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The Black Sash, Vol. 16, No. 7 The Black Sash, Vol. 16, No. 7 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org/. Page 1 of 41 Alternative title The Black SashThe Black Sash Author/Creator The Black Sash (Johannesburg) Contributor Duncan, Sheena Publisher The Black Sash (Johannesburg) Date 1973-11 Resource type Journals (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1973 Source Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) Relation The Black Sash (1956-1969); continued by Sash (1969-1994) Rights By kind permission of Black Sash. Format extent 39 page(s) (length/size) Page 2 of 41 SASHVol. 16. No. 7Nov. 1973Price: 40cThe Black Sash magazine Page 3 of 41 BLACK SASH OFFICE BEARERSIlEADQUARTERSNational President: Mrs. J. Sinclair,4a-2nd Avenue, Parktown North,Johannesburg. Tel. 42-4649.National Vice-Presidents: Mrs. R. M.Johnson, 86-9th Avenue, High-lands North, Jhb. Tel. 40-1973.NATAL COASTALMrs. J. Harris, 29-5th Street,Lower Houghton. Tel. 728-2712.Hon. National Secretaries: Mrs. S.Trathen, Mrs. A. van der Riet, 37Harvard Buildings, Joubert Street,Jhb. Tel. 23-1032.National Treasurer: Mrs. Beinashowitz,37 Harvard Buildings, Joubert St.,Johannesburg,Magazine Editors: Mrs. S. Duncan, 45-22nd Street, Parkhurst, Johannes-burg. Tel.: 42-9713.Mrs. P. cker, 36-5th Avenue,Parktowr~orth.Office: 37, Harvard Buildings, JoubertStreet, Johannesburg. Tel. 23-1032.BORDENChairman: Mrs. D'. Streek, 22, Turn-berry Avenue, East London. Tel.87852.Treasurer: Mrs. B. Sparg, 33 ElizabethCourt, Inverleith Terrace, EastLondon. Tel. 25879.Secretary : Mrs. V. Sullivan, 3, WarwickRoad, Vincent, East London.CAPE EASTERNTreasurer : Mrs. A. Bolton, 19, Liptonroad, Mill Park, Port E1_zabeth.T'~J. 36064.ALBANY:Chairma7z : Mrs. C. Pridmore, P.O. Bux103, Grahamstown. Tel. 2577.Secretary: Mrs. R. V W. Smith, P.O.BI alj~ "O~, Grah _lo,n. T,l. 8076.ox s R. Va I"Tre-urer: Mr . .,ha P.O. Box103, Grahamstown.Chairman : Mrs. G. Ventress, 9, DanPienaar Road, Kloof. Tel. 779203.Secretary: Mrs. M. Muil, 10, Lynton Rd.,Kloof. Tel. 777422.Treaszzrer: Mrs. S. Burns, P.O. Box 171,Gillitts. Tel. 777669.CAPE WESTERNChairmen: Mrs. S. Turner, 21, CroftRoad, l'os- Tel. 68391.Mrs. R. N. Robb. Silverhurst, Alex-andra Road, Wynberg. Tel. 774185.Mrs. M. Henderson, Cranbourne,Robinson Road, Kenilworth. Tel.773788.Secretary : Mrs. M. Barker, 11, Twicken-ham Road, Mowbray. Tel. 694401.Treasmrer : Mrs. M. Burton, 75, SandownRoad, Rondebosch. Tel. 64381.Office for Correspondence: Open Morn-ings Only, 310, Ro Buildings,105, Main Road, Claremont, C.P.NATAL MIDLANDSSecretary : Mrs. M. Gorrigall, 71, DerekHall, 172, Loop Street, Pieter-maritzburg. Telephone 2-3749.Treasurer: Mrs. Phoebe Brown, P.O. Box71, Hilton, Natal.TNANSVAALChairman: Mrs. G. Dyzenhaus, 108 Hyde-gate, Hyde Park, Sandton. Tel.42-3372.Hon. Secretary : Mrs. A. van der Riet,`>7 Harvard Buildings, Joubert St.,Johannesburg. Tel. Office 23-1032.crer: Mrs. L. Brand.Office: 37 Harvard Buildings, JoubertStreet, Johannesburg. Telephone23-1032.SA ISSN 0036-4843This Magazine, as the official organ of the Black Sash, carriesauthoritative articles on the activitiesof the Black Sash. The leading articles adhere broadly to the policies ofthe organisation, which doesnot, however, necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by thecontributors.AI p _m in his"uI olEtical ent t is , ~e , except when otherwise stated, by S. Duncan, of37 HarvardBuildings, Joubert Street, Johannesburg.Published by the Black Sash, 37 Harvard Buildings, Joubert Street,Johannesburg, and printed byMessrs. Pacific Press (Pty.) Ltd., 302 Fox Street, Johannesburg.The Black Sash, November, 197:>Ilie Swart Serp, November 1- Page 4 of 41 Dedication ...IN pride and humbleness we declare ourdevotion to the land of South Africa,we dedicate ourselves to the service ofour country. We pledge ourselves to up-hold the ideals of mutual trust and for-bearance, of sanctity of word, of couragefor the future, and of peace and justicefor all persons and peoples. We pledgeourselves to resist any diminishment ofthese, confident that this duty is requiredof us, and that history and our childrenwill defend us.So help us God, in Whose strength wetrust.Toewydingsrede . .MET trots en nederigheid verklaar onson s gehegtheid aan die land vanSuid-Afrika, ons wy ons aan die then s vanons land. Ons belowe plegtig die ideateto handhaaf van onderlinge vertroue enverdraagsaamheid, van die onskendbaar-heid van beloftes, van moed vir die toe-koms, van vrede en regverdigheid teen-oor all e persona en rasse. Ons beloofplegtig om ons to verset teen enige ver-mindering hiervan, oortuig dat hierdie pligons opgele is en dat die geskiedenis enons kinders ons sat regverdig.Mag God ons help, op Wie se krag onsons veriaat. Page 5 of 41 CONTENTS1NOVEMBER, 19731 P.g,-,CONF ERENCE EDITION CELEBRATE WHAT? . ..... ...... ...... ...... ...... 1Jean SinclairBANNED ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 7IN THE LAND OF A BANNED MAN ...... ...... ...... 8ll-il R-AlTIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS ...... ...... ...... 11Babette KabakHOMES FOR THE HOMELESS ...... ...... ...... ...... 14Joyce HarrisAREN^T THEY AFRAID? ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 15Eleanor AndersonAFRICAN'S DO PAY TAX ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 16Gita DyzenhausPEOPLE ARE LIVING HERE ...... ...... ...... ...... 18FINGO VILLAGE MUST GO ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 20Mercia WilsworthAND STILL THE REMOVALS GO ON ... AND ON... 25Barbara WaiteFEDERATION - YES OR NO? ...... ...... ...... ...... 27AROUND THE REGIONS ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 29ADVICE OFFICES ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... 33WILL THERE BE NO MORE LEARNING? ...... ...... 35Sheena DuncanThe Bl-k SaA, November, 1973 Die Swart Ser, November 1973 Page 6 of 41 The banned are legally innocent citizens in-carcerated in an inhuman twilight existence.It is no exaggeration to say that banning is aform of violence - violence to justice, vio-lence to family, violence to persons.At the stroke of a vindictive, all-powerfulpen, any innocent citizen can be banned allhis life. He has no means of appeal or re-course to a just hearing at all. If he has ameal with friends, he can be dragged beforethe courts and smeared as a common criminal.He can be found guilty and sentenced to im-prisonment for anything up to three years.This is our South Africa. This is nothingless than a subtle form of state-controlled in-timidation and anyone who tries to argueotherwise is surely deceiving himself.Steven Biko was banned as a result of hisemergence as one of the prime articulators ofthe process of selfawareness - almost a re-birth - which is surging through the Blacksof South Africa. This phenomenon is likesome great groundswell of history. The vio-lence of bannings will not stem this new factof life. (The latter-day Canutes who ruletoday, will not stem this thrust for human dig-nity).Christ died to set man free at every level.Steve was claiming that freedom when he wassilenced and confined under a banning order.His claim lives on and I am convinced thatwe have not heard the last of Steven Lo.We are grateful to the Cape Times for per-mission to reprint this article.WHEN MEN can freely communicate their thoughts and their sufferings, realor imagin-ary, their passions spend themselves in air, like gunpowder scattered uponthe surface; 1- pentup by terrors, they work unseen, burst forth in a moment, and destroyeverything in their course.THOMAS ERSKINE, 3792-II.II.II.II.II.II.II.II.II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111II.II.II.II.II.II.II.II.II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.II.IIIII.III11.11.111II.II.IIII.III11.11.1II111II.II.II.II.II.II.II.II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.II11111111iilzS ASH - The Black Sash magazineGIVE SASH FOR CHRISTMASYou may not win friends but you might influence people.Published quarterly: Annual subscription 81,60Individual copies 40 centsOrder from: The Black Sash,37 Harvard Buildings,Joubert Street, Johannesburg.?1111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII/IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII/IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII.III111II.II.II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111The Black Sash, November, 1973 10Die Swcvrt Serp, November 19?.; Page 7 of 41 Time to get down to businessThis paper was researched by a working group in the Transvaal Regionand written by BABETTE KABAK.The sub-committee carrying out this surveyhoped to obtain a sound statistical back-ground. Against such a background we feltthat we could better assess both the presentstate of housing and education and also allcomment by officials and private individuals.The gathering
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