster parade whichmoved up and down the streetsatt racting many people to the de-rnonstrauon.

Among the placards was onecongratulating Professor Mathewson his courageous stand In reosigning from Fort Hare.

Certain members of the SpecialBranch travelled all the way fromGraharnstown to Cradock to at·tend the demonstration s and al-tho ugh no arrests took place. po-lice went to the houses of someof the demonstrators the follow-m~,4~ ~nd aS2~Of~K~~~nam~~I-------------------_'_':""'-_---=---------J

FROGS DOES NOT PREVENTCATTLE FROM DRI NKING INTHE RIVER."

After ANC Youth LeaguePresident's Visit

Youth League Zoomsin E. Cape

NEW AGE . THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1959

Mr. K. TO AFRICADURING his recent visit to

the Soviet Union the Pre-sident of the Republbic ofGuinea told reporters that hehad invited Soviet PremierKhruschov to visit his country.Khruschov had not yet repliedto his request. Toure added,but he was hopeful that hewould be able to greet the So-viet Premier in Guinea soon.

Earlier this year EmperorHaile Sellasse of Ethiopia alsoextended an invitation toKhruschov to pay a visit toAfrica, and unconfirmed re-ports stated that Mr. K. waslikely to pay a visit to a num-ber of countries in West Africaas well as to ' Ethiopia sometime next year.

Travelling Competition?

IKE IN ASIATHE he arty rece~tion

given to PresidentE isenhower on his recenttrip to Eu rope and Asiastands in marked contrastwith the cold welc omewhic h the late John F ost erDulles used to receive whenhe made similar jo urneys,

The difference in the natureof the receptions given to thetwo men is partly attributableto the oersonal charm whichIke possesses and Mr. Dullesnever had.

BUT THE MAIN REASONTHAT IKE WAS WEL·COMED WHEREVER HEWENT WAS THAT THEPEOPLES OF THE COUN-TRIES HE VISITEDWISHED TO APPLAUD THEMAN WHO HAD METWITH SOVIET PREMIERKHRUSCHOV AND THUSOPENED THE WAY FOR ADRAMATIC REDUCTIONIN WORLD TENSIONS.

Cold war thinking was clear-ly uppermost in his mind whenhe spoke to the Govemment

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in; ;!t9tl BELGIAN SOCIALI TS ICONDE N CONGO POLICY

T~Ci~I~S~ir;:~y o~e~~~d~eI1~aa~ ~:b;~~ i~l~~te ~~~:;dl r~:~I~~i~~sn e~~the Congo be given independence pressing their opposition to thewithin the "Belgian Community" sending of troops to the Congo.and denounced the Government's The minister for the Belgianplan to send more troops to the Congo, Mr. De Schrijver alleged.Congo. Mr. Vollard urged immedi- during a debate in the Belgian Par-ate "round table" talks with repre- liament, that the meeting of Congo-sentatives of the political parties of lese people for independence wasthe Congo. unlawful and said that the Colonial

In Brussels students of the Free authorities and the security forcesUniversity were attacked by fascist were not responsible for the mas-elements during a demonstration saere at Ruanda Ruindi. He rejec-against the sending of more troops ted the proposal of the Belgianto the Belgian Congo. The fascist Communist Party for immediateset fire to posters condemning gov- negotiations with the Congolese peo-ernment policy in the Congo while ple and insisted on going ahead withthe police stood by. an "election" which will further de-

Many youth organisations and lay Congo independence.

arred Books·he eason

THESE PICTURES TELL A MILLION TALESA million Cubans recently gathered in the streets

of Havana at a giant rally to protest against the bombing ofunsuspecting Cubans by American-based aeroplanes. The pic-tures show (left) one of the victims of the bombingand (below)part of the huge crowd gathered in angry protest against theU.S. for allowing aircraft to leave her soil on the murderous

venture.

The attack, far from striking terror into the hearts of thepeople of Cuba as it was supposed to do, aroused the Cu-bans as never before in defence of their newly-gained inde-pendence and freedom. A million people assembledin Havana alone to denounce the U.S. imperialists for al-lowing the agents of the overthrown Cuban dictator Batistato use bases in America for armed terror attacks against

the people of Cuba.

The Americans at first hotly denied that they bore any reosponsibility for the attacks, but this denial only served toincrease the anger of the Cubans. So powerful were thedemonstrations that followed that the officials in Wash-ington were compelled to eat their words, and they finallyundertook to see to it that the bombing raid would never

be repeated.

• Meanwhile the enemies of Cuban freedom continue toreveal new plots for the overthrow of the Castro Govern-ment, but every time they are frustrated by the strengthand unity of the Cuban people, who are overwhelming intheir support of the new popular regime.

On October 26 the inhabitants of the Cuban village ofSocorra were peacejuly going about their business, whenan aeroplane suddenly swooped down upon them from theskies and rained bombs down upon them. Two of the vil-lagers were killed and a number wounded. THE AERO-PLANE R ETURNED TO ITS BASE IN FLORIDA ,

U.S.A.

ment also provided that both in people?" interjected his assistant,the case of the present British Mr. Somov,exhibition . i~ . Moscow and the WILLIAM MORRIS

t~~d~nex~~~II~IO~e~~ y~~r,he~fth~~ Regarding the ~o~ufne of v~rse a.ndC OMMENTING on the with- tracting two to three thousand party had the right to propose the essays by Wilham ,Morn s which

drawal of books from th e visitors a day. clearly. demon- ~ithdhi~h\o~ ~na bb~k regard- ~Yb0°~~d:~f~~d ~g~td~h~n?b~~~Brit ish book exhibition no w str~~~~al~:J t~~ss~~~~s oti'i~~it~~ ~~ g W I a ou s. tion 10 no way concerned WilhamOn here, Mr. Alexander Ry- any Soviet reader. HITLER ON COVER Morris himself or his writings-b in, head of the Soviet pub - Many dre w paran els between He listed the main grounds for ob- ;:i~~~h~n bt~~k S~~lv~s ~ft~~: ;~~lishing organisation Glav iz- the So viet Union and Nazi jection : hibition.dat, said recen tly: Ge rm any in th e struggle • .Some distorted the foreign and BUT. HE EXPLAINED, IN THE

agai nst which virtually every mt~rnal policy of the Soviet COMMENTARY TO THE SEC-

"~~o~erseh~~l~o~~eth~~u~~t f~/i~~~ Sovi et family lost ~t least one UOIon; TJS~ ~Np~~rLt~r. S3iJ~~~understanding, disapproval or in- member, co~~hed ID the be~ • u~non o~~~rsso~it~~c~ni:;r~n:~~~ SIVE TO A SOVIET READER.dignation among visitors. cold -war sp In t and could in People's Democracies' WAS DRAWN BETWEEN HIT-

"Aonl t~~~;e~t~~~ st~:\~ic:~~s~~~~~ n? :'oay,con~bute to the ex- • Others gave a dist;rt ed picture ~5~IE¥EJ~~~: AND THEtainly the Soviet Union would not hibition s alm-th~ fur!her- of the policyof the Soviet Corn- In Joyce Carey's "Art and Reality"collapse if they were exhibited," ance of Anglo-SOVIet friend- munist Party 10 the field of art; it is alleged that political freedomhe said, adding that a large num- ship and understanding. • Others gave a distorted anti- does not exist in the Soviet Union.ber of foreign books by authors Soviet picture of the Hungarian that the entire spiritual life of theof all shades of opinion are pub- THE AGREEMENT events of 1956. people is controlled and man him-

" Iished in the Soviet Union. The representatives .of the British One volume had also been with- self turned into an aut~mat i on .We .were pr~mpted solely. by the Council had .readlly agreed that drawn because it had a portrait Here, too , a parallel IS drawn

~~~;~ ;~r ~~~ cgoOuOn~ri~~~l~~Sw~~t t~e ~~~~sit;:Je~~e: thaJhot~~dnk;J 0to~~tl:: h~ ~~en~~iere~~~a~ar: b~tween S?ci ali sm in the S.o-the exhibition to help .friendship their Soviet opposite numbers for ~ide . fta~y visitors togthe exhibi- VI~ DOIon and fascist

~~d fri~~~~~i;n~its~an~h;g· B ri~~~ T~~:,lrt::,v~:~est~~~~~~S~h~tx~fu: ~r~ ;;f,inupn~~~~dt~~~a~n~;~i~~d Eli:e~esFraDk. in her ~?ok oni~i~~leof 1:1I .'~he most Important ~h~ s~~~~~ssst~fd ;he th:xhibi;io~~ judge a book solely by' its appear- ~ri~~~t ~~~~~rn,c~~~_:::hS~r:;~ :

His detailed account of the reasons which, Mr. Rybin added: con- ance. . !!an,da allegation that the Sovietwhy Soviet representatives had taincd nearly 4,000 books instead "Regar dless of the contents, this UnIOn was guilty of aggression 10advised the withdrawal of 24 of the 3,000 provided for by the question is too ac~te for us. Why ~ungary and that Sov,iet ta n~sbooks and nine magazines from agreemen~ . should we advertise a man who killed women and children 10the exhibition, which is now at- He also pointed out that the agree' S t&used 10 much arler to our Budapest. I Ill=:=~~~~~~a:::a!ll

NE W AGE, THURSDAY, DECE MBER 1" 1959--- - -- -

Sportlight- by Joe Gqabi

S. Cru tse, pre sident of the CentralTransvaal Africa n Athletics an dCyeli ng Associ ation den ies tha tthe terms of affilia tion to the whitebody were discus sed by Non-Whiteadministrators.

NON·WHlTES EAGERNotw ithstand ing all th is con-

fusion , Non-White sportsm en a reeager to get to the OlympicGames. Mr . Crutse is of theo pinion that the "ability of Non-White s can onl y be assessed if (a)tracks for the purp ose of trainingare available all the time; (b) trialsare held together with the Whiteson the same track at the same

"Lei rs. Molekeng RelurnTo Paarl"

AuslralianWorkers Prolesl loVerwoerdWill N n-

Rea C once•ymplc

NOTWITHSTANDING thetentative arrang ements

being made by Non-Whiteama teur sport adm inistratorsto send a team of Non-Whitesportsmen to participate in theOlympic Games next year, itlooks as though the promisemad e by Mr R. Honey, a fewmonths ago that there will beno "discrimination on racialgrounds" when it came to theselecting of a team to theOlympic Games, will not cometme.

hites Getto Makeames.

time because in athletics the con-ditio ns of the track and sta te ofthe wea the r are important fa ctors.

Yet in spite of the fact thatN on-Wh ite sportsmen lack thenecessary facilities required ' fortraining and to develo p theirta lents to the best of th eir ability,they ar e told "we do not mindyou rep resenting yo ur country ininterna tional games if you produceth e same performances, if notbetter , than the Whites."

• Rather a tricky business this.and it remains to be seen whetheithe "Olym pic Games" dream willcome true.

"WEAfri~~:~ov~~me~~u::withdraw th e banishment orderand to per mit Mrs. M afekenl:to return to her home town,Paarl, to live in peace with herfamily."

This message was sent to thePrime Minister, Dr . Verwoerdby th e Fed era l Council of theAu stralian Fo od Pr eser vers'Uni on.

"The reoort of the banish-ment of Mrs. Mafekeng cre-ated great discussion in Austra-lian tra de u nion circles," th ePreservers' Un ion a lso told Dr.Verwoerd. " An d the banish-ment order has lowered theprestige of the So uth AfricanGovernment in the eyes of theAustralian peopl e.

" The peo ple of the world,with their love of democ racy,call for the right of a ll pers onsirres pective of colo ur or creedto enjo y a decen t standard of

living and free dom from op-pression with the righ t at a lltimes to a fa ir trial and theright to a pp eal."

I DlAIn a letter to th e Foo d an d

Canning Workers' Unio n here,the foo d work ers of India said,"The br uta l repres sive mea-sures take n by the S.A. Go v-ern ment in unleashing the ter-ror of police ar med withmachine guns On unarmedworkers in Paarl is viewed withindignation.

"We sa lute the valiant mar -tyr who la id down his life andadmire the courage and un dy-ing spirit of those injured.

" We sha ll alwa ys wish glori-ous success to all those SouthAfric a n workers who have or-ganised themselves to endcoloni al slavery, economic ex-ploita tion and politic al oppres-sion."

TI:'E conference between thetwo nationa l soccer groups .

-the S.A. Bant u FootballAssociation and the S.A. Afri-can Football Association-will not take place this week.

The dec ision to call off the co n-ference was a rr ived at in Durbanlast week-end when the S.A. Exe -cut ive met S.A. Socce r Federa tionofficials.

The confe rence will only takeplac e when the Ban tu Foo tba llAssocia tion disaffiliat es from theFAS.A. (the Whi te Nationalbody).

The SA African F.A . will wel-come a move for the long-awaited

From 70a.m.to MidnightEvery Day!

IRDOM FDURBA

FROM 23rd DECEMBER TO 2nd J ANU ARY

CURRIES FOUNTAINFFamily Funlor Everyone

* Fun Fair including Wall of Death, the Big Wheel, etc.* Bargains in Clothing, Groceries, Hardware, Toys.* Side Shows including the spectacular ' 'Headless

Woman" and dozens of other items.

* Daily Live Shows by South Africa's Leading Artists.* Dance nightly to Durban's leading band: The San

Remos

SPEND YOUR HOLIDAYS AT THIS GIGANTIC FAIR WHERE THERE WILL BE NO COLOUR BAR!

* See the crowning of the Fair Queen who will be eleeted from scores of participants from all race groups.* Fantastic prizes including a new 1960 model motor car will be given away at th~.!.~. ~,-' _

Spon sored by: D r. G . M. Naicker, Moses Mabhid a, George Singh, Dan Naidoo and Dr. M . ;Edward Street, Durban.

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