EZtb PglQ.Tagc.,_JL23JL.IMVO ZABANTSUNDU BOMZANTSI AFRIKA (SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE OPINION)

Fgo Yulindlela.[ I m p e n d u lo k u R e v J A

C a la ta ,’]

Mhleli,

Inqakn lomhlobo warn oxabiseki- leyo u Rev J A Calata ndilibcne epepeni em vi koknba bendenze ingcaciso ngendawo etdimena ndi buzwa ngazo ngabantn ngabantn. Pofn ngati ndimhlangabezile um- Kwayi omhle kwezona cdawo zininzi azite ie kuwe Mhleli, esendi. cela uknba undipe tdiqoshelise

ezisileleyo, (x) Umgangato weta (princ'ple) ngonokuba itsinalu calulo bohlenga bulento. Endaweni yoka baknaya abelnngn sinabo pskafci- kwetu. Nto nje sikutaia ilinga e ltk o .! kelwa ognm.Xcsa, ngetemba loknba nsapo silnfundise nkuhlonela abazali nenkosi kwalueelula, knzokopela umbhaizelo ezilalici. Lento asijo. nkowane yakusasa nje. Sintmicyaka eli 1 5 siyipete singamsgcudwana angszaniyo, oknze nje sidityanisire ngo 1929 pantsi kweli gama le African pioneers. Zi Pathfinders esizibone zifika koti ngo 1930 zisiti lommendla siknwo nsand’ uknsikwt uknba ube ngowazo pantsi ko Ball wase Nxukwebe, Elinene saqala lomini nkuhbona, lsye lisiti lizimisele uknpuma esimleni lisebenze nas;zi- lalini ezi seziknti, Okwenene laye-

nza lonto lawndiliza knnene umsebe- czi wetu, alawufihla nakuti nmgeobo

walo mhla lseehluta enye indawo.

(2) Indawo yegama eliti “ Funi. ndlela” nantso enqakwini lam leveki epelileyo, Xa lemibuto is hlukile nknpatwa kwayo yimfanelo nkuba namagama scaznlulwe, bazckuyiqo. cdisita abantn in! o ababizelwa knyo endaweni yoknba kutiwe inye yonke lento. Yu ye nenguqnlo yalamagama ilnla kosiveyo isi.Ngesi, (3) ‘ ‘Banc, yolo abaxolelanisi.” Levesi ifanele kanye lomntu wati sisebenza ngoku- te cwaka ngcxolo, wsfika wadala iaidubedube. I Bible le isaboyisa nabelnnga xa sibhenela knyo no. kuya ingabo abafanele nkcsifundisa

yona ngezenzo. Kgoko andiz’ uka j yipata mna kwelituba. ( i ) “ ibantn| abanckofiikokcla knyo Egabo knpela sebeke buyilinge.” Lenyamso ine ngozi knba lento yaqalwa ngn Nkosi. nkura zingekabiko nokubako i Pathfinders. Ycnke i^to iqalwa ngoknliagwa. K.udala eiiilingelo imanyano zibalinai, nafcav^ti, ncti- tshala, nabtsebenzi, eziaye ziwe, zimbhi zime, singsmcssanga nganto nmlnnga kczo, kwanjengoknba na- kule esilwi nabala lomcye nmnta, silwa isoiio Betu sokulidela ilinga lomnje cmntu omnyams feubs enge- yonkokeli yaiudumo, nesono Eorayi- capc&ela into e a g a q a l a a g a yakokeiws siti Nokuba bako aba. mhlope isentle into yokuba abeko a in a Afrika efanda nkuitskokela nhianga esemtsha, t na siyeke ukcti mawakwele.e nmlusga knba isguye onclwazi ea h abeni, ngapandle kwa suno. (5 ; Oyeaa mthelekisi asingn. ye u Mhloli, blinene tati lakoyiswa knkttsiginya mtikuliwe. I iloko ye Pathfinders, n Jones, ibind liambdle

! endlwini Bga’e ca»a ipelileyo.

(Hdiqonde encokwem yetr. u an b a;

| kacti *kasazi is?.dada semfe <uf.s;l iwa . < lipakati kfee &;ictawwj:abi.ai3* tu-aa !

ibutc, pandie • «oqa. ••jtyelw e '"-Irrh.ula. Sg-’.w0 squba \

’ ngenye M .. aktjb; ; wa- nfcland’olo ' . 'iutshu h- :

: jixfasw e ie,: lo yoxctx*?.'. mhia loyit^a 4 1 tcala yarsdaie ukut/ilvra ito *

Bhalo.ITdlm ngenyan.so,

D D X J-BAVU.

27th October 1911IMVO ZABANT3UNDU B0MZANT3I AFRIKA (SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE OPINION)

«• » , I m b h a l e l w a n oNGE PATHFINDERS.

f ' “ 1

Mhleli otandeksyo,_ ‘ ,

Fdivomsle njecgcmnye we nko- keli zo Vnlkdlela abszi Pathfinders ndike ndenze atembalwa mahmga namanqskn aso'oko ebocakala epepeni lako Iodumo ngalombuto.

ltd*wo yckcqala igama lokuba

Bingo Fonfndlela (Pstheeekerg) tsin i.

ka sicgakange siti siyalifana. Siya- knbnlela kaknln rgalcm beko kcd*a sixolele cgalo.

Aknlnla nkngcqnlwa kweligama liti Sc:nt ngapandla kokuba nmntn •fake inteto esingiBe’e emkosini we. mtazwe esingengnwo ke tin*. Wonke nmntn onecgqondo epilileyo enje ngale yako nnoknqonda nknbi nkngcqnlwa knka “Sc:m,” ‘'Pkthfindtr,” "P.oneer” uknze kncacise into oyiyo nmtuto knfike ktidibane gameni linje eli liti “Ynlindlela.”

Indawo yeeibia zin'nzi kaknlu ingxakeko csihlar-gana nazo xa si inga nknkonza isliwe sakowetn, Jatgela lombnto we "Joint Co ncil” bininzi abawnbeka ibala, abnnye bati make.' tiwe yi Native Welfare, abanye bsti aknlnnganga nknpake'ana kwetn na bamhlope ngezimvo nfokangati sili rgina nabo. Abanye biteta le ab»sye enye kcdwa ke knfco mntu unengqo

! ndo ocgaiijo okoknba “Banoyo'o abaxolelaniai.” Siyazi cknba ovuli- ndlela rokofenba zi Pathfitdera noko- knba zi P.oneers injongo yabo inya lnqeqesho lcsapo ngemigaqo ye Sc.ntng . Swa;e abantn abanoknai. kokela kcyjcgabo kipela sebske ba-

' yilioga, nokoknba balolopina nhlang* Mna fce Mhleli wcm ndiyakuhlata kaknln njecgo Mhleli, uyatelekis*. Inteto yako yeyokatelek&a asiyiyo yokuxolelatiaa.

Tbamele kukcsibiza gilnsipo lwaio Bonke nti make sijele esikubonayo okalilnngelo le s'zwe knlo mbnto

knba ke lombuto wande kakaln awnzo ‘Thousands acd Thousands’ nrgep:zn kolro. Ngspiya koko musa ukuxela ab qekeki xa bashumayela nqakfko bona baqala ugokngseka ezinye i Tyalike, cfike besalata ama. dlala dergati ja nngene kwtyabo i Tyalike nyalnba sowuse Znlwini. Kambj wai yan ss n Tyamzashe wsti ‘ Hai absiiti Abamnyama ” Mna

kobam cbudenge nbnyaknba nyawn- nceda nirzi xa nbawccaze’a okoknba kntiwanina uknagenwa kulcmbnto wo Vn'indlfilo. (2) Zizipina i Prinoip’es csekwe pezu kwazo.

(3) Ngubinina oyintloko yawo? j ' i Zipina i Headquarters ziwo Ndi/azi ukaba njengeroti uyaknyi- p»pa?ha lenewtdi nata ingabhilwanga ngesi.Xc.sa esilargili-yo,

JAM ES A CA LA TA ,

D P M for North Midlands Country '

Districts, Cr dock.

(SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVE OPINION)

?African Pioneers”;A N A T IO N A L M O VEM ENT.

T h e C en tra l C om m ittee o f the

Af r i c a n P i o n e e r s , in an sw er

to m an y enqiuries, h a ve decided

to issu e the fo llo w in g statem en t

for g en era l in form ation :—

A s ea rly as 1916, one en terp ri­

sing B a n tu teach er, M r. T h om as

N kosinkulu, th en at the R an d ,

started a B a n tu troop o f scouts,

e n tire ly on h is ow n in itiative,

being goaded b y th e sore need

o f a so cia l organisation th a t

should atten d to the w e lfa re o f

th e b lack boys and girls during

th e ir most im pressionable y e a rs

o f life. On transferrin g to G ra-

ham stow n he continued th is i

so cia l a c tiv ity , h is exam p le

being fo llow ed with the resu lt j th a t th e “ A fr ic a n B rigade for

B o y s and G ir ls” w as founded at

an A lic e d a le conferen ce rep re­

senting work being done a t U iten-

h age, A ddo, G rah am sto w n and

P o rt E lizab eth . A t th e sam e

tim e sim ilar work w a s going on

a t V ic to r ia E a st, P o rt A lfred , etc

under d ifferent nam es, e.g. Cam p

F ire G irls , C h u rch L a d s B rigade,i, etc. T h ese independent units

fin a lly com bined in 1929 under

j th e nam e o f “ A fr ic a n P io n eers” j

' with a con stitu tion accepted j

b y a ll concerned. O ur system o f j

tra in in g the you n g was on lin es , m ost approved o f b y parents. |

t W e are thankful to say we h a vef

m any E u rop ean frien d s w ho : sym pathize with, and support our

hum ble effort, a lthough it w a s j begun and h as continued to be j conducted as a p u rely A fr ic a n j

n ation al m ovem ent, genuine in \

its inception and conception. W e i h a v e no p rejudice w h a t e v e r ;

a g a in st w h ite people. O n th e j

c o n tra ry w e co rd ia lly in v ite th e ir j co -o p eratio n under our constitu- i

t io n a t a ll tim es. W e fee l i t !

is th e d u ty o f A fr ic a n parents

th em selves to take up the respon­s ib ility o f tra in in g th e ir sons and

i d au g h ters, c iv ilise d and uncivi- * lised , educated and uneducated,

school-goin g, tow n and country,I in th e ir own hand. T h is m u st !be th e ir p erson al resp o n sib ility ! by m eans o f a co m p re h e n s iv e :

union o f B ai tu p aren ts on a j

; n a tio n al scale. O ur a im and j prin cip le is to train our ju v e n ile s j

in th e v irtu e s o f obedience, jresp ect and love for th e ir elders, j

h . . * paren ts, headm en, ch iefs , p a r a - !m ount ch iefs , K in g G eorge V , th e U n ion J a ck and th e U nion '

F la g . W e strongly stress th is j

resp e ct for elders and c h ie f s 1

| b ecau se it is harm onious with our ;

A fr ic a n trad itio n w h ich in the 1 good old days gone b y had pro- i

I duced a so cia l system th a t h as

I d raw n th e adm iration o f the ,! m odern c iv ilised world for its |

efficiency and ra c ia l s o lid a r ity . ' W e b elieve th at th e B a n tu h ave ! th e leg itim ate r ig h t to aspire

to a fa ll con trol over th eir ow n

n a tio n a l m ovem ents and so cia l

organ ization s. W h ile we adm it

th a t m istakes and fa ilu res are to

be found in certa in organizations,

we feel ju s t ly proud th a t w e ca n ; point to success in our a sso c i­

atio n s fo r T each ers, F arm ers,

V o te rs , C h u rch es, N ts ik a n a D ay,

F in go D a y , In k ata yakw a Zulu,

T h e B asu toland P ro gressive

A sso ciation , T h e Z u lu L eagu e

for Y o u th , C on ven tion s o f C hiefs,

and others, conducted by A frican s ;

w ithout the im plication of an ta- j

gonism to E u rop ean s a n y m o r e 1 th an th a t E uropean S o cieties like

th e B en evo len t A id , R o tary , Toe

H , T oe Emma, C hild P ro tection ,

etc, can be accu sed o f bein g an ti- ji

N a tiv e only for b ein g non -n ative.

W e ca ll a tten tio n to th is on ly

b ecau se certa in persons h ave

tried to rev ile and m isrepresen t

us as being anti-w hite. W e h ave

a lw a y s urged and shall continue

to urge friend sh ip and co-opera­

tion w ith E u rop ean s, and w e j

2.

j b e lieve th is can be a tta in ed

w ith o u t ruling out B a n tu m ove­

m ents as bein g n ecessarily

rebellious, anti-w hite or undesir­

able. A lth o u gh we m a y lack

; funds a t p resen t for the vigorous

p rop agation o f our organization, i ’

n everth e less we are convinced

th a t th e m ovem ent an sw ers a

ca ll, supplies a grow ing need, and

uiSets an am b ition found in all

the peoples o f th e world. W e

are confident th a t it w ill develop

and w e a th e r th e storms o f jealo u s

critic ism , and ju stify i ts e lf in dile tim e.

Signed m b e h a lf o f th e C en tra l

C om m ittee : — T. N kosinkulu,

(C b ie f P io n eer), G rah am sto w n ;

. S h eila M terabu, (S ecretary), Gqu-j ".ynjs.hashe, A lice ; D . D. T. Jabavu,

(Treasurer', F o rt H are; S. Gama-

n d *. P o rt E lizabeth ; C. T . S a k v e . Idtivy-i,-,.: C, A . S ig ila , H v k l-

to-wi.-; C ec ili . Nik&ni, Lr.vedale; B. B okw e, N tselam an zi; A m elia N ja n g w a s a , L oved ale; F . H M. Z w id e, P o rt E lizab eth .

P .S .— W e have ascerta in ed from

the E d u catio n D epartm ent th a t

!it offers no h in d ran ce w hatever

to m ovem ents o f th is k ind in ­

asm u ch as th e y are p u rely social and dom estic, being outside o f th e cu rricu lum . T each ers an d oth er helpers a re therefore fre e to en ter th is m ovem ent as th e ir

, spare time hobby w ithout prejut- I d ice or coorion brought to b e a r

Ion them b y inspectors or o th er officials. W e appeal to all public sp irited citizen s, b ack and w h ite,

to a ss is t our offort b y iden tifyin g th em selves w ith our m ovem ent as w ell a i by opening new b ran ch es and to spread p rop a­ganda in the fu ll knowledge that, by so doing th e y w ill contribute in ra is in g th e so cia l cond itioa o f

' th e B an tu .* i

Collection Number: AD1715

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS (SAIRR), 1892-1974

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