VER WHERE, one would attempt to t— lOfai 1. assess the nationalist feel- I O D s£r economically, its position in the gramme one would feel that a ing in the various countries of world market will be much move in this direction has al Africa, especially South of the Africa by the more pronounced. ready been established. \ This vast country has one of Sahara, the element of unified There are more than 1,500,000 opinion on independence could | visiting Negro the largest harbors on the West not be overlooked. editor . . . I Coast of Africa, perhaps second Africans in school in the Congo. It was a tired yet determined only to that of the Ivory Coast. THE BELGIANS HAVE young African who walked WILLIAM Oil has been found in the MOVED FURTHER THAN ■cross the stage at the Accra eastern region of Nigeria and THIS AND STARTED A PRO inference hall recently and f CORDON____I very soon now, the extent of GRAM OF INTEGRATION OF d: the value of the discovery will AFRICANS AND BELGIAN CHILDREN IN THE PUBLIC ™ SLC,A 18 NO LONGER There are far more Whites be known. CONTINENT TO BE RE C living in Ghana today than be This country has resources— SCHOOLS. OGNISED, BUT ONE TO BE fore independence in 1957 and ECKONED WITH.” the number is constantly on Partnership? No one had to guess at this the increase. ' u ? 1 that Tom 5Ib®ya, poitical It was a White man who “ W e have started them in the °.der of the Africans in Kenya, made this observation: emerged as one of the out- kindergarten level and primary “I enjoy myself here far more iding people on the African level,” a Belgian official said. than I do in my own country intinent. “We want closer relations be back in Europe. Africans learn tween Africans and Europeans Second to the Prime Minister, quickly and adjust easily. They >r. Nkrumah, Mboya is perhaps in this country. are too busy to become involved ie most popular man at the m triviality." “We are working to be asked loment championing the to remain, not to be told to iuse o f A frican nationalism. When Nigeria receives its g o." He is young, vigorous, yet independence in 1960, it will intelligent enough to propose a be the largest country In all The Federation of Rhodesia plan and follow through. Africa in terms of population— ^ u*,K}asaland ffives one a 35,000,000 people. slightly doubtful opinion about Significantly, one gets the the problem, despite the rise So Keen of nationalism. feeling that this vast area in fested with internal tribalism Here, the Government looks But even beyond the leader for partnership, but partner ship ability of Mboya and is not so complex that a sense ship cannot work with only Nkrumah, it seems there is of purpose is overlooked. one person being the “partner.’' iother vital element which Nigerians, though cut into On the other hand, the ierged at the Accra All-Afri- three seperate regions, have TOM M BO YA Government is asking for co People’s Conference, held one solid view on which all and a large internal potential operation from Africans on the •ntly in Ghana. seem to agree—independence. market as well. grounds that Federation of the After independence its leaders , 's that Africans were three territories — Southern able for the first time to prove feel that domestic problems will Affinity Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia to themselves and the rest of command a larger portion of the attention. and Nyasaland— is the ideal the world that they can come The Belgian Congo, though solution. together, organise and set an But as soon as these are not independent, is nevertheless objective. settled, leaders will inevitably The economics of the three a vital area in terms of a grow regions dictate that this is One has only to look at the begin to look to other areas on ing, rich and anxious popula practical and sound and would countries to understand this. the African continent. tion. eventually evolve into a strong In Ghana for example, there As a colony, the Congo has country, one of the most ad has emerged this feeling of Big Future perhaps the best economic base vanced in all Africa, the Afri national interest in one’s built for Africans anywhere. country and nation. cans and Whites sharing their Leaders in Nigeria seem an Though the recent distur talents equally. In Ghana, too, one quickly xious to eliminate trade bar bances may have had some gets the feeling that the riers and establish closer con But among Whites there is serious consequences, the Bel a real fear of African national Ghanaians at least manifest a tact with other independent gian Congo may still emerge keen desire to build their coun ism, fear of the African African countries/the same as as one of the more substantial try, that the whole world is Ghana. eventually taking over the looking on and that it will be countries in all Africa with a reins of government and run Leaders also feel that when strong base, a healthier African ning the country. from this centre where a blue- independence does come, this irint will be drawn up for the with a closer affinity to the It becomes Black nationalism country will be taking much of Whites who live in the Congo. reedom of the rest of Africa. against the entrenchment of the limelight away from The Belgian Government has Ghanaians are so busy with Ghana , . . White settlers. (stablishing themselves that already announced that the NEITHER SIDE WANTS TO That being the biggest coun franchise will be extended to i unor issues or the colour try in all Africa it will com COMPROMISE, THUS CREAT all areas, in an attempt to ING ONE OF THE MOST < uestlon seldom enter their mand attention, that foreign i linda. create a "democratic” state. COMPLEX PROBLEMS IN investments will increase and, With its vast education pro A L L A F R IC A f r " » Ahthon, Delius SUND. representative ^ O T H Africans* BLANTYRE, Saturday. to force the * m tense Nyasaland wan m onths. _____* d« i8ion in the next ,«
Dr Hasting n „ months from will not be able £ ltL^ePartmenf " “ Stings Banda s high-nrps- sure nf in* ^ resist the pres- AfricantmtPalgn amon£ 2,500,000 to give African State.- - sfW-SBSMJt ^ a; Now spokesmen Tor The 7 000 matter annfSKrSay theT th? sSSKfisaa s 8' rapidly as possible tacnlar promL^ln * ,Spet among: (hP a r • P°Pularif Finality in ^ a f e S‘" c« 1 AfrP ab*en£i to ‘ake b S e o l v > reached month" a?o nSreSS ,eaf,ersh-P *i put forward *&Maland can Federation s for the Banda s Deman£« negotiations in ?960. StatUS " bvHewavaS;f h0WeVer’ ach«v ed little p jn s th)n ma-lority of Euro- S^e Pedera tion 1^ 7’^
a fo r t o f ^ w L o n ^ rer ? d te d° * the ^ this issue. USOnS last Stand" onjdem and ffis V e a m o f T * * 3 break cf vloIence so toat T e able V "shot ^ he must ^e w some concrete ’ ? £ £ S “ ' Congress elders ^ a ^ ^ e aW e^ being able t o T n ^ COnfident ° r unseat him able to to violence with e a £ - ^ rMOrt ??ey also bsJi«Cthat if the •tar former ln k t.„m HIGH- M s s CALL GIRLS “WORK” ON THE RAND Some Earning Big Money SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER HIGH-GLASS call-girl system is operating in Johannesburg. Investigations I made last week brought to light these start ling facts: • The racket is widespread. • Many of the call-girls live in luxury flats. Saying of • Some are young and single. Others are bored housewives looking for “ excitem ent ” and easy money. the Week \ • A few earn as much as £400 in a month. “ The profit margin ' Unlike its Americanits of Johannesburg busi- ; prostitution difficult to deal with. ness firms is too low to | counterpart, the local call- The police can only act on com make the employment I girl racket has no link with plaints from the public. The call- of call-girls a payable < big business. The dis girls seldom provide occasion for proposition closures in a New York complaint. — Mr. Paul Minnanr, radio programme last week The Technique Chairman of the that highly-priced call- Johannesburg Afri- Here are some of the psychia kaanse Sakekamer, as girls are used by the largest trist’s observations: quoted in Die Vader- firms to increase business After 5 p.m. a number of pros titutes—tastefully dressed and land. have no parallel here, I was often indistinguishable from told. socialites — gather in certain Johannesburg establishments. entertain In luxurious fla A social psychiatrist, who has Many are there by Others go to “clients” rooms. made a survey of prostitution pre-arrangement with staff mem In Johannesburg, told me that Many women watch the arrival i bers. who accept commissions for of overseas airliners and obtaii there are now fewer street prosti introducing them to prospective tutes than there once were. The lists of expected air travellers fror clients. hotels. more discreet call-girl has dis These personnel have the placed the prostitute, The women take special intern t telephone numbers of available in business executives who ma i, Police find the call-girl type of women. Some of the women have big expense accounts an i evenings to spare. They encour ige these men in the notion tha ,hey are far from home and "fre [o let themselves go.” Well-Educated
This type of prostitute is often well-educated, the psychiatrist told me. And most are full-tiijne professionals. But many are comfortably- housewives seeking escape froi an unsatisfactory marital exist ■ ence. There are society call-girls whi run expensive cars, he said. Apar from other establishments, thei beats are golf courses and rac tracks. Deliberate Choice
From the inquiries, I learnee something of the women wh< pursue this profitable calling. Miss X, for instance, is a svelte blonde of 25 who went to a g‘ school and spent a year at univeij sity. She worked in a respectab] job before turning to the call-gi\l ' usiness. There was nothin)' of thi "country grirl goes wrong” o "broken heart” about Miss X She wanted an easy life anti aimed for it. In her former joi she earned £35 a month. Now Miss X lives in a £50 onth flat and earns an averagi f £3,000 a year. Miss Y — 28, tall and leggy drives a car and is intimatel .known to many of the city'; | wealthiest men and to a score o; (overseas executives. Her flat is run by two serran. and she has boasted that In om month she earned £500. ’ Miss Y ’s fees are anything from £V5 for local men to £50 for victors — which some visiting tycoons pay gladly. A Million U.S. Students Damn ’Varsity Bill SUNDAY TIMES POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT CAPE TOWN, Saturday. HE University Apartheid Bill, which the Nationalis T Government will reintroduce in the current sessioi i [>f Parliament, has been condemned hv a national congress nf the United States National Student Association, repri * pniing 375 universities and a million students. cable to the National Unionr _____ . ■ ! the dignity of every human persoill If South African Students lnjand retrogressive because it elij fape Town from the association minates the conditions necessary ays:— for a true university.” J The association expresses its A further cable from Profess r A. J. Ayer, Professor of Philosopl y iTiatic unity with N.U.S.A.S. at London University, says: ‘I yiie elected voiyggpnta *•South Africa, as strongly protests at the propose embodied in apartheid and exem reintroduction of the Universitie s plified in current legislation. Apartheid Bill. ^»ipws this legislation as unwise because it undermines its supporters’ own need for a peaceful, pros peroug South Africa for one and all. It is immoral because it_ignoffisp 000,000 A DA\
Tailor-Mado best’.” [FOOTNOTE: The figures in the\ “Sadly, most well-dressed Euro above report show the significant | pean men these days do not buy extent to which our economy i hats. Natives buy about 80 per depends on Native spending cent, of them. poiDer. But, perhaps more impor- | Report No. 2, from a tailor In tant, they also shmo the enormous *he lower-rent End Street area viaterial and economic benefits £25 Suits p. City and Suburban: enjoyed by our Natives as a result "Here I find that Natives are of what the Europeans in South eady to buy tailor-made suits In Africa have been able to do for I he 18 and 19 guinea range. They them^—EdilOT. SVNDAJ_J:1M £S''' 5< opular lay on the lay-by system. In some i'ther suburbs X have found they pill pay 25 guineas—particularly ^hose men who are living rent By Carel Birkby ree with their domestic-serva V v e s In the ktas of well-to- SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER nomes. They can spend almost al they earn on clothes.” p1' VERY day this year Natives in the Union will spend Wage Rise A more than a million pounds. . , ■l Mr. M. C. de W*et ISel, Minister of Bantu Admmis■ I, Mr. “Horse” Boyden, well-known Johannesburg racing driver and ‘tration and Development, recently told a group of motor trader, told me: 'advertising experts in Durban that ISative expenditure “More and more Natives are buyers of motor cars. They amounted to £365-millions a year. usually go for second-hand He was being conserva American jobs, 1947 models say, £28 6s”, said Mr. Brewis. ‘Three- and have no difficulty In putting fifths of the Native spending I tive. Commercial experts down a deposit of £200.” power is In the urban areas, aj consulted by the SUNDAY Mr. F. J. Brewis, of Johannes- fifth in rural areas, a fifth in the| turg, who has made a statistical TIMES yesterday agreed Reserves. tudy of the Bantu market for that the figure is now about “The Natives have become a I ears confirmed that the Native powerful factor in our economy. l o w earns about £400 millions of £400-millions. As long ago as 1952, they were he total net national income of Natives now spend far more operating 114 bakeries and mil(s 2,000 millions. proportionately on clothes than on tlieir own account. There . . ‘‘Between 1938 and 1954 the do European men. were 1.200 general dealers. p>e average earnings of the Here are two reports from Mr. Brewis added: tative, excluding those in the greatly differing shops: i# When fancy jerseys costing atteland and in domestic em- No. 1, from the high-rent central six to eight guineas were oymrrit rnt» Johannesburg area, is from an Imported not long ago, the outfitter: only buyers w e r e — Natives. “Though ours Is an expensive, !• possession of furniture is high-class trade, we find many criterion of status — Natives quietly-behaved Natives come in, buy expensively for persona’ usually on Fridays and Saturdays prestige, after they have drawn their pay, i# They are going in for expen and think nothing of spending £25 sive refrigerators and battery on a suit. powered radiograms insteai “They are much influenced by of cheap portable gramo American styles. You would be phones. surprised at the number of “ With the Native,” said Mr Natives who buy the magazine Brewis, “ it has been establishes I ‘Esquire’ to study the latest that price is a criterion of quality fashions in men’s clothes. He now says: ‘Nothing but_th 40 FACTS OF I a p a r t h e id
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CAPE TOWN, Saturday. jyrR. JA PIE BASSON, Nationalist Member of Parliament for Namib, South-West Africa, has warned the Government against proceeding with the Bill to abolish Native representation m the Union Parliament. ------with the African territories as a The warning is contained in a letter which kind of appendage to its relations with their White colonial rulers Mr. Basson wrote to the Nationalist parliamentary “That is now systematically caucus. He described the proposed legislation becoming something of the past, aa “ a breach o f faith.” and we shall soon have to deal with the Black leaders of Black Mr. Basson’s views clash directly with those of the African States. “ We can gain nothing and shall Prime Minister, Dr. Verwoerd, who said in an interview last lose much if we insist on trying week that the proposed abolition of Native representation to stop what the Black people o: was not a breach of faith. West and East Africa regard a. on the points raised by Mr. Basson their legitimate march to freedon Mr. Basson was not able to at a later date. and independence.” attend the first meeting of the The letter apparently caused Mr. Basson is a leading membei of Sabra. At its annual confer caucus this week, and the a sensation in the caucus. This is the first time that a Nation ence last year he attacked the concept of baasskap. letter was read to the M.P.s alist parliamentarian has chal Born in Paarl, Mr. Basson took and senators. Mr. Basson lenged the Prime Minister on a major apartheid Bill. a B.A. (Law) degree at Stelle attended the opening of Par Mr. Basson, who is 40 and one bosch University. Later he waa^a liament the next day. of the best debaters on the Government benches, has a repu In the letter he said that he had tation for independent thinking iiiit: returned from a tour of the and forthright speaking. United States — sponsored by the State Department under its.leader- specialist scheme — and he believed REPUBLIC that if the Government persisted With the legislation, South Africa’s He is one of the few Nationalist reputation abroad would decline Parliamentarians to have said even further. what kind of republic he wants— one inside the Commonwealth Two or three Nationalist involving hardly any constitutional parliamentarians, I understand, changes. spoke at the caucus meeting: in support of Mr. Basson’s point of He once said that when the view. republic was established it would he both democratic and bilingual, “ and there will be no visible SENSATION change in the pattern of life.” The caucus decided, however, to He has confessed to being “a proceed with the measure, and staunch supporter of Common accordingly it was announced in wealth membership.” 'he Speech from .the Throne that During the 1954 parliamentary ■he Government was going ahead session he introduced a private sith a Bill “which will give member’s motion calling for one flag and one anthem in the Bantu territorial authorities direct interests of national unity. access to the Union Government During the debate he dis for the promotion of Bantu in approved of “misuse of both the terests and which will replace the Union Jack and the Vierkleur.” present system of representation At a meeting in Cape Town in bv Europeans.” 1955 he said: I am informed that the caucus "In the past South Africa has was promised another discussion always thought pf rr]ntinTTT I D.R.C. JOURNAL 4 DOS *
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Professor Marais, who is pro- lessor of theology, said in his letter Professor Marais added: “ I on the movement of Indians in have sufficent faith in our Dutch Pretoria under the Group Areas Reformed Church to believe that ethipc baSed on Christian ethics, the proposals were com we will not sit quietly while pletely unacceptable. injustice is being done. The popular argument is I cannot for one moment usually employed that there are believe that our religious authori too many Indians in trade, and se ,7 -^ e.y exarnine the position that steps have to be taken as it will m many cases actually against this. "On the same basis, could it not wUhPit ” be v®ry Phased be postulated that there are too many Afrikaners in farming, or * a footnote to the letter, too many Jews in business or too Kerkbode ’ comments: "in many English in industry? hf,r P°rnlinWn' th€ vortmyal given by Professor Marais is very one- DO NOT KNOW sided m trusting that responsible ‘‘Would we approve legislation authorities will give a clearer ex to foice out these groups? After position, we are not going into the all, how few opportunities are open matter any further ” o., Indians in our land? "I, as a White man, would con sider such treatment of my people by the people of another racial gioup as nothing but a crying in- justice. “I believe—and know through I personal conversations — that the majority of the members of our Church and ev'an ministers believe tnat here only residential segre gation for which there would be much to say, is involved. “ They do m t understand what i really is involved for the Indian '’'immunity and how deeply it •' fects them in their whole exis- 1— and all they own." ky Act vised ^ontinue to co-operate ( - with a~Eig> “but” 1 By a Staff Reporter U RECOMMENDATION-with qualifications - that Johannesburg City Council should again accept dele^a Ppwers from the Government to administer “ locations in he y legislation in the city will be made at the council meet ng ITlOrrOWmorrow by hv tthe l l P Non-European\ l i m n o n i i Affairs\ __ f''Committee. _ _ . The council has been ac ing under these delegated powers for a test period of three years,” lays Black doctors\ the committee. “ It may reasonably claim hat want salary once the initial difficulties ' ere overcome, its administration of the law has won the support and t o of Whites operation of the public which\ it represents and to whom it is From Our Correspondent sponsible. DURBAN. Monday.—A letter “ The council should therefo ; irotesting about “discriminatory be able to accept the delegatio alaries” paid to non-White doc- for a further test period (whicl ors at King Edward VIII Hospital the Government have approved). las been sent to the hospital NATIVE WOMEN luthorities on behalf of the 27 The committee, however, points lon-European members of the out that it is possible that new liedical staff, it was stated at a aspects of great importance in the meeting this afternoon. legislation may become evident in 1959. The doctors’ spokesman said that the letter calls for equal An example is the proposed salaries to be paid to Europeans application of the Locations in Snd non-Europeans at the hospital. the Sky Act to Native women and , Although the Provincial Ad their remoyal from blocks' of ministration last year consolidated flats. th\ salaries of European doctors, “ It is not yet clear whether the and incorporated cost-of-living manner and the extent of this allowance as well as awarding an removal will be done in such a incrM.se of £10 a month, non- way that it will be entirely accept Whit* salaries have remained able to the 'JUblic of Johannes static \ burg It may be wtoo, w . Hthat i dl/ Uother H I Cl Discrepancies claimed by the cnan&es in ihe present basis of non-WMite doctors included _ administration "fS,: 1—be ------*--• mooted. European interns get paid £650 year, b u ------In accepting delegated power Jici a further test period, then Ifore. the council should make f clear that it has not in any w« lost sight of its duty to its publ to ask the Government to sider and discuss the more in ant aspects of any mate; change in the establi Nna nner of administering"""this legislation.” RAND DAILY MAIL, JOHANNESBURG, MONDAY, JANUARY 26, Councillors are not keen to say ‘yes’ "Move African women’ request Mentz Committee wants 6,000 to get out MUNICIPAL REPORTER J H E Mentz Committee— Dr. Verwoerd’s “ watchdog committee” — has asked I the Johannesburg City Council to ensure that nearly 6,000 African women servants are moved from their quarters in White “ flatland,” to African areas. J y '1 1 y When the Council meets to-morrow it will consider a report from its Non-European Affairs Committee which suggests, in carefully worded phrases, that it might be difficult to move the women. The Mentz Committee recom mends that while the council) should agree to accept delegated J legislation in terms of the “ Loca-i It ions in the Sky ” Act this year should tell the Secretary foj 3antu Administration and Del jvelopment that it may be difficulj Jto remove African women fron fflat buildings. | “ For various reasons, this Ac! | has not been applied effective!! to Native women servants, bul their removal from blocks of flat! has been raised and discussed wita the Native Affairs (Mentz) Del partmental Committee for Johanj nesburg,” says the report. Transit camp ‘ It is not yet clear whether tlle manner and the extent of tips) removal will be decided on in fa form which will without modific_. tion be entirely acceptable to tfe public of Johannesburg.” The Mentz Committee de- I manded recently that the council I move African women to a transit I camp until proper accommodatibn -|\was available. Councillors thi%> to do this would be har, pnd would cause “ hardship ar\' iislocation.” Refusal wanted It. is probable that the council ■ill agree to take on delegated! lowers under the “Locations in i :he Sky” Act for the coming year, tut some of the councillors say the council should refuse to i anything more to do with the ...uaes yesieraay COIJ SUNDAY SERVANTS’
T H E suggested restriction of domestic servaij » WOrHlIlg;working UUUIBhours inHI juuauuvJohanne hurg on Sundays, is expected to give ris to a heated debate in th ; Johannesburg City Council to-morrow. said that it was wrong th ,t F Following a report in the “Rand Daily Mail last domestic employers should npt week, full details of the suggestion have now been made give better consideration to t! recreational needs of the sf, I p u b lic . towards the limiting of service vants. J ‘ After another Johannesburg hours of servants on Sundays. I indicated my personal vie v 1 newspaper had described the re- If this applied to industry, then that it would be a good thing it could also be applied in take suitable steps to ensure thi port as a myth, an Afrikaans j domestic work. adequate minimum periods I morning paper published on Then Mr. Patmore, leader of leisure were given to Native se | Saturday an account by Mr. Eben the United Party group, said that vpnts, Guyler, leader of the Nationalist he opposed Mr. Goldberg's pro Obligation group in the city council, of the posed suggestion. meeting of the Non-European Here is Mr. Goldberg's account “I indicated that some employers Affairs Committee on Wednesday of the meeting: appeared to grant .en tirely— January 14. “ In the course of a discussion on adequate hours of leisure. In view Yesterday■tprriav Mr.Mr Gw4s#Cuvier gave theme thetlip urovlsTonprovision orof recreational 01of uiethe obligation ot the*‘v' ^ Naaves. -the point R a tio n towards non-W T««^ I felt it necessary that a matter lai Twas made that if such amenities I felt it necessary that a matter of this kind should be examined, He .aid that the first sugges- were provided only in the south western Native townsmps, .but expressed me view that theicity Ition of limiting working hours western Native townships, Native d o m e s t i c servants employed in the council was not the aPpropnate __ ne from Mr. Harry Goldberg, northern residential suburbs of! b o d y to take action, although it [the United Party acting chairman - might properly interest itself in of the committee. Johannesburg, as well as other suburbs, would not be able to use the — matter.------. Mr. Cuyler said that he had the amenities because, in many “There was however no sug-f I promised Mr. Goldberg his sup- cases, they received perhaps three gestion whatever b . ai Jlport if such a proposal were made or four hours' leisure time on present that there should (Iin the City Council. He added Sundav afternoons. complete ban of Sunday by that Mr. C. J. H. Patmore, leader servants/ of the United Party group in the “A member of the committee t domestic council, intervened to oppose 41 Goldberg's suggestion. r A quorum Here is Mr. Cuyler’s account 1 the meeting on January 14. There was just a quorum: t: acting chairman, Mr. H. Goldbe (United Party), Mr. A. J. Cutte (U.P.), Mr. D. J. Marais (U.P and Mr. E. Cylner (N.P.). Tw other councillors were there: M: C. J. H. Patmore (U.P.) and M iG. J. van der Merwe (NP> When the presence of non Whites at the Zoo Lake on Sun- lays was discussed, United Party ouncillors said that only non- V'hite servants from the im- nediate neighbourhood went to he Zoo Lake on Sundays. Mr. Cuyler asked why non Vhites did not go to the parks in he western, southern and eastern uburbs. He said that the coun :il had laid on transport for non Whites from other areas so tha ,hey could get to the Zoo Lake. No time He also said tha I Whites In ither suburbs had their Sunday funch early to give their servants sufficient time to visit Natfre ireas. Residents of the north' |uburbs had th'eir meals late, len expected servants to reti prepare and serve the eve: leals. LAt. this stage, Mr. Gold! srvened. He said that it time that a move was_m .1 . Q HAVE BOOKS w THIS YEAR
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WILL BE A “ MUST” I NEXT YEAR By a Staff Reporter IFTY THOUSAND Native women in Johar F nesburg— a quarter of the women in tlie city— have received reference books since tl e Department of Native Affairs began issuing them in October. Today teams began operations in new areas. One team is back at the Rosebank police I station and another at the Ferndale police 1 i station. I An appeal has been made by the department trt employers to notify their domestic servants of thf arrangement and to allow them time to get reference books. At the present rate of pro gress all Native women in Johannesburg should have books by the beginning of 1960. The Government have decided to make their possession compul sory some time next year. When this happens Nati’ women will be on the same fooi ing as men, with identity doci ments, registration for employ ment and influx control. They will also be subject arrest and prosecution if they f unable to produce a ref§ \ book. LONDON, SUndi*. — Britain’s } ’. cy in East Africa was ftviewed f ^ n l6ek;enl at a toP-tevel con- i lence at Chequers. The con- f< fence was called after the C )lomal Secretary, Mr. Alan f »nvaX
convicte^ ^ j A ■tigatioas are being- carried ~|~N 1957 there were 13 cases under ’ municipal inspectors to ffie Immorality Act in which, establish whether there are illegal x. , I “ backyard dwellers” in White, after a separation of trials, the J areas. * one party was found 'guilty and ! A municipal official said today the other not guilty, says the that jonannesotB-g has been di annual report of the Department! ownhlsjrator a' eaS’ 6aCh WHh oi Justice. , "vVe are carrying out routine Tfte report says that the amend-, inspections to find out whether 1 ment of the'SW in 1957 would re- there al'e illegal residents in • i duce such cases to a minimum , thtre ?j!idlng are Native no permits children We for flnd whom ou(. •e The position is not alarming. hdw many Natives are sleeping on er In llofthe cases the party premises and also establish cor*<_led was At noh-European whether all fees have been paid. woman. ' “This work is normal and no During the y_eaj> 339 people were special inspectors have been en founil "yiBTty of immorality—172 gaged to carry out a clean-up in European men, 154 non-European White areas.” women, seven non-European men Cof. J. C. Lemmer, Deputy-Com- and six European women. missiqner of Police, said this after noon that the police act on infor WITHDRAWN mation and complaints as far as There were 39 cases in which illegal Native residents in White praSBCUciuiis wCTe instituted areas are concerned. “ But no against European men only, while special detachment has been the charges against the non- detailed to do the work,” he said. European .women were withdrawn. “ More European men than Sophiatown is non-European women were prose cuted and punished in 1957. “ The submission that is some still the name times in a d e th a t noTPSJropeans receive unequal treatment in Sophiatown has not yet been immorality cases is correct in so given a new name, far as it is asserted that in some The present name is to be cases only the non-European is dropped once the area is wholly punished. J cleared of Natives. EJut it is to^3jy~incomplete in ! Said a spokesman of the Group omitfmg to-STate that it happens Areas Development Board In Pre even more frequently that only toria todayWe haven't given it the European is punished.” a thought." THE STAR JOHANNESBURG MONDAY JANUARY ati\xkisa>\ar(l(‘(l lamages for ‘‘cruel unlawful assault” IE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, two E nro^^H cem en, a i IT P°Lc?man and Mr- G. Coetzer, of Tuinplaas, were rdered by Mr. Justice Marais in the Pretoria Supreme Court oday to pay a Native, Aaron Manamela, a farmer of Troya, ronkhorstspruit district, £50 damages jointly and severally tor an alleged assault on August 2, 1956. Manamela had claimed £2,000 did not account for 10 to 12 blows damages from the Minister of which were inflicted on the plain Justice and the. policemen, and a tiff. further £500 from Mr. G. Coetzer. who, Manamela claimed, had It was apparent that he was brutally assaulted in the cells. To joined in the assault at the police have given him such a hiding at camp. the cells was “cruel and unlawful." The judge ordered the defen dants to pay the plaintiff's costs, ALL TOOK PART based on the Magistrate’s Court scale. The judge said that as far as It was stated in the written he was concerned it was im judgment that the plaintiff and material which of the defendants his young son left home on committed the assault, as circum stances indicated that all took August 2 with a trolly carrying part. a small load of oranges. Manamela stopped and went into, a shop The Minister of Justice must Shortly afterwards two European be held jointly responsible. policemen and a Native police Mr. Justice Marais said he con- r man arrived in a police van and ceded that there was no unlawful/! tried to arrest the plaintiff. arrest. ' A struggle took place and Mana Evidence was given that before/l mela was taken tp the police the plaintiff’s arrest he was! station. Mr. Coetzer came from creating a disturbance in the shop/ aci'fiss the mad and helped the The judge added that the evidence police to take Manamela to the of Manamela was not. entirelJ police station, where he was locked truthful, and that he exaggerated up. the assaults on him.
EXAMINED BY DOCTOR ^ van ^cr Spuy Unstrucied A few days later Manamela « ^ S d “ Br M a ^ i , Ig
bfound , n H ™that tneL he bl had ^ certain Wh° In f " " " 'dSSSSL* thC Sta" A"™ juries to his ear and multiple 19 pruises on his body. 'According to ' the evidence ;rtain experiments were made th a piece of hose, and I am tisfied that some of the plain- s injuries could have been »ed by it,” said the judge. 3 the judge’s mind the accu sative effect of the evtdence w s that the defendants did not si eak the truth when they denied tl at any blows were struck after t e arrest. “ POLICE UNTRUTHFUL ” “ Oi the police evidence it can o ily be said that evidence of what h tppened at _ the police station a ter the arrest, must be untruth- fi 1, seeing that that evidence is c ntrary to the medical evidence g ven.” The judge accepted, however, t. lat there was a struggle when t le plaintiff was arrested; that in t. e struggle he might have re- c&ved certain injuries was not !d(\ibted by the judge, but thati No- con f i <1 < ‘ mx vnfl o11 p n L.P. aliacK is on 3 main grounds
Huuw* o f Assem bly, Tuesday. THE ASSEMBLE I'HIS AFTliRNOON the Leader of ihe Opposition, Sir d«* \ illiers Graaff, moved " that this House, r in accordance with ihe opinion of the majority of the people of South Africa, has no confidence ii* the Government.*' He said the m otion had licen fram ed in this way lo siren# once again that, despite the numerically disproportionate state of parties in the H ouim*, al leant 700,000 m em bers o f the voting public of 1958 and probably some thousands more Here opposed to the Government and had no confidence in its policies and little in common with its ideological aims. Sir de Villiers said he wished the sentiments and emotions of a to draw particular attention to section of the public for political three matters. pui poses • The first was the manner " It seems to be their objective in which the Government's pre to make us Into a nation governed occupation with the past dis bi emotion to the exclusion of torted their approach to South rational thought. Africa's national. i and inter- , T * hisItto *0,is, Ulof V1IUIOT.course, Ullvone 1/1of theVIIC national problems, PrevenMuKic cognized techniques of indoctri the reaching of solutions to nation brought U» a line art in those problems. Communist states. • The secopd was the extent * It was this backward-looking to which Government policies mentality, based on past had resulted in "an erosion of grievances, that hud led to the foundations of democracy in decline in statesmanship in South 8outh Africa " and its effect, Africa upon her friends of the Western it was this sori of mentality world. that was highly sensitive to crili- • The third was the Inter- eism of the Union s armed forces, ference bv the Government while the feelings of the nation, with normal economic .stimuli. In from whom the army's strength pursuance of .a Native policy was drawn, were ignored. which prevented the country An example was the manner of from making the best use of her the General Botha change-over resources and which would and the scrapping of old traditions. result In making the Union a BUSINESS FIELD poor man's country. 'This mentality encouraged Afri- IMPORTANT REASON 1 kaans-speakinc South Africans to One of the main reasons for the conquer new fields in business, and lack of confidence in the Govern the denounced the United Party, ment was the manner in which which meant half the electorate, It had consistently battened upon in the most extravagant terms for ; being a capitalist party. There had been many examples | of the use of the technique of Joint talks calculated reckless incitement of emotion In the Union's political I life. on Natives’ | • When will our friends learn I that while this technique has helped them to unite a section spokesmen I of Afnkanerdom behind them It I is dividing the people and retard- I ing all progress in the direction suggested of national unity?” It would lead Inevitably to South From Our Correspondent Africa havlna two While nations, HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. Tues not one. day.—Sir de Villiers Graaff sug A R EPU BLIC gested that the whole question of It was tragic that this tech- the representation of Natives in ___ t-i moni ahni.M un L... nique of racial incitement should Parliament should be examined b\ w. , . l,_ ... ,** . . a ,le *he very foundation of the a Joint Select Committee Of bOth republican nrrmaminrtapropaganda u’hmhwhich the major parties. He sa.d the United Partv stood „ “ ‘" J f e,ra, . ^ d , ' " lcrli!iriccl by the 1936 settlement-the present ' r sstem of representation—but were .T r!ul® ^ *n^8“er stated prepared to concede that after -jo lhflt motive for a republic years of operation the system wai* no lonfc<*» revenge but he should be examined and improved could not alter the fact that upon where possible. throughout South Africa racial Sir de Villiers said the Govern- sentiment was still hitched to the meni's announced Intention of republican wagon, abolishing the present system of “I need hardly say how danger- Native's representation was im- ous it is to approach a matter so portant not only because of its heavily charged with emotion on direct consequences, but also be the basis of sentiment. cause of Its effects on the "Because when one considers Coloured community. tins issue one must concede at once that because of our history LOST RIGHTS there is an understandable dif Having lost their rights to com ference among many South mon roll franchise, the Coloured Africans in their emotional atti people were given representation tudes towards this matter." by Europeans elected by voters on To pit sentiment against senti a separate roll. ment could lead only (o disaster What guarantees had they that because It would Inevitably mean their representatives would not that one section, driven along by suddenly be removed on the its own emotions, would seek to alleged ground that they were do Impose Its will on the nation as a ing nothing for the Coloured whole. T his would destroy any people and that, in the view of the hope of national unity. Prime Minister it would be better "Those who sought a change to have negotiations with .a must Justify It and would have to Coloured Affairs Board, most of show that South Africa should whose num bers would be and could have a better system, nom inated? "The onus of proof Is upon them." Sir de Villiers said that the an The only argument pul forward nouncement of the intended was that in the opinion of the measure to abolish the representa Government a republic would tion of Natives In the Assembly, further national unity. the Senate and Provincial Coun But this was unsubstantiated. cils must raise further doubts "The fact that the Government about South Africa In the minds Is not prepared to tell the public of "our friends in the Western what they think the republic world." would look like has done much Lo It was clear that the Govern intensify suspicion and consoli ment had no mandate for this date opposition." move I’.P. OPPOSED " We. on this side of the house. | are satisfied that neither the Prime , | Minister nor any spokesman for his party has made out any case , for a change We remain Implacably oppoahed , to his republic." Sir de Villiers went on. "Today our prosperity rests squarely on j White enterprise. White capital I and White skill on the one side, and the work of thr Blaek man on the other aide " Any al tempi In separate ihe Wlnir man's enterprise irom Hip niaek mans labour must lead to a reduction iu ti« si*e of south Mi tea's internal markets and * rail in the standard nf livlnt of all her peoples ------wncry^v 1 AMERICAN’S TOUR OF S. AFRICA 1 Negro sums up: 66Africans not childre any more
HE AMERICAN NEGRO,R 0 nevfepipermtmnewspaper) William Gordon — great-grandson of an Ala T bama slave__leaves South Africa tomorrow. Ap considers the “ appalling lack of contact between White and Black” to be the most disturbing feature he encountered in the Union. Mr, Gordon has spent 10 days seeing Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town. He has talked to English-speaking anti Afrikaans-speaking people and has visited their homes. He has had discussions with The most encouraging feature other across a gap they cannot Natives, Coloureds and Indians, among the Natives was, he said, bridge. n the short time at his disposal the lack of bitterness towards “I think there is plenty of hope le has tried to get an assessment Europeans as a race. They were for both, and plenty of room for if our political and racial situa- bitter about legislation that re both, to live and work and develop ion. stricted their movement, the pass together side by side. The start I came here to study, not to laws and the refusal of the authori should be with a policy of econo ; udge,” he told me today in his ties to consult them. mic integration and the rest will : leasant Southern accent. “ I do sort itself out.” y i iot even want to mention the Adults now •ord ‘ apartheid.' Even so. I could not escape “ White South Africa,” said Mr. i [iscussions on the subject with Gordon. “ must realize that the people I met. I do think, though, Africans are not children any hat some formulae will have to more. They have grown up and 1 1 ip found to bridge the ever- must be treated as adults. The h iidening gap between White and Europeans should be willing to sit : Jlack.” down with African leaders and dis cuss problems of mutual concern. Ho direction ‘ The African here feels ne is Mr. Gordon found that the the complete under-dog. that he » atives “ do not know in what is on the lowest level whether he direction they are going or what is a cultured man or an illiterate going to happen to them next.” mine worker. Europeans, he found, were dis- “ And a policy of segregation irbed about the practicality of cannot break down the apparent C rovernment race policy. Most inability of the European to v anted to do more to bring non- differentiate between these two T/'hites into the general scheme, classes of African.” b it did not know how it could be dpne. "My own success should be in He found the Coloureds the most dicative of the opportunities made f ’ustrated of all, chiefly because possible for Negroes in the United iey had lost what political rights States, and it should be possible t iey had had. for Africans in South Africa. "My people were small farmers, too poor to pay for my education. But I was able to earn money loubert Street sweeping floors and washing dishes until I graduated. A fellow ship took me to Harvard robbery—£59 University.” Mr. Gordon, editor of the haul “ Atlanta Daily World.” is touring Africa on a Reid Fellowship, the ’hree Native gangsters attacked first Negro to win this award. aiid robbed a Coloured worker of a Johannesburg confectionery firm to iav. Room for both ■ oseph, the Coloured, was on his way from the firm Dormays His tour of the northern lands, in the concourse of the Johannes- followed by his visit to the Union, bu rg station, to the bank with £59 has convinced him that “African w in a cardboard box’. nationalism is a tide that cannot ls he was walking along Joubert be stopped.” (See also Page 15.) St -eet two Natives caught hold The Europeans could make it an of/him and tried to choke him. A ally by going alons? with it and tmrd Native hit him on the head helping to direct it into smooth w th a steel bar. channels. The robbers snatched the box “In South Africa I find fear of ; ,nd ran off. Joseph chased one if them. With the help of Euro- the African predominant among iean pedestrians, a Native was ar- the Whites. I would like to see the i ested and handed over to the two races friends rather .than lolice.______opponents, facing and fearing each ^HE DOMINION PARTY’S new r l , I Federation into a White state and two Black protectorates \\vas fallacious, ihe Federal Prime Minister. Sir Roy Welensky. laid last night. • borders of the protectorates into ' (The partv's proposals are: For- ' the dominion even more rapi^l.v aiation of a Dominion of Rhodesia than it was now doin„ T 7 , Qniif’h»rn Rhodesia Some people were afraid of trie, I ° n d thos! parts of Northern Rho- clesia most densely inhabited by Whites: the creation of two pro they be any less afraid if the rati tectorates in Barotseland and were 10 to 1? . 'It is a little unworthy of thl Nyasaland, under the control of White man. who in the past h the British Government.) The area which it was proposed shown ample courage in our of the world, to think of bac’ to call a dominion, said Sir Roy. 1 would not in fact be White, be- down at this juncture. ! cause it would still contain INSUBSTANTIAL i 3,000.000 Natives. The protectorates would be con ‘Have we, in fact, failed in wha' demned to a low standard of living we set out to do? The answer i whereas the crux of the whole 'no.' problem in Africa was urgent need "W hat has happened is simpl to raise standards of living. that African nationalism has bf r a a c r o s s come a lot more noisy and a lc| t more threatening. "But it is not backed by anj thing more substantial than polit cal aspirations alone. ‘Why let it frighten us? W have already given ample proof o the substance of our country, o its potential and of its good faith "Our achievements have been o' benefit not to one race or sectloi alone, but to the benefit of th i country as a whole, and to all i people.’’—Sapa. ants 1963 as “end-hunger” year for the world From Our Correspondent ROME, Tuesday. — A plan to 1 declare 1963 " Free the World M m Hunger ’’ year, has been put : ward in Rome by Mr. B. R. £ director - general of the Un; Nations Food and Agriculture ganization. " The human degredation and tragedy hunger invariably breeds demands world-wide determinatton to find a lasting solution to the biggest human problem of the century,” he said. Relatively few areas were tn from want, and in regions coi prising one-half of the worldj population people suffered fror lack of food “ Adequate in qualit and quantity to sustain the: health, growth and physic? vigour.” Mr. Sen added. THE IDEA His idea was that a 1963 worlc food congress should climax a com-t bined fact-finding educational and nformational effort. To this the! tod and Agriculture Organization! puld contribute a world food sur vey (its third) and other United Nations agencies would supply ■ studies on improved research, I trained manpower, improvement, of/health and disease prevention, sopial conditions of workers and tlreir families, and ocher subjects, rjhe 1963 congress findings would jXovide governments and intei- i|ational authorities with a starting fcoint for a concerted policy. Mr. Sen said technical ►possibilities of food production^ Lvere far in excess of what the1 'world was ng RAND DAILY MAIL
Armed impi ma the Paramount/s kraals TRIBESMEN THREATEN TOP CHIEF 4Quit if you sign
STAFF REPORTER ARAMOUNT CHIEF MORWAMOCHE, of Seku P kuniland, has been threatened by thousands oi his followers that he will be deposed immediately should he at any time sign his agreement to th» Bantu Authorities Act. that the suspects will not b This was one of many reports arrested if they return to Seku brought to the "Rand Daily Mail" kuniland. yesterday by Africans who had The impi that recently threat just returned to Johannesburg ened to raid the Paramour t from Sekukuniland, the former Chief’s supporters in one kra 1 “assegai empire" of the Northern came from sub-chief Mankopar 3 Transvaal which last year was the Mchaheleng’s village and marche i scene of bloodshed and rioting on that part of Sekukunilan over the promised implementation under the rule of sub-chi£ f of the Act. Mashilo. The visitors said that the Bapedi Threat to kill tribe was now split into two The impi threatened to kill a political camps. An armed impi those tribesmen who had pr« of the pro-Govemment Africans viously refused to co-operate wit had recently marched on one of the the Government. After reporl Paramount Chief’s principal were made to the police, the impi kraals. was stopped, and no further inci Paper banned dents were reported. It was generally believed in the Although few uniformed polio reserve that these and othei men have visited the reserve sin Incidents had prompted the the return of Morwamoche, Sout, Government to ban the "Rand African Police security officers ar Daily Mail” earlier this month in believed to be ^working Sekukuniland. reserve, At the time, Mr. C. W. Prinsloo i n c . Chief Information Officer of th Department of Bantu Administrj White ox offered tion and Development, said th At a big indaba in Sekukuni the reason for the refusal land last month, senior Govern special permits to newspapi ment officials suggested that reporters was that the Paramoui Morwamoche agreed to the Chief had only just returned froi his temporary permit would exile and could not be “disturbed. immediately torn up, and tl Most of the Bapedi tribe ar he would not need to fear dep still not prepared to accept th* tation again. . Bantu Authorities Act even though It was after this suggestion their banished Paramount Chie.l that the Bapedi spokesmen made has been returned to them o ' it clear that they would over permit. throw the Paramount Chief if the Sixteen of Morwamoche’s 10 sided with the Government. sub-chiefs and headmen have s Morwamoche was later prom far openly voiced their suppoi ised that a white ox would ,be of the Government. But, in stron; slaughtered in his honour by the contr&st, the Paramount Chief am Department of Bantu Adminis his followers are still adaman tration and Development if that the Act should not be im eventually agreed to the imp posed on them. They feel it woulc mentation of the Act on behal change the!1- traditional way o of his people. ’ f a > — < He was also told that he n( longer had any jurisdiction ove: his 16 sub-chiefs who were sup porting the Government in the reserve. It is understood that the Gov ernment has also offered an am nesty to suspected agitators among the Bapedi tribe who have been - In hiding for the last year Their relatives have trouble in C o n g ,
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caught tiootmgCli1)* hl |lwd been snop ransacked h, c,sbns or £ J sssarfaVsj’t*?earlier this month T g, the riot1^ SSfal" 1'8 BLACK >ATI()\Af I8>r ISjGROI'ING^ ' ^ ^^p^MRNED
East African governors want a concerted policy From Our Correspondent
THE-EAST-AFRICAN g o v e r n o r s L^ ,don’ Tue8day- l^T^do^r^retarv here arTlI lT ’ Y ° T" m?eting the on him tlie sheer sneer) witl 1 i ? l° Jlave lniI)ressed movmem ,„d p.„.A fri„„i„„ ”e devefopi^'"6 "aU°"*Ji«
the . f e y ^ d V o w f t ” »W U ,™ '1" ”f * T l',e m East Africa and British l ■ i ,5 ,s a general problem vide a gen era] so Jut i om CO,° nial P° h^ has fail^ *<> pro ■'An official communique has de- African governors last met in con- . week-end conference feience, at Entebbe in 1957; and confuW , fr!°a aS "informal and of Ct^ n e presence in London confidential, and Whitehall's lips of two of th em -S ir Evelvn Baring are accordingly sealed today bull ?Tannd Sl‘' Richard Turn- Characteristically the Colonial fnr h anBany lka) —suggested a Office is hoping that the discus further meeting. sions at Chequers, the Prime The Governor of Uganda, Sir recarriT!S Country house,. will be Frederick Crawford, and the regarded as routine. Hen De?ldent in Zanzibar, Sir ^spokesman there told me that Henry Potter, were accordingly summoned to London. y time had elapsedbecause since 80 the ton, East a The Colonial Secretary, Mr was accompanied at of thethp Colonialr .by a,U Office. the " toP brass ” Constitutional The spokesman emphasized that c °nfei'ence had now ended review “not fhei j the three Governors and postsnntf thisttldent week. would return to their ruled out99 “POWERFUL PRESSURES” 'In his comment today thp in Kenya political correspondent of “ The ^ t Sw ittyH that the discussions NAIROBI, Tuesday.—The Colo RrftL , f lmPlications for nial secretary does not rule out British colonial policy of the the possibility of an all-party con presspressures rnes tthat w ^ are 1 now and' being a n o m felt i c ference to reconsider Kenya's S f the East A Wean coortttuttan. the Government stated here yesterday. _ I. GovTnfors toem se?v°e? h a v e^ e™ The statement was issued to n e ^ f o ^ c l ^ 8 ,urgency of <*e JmpIUy Mr. Lennox-Boyds reply Afrfca to be c o n c e r n ^ - £ IT “ ,e House of Commons last “ to avoid the difficljltSs ^ week when he told a Labour! 2 ^ " IUS5 ? PBnt in a situati°n Member. Mr Fenner Brockway: . idea that fwever’ accept the, “ cal and economic advance
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Council or State. d th «* * "* “.V L 'i" ?k ■b^ aL"'e they alleged, thev had not been informed of th r J ^ C ’ d®ecr|taiy's reply to their d f lugnds^—Sapa-Reuter. JANUARY 2? 1939 NORTHERN RHODESIA MOVE NATIVE POIJCEMEIV OFFERED EQUALTIY WITHJ&HIIES-
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From Our Correspondent Ndola, Tuesday. 'HE NORTHERN RHODESIA POLICE has set a lead to th., T^ Kederatior? in the field of Native advancement with the introduction of a new " equal-opportunity-for-all ” promotion scheme. Complete equality with a European assistant inspector will he the reward of exceptional ability for a Native pro moted to the newly created Inspector Grade 1 rank In pay and conditions of service this Native inspector of the futuri will be “ on a par with the Eur|‘ pean,” Senior Assistant Com; sioner C. N. Halse, said today. But it will be “ some time fore a Native will be considered this promotion, he added. SIMILAR UNIFORM Other changes will soon become ap5®rerrtr"To m e public, however, for Natives who now hold the rank of inspector will appear for the first time in uniforms similar (to the European. I Mr. R. Malcolmson. a member bf ffleXegislat’ive Council and one pf the men behind the scheme, said the open door to promotion (for Native police “ is accented on [the principle that proved ability (must advance. MUST NOT BE IMPATIENT “ But any abuse of this principle by idealistic bureaucracy must be deplored, as automatic promotion on the ground of colour would only result in unrest and un happiness.” He pointed out also that oppor tunities for Natives could be few j and far between at this stage of development. “ I sincerely hope that the African police will appreciate th's and not be impatient.” __-I P age 12 THE STAR JOHANNESBI tiers prepare for the future
NATIVES ARE SHOWN ARMED STRENGTH From Our Central African Representative Salisbury, Wednesday. EUROPEAN SETTLERS in other parts of the Congo are determined now that what happened in Leopoldville arlier this month will not occur in their areas. The Leopold- ille riots have forced them to do some hard thinking and ley are taking precautions to ensure that if rioting should art it would never reach the magnitude it did in the Congo’s c ipital, where the damage is estimated at more than £2.000.000. Many Europeans in the big 4—^ n r i TJ « a B centres such as Elisabethville, ^ f~| / \ r i y Stanleyville. Coquilhatville. Lulua- bourg, Jadotville, Kindu and the Lisala area are armed and they are letting it ' be known to the STUDENTS Native population in their respec tive areas. HAD TROUBLE BEST EVER The reaction in Elisabethville to the recent riots is probably ALICE. Wednesday.—The Uni- more prominent than in the other ersity College of Fort Hare’s 1958 centres. xamination results, just an- lounced. show the greatest num- The European population there ier of students’ successes ever is made up of many races—Bel achieved during the 42 years of gians, French, Greeks, Portuguese, the college’s history. Of 72 Italians and British—and the students who gained degrees, there majority of them have lived in are 44 bachelors of arts, three with Africa most o£ their lives. They are also close to the Northern distinctions, and 28 bachelors of Rhodesian border and not far science, one with distinction. away is Nyasaland. The April graduation ceremony Both these territories have had promises to be the most impressive in recent months trouble with the ever for, apart from a record num Natives. ber of graduates, there are many university education diplomas and MORE AWARE certificates' in theology and agri- Elisabethville citizens are more culture to be presented to students, aware of these disturbances than will com p from all over those in Leopoldville and other in- Union and the R ^ land centes. where, until the up rising in Leopoldville, they lived — for many years in the belief that the troubles of Africa could not penetrate into the Congo. SHOWING STRENGTH I spoke to many Europeans Elisabethville, and their reaction |to what happened in Leopoldville always prompted the comment }' It won’t happen here so easily— (ust let them try it." . Police and troops in these area; ^re making a point of showins iieir strength without causini Antagonism among the Native; }nd Elisabethville citizens ar tiaking no bones about what the- Jill do should their be signs o rouble. [But. as one business man in the ty said: " The Africans in these rts are not the same as in :opoldville and along the Congo' R ver. They are not trouble- rt akers.” a SPAY, JANUARY 28, ttaufc. M a i l
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28. 1959. SIR ROY REPLIES afTHE political issues of the \| Rhodesian Federation con tinue to echo our own j roblems in this country and I lir Roy Welensky's speech at Broken Hill on Monday night ras of particular interest to South Africans. Sir Roy has to fight on two fronts— against the politicians in Britain who think that he is too slow and against those in the Federation who think he goes too fast. In this speech he rounded on the Opposition, which is going through a bout of apartheid fever. The Prime Minister analysed the probable results of the Dominion Party’s grandiose ipartheid plan for dividing the federation between a White iominion, consisting of Southern Rhodesia and the European areas of Northern hodesia., and two protec- orates of Barotseland anC [yasaland. He pointed out hat the so-called “White dominion" would not, in fact >e White, since it would still ontain more than three mil- lon Africans, thus underlining i, problem w*>ch equally 1 edevils our own apartheid i chool. He .then went on to prophesy iat the proposed p rotec- irates would be condemned > a low standard of living, hereas the most urgent pro- b em of Africa was to raise 1 tl e standard of living .every- I wiere. He might have added — only he is far too tactful to j d< so—that that is exactly w iat will happen to our own Emtustans if Dr. Verwoerd s s aling-off policy is allowed to I -evail. It is clear that Sir Roy is i ot going to allow sniping rom either side to divert him rom his purpose, which is to I iring the Federation intact to f he full status of a Dominion I vith a programme of partner- I hip. J 1 \ r > Collection Number: AD843
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