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AK2117-J3-11-AL114-001-Jpeg.Pdf ---- ~ . , - . 5 ALII 4 NUSAS PROJECTS COMM AUGUST ELECTIONS: JUST OR PLAIN VERSE? the boycott position~ r j The new Constitution, rejected tart ye»r UCC by 14 000 itudenti, it about to be Imple­ mented: this despite the government (3) UCC (United Committee of Concern) hiving no mandate from the Coloured and Indian communities; despite it being State repression in the early 60‘s created an issue o f concern for all South Africans. a vacuum in Coloured potitics where the Coloured People's Congress had originally The Coloured and Indian elections wQI been. It was filled by the Coloured be held on August 22 and 28 respectively Labour Party. Despite having initially and the United Democratic Front (UDF) rejected apartheid, it has since aligned together with its affiliates, the Natal Itself increasingly with the government. Indian Congress (NIC) and the United Committee of Concern (UCC) urges In January 1983 when Rev Hendrikse, voters not to participate. leader of the Labour Party, decided to accept government proposals for By refusing to vote, the Coloured and a new constitution, he lost much support. Indian communities can express their Many former Labour Party members total opposition to its Implementation. formed Committees of Concern • To do otherwise would be to legitimise representative bodies presenting a viable the constitution, which seeks to entrench alternative to Labour policies throughout apartheid rather than to alleviate It. the country. Similar to the UDF and NIC, the UCC believes that it cannot participate In a constitution UDF 1. where apartheid remains the dominant theme '(United Democratic Front) NATAL INDIAN This is an umbrella organisation of 2. where it will be called upon to enforce approximately 600 affiliate organisations apartheid laws - community, civic, religious, academic, CONGRESS student, worker; sporting - which was % 2. makes peaceful change impossible formed in August 1983 with the specific The NIC was formed in 1894 by * - V since it avoids the control Issue o f CONGRESS objective of opposing the new Consti­ _ Mahatma Gandhi. For 90 years it has been dedicated to non-violent oppoaition political rights for Africans. says- tution and the Koomhof Bills. Already ■ t ' in its brief history the UDF has shown to racial discrimination and apartheid Participation in the elections means: itself to be the most significant anti- and is non-forcefully opposed to the apartheid grouping in South Africa. new Constitution. It calls on Indians to • *# boycott the elections because the /i * alienating Coloureds and Indians The UDF rejects the Constitution as Constitution from the African majority being a recipe for disaster: It will lead to civil strife, injustice and economic chaos. r »• \ * making Indians responsible for the implementation of oppressive apartheid 1. entrenches apartheid legislation, without the power to change to Rajbansi ■' these laws & Constitution i f . ' '» : > . { ' r i*.'\ > ■' •*. .*• i fc * 4 2 > STEP TO THE UNION AUGUST ELECTIONS > r - . •*? ’ REINFORCING APARTHEID m ^ ' S r : V Collection Number: AK2117 DELMAS TREASON TRIAL 1985 - 1989 PUBLISHER: Publisher:-Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:-Johannesburg ©2012 LEGAL NOTICES: Copyright Notice: All materials on the Historical Papers website are protected by South African copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, or otherwise published in any format, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. Disclaimer and Terms of Use: Provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained therein, you may download material (one machine readable copy and one print copy per page) for your personal and/or educational non-commercial use only. People using these records relating to the archives of Historical Papers, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, are reminded that such records sometimes contain material which is uncorroborated, inaccurate, distorted or untrue. While these digital records are true facsimiles of the collection records and the information contained herein is obtained from sources believed to be accurate and reliable, Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand has not independently verified their content. Consequently, the University is not responsible for any errors or omissions and excludes any and all liability for any errors in or omissions from the information on the website or any related information on third party websites accessible from this website. This document is part of a private collection deposited with Historical Papers at The University of the Witwatersrand. .
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