TALK POLITICS! PRAAT POLlTIEK

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SEPTEMBER, 1956 ...

-Edmund Bur:ke

TALK POLITICS!

When bad men combine. 'he good must asscr dau; else the, will /011. one by one.

^tJll

unpit~d

socrifice in

⁴

contemptible stTJl.l8le.

THAT is all

very

well. but the trouble is that tbe bad men are always beUer at combin·

ing. In a democracy such as oun in South Africa there is a great tendency to take it for grtotcd that the IOvernment is u democntic u we are. This is oeruinly

DOt

true at the momenL It is doubtruJ whether it is likely to be true within our lifetime. 1be pressures against a democn.tic government today or in the foreseeable future are enormous. The drift from democncy is likely to increase.

whatever government is in power, but if we

want to retain democncy at all. we will have to light for iL

This means that every single penon who is interested in retaining a democntic fonn of government will have to wv.e up

and

realise that it can only be caught now by the tail of its skirt, u it disappears round the corner.

But then oomes the qUlC5tioo: what can you or I do at a.ny pven moment to JRVCDt the tnunlry from slipping into a police 5tate? How

is this going to be stopPC<1 hy sitting over cups of tnffee after tnmmlttlCe meetings? Well.

there arc severn answen to that one. The first answoc is that a &fIllt deal can be done by tlIking over oofIce cups, as long u tbcy are in the right houses

and

on the right stoeps. There

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PRAAT POLlTIEK

Wallflur sJegte mense verenig "lOtt die gMiu saamstQQn; and", sol hulle een vir em val.

onMjammude slQgoDm in 'n \'uagulike

"'Yd.

-Edmund Burke.

DIT is alles gocd en wel, maar die moeiJikheid is dat die slegtes altyd beler saamstaan as

die goeies. In '0 demokrasie SOOlI on, s'o in Suid·Afrib i, daar

^'0

sterk neiging om dit u vansdfsprekend

tIC

bestou dat die rqcring net

so demokraties is u onsself. Oil is seterlik:

nie op die oomblik die gevaI nie. Oit iJ twyfel.

agtig of dit hinne oos lodtyd die ,cvll sal woes. Oaar is geweldige magte wat

n

demcr kratiese regering vanda, beveg. eo io die voor·

sienbare tockoms sal blr beveg. Oodemokra·

tiese ocigings sal wa&nEf'nlik: toeneem. watter regering ookal un bewind is, maar u

^ODS

DOg '0

mate vao demokrasic wil bebou sal

ons daarvoor

moet

veg.

Oit bcIekeo dat iedereen wat die hehoud van

00'

huidigc rcgeringsvorm op die hart drl,

moet

wakker word en hcsd dat demokrasic un vcr·

dwyn is en s1egs met die &fOOtSte moeite in ere bentd ta.n word.

Nou tom ons egtc2"

\'OOf"

hicrdie vrul

^le

staan: wat kan u of et doen om

le

voorir:om dat ons land gcleidelik

'0

polisiestaat 'WOrd?

Kan dit venny word dcur koffic

le

drink oa komittevergadcriogs? Nouja. daar is verakeie antwoorde op da.ardie vrug. Oie eentc aot·

woord is dat vcel vcrria tan word devr koffie

te drink, mits dit in die regte huise en op die

D;~ S...·/m ScrP. S,pl,,,.IIt, '56

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IN A TYRANNY. THE SMALLEST ACT OF RESISTANCE GIVES OTHERS COURAGE.

is

^1\0

point in talking politics to the converted.

but if you introduce the subject aher dinner when everybody else is complacent the result can be electrie and lasting. Talking politics.

especially on occasions when it is unpopular.

is one of the surest ways of getting people to think politics. In 1940 Mussolini ordered the removal of all the marble-topped lables from the cafes in Rome. He said that people sat around and talked politics. and this annoyed him. Needless to say his order was not obeyed.

but the fact is interesting if only to show how scared he was of people merely talking.

The second answer is that an enormous amount can be done by a demonstration or a geslure. The Freedom Radio is a case in point. All law-abiding citizens must deprecate this geslure of defiance, but the fact remains that certain people have found it necessary to make it. The people behind this illegal activity did not wait for what is vaguely known as "a lead." They went right out and did something.

We are not advocating similar activities. but we merely mention the Freedom Radio as an example o( what can be done by a handful of people who are sufficiently moved to feel that they cannot wait.

One of the bugbears of democracy is con·

formity. Democracy relies on the theory that one should count heads instead of breaking them. That is perfectly true, but this theory carries with it the danger that one thinks that counting heads is all that is needed. It is also necessary to beat something into the heads that are going to be counted. And one cannot sit back and expect somebody else to do the work.

One of the creations of our time is an amorphous monster I:nown as ''They.'' ·'They"

will 100.1: after it: "They" would never dream of allowing such a thing to happen; "They"

will stop it before it goes too (ar; ''They'' will tell us when "'They" want us to do something about it.

The fact is. there isn't any ·'They." ''They'' are you.

Th~ Black Stuh. S~p/~mbtr '56

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regte stoepe geskied. Oit help nle om poli- tick met bckecrdes le bespreek nie. maar as mens die onderwerp na aandete begin bespreek wanDeet almal selfvoldaan voel hn die ultwer- king dinamies en blyweDd

Wee5.

Om politid:

te bespreel:, veral by geleenthede wannccr dit onpopull!r is, verseker dat mense oor politiek sal begin dink. In 1940 het Mussolini beveel dat al die marmerbedekte tafels uit die I:.afees van Roma verwyder moet word. Hy het gese dat mense aan daardie tafels politiel:. bespreck het, en dit het vir horn gehinder. Sy bevel is natuurlik nie gehoorsaam Die, maar die geval is interessant, want dit bewys dat die blote feit dat mense gesels het, vir horn bang gemaal:.

het.

Die twecde antwoord is dat 'n betoging of gebaar veel !:.an bereil:. Die Vryheidsradio is 'n voorbeeld. Alle ordcliewende burgers keur hicrdie uittartende gebaar af, maar die (eit bly staan dat sekere persone dit nodig geag het om die gebaar te maak, Die

~rsone

wat aan hier·

die onwettige bedrywigheld deelneem, hel nie gewag om te sien of andere leiding sou neem nie. Hulle het self opgetree. Ons bepleit nie soortgelyke bedrywighede nie: ons haal ccn·

voudig die Vryheidsradio aan as 'n voorbecld van wat 'n handvol mense I:an bereil:. wanneer hulle reken dat sake so emstig is dat daadwerk-

lil:.e optrede dringeod vereis word.

Demokrasie berus op die teorie dat mens hoofde moet lel eerder as om hulle te breek.

Dit is waar, maar die lcorie bring die gevaar mee dat die te! van hoofde op sigself as vol- dacnde beskou sal word. Oil is egter ook nodig dat iets in die hoofde geprop moct word voordat hulle getel word. En ons kan nie vcr- wag dat andere hierdie werk macl doen nie.

Een van die skeppings van ons tyd is 'n vormlose monster wat bekend staan as "Hulle".

"Hulle" sal daarvoor sorg: "Hulle" sal nooit toelaat dat so iets gebeur nie; "Hulle" sal dit slopsit voordat dit te vcr vorder; "Hulle" sal vir ons daarvan in kennis slel wanneer "Hulle" wil

hI! dat ons iets daar omtrent moet doen.

In werklikheid bestaan "Hulle" glad nie.

"Hulle" is u.

APOLOGY

The Editor re:$r~1S tbat by' an unfortunate cbance tbe pbotoarapbs of Mn. Till and Mrs. Ohlsson ;n the AU$usl ISSlle were: lransposed. We apoloaise sincerely ror any conrusion cauJed tbereby,

Die SWQrI Srrp. Septtmlur '56

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'"'"MADAM CHAIR • • • •

WHEN the Black Sa&h MS finished wilb us., ...e.

Ihe wormn of this COIlnlrY. will be conliderably nurn the anacls than wC arc at this moment. Al, under the inftuenc" of OIJr movc~nt, Wc Ir0W in

~ntal llature and understand;n,... hOSI of now virtlles will be added Unto LIS and a new standard of female ucellence will erner",1

lma,inc the wonu.n of tile fulure! Truly feminine _lid .. !hinina eumple of the perfect hoosewife- in addition lhl: will be JOlical, wise and well- informed_WJ.I'C of h« civic dUlles and competent and ea,er 10 acrcise them. It will be onthin. to her to lake over the Ch.a.ir al a dilflCUlt mectin.. She will have h... facti at hcr finacr ends and Ihe ,;llUl- lion lU1d... control, and ail" will confound her opponmtl and disarm all criticism with "the .weel

~aSOn of her diKoorse." Sbc will rally to all ,000 cau..,,; prejudice and abuN: will '0 down before the vi,our of her apPfoach and she snd her

"$I'"

will filhl the

aood

^lipl In,ether in harmony and perfecl aceordl

Given li_, Ihe Black Sash will sucucd in prod",,·

ina Ihis new race of superwomm--no onc ean doubt lhat for a minute. We lI'\C1lnwhilc have 10 1Irunlc wilh p~nl proble","

as

best we can, 110. before we lose louch wllh reality by 100 many Ilimplei into the Ulopian fUlure. let us look back a liule and dwell w.th Il'mpathy on tl>c Irial. of Ihat band of Innocenl enthuSlaua lhc oriainal bnn<:h Chain of Ihe Black Sash movemenl!

In a moment of hiall resolve wilh the word. of a folcy or a Sinelalr rinain. in Ihelr ean, Ihey under- took 10 orpnise Iheir dlstricls and hurried home alowina with ardour 10 ICt on wilh Ihe ;Ob. The)' may have been IIOmewhat dampenM by the (amily.

'=ftion of their neWS, bul the 1Il0w prol>ably laUM unli after bedlime. Toward.

ihc

small hours Ihe polential branch Cllair awoke-awoke 10 a dearer realisation of what she Ilad undertaken! And with panic: in her breast and her facc buried in her pillow she explored all possihle avcnues of escape, from emiantion to suicide. unlillhe dawn broke. Howevcr, 10 do Ihe poor crealure jUltice she stuck to her aun.

and in any ease Ihinp lootM bri.a:!'lcr in the mon.in, Hahl ancr a eonJlruclivc chal WIth the rialll kind of nciallbour. By lurw:h lime. with a donallon in her

poctCl and IWO unsolicited offers of help, life was posil,vely worth livina apin!

WHAT SORT 0.' ANIMAL!

Rut queries and difliculticl croJlJlCd up on every side. In Ihe first plaCe-WIlaI kind of an animal was

"- ""'rw:h Chair' How did il conduct itself1 from wherw:e came 11. aUlhorily and how far did Ihal aUlhority exlend? Onc could nol ao 10 bed as Mrs.

So-and·1IO and wake up a braneh Chai...-..omc pro- cess of Creallon was dea'll' n«cssary, bul it seemed Ihat she herself must be the crcalor-she must call inlO uislence first the branch-lhen the Chair-and combine the Iwo in her own person! It Wat all too reminillCCnl of Ihc firsl chaplcr of Genesis wilhoul

Tile Block S",h, Srplrnlbe, '56

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h<:nefil of lhe Sevenlh Day, and it was cold comfort 10 rellcCI tllat she Iuld brouaht lhese problems down

on her own head.

Very soon she found herself around belween lhe upper and nelher mill stones of execulive enthusiasm and local apalhy. From Ihe execulive eame a slrcam of breezy directives, moIt of Ihem be,inn,n, some·

lhinl like Ihis-

"Branch Cha,rs will please make sure IIlaI . • . ^M

~

.

"Uraenl . . . for the allenlion of Branch Clulir....

Meanwhile, by Ihe local firesides Ihi. kind of con·

versalion was lakin, place-

SHE: 'Tve had uother leller from Mrs. X! I suppose I ouaht 10 Go "'melhin, about 'I."

HE: "You know my opinion of Ihe Governmenl- Ihrow the 101 oul, I'd sayl Dui I'm nol prepared 10 see MY WIFE runoina over II>c counlryside: dressed up in a blact sash!"

Somelimes Ihe response was warmc:r, and 110 lhe brarw:h look sllape.

So,,", of IIIe newly IIalchM Chairs. of course.

were sufflcienlly cxpcrierw:M nOl 10 be harassed by Iheir duties bUI IIIe majority were apprchenlive of the meelinp Ihey had to lake and shiM uneasily

ORDER NOW!

YOUR COPIES OF

IHE BLACK SASH

8,

MIRABEL ROGERS

"The ~Io,y 01 ou, firSI year mdu lasrinmi", ,radin," says Ruth l'oIry

.. t PHOTOGRAPILS III CARTOONS

:: ALL PRIWITS TO THE BLACK SASII:!

l'I'Ke JOU, orders at o"n ,,'ith yo", 8,(/,..:11 or Regional T,e",u,e,

AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER AN"

ItEMEMBER CHRI~TMASIS COMING

Die S"'(/rl Se", Seplember .~

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away from the thoulht of themselvea IS "Madam Chaar,M Thc:y had bun prepared for plenty of tu.rd

work and even a mild de&!"« of IMnyrdom. but

it

... di~1 to find 'lull it _ . nOl mouah to be prepared to aet . , an individual on

itron. ""r-

sonal conviction" il __ MCeIUrY to climb on to the narat soap boJr; and beaT public: wilnal of lboo5c convictions. however ina~UlI.ldy. 11le av~ac:

woman wilb wbm • is faced """h an luWencc and pinny of embryo Cblin loll tbc:ir IPlXI;1eI aad their bCJ!uly IJ«p at the lhoulhl of !boK inilial bnDdl -irlpJ

NUISANCE VALUE

11M:D ....ilr.. from _ poinu of vr-o il _Id

ha~ bfto euier 10 ba~ orpnisoed Tllllbunoo or

the North Pok rather thaft the immcdiare

nriah-

hourbooo4. In ~ ob dlIr- it bad ba::n pouibk to

be • placid Clliml of <lDe" cboIm plot, Imq till

_ of frim4ly ckucllmml witb the DCia;bboun.

Oac ... now _uniuC'd to dillurb the pa.ce, 10 swoop dowD lih • pdy 00 all and 1UDCIry. 10 keep up OM',

.aocl<

IadICll IIntil the virtim Ibowcd _ positivt: fCKIionl Pleasanl social conlKU wmt by

the board•• phone ""U from I bnandl Clair no Iona« nonnl • morn;n.'. tennis <lI" .. cot)' u.pedi- lion 10 town; it meanl lIIat she was preparin. 10

mate a nuisance of hcnclf. Pity the poor bnnch ChJ,irl She _I only loo

_iOII.

^of ^btt ^rilinl

nU;ilIJ1OC value. but becaUK lhc _ I o"cr-keen. on cdll'. and milSin. her own rtlautionl anyhow, &be _Id thint of no beuer remedy than that of re- doublin. her pdlly Kli¥ilia, unti! e¥m ha" best friend. li&bcd wbcn lhey I&W her eomin.l Her OWD home was no konccr a place 0( ~Irell, It ...1 knee- dcql in propapnda. lbe telephone Ihrillcd

inca-

Antly aDd lbe family ...1 bqinnin. 10 war \bat

1on&

IUlfcrinJ: loot \bat in be.- uperimce al...ys jMit\Mkd an ultimalUm-Ibc fell haKlf al OM 'lrith Hamlet in his billet 1amcn1--rM lime is out 0(

pinl: 0 CIlI'Wd apite. thal "a" I . . . born to ICI I1 riablr She: had of 0l'JUrtC quite loIt aiahl of It>c fa<;! thal no onc pe.- caD ~ pul an)'lhint:

""riJbt..~ ODe c:&n only beat doWll beam)' on

.mot

onc bel~ 10 be It>c ript

aide

of !be Kalc. aDd Ibm lIop ~~~r;nJJhout pouiblc 1'ftII1I.. If .,f!licimt COCf'D' ;,. 10 _ a ^{_ D i l l} and a

few

moIdtiIb 1'ftII11. OM _ learn 10 be I"lldul (or lhe moldtilll! A _ of proportion ;,. !be rakcmiD&

1'O'1"Mion of !be ~ who _ thal thinp are wroDl and tries 10 do 1OlIldhin& aboul I!lmI, and whm the Bbek Sub. 6nalll Jell round 10

writiII&

ill hand-boot on .midi the Ulure Blaet Sa"" 1Upcr- womo::n ..ill CUI tbcir cuculi.-e teeth, the 1Ir11 chapter Ibould wRly be beaded ~A ICnIC of proportion- and how 10 keep il.'·

A IIRANCH CHAIR.

Queries Front Enquirers

Midddburg, Capt!, has unt us a stt 0/ deVtn questions which they have asked Ihe Black Sash to amwtr for Ihtm evtry month. This mOllth we

QII.fII.'tT

Ihe first tmu.

Branches, RegiOllJ, or memws who /etl that they tJl.1O have quutiOllJ lhey ....,ould like OIUWtrtd ore asked to SOld them

in

to the Editor. We do not luarCllllee to be able to

IVU'Wtr

tJll quations put to

^W,

but ....·e will do our but '0

_obli~.

MIDD£UtURG, CAP£, uti:

-what

11 a

dtl ~Iacyr

A" a

âa.cy îs ^nale ôf ^!be ^{people for} ^lbe ^peopk

hy !be people.

Tbe

opcnti¥c

"""'d is PEOPLE.

10 otbc:r words, lhe JOftmmertl &bouId be choam by all lhe pooJIk, and Ibould uuly npt'C3CQ1 all lhe

DOOIlle.

A democratic IOftIllI"CDI abould cooccrll

;lldf wilh thII _II-beilI. of all ill pei09\c. and DOl thal of pri'tikJCl;l JIOUpI.

Wilh the ri&bl COIlIUNlion a ckmocncy CIII uisl:-

(a) Under a

tin&.

(b) Under. prt$l4l:nl.

(c) Under a prime mini,le(.

Tile BllJt:k SAlIl. SepumlHr '$6

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A democracy can Uilil only:-

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When ill people can mol": abo\ll (RCIy.

1, ',1

^Wbm ill people can speak ol'Cnly alld r..lly.

When ill people c:&1I UIOCiale freely.

When the people can uprUI lheir opiniQm by

-.

(c) When all itl people arc SIIbject 10 the same jwt

"~

The Bbet Sasb now lib a COIIIlIU Q\leUion:

-Is South Africa a dcmotnlic COIIntryr MlDOELBURC.

CA.1'E. ...0:

How muy VOla wc:re poUed ill lbe 1aIit JI"lIt'ral electioD?

(a) By It>c Gownmml?

(h) By ~tioa Partiea?

The Gow:nllDl:Dt polkd apprcWmately

600,000 ~ fM " _IS.

The ()ppoI.ition polled a~ldy

7OOJ)OO ¥OteI for ... - . Two GO¥CrnIDCIlI lUll

_re

~NmCd W>O\O ... 1 Eiahla::n (lppositiollllClU were ~lW'ncd unopposed.

South Welt Africu voters el«ted .... metnbers with ¥OI.CS worth ~ I t . . as mucb 11 Ibc Soulh Afric:aa citizcrls.

In round 6JUrCS, estimalin. the ullOJlP(llCd MlIIi.

lhe GO¥Crnmetll WOll M MIll wilh 639.400 VOles, the Opposition 62 aeall with 763,000

¥o_

Die S ...Il'/ Serp, _S~p'tmbtr '$6

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The GOVCl1lJnOllt n:prescnll 1_ lhan half the while alld

less

than one-tenth of the whok population IIf

the rountry.

nil: BLACIii: SAsn ultl:

WI. thil

a

^{SlIM Iyskm} of VOI'1I1 in

a

^tkmncrKy1 MJDD.£L8URC. CAPE.

uti:

Has the Oppoeition a blr ~eKntalion in the pr_lit ~na.le. alld lherefon: P:uli:unmt?

The an,"er i. ··no-. and the e.plan:llion .. fol·

10wl:

TIte 014 ....,11l0ll of elte'tloll 10 lite St...

u.

By lbe Sm.ole Act of I!US for elections 10 the Sm.ok. Prior 10 thal Art eKh Prowince eleeted ei$hl omIl... the ekaon heinl lhe M.P.I alld the M.P.C.I for the

PrO¥iIIce

.ntinJ

10JClher

alld VOIiq ClII the _P.L.~ Thil enaured lepc .ta- t.... for the lIliIIority In each PIli'''''''. accpl ill the O.F.5. wba-e the .ystem of votiaa for M.P.I and M...

.c..

bad prennlcd any r-rty bul Naliollaliata aebin, any 1nI11.

The P.R. Il'Itml . . . bolished by the Senate "'CI

beaUIe undct" it lhe Nalionalilt Governmenl could

1101 &Ct the n_lllry IWo-thirdl majority at • joint linin. of the Allembly .nd the Sellilte to remove the Coloured VOlel'l from the common VOICI'I' roll in the Cape. The ~nue "'ct aboliahed P.R. for the election of ICNIlon 10 tbal the N.tionIlJi511 could

Vte

lhemldva ,11 the leab in the Cape. !be Trans- vul. and the Free State. .'-ttdonin&. as they had to do IIIIder thil I)'ICCm. aU the tiPt _ b ill Natal 10 the Oppoaition. III this way the NalioDalistl were .We to

aet

their two-thirdl majority

althoacb

.1 the election foe Parlamenl they obtained lso.ooo f _ VOfa than the ~tion pania. Thai WIll tbe: _ pkte .nlitbeala of. true poopclilioouol rcprnentalion of the wisha of lhe electorale.

n. ...

_~Oll of IIectIoII fo Ill, Se""...

The Oovernor-Gencral nomilllllCl li.teen SlnaIOI'l.

l! lncruaed lhe number of Senalol'l to be elected in the Tranlvul from eiabt to twentY-iCVm, in lhe Cape from eialll 10 IMnty-... and left Nalal alld lhe

Onaae

1"_ Stale with the oriainal eiaht each.

II cItanP the method of elcctioll to _ _

"""enWo

'I'OCc for eKh dector. This _ thal . . Oppoaitioll

_ba".

^'IOli1ll

,«

^{bio r-rty} ^cudi-

cbte.

x...

^the ^dtaftoe ^{of usinl} ^hiI VOle ... wItaI hill choice is defeated, for • IJIaA IKOOJlUbk to boIh

...

It iliUM Ih.1 lhe Oppoaition i. -01: ftp'_uk4

• 1 III in tbe: Tran,vul, Cape alld Oranae Free Slale.

Ind that lhe Govcmment is not Rpresenled It all in Natal.

The

new

SeDate tolaIa eilhty-nlne memben. and the Opposition ill it Is repramtcd hy eiaht Natal Seoatora and pouibly four N.ti"" RePTQaltati_

No.

The 0!0I>00iti0a ia .et fairly repraeated In the neooatituticf Seoate..

FlIrther. the _ $eDIlk'a "nbal... OOftStitu'- a IlCPliooI 0( I ~'li rratic form of &OftI1UlXlIl.

TIw Bid Siah. ~,,_'- '56

,

Those Freedollts

BELOW _ pubLilb

a

^{lilt of} ^thoee ^(I'ftdomI which are n • .., for a balthy demo- aatic ution. Bmath each ... ia prilllaI the tilla of thoee ",cta which threaten to altack lhem, ^Of ha", ietlKlOCd 011. etlioJment of them.

L ,., of '

Rioloul "'uembliea Act.

Suppnuion of Communism "'et.

CultOml "'CI.

Criminal Law "'mendment Act.

Puhlic SlIfety "'cL

Nal,ve (Urball Areas) Ammdmml Act.

2. .-..d _ 01 ~1.

Rioc_ Allemblia Ad-

Suppraaino of CommwtiIm Act.

Public Safely Act.

AIIIUdm nl 1955 10 Criminal

Co!k.

Native Location Replation..

l. Fnd_ ol. lU....^ftlIIIII.

Suppression of Communiim "'Cl.

Oroup ",real "'cl.

Pa"port RelUlalion....mendment.

Departure from the Union Replation "'CI.

"SS.

NUiva (Urban Areal) Amendmml "'cL New OqIortalioo Bill.

~. F, ... _

at

"'-lootloL

Illdustrial Cooci1iation Act I.. now ."-, !td).

S. Fn . _

at ..., _..

Natives (Urban Areaa) Amendment Act.

SupprallOll

ot

Communism Act.

-Loutiona in the Sky" Act.

6. FrHdom 01 Acc_ to Ill, COllr!l.

Suppression of Communilm ACI.

Citizenlhip "'cl.

Public Safely Act.

Pl'Obibition

01.

Inlft'dicu

"'cl.

N.tives (Urban Areaa) ...melldment "'Cl.

7. , lit, 01 doe U - aM FaalIy.

Suppt ion 01

Communnm

^Act.

9n>UP

^Areas ^Act.

Pop1.Iaboo RtSiIlratioa Act.

I. , ""c.'.'.__ ....

^ol

a..c re MttI__

^ol ^FA-

Transvul Education Ordinanor•

9. CoIOIIl:ltootloul I.f..._ ...

'1'he Unmentionable Art.- 5 ... Act Amendment "'cl.

Separate R"lllClCnlllicm of Voten Act.

Public Safety Act.

~pan.te

_. ""'-Repacl1tation of VoI/:n Amend- Wc "'1 discula tbcir operItiau, bridly. ill fDrtllet iuI-.

(6)

DIE KLEURKRISIS EN DIE WESTE

DEUR DR. B. J. l\tARAIS

MISKIEN K ^daar l~n opti,lc van rasscbcskouinlJl.

oonklc en vooroordclc. ~r. cnkdc ~Irip

w:laromh«n liaar IOveC' dWlIlJeer en lcscndc lewcd ;s as roodom die bc:arip bl~ nit:.

()P bllie

manm

dui onl Iaalacbruik Un hoc rundamnllccl die roI YIlO bloed bestou word in die:

oordn nn ru5N'imsbppc m Idr. na... hl- IUur. Op die

«n

of ... ntiIlaiew.e . , . IIOU al clie dinac in die bkxdllroom nn 'n ral verborF ~

m nn

&ala, lot

&ala, oor,rora word.

Die blordllroom van 'n fami!it:, volk of nl word IOlllI

"oor,eJect

lsof djl min of mecr die

liner

is van alle polcnsialilcilc waartoe <laardie bnondcrc

!amilit:. Yolk ⁰⁽ nu in SlUt

i..

Oil IOU van die

"IoN

^alban, ^{WIll die} moontlithnle vir ontwikkclin&

ia. OM (Pal clan oot F ' van iIokMI bloed. or nn 'n vol-biord perd. en .. Enldl VIlli ...·bloock...

By _

If

OIlS lIClb hy ""',

SW1lIt bIoed of liotAa- blocd 01

.c.c• .,

^hloed ⁱⁿ Iy arc. ED clan "od OIlS dat dit van die bdrotke pcnoon 'n hopaaldc iOOfl mcerderwnrdiae of mirwknrt'1lluditc ..I;PC" mut.

Die bloed it ~. of di, nit: rCI nie. Onder on, OIler ramilies il die 'n lam wat 'n mens bykan. cite daJ

vcrn«m. In

d~t«ll word die term ewe wyd en bctekroisvol ICbruik om miDdcr- of m«rdcrwurdia- heid of Idyk· of ancknloort;,brid UIl te dui.

Gcdun:1Mk die aflClocle dd:ada is daar be_.~n:

nadnlk .,elt op bimlie miu«ie VIIn bloN.,ebondcn- hcid

,.0....

die nssdea-,

Selfl ill wc'rolokaplih en

sa.

we'rolokap!ih krinll"' is dur 01' baie onvenntwoorddike wysc oor hlttd'"

ondcrwcrp lI'Ikryf en lepraar. Rondom die blocdidu il &TOCPC mense lccn nxklar op,eswcc p of leen mekaar afll'lPl'd, Alter alle uIler;h oon:cnkoml of ventil IOU dur die ~1oH W«'I _I bnJiI. _ I

saamtHnd of ve:rd«1. Die 'Co blocdlyn VIIn mmK is

'01

by die dmIl: ro die ..

icnk

p:t.bl naJlC"on om ..,ka- le W«'I etu dur nie frm. ..onsuiweT'" of

..m~ip:~ blocd inpom bn nie.

Dil word dikwell VOOI'lJU'd

aloof

die ItIoN die baondcrc erfenis is _I d.c kind VIIn die oucr onl·

vanl. dally 'OCkOmllile kwelllpatroon in 'n &TOOl of Klfl balilsendc male dcur die blocd _ , hy van Iy ouetS erf. bcpaal word. Min bcwerin.. bchels minder ....arhcid en word '01 10 Illemttn aanvaar en meI. _ I nnosionck: lIocd in woord ro p r i f aan.u,eM.

Vir ball: rnmK AI dll 'n vcrn...1

wcu

om le

vcrncmt 1Ia' die wdCMbp 1(11: nncla.1 'oe ...

hocaenaamd . _ venldl in die blocd nn vcnkil- IctMk ..nSK~ Ir.on aandui nir. Die b10cd VIIn alle raue is «nden en d~lfdc. Die welcnlokap word in hierdie verband \fIlnd'l die prcdikcr. en wal hy preet il die ou Bybclse woord. "Ood hel uit 'In bloN al die IIIlin VIIn die aardc aemaak."

NSluurlilr. kin alk: nw:nK se bloN in ..il:r blocd-

.roe""

ve:rd«1 word lA. B. A8+0).

mur

dit het

nikl mc' Ir.. .litei' le docn nil:.. bloot meI. t . .nlilei'.

En

~I dil: «n of andcr bloedarocp mttr dik_h

TM 8/«1: $tull. MpumlNr '56

•

by aekere volte voorkom. kom ane blccdarocpc dik.

well by alle volke of rassc voor. Die wctenlklp WUI vandal dat d:J,ar, vir so>'er die menl kin \fIlsstd.

hocaenaamd lcen verskil il IUlKn die blocd VIIn verskHlelKk nISI: nie, Die blocd VIIn slIe mnlK it in IlIe opIille dic:Klfdc_

Professor H_ S. Jenninp ...n Joftnl H09kiM W)l'

durop cia' die oorcrwin, ...n rimstlppc nie 10 «n' Vou<!;1 it 11 ...., om dll _ vr onl voonld ni.e en dal di' nil: dnJr die bloN bcflU:l

of

Fdra word nie. •.charaC1cr1 arc nol inherIted a' all; I;Cl"tain material whil;h will produce • parlicular charuler umkr «r'ain conditlOnl il inherited. There il no such thinl 11 a unil carrltt of characten." Mel andcr woordc daar is I"n Illiac prclkllinasie nir.

icu _I Ih)'d die hoop en forI _ I ...n die

"ocr-

...Ilden \fIln die rassdcer,

IkhIlwe die fci' dal di.e blocd van Ilk rnmK

ectKkrI is, is daar die nvced.I:. belallJrike falr.'OI" om te tocnadl\lt, nl. clal WoMI

Idted

^ell al .Ib It . _ IMt mcl

.14:

^oortI... ^{n .} dllr.ltrid:MleMbppe Ilk Die Idoor da' dil; blocd die draer il van sekere rassc- of familie-cienlhppc, hel hOC'lenumd lcen werklikheKlIJfond nie. Blocd het nxl die hele aut nits le \kIl:n nie. Dobzhansll:y en an<kTe bn hicnli.e

reil bo

at'"

^tW)'fd

aatel.·

'VII, JICqUCI Barzyn: Ibft: A se. .,. .. MOlIen

s.J'C"I:Idoa.

p. 14. 1be blood of neither

.-rent

is dircdly communicaled to the ol'"pr....-

Our batun hocamaamd

.JCerI arond

vir die ⁰¹¹ byp:1oof dat die blocd van dlC: vcrwalterKk

IJI<I«Iu

oorJCdra word in die kind nie. Our il lcen oorlan.

van blOC'd tusscn vcrwaltendC' moeder en kind nie.

Die tind maat Iy eie blocd en dil tan aanae'oon word dal die blocd ...n die kind vcrskil \filII IIOWCI

die blocd nn die ...ckr as die bloed VIlli die rnocdcr.

Nloe .. ^WoMI

De. _ _

101 at... , .... " d If . . dlliltlltl, _ ..,esholt. Hierdie ltUd~inl hc'I rccda V'h le.exdcr, SrrandIokM K vertla~ vind ...ndal baie wye IIC\1n: ,.All in all, the Ih>dy of human aenc""'illribulionl promiKl 10 be onc of Ihe mosl fl\lilful avcnuel of rcteareh which has been opened up ;n lhe fidd of human biolol)' wilhin

reanl yean."

Elke tala...,l VIlli dicKlrdc individv. ve.uil

wa'

IJftlCI

berm.

en omdat dur 10 'n vcrbalerlde ver·

sll:eidenhcid nn FMs bcslaan en di.e wrstillmdc moon,likhcdc en tombinasia 10

onriDdiJ

^crOOl: ^is,

is dil baie on_.uynlik dal rwce individue. bdlalwc idenlicK rwce1inae. ooit dicKlfdc: kicmp'lalmlll aal M. Selrs brocra en IIIIltetS hel veralllllcndc oor- Jd!rfdc: eienslr.appc.

Die ou rassclccr wal leJl"ond wal

op

die op\flluinl da' 'n Jl"OC'P of ral 5y erflikheKlscltttslr..appc lkUr ICltieenloklplike blocd onlnn. bn. hel in '" 'yd onlrtUn 'oe rncntC nie J'C""ftf bet 'VlI.II di.e baraan

\fIln JClICI nil:. Toe is .,ealo clal etie

bloal ...

die oucn _..mcnl~ ro cbi <fie llloed ."." die tind tutsom

Die

S...,.,

^&rp, Mplelll,," '56

(7)

OS(:AR N._ 2.

REGIONAL REPORTS

PORT ELIZABETH

ne EdItor n&rdS ItUIt ...,111. Le_OS "V...

.... I'" Ho-. Jusdu ....,.. "t'artla_tary T _ and VAles" Ilave Iud 10 ... O'fllr for die

Odolter ...

P\IpimI

ReM,

It hll hem

decided

that Pillrima

RCII

Ind Grukop

will

amalpmace into one brand!, with Mra. ~bl' •• Chairwoman, 11 PiJarirllll Rest round it imposllllle to form • lUflic:icntl)' Itron&

eommillee .fter the !oM of the Cbairwomall, Mra.

Ku)'lllll'. Owin~ to thll cllllin, down of the millCl.

Pl1Jl'ims is 100,n, membl:n dally. Every effort is bl:inl made to dilCOyer their fUlure .dd..-, which will he forwarded to lIIeir new re,ionl. The .malp.- mation should be very lU<;:oCeNful, 11 Oraskop wal too f.r from Sabic for many membcn to attend meetinp

th=.

•

• •

LOWVELD

ON Friday. 10th Aupt, Port Eliobeth bad ;11 lint v!lit from Dr. Va-woerd. Aboul 40

w_

lined up 11 the Port Elizabeth

Ai'llOf'l

10 meet his pia"". Fort)' is I far a]I from the 16 _ muster«!

la. _)~ I' the ..me

time

to ~I Smator De Kktt.. W, AW him oil aod,

a.

^il ^_I ^SaIWda)'

aftemooll. there W'a'I\ clole on 50, wilb fOUT from Addo. 1¥bo bad fell it _

worth wtWe

to _

)$ miles to IWld with

us

^on ^t!liI

occa...

^Tbe

wind Ilk-. I' pie fone aod .. cold .. tbe arctic:.

bul no ^(lftII CDIIIplaiDecl ot dropped out Min, the

half-bcur WliL

smce _

^{brob our} ^{_ ~} ^up

into br'IlIIcba in P.E., the _~II : 'Md 10

1'0 ^Wl')' smootbly indrcd, fot _~ tbae

miniltc:n. Wc II(I(icat lboul fOUT of the MiniMcr'I ...pporten

secinJ

him oIf..

THIS morllh our cool"'lulatioal 10 10 the Natal Midbndl Rr&ioa. apoc:isll)' to PietmnaritzburI

illl:tr...

;11 _JIliflomtly orp.nilecl Protelt Meetilll on lilt Jul)'. About 7SO people Wft"II pramt in !be Cit, Hall, and

beard..

~! by MI"I. NeII On:ca, Actine-Nalional Chairman 01 tbII 81act Sash. Pro-

r _

G. Durnnt, Oalonl ~Iby, Ind Mr. Alan PIton.

To advertise this ImpoIunI "alt, local _ b e n of

...

_Thethe 8Jad:; SUb omIl_apiril _bdIind _!botefrom bouIe_who

.nanaed

to bot:IIie_thisdiltnl:vt-

mectina

was apdy clQ<ribal by Herb«t in the early

seven-

tunlb QmlJlry.:

Dare to be tnN:: nothina C1II ...eel • lie;

A fault which needs it moat. P'OWI two llHnby.

FElT:

FANTASIE EN FElT

FANTASI.E:

Toe: mM. SltYdom onlanp ^YJJI Ju SmulI

\uJ:b:a_

"" Enp:land vcrtrdt het, ^'IQS daar '11 man met '.11

Viertkllr in ay hal>d. Toe 'n vrctmeklill, hom yq:

.,Wane, vla, 11 dtl ..at u hour wu die Illlwoord:

_Oil il OM vlaa. die Viert\eu.r. _I die BriU. in 1902 VIn OIl. _wnecm het. OM ul nie ru, lotd.1 dit un OD' ~I'\IUC'I" i. nie.^M

Who are the • a/ad: Sash"?

SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN

VOTERS WHO INHERIT DEMO- CRATIC RIGHTS AND ARE THERE- FORE PREPARED TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITIES Of DE-

MOCRACY, AND WHO STAND

TOGETHER TO PROTECT THIS

HER ITAGE FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

dM!

van

die

'wee

^OU«'I ^Io!. Nlmale andeT blocdlipn mel dM! van ^'.11 Ktere II"OCP YcnMIl, delIr onder·

!rOUeI")', MlU dur '11 IClIlCrlIdc ~p of ra. 0Il1ltaan.

M '.11 beIon<kfe ",oc'p e,l« v.. '11 lana pniode !lie dc\Ir ~bJ~ van b.ulc bdnvloed word nie. IOU dit 11

..-r

cm.dwia word en onrw;ttd ill 'n baoIldcre t;pe of ^'.11 ^...iww" tu.

Om _m le vat; Dur bestaall ^met aDder woonk nie to ;"ts as miDder- of _~iIcbkxd nie.

m

die hcle 6l<*llle wat GP bbld p:bo\I it

as

dran van «1IitIM:idlacmbppe: bcnu GP IIUKI. of millder as sand--dil beN, ktla"lit. lip aIb. AI _I die wmMbp die _ in wrbud md bloed

tu

^!cu, it 'n _{_~}•

.-an

die VOOl woonl nil die Nu.... T _ , etal ... Di, 6&1 bIoecl

iI..

.flftien

^\'aft rH, taal. tkw of tulflllr. 0nlI Ilcc 0I.,.,1f. blocd in OM Ire.

Die man 110 dl.\ hy Ra""'n. die Afrika",,",olk prn.. Het hy al ooil nallcdink oor "'at die Vier' kleu. wutlil!: wad Die hislorine feil i. da' in 1899 met di. llilbr~k van die Al\Ilo-Boerl:-oGrloa, WII die V;~rkkur dill vll, van 6tn doel van Suid·Afrik., die Suld-Mrik.ame RlI'p\lbli~k onder Prl:Iidcnt

Kru~. Die Vrystut hel

.y m

^vlal ^,ehad, ^en

die

^Kup en Natal

was

kroonkolooiea ondc:r die 8riue via,. Op

P"Olld

WIII'YILlI Un die NuIonaliste

>'all die TnlmvaaI bllweer du die Vicrl:leur dill vial is _ n llIe

Mribtlcn

trou va*uldi.l

it.

^C1' boc tan Ilulle

probea

om hientie vla, ^Of' die hele lIDd

at

^le dwina;7 Die Vicrtkur .. me die simbool YUl

...111

emheid

nie. mIIr _I van 'n ...

Il:Ilri- mentalileit Wit deur Strydom nI ay klidl:

&dInhll:

...-d om die dllminuie ... dic TnIllI\'IIl in die Nuiou.lII Party to beYordc:r.

T~ 810ck SilJIr, tkp',mbtr '56 7

Pie

SWim S,rp, S,pltmb-tr '16

(8)

BLAt:K

Further Members

Executive Country

MEET THE

of Northern and

SASH

Transvaal Regional Organisers·

MU ZACIU£ TAYLOR .lUd;ed. and ill • DemomtnIOf of, Domnlil' Scimcc. Sbe ^wall lbe finl: ^WOlDIJl to be cleded Vice-CbUnMn of lhe

LoWt

Botha Home, aDd is • FOWlCbtiolll Member of Ibis home for orpballl. Sbe _ I orpllilinl Sea'eWT for the W.5.A.P. It

iu

inoeption

and tin

worked

for

most _~hlrilablc orpnisat,onl in Pretoria.

• • •

MRS.

IETT1£ LOYlIARD ....

born

I'

Broc!u.

dorIl ill the Western PTo¥iIloc, aDd came 10 live in

l'moria

in 1'33. Sbc _I educated It !be Girf.

HiP

Sc:bool ia Pmoria aDd Po«:bdsuvom. and

.r~rwanhworked at the Directonle of

Danobil.-

lion. She __ married In 1946 and ha, one _ of rot... TAYLOR 1\1.... LOMIARD foor month•.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MU YVONNE YORK ~ wu born in

Cape

Town.

Durin, the war Ibe waI I Capllill in the W.A.AF. &Od bdd the rnpoaal>1e poal of O.c.WAA.F. Sbe ...ed iD tbe ~trilt"" of 'lri'reI Ind dlildrm of R.A.F. ~I.011 the eesIlI-

t.... of boItililic:l. For her Ier\i ...., &he WI. lwardeel the Kin,'1 Commmdltion. M... £lIes, who h..

liven in Pretoria .inc:e her maTTia,e, il tile mother of two tKnaIC dllI,hten..

• • •

M,.. SWART M... EALES

MJlS,. M. L $WART, of Pot&ietennll. ... bon1 ill I...ondoa loci edlIcItcd It St. ~li& ScbooI aDd Readm, UIliveniI)'. Owin, 10 ilI-be1lth Ibe IcCI befon qualifyin/. for I dq:ree Ind came to South Africa to «Ill ...

nee.

Here Ille mel her b....bInd. I f.rmet" Ind 1110 I worker It zaliplllll11n Min_

10 Ille is nowadlfl I firmer henelfl She hal been Ictive in politic:l lince the early diy, of the lall war loci joiMd the Black SuIt 1000 Ilk!" ill jnuption.

$be haI a Ifi"nI up dauabter I..IlId lOll. and two IdlooIpiDa - .

, Di, S..." ~." ~,tt,"bn ^'j6

MJlS.

.LA... CHE MrrctllELL

is Cbairmall of Ibc:

TlliDpaa-Sellkn Bnftdl. While ha- husband . . . on Icti¥e WO'iec in World Wlr 11, M.... MildleD nn their farm alone and educated their amall 1IOll. AI the ...me lime Ihe wu AdjulInt of the NlIlIIeld O....nc:h of the S.A.W.A-S. Since then Ibe ha. lerved periodll 11 Chairman ItId Seaeu...,. of the Womm'.

Soctiou of the TraJIIVUl AJrieultural UIlioD In thiI area. Her _ wal lwarded IUI M.A.

devee

It the tlqilln.ln, of the year.

• • •

MRS. E5TELLE LANE

arew

^up ^ill ^the

Ew«p

Free Stale &Dd aaallolaDcL Many. . . Ib..n.ka-. $be has lived iD all !he pro.-iac:a of !be Uftion. ~

Natal Her linl: ckqI

inlCfCSt ...

the

National

Couocil of Women. and Ibe became IICliftly fllpaed in wort for the S.A.W.A.s" Too;: H and the

S:A.

Qifls and Comfort. dunnl the Wlr. Her eldt$1 IOn

wa.

wounded and c:aplured at Sidi Rueah. and her

)'0IIIlJU lOll. John, • 5.A.A.F. Pilot. 'NU killed in action over Alamein.

Mn. LANE Mn. Mn'CH£U,

TM Bl«k Stult, ~,umbn '$4

(9)

Mn. LE Ra x Mts. CLOGG

MRS. PHIUPI''' LE ROUX. PCOPk

an b« main inl~

Pcrbar-

this ill as wen, fot

*

is. ;aurn.liIt by profcuion 'lid

worn

ⁱⁿ ^{Prdoria on} ^the ^local

brardI of • _JobI.D~ nrwspIpcr. Ouious

bl

DaIW'l:.

she

lites 10

know ..bat

matft5ik "'In

and ..tIy tbey work. think and ,Cl: as do. Sbe also ^{bal •} dftp love of muNI: and art, I is • tem prdeneT. H.... I0Il iI lard

't

^yan.

• • •

MU SHElL,\ CLOGG looks •.rl.... the N~W'I

LeIlCC" diltribution in Pretoria and the Northern Trllllvu1. Until quite re«nlly &be Illn • llRall In

W1op.

She

ha. three

l!au.hlen.

MU MARCARt.'T SIME _I

born in

10han-

nuburJ and educated It Ronkan Sc:hool. She wait 10 Studley Colkle in Enaland to late • coune in

ApicllllU~.

returnin.

bter 10 rnanaac her

rather'.

r.rm in the: NorttKm Tra.nfYUl. She Krved in tM

W.A.A.F:.

f(K

five ynu <lurin,

the

wu, and

tbm

nn a

_11 holdm.

in

tIN: Cape Fbb with three OCMr u-W.A.A.F:. for .. f~ yean. Sbe joined the Blad: Sub

.rler

an infOr1l\llI

m«tin.

^held in an holel bedroom by IIl"mben from Pmoria

.fta- •

lint Bbct-suhin. of Mr. Strydom ~Ild bu dolw mapif\call

...on

^{iD the} NOrlhcm T ..._ , in

opm""

^up ^the ^C(JUIIlrJ' ^diltrim.

M.... SIME

The Bllld: SIUIr, Sepltm/ler '$6

•

Die SwaT! Sup, Stpltmbtr '$6

(10)

FROM OUR POSTBAG

WHAT THEN SHALL WE DO?

To tk EditlM'

^of

lite Bladi: Sub

pARLIAMENTARY dcmomlC)' hal cused to function in Soulh Africa. Some people bdjc~c

llIal Ihis il for lack of • critical elect orale, but lhi.

il only a small part of the truth.

The

"sic

reason ;. that

it

na'cr

uimd.

At bal.

lhe Union Md an elective oliprcby comP"*d ...ir.

lually of Europam oal,. Socln« ^Of Ialer, part;'"

c~ by . . .hile d«tonle. will all'lftl 10 lM oectiouJ, ncio.l prejudices of """" ...cn; and U- ewe CM Iimiled VIl1lleS of "",,...,C!kO! . ._~liIm (0{ Olristian tnlSltahip),

as

it .If<<11 the

unmfnn-

d1itcd majority of lhe Soulh Af,.g,ft pop;>lalion. will diAptWa•. 'ThaI to.. now happened. Difterin.

oa."

ⁱⁿ

dc:Jree, not kind, boil> main paTties mnd for "'hite domination.

.illWever. if lhi. were In. it il COI>CCi","ble-- theoretically. at lel.I-lhat a .,.alurc &roup or """".

lar mowlTK'nl like the Black Sash. tkdicalcd 10 the uni""nal moral principles of • l;Omll'l(Nl humanity, could in lime

penuadc •

"",jori., of ..hile voten lhat their Klf-Interal. no !eM IIIan their profelKd .ab. ~uira • nl,," 1as in'Inwdialdy Klllloh approKh 10 the probkms of • multi-ncial _~J.

But in South Atrica lo4ay tllom: is .... doance of tM will of ouch

a

_;mlY of ..otcn prevailin,a. ~en

i'. as is 'ar',-- cnuin. lbey cou1d be so pcnuaded.

"The _in reason 'or lIIis is lhe rlr InOf'I' ~ IIJIl"tad of Nationalisl volrn Ihrooahoul lhe country. com·

pared 10 hu... , useleM Opposition majorities in a diminishin. numbrr of city IrUS. The loadinl or the "ole apinst the lo....ns addl s!ilhtl)' 10 Ihis same end. Secondly. by its tiahl hold on the edllation or Mrikaner youlh in Church and seJrepted sehooll, by its f«Vftlt appeals 10 blood. emotion alld ,,"OUP'"

o-lrioIie sentiments (the Blood RiW'er cekbnliom..

the Vonrtrdker mowanent. the Preloria «ntenary.

ele.). by its akulakd

campi.

aainsl thc _Soulll Mmn (and un-Afrikaans) inII~ in

Praa.

cinema. radio and its ref....l to COIIIidcr introdllcirtJ teleW'iaion (whoM pn>tramrnca _Id have 10 br Ia....ly impcr1ed). Nalionalist Iacknhip has &:me much In iIoIate AfrikanrT60m culltn.lly. The efJed of this Illowa in the much hiaher percatta.e of Mrikaner youth that is Nationalill than is the case with their parcnts. In lime Arrikanera will ply a terrible price for the e"tent tn whieh thel haY!: been cut off rrom IM twentieth century ....or d. Rut. for the foreseeable futurc, lhe Vip of oolilical Nation·

alism on the Iaraal alld most prolific or OUr white JI"OUI* will no! be shaken.

Finally, .-..m if Ihcse two (acIon of the IprUd of volen. and Mrikaans political and I iIo-

Iation..

^couid be remedied in _ unfolt,w:en way, lhere is am"

eo_nee

to believe thal the NalioaaliA Pany would ria the ...~hrr by new dclim.ilatitm

T~ 8/«1 Stull, S,,,,,,,bn-'56

10

of COIIstill.en"ks. further loadin.. disfranchisement of -un-5oulh African dcmmts~ or other forma of eledonl ~ndcrin... u 10 prcvent an ad"cfle ^Mw,1I of Ihe ~Ie~ find in. its expression in a parliamentary matOI'lI)'. For the ptCSCl1t sllch measures are nOI at all neceuary. The GoY!:rnment is immensely ICCUre. in tmm or wotes. within the

present elcelonl rntMWork, and the United Party is dcludin. ilself, if no one else, when it pretends 10

the contrary. As Ihinp lKlW are, the GOW'Ct"tllnCllI

cu

retain

a .,.n:

pa.rliamcntary ...jority with

as

liltk U } j per cml. of the toDI poll In 194& it obU.iMd 42 per «IlL .... 19SJ. orbea the ()woI.kitm had more funds and autpnium \huI. it ever IwI betore and may ever have apia. the Nationalists I!ill advanced to 46 per cmL of the "otes al!. Today there arc .ood reasons ror suppot.in. they eou1d lOP SO per cm!. The Iwin. n«<led 10 Ft them out is enormous and unlikely 10 he achieved for many Icncnl cl«lions.

Enn ir. thl!1'eforc, lhere were more lilO' than there are that the Qp(>oaition really wishes lOo OPP<*

.u

lhe immoral polICIU of the pramt Governmaol, all"edin. DOa-wtutes

as

well

as

whilCl. o-ruammtary dcmoaacy is dead in Soulh Africa today. For lOo be alive it requirea. ... otb« Ihinp, a """--Ilk poaibilily of ....stin. lhe Government by the oarmal e1eelonl prore-. Thai is IKI'I a proIP«I beton '"

today.

WhIt then

wit we do'

^To ^protest ^{apinl! nay}

Unjult alld immoral law it ^hCiC ry. ho.. e.e, tedious, kit lhe nalion', cnnlCicnce sucwmb 10 the sheer wei&ht or rcfIClilion and apallly. To try and

"on""rl die iH"eKnt parli.mentar)' ",hadow.boKin\"

Into a real fiaht owtr fundamental principles. it S CllCnlial to fora: tile United Parly 10 c:ease ~fcnee

lillinJ,~ even at the riat of eonlidenble immtdiate eltelonl in;"'1"' It cannot win anyhow. Its choice is hecwem haDJJD' on to its dtchninl.~_ . . . ambipoul llOlicoes. in wbich . . . it s a

axnfort-

ablt minority for the practI( and ^I'loO fulllrc: or clarin. the dead wood and ambiauilY,

IoIint:

^aomt

more

JrOWId

now. and evrnt... lly eamin. a ltake in lhe ruture.

This is the ..me choi« that. in a dill"ennt .... y, faced the Black Sash. Formally prnteI\in. Ipinst Government laws arod Opposition weakness is nOI cnouah. If we are lin«rely conwinced thal parliamentary dcmoen"y hal broken do....n. we mutt s«k utn·parliamentary method. of action. or descrve the Oovernment we han~. Thul I am sure llIat the BIad: Sash has done rilbt in followm. the IOJie of its inilial stand api",1

tbt

Senale Act.

Eaaetly whcrc Ibis Will kU y... and how. callftOl now be fO«'lold. You could ^noC restrict your

actm-

ties to . . . . . COIICC' ..ina; Whitc and CoIoure<b aJo.:.

wilhout betrayin& lhe whoIt mor1I1 balis of your Pi' S.·arl

s,r,.

S""",,," '56

(11)

stand. ~ Torch Commando said IlIu "wha~ was morally

wronl

^{can never} ^be politically expedient,"

mu itself y~ <kd to expedient timitlJty. . . many fured )'011 w«c about to do. You au surely wise 10 Clltend your operations 10 the whole llcld

..,r

,o"nomenl, ttnlral. provincial and munic-ipa1.

As )'0lI enter this new and wider political life.

you wIll. of courx, shed some: members. who w....e prepared to filht for an all·while coollilul;on (w;lh token non-White rcprc$enUUion) but nOI to incur the odium of nandina up (<W non-white riihll lI.I RIch.

¥oo will cnct)un,cr nOI only obloquy and abuse from expected quarters. but distrust from those w;lh whom

~·ou now want 10 fight but who aTc nOI yel certain of your bona fides. 't'ou will abo m«t a number of new probkms about Which many of you will have.

at bell. v....y confuS«! v~ws. You will have to Itraiahlcn out your i<kas gradually. ThcTc will be

n~ friends 10 hell?' you. who have passed this way before. ~nd who WIll be contenl to 1101 you find your own pace. Once they know

IOU

Ire travellinl the same road. There is no nee to fear the taunt of

"fellow-travellin,:' You are retumil'l to the main stream of West em, Christian dvilisation, which South Africa has deserted.

Al>ove all considerations, yOll will find in YOllr own eonscieo«s ~ new fr«dom from all the lan,les of

the past. It will not come at 00«, because nl"W loon- fusions will replace OIIT "traditional" eompromises with prineiple. But as these are resolved, it will eome beyond doubl. I can besl illustrate il by askina Klme of you to read the Hansard re!?"rt of the

de~te on Ihe Banishment Bill last semon. There you will see not only the presumptuous and arropnt prevarications that served the Govemmenl for argu·

ments., but also the split-mind of the official Oppo- sition, even in one of its best performances. With these you can contrast the ease with which the tiny Labour and Liberal parties rebutted the Govern- ment's case. becauS<' their own basic assumptions were mnr'lUy Klund.

I would eommald 10 you espeeially Mr. Hepple's calm acceptance of the term "a,italor," on the ,rounds that all the rights and fr«doms for which we filbt today were won for us by the agitatnrs of the past amon. OUr own anceston. Now leaders of our non-white peoples are seekina those same liber·

ties and rilbts, status and opportunities for their dellCCndants. They, and we. are all "aaitaton" tod~y.

let us ~c<:ept the title in the hope that we shall prove worthy of it in Ihe fiahl for the soul of South Africa.

c. W, M, CELL

THREADS FROl.. THE SASH

The C.pe EaSltn Region continu" to forge ahead. We hear that new branches have now b«n formed at PleUenburl Bay and Re<lhouse. ~nd that great hones are bein. entertained about Jelferies Bal'.

MOSKI Bay, and Oudtshoom. ~-

If you fiance al a map and see the extent of the spread 0 the Black Sash from MOIStI Bay to Grahamllown. you will realise why we 10 admire the dynamic: group whieh controls thil relinn!

ON one of our hauntl an elderly lady from HolblWl said that she and her hus~nd had immi&nted out here. only to return to Holland after three }'earl. Whilst Ihey were there. Ihey read about the Blael: Salh movemenl. and were very impressed with the cinema new.reel of their demonstrations.

They became 10 enthusiastic that Ihe uid to her hUlband. 11tere il IOmethin, that we can do, We will 10 bacl: to SoUlh Africa, and r will jnin the Sa.h....l" And Ihe did.

A

MOST successful haunt. oomposed of members of

£.IIenun. Mool Rl~..., Lady_lIh and Piete..

IQIrl~bPrt Sashers, was held in Weenen when Mr.

Sauer paid tbat hiltoric lillle plate a visit last month.

It had to be letn to be believed to what Ienlthl a Minister will 10 10 avoid wall:inl pall the ac:cusinlt eyes of Blacl: Sash women. He not only avoided them by ulinll the back entranee of the hotel. but even jumped IOtO anotheT ear. and made the oecu- pants of thal ear ~t OUI and let into his car from which the pCTlnanl was nyinl!

Die SM'~rl Se,p, Sepumb" '$6

•

"

A

wrilU from Port Ellzahoth says: "I met a pro- Government Jentleman yeslerday, who said after quite ...me dltcUllIion, "Well now. I undentand beller. Why do you not eut these: aims of YOllrs into the Afrikaans papers? I said that no kller of ours had been accepted by "Die Oosler1i,," He said his father worked in "Die BurJ<1''' ~nd was sure that he would publish them. Hnw to aet nur aims across 10 them is hard. He actually asked, "Why don't we wear a white lash for white unity!"

• • •

WRITING of a Blacl: S4sh tour of the Tralllkel recently, my correspondenl says of I well-

~lIendc:d IlI«Iine at one IowI': MMy friend and 1 had never in our lives spol:l:11 in public before, and we had not snticiplled meetinl m~ than three or four for an informal tall:. 10 it was ...methin. of In ordeal, , . The response almosl overwhelmed us . . ."

Later, in a larler 10wn, tbey were introduced to an audience thrice that number, but havinl pined COlIra.,. at their fint encounter they spoke out bravely! My correspondent says, "It wal wonderful

10 see the interest in our audien«l' facea-it brought OIlt IOmethin, un«peeted in oneself, for normally I would have eibbered with nerv" at havin, onrt my own voice Klundine am""l all those Itran.,....

We of the Blael: Sash know well this metamor- phosis from timid shyn~ 10 eouralCOUS publie avowal-whether it be the wearin! of a Blaek Sash or the public: ltatement of our be ids. South Africa will one day be a! proud of OIlr women, as we are proud of them now,

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THE CITIZEN AS ELECTOR

BY PROF. E. F. W. GUY VAN pnnus

IPro/~ssor

E. F. W. a"

^~'an

Pit/ius, 01 IM Ullivusity 01 Prnorio, is the QUlhor 01

"Aktutle Politide

Yraag:Slltkke."

trom which

'his

pa~

is tokc! by courtuy 01 himxll

and

the publish", J. L. \'on Sehaik, Umi'N,

^[>n.

toria.)

AS

^!he ^Afnluer

""*

reject atly arn.naancalS whidl _In>l !he ci~ from !be aadle 10 tIN:

,",W. it is otJ\'ious lbal !he ordinary citizm muM . ) ' an imporWll r6lc in public: Iif~ It hall _.ka~

bcaI

Ibown lbat, aco:ordin. 10 ... betids, lbo: iDd..

.,idual hal not 0l'Il)' duties, bul riabll 100.

The citiua eajoyl lhne

riahll

not

f(K ... If-alorill-

c:atioa bul in onkr 10 re-lkE !be bnt in him IUld 110 mdc

the

Jrftl~ ~ibk aJIllributioa 10 the m·

richmerlt of !be romDlUllily.

Fnxn

!be nature of the ""10:, the life of

n"t!'l

man MS rwo ~

1lle

onc hu 10 do with him ..

individual, as • min. . . . lhintill& belli" 11 conomu hill private Ilk I1 is in Ihis that one man il difl'erenl from another: in lhit Uu.ll his valllol: as an individual.

The kind of hOOK IIulI he WlInts to build. the food

he choola.

the

fumiture

of

hi,

home.

hit

chu~h.

hil pmu---e.l1 Iheto thinll «titre: round hit per- IIOIIallly. Whereal, in his ofllce, in the factory, I' In ,vic:ullUral COOlren, he il bl,ll ^Mone of many:' in hIt home lif" or in hi, cirdc of friend' he lequires morc individullity. And this is onc of

our

Iteat".t ble:uinp, in .piCc of our machine I,C lhat tmd' to make a man more Ind mon: a

<:0.

in the machinc or I number. Thil IoOUI·killin. uniformity which ill such a charaetn-iltic of the twenlieth cmtury is to a areat exCent respomiblc for thc emer,...", of such lcn'

cknc:ia at FllIciIm Ind Nltional Socialism. Where cbe man in lhe .treet

pnforms

the

"me

molIOIlXlOlI.

_ t day Inft" day under

,lrict

supcnision. where he returns home each ni,tlt to

a

suburb in ..hic:tl the houM:s are 10 alike lbat be must loot I1 the number 10 make ocrtIin be it no! lOiq into lbe WTOIl& onc. wbcre he ^IIlUJt fumioh hit bomc with the monotonous furniture lbal

comes

from

masa- ..

(MIuc--

C. . . wbcrc his ....",. arc low. it CUI _11 be realized lhat be

-u

an neape from hit -.l-dcstroyinl nittcnce b)' puttinl on IOmC uniform or other Incr 'IIi'llli:. Iltald. . pIIIdca in the open aiT. and

c-.

hold... some rall\ or othcI" in the

activitr.

^All thcle th.in.p are a kind 01 compallllioll. It ia prcciIcl, onc of the _ Importanl lISb of the de'" M,CoId to

CllSUU tbe etljoymcnt ol the hiahcst ckll"ft$ ol pet"-

_ I freedom Ind indi\ricluality, which ...I b life 10

rich ... colourful.

In such p e _ I ....Uen then ouaht to be the leau poaiblc ronlTOl from the aide ollutborily. In such maCten the COllYftllions should be Ilmiced to the ablolule minimum required for the

acucnl 1OCld.

For example. as fir at the matcriala of I dwellinl hOllse Ire eon«.oe4, Ind Ita li&hcin .. and 10 on,

Tu 81«11

Suit, SeptemNr '$6

certain itandarcb mUll be DlIntplin! with. for the uperience of ycan has IIbown that lbcy are Ibso- Iutely

r-

Rry for realOftS of health. For the

nmc

realOnS, a ^penorI 0ClUld, for example. ^be forbidden to keep a COW' in his beet

yard

ill a lafill' 10...

HO...

eI". . .ben _

be&inI

to lay down rulca tor alb« memben of his family. t¥Cl'}'tb.inJ CIIlPOI be Idt 10 hill arhilrary will. Thus a father. wbo does no! realize the nluol: of educatioo for hiI cbiId and _ I d rlcb« ICC him 10 10 work Youa&o CIII expect that tile uate WIll fon:e him 10 ICftCI his child to tdlool. Simi1arly, it I lite 10 mate 10 much noise 11 nialll thal

mr

^neiAhboun ^{c a _} ^slftp. ^I ^ha~

no eomplaint if Im

r«eed

into.lilcnce•

Thill _ p i ClLlI be "prated tlt"" in JtOCIl!I tCfllll: In my prmte life I ha~ a ri&bt to tbc rnut- mu... of freedom. jMo,idod thal I do no! bann any- onc thereby and thal I do no! innde tbe ame free' dom cnjofed by

otbcn.

When 1ft come ta rbe - . d upeeI---Itt.e political rW!1I of rhe citizcn...

uen

become

more

Involved.

The basis of a democncy-in ..hich tbe p:'cople rule-i, lbal tbe chizm shall have IdeQuatc '.nf...

mat;"'" lVailable so IIIal he may be ab1c ta ludae hnw to rule. From this it foil... obvioully .that tbc citizen mUtt attain a certain level of educltlOn.

Ex-

perience .hows lhal education avails moll if I ~.

101\ is educated in childhood. Therdore every chIld of I c«bin lac mu,l 10 10 IChO<'lI and relch a certain ."n<lard or I", before leavina.

That is the .eneral \ll"inciplo-leachcra, .. \ll"ofea- ...1 men. mu.t 1l'Ol"1I: 0111 the petty detail. Such cducatioo mUSI be then for all CitlUllS. ",·hcI~

they can aflord it or tlOI.

If this policy i. properly canicd 0111. il is idle latel" 10 decide that 1 penon mUll have ocrIIin edu- cational qualifications for the _franc:h~t is tltc IlIte·. dUI~~= lbal all citiuol. have thole qualifications ⁰¹ ^. il is no! carryina OIIt ill """" cdu·

catioMl policy.

Aa fit" .. tltc polilic:al ri,tlta of eilizens arc coe- ccmcd, the lim ^IIlUJt he ¹⁰ to make proviUoft that .he eitizat CUI take I full part in the country'.

politic:a and make hill areateal COll!ribution.

nnu:ADS (ContiDued)

MEMBERS

of o.M. and ~ bad

I bappy and informative momin. dUrin. July when they had the rririIcae of mcetinl Mn.

&lIinp::r. M.P. We an-envied thoIc ..bo had bad lItit 't':IW'it:r.of IIIt.inI to onc of South Atrica'a

_ lmoua u,httrL

• • •

AT tut

^Natal f~1a it will ha... an opportunity to demoaslrltc. The Nlliollalill ^plrty it boldinJ;

III

cona:ren

^{in Durban} ^this ^moaUt: Good hauotiDII

12 Di. S.nlrl Serp, Seple""Mr '$6

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RESPEc;T FOB THE FLAG

A

^NNA came to scc me the other aflcmoon bearin, in her hand .. cUllin, from an inftuential NationaliSI newspaper. It had ml.l':h to say about tile nteetlit)' for ltachlll& our children a proper respect for our South African Fl.la. and ItlUUted a .imple daily ceremony in OUr IChooll, of raisin, it and lowerin. it, and aayill' or

linfin.

OIl' National Anthem. It implied that this WllI, of courx, bound 10 be rejected br tile Opposition and all un-South African clement.

Anna', blue C)'CS sparkled .1 lhey al"'a)'s do when .he i. excited. She fell d«ply lhat all {nJc Soulh Africans ihould _'oull)' ron.idcr Ih;' ,UiPstion- anythina lhat would hdp 10 Ileal the breach between OIl' children should be examined with earnest care.

"For consilk. my case:' uid

"'nna.

"1, and my people of tllis .cnuatioR have a d«p and Iallin.

attachment 10 OUr Vicrt.lcur. which onlhin, will _her, for this w. . my nation's I\al in my you!h. The free Slaten must havc Ihc same warm atla~hmcnl

10 their old Rcpublican FLaI, and Nalal an _~ual1y deep f«lin, for !he Union Jad<. BUI oor ,hlldren l\ave l\ad thcir 0_ FLaI sill« Ihe A't of 1!n1 and all of uS have fa'led. bcc:ausc of older loyallies, to live IhffTI Ihe same ImSC of devotion aod loyally,

10 dlclr emblem as Wc learned 10 livc 10 our ownl' 1 looked Ihrouth Ihe book-ase and look out

"SllI.IulCl of the Union of Soulh Mrica 1921-1928,"

opened it at flaas of tltc Unicn of Soulh Afria and read:

1.(I) The I\als of lite Union wl1 bc;-

(a) The Union JlKk to denole lhe usocialion of lhe Union willt Olher membcn of the aroops of Nations I;OIlstilulinl lhe British Common'

wealth of Nalions; and

(b) 11Ic Nalional Fbi of which Ihe desian is sel oot in Seclion 8.

8. (2) 'The desian of the Natiooal flal of lhe Union shall be-

Three horiwnlal stripes of equal wid!h from top 10 bouom. oran~, white. blue; in the cenlre of lhe while stnpe the old Oran4C free State flaa hanlinl verlically. spread ,n full, ....ith !he Union ack adtominl horizontally spread in full tGwards the pole. and the old Transvaal Vicrkleur adjoinina horizontally spread in full away from Ihe pole, equidistant from the marains of the while stripe, The Raas sl\aU all be of the same ~ lUld their "'ape shall be proporllonally lhe same as lhe National Flal' and the width of each C<jual 10 one·third of the width of IIIe ...hile stnpe.

Anna and I. both Transvaalcrs, bolh wilh fore' Man who could not liahlly aive up old loyalties even for SlIch immense benefits as were cnvisaaed at Union. know tl\al lhe 1927 Flaa Acl WIIS pa_d ... i!h arcat bitterness and much heartburnina. But wl\al has that to do wi!h

our

ehildtcn? Must wc al_l' pau on old hatred" old tcSClllmcnla. old qlllrtcls? 00 wc always intend to aive our cbildtcn stones inalcad of bread?

The BI«1r. Sash. September '$6

Tht; ne~l lime I slood oulSidc Jan SmulS Airporl on a Black sash au'anmcnl, I looked wilh veat earnCllneu al our Nalional Flaa buntinl Jlsclf bravely

,n

lhe cold south wind. Thetc ...s the Vier- kleur. cmblem of Coura,c. Piety and Slrenlth-there lhe Free State Fla...-cmblem of Wisdom, Indivi- dualism and Judae~nt-thcre Ihe Unioo Jack- emblem of Juslice and Companion-what an inheri·

tance for Ihis 11tn11l Nation-lhrcc je...els act in lhe centre of our nallonal consciousnen!

Coud lherc be any harm1-wrely there muSI be

$ood-in all OUr schools, Ol\<;:e a lerm, takinl part m a simple ccrcmonr in which the National FLaI Il raised, and ...here al lhe children say, Wilh s,neerity and quielncn:-

"Wc salute lhis Fill as lhe nalional Ral of South Atria, as lhc symbol of lhe undivided loyally to our counlry expressed in our nalional anthem; as a token of a common patriolism lransundinl \anaua.,e or I'I«,"-or "Dns aalu«r hierdie vial ^IS dIe nasionale vlaa van Suid-Afrika,

as

die limbool van die onverdceldc ItOU un ons YlIderland waaraan onS Volk$11cd Uilinl Sce; .. die teken van 'n acmcenJkaplikc patriotismc vcrhewe bo tul en ra"M This is not lIaa-wallins-this is doina our duty

by

^ou~ ehil.d!CD!. _A~nca look • polYilot aQCmbly o nallonalllles mlo her landl, and by as simple a Cetcmony buill up a nation of A ~ w,th a thoLlsand d;vcr$C

""'1'1

^of livin" but onc undivided loyally 10 onc home and. We ahould be able to do the same-we arc nol less able Ihan they-« wc havc perhaps not lhe will?

The subjecl of OlSS l\avina Men broached, 1 bepn

10 wonder how Ihe fusion of the IIap of thrco nalionl-SColLand. Ireland and EnaJand, which

wc:

all know as lhe Union Jack. was taken by tile people of those lhree COlInlrica al linll In 11101 the UnlOf\

Jack became by Law Ibe Nalional Flaa of En&labd, but I don't doubl, ahhOllih all the histon' OOoIrs I've looked into, arc absolutely silenl 011 thc lubject, lhlt al leasl two acnerat,ons of Sootl and Irish would sce no lood al all in the "new lIaa" aod remain loyal and lovinl 10 the RIS of SI, Andrew or SI.