Apartheid News, June 1965
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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 Apartheid News, June 1965 Alternative title Anti-Apartheid News Author/Creator The Anti-Apartheid Movement Date 1965-06 Resource type Newsletters Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa, United Kingdom Coverage (temporal) 1965 Source Archives of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Anti-Apartheid News, MSS AAM 2200. Description Emigrants and the White problem; Freedom Day rally in Trafalgar Square; Famine threatens Africans in reserve areas; Highest African standard of living myth exploded; The economy runs into trouble; Cultural boycott. Format extent 8 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.AAMP2B2300006 http://www.aluka.org Published by the Anti-ApartheidMovement June1965 number5 pricesixpence Published by the Anti-ApartheidMovement June1965 number5 pricesixpence Uy Emi and the White i problem David Enhals, MP, write s The prssure for the British GoI ment to act to warn would-be emigrants to South Africa of ch conditions which exist ther is ing. At the end of Maythe na conference of the United Natio Association passed i resolution on the Government actively to dcourage emigration to South The flow of emigrants hrn Bn. und the assited passaec sehe s steadily increasing (12,612 we vearl and the determinatio o tile Verwoerd Goverment to step up the tempo a wn by the lavish advertising campaign i recent week They are especially anxious to tMp skilled workers and telhnicians. When the TSR-2 project was cancelled South A rceived a diately ook steps pt ira i facingredundancytotakejobsin S the South African aircraft industry They claimed that more than et00 applications had been received aind o testhat500hauslmctedimmigrahe tees neito demonrate form .....d applied for jobs. ne onn andn part coner asteteaa t togIt llh an eneas a good wayof doing it. Mostofthosenowsigningtheo 0ultimateluutworrkablitise Afr oulat ia ont w hbouriS Thirdly, parties might ulk to .ei h rider haveouth b frin b don't the w hatkie to , its a lutiton a ternstathe position of the High Commission theyloe andta- if hey ei t Thoughthelidmaybetight futum n territories. If on o.be demonstrate fstecraritydeeaisthtaioa themonthwienindpiclearlythat apartheid is wrong and wag es.. Bt athey re eo thatndb too greatand there wiflbe an conference' ulmatey ... ..kable it i s essen.ti ll agescan outio he epeneo to o explosion. The Government oulght I Afaben pouation h way to skile to give its authority to a stem warning that the High Commission territories haveoyenthermit thewy to lee to those who may notknow the Ileer Rihardt, M P, writes: should be seen to be economically emplymen? Ad dothe beleve dongrs.and politically further advanced than thatthisfalsesenseofsecurity Juneistraditionallytemonth when the republic Particularly the can last? The British Council of Churches constituency Labour Parties consider economic dependence of these has suggested that the Government reSolstions for amnal conferenie. terrtorits on South Africa could be Thereismore and oretalk of shoulddo more than advise. They Among the amber that there are reduced, the right of unconditional using non-whitesastechniciansand h igrationshouldbe boundtobeonI d political asylum there be fully this is creating growing alarm among gdt onebeln the recognisedandtheir adm straton the white workers, At the end fAril discouraged by the imposition of a defence it would he OP special - apartheid tax" on all air cause of Anti-Apartheid if some were and essential services be made a mass meeting of 1000 mineworkers and ship tickets for travel by to deal with South Africa and the independent of South Africa. A from the Free State goldfields heard South Africa. and by imposing a problems of that unhappy coumtry. resolution which points out the warning from their leaders that two limit of £10 pet head on money that political importance of building up out of three whites would be replaced can be expatriated to South Africa. There are really four main lines for the territories is one which is well byAfricansshouldtheGovernment partiestoconsiderwhich might prove worth submitting to annual adopttheseideas.Theminersvoted helpful.Inthefirstinstance, conference. solidly against opening the door to ASrSET chi resolutions supporting the Labour African and Asian workers afterthe of Government'spolicyattheUnited Finally, constituency parties might secretary of the Mineworkers' Action i uNations might bring aboutaneven liketo consider a resolution calling Committee,PietKruger,hadsaid: issues irmerattitude.In contrast to the on the Government to undertake a AslongasthereisAfrikanerblood sastrecordofabstention and some- review of those services and functions iimetwillnotallowit,evenif strong timesobstructionofmeasures aimed which involve co-operation with Ihavetotakeupagun. state m ent atpersuading the South African the South African Government. In Government to changeots policy, a particular, such things as British A fact of life in South Africa which resolution which asks the Government Council scholarships, the visits of is not realised is that more and more Mr. Clive Jenkins, General Secretary to support United Nations action sporting or cultural organisations on people carry firearms and not of ASSET (Association of Supervisory would prove useful, In particular Government money and an insistence always legally. The Minister of Justice, Staffs, Executives and Technicians), such a resolution might call upon the upon all Government receptions Mr. Vorster. recently told the South has issued a strongly worded recon Government to commit itself on being multi-racial would help to African Parliament that between isendation to union members not to South West Africa, to implement confirm our opposition to apartheid 1960 and 1964 a total of 13,236 take up employment in South Africa, the recent UN resolution en financial in all its forms. firearms had been stolen. following advertisements in the British assistance to victims of apartheid. Press offering jobs to redundant and to possible inIernationaf economic Unless the issue of South Africa is But the white population is being 1SR.2 workers in the Atlas Aircraft sanctions. continually kept before the Labour encouraged to carry weapons and Corporaton.Atlashasbeenset Movementit tends to get submerged secrrity courses are being organised, up primarily to " beat the arms Secondly, a full discussion at party in all the other matters which a including the technique of shooting embargo ". and is io start production conference on ensuring that the government and a party have to icrowdedstreet, onjettrainersiin18months. armsembargo is fully effective, deal with. One way of keeping the Mr. Jeikins's statemtent says repudiating any suggestion that the cause of Anti-Apartheid before the A further indication of the tinder-box Simonstownagreementimplies eyesofthe Movement and the situation that exists comes from "AS$ET strongly disapproves of the military support for the South African country is ti see that it is raised and another announcement from Mr. incrase in pace of arms manufacture regime would have an effect on fully discussed at annual conference. Vorster in January this year that in South Africa and will be strongly uncommitted'apinion in Africa and I hope thmt all contsituenev parties, authority has now been given for recommending its members not to Asia. It is important to emphasise when they consider their resolitinns certain companies, including mining take employment in that country again that Britain completely will not forget that this problem is companies with a compound for more under any circmtances whatsoever, dissociates herself from apartheid urgent and explosive. Any pressure than 300 workers, to have tear-gas as to do so would be to strengthen and will certainly not supply the fruoo any quarter that might lave an available for dealing with any trouble a Government that Inas abandoned South African Government with arms effect on changing South African fromtheworkers. moralprinciples." whichcanbeusedforinternal policy ought to he encouraged. June 26th Anti-Apartheid plans big .. - -*- - A Commonwealth Prime Minister and Members of Parliament from all parties will beat the South Africa Freedom Day Rally on June 27 in Trafalgan Square. Messages of support have been received from all over the world. Sir Albert Margai, Prime Mimister of Sierra Leone, will be present at the meeting, which will