f ANC CaU For ISRAEL AND DULLES Drought Belief SWARFS “SPY DILL” A DANGER JOHANNESBURG. It is the duty and the respons­ ibility of the Government! to take immediate and effective ARM S RACE steps to ameliCAPE TOWN.—THE OFFICIAL SECRETS BILL NOW BEFORE PARLIAMENT CONTAINS might find himself liable to the in supplying equipment. It sent eighteen heavy SOME DRASTIC PROVISIONS WHICH ARE A THREAT TO THE DEMOCRATIC LIBERTIES severest penalty laid down under the Act—15 years imprisonment. tanks off for the army of Saudi Arabia. Congress deplores the condi­ OF ALL CITIZENS. Explaining to the Senate Foreign Relations Com­ tions which have been deliberate­ And he will be presunaed guilty unless he can prove he is innocent. mittee, Dulles said that the tanks could never be WORLD STAGE ly imposed upon the African Under this Bill, it may be an offence, punishable by long terms of .imprisonment up to used against Israel, because the desert between Saudi people by the Government, says His crime? Conduct “prejudicial to Arabia and Israel was an impassable barrier for the statement 15 years, to the safety or interests of the tanks. Union.” B y Spectator 1. Organise or take part in or even report a strike, for example, of miners, dock workers, Surprisingly enough, Dulles is probably telling the The statement also expresses This is a terrible threat to hang truth when he says that the tanks are not intended its appreciation of the efforts post office or factory woikers; over the head of any newspaper­ for use against Israel. And, perhaps equally surpris­ made by New Age to draw the man at any time. And it can happen ing to some, the tanks very probably ARE intended attention of the pubUc and the 2. Publish information in a newspaper which can be interpreted as “prejudicial to the safety And it leads to the supreme contradiction—the or interests of the Union**; tomorrow, in peace-time, in terms for use against America’s ’’ally,” Great Britain. integration of Israel into the system of war forces Government to this serious situ­ of this Bill. U.S.-BRITISH OIL DISPUTE in which the central position is held by the generals ation of famine in the country. 3. Associate with individuals whose actions are held to be “prejudicial to the safety or in­ A week before anything was known of the tank of the West German army, men who were the part­ terests of the Union.** Although Minister of Justice shipment, the New l^tesman and Nation was writ­ ners or pupils of Hitler in his campaign to extermi­ Swart claims this Bill is practically ing of “the breakdown of Anglo-American policy in nate all Jews. The Bill is ostensibly designed “to provide for toe protection that an accused has been in contact toe same as the British Official Saudi Arabia” (Feb. 11th). It disclosed that Mr. NOT NECESSARY Pass your copy of from disclosure of officu^ secrets.” In toe atmosphere of anti-Com- with a “foreign agent” in the Secrets Act formeriy in force in Evelyn Shuckburgh, the head of Britain’s Foreign It is not necessary for Israel to be enmeshed in munist and anti-democratic hysteria prevailing in toe Union today, Union or elsewhere, it shall be pre­ this country, as it stands it is one Office Middle East Department, had been sent to this web of contradictions. Her problems are the however, it is quite possible that those who fight for democratic sumed, unless the contrary is of toe most sinister pieces of I^is- Washington with documentary evidence that “the direct result of the chase after dollars which Israel's rights for all will find themselves treated as “foreign agents” under proved, that he has attempted, for lation ever devised by the Nationa­ Saudis had spent over twenty million pounds in leaders make out to be essential to the country’s NEW AGE the Bill and liable to long terms of imprisonment. a purpose prejudicial to the sa f^ list Government. Yet it has almost creating local opposition to the British-protected existence. As country after country is finding out— or interests of the Union, to get in­ completed its passage through both Sultan of Muscat. He reminded the Americans that including lands even economically weaker than Is­ The Bill lays down that anyone Union.” (Diplomatic representatives, formation likely to be useful to an Houses of Parliament with scarcely these activities were financed by oil royalties paid rael—there exists a mighty camp of peace, including Our picture shows Mrs. Silinga’s children Amos (7) and Laetitia (4), to your friends who, “for any purpose prejudicial by international law, cannot fall enemy. (What is an “enemy”? The a word of protest from the politi­ by the American-controlled Aramco; and that Aram- countries which are socialist, capitalist, former with Mrs. Siheula, the cousin who is lo o k i^ after them. to the safety or interests of the under this clause.) term is not defined in the Bill.) cians. It is up to toe people now co had allowed the Saudis to draw royalties in colonial and semi-colonial—able and willing to pro­ Union approaches, inspects, passes to register toeir emphatic (Ejection. advance to the extent of five hundred million dollars. vide economic assistance. over or is in the neighbourhood of According to this definition, a For the purposes of such a prose­ Even Time points out: “Is­ or enters any prohibited place” “foreign agent” may not be what is cution, it shall further be presumed All he asked was that Ameri­ that an accused has been in commu­ rael could make its own way shall be guilty of an offence ^ and normally understood as a spy. He ca, through Aramco, should if it took its proper place in nication with a “foreign agent” if exercise some financial pres­ liable on conviction to imijrison- need not be in toe employ of a its own region. Its manufac­ ment for a period not exceeding 15 he has merely visited an address at sure on the Saudi Arabian h ree c h il d r e n l e f foreign State. He may be a true which a “foreign agent” resides. tures can find their rightful T years. Garment Workers Government. markets in such undeveloped being looked after by Mrs. Miriai. A Siheula, a cousin of Mrs. Silinga’s, “Prohibited place” is defined as South African patriot and democrat^ Thus even the milkman who “But Mr. Shuckburgh’s ar­ nearby lands as Ethiopia, but in terms of the Bill it might be X Eritiea and in the Arab who gave up her job in Cape Town “any work of defence belonging to delivers milk to a house might find Aid Alwyn guments, it appears, made no or occupied or used by or on be­ impression. Nor, seemingly, states themselves. But to find so that she could care for them. possible for a court to brand him himself liable to arrest unless he such trade in its own area The irony of it all is that Mrs. half of the Government,” including, as a-spy even though he has had could prove he went there to de­ did the strong statement of MOTHERLESS Siheula has four children of her amongst others, any factory or liver the milk and for no other CAPE TOWN. the British case which Sir would require a great change nothing to do with espionage. of heart among its hostile own—being looked after by her dockyard or any place used “for reason. A casual visitor who did not Anthony Eden made last sister in Port Elizabeth. obtaining any metals, oil or mine­ know his host was a “foreign agent” The Garment Workers’ Union week.” neighbours and a great Those who take part in a demon­ of South Africa has sent a con­ change in its own attitude. Israel does not propose Under Verwoerd’s laws, toere is rals of use in time of war.” stration in C ^pt Town docks might find it very difficult to prove Foara DrixM Behind all this, as the New no home life for toe Africans. his innocence. A ^ it is assailed he tribution of ten guineas to the to make such a change itself.” IN PEACE-TIME against the arrival of an American Alwyn Amnesty Committee to Statesman observes, “lies the struggle for oil. In the “Time,” of course, makes no mention of toe huge Annie Silinga Deported Mothers are tom from toeir chUd- aircraft-carrier might well be ac­ is guilty until he has proved him­ battle for Middle-Eastern oil, Britain has been ren, wives from toeir husbands—all But it should be borne in mind self innocent assist the family toe young market in the socialist sector! cused in terms of this Bill of com­ Worcester people’s leader who is steadily losing ground.” IMPORTANT CHANGE in toe name of pressing Western that the Bill applies in peace-time mitting an act prejudicial to the IN IHAT BATTLE FOR OIL BRITAIN NOW civilisation. as well as war-time. Thus it is not PRESS FREEDOM at preset serving an eighteen- Jews all over the world who read of the growth to the Tronskei safety and interests of the Union in months prison sentence in Roe- HAS EIGHTEEN MORE AMERICAN TANKS in strength of countries like Egypt are understandably I asked Laetitia where her mother only in war-time that -A dockyard the interests of a foreign State. was. She answered, this little tot of or a factory would become a “pro­ Another section of the Bill con­ land Street gaol after a convic­ AGAINST HERI anxious about the continued existence of Israel. They From BRIAN BUNTING Swart and Strijdom and Eric Louw stitutes a direct threat to the free­ tion under toe Suppression of Whatever may be the motives behind the ship­ can well remember the invasion of Israel at the time four: “She’s been arrested.” hibited place.” They are prohibited constantly make this sort of accusa­ CAPE TOWN.—Mrs. Annie Silinga, prominent women*s places right now, even though there dom of the press. It states that if, Communism Act. ment of tanks, they served to force from Dulles, in of her struggle for independence. But what they “What for?”, I asked. tion in Parliament. Is it beyond the in any prosecution on a charge of r S V answer to a reporter’s question, the admission: overlook is that there is now an entirely new situa­ leader of Cape Town, whose application for leave to appeal “I don’t know,” she replied, and is no oflfeial enemy in sight. bounds of possibility that a prose­ publishing anything for a purpose “Conditions for an arms race now ex»st.” tion in the Middle East. against her conviction under section 10 of the Urban Areas started crying again. cutor might make this a formal “We sincerely trust that our “They came and took her in a big Thus any person who “ap­ prejudicial to the safety or interest cheque will to some extent assist The changes which have taken place in Middle Act was recently dismissed by the Appeal Court in Bloem­ charge in court? of the Union, it is proved it was Israel's Position East countries are reflected for example in the oppo­ van,” her brother Amos said. proaches,” say, toe Cape Town or the family of John Alwyn,” says fontein, was removed from Cape Town under police escort “Why did they take her away?”, published by any person other than toe Union’s general secretary. An arms race means a race to war, and such a sition of Egypt, Syria and Jordan to the aggressive Simonstown docks, oiitical, economic and military Who does know? Who can say If, in any prosecution, it is proved safety or interests of the Union. pressure on the part of Britain and the U.S.—an friend one morning at about 9 there was taken under escort to war”) “for any purpose prejudicial The tremendous trade gap, admits Finance Minister o’clock when an African police ser­ her “home” at Nqamakwe, near why this monstrous crime has been Levi Eshkol, ‘is causing anxiety.’ If Israel now gets important contribution towards world peace and a committed, why these children have to toe safety or interests of ffie precious factor also for fostering the cause of peace geant came into her home and said: Butterworth in the Transkei. involved in a sizeable increase in its arms spending, “We have come to fetch you.” Mrs. Mrs. Silinga was born in the But­ been left without their mother, not Union” may be conunitting an its finances will be further out of joint.” between Israel and the Arab states. knowing when they will ever see Repeated declarations of the Egyptian Premier and Silinga went into the bedroom to terworth district, and that is why offence and liable to a 15-year POUCE STOP ETATON DOYCOTTERS FROM Israel is finding herself in the unenviable position get her things together. the authorities say it is her “home” her again? How can these children that is the inevitable result of the policy of docile his fellow statesmen stress that they have no inten­ understand the “crime” of which prison sentence. tion of lighting Israel and that they are ready to Then a big police truck covered to which she must return because subservience to the United States which her leaders with wire mesh pulled up outside she has no “right” to be with her their mother is guilty, the “crime” What does “prejudicial to ^ the chose to adopt after independence from Britain was make peace on the basis of the United Nations of wanting to live in Cape Town safety or interests of the Union” ATTENDING ROAD ROARD SITTING #1/w* 1 c 1 d’l wi C in the street, and two European husband and family in Cape Town. won. Again and again Israel’s leaders have reiterated The authorities maintain Mrs. Si­ with her family, the “crime” of mean? The Bill does not define the formed into a long and patient did not warrant recusal of the ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL policemen in uniform came in. JOHANNESBURG. that they are part of the “Western world,” part of “Are you ready?”, they asked. linga is not legally married to Mr. wanting to be a good wife and phrase. Would a trade union or­ queue that extended round the Board. the “alliance against Communism.” As country after The Western powers and the Israel Government Silinga, though she has her three mother? ganiser approaching the docks or a Scores of police cordoned off a block. itself have attempted to conceal these important “Yes,” said Mrs. Silinga. COURT CASE country has found, it does not pay to sell out too “Aren’t you taking your clothes children to prove the validity of The children already know, and factory to prepare the workers for city building, Union Centre, one day Police and Transportation Board cheaply to the U.S. Dulles tends to take you too changes from the Jewish people and have done so Mrs. Muller said that if the with you?” they asked her. her union with him. But . the autho­ the whole of Langa knows, that it strike action in support of a de­ last week and for several hours officials guarded the Roardroom much for granted and you get left in the lucch at with considerable success. So, for example, when rities are deaf to the calls of huma­ is not Mrs. Silinga who is at fault. mand for higher wages fall under throughout and only 20 Evaton re­ Board did not recuse itself the in­ we first began to draw attention to these iniportant “No,” she replied. stopped and questioned all Non- tention of the Evaton People’s the critical moment. “Or your children?’’ nity. According to Verwoerd’s laws, It is Verwoerd’s laws which make this provision? sidents were admitted to the public FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS developments, one of our readers wrote indignantly the crimes and the criminals, which Europeans who approached toe gallery. The Board chairman refused Transport Council was to apply to to our Letterbox (Dec. 8th, 1955) denying any such “No.'^’ she must go “home.” So she has There is nothing in the Bill to Israel’s policy—because of her subservience to the been deported to Butterworth. turn nature upside down and des­ say this could not happen. Knowing building. This was to stop people an application by Mrs. S. Muller, court for an interdict. U.S.—is full of contradictions: development and quoting a statement “from Colonel “All right, come on then.” “I will walk. You don’t have to She has no “home” toere, no troy life. how readily the Government from Evaton attending toe second appearing for the Evaton People’s The Board then postponed its • After a heroic struggle against the bitterness of Nasser, who told the Cairo correspondent of the Transport Council, that more be ‘New York Times’: ‘We must destroy Israel.’ ” arrest me like a criminal,” said family to shelter her. At the mo­ The expulsion of Mrs. Silinga has accuses of treason those who criti­ public hearing of toe Road Trans­ hearing to consider this matter. oppression at the hands of a foreign power, she now ment the people in toe Butterworth cise its policies, one can anticipate admitted. follows a national policy of oppression against the What Nasser had in fact said—as we afterwards Mrs. Silinga. not done Verwoerd any good. The Outside the Boardroom, Evaton “We have orders to take you with district, as in most areas of the people are angry and embittered. that Mr. Swart’s police would not portation Board, where toeir objec­ Mrs. Muller objected to the pre­ men and women were expressing I Arab population; discovered,—was “NO ARAB TODAY SAYS: ‘WE Transkei, are suffering from starva­ tion to toe renewal of a licence to - r MUST DESTROY ISRAEL’ ” Similarly, most news­ us,” said the policemen. And so They know Mrs. Silinga has been be slow to use the provisions of the sence of the police. their strong objections to the renew­ • Although geographically an inseparable part of tion as a result of the drought this Bill in this way if they could. I ■; the Middle ^ s t , in a region of tens of millions of papers have suppressed the statement of Egypt’s Mrs. Silinga climbed into the truck railroaded because she was a fore­ the bus company they are boycot­ She also applied for the Board to al of a licence to this bus company and was driven away. summer. For all 'Verwoerd cares, most opponent of passes for wo­ recuse itself. The Evaton people and to the intimidating actions of Arabs, with her security and future dependent on Foreign Minister, Fawzy, in Geneva recently; “Egypt Mrs. Silinga may also starve in the “FOREIGN AGENTS” ting was to be lodged. being accepted as a part of the Middle East, she will never attack Israel. It is against the interests of men. And they are determined to had been required to pay a £100 de­ the police. THEY DIDN’T KNOW Transkei. She will get no help from cariy on that fight to the bitter «nd, The Bill contains a number of Even Non-Europeans who worked posit before their objection would shouts from the rooftops that she is part of the Egypt.” *1 the Government to start her life “The boycott will go on until the western world; Instead of seizing the opening for discussion Neither her children nor her hus­ until sanity is restored to the land, provisions designed to prevent the in, or had other business in, this be given a hearing and then were band, Matthew Silinga, knew she again there. She has no land to till, and husbands and wives may live transmission of “information” to seven-storey building were kept out, stopped by armed police from at­ bitter end,” said one man. “We can • Although her struggle for independence suc­ offered by Nasser, Ben-Gurion has rejected it and no hut to sleep in. Only the charity ceeded in no small measure because of the support follows a policy which seems almost to be aimed had gone. Her little girl Laetitia, together in peace with their child­ “foreign agents,” who are defined and this state of seige continued tending the hearing. The Board, no longer sleep peacefully in our aged 4, was playing next door. Her of her feliow-Africans will keep ren, even if they are Black. as persons employed directly or in­ until the District Commandant of said Mrs. Muller, was not in a posi­ homes because of this company,” she received from the socialist countries, she follows at suicide—a policy of provocative raids such as the her from destitution. a policy of slander and hostility to these same recent attack on Syria in which 56 Syrians and six son Amos, aged 7, was at school. In a special message to New Age directly by another State “for the Police, in response to protests, tion to judge the objection fairly said another. ‘WYe oppose this TERRIBLE SHOCK purpose oi committing in the Union because it had described the appli­ countries; Israelis were killed and which was condemned by Her elder daughter, 13-year-old readers, Matthew Silinga says: arrived personally at the scene and company because violence hrs re­ • Alihongh her independence was hailed every­ all of the members of the United Nations, from both Eslina was away at school at St. And what of her children? I call upon all democratic organisa­ or elsewhere an act prejudicial to withdrew all but a small number cation as “particularly frivolous.” where as another stage in the victorious struggle of West and East. And a policy of propaganda and MLatthews. Her husband, Matthew went to visit thwn last week-end. tions and Individuals to play toeir the safety or interests of the of his men. It would appear there was preju­ sulted in toe attempt to force the oppressed people for freedom, she has now cut her­ preparation for a “preventative war” against the Silinga, only found out what had You can see they have had a terri­ part in the fight iqtainst the pass Union,” or who are “reasonably dice. people into submissioa,” said a self off completely from the independence struggle Arab states. The fascist Hcrut and the influential happened when he returned home ble shock. Little Laetitia burst into laws, so that our family, and thou­ suspected of having committed or A steady stream of Evaton people Mr. H. Colman, appearing for the third. General Zionists go so far as to demand an imme­ that evening. He rushed down to the tears the moment she saw me, fear­ sands of others that have been attempted to commit such an act In arrived at Union Ontre throughout bus company, said that if the Board of colonial peoples everywhere, let alone those of the morning and, warned by the Meanwhile, the bus boycott con­ the Middle ^ s t. diate declaration of war against Egypt. Truly, this police station at Langa, but was ing some new disaster. broken up by toe Government, may toe Union or elsewhere in toe in­ desired to regulate its proceedings And the desperate dependence on the dollar is is madness. only allowed to see his wife for She and her brother Amos are be pot together again.” terests of a State otow than toe police not to obstruct the street. with the assistance of the police, it tinues unabated. The recent SABRA conference in Pori Elizabeth, devoted to a discussion of the "Asiatic Question," spells BENT INCREASES danger for the Indian people, warns a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. In this exclusive article, he explains FOR JIFBORG? JOHANNESBURG. why the Nationalists fear the Indians, and how the Indians can best act to save themselves and South For the second time in less than two years Johannesburg City Coun­ Africa from the apartheid threat. cil is threatening a rent increase for all tenants in municipal locations. The first rent increases were upset by a Supreme Court Action and the ARE THE INDIANS TO BLAME? proposals for increases had to be withdrawn. SABRA—the Afrikaner version thousands of factory workers, arti­ because not all would be able to keeper class may ^ to save The meeting of the Johannesburg of the Race Relations Institute— sans, domestic servants, waiters, make a living as traders in their themselves by appeasing the Gov­ Joint Advisory Boards recently ended its three-day conference on gardeners, small farmers and own proclaimed areas.” (20.1.56). ernment, trying to get exemptions condemned the rent increases the “Asiatic Question” last month transport workers who constitute From Natal also come reports for themselves at the expense of heatedly and the Board President, with a resolution asking for a the bulk of the Indian populatiott. of Indian unemployment and the rest of the community. Such Mr. P. M. Lengene, has talked of Government Commission “to Business men and shopkeepers threatened “crises” due to popula­ attempts, though they may suc­ “a fight to the bitter end.” establish in what measure exist­ are singled out for attack because tion increases outstripping econo­ ceed temporarily in one or two The Johannesburg Boards have ing apartheid legislation has con­ they compete successfully with mic expansion. “If the crisis cases, are doomed to ultimate announced a mass conference on tributed to the solution of the White traders and achieve a mid­ comes, thousands will become a failure. The fate of the Jewish March 18 to protest against the in­ Indian question; what other steps dle class standard of living that burden on their own people and collaborationists under Hitler creased rents and demand higher might be taken to solve the prob­ outrages the racialist’s sense of on the nation.” (Cape Argus, should be a warning. wages. lem; and whether the policy of propriety. 4.2.1956.) The African National Congress repatriation has failed up to now, This fate is welcomed by racial­ The only effective solution for secretary-general, Mr. O. Tambo, or whether it could contribute^ in SABRA members who tried to ists who hope that Indians will be the Indian people as a whole is explain why Indians had “an ex­ to redouble their efforts to build has issued a statement saying any a different form to the solution forced by poverty and lack of op­ further increases in the already of the problem.” ceptionally large share in com­ portunities to migrate to India. a new South Africa, free from merce” deplored the high degree racial hatred and discrimination, high cost of living will have disas­ Ominous words, those! Our of goodwill, amounting to frater­ WILL NOT LEAVE by means of political action in trous effects on the poorly paid Non-European people have nity, between the shopkeeper and This will not happen. The great unity with all oppressed races and African community. It is “fantas­ learned to dread any interest the poor Whites. Afrikaners were majority of Indians will never classes. Indians have already made tic” to demand economic rentals for shown in them by the groups re­ said to feel more at home in the leave for good voluntarily, and no a great contribution to the libera­ sub-economic houses. presented at such conferences. Indian shop than in the European South African Government will tion movement and the struggle The Congress working committee SABRA discussions have more shop. They were treated better, ever persuade or force the Gov­ for human dignity and equality. urges the authorities to abandon the than once proved to be a prelude received more generous credit, ernment of India to accept Indians As the Nationalist attacks on them proposed rent increases. The great to further vicious colour discri­ and found more respect shown to deported against their will. increase, it can be expected that majority of African workers are re­ mination, as for instance was the their language by the Indian The new blows that are being the majority of the Indian people, ceiving grossly inadequate wages case with Eiselen’s statement at shopkeeper. spuming the road of collabora-1 and Congress demands “not rent in­ the 1955 conference on the aim prepared may make life more All of which goes to show that difficult for the Indians. Some tinism, will intensify their contri creases, but the fixing of a minimum of eliminating Africans from the button to the freedom struggle. wage of £1 a day for all workers.” Western Cape. it is the Indian who is the better among the merchant and shop­ SABRA shapes the ideology business man. Indeed, he has to . that masks as well as points tne be, to offset the disadvantages he way to racial intolerance and dis­ suffers by reason of colour preju­ crimination. The papers read at dice. its meetings and pronouncements NOT PARASITES SUFFERED NERVOUS COLLAPSE by its leaders are a guide to policy trends and to the argu­ As against the charge of “unas- ments with which policy will be similability,” the facts show that the Indians have become a very presented. intimate and useful part of the AFTER SOPHIATOWN REMOVAL “PERPETUAL ALIENS” South African society. They have The choice of the “Asiatic achieved their present position JOHANNESBURG. Question” as a central theme is only by dint of hard work, perso­ From two large front rooms therefore an indication that further nal sacrifice and collective effort repressive action may be expected Yet Stellenbosch University’s in one Sophiatown house to a against South African Indians. anthropologist. Professor Bruwer, tiny shack and the back seat of The keynote was struck by Dr. is reported as having said that In­ their car in the yard of another P. J. Meyer, at one time high- dians were “a parasitic element in Sophiatown house: this was the ranking officer and leading propa­ the South African population.” If gandist in the Ossewa Brandwag, they could not be sent back to fate of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and now prominent among the re­ India, he said, it was South Lekgothoane last week at the spectable professors and predi- Africa’s responsibility to trans­ hands of the Native Resettle­ kante who form SABRA’s intel­ form this “parasitic element” into lectual vanguard. a “productive element.” ment Board. Meyer told the conference that It is hard to believe that any The green military lorries of the Indians are in South Africa an sociologist could be so ignorant Resettlement Board are by now a “unassimilable branch of a foreign of the history and social circum­ familiar sight in the Western Areas, people” and can therefore never stances of the Indians as to ac­ where removals go on almost con­ have more than gasregte: the cuse them of being non-productive tinually. Last week the lorries drew status of an alien temporarily re­ (if this is what “parasitism” up outside 90 Annnadale Street, So­ siding in the country. means) or to blame them for en­ phiatown, a property purchased by Like other speakers, Meyer re­ gaging largely in trade. the Government Several families peated the old story of Indian Surely the Professor knows that were removed to Meadowlands. fecundity which racialists use to colour discrimination, which is Then came the turn of 51-year-old frighten Whites into reactionary actually a form of White parasite Jonathan Lekgothoane and his wife. attitudes. Not only were Indians ism, has forced the Indian into a A herbalist of long standing in increasing much more rapidly small and crowded field of eco­ Sophiatown, where he has lived for than Europeans, but they were nomic activity. 20 yearsj Mr. Lekgothoane watched acquiring education and in a few his furmture and other possessions generations would reach the Euro­ GROUP AREAS THREAT loaded on to the lorries and then, pean’s level. By this high-sounding talk of in his own car, he followed them INDIANS IN COMMERCE parasites and producers, SABRA from Annadale Street 51-year-old Mr. Jonathan Lekgothoane, who suffered a nervous Indian progress is feared by the delegates showed quite definitely They drove not to Meadowlands, collapse after his ejectment from the home he had occupied for 20 racialists, but the main source of that they contemplate nothing else but to 79 Miller Street Sophiatown, years, had to spend several nights on the back seat of his car. their animosity is evidently the than the elimination of Indian only a short distance from his for­ success of the Indian business shopkeepers. mer home. with neighbours, and her husband slept on the back seat of his car. Sweet Workers' Union man. This, according to Theo This is to be brought about The furniture was unloaded and Gerdener, Nationalist M.P.C. for through apartheid and the Group By the next morning he was ill, and left standing in the yard, and Re­ the doctor who attended him told Registered Dundee, is really terrifying. Areas Act in particular. Speakers settlement Board officials pointed to Relying for his information on positively gloated at the prospect New Age he had suffered a nervous a tiny room in the yard and told collapse. CAPE TOWN. the blue books written by anti- of wiping out Indian traders who the Lekgothoanes that was to be The Western Province Sweet Indian commissions of the past are expected to suffer more from their new home. If they didn’t like Why were the Lekgothoane’s Workers’ Union was this week in­ few years, he complained that In­ apartheid in industry and com­ it they should find their own place singled out for this treatment? Offi­ formed that it has been registered dians held more than 20,000 trad­ merce than any other racial to live. cials of the Resettlement Board in terms of the I.C. Act to cover ing licences in Natal and Trans­ group. were not in the least concerned at vaal. They controlled trade in a POURING RAIN sweet workers in Cape Town and Some speakers complained, their fate. Bellville. number of towns, and even had however, that much time would The removals were carried out in a monopoly in some. He suggested have to pass before Indian traders pouring rain, and neighbours hur­ Mr. Lekgothoane had not figured The uunion was formed in May that Indian capital has been in­ could be excluded from White riedly helped carry the furniture in­ in their original census, they said. of last year, the workers being dis­ vested in what are outwardly and African areas. It was to speed to the small room with broken win­ The Lekgothoane’s say they satisfied with the management of European undertakings, especially up the process that SABRA de­ dow panes. By then the mattresses never refused to move to Meadow­ their affairs by the previous union’s wholesale stores and factories. A cided to press for another com­ and blankets were already soaked lands. head office, and with the reduction large section of Indians earned a mission on the “Indian question.” through. The room was found too in wages which they had been good income, a smaller section Officials who organised the Lek­ forced to accept. The attack on the Indians will small to contain all the furniture gothoane’s removal to Miller Street could even be described as rich, belonging to the Lekgothoanes, and The new union has 800 members and the average Indian had a not be held up in the meantime. gave some clue for the Boarod’s ac­ “Indian Trifders Hard Hit” was it had to be piled almost to the roof tions. Lekgothoane, they jibed at present and Mr. J. Heeger, secre­ much bigger Income than the Afri­ before the door could be closed. tary, told New Age that it was can or Coloured. the headline in a recent issue of thought he was “a White man in the Cape Argus, reporting a state­ For Mr. and Mrs. Lekgothoane Sophiatown.” He held an exemption hoped to increase the membership The emphasis on the role of the ment by van Rensburg, chairman themselves there was no room at pass. “Didn’t he know that the to 1,000 in the near future. Nego­ Indian in commerce is a stock-in- of the Western Cape Group Areas all. The kitchen stove had to be Government had ordered that ex­ tiations are afoot with employers trade of the racialist, who either Board Committee, that “many In­ left outside and other packing cases emption passes had to be handed for a new wage agreement and the ignores completely or understates dian traders presumably would deposited with friends. in? Why did he hang on to his and establishment of an Industrial the economic plight of the many have to turn to other occupations Mrs. Lekgothoane spent the night not take out a reference book?” Council and a Sick Fund.

Collection Number: AG2887 Collection Name: Publications, New Age, 1954-1962

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