THE STAR JOHANNESBURG THURSDAY MARCH 20 1969

Third in a series

by leading Afrikaans writers RHMNERRRM Read as a piece of reportage r^ .E T SOUTH AFRICA has for years been an international that one tends to dismiss its heard for years, the “ wekroep we may feel a momentary superior “ holier-than-thou" atti­ tot die volk?” qualm, but any thoughts of parlour game. New players need follow no rules, nor do tude 'turning with relief to the Not only are their ears closed I direct action are quelled by Afrikaans Press that soothes our to this call, but we might as well | they have to learn how to play the game. All that is necessary is apprehension that someone will apprehensions with massive con­ also be speaking in a foreign! say something, in fact, criticize. cepts and fine phrases, unguents an ability to read the latest report on this country in the overseas A fear of criticism can hardly tongue. Dogma and doctrine do i for an itchy conscience. not charm them. They are j Press, a bleeding heart and instant indignation. Points are allo­ be blamed for all our attitudes, In saying this, I would be a our seeming complacency in the primarily interested in people,: cated to those scoring the most p alpable hits and it is simply not spokesman for my generation in how they operate, in what j face of blatant injustices. that found, in our early 30s. the Twenty years of one government motivates them. Pride in a , possible to lose. rw i j c \ a t / first Republic Day heartwarm- tend to make one forget that language, a nationhood, is an i UUAÏ: ingly moving, even if we did not accepted thing in their lives, n o t' Like haemophiliacs, South I THE GOVERNMENT is not an share directly in the great wave Africans bleed freely when abstract concept but a collection something that needs constant Í of emotion that overwhelmed nurturing. jabbed and despite the years we of people put in their present our parents. have had to develop antibodies posts BY THE PEOPLE. against criticism; like the hae­ Madeleine van Biljon Given a good marriage with New culture mophiliac we are incurable. Patriarchal reasonable incomes to live a life Unfortunately we are also rich in material comfort diffi­ Their lives should encompass unable to live with our disease. Europe I saw some very strange world. When, however, we In a country strongly geared cult to imagine in any other more than a fight for a new things.” Every snide remark about South become so terrified of criticism to a patriarchal society we seem country, we should now be language and a definite «iden­ Africa is treated as a serious Despite its very negative that it inhibits all action on our to have put all persona! reponsi- setting into the mould of secure tity. Our children should be able threat, a condemnation of our approach, this attitude against part and reduces us to a grey bility aside, relying heavily on middle-age, our beautiful child­ to see the enormous possibilities internal policies seen as an alien criticism may have some mass of yes-men, it is surely those that rule to make our ren doing well on the sports- of establishing a culture that international incident. merit. Unfortunately we are so time to reconsider our attitudes. decisions for us. fields, their academic careers does not need constantly to tap i adequate. the sources in the 'Western; thin-skinned that internal cri­ Passionate for pigeonholing Those who step outside of this world but, firmly rooted in our ticism has - the same effect. we look askance at the woman cosy family circle are sharply Somehow it is not working out Attack reflexes common White heritage, can j Anybody daring to remark on who works directly for another attacked for being destructive, this way. Because of our racial group. "Liberal?” we extremely limited contact with draw from the background o f ; However, as one must survive, the local scene gets the same for making no concrete sugges­ whisper uneasily, wondering non-Whites we suffer from a the peoples with whom we share ; South Africans have developed whiplash reaction, the instant tions. whether she is really suitable lack of imagination and we are this country. the immediate “attack reflex” rising of the hackles, the Newspapers must bear some for the next dinner party. Our unable to transpose our comfort­ Even if we justify our own against criticism from outside. “if - you • don't - like - it - go - of the blame. The English Press blood rises at the indignities able selves into their lives. mores, surely we can give our “ So, if you don’t like it here, some-place-else” approach. (for want of a better term) does imposed upon non-Whites, but Despite this we have come to children courage in the place of I why don’t you go home?” “Look criticize, but the approach is so Stubborn, unrealistic and re­ nearly always only when this realize that the Black man is our timidity, humour in the what’s happening in your coun­ often negative, our reaction calcitrant we faced and are relates to a domestic in our capable of government of acade­ place of our doumess.'in gene-. try.” Or, darkly; “ When last in against a hole in the dike of our willing to go on facing a hostile employ. mental security so instinctive, mic achievement, of a longing rosity of mind and spirit in the i for solid middle-class comforts place of our rigidly held t we enjoy. attitudes. Told for years that we must “ Fine words,” said an Afrika-1 sacrifice to achieve separate ner intellectual in his late 50s ! development, excited by the with whom I ’discussed these | prospect of seeing a golden views. “Beautiful moral princi- f future for all and the monkey of pies. But when it comes to j Nats, back Jo’burg conscience off our backs, we practical politics, both naive and l council’s traffic plan

OHANNESBURG CITY COUNCIL is to be given full support by its j Nationalist members in carrying out plans to beat the traffic crisis by 1985. on the fact that every effort growth should be governed b y ; should be made to control the comprehensive regional planning.! This was made clear in the city’s growth tempo. A solution not coupled with5 council yesterday by Mr. C. F. de The only speaker on the limitation of the growth tempo j Wet, deputy leader of the and not linked with an active and t Nationalist Opposition. Nationalist side during a debate on the greater Johannesburg authoratitive regional develop­ In a speech applauded by both transport report released last ment body would not succeed. Nationalist and United Party week by the city engineer’s Mr. de Wet said the issue was a councillors, he also said the city department, Mr. de Wet warned grave one which transcended council was justified in asking that Government undertakings — party politics and should not be for Government and Provincial with investments in Johannes­ made into a political football. aid in carrying out its plans. burg totalling Rl,500-million — He warned that Johannesburg Mr. de Wet emphasized, how- would be hard hit if the city’s ratepayers faced grim prospects ever, that the Opposition’s sup- problems resulting from its without help and pointed to the port was conditional on full population and vehicle explosions fact that the city council had co-operation by the City Council j were not solved. difficulty even now coping with ‘ with the higher authorities and its bills. b b POPULATION It would be a disaster for the Without help, Johannesburg’s j « ty if the proposed traffic plan l-i n r l r r \ K a W c i l o i m / i n A n n 1 n ratepayers would have to pay had to be delayed, he said. I R313-million of the R536-million bill needed to cope with the ! growing population demands in the next 16 years. Johannesburg’s financial obli- ; gations could lead to such big , j increases in rates and tariffs that Madeleine van Biljon \ there could be serious consequ- I ences for city and State. Such broadcaster, columnist j increases would inevitably lead to 1 demands on employers for higher and housewife pay. The city council could justifia- have not sacrificed a damn stupid. Moral concepts and j bly make a plea to the Govern­ thing. We are beginning to practical politics are worlds ment and Province to help with query the validity and feasibil­ apart. And high-flown ideas | present and future planning. ity of the Great Dream. butter no parsnips.” Mr. de Wet expressed doubts' If the problem of separate If the future is to be j about Johannesburg’s ability to development were the only challenging for us and even j solve its problems by 1985. He, thorn in our middle-aged sides, more so for our children, then calculated that by the time the we could perhaps come to terms we must rethink this principle council had gone through all the with it, living from day to day, In a society as complex as ours required formalities before a leaving the whole mess as a sour we must get rid of the idea that solution could be executed, only; heritage for our children. the end justifies the means. about eight years would be left* But suddenly the children are We must realize that morally before the deadline. part of our problem-ridden indefensible attitudes do not He urged a speed-up in the; world, our serious South African make for feasible politics. Wq project and added that at the; children who used to wear their cannot establish universities for same time the growth tempo j hair clipped close to their heads, the Black man and then give should be controlled. Further who were seen and not heard, him no outlet for his skills, we who behaved like nice children. cannot pay a labourer higher Our generation is giving them wages and then deny him a more freedom than we ever had place in which to enjoy the and while not wholly approving money he has earned. We cannot lead secure family lives the new trends, we are still and destroy the very structure secure in our smug knowledge of other human beings' society. that what is happening to If we are in any way to children all over the world, influence our children towards a cannot possibly happen here more comprehensive viewpoint We are wrong. Even without the than the "so far so good” impact of foreign influences a malaise with which we are nation must grow, expand, afflicted, we must remind our­ experiment and experience be­ selves that, every one of us has a yond the boundaries of accepted right to free choice and action patterns within the framework of a And where we are failing our legally constituted society. children is in the lack of moral and political guidance and in F orgotten the placidity of our acceptance with hushed consciences all that We have forgotten how to use we know should be spoken about this right. Plaintively we cry: and against “What is the Government Trapped in our narrow heri­ doing?” and feel that our tage, fearful of criticism, we responsibility has ended. In the lack the moral courage to be final analysis we are the defiant. Caught between the new government and it is high time morality of which we are that we are reminded of this. uncertain and,the strict puritan- We must cure ourselves of ism of our background of which our terror of criticisms directed we often disapprove, we give either against our country or our children no pattern for against a dissident opinion either. within our country Lacking the When it comes to political tribal calls of the '40s and early guidance my generation is the ’50s, would that there were original broken reed. What can someone who in the words of we say to these self-reliant the younger generation, could opinionated youngsters? Mumble call out: “Let’s see some action platitudes, the ones we have around here.’’ Tomorrow: W. A. de KLERK THE STAR JOHANNESBURG FRIDAY MARCH 21 196U l

W /E ARE NOT DEALING HERE with a fault peculiar to the Afrikaner, ” hut with a condition peculiar to man. It is part of the price of being human, which means to be free: to be or not to be ourselves. At the root of it all lies irony which says that when we consciously but anxiously opt for a heaven of our own making (in our case Apartheid Come), we are in fact preferring hell, which is the final nihil, or nothing. Of course there are those of my people who resist; the leaders of groups questioning CONCLUDING A SERIES what is being done by the establishment are mostly Afrika­ ners. It remains true, however, BY LEADING that far too many have already made the descent or are hover­ ing on the very edge of nihilism. AFRIKAANS WRITERS This has happened in spite of for a great new Ideal, the fact that the Afrikaners of see to the practical ordering of Helmut Thielicke, another have lived for generations, This is apartheid. This is Southern Africa count among TODAY: a society, to making it livable remarkable figure in the line of developing it with their hands, separate development. the most staunchly religious pretend to tell us as politicians German-writing scholars who their skills, their loves. They groups anywhere. They have what the fundamentals of exist­ seemed to arise as a sort of have been there as long or Protest on the part of the always felt themselves to be at ence are? Why do they try to port-war reaction to the Third perhaps even longer, than the people affected? Hardly. A the very centre of the Calvinist, be theologians and philosophers, Reich, examined the faces of White man. There is no alterna­ timely visit by a Special Branch fundamentalist tradition. instead of seeing to the trains, modern nihilism in the early tive: they have to share his soon puts a stop to that. the drains, the roads, the ’50s. homeland. Whether this is indeed the case Sometimes in conversations, they themselves will have to farmers, etc.? There is primarily the ideo­ Yet, how have we treated the logical surrender to an Ideal (or Coloureds? when these anomalies in the recognize within the not too This is exactly what happens Grand Design are pointed out, Idea). There is secondly the Without even the pretence of distant future. The Gereform- when politics becomes a lewens- we fall silent again, until one flight of what Kierkegaard consultation we have uprooted eerde (Dopper) theologians of en wereldbeskouing (world­ pipes up and says: “Let’s rather called the “immediate man” into them from a great many areas Potchefstroom have already in­ view): a total presence, an talk of something nice. They tell the comforting anonymity of the where they have lived long dicated as much in their answer to life and a guarantee me that Chris Barnard, every publication “Woord en Daad.” of future security. common herd: the docile tracta­ enough to develop a sound tradition of their own. morning before he starts operat­ Get a move on with your “What is the alternative?” is ble mass who shudder at the Go to Kleinmond one day ing, goes down on his bended Grand Design, they said in then his tedious, repetitive cry. thought of not conforming. during the midsummer season, if knees. , . !” effect recently to Prime Minis­ He expects a theological (or Thirdly there is the cynic who you like. There you may find ter John Vorster, or else we quasi-theological) answer. This has already discovered the Mutatis mutandis what we have done and do and will do to cannot continue supporting is because he has no feeling methods and measures which whatsoever left for what is real. the Coloured people of South are obviously causing so much His world is a nihilistic world. Why do politicians try to be Africa, has been done, is done human distress. He is oblivious of the measure and will be done to all the other of his own tresspass. non-White groups in the coun­ Politics usurping the func­ try. Sacrifices tions of philosophy and theology theologians and It is done In the holy name of It needs facing. The Grand is ultimately nihilism in its most the Idea. Or else it is suffered Design is not working out as virulent form; the captivity of in unknowingness and uncaring- envisaged, not because support the Idea, which is an ideology. philosophers ness by many thousands sub­ is lacking, not because this The outcome of it is nearly merged into the great insensible support is bound to fall away always tragedy. Only an inner mass. Or else it is done simply catastrophically as soon as real resistance can bring redemption. because it is the way of power. “ sacrifices” are called for. The And resistance is as necessary instead of seeing to roads? All this is nihilism. Grand Design is not working out W. A. DE KLERK as air to the philosopher, Is there any hope for my because it is exactly what all theologian, and the creative people? Yes, there is. God does emptiness of the Idea and now some fine, charming young Grand Designs have ever been: artist, especially the writer. Art not pay on Fridays but in His questions everything. people with the sincerest of the ephemeral, fantastic striv­ Vigorous advocate for too, in its own particular way, is own good time. We are already Which of these faces do we, motives, organizing and attend­ approaching recognition. The ings of anx'ious souls who have revelation; 'and what it reveals the White Afrikaners of South­ ing religious services on the forgotten what it needs to be the Coloured people is reality. This in turn is phenomenon of verligtes indi­ ern Africa, turn to the world? sands, under the banner of the fully human. destructive to the ideological cates this. They include the The answer is: All. Student’s Christian Association true, concrete needs of a vision, which is always a cynics who question all values, The flight from reality is a practical terms this means that The truth or non-truth of this (segregated). Ask any of these miasma. but, precisely for that reason, flight into nothingness. for a policy to succeed it must situation, the courageous facing can be tested by looking at it in young people if they realise that what is so that things function The writer has to be heard may yet experience true salva­ Its energies are directed to deal with real things. the close light of what has been at Kleinmond a whole Coloured The Afrikaner’s descent into well. and read in revolt, simply tion, it may need tragedy to what does not really exist and done to a group who share Does a barrister try to because "to avoid lying we must community, rooted in the soil of bring it home to us. But a new what can never be made to nihilism is also a wandering almost everything we lay claim this place, have been denied any exist, whatever the ingenuity, with a loss of contact and practise law like a doctor? What renounce.” These are the words sense of comedy may provide a would happen to a doctor who of Karl Jaspers at the time of to as being part of Western worth-while local access to the true alternative. Laughter, hu­ talent, fervour, devotion, cour­ awareness with the shape and sea. To enjoy what God has tried to treat his patients his 85th birthday last year. This Civilization: the Coloured mility, faith go together. The age, loyalty, heroism employed. content of reality. The first level given all of us, they would have according to the principles of. was a famous existentialist people. writer will have to remember The relevant question is of this is the human actuality to travel some 20 miles to which surrounds us in a specific law? thinker speaking. They speak the same lan­ this: Always. always: can anything which is Hawston (with no public trans­ landscape. Why then, in Heaven’s name, All the heroic words from guage, they contribute to the But this condition of freedom by nature idolatrous ever lead port, with very few motor-cars to reality? The answer is no. In This means being alive to the do politicians whose job it is to elevated platforms, all the same literatures, they confess the from nihilism in whatever form tremendous gestures, the coun­ same religions, they share (as to use) or even further to highly it predominates, can only be ter-threats, all the furious talk­ far as they are allowed to) our dangerous Kogel Bay. obtained by accepting a truly ing at national congresses euphe­ full cultural heritage. What is Ask the young people if they human task. This means redis­ mistically referred to as besin- more, they largely, in fact to a know of all this, and you will be covering one’s neighbour, not in ning, all the machinery of sometimes rather surprising de­ stared at in amazement. Do not terms of the Idea (Beleid) — power, cannot impress meaning gree, look back to the same blame them. It is we who have not in terms of an object — but on that which has no meaning forebears. Finally, they share conditioned them. They sincerly in terms of our common because it is idolatrous. the same territory where they belive that we are all working humanness. u Freemasonry of bowls” Bowling Mayor puts his finger on it rpHERE HAVE BEEN dozeng of referenceg to the “ freemasonry ” of bowls but very few attempts to make an analysis of the reasons for it. Pat Lewis, however, must have been very close to getting to the root of things when he addressed about 180 bowlers who recently celebrated 30 years of association between the Johannesburg Municipal Bowling Greens Association and the Randjeslaagte Memorial Homes. Mr. Lewis, who was Mr. Lewis will be referred attending his first bowls to as “ Mr. Mayor ” except function since his installa­ on the most formal occa­ tion as the Mayor of sions when he mixes with Johannesburg, said that in bowlers, for as a member of those 30 years the members the Northern Suburbs club The Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis (right), of the association had and obviously a man who presented France’s Silver Medal of Gratitude to Mr. contributed a minimum of has caught the bowling Ulysse Tomasoni, an employee of the City Council, at a R75,000 in hard cash to “ spirit,” he is one of those special ceremony at the City Hall today. The award was Randjeslaagte but that they who are in a game in which made for special service during the Second World War, had been repaid. a former mayor, Mr. Keith He said that in gathering Fleming, said “ nobody had 24 years after Mr. Tomasoni was nominated for it. the contributions a greater a surname.” To bowlers he bond had been forged will be “ Pat.” amongdllH/llg bowlers,UUW lCIh, thatMidi UUU3clubs Mr. Fleming said that the had been helped because contributions made by the there was an incentive association had helped to FRENCH WAR outside of the actual play­ “ enhance the dignity of old ing of the game and this age ” and Mr. Doug. Kewley, had provided the launching the president of the associa­ pad for the spirit which tion, said that residents of prevails throughout bowls. Randjeslaagte had helped to MEDAL FOR It is very unlikely that build Johannesburg and they deserved a contented retirement. The bond that the Mayor was describing was in CITY MAN evidence again two days later when bowling friends of the late Reg. Greenwood ^ O D A Y , 24 YEARS AFTER he was nominated for the competed for a trophy decoration, Mr. Ulysse Tomasoni, an employee of presented to Johannesburg Municipals by his widow, the Johannesburg City Council, received France’s Silver Mary. Medal of Gratitude for special service during the Second Only a lack of green World War. But he refuses to talk about it. space kept down the num­ bers’ who would have The medal was presented to of only two people in South played, but when Auckland him by the Mayor of Johannes­ Africa to receive the decoration. Park, for whom Greenwood burg, Mr. Patrick Lewis, at a He said afterwards that he did played for many years not wish to make public the cir­ before joining Municipals, special ceremony at the City Hall. cumstances which led him to are settled in their new He was told by the French qualify for the decoration. home at Montgomery Park Vice-Consul in Johannesburg, Col. Mr. Tomasoni said that he had the field will probably be George Vessiere, that he was one first learned in 1945 that he was doubled. to receive the decoration. The first winners of the “ Reg Greenwood Memorial LEFT FRANCE Trophy” were Alan de Roos, Mike Kourie, Taffy “At that time there were hun­ Jones and Mrs. Ruth Jones. dreds of thousands of French There could have been no soldiers applying for pensions, better way of Greenwood’s and it was only in 1948 that they bowling friends paying their got through with that business.” respects than in playing the Before the presentation could game he loved be made, however, Mr. Tomasoni, 1 then a foreman for a construction y. company, left France and tra­ velled extensively before he settled in South Africa in 1958. The French Government, mean­ while, was unable to trace him. I fip r r l -..3 c It was only after a severe acci­ dent, which forced him to give up his work, that he approached Jo’bura: mayor a the French Consulate in Johan­ nesburg for help and thus re­ granddad established contact with officials ■ th e MAYOR of Johannesburg, in France. Mr Patrick Lewis, became a According to Mr. Tomasoni, y grandfather for the first time there are about 15,000 people yesterday when his daughter who have received the decora- y in-law Angela, gave birth lo a tion, which bestows the title of fr son. The birth was expensive. “ Knight of the Order of C ivil® When Mr. Lewis's son Ian took Merit.” his wife to the nursing home ho iPrt bp- clothing in the car. ' - ■ T - He returned to find that it had been stolen. Visitor The R D Rand H l - Show ATTENDANCE POOR ON FIRST DAY STAFF REPORTER TRUE to tradition, the Rand Easter Show opened yes­ terday in overcast, rainy weather which, organisers say, has prevailed on the first day of the show as far back as they can rem em ber. “I don’t know why, but this kind of weather seems to keep the people away from the show. It is the best time to come as it isn’t too hot and anyway one third of the grounds are under cover,” said one official. The attendance yesterday was poor, but this is ascribed to the fact that the schools have not yet broken up. Last year the approximate atten­ dance figure for the first day was 41,000. Over 100,000 people are expected on each of the “ big three” days, March 29, and April 5 and 7. QUIET DAY Police and ambulance stations both reported a quiet day. Later in the afternoon, the Mayor, Councillor Patrick Lewis paid an unofficial visit to the show and stopped to examine the Flower Hall which he opened yesterday. Mr. Lewis is a keen horticulturist. Commenting on this year's show, Mr. Lewis said: “It seems to be getting bigger and better each year. I was most impressed by the South Afri­ can Industries exhibition.”

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The Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis (right), chats to the Rhodesian Minister of Finance, Mr. John Wrathall, at the opening in Milner Park today of the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society’s new flower hall. The Johannesburg Parks and show— so no Recreation Department has put on a floral display in the hall—with the emphasis on begonias. U . K . e n v o v w By a Staff Reporter HE BRITISH AMBASSADOR to South Africa T has withdrawn from an official Witwatersrand i Agricultural Society luncheon on Saturday in honour of the official opening of this year s Rand Easter Show because of the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Mr. J. Wrathall. Although show officials de-1 ...... dined to comment on the am-1 the Witwatersrand Agricultural ■ . , , -r 1 _.. Bonroo Rnsmfln WAS H bassador’s withdrawal I under Society, Dr. George Bosnian, was stand that the society strictly himself refused admission to the follows government protocol Rhodesian party last night. He procedure in events of this sort said today that he does not carry in which in this case, Mr. on him the many invitations he Wrathhall would take precedence. is sent but relies on the fact that Other Ambassadors including he is well known and wears an those from Italy, Switzerland, orange tag which identifies him Austria and Portugal have accep­ as the general manager of the ted invitations to the luncheon. show, to gain admittance into any Mr. Wrathhall and his wife are official function or building. visiting the Rand Show today and Dr. Bosman told the official on his visit has been carefully duty at the entrance of the arranged to avoid any of the Rhodesian pavilion who he was, national pavilions, which, because but the man refused to admit of UDI, may be embarrassed by him. The general manager then a visit. pushed the man aside and walked This morning he was due to in where he was within a few visit the flower hall, the South seconds recognized by Rhodesian African Industry’s pavilion, the officials and welcomed to the Agricultural Machinery Hall, pavilion. the Control Boards Hall and the cattle section in an escorted tour with W.A.S. officials before hav­ ing lunch in the Jan Meyer Room. REFUSED Last night Mr. Wrathall offi­ cially opened the Rhodesian pavilion and the event, itself an innocuous cocktail party,parry, re-re­ flected the effects of Rhodesia's U.D.I. Although the Rhodesian pavilion is in companionable neighbourliness with the British pavilion, observers at the open­ ing ceremony of the Rhodesian pavilion said that of the 500 guests there were no diplomats present apart from the few from South Africa and various trade commissioners. The general manager of NO R21,783 CAR t S /T , IV lt? FOR MAYOR 0F% JOHANNESBURG SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER THE MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, Mr. J. F. W. Haak, has rejected an appeal from the City Council for permission to buy a R21,783 car for the Mayor of Johan­ nesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis. The Director of Imports and Exports had previously refused to grant a permit to import the car, a Mercedes Benz 600 seven- seater with a top speed of 125 miles an hour, but, as the Admin­ istrator of the Transvaal, Mr. Sybrand van Niekerk, had ap­ proved the purchase, the City Council decided to take the mat­ ter further. During a visit to Cape Town last week Mr. J. F. Oberholzer, M.P.C., acting chairman of Jo­ hannesburg’s Management Com­ mittee, met the Minister of Eco­ nomic Affairs, Mr. Haak, on an­ other matter. He took the oppor­ tunity to mention the Mayor’s car. Mr. Oberholzer told me: “ The Minister undertook to go Into the matter, and we have now had his reply — a decided no.” The choice of the Mercedes 600 was made after an inspection of a car from this series owned by Mr. Harry Oppenheimer, head of An­ glo American Corporation, in Jo­ hannesburg. Members of the Management Committee were given permission to inspect the car along with a technical expert from the City Engineer’s Department. Prestige I » The Rotarians organised a week-long tour for close on 100 “We felt such a car would be In keeping with the tradition and j Johannesburg matric schoolchildren during the last week prestige associated with the posi­ of the school holidays. The pupils visited many places of tion of Mayor,” Mr. Oberholzer interest — including Iscor, I.B.M., the Stock Exchange and said. “We were offered more Mayoral expensive models of other makes the Johannesburg planetarium. but decided on this particular Seen in the picture are from left the Mayoress, Mrs. model, which incidentally was se rv ice Lewis, the Mayor, Mr. Patirck Lewis, the Junior Mayor more than R10,000 cheaper than Matthew Margo from King Edward High School and two the top-listed car. All the Reef mayors, including Northview schoolgirls, Felicity Lewis and Joan Hessel. “This is the first time permis­ the Mayor o f Johannesburg, Mr. sion has been withheld for the The Mayor had just finished addressing the youngsters Patrick Lewis, will attend the purchase of a mayor’s car of our : at the pianterium. AenIRbvr) Ks^ovfeY {7/^/é£f choice.” Mayoral Service at St. Marks A final decision about a car Presbyterian Church, Yeoville at for the Mayor will be made by 11 a.m. on Sunday April 20. the Management Committee The service will be conducted shortly. by the Johannesburg Mayor’s When the Director of Imports chaplain, the Rev. J.B. Hawk- fcnd Exports withheld permission ridge. The public is invited to for the Mercedes 600 to be imported, he listed seven cars attend. from which the City Council could make a revised choice — a Cadillac, a Chrysler New Yorker, an Oldsmobile, a Mercedes Benz 800 S.L., a Chrysler le Baron, a Daimler and an Austin Princess. -

Mr. Patrick Lewis and his wife, at the entrance of St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, in Yeovilie yes­ terday. Behind Mrs. Lewis in the parade of 17 Reef mayors, * as well as other dignitar­ ies, is the Johannesburg Town Clerk, Mr. A. P. Burger. Mayor’s induction service

Staff Reporter MORE THAN 500 people at­ tended a service at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Yeovilie, Johannesburg, yesterday, to mark the installation of Mr. Patrick Lewis as Mayor of Johannesburg. Mayors from 17 neighbouring towns were led in a procession into the church by Mr. and Mrs. Lewis. In a service, in English and Afrikaans, the Rev. John Hawk- ridge, the Mayor’s Chaplain, reminded municipal officials of passages in the Old Testament in which the shepherd became fat while the sheep did not. He said the passages apply to any person with authority and are a warning not to take unfair advantage of position. The Mayor read a passage from the New Testament and % Mr. Sam Moss, the Deputy Mayor, read from the Old Testament.

* The Johannesburg Fire Brigade formed a guard of honour at St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Yeoville, yesterday at a service to mark the induction of the Mayor, Mr. Patrick Lewis. Mr. Lewis leads the procession with his wife, Mrs. Lewis, followed by the Town Clerk, Mr. A. P. Burger and his wife. Mayors and mayoresses from 17 surround­ ing towns attended the ceremony along with 500 citizens óf Johannesburg.

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The Mayor and Mayoress of Johannesburg, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lewis yesterday opened the sixth annual meeting of the organization for the Joint Sale of Charity Christmas Cards. In the picture Mr' and Mrs. Lewis (right) are seen talking to Mrs. V. Macpherson, vice-chairman of the organization. THE STAR JOHANNESBURG MONDAY APRIL 28 1969

Biggest hospital comes of age

WENTY-ONE YEARS AGO on May 1, 1948, Baragwanath Hospital, be­ T lieved to be the largest hospital in the world today, was handed over to the Transvaal Provincial Hospital Services as a hospital for Africans. The name derives from that of Mr. John Albert Baragwanath, a Rand pioneer who arrived here in 1886. He purchased a wayside hotel and store known as Junction Hotel on the spot where “Uncle Charlie’s” roadhouse and service station now stand at the junction of the Potchefstroom and Vereeniging roads. The surrounding area has become known as Baragwanath. In 1941 the British Army Monday’s prayer built the Baragwanath Hospi­ tal to cater for troops from AT the close of every day the Middle East suffering Don’t forget to kneel from tubercolosis. It was and pray, then visualized it' would Giving thanks for home and friends, eventually become a non- All the things the Good European hospital to relieve Lord sends. the pressure on the very over­ Dwelling on this gratefully crowded Johannesburg Non- Means you will sleep peace­ European Hospital. fully. After the Second World War. in July, 1947, it was bought by serving an average of 10,000 j the Transvaal Provincial Admin­ every 24 hours. istration for R l,000,000 and There are at present 2,040 beds converted into an acute, as apart in use. When the already i from a convalescent, general approved building programme is hospital. completed, Baragwanath Hospital will have 2,500 beds. Mayor’s quest The daily number of in­ patients for a year is 2,054. The A civic function will be held average number of patients this Thursday to recognize Bara- visiting the casualty and out­ gwanath’s 21st birthday. The patients departments daily Mayor. Mr. Patrick Lewis, is throughout the year is 1,200. anxious to contact some of the On peak days it is well over early workers and voluntary 2,000. The daily average num-j helpers on the Baragwanath ber of in-patients admitted to Gifts and Comforts Fund, the the hospital is 170. Ladies’ Hospital Visiting Commit­ In addition, the hospital has j tee, the Polish Ladies’ Hospital two decentralized clinics w here, i Committee and the Men’s Volun­ approximately 800 patients are I tary Committee, which helped to attended to dairy. build the hospital’s swimming- bath. Trained nurses Any people interested or able j Baragwanath is a teaching to furnish the Mayor’s secretary I hospital associated with the with such information should University of the Witwatersrand. telephone Miss Solarsh at 836 In 1947 the training school at j 1911, Ext. 377. Baragwanath opened with 57 students. Today the Nursing Huge intake College has well over 800 nurses, = and has turned out 863 fully The scope o f the hospital is trained women as staff nurses staggering, especially to doctors and ward sisters. and lay-visitors from overseas. This is indeed an extraordinary j Here are some eye-opening accomplishment that will pay figures: enormous dividends. As m ore; Steam for cooking, sterilizing non-European nurses are trained It is the 60th birthday today of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and this morning to accept professional responsibil­ and heating is conveyed round a basket of orange tulips was flown from Holland and presented to Johannesburg’s the hospital through seven miles ity at the highest level, so will j of overhead pipeline. The kitch­ the light of good health spread Mayor and Mayoress, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lewis. Mr. P. B. M. Huyskes, general ens provide meals day and night, over South Africa. manager of KL.M . Royal Dutch Airlines, is seen making the presentation. The colour of the flowers commemmorates the fact that Queen Juliana is of the House of Orange. The flowers were on view to the public this morning at the City Hall. THE STAR JOHANNESBURG WEDNESDAY APRIU 30 1969 WITS. STUDENTS A TOOL OF PROGS WIDMAN

A N ANGRY MR. ALF WIDMAN, M.P.C., leader of the United Party in the Johannesburg City Council, lashed out yesterday at the Witwatersrand University’s Representative Council for its “ un­ warranted and unjustified impertinence.” Speaking at the council’s Cape Town City Council turned monthly meeting, he accused the down a procession in Cape Town S.R.C. of irresponsibility and of but there was no university allowing themselves to be used condemnation there. as a tool of “politically preju­ “ It seems to me that the S.R.C. diced Progressives.” have been misled. It seems to Commenting on a letter sent me also, and I think this is to the council by the S.R.C. on inescapable, that the S.R.C. have April 21, he said a resolution allowed themselves to be used as had been passed at a meeting on a tool by politically prejudiced April 15 (following the City Progs using this as an oppor­ Council’s ban on a proposed tunity to attack the United Party- student march through Johannes­ controlled administration for the burg) condemning the council purpose of promoting the image for “conciliating their enemies at and cause of the Progressive the expense of their allies (Mrs. Party.” Two new Johannesburg City Councillors took their seats H. Suzman, M.P.)” Mr. Widman said he did not for the first time at the council’s monthly meeting yes­ The letter referred to the believe the S.R.C. had expressed terday. Above left is Mr. C. A. Long, elected unopposed march that never was as an or even bothered to obtain the “ academic procession” and said views of the university’s 9,000 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Hugh the S.R.C. “can have no confi­ students, apart from the compara­ Ismay, and right is Prof. H. Krige, appointed by the dence in the city council." It tive f$w who picketed or attended Transvaal Administrator to represent the newly incor­ claimed that an academic pro' eetings. porated north-western areas. cession was “a manifestation any student body’s right to sent and to make this diss public." Mr. Widman said: “ I notice FROM COUNCIL MEETING that the ‘march’ accepted to be a ‘protest’ has now become an academic procession.” The vote of no confidence now “condemns” the council, he City would pass on added. “ I regard this not only as a piece of impertinence but as being totally unwarranted and unjustified. I go further, I say it is irresponsible.” The principal of the university, water price cuts Prof. G. R. Bozzoli, the univer­ sity’s senate, convocation execu­ tive, academic freedom committee OHANNESBURG WOULD IMMEDIATELY follow suit if the Rand and the South African Police had all disapproved of the march. j Water Board reduced its water tariffs, Mr. J. F. Oberholzer, M .P.C., said “Why then single out this coun­ cil for a vote condemning our yesterday. General Manager of the Electri­ Mr. Lewis added that Mr. Roos Í action? Why not the other The board raised the price of city Department were approved had pneumonia and would be j bodies?” the water it sells to the council unanimously. Both men retire leáving Johannesburg soon to on April 1 by 2Jc a thousand this year. recuperate on the South Coast gallons. The council is to pass Mr. Pieter Roos, chairman of of Natal on the increase to city consumers the Management Committee, is from tomorrow. making a good recovery from his illness, the Mayor, Mr. Mr. Oberholzer said that on Patrick Lewis, told the meeting. MAYOR’S previous occasions when the He said Mr. Roos had gone on Rand Water Board increased and an overseas tour on behalf of the later decreased its prices, the Civic Theatre. “ The tour was AFRIKAANS city council followed suit very strenuous, and he unfortu­ nately took ill on the trip. He returned to South Africa on PRAISED Sunday a week ago.” Johannesburg’s Mayor, Mr. Pay increases for Johannes­ Patrick Lewis, who was involved burg’s 18,284 African and 114 in a dispute over whether he was Coloured non - graded municipal unilingual, was warmly praised employees were approved by the yesterday by the leader of the city council yesterday. Nationalist Party in the city The rises, which will cost the council for an Afrikaans speech city council about R524.000 in he made at the Rand Afrikaans the first 12 months, come into University. PLAYTE effect on July 1. Mr. Eben Cuyler, M.P.C., told MADE I V the council at its monthly meet­ WITH L I ing that the first graduation day at the university was an historic Tribute was paid at the meet­ { occasion and the fact that Mr. and ing to two top municipal officials | Mrs. Lewis had attended all the who have served the city for a functions arranged was greatly Machine washable| combined total of 69 years. tays white, holds appreciated. Recommendations that testi­ He added that he and others t’s all new— the F monials under the seal of the were amazed at the high stan­ )ouble Diamond council be presented to Mr. dard of Mr. Lewis’s Afrikaans )r double contro George Cain, Chief Fire Officer, speech at the university on l the waist. . . h and Mr. N. G. Hosking, Deputy Saturday night. Mr. Lewis was involved in a LUS DOUBLE controversy earlier in the year 'J BACK, to cur when the Deputy-Mayor-elect, (day’s fashions, Mr. Hugh Ismay, resigned from ’s sheer comfort . the city council because there id yet longer las I had been criticism of the fact ith daily machin I that both he and the Mayor each! Stays whil were unilingual. Mr. Sam Moss I was later elected Deputy-Mayor :llow or stretch | in his place. irdle: S, M, L- At his inauguration, Mr. Lewis L — R8.95 spoke in both English and Afri­ mg Leg Panty: kaans, and since then has never L — R10.95 failed to uphold the standard of bilingualism set by his predeces- e also Playtex n Mr. I. Schlapobersky. 'era Girdles froi d Playtex ‘ Firm dies from R6.9.4 THE STAR JOHANNESBURG WEDNESDAY APRIE 30 i960 WITS. STUDENTS A TOOL OF PROGS WIDMAN

A N ANGRY MR. ALF WIDMAN, M.P.C., leader of the United Party in the Johannesburg City Council, lashed out yesterday at the Witwatersrand University’s Representative Council for its “ un­ warranted and unjustified impertinence.” Speaking at the council’s Cape Town City Council turned monthly meeting, he accused the down a procession in Cape Town S.R.C. of irresponsibility and of but there was no university allowing themselves to be used condemnation there. as a tool of “politically preju­ “ It seems to me that the S.R.C. diced Progressives.” have been misled. It seems to Commenting on a letter sent me also, and I think this is to the council by the S.R.C. on inescapable, that the S.R.C. have April 21, he said a resolution allowed themselves to be used as had been passed at a meeting on a tool by politically prejudiced April 15 (following the City Progs using this as an oppor­ Council’s ban on a proposed tunity to attack the United Party- student march through Johannes­ controlled administration for the burg) condemning the council purpose of promoting the image for “conciliating their enemies at and cause of the Progressive the expense of their allies (Mrs. Party.” Two new Johannesburg City Councillors took their seats H. Suzman, M.P.)” Mr. Widman said he did not for the first time at the council’s monthly meeting yes­ The letter referred to the believe the S.R.C. had expressed terday. Above left is Mr. C. A. Long, elected unopposed march that never was as an or even bothered to obtain the “academic procession” and said views of the university’s 9,000 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Hugh the S.R.C. “can have no confi­ students, apart from the compara­ Ismay, and right is Prof. H. Krige, appointed by the dence in the city council." It tive fpw who picketed or attended Transvaal Administrator to represent the newly incor­ claimed that an academic pro< eetings. porated north-western areas. cession was “a manifestation any student body’s right to sent and to make this diss public.” Mr. Widman said: 'T notice FROM COUNCIL MEETING that the ‘march’ accepted to be a ‘protest’ has now become an Jj academic procession.” The vote of no confidence now “condemns” the council, he City would pass on added. “ I regard this not only as a piece of impertinence but as being totally unwarranted and unjustified. I go further, I say | it is irresponsible.” The principal of the university, water price cuts Prof. G. R. Bozzoli, the univer­ sity’s senate, convocation execu­ tive, academic freedom committee JOHANNESBURG WOULD IMMEDIATELY follow suit if the Rand and the South African Police had all disapproved of the march. Water Board reduced its water tariffs, Mr. J. F. Oberholzer, M .P.C., said “Why then single out this coun­ cil for a vote condemning our yesterday. General Manager of the Electri­ Mr. Lewis added that Mr. Roos j action? Why not the other The board raised the price of city Department, were approved had pneumonia and would be I bodies?” the water it sells to the council unanimously. Both men retire leaving Johannesburg soon to recuperate on the South Coast! s, chairman of of Na Committee, is ecovery from Mayor, Mr. ;A the meeting. MAYOR’S ; had gone on behalf of the ‘he tour was AFRIKAANS d he unfortu- the trip. He h Africa on PRAISED Johannesburg’s Mayor, Mr. Patrick Lewis, who was involved in a dispute over whether he was unilingual, was warmly praised yesterday by the leader of the Nationalist Party in the city council for an Afrikaans speech he made at the Rand Afrikaans University. Mr. Eben Cuyler, M.P.C., told the council at its monthly meet­ ing that the first graduation day at the university was an historic occasion and the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Lewis had attended all the functions arranged was greatly appreciated. He added that he and others were amazed at the high stan­ dard of Mr. Lewis's Afrikaans speech at the university on Saturday night. Mr. Lewis was involved in a controversy earlier in the year | when the Deputy-Mayor-elect, j ! Mr. Hugh Ismay, resigned from ; the city council because there had been criticism of the fact that both he and the Mayor were unilingual. Mr, Sam Moss was later elected Deputy-Mayor in his place. At his inauguration, Mr. Lewis ^ spoke in both English and Afri-| kaans, and since then has never • It is the 60th birthday today of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and this morning failed to uphold the standard of i a basket of orange tulips was flown from Holland and. presented to Johannesburg’s bilingualism set by his predeces-■ Mayor and Mayoress, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lewis. Mr. P. B. M. Huyskes, general sor, Mr. I. Schlapobersky. manager of K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines, is seen making the presentation. The colour of the flowers commemmorates the fact that Queen Juliana is of the House of Orange fte l & flowers //nicer c t were fo r o onn n aview vt 0 1 1 1 t to thetlm publicn»I>/>« this morning at the. 7_ . City • . r Hall. i 1 1 ——

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Mrs. Doris Lewis, Johannes- 1 burg’s mayoress, is the mother of three sons, when possible a TSut slices voluntary worker for the Toe H Ingredients for pastry: lOoz. organization and an enthusiastic flour, 3oz. sugar, 5oz. butter, 2 ‘ flower arranger. egg yolks, pinch salt, little iced As mayoress she has a great water. deal of entertaining to do and Ingredients for topping: 2 this is one of her specials for an unbeaten egg whites, 6oz. castor afternoon tea. sugar, 2oz. walnut or pecan nutp chopped, 1 cube cooking cho­ colate. Method for pastry: Rub butter ■ k - j W " - into flour, add sugar and mix Three Randburg people who were awarded degrees at the Rand Afrikaans University's with egg yolks and water to stiff first graduation ceremony on Saturday morning at the Civic Theatre, Johannesburg. dough. Roll out and place on flat baking sheet and bake in a From left they are: Mr. H.J.P. Lubbe, who gained his M.A. in Bantu Languages; Mrs. moderate oven for 15 minutes. Tertia Retief, who obtained her M.A. in Psychology; the Mayoress of Randburg, Mrs. C. Spread with jam (plum is Potgieter, of Long Avenue, Ferndale: the Mayor, Mr. P.J. Potgieterand Mr. F.J. de Klerk, suitable) then spread mixture who gained his B.A. Honours degree in Native Administration. on top and bake another 15 minutes. Method for topping:» Put ingredients into pan and bring slowly to boiling point and boil one minute. Spread immediately over pastry. id .

8 RAND DAILY MAIL, Friday, May 2, 1969. Hospital SWEEPING BILL ; Hospital giant staff ON AFRICAN must be rebuilt honoured - Administrator LABOUR COMING STAFF REPORTER at 21st BARAGWANATH HOSPITAL— giant among Transvaal Staff Reporter By GERALD REILLY hospitals— would have to be replanned and rebuilt, the IF THE service to non-Whites Pretoria Bureau Administrator of the Transvaal, Mr. S. G. J. van provided at Baragwanath GOVERNMENT interference in local government affairs, already deep, INiekerk, said yesterday. Hospital could be shown to the world, it would be a great will become even deeper if a Bill to create Bantu Administration Boards, He was speaking at the hos­ most modern and best equip­ service to South Africa, Mr. with sweeping and overriding powers, becomes law. The Bill, released in pital at a function to mark its Patrick Lewis, Mayor of ped in the Transvaal Hospital Pretoria yesterday, is expected to come before Parliament next year. 21st anniversary. He later un­ Services, handling 1,100,000 Johannesburg, said yest<*day. The proposed legislation veiled a plaque to commemo­ pieces a month. Bantu Administration better mobility of labour in its Mr. Lewis told guests at a civic would create larger Bantu lish a rate the occasion. Now the hospital had 2,000 luncheon held in Johannes­ Board. area, labour control areas in which The Minister may in terms of Mr. Van Niekerk said the re­ beds. It handled 1,500 out­ burg yesterday to celebrate the boards would take over • A more effective use of patients daily. The daily ad­ the hospital’s 21st anniver­ the Bill designate a local au­ available Bantli labour in the building of the hospital would completely the administrative thority as a Bantu Administra­ mittance figure was 240. This sary, that Baragwanath had and other functions of the area to reduce the turnover of be a mammoth task — but one figure included newborn babies always been a happy hospital tion Board. such labour arid to encourage local authorities in this parti­ The boards would consist of which would eventually have to which topped the 40 mark. with which people wanted to cular field. the introduction of labour sav­ be undertaken. The Administrator referred The Matron-in-Chief at the Baragwanath Hospital, Miss A. W. Simpson, expresses be associated. members appointed by the Min­ ing devices and, to the importance of the hos- It would sweep away the ister. The chairman would also • The effective housing of Services provided by the hos­ her thanks after receiving a meritorious award from the Administrator of the Trans­ be appointed by the Minister. ital as a training centre. The QUALITY need in areas where the Bantu workers in its area, the pital, in conjunction with ser­ vaal, Mr. Van Niekerk, at the 2!st anniversary celebrations of the Baragwanath boards are established for mu­ vices provided by the Johannes­ ospital was coupled with the FARMING provision of adequate amenities Emedical faculty of the Univer­ Hospital yesterday. “The success of Baragwanath is nicipal African affairs depart­ of such workers by employers burg City Council, were among due to the men and women ments. Members would be appointed the most exceptional in the sity of the Witwatersrand — to and the promotion of sound of both races who, with the The draft Bill has been cir­ for their special knowledge of world. the mutual benefit of both in­ relationships between such stitutions. highest technical and medical culated by the United Munici­ the affairs of employers of workers and their employers. He agreed with Mr. F. S. skills, have rendered service pal Executive to the Provincial Bantu labour in the area, for Mncube, chairman of the Bantu STATURE NURSE’S REWARD of a quality rarely excelled,” Municipal Association and to their knowledge of the affairs RIGHTS Urban Council who had spoken STAFF REPORTER Mr. Lewis said. the Institute of Administrators of the farming community, and The boards would be empow­ earlier, that it was the policy The presence of interns and of non-European Affairs for for their knowledge of the local A MERITORIOUS award, the career spanning some 40 sought and accepted. Her know­ Mr. S. van Niekerk, the Ad­ ered to acquire by purchase, of the Adminstration to pro­ students brought to Baragwa­ comment. authorities in the area. exchange or appropriation such vide further opportunities for first to be made by the Trans­ years. ledge of, and interest in, staff ministrator, paid tribute to A board would be able to nath the stimulation of youth, matters led to magnificent A senior official of the land as a board may consider Africans so they could play a he said. vaal Provincial Administration “ It is gratifying to give cred­ Johannesburg’s contribution United Municipal Executive appoint an executive committee necessary for the attainment of more important role among team work and her handling of to the running of the hos­ consisting of the chairman and Post basic-training courses for services to nursing, was it to long and loyal service,” staff problems inspired confid­ said yesterday he could not its objectives. their own people. Mr. Van Niekerk told a large pital. comment on the effects of the two members. ■were available today to Afri­ made to the matron-in-chief of ence and trust. Officers in the employ of The board will be vested can nurses. These undoubtedly crowd. bill until the views of the the Baragwanath Hospital, Miss Mr. Van Niekerk said Miss Prof. J. H. Gear, chairman of local authorities may, by ar­ with all the rights, powers, KNOWN advanced the stature of Barag­ He said Miss Simpson had the Baragwanath Hospital provincial associations had functions, duties and obliga­ A. W. Simpson, yesterday. Simpson had distinguished her­ been received. rangement with the local au­ wanath Hospital in the nursing given service which was “very Board, said Baragwanath was thority concerned, be seconded tions of an urban local authori­ Mr. van Niekerk said Barag- profession. much above average.” self as a nurse of high integri­ A Bill, similar in many re­ wanath Hospital had not come The presentation was made ty and ability. Her professional a British military hospital in to the service of the board. ty, or a local government body Mr. Van Niekerk said the 1941. spects, which provided for the or a Bantu commissioner under of age. It had started in 1948 as by the Administrator of the Miss Simpson displayed qual­ knowledge and practical ability appointment of Bantu Labour a full-blooded institution. hospital had an exceptional Transvaal, Mr. S. G. J. van ities of leadership and she was were best displayed during a Today it served 3-million people MONEY such laws as may from time to record handling matters at Boards was withdrawn in Niekerk, during the 21st anni­ regarded with esteem by col­ period of distress or and was a vital training and February, last year, after it The boards’ funds will cons­ time be specified by the minis­ During the past 21 years times of emergency. He praised versary celebrations of the medical centre. ist of all amounts standing to ter but subject to conditions, Baragwanath Hospital had leagues. She had distinguished emergency. had aroused widespread oppo­ the staff for the way they had hospital. herself on three levels; admin­ sition from the municipal asso­ the credit of the Bantu Reven­ modifications or exceptions, to grown to be a giant among hos­ acted at the time of the Lang- Certificates were later pre­ istration, education and nurs­ OLDEST ciations. ue Account, including Bantu except in such portions of its pitals in the Transvaal. The laagte rail disaster. Teamwork Mr. Van Niekerk said Miss sented to all members of the beer and liquor accounts and areas as may be specified. name of the hospital, to the Simpson would retire from the ing practise. staff who had been at Barag­ The stated objectives of both was necessary and the result Tremendous technical advances measures are the same — a the Bantu Service Levy Fund pride and honour of the Re­ was “one big success.” service on May 10 after a Her advise was frequently wanath Hospital for 21 years. A board would he deemed to were being made in all greater mobility and more effi­ of each local authority in the be an urban local authority in public, was known in all parts spheres of nursing and allied area of the board, amounts of the civilised world. cient use of African labour. respect of that part of its area services and the hospital These objects are supported which would have accrued to which is an urban area. The hospital was a "tower of could look forward to increas­ by the United Municipal Exe­ the Bantu Revenue Account light” in the African residential ing progress during the next cutive, the provincial associa­ and monies derived from the HELP area. He doubted whether “we 21 years. tions and by commerce and sale or lease of premises of the The board would be em­ could go ahead if the institu­ industry. The deep in-road the board and any amounts ob­ powered to connect any ser­ tion was not there.” One of the newly minted R1 legislation on Bantu Labour tained from any other source. commemorative silver coins, vices, including water and The hospital was not accom­ Boards would have made into Any assets, including land or light, on land belonging to it, which became available for the powers of local authori­ rights acquired and any liabili­ modated in an ideal building. the first time yesterday, was in the vicinity of land under Extensions had been made ties, was resented. ties or obligations incurred by the control of the local autho­ presented to 97-year-old Whenever the Minister consi­ the Government or by a local over a number of years and Colonel Stallard as the oldest rity, and to connect it with buildings now spread out over ders it necessary for a more authority in the area of the roads or thoroughfares to those benefactor of Baragwanath effective administration of the board, will be deemed to have the site. Hospital present at the lun­ controlled by the local author­ Bantu Urban Areas Act, the been acquired or incurred by ity. When the hospital opened cheon. Bantu Labour Act and the the board. under the wings of the Provinc­ Bantu Trust and Land Act, and The boards’ objects as stated The board may require the ial Administration in 1948, it Colonel Stallard was a bene­ in the Bill are: local authority to render assist­ factor of the hospital in its for a greater mobility and had 800 beds — a large hos­ effective use of Bantu labour, • To ensure, the uniformity ance or information which it pital by present standards. early days and used to hold he may after consulting the and more effective administra­ picnics for convalescent pa­ may consider necessary for the Extensions were made to the urban local authorities and lo­ tion of the relevant Bantu laws, effective exercise of its powers tients on his farm, Hope- cal Government bodies, estab- • An even distribution and hospital. The laundry was the woolith, near Johannesburg. in this respect. The local authority has to supply services such as water, electricity where this is reasonably practical, and re­ ceive water or sewage in the same way as if the services were on land within the juris­ diction of the local authority. No rates would be levied on land or premises owned by the board. The board would be able to appoint inspectors who would be authorised to enter premises in a specified area, question any people on the premises, in­ spect title deeds and demand information relating to owner­ ship. ORDER If a local authority neglects to perform any act which in terms of the legislation it is required to perform, the Min­ ister may order it to do so. If it then fails to carry out the board's instructions, the Minister may direct the board to perform the act. In these circumstances, the board would have all the pow­ ers and rights of the local authority. The board could recover costs involved, either by court action, or by levying a special rate on all rateable property within the area of the local authority, or by deduction from any subsidy grant or other monies paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, or payable by the administrator to the local authority. 5TA.? - é/£-/CEQ Toespraak STRi? - ^ýlQ6Q 1 about a %/ Sandton speech . . . officials The Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis, opened his welcoming speech at the second Building Research Congress to- appointed 1 day with an explanation in Afri­ kaans as to why his speech would Sandton’s mayor and council-' be delivered in English. ! lors-elect are solidly behind the He said it was in deference to ! appointment of the senior offi- \ the many overseas visitors who I cials for the new town. did not understand Afrikaans. Yesterday the appointments of When the Minister of Com­ | Mr. R. Ï. Louttit, Town Clerk; munity Development, Mr. Blaar i Mr. R. H. Ledlie, Town Coetzee, started his official open­ ■Engineer; Mr. P. P. de Jager, ing of the congress he prefixed i Town Treasurer; Mr. J. J. Hat- it with a short statement in Afri­ tingh. Clerk of the Council and kaans saying that his speech i Mr. W. J. C. C. Botes, Director would also be in English, even J of Non-European Affairs were though his English was not as 1 announced. ! good as the Mayor’s. The congress received this The Mayor-elect of Sandton, banter with good humour. j Mr. A. P. Tweeddale, said in an interview' today that the council was “ very pleased ” with the appointments. “ These are men j of high calibre. As a group they I are all highly qualified, very experienced and conscientious.” Mr. Tweeddale said that every ■ one of the new senior officials ^ Councillors and senior officials from Johannesburg and had been associated with the the proposed neu) Sandton municipality met at a City ! Peri-Urban board for many years Hall luncheon given today by the Mayor, Mr. Patrick land had fought for the develop-) ! ment of the area. Lewis, to discuss matters of mutual interest. Sitting along- side Mr. Lewis at the main table was Sandton s Mayor- FINE TEAM elect, Mr. A. P. Tweeddale. Also present were Johannes­ ‘‘ We are not only pleased with burg’s Deputy Mayor, Mr. Sam Moss; Management the choice of our senior offi-j Committee members, Mr. J. F. Oberholzer, M.P.C., Mr. , cials,” said Mr. Tw'eeddale, “ but; A. B. Widman, M.P.C., and Mr. Max Neppe; and a ! also with the appointment of the other officials. We have the mak-; number of heads of Johannesburg City Council depart­ I ings of a very fine working team! ments. Besides Mr. Tweeddale, the Sandton guests were I here with all the necessary inti-L Mr. J. G. W'atson, Deputy Mayor-elect, Councillors Mr. ! mate knowledge of the area.! G. A. A. Bosman, Mr. G, P. Summerley, Mr. A. Laird- i These men have been close to) Smith, Mr. Reynecke, Mr. W. R. Hedding and Maj. R. | the problems, needs and develop- j ment of our area and with them Sive. Also present were the men who ivill serve in | Sandton can look forward to a I Sandton’s top municipal posts— Mr. R. I. Louttit, Town bright future,” Clerk; Mr. R. H. Ledlie, Town Engineer; Mr. P. P. de Jager, Town Treasurer; Mr. J. J. Hattingh, Clerk of the Council and Mr. W . J. C. C. Botes, Director of Non- European Affairs. (See Page 5.)

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Newlv-appointed. officials of the Sandton Municipality, which comes into being on July 1, were in happy mood when they had lunch with the Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis, at the City Hall yesterday. They are ( left to right): Mr. R. 1. Louttit, Town Clerk: Mr. R. H. Ledlie, Town Engineer: Mr. P. P. de Jager, Town Treasurer; Mr. J. J. Hattingh, Clerk of the Council; and. Mr. W. J. C. C. Botes, Director of Non-European Affairs. MASSIVE HELP TO CHARITIES Students earn high praise from Mayor

HE COMMON ID EA of a university student as a protester was inaccu­ T rate, to say the least, Mr. Patrick Lewis, the Mayor of Johannesburg, told Rag organizers and welfare workers at the City Hall today. The Mayor held a special Africans. They did farm work, Students were certainly not luncheon to meet the students collected money, food, blankets only protesters, Mr. Lewis con­ who planned this year’s Rag, to and clothes. They ran an annual cluded. “They are young people meet people from the beneficiary blood donation week, ran medical of action, carrying out a multi­ groups, and to talk about the clinics and social schemes. They plicity of tasks which are “ important permanent task which administered bursary, loan and essential in any civilized students have voluntarily under­ health insurance funds. country.” taken for the past 43 years.” ... Mr. Lewis paid tribute to the students and their Rag effort. “Any business would be happy to raise so much money in such a short time, particularly with voluntary labour,” he said. “ Is it any wonder that the University of the Witwatersrand justifiably is recognized as the largest student welfare fund­ raising organization in the world. DETAILED PLANNING Mr. Lewis gave a detailed out­ line of the planning involved in the Rag each year. It seemed like “ a military operation in its com­ plexity,” he said, and the dove­ tailing work began in August the year before. He also spoke of the other wel-1 fare work done by Wits, students . throughout the year. They orga­ nized work camps, built schools and churches and villages for

scale is needed for the Johannes­ burg of the future, the Mayor, Mr. Patrick Lewis, said today. Opening the annual conference ’ of the Association of Trust Com­ panies in South Africa, he told delegates that planning should not be done in isolation, how-" ever, but on a regional basis. This was one of the things s o , necessary in South Africa today. “If metropolitan facilities are available, the local authorities should get together. We in Johannesburg feel the great need for planning not only for our­ selves but also for the areas surrounding the city. They should plan in conjunction with us,” he added. “ CRIPPLING” In awide-ranging review of the tremendous developments taking place in Johannesburg, Mr. Lewis referred to State Treasury con­ trol of local authorities' capital spending and said it was haying a “crippling” effect on the city's development programmes. Mr. Lewis said great develop- ! ment had taken place in the north and this had made Johannesburg “ lop-sided.” As the mines finished their working lives, however, more residential areas would be opened in the south. And if the city’s bid to acquire 130 square miles to the south succeeded, the imbalance would be rectified. The imaginative scheme for a playground on the Klip River— with a 200-acre lake— and the 18,000-acre Suikerbosrand recrea­ tion area would also make a vast difference to the face of Johan- nesburg. / Lesson

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Prof. Friedel Sellschop, professor of nuclear physics at the University of the Witwatersrand fright), ex­ plains the working of a neutron generator to some of the people who attended the opening of the new building of the university’s nuclear physics research unit yesterday. They are ( left to right) the Mayor, Mr. Patrick Lewis; Dr. T. F. Muller, president of the Chamber of Mines, who opened the building; Dr. Hans !\el, president of the Associated and Technical Societies of South Africa; I Sir Keith Acutt, a director i °f Anglo American Cor­ poration; Mr. M. IT7. Richards, chairman of . the University Council; and Dr. G. R. Bozzoli, principal of Wits.

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South African Digest, May 16, 1969 The Mayor of Johannesburg, T Mr. Patrick Lewis, with Rag i Queen. Miss Helen George, j and her two princesses, r Maxine Goldber (left) and i Helen Bloomberg (right), at a luncheon for Rag officials and beneficiaries at the City Hall today. Mini-floats and drum majorettes

i n i -f l o a t s and major- ' M ettes, “ Myths and Mythtakes,” and 35 fully- fledged floats leave the j Civic Centre at 10 a.m. j tomorrow for the annual Wits. University Rag procession through the city. The procession will travel down Rissik Street, turn left into Plein Street and then right into Eloff Street. At Market Street the floats will turn right again, and return to the Civic Centre through Rissik Street. Students will be collecting money for charities. Three groups of drum ( majorettes will march with : the procession — those from J Natal University, the Johan- . nesburg College of Educa- j tion and Wits. The Rag Queens of Wits., J.C.E. and Natal University will take part.

Unfriendly blitz hits Wits Wits OTUDENT Rag leaders were order to prevent further sales and later issued a statement Dr. Bozzoli was not available the Abraham Kriel Kinderhuis‘ unwilling to comment today and, according to a report, one saying that further sales of for comment today. Asked in Langlaagte might not accept “Wits Wits” would be suspended. whether the remaining R7.500 on the storm that has blown of the Rag beneficiaries is think­ a donation from Rag, represen- ■ worth of unsold copies of “ Wits tatives of the home attended! ing of refusing any donation “ The magj§ine implied that up over their 1969 Rag magazine Wits” might still be sold, Mr. a Mayoral luncheon for Rag j from the Wits. Rag. material published in it had “ Wits Wits.” Sales of the maga­ been censored by Dr. Bozzoli,” Barnett said: “ I really do not committee members and bene- i zine have been suspended. Yesterday Rag committee the Rag chairman, Mr. Alan Bar­ know. Nothing further is be­ ficiaries in the City Hall yes-i members, the editors of “ Wits nett, said. “In point of fact, ing done at this stage and I terday. Churchmen as well as busi­ prefer not to comment on the because of an administrative Randburg Municipality, which nessmen have objected strongly Wits” and members of the possibility of the suspension on oversight of the Rag Commit­ once before forbade the sales of Students' Repres°ntat!ve Coun­ sales being lilted." to what they feel are smutty tee due to tremendous pres­ “ Wits Wits,” gave permission or obscene jokes in “Wits Wits.” cil met Dr G R. Bozzoli, the sures of work, some material Despite a report in an Afri­ for the magazine to be sold in There has been talk of a court vice-chancellor and principal, had not reached him.” kaans newspaper yesterday that Randburg this year. Prof. J. P. F. Sellschop, director of the Nuclear Wits nuclear Physics Reserach Unit at the University of Wit- watersrand, explaining some of the apparatus to the Mayor of Johannes­ research is burg, Councillor Patrick Lewis, left, and Dr. W. Stutterheim, centre, dep­ uty president of the C.S.I.R. The research unit praised was officially opened by STAFF REPORTER Dr. T. F. Muller, president ANY INDUSTRY which disregarded the fundamental of the Chamber of Mines. research work in South African universities did so at H its peril, according to Dr. T . F. Muller, president of the Chamber of Mines. Speaking at the opening of the new R250.000 Nuclear Physics Research Unit at the University of the Witwaters- rand at the weekend, Dr. Mul­ ler said university research units were not founded purely for direct commercial benefit that might stem from their work. “ But the advantage of the Wits research unit for the new industrial development jn South Africa — the introduc­ tion of nuclear power, for ex­ ample — will develop from the acquirement of technical expe­ rience in a new but very necessary science” he said. “ South Africa is always in need of acquiring new scientif­ ic knowledge and the training of new technologists. The tem­ po of new development in this country and the need to co-op- : erate with overseas scientists to j ensure that we are keeping up with all the advances requires I that we also make some contri- j buttons to world research in this important field of science,” Dr. Muller said.

TEACHING “ The unit also makes a major contribution to teaching in the university at all levels — cover­ ing general physics as well as nuclear and atomic physics — and this important activity will continue to expand. “With nuclear power stations to be established here in the near future, this aspect of the unit’s work is extremely valua­ ble,” Dr. Muller said. The new research unit is also assisting in water research in South Africa, South West Afri­ ca and Botswana and has received financial grants from overseas for this. ^ST '*< 2.3/íí Good cause Personality i

Eyes screw up with concen­ tration and sewing-machines Miss Marlene Arkin, South Africa's Miss Teenage whine as these women from x When city cit1 Personality, who was yesterday given her return air ticket the Union of Jewish Women s v n * . prepare for their fete on to America by the Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Wednesday, May 21, at the Lewis, at a special function in the Mayor s Parlour. Miss Temple Emanuel, Park- trams ran Arkin, who is 16 and of Birdhaven, will represent South town. The fete will be Africa at the International Teen Princess Pageant in opened by the Mayoress, Mrs. Patrick Lewis. The at a profit Chicago from June 1 to June 8. She will leave for the Union of Jewish Women United States on Sunday. The Mayor also presented her supports various projects, At a ceremony in the Duncan with six silver spoons bearing the Johannesburg crest, Hall yesterday the Mayor of such as hospital visiting, Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis which, he hoped, she could present to the cities in soup kitchens for non- i made presentations to 79 council America she visits. Miss Arkin will fly on the new South Whites at the outpatients j employees who have given alto- ______African Airways route via Rio de Janeiro. section of the General and l gether almost 2,500 years of Edenvale Hospitals, and I service. care of underprivileged Seven long-service certificates children. From left to right, were awarded to retiring em­ the women are Mrs. A. ployees with more than 30 years of service each. Top of the list > Glaser, Mrs. S. Mansell, was Mr. Fred Haywood who was Mrs. V. Bradlow, Mrs. A. with the transport department > Youngleson, Mrs. J. Marks, for 45 years, reaching the post of Mrs. M. Cassel and Mrs. inspector. B. Hey man. In handing over the certificate, MR. KRED HAYWro* the Mayor quipped that only four . . honoured at City Hall. years before Mr. Haywood joined the transport department, the city trams actually used to run at For 50 a profit. Mr Lewis gave 72 gold watches and other awards to employees: who had 30 years of service. ( years Fred Six cash awards were given for beneficial suggestions, and two i letters of commendation wrere has served acknowledged. ______Jo’burg Municipal Reporter MR. FRED HAYWOOD has been at it for nearly half a century. Serving Johannesburg, that is. Yesterday — 45 years ago to the day that he joined the Transport Department as a tram-car cleaner — Fred really felt it was all worth it. Smiling broadly, and not a little proudly, he topped the list of seven municiapl employ­ ees — their total service amounts to 300 years — who were honoured at a civic func­ tion at the City Hall. After the ceremony, all Fred Haywood could say was: “This is a great city. It is filled with wonderful people.” He joined the municipal service in the roaring 20s. Those glorious days when the city’s Transport Department ran at a profit He went through the full bit: tram-car cleaner, pointsman, conductor, driver, and for the past 29 years, inspector. In the last 50 years, there had been only one other person who can claim a longer service record than Fred in the Jo­ hannesburg municipality. — ■ ■ ■ ■ S T 4< * 3 7 * 1 W a BURGEMEESTER IN DIE GEDRANG 5 ^ / l 9 6 9 •Skokfeite’ oor Goudstad ‘POLITICS’

MUNICIPAL REPORTER

THE MAYOR of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis, was accused by a senior Nationalist City Councillor yesterday of conduct not befitting a N mayor of the City by involving himself in politics. The accusation was made at £• yesterday’s City Council meet­ sake ing by Mr. C. P. Venter, chief JET whip of the National Party in the council. Deur Ons Stadsverslaggewer Traditionally the mayor’s office is regarded as above „ Skokfeite” oor die bevordering van ‘n Johan- politics. Mr. Lewis was not in the chamber when Mr. Venter nesburgse munisipale amptenaar het gister aan spoke. die lig gekom, terwyl Johannesburg se burge- Mr. Venter's accusation fol­ lowed a recommendation by meester, mnr. P. R. B. Lewis, van politiekery the Management Committee that Mr. I. W. Robinson be ap­ beskuldig is. pointed deputy manager of the Non-European Affairs Depart­ Dit het op die maandvergade frica's Miss Teenage ment. ring van die Goudstad se stads- ( en her return air ticket Mr. Venter claimed that Mr. raad gebeur. Die hoofsweep van Lewis had attended a recent die Nasionalc Party-groep in mnesburg, Mr. Patrick United Party caucus meeting die raad, mnr. C. P. Ventec, het : Mayor’s Parlour. Miss to put representations from gepraat. the Urban Bantu Council that Mnr. Venter was aan die n, will represent South another candidate, Mr. J. C. de woord oor die aanstelling van 1 Princess Pageant in Villiers, was “ unacceptable” mnr. I. W. Robinson as adjunk- for the post. hoofbestuurder van die afdeling She ivill leave for the nie-blanke sake. iVor also presented her LESSER BODY Die bestuurskomitee het eers eenparig besluit om mnr. J. C. he Johannesburg crest, Mr Venter said Mr. Lewis de Villiers in die nos aan te esent to the cities in had been guilty of improper stcl. Hy en mnr. Robinson is al- _ conduct not befitting a mayor bei assistent-bestuurders in die ‘i l fly on the new South of the city by attending the afdeling nie-blanke sake. Rio de Janeiro. caucus meeting to put the view Volgens mnr. Venter was die that Mr. De Villiers was un­ gort gaar omdat die bestuurs­ acceptable to the Urban Bantu komitee van vyf mnr. De Vil­ Council. liers aanbevel het en het die He said Mr. Lewis’s action burgemeester, mnr. Lewis, toe had opened the door for fur­ die ongchoordc stap gedoen en ther improper interference in ingegryp the city council’s affairs by a lesser body such as the Urban Rede Bantu Council. Mr. Pieter Roos, chairman Mnr. Lewis het glo sainespre- of the Management Committee, kings met lede van die Stedelike said he had been away at the Bantoeraad gevoer, wat vir horn time the appointment was (mnr. Lewis) gesê het mnr. De Villiers is vir hulle onaanvaar- discussed by the Management Committee and the caucus. baar in die pos van adjunk- “ It appears, though, that hoofbestuurder. Mnr. Venter het gesê hy is some crystal-báll-gazing has bekommerd omdat die Stedelike been done," he said. Bantoeraad van die aanbeveling “ I have been advised that van die bestuurskomitee geweet the Management Committee’s het. original decision to appoint Hoewcl mnr. Lewis as burge- Mr. Robinson was not changed meester buite die partypolitiek at the caucus meeting.” behoort te staan, het hy ’n ver- Mr. Robinson’s appointment gadering van die koukus van die was passed by the council. Mr. VP-groep in die raad bygewoon. Venter lodged objections to Daar het hy ’n venynige aanval this on behalf of the National op mnr. De Villiers gedoen en Party in the council. druk op die koukus uitgeoefen om die Stedelike Bantoeraad te paai, het mnr. Venter gesê. Die bestuurskomitee het daar- na aanbeveel dat mnr. Robin­ son aangestel word. Mnr. Venter het gesê hy be- skou dié gebeure as ’n mosie van wantroue in die bestuurs­ komitee. Hy betreur hul swak oorcleelsvermoe en cleur hul op- trede maak hulle die deur oop vir nog inmenging in die huis- houdelike sake van die stads- raad. Raad

Dit behoort aan die Stedelike Bantoeraad tuisgebring te word dat hy daar is om raad te gee en horn nie moet inmeng in die raad se huishoudelike sake nie. Mnr. Venter het gesê die stadsraad is die venster waar- deur die res van die land Jo- | hannesburg sien en die beeld j wat hulle sien, is die een wat hulle altyd met hulle saam- dra. In die verlede is al dik- wels gepraat oor die verbete- ring van die beeld en die raad behoort niks te doen wat die beeld verswak nie. Die voorsitter van die be­ stuurskomitee, mnr. P. M. Roos, het in antwoord gesé ’n klomp raaiwerk is gedoen en baie mense het blykbaar in kristal- balle gekyk, want die besluit wat die bestuurskomitee ge- neem het, is soos dit in die sakelys aanbeveel is, nl. dat mnr. * Robinson aangestel word. Hy het gesê dit maak nie saak of die aanstelling onder- hewig is aan goedkeuring van wie 00k al nie, dit sal deurge- voer word. R.MM.

ACCUSES MAYOR OF, ‘POLITICS’

MUNICIPAL REPORTER

THE MAYOR of Johannesburg, Mr. Patrick Lewis, was accused by a senior Nationalist City Councillor yesterday of conduct not befitting a mayor of the City by involving himself in politics. The accusation was made at ' yesterday's City Council meet- j ing by Mr. C. P. Venter, chief I, whip of the National Party in the council. Traditionally the mayor’s H office is regarded as above 9 politics. Mr. Lewis was not in « the chamber when Mr. Venter I spoke. Mr. Venter's accusation fol- ! lowed a recommendation by jj | the Management Committee ! that Mr. I. W. Robinson be ap­ pointed deputy manager of the : , Non-European Affairs Depart­ ment. Mr. Venter claimed that Mr. ! Lewis had attended a recent j United Party caucus meeting to put representations from 1 the Urban Bantu Council that [ another candidate, Mr. J. C. de Villiers, was “ unacceptable” t j for the post. LESSER BODY Mr Venter said Mr. Lewis ! had been guilty of improper J | conduct not befitting a mayor i I of the city by attending the caucus meeting to put the view that Mr. De Villiers was un- i acceptable to the Urban Bantu y Council. He said Mr. Lewis’s action had opened the door for fur­ ther improper interference in the city council’s affairs by a lesser body such as the Urban Bantu Council. Mr. Pieter Roos, chairman of the Management Committee, said he had been away at the (j time the appointment was discussed by the Management Committee and the caucus. “ It appears, though, that - some crystal-báll-gazing has • < been done,” he said. “ I have been advised that the Management Committee’s • í original decision to appoint Mr. Robinson was not changed at the caucus meeting.” Mr. Robinson’s appointment was passed by the council. Mr. > Venter lodged objections to ! this on behalf of the National Party in the council. vY-yiv-tanKC'- - - v c- - ______Burgemeester ‘Politics’ aangeval | charge sy flung at oor Mayor

NATIONALIST city council­ .politiekery’ A lor yesterday accused the í Mayor of Johannesburg, Mr. I Patrick Lewis, of involving him- \ j (Munisipale Verslaggewer) g l self in politics and allowing a ï ■ “ lesser body,” namely, the Urban j f XTNR. PATRICK LEWIS, Johannesburg se burge- Bantu Council in Soweto, to I meester, is gisteraand in die maandvergadering interfere in the city council’s IK van die stadsraad bitsig aangeval en daarvan beskul- y g affairs. Mr. C. P. Venter, the National- I dig dat hy die Goudstad se beeld vertroebel het deur £; ist chief whip in the council, I hom met die politiek in te meng. 1 was speaking at yesterday’s I Mnr. Carel Venter, hoofsweep genader is om kommentaar te le- ;-f monthly council meeting on a van die N.P.-groep in die raad, wer, het hy beslis geweier. Management Committee recoin- g het in ’n dramatiese toespraak die Hoewel die Sappe doodstil na mendation that Mr. I. W. Robin- j| „skokfeite” geopenbaar dat die mnr. Venter gesit en luister het, ; Í son be appointed deputy manager § stad se bestuurskomitee deur die was dit duidelik dat hulle baie of the city’s Non-European} Stedelike Bantoeraad be'invloed is kriewelrig was. Mnr. pieter Roos, •V Affairs Department. in die aanstelling van ’n senior voorsitter van die bestuurskomi­ j§? Mr. Lewis was not in the cham-' 'amptenaar in die afdeling nie- tee, het die debat gesluit nadat á ber during Mr. Venter’s attack , on him. Replying, Mr. Pieter blanke sake. mnr. Venter gepraat het en so- Roos, chairman of the Manage­ doende het hulle enige verdere ment Committee, said that Mr. bespreking van die aangeleent- Toespraak Venter had done a ‘‘lot of crystal­ heid die nek ingeslaan. s ' ball gazing.” Mnr. Venter het dit ook aan die Mnr. Venter, hy is ook lid van gi Mr. Venter’s allegation was lig gebring dat mnr. Lewis ’n die komitee vir nie-blanke sake, Í-’ that Mr. Lewis had talks with koukusvergadering van die V.P.- het gepraat oor die aanstelling r the U.B.C. and then told a beheerde stadsraad in verband van mnr. I. W. Robinson as ad- I United Party caucus that another met die aanstelling toegespreck junk-bestuurder van die afdeling B candidate for the deputy man­ het. nie-blanke sake. Volgens hom het ia ager's post, Mr. J. C. de Villiers, Mnr. Lewis was nie in die raad- die bestuurskomitee aanvanklik I was unacceptable to the U.B.C. saal toe mnr. Venter gepraat het eenparig besluit om mnr. J. C. nie en na verneem word, het by de Villiers, ’n assistent-bestuur- ONE DECISION buite die raadsaal met ’n gehoor- der in die afdeling, aan te be- 4 The Mayor was thus involving toestelletjie gesit en luister. Toe veel. o- himself in politics, conduct not hy na afloop van die vergadering 4 1 befitting a mayor, Mr. Venter Bj said. He was attacking a depart­ Ingegryp mental head so as to pander to lij the U.B.C. and was “ opening the door to interference in the coun- Dit is toe dat mnr. Lewis in­ g cil’s affairs by lesser bodies.” gegryp het. Lede van die Stede-! Mr. Roos said that the Manage- like Bantoeraad het glo same-! i ment Committee had made only sprekings met hom gevoer en one decision, namely that in the gesê dat mnr. De Villiers nie vir agenda, to recommend Mr. Robin- hulle as adjunk-bestuurder aan- ; son for the post. “ I was not at vaasbaar is nie. Mnr. Venter sê t the caucus meeting,” he said, hy is bekommerd oor die feit dat ; “ but I am told that the Manage- die Bantoeraad van die bestuurs­ ment Committee’s original deci­ komitee se. aanbeveling geweet sion was not altered by the het. Icaucus.” Mnr. Lewis het toe 'n koukus­ vergadering van die V.P.-groep in die raad bygewoon en 'n ve- The council approved Mr. nynige aanval op mnr. De Vil­ Robinson’s appointment. liers gcdoen en druk op die kou- kus uitgeoefen om die Bantoe-! raad te paai, het mnr. Venter gesê. Die bestuurskomitee het daar- na aanbeveel dat mnr. Robinson aangestel word. Mnr. Venter sê hy beskou die ebeure as -n mo- sie van wantroue in die bestuurs­ komitee en hy betreUr ook hul swak oordeelsvermoë. — Kan Jou Nie Hoor TAAAIi is een Suid-Afrikaanse burgemeester wat met 'n ongemaklike politieke aanklag teen 1 hom sit. Johannesburg se noromer een, mnr. Pat Lewis, is deur sy Nasionale opponente daarvan beskuldig dat hy: 1. Na Bantoes geluister het wat nie ’n sekere blanke amp- tenaar aangestel wou hê nie. 2. Hom met die politiek in- gemeng het en die stad se Sap- koukus beïnvloed het om die Bantoes se keuse en nie dié van die blanke bestuurskomitee aan te beveel nie. Ek wonder of só ’n situasie al ooit in ons land voorge kom het. Die hele mandjie patats het op _ ‘SL'odaj 'l l Dinsdag s e stadsraad ve r Attack on Jo gadering te burg voorskyn ge- kom. Aange- sien daar nog geen ontkenning M ayor‘nonsense/ van mnr. Lewis of sy partyge- note gekom het nie, kan ek se- ker maar die storie op my ma- nier oorvertel. says Pieter Roos Die bestuurskomitee van vyf het eenparig aanbeveel dat mnr. J. S. de Villiers, een van die By JACK SACKSE stad se twee assistent-bestuur- ders van die Afdeling Nie-blan­ ke Sake, tot adjunk-hoofbestuur, ALLEGATIONS that Johannesburg’s Mayor, Mr. Patrick der bevorder word. Lewis, had intervened in the appointment of a senior Die nuus het aan die Stede- llke Bantoeraad uitgelek. Die municipal official were “just so much nonsense,’’ Mr. Bantoelede hou egter meer van Pieter Roos, chairman of the eity’s Management Com­ mnr. I, W. Robinson, die ander mittee, said this week. assistent-bestuurder, en hulle that he should be invited to the. “ The criticism was without vertel vir burgemeester Lewis meeting when this matter came foundation and, mischievous and up. daarvan. Mnr. Lewis, seker nie should never have been made,” minder liberaal as mnr. Robin­ “ At that meeting he did not he said. cause any change wnatever in me son nie, stem saam en oorreed At the City Council meeting nomination, and to the best of m.v die V.P.-koukus om die Bantoei this week Mr. Carel Venter, chief knowledge nothing derogatory or raad se voorstel te aanvaar. ’n ; whip of the Nationalist Party critical either of Mr. Robinson or Burgemeester is veronderstel j group in the council, accused the Mr. De Villiers was voiced by om hom nie gedurende sy amps- Mayor of having attended a cau­ anybody. termyn met die politiek in te cus meeting of the ruling United “The two leading candidates laat nie. j Party group, and there arguing were judged entirely on merit — Die arme mnr. De Villiers kan against the appointment of an on the basis of their qualifica­ wel wonder wat hom getref het. ! official allegedly already recom­ tions, experience and administra­ Die bestuurskomitee beveel hom mended for the post of deputy- tive ability. “There was very little to aan, maar die Bantoeraad en die I manager of the Non-European ÍJ Affairs Department. choose between them, but finally V.P.-stadsraad keur hom af. En Mr. Venter alleged that Mr. J. it was decided that Mr. Robinson na ek vemeem, is mnr. De Vil­ should get the job.” liers nie eens ’n Nasionalis nie! 1 C. de Villiers had been recom­ mended for the post by the “These facts should scotch all Eise i Management Committee. When further irresponsible criticism of the matter subsequently came the Mayor.” Maar die lede van die Stede- 9 before the United Party caucus like Bantoeraad meen seker dat (said Mr. Venter) Mr. Lewis hulle met hulle buitensporige en intervened, and as a result Mr. I. ongeregverdigde eise verder met W. Robinson was then recom- mnr. Robinson sal kom. j mended in place of Mr. De # Ai mense, as Julie wil sien J Villiers. hoe politieke knoeiwerk lyk, This alleged action by the moet julle Johannesburg toe Mayor, said Mr. Venter, not only kom. Dit behoort, nes die Herb brought his office into disrepute zogtoring, een van die stad se but also besmirched the image of besienswaardighede te wees. 'Johannesburg, as it reflected on the way its business was conduct­ Maar anders as met die toring, ed. sal die besocker nie opstyg nie. maar ondergronds moet gaan. Mr. Roos told me that the (TOE, MNR. LEWIS, VERTEL Management Committee had al­ ready recommended that Mr. VIR ONS VAT ONS VERKEERD Robinson should be appointed to IS. ONS SAL U ANTWOORV j the post long before the caucus meeting. MET OR A A GTE PLAAS — This recommendation was Vo orslag). made known to the caucus meet­ ing to which the Mayor was specially invited. “ Mr. Lewis has been for many years chairman of the Non-European Committee. We thought it a matter of courtesy jibxéforeek &r> eland isiem ffyíéj

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MNR. PATRICK LEWIS, BURGEMEESTER VAN JOHANNES­ BURG: Na aanleiding van ’n uitnodiging van verlede week Mnr, P. Lewis om op aantygings teen my te antwoord, doen ek dit hiermee: Met die laaste vergadering kusvergadering slegs tydens die van die Johannesburgse Stads­ bespreking van die item byge- raad op 27 Mei gehou, was een woon. Die waarnemende voor- van die items op die agenda sitter van die Komitee vir Nie- die aanstelling van die adjunk- Blanke Sake, raadsiid Sam bestuurder van die nie-blanke Moss, die onderburgemeester, sake-afdeling. het my gevra om teenwoordig Die aanbeveling voor die te wees aangesien ek so ver- Raad was dat mnr. I. W. Robin­ troud wat met die afdeling en son aangestel moet word. Ek die aansoekers so goed geken was nie in die Raadskamer op het. Ek is sedert 1958 voorsit- die tydstip dat hierdie item oor- ter van die komitee. Syns in- weeg is nie. siens kon my menings vir die Raadsiid Venter, die Sweep koukus van nut wees. Wat my van die Nasionale Party, het betref, was hierdie aangeleent- opmerkings gemaak oor my po- heid nie van ’n politieke aard sisie as Brugemeester en gesê nie en dus het ek aan sy ver- dat dit ’n tradisie was dat die soek voldoen. Burgemeester, gedurende sy 3. Die Bestuurskomitee het amptstermyn, nie met politiek me besluit om mnr. De Villiers moet inmeng nie en hy het aan- aan te stel nie. gedui dat ek in verband met 4/5. Ek het by geen geleent- die aanbeveling voor die Raad heid enige lid van die Stedelike op ’n politieke manier gehandel Bantoeraad in die verband be- het, op ’n manier wat nie die nader nie, nog minder het ek Burgemeester toekom nie. die saak met enige lid van die Stedelike Bantoeraad bespreek. Volgens die koerantberigte het hy beweer: 6. Aangesien die Bestuursko­ mitee geen besluit geneem het 1. Dat die bestuurskomitee een- om mnr. De Villiers aan te stel parig ooreengekom bet om nie, was daar geen sprake daar­ ’n mnr. J. C. de Villiers as van dat ’n besluit van die Be­ die adjunkbestuurder aan stuurskomitee in die verband te stei (die ander applikant omvergewerp word nie. wat vir die pos oorweeg is); 7. Die antwoorde op vrae 4 2. dat ek ’n koukusvergadering en 5 beantwoord die vraag. van die Verenigde Party by- gewoon het; 3 dat die Stedelike Bantoeraad in kennis gestel is van die Bestuurskomitee se besluit, om mnr. J. C. de Villiers aan te stel; 4. dat die Stedelike Bantoe­ raad met my in verbinding getree het en hulle gesê het dat hulle die aanstelling van mnr. Robinson verkies en d'at mnr. De Villiers onaan- vaarbaar was; 5. dat ek moes geweier het om die saak met lede van die Stedelike Bantoeraad te be­ spreek; 6. dat, na my samesprekings met die Stedelike Bantoe­ raad en ten einde hulle te paai, ek die Koukus be- invloed het om mnr. I. W. Robinson aan te stel, waar- deur die Bestuurkomitee oorheers is; 7. dat die uitwerking hiervan was dat ’n juniorliggaam (die Stedelike Bantoeraad) druk uitoefen om die Raad se besluite te beïnvloed. Laat ek die vrae een vir een beantwoord: 1. Die Bestuurskomitee het die aanstelling van die adjunk­ bestuurder op verskeie vergade- rings oorweeg. Mnr. Robinson sowel as mnr. De Villiers is besonder geskik vir aanstelling in die betrekking, ofskoon hulie nie oor dieselfde ervaring be- skik nie en ook nie ewe lank in die Raad se diens is nie. Daar is oorweging geskenk aan die moontlikheid daarvan om twee adjunkbestuurders aan te stel aangesien albei aansoe­ kers verdien om aangestel te word. Daar is op grond van reper- kussies wat dit in ander aide- ; lings mag hê, teen die aanstel- ling van twee adjunkbestuur ders besluit. Daar word tans on- dersoek ingestel na die raad- saamheid daarvan om mede-ad- junkte in die Raad se afdelings aan te stel, maar die ondensoek sal ’n tydlank duur. Die Bestuurskomitee het by E geen geleentheid besluit om Í mnr. De Villiers aan te stel nie S 2. Ek het die betrokke kou-

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