BULLETIN OP THE

TRANSVAAL CONSUL­

TATIVE COMMITTEE

OP THE AND. ,T .I .C .

S .A .C .P .O . & C .O .D .

W S ( L @ ! ) K 1 ( 1 P

TO ALL DELEGATES OUTSIDE JOHANNESBURG ATTENDING TV1E A.H.C., 4NOYL AKID COD HATIOWAL CONFERENCES

31st March, 1956.EDITORIAL

I W m~l I W /& M IThe people of our country staged a spec­

tacularly successful demonstration at

the village of Kliptown exactly nine

months ago. There the blue-print for

the future, the Freedom Charter, was

^adopted 'by enthusiastic thousands from

all sections of the people coming from

all parts of the country.

This Saturday, the 31st March, the Nat­

ional Conference of the African National

Congress begins. On the agenda is the

important item - ratification of the

Freedom Charter. The success of the

Congress of the People is concrete evid­

ence of the widespread popularity of the

Charter. There have been one or two

isolated protests against the Charter,

It is perhaps worthwhile replying to

these attacks, in that our replies can

help people to develop a more profound

understanding of the underlying issues.

A pamphlet has recently appeared, issued

^by a hitherto unknown individual from

Mbroka Cp.mp. Let us examine the points

on which he attacks the Charter. He

says "When the Charter says: 'We, the

People of South Africa, black and white

together - equals, countrymen and broth­

ers - adopt this Freedom Charter' it mere

ly expresses an objective desire on the

part of its drafters. Yes, we stand for

equality ?nd brotherhood of man, but we

cannot be bluffed. ¥e are certainly

not equals in South Africa, and we must

say so. Let the good Charter express

the aims which the few "Progressives"

support and not put it as a reality be­

cause it is misleading,"

Our not so learned friend has hopelessly

distorted the meaning of the term "equals"

as used in the Charter. As fellow human

beings, all supporters of the Charter re­

gard themselves as people of equal worth.

To suggest that the term "equals" was

used in relation to equal human rights

is to insult the intelligence of the

thousands of enthusiastic supporters of the Charter.

Then he says: "Until the question of

liberation is decided, all the talk and

promises of heaven oh earth are merely

academic and scholastic nonsense."

Nonsense, is it? Thousands of people

travelled from all over our country in

the face of all the obstructions pres­

ented by the Government to attend the

Congress of the People, where they ad­

opted the Freedom Charter. Did they

take so much trouble just for nonsense?

NoI They wanted agreement by all on what

is meant by "liberation" for which so

much sacrifice is required. The Freedom

Charter clearly sets out the dearest wish­

es of the people, which they expect to

be realised when liberation is achieved.

Now the people are sure of what they are

striving for.

The point is put but hardly mp.de - "Unity

should be a rallying cry for all. But un­

ity based on organisation of a ll the move­

ments and not imposed from the t o p .. ."

From on top indeed.' Thousands of people

sent in their demands to be incorporated

in the charter. Is that inposition from

the top?

"a document of such magnitude needs suf­

ficient time, even years, for the people

to study a.nd deliberate on before the

motion could be asked to accept." Do not

underestimate the ability of the people

please! One cannot help feeling that the

unexpressed wish is for people to study

the Charter for so long that it w ill ev­

entually be shelved.

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■ -.Boikeiniseko ba Mmuso ba ho hatella basali hore ba nke lipasa bo nehela

lekhotla la Congress tsela e ntle ea ho loats'a lipasa ka bophara.*|-• . ’ •• •.. v

Ere ka ha raelao ea lipasa e thusa Mmuso ho hatella Tsamaiso ea_ona ea

bohirioa .ba meputso e fa t s 'e , ho keke ha lebelloa hore Mmuso o_tla tlohela

o;sa ts 'etlele . Ka mabaka ana, ntoa ea ho loants'a lipasa e tla ba e •

Telele, eo qetellang ea eona Mmuso o kanna oa hloleha*

Ntoa ena ea lipasa, eo re leng ho eona joale, e_oela haholoholo mahetleng

a basali. Rea tirsa hore ba tla e loants'a ka bonatla, joale ka ha ba ile

ba etsa Free State ka lemo tsa bo 1930. Ha se ts'oanelo hore banna _ba

hlephise ntoengena, ts'oanelo ea bona ke hore ba thuse mafumahli ka tsela

tsohle.

Banna le bona ba ts'oanela ke hore ba tiise ntoa ea bona ea ligasa, ele

hore ntoa tsena tse pel! tsa banna le basali li kopane. Boikemiseko ebe

ho felisa lipasa le Mmuso o li hatellang

KE ENG SE BATLEHANG?

Potso e kholo nakong ena ke hore: ke eng se hlokehang ho etsnoa?

Taba ea pele ke hore sechaba se hlalosetsoe mathata a tla bang teng ha

basali ba jara lipasa, le hore ke ka baka lang ha li ts'oaneloa ho loants'oa.

Alan Doyle, lengolong la hae la khoeli ea February ea "LIBERATION" o entse

puo ena:

"Ke tokelo le ts'oanelo ea African National- Congress hore_e nehe

boetapele ho batho ntseng tsa bona; eseng_hore e nehe litaelo.

Re shebeha joele ka liphoqho ha re neha litaelo tseo batho ba sa

li latelene ka hobane re sa li hlalosa, kapa ba sa itukisetsa tsona.

African National Congress e ts'oanela ke ho hlalosetsa batho, -

banna le basali - hore na lipasa li loants'etsoang. Sechaba se

batla ho phuthoa".

Ho phutha batho ntoeng ena ha ho bo-lele feela hore basali ba bolelloa

hore ba seke ba jara lipasa. Ha ebe ho na le litulo tse itseng moo

basali ba hanang ho nkp. lipasa ntoa ea rona e tla natlafala, enpa re se

Re ra hopola hore ketso e joalo e bolela ea rona e falile ,

\TSELA LI NGATA TSA HQ LOANA.

Ntoa e khahlano le lipasa e ts'oanela ho nka litsela tse fapaneng, ele

hore re tie re he le mf^tla a ho fenya tsamaiso ea Mmuso. Se batlehang

ke hore ho be teng LIPHUTHEHO, MEKQLOKO, MANGOLO A LOa TS'ANG LIPASA, HO

TS'ETL^LA le Tsela toe ling tseo batho ba tla li fumanang.

Tsela eo ntoa ena e tla e nka e tla etsoa ka boemo ba tulo le tulo.

Baefapele ba tulo e ngoe le e ngoe ke bona ba tla bonang hore ba ka sebelisa

lerumo lefe. Ke bona ba tsebang seo batho ba ikemiselitseng ho se etsa.

TSOELANG PELE KA LENGOLO LA T0KQL0H0.

Banna le basali ba Congress, ts'oanelo ea rona e pepeneng] _Batho ba batla

ho phuthoa ho loants'a lipasa. Ba ruteng me le ba nehe boetapele ho

fihla re be re hlolaj Lipasa li tla hloloa.' "LENGOLO LA TOKOLOHO" le

tla ba molao oa lefats'e la ronaj

Issued by the Transvaal Consiiltative.Committee of the African National Con­

gress, Transvaal Indian Congress, South African Coloured People's Organis­

ation and the Congress of Democrats - 37 West Street, Johannesburg,

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Tol 2 Ho« 3 1st May, 1956

Our holiday, May Day, is at hand, broth­

er and sister workers! It is the occas­

ion for as to celebrate the solidarity

and unity of workers throughout the

world. At the sane time we most take

note of our responsibility to the people

of our motherland - all unorganised

workers must join their trade unions,

and the trade union3 must support the

Congress Movement. Strong trade unions

aean a strong Congress MovementI

The holiday of May Day stems from the

ovents of exactly 70 years ago, May 1st,

1886. On thi.t day tho workor3 of tho

United States of America came together

to hold a huge meeting in Chicago,.whore

they demanded a roduction in the working

iay from 12 hours to 8 hours a diy»

They docidcd to go on strike. No lesc

than 190,000 American workers went on

atriku. Vho police raid the courtc help­

ed the owners of industry by executing

four of the strike leadore. Tho Americ­

an workers won the 8 hour day fcr t.x^V*

B9l?ec azjd thereby assisted workers in

other countries to achieve the same for

themselves.

In the Soviot Union, China and tho Poqples1

Democracies May Day is a public Halid*jr#

Great joyful celebration® z tv hold In ersry

city and village, -And in no«y ethor oouot-

rics , such os franco and Italy, whore the

trade unions and pooplo'a or*ooi*a*ioae •

are strong. May Day has booxv won as a holi­

day. , . V * .

May 1st is a day in which South African his­

tory, too has teca writton in the blood of

tho working people.

May Day, 1951, w ill be recorded in our

working class history as one of th® great­

est end most heroic battles of the people

against oppros3i. n,

Ir, spite of unprecedented pressure and

terror, with all their meetings banned,

with mounted police patrolling the stroorfce,

*:he Rand* sustrier '-®0 t0 a standstill as African, I..dian, and Coloured workers,

observing thoir da" a3 froodon day refused

i,C5 ro to tfork.

The Sovcrri '.at w s alarnod and erbarked on

a policy cf intiridation* At USonoai, Alex-

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" s p ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ s s s s . » ■ » a t . '9.. People ore tho llfo of Congress! hut nonoy is thoir bkod.

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a lot ol' work - it m et co atartel now. ‘ • •This roquirea

When doiue thia work for the Conforenco do not forget about the *Pa»aoa*. Iou'^--';

nu3t oxplain to the people you canvass that Phases for wooen will ctoan ■.’Toat

hardahip for thar.. * Explain that Vhe fro^&ou Charter sajrr. that all Faatfa* 8hal4. ^ "bo rJboliabod. *

% Explain that the Q,4Cg£w.:s aiiltF’ifj K in the *lt£*4 i. Ztown with *■&

the Past Laws, If yen con cloct special delegates of woaec vhc will ape Sfc oa

this vory issue - Orgnaiae protdata and danonatiyiiiotta .^jjdnat the passes where­ver it is p o s s ib le . ..

Issu ed , 'oy th o T T ^ n i:v ^ r-.j. C o iin jt t 'a t i* '« » C o m ifc to i o f U>e - i f r l e a n S . i t i c n a l C o n ^ ro ce I f ra r .a V a o l l a d ! art C o n ^ re s o , Scnith i f j r i e a a C o lo ' i r s i P o p p le - r O r j r t o ls a t t A t t e n d th e Coj^rerc cS "jcocritaa - »7r Wait Fcroot. Jjhanna»r ar*~,» — j M i l

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Congress brnr.cbce fur* fr tho people in uho cren s. It nuet to hold ia a

i?"V ^lacn *-.0 thrt a] I the d:ldgatoc can eaGily rnt to the Conference. this

woe’: ' r,;;r nu.-.t. • j .-ado for tho elpctio 1 cf delegates, Znch delec~to

mU?i b>. ;ivon - of aijrr.utureB« The dclogato m et then cauvae® his area

explaining t*vr. Coa^rveaa expl lain* tht Jreeaou Charter aad winning aijaaturea

for the Tfcocipa Cli.c.rte-. ♦

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BULLETIN OP ThE

TFANSVAAL CQFSUl-

TATIVB COMMITTEE

OF THE A .H .C ,,

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C O N F E P E V C fS O A

The Freedom Charter in our guide tc a

new South Africa, It is the map by

which we direct cur steps from the

present darkness of oppression, and ex­

ploitation to the future light of Lend

Liberty and Peace, I f we are oo reach

our goal we need the support of ohe

mass of the people - the workers,,, the

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-°fch Mpy, 1955,

C l' r ! l \ v> A , u r i L

7 AREA ~n order to increase the ac-

OClTTEESrCEiiiTity ' the areas it has

been decided to hold mass

Conferencea in all the areas on June

3rd,, i'h? s 3 Conferences xrill "be held in

peasant ana one Ihrs and ;ntellect~

uals, Without the support of tho mas­

ses we will no: achieve Literation -

with their support we will make the

Freedom Charter a re&lity« But their

support will not core by itself ~ it

must he won, We mist explain arJ.

teach the masses of the, people that

the Freedom Charter i •? our only hope of

Peace and Happiness. We must demon­

strate that fiu Congress Movement is

the organisation whereby we will

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IN FIVE In the Transvaal there are

WEEKS,. 5 million people. The great

majority cl these people must

become active Congress Supporters, With

this aim in mind the National Consult­

ative Congress Committee had suggested

that hy June 25 1956t 450.000 people in

the Province must show their support

for the Freedom Chartar0 Up to the

present we have only collected Z0,000

signatures lor the Charter,

The Transvaal Consultative Comm: t^ee

has decided to set a more realistic

target of 5 0 ,COO supporters of the

Freedom Charter by "une 26, Freedom

Charter Day. That means that we have

about 5 weeks to collecc 20,000 sig­

natures - xjOOO a week* This is not-

a great taskc

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Tho West Band

The East Hand

Pretoria

Alexandra

Ine Western Areas

The South Western Hegion

J jhanne sburg Cer tral,

Each ozie oJ these Conferences must be a

mass Conference*. of delegates from the

people in the area* At the Conference

the historic significance of the Freedom

Chc?.rter should be discussed* Then the

work for the popularisation of the

Charter in the area should be critically

examined ard evaluated., The activity of

the Congress Movement in the daily strug­

gles of tho people should be carefully

examined' ;ind the degree to which the

Freedom Charter has become the possession

of the people should be assessed, Final­

ly, the tasks facing tho Congress Move­

ment in each aree should be carefully ex­

aminee? and concrete decisions to tackle

the problems and win supporters to the

jTreedom Charter should be adopted*

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CHAILT-SR These Conferences must serve to

LAY JuiiS bring clarity and perspective

2c to tho people^ They must raise

their courage and their enthusiasm; and

they >xust give concrete direction to the

aim of achieving 50 ,000 supporters of

Liberation by Freedom Charter Day - Juno

26 th0

Each Delegate to the Conference must set himself a target of 25 signatures

by Juno 3rd. Delegatos must be certain that every person in his or her

block knows and understands the Freedom Charter. Each section must bo ex- ,

plained in words which the people know and understand. Their problems are

answered by the Charter — and this must be demonstrated by them.

All Congress members must insist that all the arrangements for the Confer­

ences must be completed immediately. They must make certain that officials

advertise the Conferences very widely and in good time. Everyone must work

to make these Conferences successful.

W 0 R K E R S ~ T T C 0 N G B E S S -

J O /N y o u r u n io n /

In South Africa today the working class makes up the majority of the people

who live in the urban areas.

Most of the workers are in the mines, the iron and steel works, factories

and transport. These workers have something in common, such as one boss,

bad conditions of work, poor pay and oppressive legislation. To further

their interests which include the right to strike, more money, shorter

hours of work, and overall safeguards against dangerous machinery, they

join together and form trade unions. Unity brings strength] The boss

might be willing to sack or maltreat one or two workers but cannot afford

to sack and maltreat all, as this would bring his factory to a standstill.

Only workers who are organised and united can win their demands and gain

their freedom. That is why trade unions are so important. They unite all

workers into a disciplined, reliable force.

EIGHT AHTI-LABOTIR LEG- ^ .e workers of necessity cannot confine themselves to a non-

ISLATIQH, political trade union struggle only, but have to enter the

political field too. In South Africa there exists anti­

working class legislation such as the Suppression of Commun­

ism Act, the ITative Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, the Industrial

Conciliation Act and the Pass Laws,. The organised labour movement in South

Africa has to enter the political field - to fight anti-labour legislation

and to join with the national liberation movement to bring about the real­

isation of the Freedom Charter, which bring tremendous benefits to all work­

ers. The workers are oppressed, and racialism doubles their oppression,

In South Africa the trade unions are constantly suppressed and persecuted

by the state. The workers live in bad houses and do not get enough food to

eat. They cannot vote to put in a government In which they share and which

w ill help them to gain their progress and prosperity,

J0IU HANDS Workers in Colonial, countries are not alone in the task of

WITH ALL trying to rid themselves of their oppression and to establish

ALLIES, a democratic state, but are supported by other sections of the

people - peasants, small business men, traders, intellectuals -

in fact all the other nationally oppressed people. So the

workers must join hands with them because they are the mass of the people and

only the joint actions of the masses can bring liberation.

The trade unions must enter actively into the political life of the country,

taking up the workers* political demands for freedom and participating equal­

ly in the National Liberation Movement in the struggle to realise every clause

in the Freedom Charter,

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Every Congressman who is employed and who is not yet organised in a union is

urged to contact S.A.C.T.U- There is a local committee in Johannesburg which

serves the Witwatersrand area - Eoom 30 Progress Building, Commissioner Street,

‘ 1 , ' The African National Congress has launched an "Efficiency Campaign" with

the object of raising tho standard of efficiency within the ranks of the

organisation, All Branch Chairmen are requested to have the following

directives road and osplainod a'-' tho next mooting of their ‘branches.

"BY EFFICIENCY TO3 MEAN*

2« Timo Factor;

(a) All Congress members should strivo to act and work according to stip­

ulated time, Cvg, if it lias been decidod that some members should meet at a certain place, at a certain time, it must bo the duty of

all mombors concerned to bo tnoro aro an appointod time,

(b ) Every member must be able to give a good account of any duty assign­

ed to him.

(c) The tendency of giving inflated and exaggerated reports must bo dis­

continued, as such a tendency leads to tho taking of wrong docisions

basod on such roportsc

3. Responsibility.

(a) All tasks of the African National Congress should be undertaken with

tho utmost responsibility, particularly by leading members.

(b ) No mcmbor should fa il to fu lfil his/her obligation if he or sho has

promisod to carry out an undertaking.

(c ) Branches should ncvor fa il to give an account of thoir work to tho

Provincial Office.

(d) All docisions of tho African National Congress should bo implement­

ed without any delay, and reports should bofurnishod to t-*e Prov­

incial Offico on how such docisions havo boon implemented. ^Branch­

es should not bo ashamed to register their failures on tho implement­

ation of any doc i si on ,

(o) Full and accurate records of all monoy collected and spent must be

kept. All money duo to bo paid in to tho Regional or Provincial

Committees should bo handod over without any doa.ay.

4. How tho Campaign shp^.d̂ bo^ccnductod^

(a ) It is suggosted that tho Province should m n a 3 months_campaign

on officioncy, after which period branchos should sond in Reports

so as to gaugo what progress has boon made,

(b) As a guide to tho gonoral membership, wo suggest that all tho lead­

ing mombors of tho. African National Congross throughout tho prov­

ince should bo oxomplary bp undertaking to carry out thoso suggest­

ions to the lot tor,, It is considered that such an oxample w ill bo

a practical education to tho gonoral membership.

(c ) An educational campaign on efficiency should bo conducted among tho

mombors of tho A/lT-C, and every lesson which has boon taught must

bo put into practico so as to find out whothor mombors arc having

any interest or enthusiasm in tho Campaign,,

(d ) The best way to do it is to assign dutios to some mombors and thon

chock and rochock whothor mombors so directed havo carried out

thoir undertakings with the strictest obsorvanco of timo,

5 . Thoso suggostions will improve tho officioncy of our aganisation and will

ron&or our moribors incro competent and officiont in thoir stylo of worL#

IN CONCLUSION, wo suggost that a mooting of all Branch Exocutivo Mombors

should bo convonod in 3 months timo to roviow tho progress of tho Campaign

WINBUKG WOMEN SHOW TEE WAY *

Women of Winburg have rejected the hated pass hooks issued to them. They went

"back to the Government official who had deceived them into accepting the "books.

He refused to take hack the passes, so the women "burnt them] Some of these

courageous women, ware arrested for this,

THEIR ACTION HAS EIRED WOMEN EVERYWHERE WITH A NEW DETERMINATION TO EIGHT THE PASS LAV/S.1

WHAT THE T O HgfBBBHni BOOKS MEAN

t. 7 — c -lach hoohi, c ; . ting i «u 3 s ,C d ,, will have to he produced on de­mand to any policeman,

You will have to register your employment.

,» You will have to join the long queues at the pass offices,

,o You will he subject to influx control and if you fa il the Section 10 tests

of the Urban Areas Act, Failure means deportation from the cities,

, t, Under influx control husbands and wives will he separated, families divided,

children torn from their mothers.

The pick-up vans, the kvela—kwela, the police who hammer at your door in the

middle of the aight( will he or. the hunt not only for African men, hut forYOU, the women tool

, , Women will he handcuffed, jailed and at the mercy of the police, as men are

today under the pass-laws,. Girls over the age of 15 and all African women

will he subject to the pass laws,

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This Government says pass laws have been abolished for men (the Abolition of Passes

Act), yet everyday the men are persecuted and swallowed up by the jails because of

the damnable 11 reference" hocks*

BE ON G"ARD«! KNOW THAT THESE EOOKS ARE PASSES]

SEE THE DANGER THAT 7ACES YOU, THE WOMEN]

WOMEN CANNOT LITE A FUTURE IMPRISONED BY THE PASS LAWS]

THE POPULATION REGISTRATION AC?

This act has brought the laisery and bitterness of ;| re-classification" to the Col­

oured People, The ''Identity Cards'" have their predecessor in the passes carried

by Africans,

First it war the African men,, Now it is their women, the Coloured people and the

Indians, Who next? No one is safe in this police state. No group can stand

aloof and unprotekting„ If yon "wait and see" the day will come when ’it is too

late to protest, too late to act,

DEMAND YOUR RIGHTS:

Our Freedom Charter demands:

"ALL SHALL ENJOY EQUAL HUMAN RIGHTS"

The law shall guarantee to all their right to speak, to organise, to meet together

to publish, to preach, to worship and to educate their children;

The privacy of the house from police raids shall he protected by law;

All shall be free to travel w: thout restriction from countryside to town, from

province to province, and from South Africa abroad;

Pass lot&rs, permi . and all other laws restricting these freedoms shall be abolished

DEMAND FREEDOM, NOT PASSES ]

Issued by the Transvaal Consultative Committee of the African National congress,

Transvaal Indian Congress, South African Coloured Peo p les Organisation and the

Congress of Democrats and The Congress of Trado Unions - 37 West Street,Johannesburg.

Collection Number: AD1812

RECORDS RELATING TO THE 'TREASON TRIAL' (REGINA vs F. ADAMS AND OTHERS ON CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, ETC.), 1956 1961 TREASON TRIAL, 1956 1961

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