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F SESSION,, I, , ...SUPPLEMENT No...12 REPORT REPORT SOTHWEST ARC GA OFFICIAL R :F SESSION,, i,, ...... SUPPLEMENT No..... 12 (A/41 NEW < K i i~ ...... i i i ......ii,ii ii ii i ................. ~i,i I'i ................ .. ... .. ! i~i !a ....: ... ....i:, i , Li G !! L :i G R iAI SIMULY i ... L " : : , ' :O- F FICIAL / ,. RECORDS :, FOURTE -" - t4TH " SESSION , ":, , ,*,- *VPL-,, N NQ . 12 (A/4 191) - *," .. ." -, ;"*. iii"""'""**" m"."" i ;"i - j * .. .iii" " "'i i"'a a aa a .. .... UNfI'ED NATIONS REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH WEST AFRICA GENEAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIAL RECORDS : FOURTEENTH SESSION SUPPLEMENT No. 12 (A/4191) New York, 1959 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Part I I. G eneral .. ................................ ................. 1 II. Negotiations with the Union of South Africa ....................... 2 III. Examination of petitions and communications relating to South West A frica . ..................................................... 2 A. Requests for oral hearings and related communications ........... 2 B. Exam ination of petitions ...... .............................. 3 C. Other communications relating to South West Africa ............. 4 Part II REPORT AND OBSERVATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SOUTH WEST AFRICA REGARDING CONDITIONS IN THE TERRITORY I. Introduction .................................................. 4 II. G eneral ............ ............ ............................ 5 A. Status of the Territory ......... ........................... 5 B. Population of South West Africa .............................. 8 III. Political conditions ............................................ 9 A . G en eral . ................................................. 9 B. Suffrage and the Windhoek by-election ........................ 9 C. Administrative policy and methods; application of apartheid ....... 10 D. Defence ............................................... 12 E. Arms and ammunition .................... .............. 13 IV . Econom ic conditions .. ....................................... 13 A . G eneral .... ........ ..................................... 13 B . Public finance ............................................ 13 C. Mining ................................................. 15 D. Agricultural and pastoral production .......................... 15 E. Fisheries ................... ........ ................. 16 F. Land allocation and alienation ................................. 17 V. Social conditions ...... ........ ................... 21 A. General ........ ................................... 21 B . Labour ................................................... 2 1 C. Freedom of movement............ ....................... 24 D. Public health,:. .1...'. ...........,.... ....... 25 iii Page E. "Native" and low-income housing in urban areas ................. 27 F. Alcohol and spirits .............................. 28 G. Freedom of religion ....................................... 28 V I. Educational conditions .......................................... 29 V II. Concluding rem arks ............................................ 32 ANNEXES I. Correspondence with the Government of the Union of South Africa ..... 34 1. Letter dated 6 February 1959 from the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa to the Minister of External Affairs of the Union of South Africa ..................................... 34 2. Letter dated 1 May 1959 from the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa to the Minister of External Affairs of the Union of South A frica ............................................ 34 3. Letter dated 15 June 1959 from the Permanent Representative of the Union of South Africa to the United Nations, addressed to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa .................... 34 II. Draft resolution concerning petitions and related communications concerning conditions in South West Africa ....... ........ ......... 34 I1. Draft resolution concerning the Hoachanas Native Reserve ............ 35 IV. Draft resolution concerning the withdrawal of a passport from Mr. Hans Johannes Beukes ................................. ............ 36 V. Oral hearing of Mr. Fanuel Jariretundu Kozonguizi. 36 1. Request by Mr. Fanuel Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Accra, Ghana, for an oral hearing before the Committee on South West Africa ........ 36 2. Communication dated 13 April 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott, The Africa Bureau, London, to the Chairman of the Committee on South W est Africa...................................... 36 3. Communication dated 21 April 1959 from Chief Hosea Kutako, Windhoek, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa 37 4. Oral petition submitted by Mr. Fanuel Jariretundu Kozonguizi at the 102nd meeting of the Committee on South West Africa on 1 May 1959 ................ ...................................... 37 5. Communications from Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi, Londn, relating to a further oral hearing before the Committee on South West 1.rica 41 6. Communication dated 25 May 1959 from Mr. J. Dausab and others, Hoachanas Native Reserve, to the Secretary-General .............. 41 VI. Communications relating to a request for an oral hearing by Mr. Hans Johannes Beukes before the Committee on South West Africa......... 42 1. Radiogram received on 15 July 1959 from Mr. Beukes, Serowe, Bechuanaland, to the Committee on South West Africa .......... ..42 2. Telegram received on 21 July 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott, London, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West A frica .. .... .... .................................. ........ 42 3. Radiogram received on 31 July 1959 from Mr. Beukes, Serowe, Bechuanaland, -to the Committee on South West Afria ............ 42 Page VII. Communication dated 17 March 1959 from Mr. M. Kerina (Getzen), New York, to the Secretary of the Committee on South West Africa relating to oral hearings before the Fourth Committee ................ 42 VIII. Petition dated 29 April 1959 from Chief Hosea Kutako, Windhoek, South West Africa, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa. 43 IX. Petition dated 4 May 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott, The Africa Bureau, London, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa 43 X. Petition dated 24 July 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott and Mr. Jariretundu Kozonguizi, London, to the Chairman of the Committee on South W est A frica .......................................... 43 XI. Petition dated 24 September 1958 from Chief Samuel Wittbooi, Chief Hosea Kutako and others, Windhoek, to the Secretary-General ......... 44 XII. Petition dated 14 October 1958 from Capt. H. S. Witbooi, Gibeon, to the Chairman and members of the General Assembly .................. 45 XIII. Petition, by radiogram received on 30 January 1959, from Chief Hosea Kutako, South W est Africa ....... ........................ 45 XIV. Petition, by cablegram received on 17 February 1959, from the Reverend Michael Scott, London ....................... 46 XV. Petition dated 18 February 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott, The Africa Bureau, London, to the Chairman of the Committee on South W est A frica .................................................. 46 XVI. Petition dated 18 February 1959 from Mr. J. Dausab and others, Hoachanas Native Reserve, to the Secretary-General ................. 46 XVII. Petition dated 1 April 1959 from the Reverend Michael Scott, The Africa Bureau, London, to the Chairman of the.Committee on South W est A frica .................... ............................ 47 XVIII. Petition dated 25 February 1959 from the Reverend Markus Kooper, Keetmanshoop, to the United Nations ............................. 47 XIX. Petition dated 23 April 1959 from Chief Hosea Kutako, Windhoek, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa ................ 49 XX. Petition dated 29 April 1959 from the Reverend Markus Kooper, Windhoek, to the Chairman of the Committee on South West Africa ........ 51 XXI. Petition dated 25 May 1959 from Mr. J. Dausab and others, Hoachanas N ative R eserve ........... ................................ ... 52 XXII. Petition dated 9 November 1958 and related communications dated 20 February and 27 April 1959 from Chief P. Keharanyo, Bechuanaland, to the Secretary of the Committee on South West Africa .............. 55 1. Petition dated 9 November 1958 ............................. 55 2. Communication dated 20 February 1959 ........................ 55 3. Communication dated 27 April 1959 ............................ 55 XXIII. Petition dated 30 December 1958 from Mr. Toivo Ja-Toivo and Mr. F. Isaacs to the Secretary of the Committee on South West Africa, and communications relating to Mr. Ja-Toivo .......................... 56 1. Petition dated 30 December 1958 from Mr. Toivo Ja-Toivo and M r. F . Isaacs ............................................. 56 2. Communications relating to Mr. Toivo Ja-Toivo ................. 58 Page XXIV. Petition dated 4 August 1958 from Mr. J. Beukes, Rehoboth Community, to the U nited N ations ........................................... 60 XXV. Petition dated 17 August 1958 from Mr. Jacobus Beukes, Rehoboth Community, to the United Nations ................................ 60 XXVI. Petition dated 30 September 1958 from Messrs. J. G. A. Diergaardt, J. H. Mall, P. Diergaardt and forty-five others, Rehoboth Community, to the U nited N ations ................ ......................... 60 XXVII. Petitions, by radiograms received on 16 December
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