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Vol. 8, No. 14. Registered at the G.p.a. as a Newspaper 6d. _SOUTHERN EDITION Thursday, January 18, 1962 SC. _ folllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli1I111 111 11 11 11 11111 1111111111111111 111 1111111h. liTE I THEY WORK FROM DAWNTO DUSK II~~~I ~~~~~ ~a y Questioned ­ in Prt Eliz beth PORT ELIZABETH. HOMES and offices continue to be raided as the police SISULU IN in Port Elizabeth intensify their round-the-clock investigation of JAIL AGAIN the bomb explosions which have rocked this area on three sepa- JOHANNESBURG. rate occasions since December WALTER Sisulu, well-known 16 last year. people's leader, appeared In Schauder Township. the home, in the Johannesburg Magis­ of Miss Lilian Diederichs and Mr. trate's Court last week and was ~t~the':n e~~ ~: ~ s , w~l~th vi ~~ ~; i nl~l~ : remanded in c,~ody. !or 10 week. When the Special Branch davs u n de ~ the no ball Act. raided the Food and Canning The Special Branch seem all out Workers' Union they showed visible to. persecute ~r. Sisulu. This is his annoyance at having come too late third arrest 10 approximately two for a meeting. They took the names months. and addresses of all members still In November last year, he was in the office. including those of arrested for a pass offence. He spent senior officials from Cape Town. two days in prison and paid a R30 . ~ number of houses in the Elun- ~~~ r t t i ~h e F~:~:buri.om;~~SiO:ae~~ dini se~tlOn of New Brighton werc month he was again arrested at a also raided and thoroughly sea~chcd . party with other leaders charged Saracens patrolled Ihe township to- with contravening his gatherings A lorry-load of children arrivin2 home late in the evening from their work 00 a fann near Benoni. They wards the end of the week. ban. He spent thrce days in jail. had been at work since six that morning. (See story on paSte 3.) Manv people have been taken after which the case was thrown out from their homes and from place, of court. Earlier this month he was of work to the police stations for stopped and a temporary pass docu- Brutal Frankness in Official Document questioning for hours on end. mcnt was taken from him. Last week the Special Branch On Januarv 8, Dr. Nathan Mudc- visited his home and wanted to ley and Mr. Mia Ismail both spent know wherc he was. Thev were close to five hours under intcrroga- told he was at home and left. The tion, Dr. Mudelcv was takcn from following dav he was arrested in CLIMB·DOWN ON INDIA his surgery and Mr. Ismail from his Eloff Street. He appeared in court shop. the following day. after being in Other" similarly interrogated in- custody for two davs, on a charge elude Staff Nurse Mnendu and of fraud or alternatively contraven­ AREAS? Messrs Tshingana and Nonkonvana. ing the Aholition of Passes Act. JOHANNESBURG it a duty to show open opposition. locations." All persons interrogated were c1ose- A certificate from the Attornev- On Indians the document says: lv questioned about the movements General of the Transvaal authoris­ SL~~t~~:lli~~h~::S~gAf~~:~ B~:;: e o:~f:::'~b g~~~o ~:~~t i ~~~ "Thus Indians should only have of. and their associations with. those ina the detention of Me. Sisulu for as you will notice that the Church shops in Indian areas. Nevertheless who have been arrested in connee- 12 days was handed in bv the Pro- won't notice this, after all the has made no protest in this eonnec­ it cannot be prescribed who sbould tion with the bomb explosions. s e ~~t~ r' R~ rA :VHg'o ~ ° (f~r Walter) n apartheid propaganda, the Gov- tion," says the memorandum. patronise thelJng:nr :rPitS';ICh r Three more men have been said he had intended apolyinz for ernment has been climbing t h ~hi~ :~~;f~g~~na~~ t~~d~~ h~~ ~:r~iv.~t t:o~ur dem:~tic ~~ya:; arrested at Engcobo and are now in hail. but he would have to wait for down on Group Areas for In- been "dependent on Bantu purchas­ life and the authorities would sure- jail at Umtata. They are Messrs S. the expiry of the 12-day period. dians, ing power. His shop is usuaIly near Iy never countenance it. The Bantu Xobololo, Sisa Dukada and Gordon _"But we do not accept that the Hints and suspicions there have a location or on the route from 10­ ~:;i~n~ wa ys chosen to trade with Dukada. ~tti~~~: ~-~ e~:~i~ca~: ~ n ~h~~~~~~~~ been, but proof positive is given by cation to town, near Bantu bus stops copies of Group Areas Board docu- or places where Bantus gather. "We believe that wherever the In- tri~~ac~t:d ~ ~:W~e a:~~ t sB~~ t ~~~odrith charge." said Mr. Hepple, ments that arrived in the offices of Where the Indians with their shops dt.ital ndgtroud" area ~ay ~e he iSts~:r are being subjected to regular DO- l e ~~~ ~~mfetf;t~~ ~t~~e bin chthl~ NEW AGE recently. must now retreat to their own areas l e o raw cus om rom au. I .e lice raids. The police say that they Sunrerne Court." A memorandum to the Minister they must forego that purchasing ~~~t ~~~:o~f f~~c:nB~~fs4d~eiliet~~~~ ~:d~ob~i~ /or of the Interior is most frank. power if the siting of their area firearms and home- , The case was adjourned to the "In the latter half of 1959,during makes it difficult or almost irnpos­ Area, and consequently sited the ' '2-nd of January. a discussion with the Prime Minister sible for their Bantu customers to ~fe~h ~o r~~e~e~~~~it t~a~r~~.rct~t; ~'II"'III11I1I1I11I!11II1II11 I I11I11 I1I I11I I1 I11 I II I I 11 11 1 1 1 1 1 11 11 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 11111 111 1 111 1 1 1 111 1 111 1111 1 1 11111 1 1 11 11 111 ' 1 and various other Ministers, it was reach them. decided that . . . the question of In- "The result 'Would be uoemploy­ dian resettlement would be divided ment and poverty amongst the In­ ~~~I~s~~ I ~ i ~p~e ~~ d~~ i ~?:gB~h~~ ~ BIG GRANT FOR ~ into two sections, namely: the pro- dlans which would necessarily result it so diligently strove to do, namely 5 § vision of separate premises for resi- in greater opposition to the principle ~~d~ :~ I ~r~ d e~~ ea~ P;~s sibi:~ ~ ~ dence and for trading; that separate of separate areas." as many BASUTOFARMERS trading premises could not be al- Note the tone of consideration in "The number of Indian traders is ~ ::; lowed except in the case of a few this government document . .. but ~~~ bi:r . re~~~~ld tOp~:~~\~~1 ;~~:: large centres; tbat the residential also the reason of expediency for - MASERU. strative nature. as well as th: resettlement of Indians should pro- this. ~~ u fJ s ~~~t ege t~x~~~:~ d O~~t r:lle 't~~ ~ District Council of Mafeteng ~ ~ ~i ~i~ t ~~~ oi~ i ~tl i ,,:~~end :~k~ I~~~~ ceed without delay ..." TRADING OPPORTUNITIFS traders would be able to make a has been gran!ed .R~8.000 for ;h ~o:e;Ju ~~o~n~msi~C ~~~~.it works on AFRIKAANS CHURCHES The document goes on to ex- The memorandum notes officially pound Government policy that in reas ona ~~~g ~~SINFSS ~~~ f:r'::~:alrfe:::b ~; ~ a:::.~:~r~ If the new scheme is a success. that in discussions with Afrikaans any area reserved for a racial group, ~~~ :heoI~na~a~o.op era ti v e ~7~f :~~~C :~ec:~~ ~heth:c~~~\~~ church leaders during 1959 it be- trading should be enjoyed by that Then there is the give away state- basis by came clear that unless Indian traders group exclusively. The 'Bantu' !T!ent. showing how group a.reas ar.e The new equipment is part of a demonstrate its suoerioritv to the received fair treatment (sic) from should receive trading opportunities aimed at looking after White busi- drive for improved wheat yields, old methods, it will provide impor- the authorities, these steps (under in their own areas."The ' BAD is ne~'Th e ~ ;~\~}~t:;h ~~~d ~ r;~lil : i:~t i ~~~ +h~ ~~u t ~i~~~n ~ w~~ ~c ~~hee;e ~~~as a l ~~ the Group Areas Act) would not be against the establishment of trading Board must purposefully reconciled with their Christian con' concerns by other racial groups on order the sitmg of Indian group Central Government is providing small pieces of flat land with a high sciences, and the Church would feel the borders or in the vicinity of (Comlraued on pagt 3) assistance of a technical and adrnini- concentration of arable soil. NEW AGE, THU RSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1962 Only Themselves To Blame EDITORIAL The two comrades, Salazar and Verwoerd, are suffering. One be­ cause of the loss of Goa and the other because of the UNO deci­ THE REAL OPPOSITIO sion on South West Africa. D IE BURGER. in a leading article last week, bemoans the The Salazar and Verwoerd gov­ ernments should not blame UNO fact that there is no effective parliamentary opposition left CONVICTS WORK: for the Goa and S.W.A. incidents, to the Nationalist Party. This. concludes the article...... is not for they have violated the UNO a healthy phenomenon. Without healthy opposition there can, in WORK!.ESS QUEUE charter in many ways. the long run, not be a healthy government . . ." Long live Nehru! Colonialism What unctious hypocrisy! Ever since the Nationalist Party will be trampled underfoot by When you enter the town of mankind. came to power it has had but one objective in mind: the destruction of all opposition, inside and outside parliament, and Springs and come ac ross a group GREETINGS FROM MELVIN MABONA of convicts working in the beauti­ Port Elizabeth the establishment of an out-and-out dictatorship. ful gardens of the Town Council. On the electoral front. it has used every trick unscrupulous perhaps you may think there is a NIGERIA shortage of labour in the t~wn . politicians could devise to prevent the demands of the people On the contrary, were you to go I ' am happy to send this Ne w from finding even a faint echo in Parliament. to the Pass Office vou would find Year message to the people In TRADE UNIONISTS The expulsion of elected representatives under the Suppres­ hundreds of work-seekers queue­ South Africa. sion of Communism Act and, later, the complete abolition of ing in the broiling sun hoping to We, as humans, belong to one ARRESTED Nat ive Representation destroyed t~~ little influence African get a job. family and, 'though tongue and Peoole are being arrested in the , Among the work-seekers are tribe may differ,' in brotherhood Mohaleshoek Government re­ opinion was able to exert. Inflating and deflating the Senate as men from Kisa-Thema who face we stand. In whatever we do in serve on the allegation that they if it were a cheap tuppeny-ha'penny balloon. in order to remove ejectment for non-pavment of rent, relation to other people. let us re­ were not born in the reserve. the Coloured people from the common roll, was another shabby some from Payneville who have member that we are brothers. and stratagem. been ordered by the Superinten­ let brotherly love live amongst us. What is surprising is that this dent to move to Kwa-Them a, and Be you rich man, poor man, regulation seems to be used only In both Houses. standards of debate, once on a reasonably professional. farmer or trader. aga inst trade union members in high level, have steadily deteriorated under a steady stream of others because that is the only Mohaleshoek. The motive for these place where they are safe from the each of you must see to it that in threats, abuse and hysterical appeals to racial prejudice. The claw, of the Ghost Squad. your day-to-day undertakings you arrests is to demoralise the trade do not forget the important aim­ unionists so that they might aban­ opposition has been persistently treated with crude discourtesy Rut strangely enough. it is these don their struggle for better con­ and arrogant contempt. ve rv suffering Africans who. after the building of a free, united ditions and for work. getting some emoloyment at a South Africa for yourselves and Yet the treatment of the parliamentary opposition is as wage far below the breadline, col­ for the good of your future chil­ As trade unionists, we call on nothing compared to that meted out to extra-parliamentary laborate with the Town Council dren. the workers of the world to rally to our defence. opponents. Leaders and organisations have been banned, meetings bv pa tro nisi ng the biosco pes. beer­ SYLVESTER IKIANOSIME prohibited and tens of thousands thrown into prison. The few halls and also by using its buses Lagos, Nigeria. A. S. MAKHELE to and from work. Mohaleshoek genuinely democratic organisations still permitted to exist carry One of mv New Year resolu­ on their activities under great difficulties, constantly harassed and tions i~ non-collaboration with the persecuted by a Special Branch which is more and more becom­ Council until it docs away with THE GREATEST ing a law unto itself. convict labour and pavs its Afri­ ACTION WANTED ca" ernplovees a living wace. PARASITE Die Burger makes a big mistake if it thinks that because which i ~ R2.00 a dav. I appeal to The struggle is still on, but there the parliamentary opposition "has no burning desire or eagerness the resident, of Springs-both Now that Goa has been liber­ is no help from abroad. The to tackle the Nationalist Party" healthy opposition to the Gov­ white and black-to follow. The ated. the United States and Britain " U nion Government continues to ernment has therefore practicaIIy ceased to exist. The real whites could h-l o bv boycotting who have openly backed fascist oppress us; day after day. the Municip al Theatre owned by Portugal, look more ludicrous opposition to Nationalist tyranny. the people's opposition. -than ever before. It is not supris­ We in South West Africa call on remains not only healthy but grows stronger every day. th - Snrines Town Council. -. the United Nations as well as the Forward to a multi-racial South ing, therefore. that India has be­ whole world to help us. We do THAT OPPOSITION WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE Africa. Arnandla Nc awethu ! come annoyed at the prattle of the EVERY MOVE OF THE GOVERN MENT UNTIL NATION. U.S. at the U.N. not wish to live under the present Z. K. STOFILE Government, but want our coun­ ALIST TYRANNY IS COMPLETELY DEFEATED. Springs Indonesia cannot expect sympa­ try placed under UN trusteeship. There was a time when. for all its unrepresentative character, thy from the U.S.A. when she If the United Nations refuses to f ree s West Irian from Dutch op­ take action to give us indepen­ parliament did enjoy some moral authority in the country. That pression. The Yanks- capitalists dence in 1963. then we wish rather authority has long since been destroyed and it is the Nationalist APPEAL TO VENDAS to the core-would rather see peo­ 10 die. Party which is chiefly responsible for destroying it. ple in perpetual serv itude than "AFRICAN" Small wonder. then, that the majority of the people now look JI i, time for us tn solve the risk the loss of a few dollars to S.W.A. problem, caused hv the minority the greatest parasite of all- Uncle upon parliament only as a machine which has the purely nega­ zovernm ent in South Africa he­ tive function of churning out repressive legislation as fast as the fore it i, tnn late. I appeal here Sam. Yours for FREEDOM creaky apparat us can handle it. Small wonder, too. that those to the inhabitants and ta x pavers DEMOCRAT AFriend in Australia laws have to be enforced at the point of the bayonet. of Vendaland to unite with those fighting for emancipation. I have received several issues of Parliament will only regain its moral authority WHEN ALL "New Age" from a friend in THE PEOPLE. IRRESPECTIVE OF COLOUR. HAVE THE We must forzet our chief s who WAS IN TEARS are working for the Nationalist South Africa and I would like to RIGHT TO PART ICIPATE IN ELECTI ONS ON A FREE I am a 17-year-old girl and I subscribe to your paper as I find Government which zrou ps us into it extremely informative. AND EQUAL BASIS. tribes, We must follow the hon­ never miss my copy of New Age. ou rable Ch'e f A. T. Lutuli who is After reading the article on page one of vo ur paper. the one about Af~~:~l i t ~ov~~ ~~~t ff~is~n i~~r~;~ trvina to unite different races into throughout the Australian Labour DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS IN one nation. If we co-operate with a sick baby spending 10 days in him and his followers we can jail. tears rolled down my cheeks. easily destrov Bantu Authorities Horrors of horro rs! A sick baby ;olitici:~: p~ ~d l iP~~:~V.ic~i~~t-~i!i~ spending 10 days in jail! I wonder cism of South Africa's racial P••E RAILWAY COMPOUND the arch-oppressor of the South policies. African Blacks. when this Verwoerd government is going to free us. There were a number of excel- PORT ELIZABETH. established as a labour reservoir to SAMUEL MAHWASANE HORR IFIED Lady Selbourne, Pretoria. New Brighton ~i~~ d~f o nsK::~~~l1e~le ~y~l~ OVE~:eOsti7t°~:7s ~~c ~o~~~~; ~~~Plrheth; re~=~l~ion~f t ~~~nr ~~~ a i~ e ~hi~i~i~~~ i n ~~ed °i~e a i ~ l as~y ~i~h ~~~~~:~d ~:e:b~e~~ t ~~~St :fa ~:~ ~h rs~r~~~~art 'A7 1 bhe bee~~n~d °th:t;~~~~ the police. The left-wing tries to and have a communal kitchen. The of agitators". ~i~ti r~~~lt~ti~:~icsaunpp~:~efor al~h~ ~:~~:t :~n~ ~ro n ~n~:~epa~ R~1~ 11r.======m boycott and calling for South Afri- a month. Recreational and social TAKE OUT A SUB. ca's expulsion from U.N.O. facilitic, are non-existent. M-O-N-E-Y P. COLLINS The workers are rationed two SCRIPTION FOR NEW Australia Spell it slowly, so that it WE'LL CARRYON- WITH ~~~~~r age~:y~ ~o: o~r~~~ ~~stcoff~:' sticks in your mind, for money YOUR HELP. AGE TODAY is what you should be sending mealie-meal porridge and a quarter WITHOUT YOUR HELP­ of a loaf of bread. For supper they to New Age right now. WE WON'T. NEUM has Nothing to RATES Take a look at the acknow­ are given salted samp and a mug ledgments below: a paltry R20 SO SEND YOUR DONA­ of Amahewu. There is no second Union of Soutb Africa and from Johannesburg, with Cape TION TODAY! Offer helping under any circumstances. Protectorates: Town only slightly better, and Last Week's Donations: The disgruntled pseudo-politi­ ~~~~%Sonto~~cu%~~ctt~e c~~c~ si~~~ nothing at all from Durban, Cape Town: cians of the Unity Movement are 21/- for twelve months R2.IO Port Elizabeth or the scores of Mark RI, M.M. R20, K & holding back the march to free­ ~lI~gtht~m~~l:C~ it~t ofot~d ~~tri~~n t~~ I :~~ :~~e ~~o~~ s J}/leOnts other towns we can think of. MR30, Egg R4, Ohms R2. dom in South Africa. M: Take another look. Is your Prem RI , Rubar R4, Friend 25 These people have nothing to night. Overseas: ISOLATED contribution there? cents, J & HRto, (Plus seven offer towards the liberation of the 25/- for twelve months R2.50 No? Well, do something dollars from Zeke). African people and I call upon The authorities are obviously about it! 1216 for six months RI.25 Johannesburg. the African community to beware keen to isolate these workers from British Postal Orders, cheques New Age can't live on love Orange Grove R2, Intellec­ of them. the rest of the people. A high or fine expressions of apprecia­ or Bank Drafts accepted. tual R6. Greenside R2. Sheila's If these people can bring free­ fence runs round the compound Post to: tion-not unless they are trans­ Present for the New Year RIO. dom, then I can lick the back of and the only gate is guarded day lated into hard cash. Total: R92.25, my neck. and night. A number of informers Ne w Age, 6 Barrack Street, WILSON B. NGZAYIYA have been planted among the men. CAPE TOWN. Orlando West The compound was sneciflcallr 1l!!===:::::::::::::::::::::::::::==~=====QJ NEW AGE, THURSDAY, JANUARY .18, 1962 7-YEAR- OLDS WORK ON FARMS Evidence in City Long Hours For Small Pittance 're Case BENONI. Samuel Mongomezulu is a boy of Hall Fl S OUTH Africa's farmers l ~ . He was in standard 4 when he faced with a grave shortag; ~~~~Idfo~~f ~~ n t\~~vee ~~~~~~~ ~~ CAPE TOWN. of la~our because they p~y parents c~u l d no longer afford to I~~dme;~d~~ d uL~~~an(tl)lie~~~~ ::~:~:~ w::s ~::vt:ce~: t~~ ~J{ s ~?J. :~sh ~~oe~Srn~~d3~1~~~~s ~1~i arrested by detectives shortly after DOW faced with further difficul- day , HIS father also works for a ~I~ md';~ w~~W~a~~y tOH~ flt ~e t~~ ~ies ~ecause !hey,wiD lose their c.o~h ~ ~~~f~~~ say they are given a night of Monday January 8. foreign natives so~n, have little rnealie-pap and milk twice a a p~;~;~~ ine~~~e~:g i o :a~ eC O Ul~ e~ ~ ~:~:~~o ~~~~~.o~~::: ]i~b ::: ~ ~ r~ s.b~he~o m~~~ e ~I ~~e\ r i~: a ~h ei~ :~~a~~fn~ f sa;s~~~~:~~e ~~i~e~~a1h~~ thing in either the Childrens' o \"Th : alt~~ ~i e~ t ~i~~ s ili ~ m up be t we~ ~~~e:~o~of~c:.: ~~~a~ ~c ~ r~ ~:,~.hp~:til::~:fti~Os;~~ky~:rsa o~~~~::~ he had "been betrayed." " I feel J Act or the Mastersand Servants 6 and 7 a.m. and bri ng them back just eight. Popi is untyins;: her hanky to show Our New Age reporter the am helping Mr. Levy, not condemn- Act to stop them from doingso. between 6 and 7.30 p.m. 3}6 she has earned for two days of back·breaking work. ing him," Salie said. A detective Children from the Daveyton loca- had told him that Levy had said he tion here, of whom the youngest are h a ~b~ o~~~~ s ~~:t r~~~ ~~~ .li~~?ger , ~~ I~ei~ ~b~ ~i~;s f~~~ Sa ~a i\~~ e~ h~~~ warned Salie that he could be con- they work long hours for a miser­ sidered an accomplice, but should able pittance. ew Blow t Altic n his evidence be satisfactory h- When [ was in Daveyton last would be given indemnity. week I saw exhausted little child- ~~~ ug:~ ~ i ~~ e: ~~~k lf~ ~~ ili~:~ hw~~~ BOMBING Education Salie said that he and Levy had on the ne ighbouring farms. discussed the political situation in The lorries started coming in at exceptionally strong reasons arc advanced. South Africa and Levy had said 6 p.m, and did not stop coming Q t L· ·t Std VI P that a lot of bombing was going until 7.30 p.m. tha t night. UO a Im l S . asses This means that many of the on m other parts of the country and One of the children, Popi Vila- more experienced teachers- those 40 o~ most resistant to Bantu Education­ ~nonCa;e ~~~nT~:r~' ;ei~t; l~tia~adc:J ~h:\~h~ a~~ j~S ~ ~~ /~~rsce~I~, ~~~~ CAPE TOWN. • From 35% to for third will now be weeded out. They will class passes; have to be replaced by newcomers ~j:y t ~~:l~ ::~e t h~ l~t~me ~\~~h ~%(L::y;~a~h~o~~ I:a c~h fiI ~~d ti~e~f .A.S the

~ SARDINES WOULD COMPLAIN 11 S-IR 'OY'SSTA. EI NIGHTMA E '\\ No Time For Courtesy JO URNEYS ;;;;:;;;::,-';;;;;;;;;;;- KATANGA 1 1~~~:::5~:::5~~~~ WHAT stake has Sir Roy ched their Second Crusade, wards the people of Katanga, any I}1-'OR the non-white going to Fr:~;~r ~~~s , t~ a~~~~z, C~I~~~ ~~v~:~:r:ti~l~s~l~s~~~t~~n c:~~ turn~~t ~~~~e ~Ort~i;ge~~~i~~~ ? Welensky got in the Con- GANYILES gOThe Prime Minister of the ~~e~~~~ :% ~ i ~g~r~r%~ ~;~i::I~i~ rh~~ f~~p:;',1 e themselves rather travelling on Johannesburg's Federation is loud in his de- Britons and Rhodesians in Katan- A week later The Times reo COMPANIONS trains is a nightma re. ~ that he. has ...alJowed ~~p~~~trt~~c h 'y~ve~::ti~~pe:~a ported:"In political circles in It's a ma tter of touch and go, White mercenenes and arms to withholds its financial contribu- ~~~~~c1e~t ~~o sU~cl~k;r a ~a~~ RELEASED heave an d knead and groan. cross the border from the Fe- tions, from mining and industrial quar- THE two men who were That's the way Johannesburg's deratio~ to .suPP,ort Tsh0lD;be. a n~ u~ ~ ~~t~~Zet~fgta~i~~a ~fb~~ ters in Katanga . . . al legedly kidnapped with Afric ans board their trains from But m spIte 01 thesedenials Conservative Party which has "There do appear to have been Mr. And erson Ganyile by the town ships to the city, from Sir Ro y, together with South pushed the British Government ~~~~~Sio~i~~~;:e"al~~der~ t f ~~~ South African police who the city to the townships. Afi'ican Bntish French and into open and direct conflict with Northern Rhodesian mining crossed int o Basutoland on The tra ins are so packed that }JeJgi~'imperialist~, have a lot the Un~l'k~~~sp uSHER groups, partic u I a r I y Anglo- August 26 last year hav e even sardi nes would find cause to gam by preventmg Katanga White-supremacb-t Premier of ~~:r~h~niJnioh~c~i~i~~e .~los e ties been released. for com plaint. from joining the rest of the the Central African Federation, Sir CLEARLY, THOUGH MUCH They are Mr. Singleton Gan­ That is why so many Non- yile, Anderson's brother, and Congo under on~ govemment. : eoina~~I~~~rde ~~oco:::m;ef:~ HAS HAPPENED IN THE Mr. Mohlovoa Mtseko. They Whites of all ages take da nge- The UN went Into the Congo and fear of a United Nations in CONGO AND IN KATANGA were released last week-end. rous chances just to get on that ~~~~~,a~h~ y;~II~ a~~s~~~ ~:;~lt: ~ah;~ha~n~~:~I:rb1~a:.:ta~: ~HETH~k~TWp~WS The release of the men co­ incided with inquiries made by train home for, after dark. the ted It under Its charter: 10 get been the hardest pusher of 'them DREAMS OF A TIE-UP BE. Mr. Peter Charles Q.C. an ob­ gangste rs will be waiting. Dare- aggressors-the Belgians and white all. TWEEN RHODESIAN AND server from the International devil you ng men wait for the ~e ~~~ ~~~~ tt/: ~n~ l ~~~:reel~~~~ ~; ~g-ANGr:f ~IN~AN~1t Commission of Jurists and train to gather , speed before Justice, who is attending An­ a breach of tne peace. ~ 1 1 1 1II 1 1 1 1 1 1I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 " 1 1I1 1 1 1 1I 1 1 1I 1 1 1I 1 1I 1I 1II 1I 1II 1I 1II 1II 1 § LITTLE. AND HE IS . PRE- derson Ganyile's trial on alle­ they leap on it and work their At Afro-Asian insistence, fol- PARED TO GO TO THE gations of attempted murder. way into the already over- lowing the mmal tailure or that ~ WORLD STAGE ~ LENGTH OF WRECKING THE According to, a Springbok crowded coaches. Quite a feat, ~~~~~~; y t n~a e~c u:~~ ~~InC~o ~~S~ ~ ~~~~~:&T lg:~.mi~N~ Radio newscast, the explana­ such as only the § by tion of the police for the re­ but foolhardy Command me further assignment THE INTERNATIOAL ORGA- lease of the two was that "they undertake. ot restoring K.atanga Province to I SPECTATOB I NlSATION PRO V ES, A had answered questions satis­ BUT IT'S H ARD ON THE tne Congo, by terce if necessary, ~11111 111l11l1111l 11l 1111l 1 111l1l1l111l11ll1111l1l111 11 1l 1l1ll.~ STUMBLING·BLOCK TO THE factorily." WOMEN AN D CHILDREN, ~h~ th~n~~~un~ l~l~ ; :h~ r~~i~~~o ~~ ~ ~~~ION OF THESE A thick mass of humanity in t h ~:;::~~~ ~~~:~ ~::tS~:~~s~~;e~~:h i~s~ded like sardines in the Non- 11£:::~=====~~~~~:::5:sID ITHE AGED AND THE SICk. precisely the goal or the aggres- Sir Roy's announcement that he sion by the Belgians. ~~ ldfO~~ ~ s allt~w ~~m ~~~ ':s~ro r~~~ 4,000 or 40,000? BIG BUSINESS TO BLAME News Censorship AGGRESSION INTACT across Federation territory was Mr. Kenneth Kaunda revealed at I ------=:.,. Sixteen months later, the aggres­ sion was still intact. ON spokes­ ~~det~a~ ~~~ V~~~i ~OG~~ r~~~~ ~ f; e s:; c osn;Ie;:~c e " ~~~ ~t1y b ~h ~ ~ m t ~~ H ~ ave-ho! Pre3Son! There is no time for gracious entrance to these trains. men had conceded that two ~~;~ ll~n c ~~e ~h~~ wu~~ .f~: INDIAN UNEMPLOYMENT .. ~~ffe~n~f ~~:~~ ~rnofRhfi~~~S~~a l Wi~: ,PRESS S'O ,5.S.'(.S READY months earlier the white mercenar­ it1e . . . . - They only stop for a minute and then they are off. ies had inspired and directed the Bntish Government's announce- terests linking South Africa, anti-UN resistance in Katanga ~~~ aft~~ ~~ teen ;~ '~~t ~~e~kf~~ M? ~IT~i~ ed :ffi ~u l~:s ~~~se: a ~~r o f which ended with the death of Committee to Conduct Survey. TO SURI-ENDER Secretary General Dag Hammar­ naive to imagine that, these two "; this tie-up. 1 have definite informa- . I! skjold and in the defeat of the UN ev ~ ~y h~~ h~ od~~~ e~~J(~~~ United DURBAN. mation on how the discrepancies ~f:Se~ b~~t l~e:e~~h Th~~eo t i ~~ r~~ ~~ • • •. . .• • . forces. ~uzzle I The UN's Katanga representa­ Nations so important to Sir Roy THE D urb an Indian Unem- between official figures and popular h f rc!I th . Brit sh Govern- I JOHANNESBURG. Umon , there are now disqwet- Itself. Th!,! l!,dlVld!lal journa- SLIP, AND. tive, Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien, WelelUky? ployment Committee a estimates arise.. m ~~~ to°a band~nelts pl~g e s to pro- rl'H OUGH the South African iog reports that somemembers ~IS:, fe:~ul.o[ his ~Ob, ~~:'11:. who has SInce resigned, charged c1 e~~:~' o~f ~~:::f;;:~~~o volunta ry bod y representmg in- ex~~~k off tb~e ~~~ b~~~w~:rhg~e~~~ teet d ~ ~a~' ~:of;id D~ e~f~the~~ , Society of Jou~alists has of the S;A.S .J. Coun~i1 are pre- ~t: o ab~u~1SSo~~ Ael:i~a and th: II that 12 Belgian soldiers in the n:: ~~~te info;mati~ n g ~rotested" pare~ c~mpronuse Belgian consulate in Elizabethville and were to become part of .an dividuals and organisations con- impeded the aCliyity .of the Unem- further he ob- aready ID strong to on a indignities and exploitation suffered the Katanga capital had fought independent Coego, the F~era tIon cem ed with the problem, have pl-JYment ,Committee. . The survey tained, he intended to go to the UJ?DS against the ~eIf-censor. modifi ed versi on. ~n~:re b~a':a~~. her people will no UN troops (Belgian Foreign Min­ :~ ~~ ~~~~::a~~m~~u=d:: emb arke ~ on. a project designed ~~~cr~(eO~~r~~e baSIS for future United Nations. SliP" plan of the NatIonal Press The Newspaper Press Union- the ister Henri Spaak, former NATO p ow e ~ fu l org~msa tJO n. IGNORED nead, implicitly admitted their il­ African independent or near-inde- to establish Just how many In- of newspaper legal presence by ordering them pendent States. dian unemployed there really ~ ,, ISh II N propnetors-:-Is 1?repan ng to surren- So far, it is only the owners of WIthdrawn). While the Federation i~ but- are in this city. SACKED AFTER SB 1~~ '~ol~;tt~~~,al~~tnfr~~s~!ei h~ ~~~ the press who have had anything to :~~ses~ u ?~ t~n~ ;o~~o~~~_~ o~~ a ever do with framing the Code. Those WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY Admittedly inadequate Depart- • • I will be the chief item on the agenda trolled, sympathetic Ka1anga to ment of Labour statistics show over RAID at its Annual Congress due to be who actually write the news-the Martin Mauthner wrote from members of the SASJ-have been the north, Welensky can hope to 4:000 ll;ldlansout of work. One offi- S held withint~e the nepl~xtn month, studiously ignored in all their win through in his now desperate cial estimated a more correct figure ubm,.'" Key t,o IS a 'Code of Elizabethville in the New States­ Dianlate last October: "Despite its approaches to the NPU on this vital Atrican government, Katanga re­ b~ ~U~s~~~n~~~h ~:~~aJa';TI~~:J\ ~~ ! itf~it~~~mt~~J~ ~ r~~OY~ ad~~I~~ JOHANNESBURG, ~o~~~~J ;:~I~~ ~~I tt~ e~~~~ e 1t ~; issue. mains a white man's country ... ~ationa l Independence Party in daily contact With Widespread hun- FO~~e:~~~~n o~e::,e a~~;~r. propos~d that the m e!Dbe r~ of the The more Verwoerd's Govern­ After 15 months of independence N ,or t ~er n Rhodesia, Joshua ~~~~~toy~~sef!'b~~e~~e f~~~era~J ate of the S ~ u th African Congress _ ANDERSO'N GANYILE Board mclude two retired Judges, ment is in the red, both here and Elizabethville is still a white town Nkomo S newly ba~ed Natlonal 40000. of Trade Umons, have been threat- DANGEROUS overseas, the greater the number of . .. Its shops and offices are nearly ~~~doe~i~tlc a~~r t y n ~~~~~~ ~r:h f~ ~h eir j ~:' complaints will become, AND THE all run by whites. Few Africans D: Funds for the survey havb beef withd disrnif al DL'RBAN. t.cked his hut with stones and The most dangerous section of STRONGER THE MEASURES OF eat in its restaurants or drink in its Banda's Malawi Cong;ess Party in rh~v; ~~a:Yc~~~~;1 ~~mD~:b~n Voio:: Man; o ha~~Iga~re a~ym bee: IN an int erview with a. New f~ G~b~~ il~ ro ~: ijn t~h~t of the six ~~e s~roposed code is the section that CONTROL WILL GROW. An ac­ cafes-and then only rarely with ceptaflce of this first step by the whites. .. N ~:~ :~~, Northern Rhodesia ~n~~b~~r o~~i~~~~~~~.d the In- :aw~e::;~ ~r p:;.rk wbich ca~ies Age ref ort er after hIS re- p~l i c e m en he recognised five, four r'Comment should take due cog' newspaper owners will only hasten "Belgians are giving Tshombe h . h K th stJ • In a nt d th U lease on bad of R400 last week , of whom were members of the nisance of the complex racial prob· ever more control BY THE GOV­ their fullest support in his efforts Ce~t~al l~~ca c~~;n;:belt. We~:n- d e ~tin ::r~i~~~rs ~:~~~vfs~tabY s~~ office;s, f~~f: car~~1 ofo~em~ers ~h ~ A?derson Ga nyile, . looking ~ I~~~~~n~r~~~l~ ff~~f~~~agisAf~~ lems ,of South Africa and should ERNMENT ITSELF. What will to create a Katanga nation • .. sky view.. with alann the prospect University of Natal are already had Just paid their subs were taken thmner than usual said that he . gg d and take mto account tbe leneral l(ood inevitably follow is complete The Belgians are convinced that censorship, something this country of the Katangese portion, c?n- hard at ",:ork o.n.the i 5. d~Y ~ro j e<: t. a;:a y /y the Sp~ialh Branch. It is is feeling well. "j shall never ~~~~r::~~.s were overpowere ~~d~~:I ::J~ty of the country and their busmess interests-m which t has not known since Pringle and South African, American and ~i~ee~e.at c:::: ~:d::e J~: ~~:Xted wI~am;i~lt 'of ~~n t ~~ccti~~ ~h~~:te~~~ ~~~ wVi~ti;i~~dno~ b~~~ submit to intimidation or He was first taken to Matatiele This is almost identical to the Fairbairn'S fight with Lord Charles British companies have a big control. households Railway Authorities. threats. Th e ma rch to a fully and then to Mount Fletcher, where phraseology used by the Nationalist Somerset in 1822. stake-are secure only as long as co-or~inated ~;p ::~~~r ~n~~ ~;t~~~~r t~' K~~ ~~:~ n~~~~ j~m ~~~ti~s m~~e~~::' Katanga remains independent. Way back in February 1960, . SELECfEDJ Was this obviously fledged fasci st state und ertaken THE TIME HAS COME FOR So, the British Government's de­ c~~~~ ~~n;~e b~~~~~et~~e~t~l~h~ ~ca~~nu ~Xe~~~o~~h a~h~ ~;t~ciit~ regim ~ , S la~ a~dd ~~ l at: gO~~a r THE SA SJ . TO REJECT ONCE These households have been by the Na tionalist must sent t\ ed Now the Press, too, is to be clapped AND FOR ALL ANY PROPO­ cision to hold back the bombs re­ questIOn of Katanga's secession selected in such a way that thjt in- of the Minister of Transport? and can be stop ped, he r a Irever e Je een h d ghe under hatches by similar methods. quested by the UN forces in f t SALS WHATSOEVER FOR SELF­ Katanga recently was a resounding ~~I~i c~~ e ~~~ n~~~~" an~i';:efi~~~ ~~it~~~m:h~~ ~~sf~V~~o~Y ~~ i~ ~h~t~~ i ill~::I ~~~e~::e 1~il~aa~ de~a~:r~ s of his bail, Ganyile il> ~\t:r ~e~~ la u~{~~~ J. ,flor a an~ nfhe ~e~~~d~e~a~ pbe:~y~~~e~18 CENSORSHIP, AND TO MAKE IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR DI­ victory for the Katanp lobby­ Fe de~atio n ,?,as r~is e d ~y Welen- statistically accurate statements RegulatlQns .(the Government confined to Umtata and must report OB~ERVER . . have the fight to. lay a complamt. the peers, l\1Ps and ex-MP's with RECT Ar;TION AGAINST THIS sky In an lDtervlew WIth Renee about the whole Durban Indian G a zett ~ s which refer to (Ban- to the police once a day. ~he InternatIOnal CommiSSIOn of Once the. co~pla lD t h ~ s been de- a financial stake in Katanga aod THREAT. MacColl in the Daily Express. population can be made. The I accu- tu)RaJlway workers) to trans- In an affidavit to court supporting J ~ns ls has sent Mr. Peter. Charles, ciared valid, elt,her ag.alOst a. news- the rest of "wbite" Africa. FOOTNOTE : The attack on the ~~~~~ : i :~~o~~~~ ~:n a~~~~in~ ~~~~ i n~~ t~1Ilin~~r~h~~e dw~~~in~~ ~;r/ man to a lower rate of ~~ ~tb a i~ ea p p~~~ t i O ~ i ~~~~~~ ali~~~ &~ ~ [ e stoe x;l~i ~~~e tdhilie t ~:~~s ::~i &:~~ ~i1i 6:~~cthl:rr ?:h~~ na h st , the UNHOLY ALLIANCE English Press over the last three me-I got the latest letter on the knowledge of the Indian population •Their organisation is a perfect- Qacha's Nek, about one-and-a- the International Commission of • t I. d th . d' months has been led by 'Qie Trans­ Now this unholy alliance is subject only yesterday from a as revealed in the census returns. Iy legal one which has in the quarter miles inside Basutoland, by J~ ri s t s , and Justice, the British sec- \ '!dse~e~e y r e r ~man e m 1- valer,' Dr. Verwoerd's mouthpiece pressing the Government to stop source which I had better not The survey will give a picture not recent past been granted inter- South African policemen dressed in tihn, were perturbed at the apparent VI ua Jo~.m a IS or newspaper in Johannesburg. It has published its financial contributions to the 31 readers' letters and 24 editorial UN force and to join only with ~hao~-;;~~ a ~ h~heh ~;:e~ f t ifrie:~~hi~~ ~f l~n~~~f~;:~~ni~m~~ y:~~ t ili~~ ~~~w~t \tge thS.A~R~ e ~ 1 Na":~ ~~I~c1 a~~t~~~ . wearing masks and ~~:lt~S~;:icao~ i~lic ee ~~ ~~u\~~ • ::n:::: t~e paper to publish articles, most of them demanding the Tshombe puppet Government press control, and accusing the of Katanga. in repulsing the UN f~ %aJ~g~~d~n~~~ the Congo gains ~:~b l :~~e ~~oi ns~:: f~~:~tion of ~~~~~:s . affecting the African tO~~h;rO !i't~' t~~ ~fghfst ;~m ::: I ~~~ n o n Collins has announced ~~~ti~i~~~~ i f'm~~ Sthi~J fit~ r- English newspapers of being against "attack." Thus the Men of Suez "But I have had to make my A series of Questions on the reIa-The Union has lodged a strong nions-also refugees from South that the British Christian Action 'blankedom' and wanting the down­ who tried unsuccessfully to smash position clear-that while the tionship of each worker to the protest against the action of the Africa-were awakened by six Council has made funds available With such a threat against ity an fall of the Afrikaners. Most of the They even ride on the couplings between coaches after being crowded­ the UN five years ago, have laun- Federation is well disposed to- Labour Bureau will provide infor- police and Railway authorities. South African policemen. They at- for Ganyile's defence. already cautious Press will certainly leUerswere signed by pseudonyms. out of an over·full train. NEW AGE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1962 THE AUD ENC E Ii! "BARD TO I.IE ON" I!I WA LKED OUT

CAPE TOWN. roar of protest from the audience. Mr. Godlo, another committee A BOUT 300 Nyanga West member, in response to shouted protest at the delayed commence­ residents walked out in ment of the meeting. said it would protest at the meeting of the begin as soon as a certain document new Nyanga West Civic Asso­ had arrived. The audience thereupon ciation held in the township last rose and walked out as one man, leaving behind only the committee Saturday afternoon. members and two African Special The previous night ·a group of Branch men. people had toured the township , Th ~ Nyanga West Civic Associa­ streets shouting : 'Tomorrow Mr. tion IS a rival organisation to the Rod gers' stooges and the police are popular Nyanga West vigilance As­ holding a meeting, Go to it and ex- sociation, Both Mr. Rodgers (the pose them!" Langa Location Superintendent) and The residents had been instructed ~~~S Si~~.l ice have given it their by the sponsors of the meeting to Mr. E. Loza, the Nyanga west bring their rent cards along for Youth League leader and a suppor­ identification, but when Mr. Yo~- ter of the Vigilance Association wana, one of the ASSOCiatIOn s said : "In Nyanga West we have committee members, demanded that always opposed Government stoo­ the cards be produced, there was a ges and Bantu Councils. We see the Civic Association as a variant of these. We will not have it here at \~~~~~~~~9~l l a n y price." Other members of the Civic As­ sociation Committee are Messers GOING FOR Tulwana, Cato, Matiso, Roto, Veka, Makhupula, Phanya.. Vena and A new intention of the Resettlement Board in the Meadowlands Hostel- brick and plank beds that must A SWIM? Falati. also serve as cupboards. "They're bard to lie on," say the men. "These are not beds." JOHAN NESBURG. ~ swim or not to swim, that A Torrent of Jnvective CAPE YOUTH MEET BRICK BOXES is the question. For two weeks the Johannesburg City CAPE TOWN FOR BEDS Council has dilly-dallied over a vital matter-should it allow NEUM CONFAB A di:e~~~:y~~ t~ ~~~ ~P ~f~~~t~l~ra~~ JOHANNESBURG those Japanese at present living in South Africa (recently de­ ~~n iehr~ n :~~r~ a t~g:y ~~ e~~~~ ~ CONCRETE bunks in the clared to be White by a decree' "HOWLING" SUCCESS united organisation-the African mine compouuds were con- from all-high) to use its Muni­ Youth League of the Western Cape. demned years ago, yet the gov- cipal baths'! DURBAN. added: "This is not a matter of After an inspired session, the ernment's Nat ive Resettlement There are at present a grand li~is~c$~e ~l~h~ l~~etr a~~~e bO;y~~~~ ~:~~i~~ ~;~~~ e i ~ r:~~lu~~n oili~; total of 35 Japanese men, 'TI~~~E a~~re~~r~:1 Pi~I~~~~~ e~a ~~; o;oe Board . persists .in instaU"!g women and children in the such schools!" . forms of the discrimination. They something very little better ID whole country. . Non-European Unity Movement The winner of the 1960 Nobel pledged their su p~ rt for the Non- buildings under their control. The vote finally went In (combined with the Society of Peace Prize was referred to as "a co-operation campaign, and.also for In one of tbe newest hostels in favour of this limited integra­ Young Africa) held a three-day con­ certain Mr. Lutuli from somewhere the African Students Association in Johannesburg-the Meadowlands tion, and the Chinese commu­ ference, ironically enough at the ball in Nata1." This general tone of pet- its fight against academic segrega- Hostel-the Board has provided its nity was thrown in for good " here the historical All-African tiness set the pace for this arm-chair tion. / tenants with brick boxes, topped measure. Leaders' conference was first held in essay into the realms of unreality. Messages of support were re- by hard plank lids, which have to There was an immediate out­ Maritzburg. Perhaps de Wet Nel could find safe ceived from S.A.C.T.U., the serve both as bed and wardrobe. cry from some leading Indians Over 120 delegates- African, Col­ anchorage here for his meta-physi- Women's Federation and other or- Some of the residents are bachel- in this town. "There is not a oured and Indian attended. Holding cal utterances. ganisations. ors, but many others are married single swimming-pool, public a watching brief at the conference men, from places like Alexandra or private, which is available were Mr. I. T abata, Advocate, Township, whose homes were to Transvaal Indian people," W. Tsotsi, Dr. Alexander, Mr. I. broken up by the influx control commented Mr. A M. Jassat, Mqotsi , and several others, laws, of the Sports Ground Associa­ From the word go It was clear Visitors are not freely allowed in­ tion. He added that the Council that the confab would be a "howl­ UP '; MY ' ALL EY to the hostel. Relations who wish to had not even bothered to ing" success. Seldom have I ever at­ see their husbands, sons or brothers acknowledge a registered letter tended as rowdy a political gather' must first obtain a permit from the of last August 11 on the sub­ ing, Every speech was read from ~~ ~I:m~~ t :ec~~ ~~~ ~g i;ro~ DONE ABOUT THAT I.M. superintendent. The permit stipu­ ject, which included a proposal seemingly endless notes. A ACT! lates the time each visitor may re­ by his Association to pay for a The chairman, Mr. Sihlali, speak­ shock after having conducted his Yea, truly is it written that the main in the hostel. bath rand for rand. ing in a conspiratory undertone. own personal, private investiga­ grass is greener . .. . All of which just goes to asked the delegates "not to give tion into vice. Vice is not what But for some birds, all roads HIGH-HANDED show what "a crazy waste of their names when they make their the carpenter uses to hold fast hi i are now leading to Durban. For The hostel residents complain time, facilities and human ener­ speeches. This will make it difficult wood while be does the planing­ the weather and the Indian about the high-handed methods of gies this apartheid nonsense for the hunters to identify them." it is much more 2ripping than that. Ocean? No! F or bananas and the authorities. In every block (each brings in its train. But the "hunters," the dozen-odd Anyway, I am wondering whether mangoes? No! Take another block houses 16 men) the inmates 111s=~~~~~~~~~ I ::~~ et~eo~~~: :r~~: 1 ~~:.nd~d \~~~ said investicator is shocked abou t guess. The most important pro­ must buy their own locks for their the vice, or about the percentage duct of dat Durban today seems bed-cum-boxes and have duplicate seem to be over-exerting themselves. of die volk involved. Certainly to be de strip-tease. keys made not only for themselves, One was devoting most of his atten­ young ladies from the platteland It's enough to I:ive any doml­ but also for the cleaner employed No Facilities For tion to a packet of fish and cbips! nee a headache. by the Board. INVECTIVE I lIIlIIIIIIIIIlIIlllIIlIIlIIlIIlllII'r Conversation as reported in a Every week-end, the Board police African Attorney As usual. a torrent of invective. Sunday newspaper: 20 from block to block, break open and what amounted to slander. Erica: I think I can do a better the boxes of the men who are in ~g~~~~~ nWh~~~~~nd~r·Op~~ f~~~~~ s ~~p~rt~~~ ~t ~ h ~ f ~~~e:eo:: strip than Kathy. She hasn't got arrears with their rentals and im­ A ~ ' the body for it. pound their belongings until the ing a new practice in Port Elizabeth The usual terms "arch-quisling:' IBY ALEX Rosallinde: I once worked for arrears have been paid. has been compelled by Group "Communist lap-dogs" "sell-outs" Kathy, and I'm no t afraid of the Because of the unsatisfactory con­ Areas restrictions to open offices in were freely bandied about. competition. The challenge excites ditions at the hostel, most of the Zakhele- five miles out of town. Much mention was made of the LA GUMA me. men, althou gh paying for their beds. Interviewed by New Age, Mr. "Ten-Point programme". It was i Jeez, And I always thought it seldom sleep in. Residents told New Mgwigwi said that he had to leave once again discussed, dissected, ana­ was [ust a matter of loosening Age that they do not want to stay at the hostel, but are "forced" by his office for the courts unusually lysed and at times even criticised­ ~ l m ll "' II I1 "'lIm"' llIllII l lIlI buckles and buttons. early in the morning and had to but no one bothered to say what it I bet somebody even calls conditions to do so. this Cultchah, too. It's becorn- I ------­ ~~~aa~ i~ ~~e t:~o~~~n~g~ a~~ ~~J i ~~ was! TACTICS can become as much involved as ing so popular, that it looks wander about the corridors or loiter When I asked one of the a tootsie from somewhere else, so almost as if Eve Jones is going on the pavements like a vagrant, seemingly more enlightened speak- why discriminate? in for it, too. ~i~~u ~o~~~I~at;:': h~d f~~ i l~~esh ~fJ ~s s~ f:: U !' lt~~s :~~!:~N~~~~a~io~.~,ic k - Which reminds me that just More dialogue. recently, the columnist in Cape Lab. assistant to scientist: Some- in the open and as a result of this Later another speaker from !he Town's Die Burger revealed that thing terrible has happened sir. humiliating situation he had lost 'floor asked about Bantu Education Scientist: Has somebody sold the Immorality I\ct has been a our secrets to the Russians? prospective clients. :::nhoO:IS~h ~::r ~~a~~r sh:~~~e dk e :~ major topic of discussion with Lab. assirtant: Worse than that. him over the festive season. Mr.Mgwigwi said that he was sending their children to such Maybe alcoholic beverages Scientist (horrified):Good hea­ unable to hire offices in town be- schools and whether they should loosened tongues and drove vens! They haven't sold them to cause the Group Areas board keep on teaching there. Mr. Sihlali away them inhibitions. the Americans, have they? would only grant him a temporary replied that as yet they could keep No more. I must now tiptoe off But conclusions drawn at those to a secret parlour and join some c~t~~ :~~r ~~o~h~ i~r~juili~~ sa l~f :i.~:i~c~ el~ e ~~i ld ren to them, and discussions all seemed to have of the mob in a clandestine game "The Iccond Installment on the turkey owners and occupiers of premises. Balancing his words, Mr. Sihlali been: SOMETHINGMUST BE of-BINGOl b due th is week endl NEW AGE. THURSDAY. JANUARY 18, 1962 BRANDO FO PEACE DR. DU BOIS JOINS Film Stars Against H-Bomb F IVE thousand persons, led Rita Hayworth, Jobn Cassavetes, COMMUNISTS Polly Bergen, Richard Conte, by some of Hollywood's Jean Simmons, Sammy Davis Jr., NEW YORK foremost writers and actors, Steve Allen, Paul Newman and DR. William E. DuBois, demonstrated for a ban on nu­ Shelley Winters. clear testing, "security under The peace rally was under the 93-year-old uoted schol­ allspices of HELP, which takes its ar, father of the modern world raw," and complete dis­ name from its slogan, "Help Esta­ Negro freedom movement armament recently, coincident blish Lasting Peace." with an appearance in Los and lifetime crusader for in­ CROSS SECTION dependence of the African Angeles by President Kenne­ The peace marchers represented people, joined the Commu- dy. a cross-section of the Los Angeles ' nist party, U.S.A., last It was the second major peace community, including workers as month. demonstration in Los Angeles in well as the well-to-do of the Hol­ In a letter to the Commu­ less than three weeks. Nearly 3,000 lywood area. Many were drawn nist party in New York, Dr. women gathered at the State Buil­ to the demonstration by an advert­ DuBois, who is in Ghana work­ ing here on November 1 in a isement carried in The Los Ange­ ing on an encyclopaedic work "Str ike for Peace" that called for les Mirror, major collegiate and on thc African people, declared un end to the nuclear arms race. Negro newspapers, which drew a lesson from the terrible fire that he had arr ived at "a firm con­ The Hollywood demonstration elusion that capitalism cannot devasted parts of Los Angeles re­ was at the Hollywood Palladium cently. reform itself. that no universal on Sunset blvd., where President "Let's work together to build selfishness can bring social Kennedy spoke the same night be­ the only meaningful shelter ­ good to alt." the repressive measures taken fore a Democratic party fund peace," the ad proclaimed, and as­ He indicated that his action by the U.S. government against rally. serted: "Negotiation is NOT ap­ in joining the Communist par­ the party in its application of peasement; Disarmament is NOT the McCarran Act. The demonstration bad tbe ty at this time was a reply to backing of such famous names as surrender ; Peace is NOT subver­ Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, Shirley McLaine sive!" FRENCH FASCISTS WOOING ARMY

JNgl~,A~~o:re t a::Sci~h~rga~i~ sation in Algeria and France, are C.O.B. MAKES deliberately trying to provoke the Communh ts and the left into an outburst, with the hope of swing­ IMPORTANT ing the French Army even further to the rigbt and into support for a fascist revolt. PROPOSALS A machine-gun attack by OAS terroris ts on the Communist Party headquarter s in Paris re­ sulted in one volunteer guard being wounded. A plastic bomb damaged the CP offices in Lille, and in Normandy the OAS ter-

In a letter delivered to Chancellor Adenauer on December 1. 1961. the East German government said that it proceeded from the idea that the national interests of the HU~~~E~~t e; e ;ly :~ ~~~ena~~~ German people and the interests read extracts from the as-yet unpub­ of peace in Europe necessitated the lished fourth and fifth volumes of Demonstrators- many wearing conclusion of a German peace his memoirs to an audience of more treaty, military neutrality and motor-cycle crash helmets as pro­ than 1.000 at the Polytechnic Mu­ tection against police batons­ two German states with a view of seum in Moscow recently. u.s. Bid For peaceful co-operation between the collected in arouns of several preparing for Germany's peaceful The extracts he read dealt mainly hundred outside the police cor­ re-unification. with his experiences during the dons chanting: "OAS assassins" Lion'5 Share Spanish Civil War. They included a and "Fascism will not pass." As it was not possible for the generous tribute to the late Ernest ------I ...~ Mc~~tll;A~iel i ~ pe:~ ing~ t~~ time being to reach agreement on Hemingway who, said Ehrenburg, all important matters. East Ger­ "help ed me to understand life." lion's share in any settlement of the many recommended discussions on IRAQI OIL Katanga question. As Mr. Tshombe five minimum proposals:- When asked bow be had survived addressed his Assembly in Eliza­ during the period of the Stalin per­ bethville the former U.S. Ambassa­ • The two German states should sonality cult, Ehren burg recalled his LAWS dor in Brussels and Moscow, pledge themselves to respect the words at the bC2inning of bh me­ Admiral Kirk, was having top-level Konrad Adenauer sovereignty of each other's ter­ moirs when he said that tbere were IR~~Ipa~Sat~~n ~f a~e:: t ~ i t~b t ~~~ talks in Brussels with Mr. Tshorn­ ritory and to mark the frontier be's masters, the Union Miniere times when destiny was like a lot­ from the lraq Petroleum Company The magazine said that it would between the. t"Y0 German s~ate s tery. He had "drawn a lucky ticket." multi-million mining monopoly. be constructed from two tunnels in so as to eliminate, If possl.ble, the demands the Ira q Government Admiral Kirk is now president of PASTERNA K has been making in vain for three the Belgo-American Development ~~~ ~?I~C~~~t~il~f ~o~. Ahr Valley • Th~ ~~~s e G~~~a~O~~t~ e ~ o~hfl~ ~?d years, the Iraqi Oil Minister said in Corporation founded in New York The tunnels, blasted for a strate- ent~ r }nto negotiations about Asked how he felt when he heard London recently. last June through the initiative of gic railway in World War I, were their views On a German peace of the death of Pasternak, he replied some private concerns affiliated with that he thought "a great Russian The Minister, Mr. Mohammed the Societe Generale de Belgique, used by Hitler in World Wa,r II for ' treaty. poet" had died. Salman, told a Press conference: building the ~I flyin~ bombs which • The two German states should "We have no alternative but to the parent firm of Union Miniere. were used against Britain, renounce atomic equipment .of When the audience broke into safeguard the rights of the people INFORMA nON applause, he reproached them, say- and live up to their expectations." The 'Quick' report said: "If it their armed forces and produc- Belgo-American's aim, according ~~~~~Ii~ ~a~atk~~~prt~ tPhe~:,der~ ing: "Have you no restraint-are The Iraqi Government needed a tion of atomic weapons. ~~u b~~~~~~diIngsa~ech~s~~: ~ ~~~i to the admiral, was to provide in­ Government headquarters for Dr. • The" two German states should 20 per cent Iraqi holding in I.P.c. formation on Belgian private enter­ ~~~~ftS~ t~ a~i~~ ~ r p i:s~~~ r~~~ e~ fc ~~:' prise, "notably companies operating Adenhauer and his closest col- support the conclusion of a poet? But everyone knows that." in the Congo." leagues is already being created non-aggression treaty between He described the manner in which and more Iraqis to be placed more now in a I1"Ock tunnel." the Warsaw Treaty states and This is the Americans' way of Pasternak's death was treated by the Iquickly in the oil company's posts. announcing their intention of mov­ Fifty-five yards of rock above the the NATO states. Soviet Press-one paragraph in two The first of the new laws has al­ ing into the Congo in a big way and bunker were to guarantee that the • The two German states should papers-as characteristic of an ready been presented. dealing with of ousting the big British interest­ State would keep its "head" in any apply for admission to the epoch which was now coming to an the return to Iraq of unexploited exercised through Tanganyika Con­ "chaos." United Nations. end. concession areas. cessions-in the Union Miniere. NEW AGE, THURSDAY , JANUARY 18, 1962 Tvl. Wins Drum Trophy Acclaimed Best-ever S.A. Play KIMBERLEY. TRANSVAAL'S winning of the Drum Trophy in the inter-provincial golf foursome competition of the 'The Blood ROt' South African Non-European Golf Association was decided during the ~~~eL B I ~~:a~:ot "n ~'t:rte~lai Roy Boulting, the famous film first round of the "open" champion­ A director, who flew out from Lon­ ships on the Kimberley Golf Club's limited season of 2t weeks on don to see it just before Xmas, course. January 16 at the Natal University endorsed Mr. Gluckman's opinion workshop. City Buildings, War­ that a play as tremendous as this Transvaal owe thanks to the 52 wick Avenue, Durban, where aud­ should not be confined to South year-old veteran Jacob Gumbi and iences are racially integrated. Africa alone. Thus Durban audi­ members of his "B" team who made ences will be seeing this produc­ sure . that the trophy would be Critics are unanimous in pro' claiming "The Blood Knot" not tion prior to a definite London labelled "RETU RN TO TRANS­ opening. VAAL". They set about their task only the best South African play with such vim and assurance, that ever written, but world-class thea­ Mr. Fugard has set the action of they established a seven stroke lead tre. Leon Gluckman saw it, and the play in the Coloured location over their nearest rivals-Western assured Athol Fugard that he of Korsten in Port Elizabeth. In Province. If Transvaal produced two would personally be responsible writing it he has defied all the heroes, they were Fiver Mazibuko I L-_ _ ~~_ for seeing that it would be presen­ usual "Musts" of glamour, variety and Jacob Gumbi who helped their ted on the West End, London, of faces or sets, sex or sensation, Athol Fugard thought necessary in a play. si_de______0:1 to their great win. Z_ak_cs_ ,.M_o-k-ae- - ---stage.------1 The scene is a location shack which remains the same in its pa­ hours or less.) In sho rt, Athol Fu­ thetic dreariness from beginning gard has miraculously revilalised to end. There are only two charac­ South African theatre by givinJ:: i ters, two Coloured brothers. The a shot in tbe arm that leaves it "white" brother is brilliantly tbrilled, stunned and deeply Tennis Break -Through moved. played by Fugard himself, and the "black brother" is played by "The Blood Knot," the book of Zakes Mokae, an African who has which will soon be published in SCOREBOARD By RECORDER had no theatrical training and yet London (to coincide with the Lon- Possible gives a performance as varied, sin­ cere and polished as many an ex­ ~~~t °lIi~~ b~~h , \~~t t L~~d~ ~ 1 ~annd The chances of a lawn tennis tional championships staged at ever non-racial provincial tourna- Rhodesia while the arrangements break-through arc very good. King's Park. Durban. ment in Johannesburg. perienced actor has yet to attain. The two men hold tbe attention are being completed for it to White South Africa's Lawn Tennis • To the S.A. Cricket Board Both these are major advances travel overseas, Association lost its membership of of Control for the historic first- in our sports world. of tbe audience riveted to the stage for three bours-(another This is a play that Will give ~eed er~~~~~n~~nal oll; a;~nt~el~}~ ~II III IIIIIIII IIII IIIIIIIIIIII I IIIIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIII I IIIIUllll l l lll l I I II I I II II I IIIII IIIIIIIIIII I IIII I II I III I I III I II I I III I III I III I I ,;g rule "broken" by Mr. Fugard­ South African indigenous theatre that a play should run for two international status. \tTF c~~m:ri~:~ltfhat ~tO~~ p~~~ ~\\tv1r. Paljas" ;;§I------pared to entertain an application § from our non-racial South African § HAVE YOU READ" Lal:n ~:ni sF~~ ~n 'TO BREAK =====_~-~__ WHY NO WHITE THROUG H IT WILL BE OUR ACTORS? OWN FAULT. IHESE -PAMPHLETS • Last week one of the racial sub, units of the SALTU-the Indian Union Artists and Harry Bloom Esther Parkins and in fact everyone THE LAW AND ""om section-held its annual general have produced a jolly satire in of the rest of the cast put their best Your everyday righta under the law clearly explained by an Advocate of Uta Supreme Cuurt, meeting, It had the chance to "Mr. Paljas." now playing at the into "Mr. Paljas " to make it rollick­ Price 15 cents shake off its racial ta gs and be­ Labia Theatre. The scenes are ing entertainment and clever propa­ come part of the non-racial bodv. colourful. the songs lively and there ganda for progress. THE -PONDO REVOLT RUT IT REJECTED THE is humour and gaiety to assure the The orchestra was a little too loud By Ben Turok CHANCE. last Saturday night. so that in some The Emergency tn Pondoland is still on and hundreds of Africans are still In jail. Tllis Is audience of an entertaining evening. the story of the resistance of Pondoland to the Government's Bantustan bluff. Except for its reference to the instances it was difficult to hear the This becomes even more absurd singers. Price 5 cents when you realise that this South South African situation "Mr. Pal­ ias" could be the story of any fishing One wonders whether the Cabinet African Indian Union consists could not be invited to see "Mr. ALGERIA: The Algerian War for Freedom of nnly two provinces and onl v a community anywhere in its fight with officialdom and the cynical Paljas" to laugh at their ridiculous A~~rI~~~~ e~o~ ~f~~h~~~a ~~~I~~lI: small croup of tennisites, In their race classification and Group Areas. For Ule last 7 yem a war to dcfeaL French national men's sinclcs there were attitude of the company bosses. But colonialism and for the right of the people of Algeria to govern themselves. This is their story. to make it a story of a Coloured But they would probably not accept. Price 10 cents a mere :!6 entt ies, and not all A pity . these were members of the Union! fishing community one gets the im­ pression that Mr. Bloom had to do A.L.G. THE FARM LABOUR SCANDAL some straining. Durba nites who are the new 1------'. By Ruth First officials of this racial 'national' Certainly it is difficult to acquire " He has boon sold to a farmer" Africans say when a man" arrested under the pass laws bodv must RACING AT IS sent to a farm to serve his hard labour sentence. This booklet tells Limevils of the do something NOW. the atmosphere of the typical farm labour systems in 'South Africa. Before our application for recog­ Coloured community through the Price 15 cents nition by the world body is con­ English medium, but it seems as if KENILWORTH sidered in london in April, they the author of " Mr.Paljas" has must see to it that their racial simply studded his dialogue with The following are Damon's selec­ CHAPTERS IN THE mSTORY OF THE MARCH nrovincial units in Natal and words and phrases from the commu­ tions for Saturday: TO FREEDOM Transvaal get on with the job of nity's vocabulary in the hope ot METROPOLITAN HANDICAP: . . By Lionel Forman linking up with other provincial gaining local atmosphere. One can ThIS is a luatory of the early South African freedom movement and includes chapters like' 1. NEW CHIEF (1) The First Non·European Organisations, (2) Formation of the African National Congrcss: units on the basis of non­ almost hear the inverted commas 2. Heed (8) Enwr UJe SocialIsts; (4) ANC and Socialists Learn from one Another. ' racialism. dropping around the somewhat ex- 3. Jerez Price 15 cents At the AGM a directive was aggerated slang. 4. Topping Moon issued to the provincial units to As far as the music is concerned. Juvenile Maiden Plate: RITOR­ 'BLACK AND WHITE IN S.A, HISTORY work together with other bodies- there is an opcninc item with the NELLO. Danger, Majorca. By Lionel Forman so the remedy is in the hands of flavour of the old Cape Malay Wynberg Handicap B: KINGS Chaptera Include. ~~~~;~ R>mTb~~~~ e 1~ 18:fn ~b~;~:na nSo~ie\~c k ; (3) A Robbcr the Indian players in Natal and liediies, and a Ghoema dance to a . WELL. Danger, Melton Mow­ Price 15 cents Transvaal. traditional Coloured tunc. Otherwise bray. the rest of the " Mr. Palias" score SCRAP RACIAU SM NOW- has a rock-tn-rollish, croonish beat Kenilworth Pro g r e s s Stakes: ANGOLA: An 'Afrika' Booklet and no more clinging to meaning- that has more to do with American PLATO. Danger. Cadac, The ~tory of the freedom struggle In Angola. less national positions please! "ian opera" than typical South Festival .Juvenile Handicap: PAS­ Price 5 cents Africa music. TULANT. Danger, Be-Like-Dad. The absence of white faces in the Round-the-Course Handicap: SUN­ A SOUTH AFRICAN IN CHINA "multi-racial" cast of Coloured and MASTER. Danger,Dextry. By H ilda Bernstein Sports Shorts Dealing with every aspect of lite In present-day People's China. African actors and singers also gives Wynberg Progress Stakes: QUI(:K • An important School Sports "Mr. Paljas" a sort of Carmen­ RESPONSE. Danger, Brilliance. Price 15 cents Meeting will be held in Johannes- Jones. Porgy-and-Bess atmosphere, Kenilworth Handicap: ZEALOUS. CASTRO'S CUBA: An 'Afrika' Publication burg over Easter.Senior schools irritatingly reminding one of Holly­ Danger, Semibreve. The lite and times of the leader of Cuha's revolution. please note and start preparing woo d:~ patronisinglv "all-negro now: The Secretary i~ Mr R casts. Surely the roles of the two 1------I Price 5 cents bo~you Feldman. 3 Currey Street, D~orn ~ d~teet ive s and the boss of the can­ Wolfson & Dc Wet. F.N.A.O. Place a cross (X) next to .the want, and send a blank fontein, Johannesburg. nma factory could have been played (Eng.), Qualified Sight-testing and postal ord~ - prder to: by whites? Dispensing Opticians, 4 King "Orden )urg. • Th7 Natal Sportswriters' Danny Josephs in the title role is George Street (between Bree and Assocl3ll.on has got off to a good charming. The leading lady Avesha Plein Streets), Johannesburg. I start. .'t IS prepanng to expand on (Tina) is- eclipsed by Joan Hendricks Please note Change of Address I a nati onal scale. Sportswriters all (Martha) and little Edries Samuels 20% Reduction to Africans 6 Barrack Street, Cape e, 118 Grey Street, over can contact R. S. Govender, (Kriekie) captures the heart of the Pbone 21-3834 Durban. 20 Court CI reet, Port Elizabeth. Box 1440, Durban. audience. 1------I 7 Mercantile H« ~ h a nn e1burg . All kinds of Photographic Work The mainstay of " Mr. Paljas" is undertaken by Published by Beal PrInth l ft Barrack Street, CalJ6 ~~t~~~t ~~~~~r~et ~rr~~ ~~lbc~~I~ Town and printed bY Pioneer lit River. 'ibIs Mwepaper Congratulations ELI WEIN BE RG is a member of &be AudIt Bun Arendse. and it is after their entry Photographer Johanneeburl: 7 HeteaDtlle C:n-4ft!5. • To the S.A. Athletic Board that the show really gets going. 11. Plantation Road, Gardea ~~~:i = 1l 2~0:J ~to Addr08l!: lfna/lO. C.T of Control for the excellent na- Michael Grat ian, Josh Makhene, lohannes burl l'o11l111abetob: 1Q Oourt01 . __)um.