A minimum of three quarters of the senators must be representatives of the Europeans, the United Party decided. Perfect equality could not be established with the stroke of a pen in South Africa, the bishops continued. One of the great dangers facing the country, the Director said, was the progressive loss of freedom.
Meanwhile, a special meeting of the Action Committee of the Christian Council of South Africa (representative of all the major churches except the Roman Catholics and the Dutch Reformed Churches) had been called. Town issued statements that their churches would remain open to members of all racial groups, regardless of the consequences.
20 A SURVEY OF RACE (b) it is undesirable that Africans should be present on the
It also thanked members of the delegation and approved their actions after the interview with the Minister. The penalties laid down in Section forty-four of the Consolidation of Natives (Urban Areas) Act. Members of the Institute for Race Relations did much of the organizational work for these conferences.
It was proposed in the circular that all payments from the native committees should be made by cheques, countersigned by a responsible European official of the local authority. Section forty-nine (a) of the Native Laws Amendment Act enabled the Minister to compel welfare organizations to comply with his policy. Information about the course of the population registration is given at various times by the Minister of the Interior).
42 A SURVEY OF RACES, and on the houses of many individual people, in most of the.
42 A SURVEY OF RACE tions, and on the homes of many individual people, in most of the
44 AN INVESTIGATION OF RACE RELATIONS: 1956-57 exam had dragged on for nine months, and as very few.
44 A SURVEY OF RACE RELATIONS: 1956-57 examination had dragged on for nine months, and as very few
45 During the nine months that followed, many hundreds of
Carpenter, an American missionary, was refused an entry visa when in February 1957 he wished to visit the Union on behalf of the International Missionary Council in connection with the Council's meetings to be held in Ghana in December. Visas were also denied in March to six members of the Yale University jazz band, who, after hearing from Father T. Huddleston about African interest in jazz, had planned to tour the Union and use the proceeds from their concerts to promote jazz in African townships .
Among those denied passports when they applied for them (or in some cases reapplied after a previous refusal) was Miss Gladys Thala, an African nurse chosen by the Union's African nurses to represent them at an international conference of nurses in Rome; Mr. The Report of the Investigation Committee on Unwanted Publications was published towards the end of the reporting period(10). The Commission noted the enormous growth in many countries in the sale of publications and the production of films centered on crime, sex, sadism and perversion.
Not a single work of literary merit among those reviewed was found to be objectionable: a responsible writer could deal with the sinister aspects of the life-rape he described in his work, but did not drag out bold details or shocking for their own sake, portraying these as normal, causing a distorted view of life to be imprinted in the minds of readers, especially young people. In general, said the Commission, undesirability of the kind described above appeared to a much greater extent in. But, the Commission added, in most newspapers there was a high incidence of reports, articles and other contributions which tended to cause, or might have the effect of inciting, friction between European and non-European population groups.
Very strict measures were recommended for the control of unsolicited publications, which were generally described as those which would be considered indecent, offensive or harmful by 'ordinary, decent, reasonable and responsible citizens of the Union'. The Commission recommended the creation of a Publications Board, in which all publishers of periodicals, magazines and newspapers, as well as all booksellers, should be registered. The commission also recommended what it called 'promotional*. measures for the advancement of good literature and the general education of the community.
48 A SURVEY OF RACE Union's educational services, an Institute for Literature being set
50 A SURVEY OF RACE asked the Party's constitutional committee to investigate the whole
According to the explanatory statement issued for the bill, this change was introduced at the request of the Institute of Administrators of Non-European Affairs. 34;The local authority system is a means of executive organization for applying the policy of the country with respect to native affairs." 1 irregularities or other occurrences requiring the attention of the authorities shall henceforth be submitted to the Secretary of Native Affairs. through the municipality, who shall forward such reports within seven days of receipt.
In terms of the first draft of clause 47(i) of the Bill, the Administrator of the province and the Minister of Native Affairs - were to be authorized to amend or reject draft regulations submitted by a local authority without necessarily first amending . refer. them back to the local authority that submitted them. In a memorandum sent to all Members of Parliament and to the Press(n), the Institute for Race Relations said that local authorities are fast becoming mere agents of the central government in matters affecting Africans. The leader of the Natives' Representatives said(17) that there is a very large part of the African population that does not have the right to live anywhere.
Under the 1957 Act, Africans who were originally allowed into an urban or proclaimed area for specific periods (eg harvest crews or other seasonal laborers) would no longer be allowed to return unless they were given permission. The definition of an 'authorised officer', who is entitled to demand the production of documents by Africans, and, without warrant, to arrest any African whom he has reason to believe to be 'idle or undesirable' is very extended in terms of the Amendment Act(20). Unless the African qualifies to remain permanently in the urban or proclaimed area where he is arrested, he may, in addition to being dismissed, be ordered not to return, except with the written consent of the Secretary for Native Affairs.
In terms of the Amendment Act(21) he could also be removed to "any place indicated by the Secretary for Native Affairs within a scheduled Native area or an exempted area" — in practice, according to the Explanatory Memorandum, to a rural village. Application of the Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act to orders issued under the Inflow Control Regulations. Still further clauses of the Dill are dealt with in appropriate chapters of this Survey (sec index). ii) being an 'alien' African and having entered an urban or proclaimed area, or accepted employment there, without the written consent of the Secretary for Native Affairs, given with the concurrence of the local authority.
62 A SURVEY OF RACE of brevity). Pending the completion of any enquiries deemed
He wanted to put beyond any doubt in the wording of the law that the ministry could give women different reference works than those of men. Members of the opposition again took the opportunity to oppose the publication of reference books for African women. By 1956, Native Affairs Department officials had visited 37 small towns to issue reference books to women.
At the first opportunity, in. lt;J) Remarks of the magistrate who investigated the case, as repeated by the Minister. He calmed them down by explaining that the officials were merely administering the law of the land. An exception was made, however, in the case of those who were already legally in an urban area when the law came into effect, as long as they remained there uninterruptedly.
I have no data on the number of foreign natives who possess such certificates. They had campaigned against the acceptance of the Bantu Authorities Act by their own people. Then the police intervened, which had arrived in the meantime; and some Africans were arrested.
In Pondoland two thirds of the members are appointed by the chief and the rest by the native commissioner. The first meeting of the Transkeise Territorial Authority (formerly the General Council) was held during May 1957. The Field Officer of the Institute for Race Relations attended the first meeting of the area authority.
Some of the municipal wardens, who were ordered to do so, exceeded the instructions and started uprooting the trees and vegetation in the gardens. Dozens of residents suddenly turned to the police, attacked them with stones and hooks, and At the time, the press were refused permission to visit Wolkcbcrg Farm.
The association has raised money for a tractor that will be rented to Africans in the Xalanga district of the Transkei. In his annual review of economic conditions in the Union, the head of the Department of Economic Research and Statistics of the S.A. An editorial in The Manufacturer^') pointed out that, despite the global shortage, there was some capital available.
For this reason, Congress reminds the authorities of the necessity of revising the (liquor laws, in order to allow a reasonable supply of alcoholic beverages to the natives under conditions that ensure minimum abuse"(12)-. Despite the criminal sanctions introduced in Since 1950, the number of criminal prosecutions for unlawful physical acts. The legislation made spies and spies on other people and the police and led to extortion.
Sooner or later the question of South Africa's continued membership of the United Nations had to be dealt with by the Union Government. Meanwhile, South Africa has continued to participate in the work of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The United States hoped that this item would not be automatically included on the agenda of the Twelfth Assembly.
Until Article 2 was amended by constitutional means, it was outside the jurisdiction of the United Nations to discuss the matter("). Meanwhile, South Africa, which had previously ensured that the territory was represented in the Parliament of the Union as an integral part.
