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MARITZBURG CONFERENCE WILLCONTINUE AS PLANNED

'rUEAU-African Conference The resignation of four spon- We genuinely seek a basis of unity The Liberals' reason for leavingscheduledfor March 25 and sors marked an unholy alliance among the African people into a the conference in .t~ e l~reh is that

26 is not only goingon, despite between the former PAC ~~m.wh~ew:~~i~:ti~~. for an assault ~:~~~t P~C ~~I~~i~ u~~tyt~~the withdraw~ of ~me of !he leaders and the I;iberals. "Africans alone can solve the Pieterrnaritzburg cannot encompasssponsors, but IS catching on like The men who quit are J. Molefe, problems besetti ng South Africa. a . sufficient ~ange of Africanwildfire among the.'people, The Jordan Ngubane, B. ~hengu (the Wealone canachieve freedom and opmron. The LIberal sponsors tried

conference promiSes to be most ~~~erd:~g~e~h ~~~ ~Feili~ p~~~~ independence. We therefore cannot ~~~~CC~~~f~~n: ~~~:~t~l:on~~~representative of the towns and Relations Institute. be party t~. an~ co:rf~~~e bba;:: when they could not muster majo­rural areas and to gather mass Both the line-up and the reasons ~~~ara Ion or a rity support, they withdrew valto-

b~ckin~ in a~ least one ~ro- ~et~~~;::ig:A~o~~~e ~~~~~~eg~ mThe 'ex-PAC men's statement says geW:~, sponsors getting out are alsovmce, Natal, m whose capital, preparing to bade:out since the co-i- that though the Pietermaritzburg said to be inhibited by threats ofPietermaritzburg, the conference sultation of the Transvaal men with conference started as a means of mass action from the Cape this

will open 16 days from now. Cape eX -PA~:~~NS ~~~~k~ i~n~trs ~,:n~hi}~~ ~~~~ :~~~ . and don't want to get in-Though last week-end four spon- . to preparations for a multi-racial THESE REMAIN

s~rs ~n the Afri~n Lea~ers' Con- (l ffi~i~~ ;:~~~~n~ t;~renf:~c si~~~~ convention and to !>repar~ a new The sponsors still foursquare be-tinuauon Committee resigned, the by Molefe, M~lete, Tshehlana, Faz- constl t '!1 l~n for South Afnca. The hind the conference are Chief Lu­remaining sponsors are determined zie, Makwetu Hlatshwavo and Ma- f.A<;: I~SISts that Its .formula hS tuli, Prof. Matthews, the Rev. Ma.-

~~~t tt~~ wi~~dJa~~eWil~o~~~r~~~ so~,~~~ill n~ t be party to any dis- b~~t:Yot~f~~~~IV;a t i~~~~i~m~!' t e ~~~~~i~' b~ev~e¥~~~~~~I~; ~~~iarrangements will proceed with cussion relating to the calling of any This statement was issued as com- (Johannesburg Liberal Party orga-greater earnestness than ever. multi-racial conference whatsoever. ing from "African Nationalists." (COI~inued on page 3)

LUMUM BA'S LASTLETTER - Page 7

CAPE TOWN. night. The others were

NEW Age learns that 29 ~~~eJ~~d ~~r~~~~~ at 2 a.m. onAfricanswere detained All police leave in the Penin-

fo! ~uestioning in police ~~~a ::J ~~enM~~~II~dun~i:raids ID Langa and Nyanga members of the force are onLocations last week-end, stand-by.Seven men appeared in In anticipation of possible

court on Mo?day on •a ~ue~~eaha~t~e~~~~ r~~h,:rcf~charge .o.f . taking part In Cape Town from other centres.the aenvlties of a banned A number of armoured carsorganisation, namely the and Saracens Were parked lastPAC week-end in the vicinity of the

Th: raids were made as part ~~n~. ~r~~ aTr~~;t ~~rwi~~:of poltce meas~res t~ prevent in easy striking distance of theany demonstrations this month, African townships in the Capethe anmversarv of the shoot- Flats.mgs a t Langs and Sharpeville While most people in thelast year. townships are in a state of con-

According to information fusion about what is going on,received by New Age, some of attempts are still being madethe men were arrested in a to call the people out on strike.swoop on an alleged illegal The atmosphere is tense andmeeting in Langa on Saturday anything could happen.

Dr. Verwoerd.

Ex-PAC, Liberals Withdraw, But

Mr. J. Kozonguizi.

NE W AGE , THURSDAY, MARCH 9. 1961

24th BIRTHDAY OF THEPROGRESSIVE PRESS

'New Age' of 2nd Marchcar ries a long and arrogant edito ­rial a ttack ing 'Contact' and myselfas editor.

Th ere are two main lines ofatt ack.

The first criticism is of our lineon the Congo. All that I wish tosay in the restricted space of you rlett er columns on this complicatedsub ject is that we are for Con go­lese nat ion alism and for theUn ited Nat ions as the hope of theworld , pa rticular ly of the uncom­mi tted nat ions. We are again st th ewa y in which the USSR is tryingto get a foothold in Af rica, andin whic h it has t ried to use themurder of Mr. Lu mumb a to cynic­all y whip up fee ling against theop ponents of the USSR .

Secondl y you criticize us for notha ving supported the Mar itzbu rgcon ference. "Nowhere in 'Contact'have we so far found any attemptto support the aims of the Maritz­bur g conference." you say.

Yet we published an editor ialon 17th December welcoming theOrlando conference. its predeces­sor. We said "we wish the meetingwell ." And on 31st December werep orted this conference. giving itnearly a whole page. Surely thi scann ot be construed as editorialhostility.

You blame us for giving Mr.Molete spa ce, and for repo rtinghis views on the conf erence. Wedid so becam e we bel ieve Mr .Mol ete and the movement whichhe represents to be impo rtant, andof interest to our reade rs.

If 'Co ntact' were not to givespace to Mr. Molete and hisfrie nds their deeds-some of themof !,reat historical imp ort ance­would go entirely unreported . Werem ember the ab surd manner inwhich 'New Age' rep orted th eCane To wn disturbances of 1960.alm ost without mentioning thePan Afr icanist Congress.

You criticize us for ant i-com ­mu nism. as if that were someth ingto he asha med of.

'C ont act' is proud to be ant i­communist. If is a democraticpape r. and is opposed to all formsof totalitarianism, such as commu ­nism and fascism and aoartheid ,

Th ere is another great rea sonwh v 'Contact' is anti-communist,and that is because 'Contact' isaga inst colonialism and imperi al­ism . And communist Russia, withsemi-fascist Portugal, is one of the

Pondokkies are built of oldcorrugate d iron and sla ts and theren t is R2 a month . Pondokkiesare not good. but accor ding totohe City Council they are. Andthe neonle have to bu y the ir ownmaterial to buil d them.

The emergencv hous es are bu iltbv the Council. For one room therent is R I 63 a month: two room s"R 3.35, and three ro oms R4.88.These houses are bu ilt of corm­r-ated iron and have no ceiling orfloors . On hot davs they are likeovens .a nd on cold davs like ice.Cft1 windy days the dust is in­tolerable.

The rent for brick houses isR7.50 a mont h for a dining room ,2 bedrooms and kitchen . There areno doors. except the front andback doors . no floor s and noce ilings, bathrooms, pantry. Th elavatory is outside. -

D. T AMAN ANyang a West. C.T,

yonga - PIoce 01Persecution

WE WANT SOUTH AFRICAKICKED OUT!

EDITORIAL

Never in my l ife have T seena place of persec ution like Nyangalocation. When I returned fromiail after the st ate of emergencyin 1960, I found m yself in anotherjail.

The hous es are surrounded bydirt and filth. ov erflowing dust­bins an d flies. and the smell vlavatories. Each lava torv is used'by two or three families.

The life is bard at Nyanga,Every now and th en a N vlon vangoes round and r ou nd for passesand liquor. This van waits at theentrance to the lo ca tion, stoppingPeople coming f rom work, whileinside the buses polic emen al sosearch for liqu or. The Nvlonfollows the bus to the terminuswhere all parc els are opened andsearched.

There are th ree kinds of housesat Nyanga. fl) Pondokk ies, (2)Emergency houses, (3) Brickhouses.

ISAAC MOGASE

Protests at Murder ofLumumba

Dag went to the Congo to helpLumumba but he was a wolf insheep's clo thin g and showed him­self a suppo rter of colonialism. Hemust answe r for the murder ofLurnumba as much as Tshombe,the stooge of the Belgians. Lu­mumba is dead , but his spirit is asalive as ever and it is only amatter of time before his visioncomes to fruition.

DOUGLAS SPARKSJohannesburg.

S. P. MOKHOSI

Keep Them ShortIn recent weeks, especially

since the murder of Lurnumba,New Age ha s been inundatedwith letters from correspon­dents. We ask our readers to bepatient: we will try to placethem all in due course, evenif in very much shortenedform. To make things easierfor our editorial staff , we askreaders please to keep theirletters as short as possible.

Lumurnba's name is writtenamongst the he roic African libera ­tors who were brutally murderedbecause of their love and loyaltyto their people. All freedomfighters of Af rica must now uniteto free their continent from theh ands of the imperi a lists. Lumum­ba's blood will bri ng freedom toAfrica.

leribe.

The false. traitorous, Whitemercena ry-seeking paid stoogeT shornbe , the corrupt and despise dKasavubu-Mobutu clique, backedb y the Un ited States and Belgium,stand in the dock of worldopin ion , accused of the greatestcrime aga inst the freedom-strivingpeoples of Af rica-the murder ofthe Congol ese hero, Patrice Lu­mumba.

These crimina ls, who dealt ablow against Congolese freedom,must remember that they cannotand will not be allowed to cheatjustice. They cannot betray theinterests of the Congolese peoplefor the benefit of foreign ex­ploiters. whose hirelings they are.Their hands are foul and sordid.The sacred blood of Patrice Lu­mumba and h is comrades calls forjustice.

MALEK RASCOlJohannesburg.

Springs.

We mourn the death of the firstAfrican Prime Minister of theCongo, Pat rice Lurnumba. Hefought to the bitter end for aun ited Congo , working hard toform a single nation out of thedivers indigenous peoples of theCongo. The Congo freedom strug-gle is the heart of the African ,---------- - -------­freedom struggle , Victory forCongo independence opens thewa y to victo ry for all Africa .

E. B. MKABILE

Alexandra.

What happened to Mr. Lumum­ba clearly shows us that the West,through Harnmarskjoeld, standsfor the perpetuation of theoppression of the masses. Theywant to continue to exploit, suckand rob the Africans of their landand wealth . They are there tosuppress an y people's uprisingagainst colon ialism.

To Harn marskjoeld we say: Wecannot pardon you . You must re­sign. 'To Tshombe, Kasavubu andMobutu we say: You havebrought shame to all freedom­loving Africa . We shall never restso long as you are still breathing.

To Lumu mba we say: Sleep , inpeace . You died for what wasright. You are ou r hero, ourmart yr.

see ma ny more birthdavs." Theonly a ppropria te birth day pre­sent to send is cash-we needthis all the time to contin ueth e fight .

POST YOUR PR ESENTRIGHT AWA Y! IT MA Y BEA WEEK LATE . BUT BET­TER LATE THAN NEVER.

Last Week's Donations:

Cape Town:Dance ticket s R4 . C.M.A.

R2 . Anon ymou s 25c, Dia mondR 25.

Johanneshurg:Minni e Coli s. R26. Minn ie

Colis. R8. Johnny R30. MR80 , Fe!. RI50, DR R IO, SockR20 , WE R20 , Art R50, AlecRIO, M R20 , Izzy R20, KapR40 , M R20. Mar R IO.50,Lieb R6 .30. El i R20 . Doc R IO.Man R50, Mar y & Bennie R::!O.

GRAND TOTAL: R6SI.2S.

LAST week we should havecelebrated a very impor­

tant event in the history of theSouth African liberation strug­gle: the 24th birthday of theprogressive press.

It was in February 1937 thatthe first issue of what was thencalled "The Guardian" ap­peared . It has been follow edby several newspapers then ­the Clarion, the People'sWorld, Advance and now NewAge . Each of these newspapersin its turn has stood by theprogressive movement andpublicised its every campaign.In fact New Age was one ofthe original accused in theT reason Trial and continuesto be harried by the Govern­ment in many different ways.

We feel sure that ourreade rs would like to say"h app y birthday, progr essivepress, and ma y ~ou live to

PONDO LEADERSAPPEAL

An ExiLe's Tragedy

tions and the incredible formsof injustice that the Africansare subject to- there are sometraits in South African life thatseem even more astonishing tothe foreigner. I have seenAfricans being insul ted, smileto each other 10 a calm confi­dent way as if the white bosswere an irresponsible child.

"The generosity of the Afri­cans is the miracle of SouthAfrica. I suppose it is one ofthe qualities that make apart­heid supporters so scared.What tremendous assets mustnot be hidden in the Africanpeople that are just running towaste under the present set­up."

system is exerting."The apartheid laws can

claim no universal recognitionor respect. They are so unfairand cruel that the very wordlaw has become a mockery.The law that should 'be tbevery foundation of a civilisedcommurnty-e-what can be moredisastrous for a nation than acontemp tible law'! The apart­heid legislation asks foranarchy."

Replying to my questionabout racial attitudes amongpeople, she said:

"One of the things thatstrikes a foreigner in SouthAfrica is the rudeness withwhich the Africans are treatedby the non-pigmented in evenl-lday life. Even as paying custo- IImers in shops, they are ofteninsulted. Very many of thenon-pigmented seem to get afit of bad temper as soon asthey see an African. Withrough and subtle means theymake him understand that theyare annoyed at having tobreathe the same air, andreally there ought to be aseparate SUN in the sky strict-ly FOR 'EUROPEANS ON­LY.'

"Or else they take up abroad-minded attitude of con­stant forgiving, 'Well the na­tives can' t help being borno lack . . . that's what I keeptelling everybody .. .'

MISJUDGED"If a foreigner asks a non­

pigmented nationalist why theAtricans are not allowed tohave trade unions or why thosewho wish to go abroad cannotget passports or any other in­evitable question, he alwaysgets a mouthful of the whiteman's sufferings: how terribleit is to be misjudged 'by thewhole world. 'Nobody under­stands Our racial problems, weare sold and betrayed by thewestern world, although we arethe only people on tms conn­nent to defend the great ideasof western civilisation"

"To make people work likeslaves and deprive them of themost fundamental humanrights is in South Africa called'domestic affairs' or the 'solu­tion to our racial problems' ..•

About the African's lifegenerally Sara had this to say:

" In spite of all the frustra-

INTERVIEW WITHSARA L1DMAN

"Apartheid Is Legalised Theft"

ANFrom J. J. Hadebe

Dar es Salaam, Feb. 28.

Y~~~~~~o\he ~~~i%ric~Hotel, one of the leadinghotels in Dar, to interview Mrs.Sara Lidman, who recentlyarrived here from Johannes­burg, after the collapse of theimmorality case against her andPeter "Phogy" Nthite.

We sat and chatted over abeer and cold drink on thehotel frontage, and later wentin to dine together, amidstother hotel residents, mostlyEuropeans, but really Tangan­yikans, of different colours.

There was nothing funny,odd or unusual to anyone.about this spectacle-whichcould easily have caused anuproar in the highly civilisedand christianised Circles in S.A.Everybody around here wentabout hIS or her own business,as if nothing was happening­as it ought to be.

After dinner, we settleddown to discuss her observa­tions and impressions aboutSouth Africa.

APARTHEIDAnswering my question

about aparthe id, she had thisto say, amongst other points:

"The apartheid system Is aform of legalised theft. Whentwo workers, an African anda European do exactly thesame sort of work, the Euro­pean l:ets twice or thrice thesalary of his fellow-worker­that is sheer robbery.

"The non-pigmented chapmay be innocent and well­meaning in himself - thesystem makes him a thief. TheAfrican women's motherlinessis stolen from their own child­ren and given to the non-pig­mented women's children.There are thousands of Afri­can mothers who hardly knowtheir babies because all theirtime and , attention has to bespent in the service of Euro­pean families.

"The pleasure of home lifeis stolen from the thousands ofAfricans who must spend theirfew hours off work in back­yard shacks or in the minecompounds. The human rightof a decent education is deniedto most Africans-that is per­haps the most diabolical formof theft that the apartheid

JOHANNESBURG.

'THI~d~~fe:eln to~o ~~l ~~~ ~~e~~~ance at an unlawful meeting wasargued in the Appeal Court atBloemfontein last week.

The five leaders now in prisonawaiting their appeal because theCrown refused them bail are MessrsH. Mbodla, S. Mpini, SolomonMadikizela, T. Tshangela and M.Tshangase.

It was argued in their appeal thatthey did not have a fair trial.

Mr. J. Siovo, for the five men,said the court had convicted on theevidence of a single witness, but themagistrate had hampered the de­fence in its cross-examination ofthis witness. The magistrate had re­fused to allow the defence to ques­tion the witness on what he hadsaid at the meeting which the fiveaccused are alleged to haveaddressed illegally.

The witness had said in evidencethat he was a supporter of the gov­ernment and liked Bantu Authori­ues. But M the meeting he hadspoken against tribal authorities.1 he refusal to allow the defence tocross-examine the witness was afatal irregularity because the defencemight have been able to show thatthe witness was an accomplice, orall 'agent-provocateur,' a spy or aninformer, and therefore an unreli­able witness.

IIt was also argued that the sen­

tence was excessive.The Appeal Court reserved judge­

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NEW AGE. THURSDAY , MARCH 9.1961

JOHANNESBURG.Mr. David Moiloa, one of the

leaders of the Zeerust Baphurutsepeople's struggle against passes forwomen and Bantu Authorities, andnow one of South Africa's exiles,rushed to the bedside of his dyingwife in Johannesburg last week,only to find that he was two hourstoo late. Mr. Moiloa broke downand wept.

Mrs. Elizabeth Moiloa was takencritically ill a week ago, and layunconscious in the Coronation Hos­pital with a stroke.

Me. Moiloa first heard of hiswife's illness last Wednesday after­noon at his place of exile at Es­howe, Zululand, when an African

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special seven-day permit to visit hiswife.

The Moiloas have an l l-year-olddaughter Salome.

No Place To Call Home

Nathan MolaoaArrested Again

MASERU.

MR~xe~~i~~a':ne;t~a~~ , th;OC~;Western Committee of the ANC.has been arrested in Quthing underthe Prohibition of ImmigrationAct.

He had been endorsed out of CapeTown under the Urban Areas Actin 1958 and he went to stay withhis people in Basutoland. He wasatrested and sent back to the Union.

After being refused entry to onetown after another, Mr. Molaoawas eventually allowed to seekwork in Knysna, where he remaineduntil the outbreak of the emer­gency in March 1960, when he wasarrested and sentenced to sixmonths imorisonment, His crimewas that he read extracts from theCape Times dealing with events atthe beginning of the emergency to agroup of Africans in Knysna.

He served his period of imprison­ment in the George prison, and onrelease was again endorsed out­this time from Knysna. Finding itimpossible to enter any urban areain the Union, he returned to Basu to­land.

Now he has been arrested again.If he is sent back to the Union bythe Basutoland authorities, wherecan he go?

His wife Irene and one of hischildren are in Cane Town-sheonce again trying to save enoughmoney to join him wherever he maybe. His other two children weresent to him in Basutoland just overtwo months ago.

Speakers at the meeting which was held in Pietermaritzburg lastweek to mourn the death of Patrice Lumumba, Over 600 people

~~~~:::rstJ:elr:~~Ji~ ~:::s.~~~t~:F:.~~~~ ~~b~~~~~~~Tshombe clique. A resolution demanding that the Liberal Party makeits attitude clear on the statements of Patrick Duncan vilifying

Lnmumba W~i also adopted unaniJoously.

(Continued from page I)

niser and Transvaal executive memober), Duma Nokwe and Mr. Shope.

Mr. Paul Mosaka has also re­signed but for reasons of pressureof work only. Mr. Mosaka toldNew Age on Monday that his resig­nation had nothing to do with thePAC-Liberal Party stand. The so­called African Nationalist stand ina multi-racial country was unrealis­tic. he commented.

The Liberal Party for somestrange reason seems keen to blockthis first major gathering of theAfrican people since before the Alberton ~fric~ns !ivin2 in Tokoza Township and working in the industrial township of Alredo haveemergency but will have a tough been walking SIX miles a day for the past two weeks in a boycott of the Alberton municipal buses. Tbe~~~~i~~r~~g ~ith jUt~~yf~;~~OC~~'g boycott started after the introdu ction of higher decimal fares which added an extra halfpenny to the old

~~Iti~~~i:r g=~1e:e t t~gai~~~r~~~~ I \V~~~~~~f~a~r~e~o$f ~4ds·~5~5~5~5~5~5$5~5$5~~~~~11oppression, but, it is suspected. alsonervous of the Pietermaritzburgconference for the role it is likelyto play in showing popular Africanrejection of their extreme nationalistpolicies.

The statement of the former PACmen distorts the aims of the Pieter­marltzburg conference, which are,first, to build African unity; second,to demand a new constitutionIramed at a national convention re­prer;entative of all South Africans.

MA ITIBURGCONFERE CE

500 At SwazilandMeeting

JOHANNESBURG.More than 500 oeonle attended

a public meeting held bay the Swazi­land Progressive Party in Bremers­dorp recently.

Opening the meeting, the chair­man asked the audience to rise insilent prayer in honour of Mr.Patrice Lumumba.

At the end of the meeting a reso­lution was passed deploring thecold-blooded murder of Lumumbaand placing the responsibility for hisdeath four-square on the shouldersof Tshombe, the greatest stoogesell-out Africa has ever produced.

The meeting unanimously recog­nised Me. Gizenga, the formerdeputy Prime Minister of theCongo, as the legitimate successorto Lumumba.

Another resolution denounced therand-cent coinage and called for apetition to the British Governmentto "request the removal of the un­called for coinage system."

Speakers were Me. J. Nquku ,leader of the party; Dr. A. P.Zwani. secretary; and Me. D. Dla­mini. leader of the party's Youthleague.

cue, Geo1'le Peak e.

They LedBusmen To Viclory

Thr ee of the busmea 's leaders in Port Eliza beth : left to right, Mr .C. D. Hollo, chairman of the executive; Mr. S. Marwanga, cha man

of the works committee; and Mr. J. M. Mtshayi, secretary.

ELECTION VICTORY FORGEORGE PEAKE

life he had to leave again.In the Engcobo distr ict the pre­

paratory examination of the menwho are alleged to have murder edSpalding Matyile and WilliamMtambeka continues.

The accused are discla iming thestatements they made While theywere being interrogated by thepolice . They state that they mad ethe confess ions as a result oftorture.

Not conte nt with starvin g thepeople in order to get them to ac­cept the Government's diab olicBantu sta n and Betterment Schemes,the BAD in Decem ber last yearserved notice on all anti -Bantu Au­thori ties tribesmen that they wouldhave to move from their presentsites to newly defined residentiallocat ions.

Mrs. Zulu, whose husband wasdepo rted in 1959 for opposingBantu Authorities, states in a letterreceived in Durb an last week: "...One child is ill . . . I cann ot sendher to a doc tor as I have no money. . . I have been told by the autho­rities that I must move to a newresident ial area . . • My husbandbeing banished, who will build thenew house for me?"

This is the plight in which thosecpposed to Bantu Aut horities findthemselves.

EVICTIONS

Four huts were razed to theground on the expiry date of thenotice but the angry reacti on of thepeople in the area stopped anyfurther dest ruction.

Th e thre at of eviction still hangsover the hea ds of the people, buttribesm en who attended last week'sSACTU conf erence in Durban wereemphatic that the y will fight backif they a re forced to move.

geography," he said . "We slipthr ough in between the closingranks of the ra iding parties. But ifthey should see one trying to escapethey do not hesitate to shoot."

Th e man said that for weeks nowthey had no t slept indoors.

BRUTALITYFrom all the areas where the

army and the police are cond uc tingtheir raids come urgent appeals for

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of men are subjected during thesearches an d at the screen ing depo ts.

Every where the cry goes up:"You must rep ort the way the peo­ple, including women and childrenare beaten up, and the way thepolice bre ak Iato hu ts in the deadof night."

M URDER CHARGEFive peo ple have been arrested on

an a llegatio n of the mur der of thelate Octavius Ngudle, Cha irman ofthe Schoo l Boord and Bantu Au tho­rities supporter, who was shot deadat a wedding party on September 17last year.

They are: Mr. Situn da, an ex­teach er ; Mr. Kwesaba, a neighbourof the late Ngudle; Mr. S. Madala,Secretary of the School Board atTsolo; h is younger brother and hismoth er, Mrs . D. Madala, an auntto Chief Sandi Majeke,

TORTUREA number of well-known Chiefs

in Tembuland and other parts of theTranskei hav e long deserted theirhomes. Chie f Yengwa, wlio nar row­ly escaped death last year, has beenliving at Umtata, Recently he is re­ported to have shifted to Cicira, butafter rumours of a threat to his

TENSIO GROWINGIN ZULULAND

Yet Another- Bloody ClashOver Bantu Authorities .

2 Killed, Many Wounded in

NEW AG E, T HU RSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961

From George M bele

D UR BAN.TENSION is mounting in Thog azi,

in the district of Nongoma, seatof the Para mount Chief of theZulus, Cyprian Bekizulu , as a resultof continued harassment by theGovernment of the tribe , which hasalmos t unanimously rejected BantuAuthorities.

The people's best fields have beenexpropriated and given away toothers who have accep ted BantuAuthorities. Tribesmen who areopposed to the Government'sscheme for the area, denied the rightto culti vate their lands , are starving.

One woman in a pathetic letter toNew Age says : "We are starving••• We have not cultivated our landfor three years now • • • I havefour children and they are naked

• . My husb and was depo rted in1960 ••• I just do not kno w whatto do now."

Another tribesm an interv iewed byNew Age said: "I was .rece ntly fined£20 for ploughing my land. A shortwhile after tha t I was fined £2 ISs.for cutting down fences that wereg~ci~fs.'~round our land by BAD

For two years now this tribesmanhas not been allowed to cultivatehis land . He is the father of sixchildre n and is expected to pay£2 ISs. poll tax annua lly.

S.A. CourtesyLE RIBE.

A Mosotho who decided to movefro m the Transvaal to Basutolandsent his building materials and fur­niture by rail. The goods weredescrib ed by the railway authoritiesas follows : "Een tr ek, Kaffer trek."

in South Africa , ProfessorMatthe ws supported the call for aNa tional Convention, saying: ".•.In spite of arrests and deten tions .depo rtations and bannings, politicalvitupe rations and other forms ofabuse, the cry for a new NationalConven tion to dra w up a new con­stitu tion for a new South Africa isbeing heard more frequently indifferent quarters, among groupswith varying politi cal views.

"This cry i; not a chea p politicaldebating point but arises out of thehunger of millions of ordinarySouth Africans for a political struc­ture in which they will all have astake and of which they can hejustly proud,"

CIVI L LIBER TIESSupporting the call for aNa-

the invisible Bechuanaland FederalParty ) who was enforcing the colourbar at the Mahala pye Hotel despit ethe Co mmissioner's proclamationthat all ho tels and bars must beopen to all the peopl e of the terri­tor y. Th e Subordinate African Au­tho rity had decided that no Africancould be allo wed into the hote lwithout his per mission, and themanagem ent of the hotel was veryhapp y to carry out this instruction .

The meeting also attacked theconstitutio nal proposals for theLegislat ive Cou ncil, and demandedthat the constitut ion be amended.

The Legislative Council was acouncil of chiefs only, the meetingsaid. The prese n t constitu tion splitup the peo ple into tribes, and it wastime that the tribes became onenat ion.

The meeting was addr essed byMr. K. T. Motsete, President of theBPP, who explained the aims andobjec ts of the party.

Enthusiastic Conference of N.l.C.

Indian Backing ForNational Convention

Prolesl 01 Colour' Barsin Bechuanaland

Fr om Mandhla Nk osiP IETE RM ARITZ BURG .

"I~etCu~~gsoo~ :hsp~ ;o~~great man who said:

"'We will not falter. We wiDnot fail. We will reach the earth­works if we live, and if we failwe will leave our spirit in the rewho fo llow, and they will nottur n back. AU is read y. Bugler ,blow the charge '."With these inspiring words , Pro­

fessor Z. K . Matth ews, for mer CapePresident of the banned Afri canNat ional C ongress. opened the 13thAnn ual Provincial Conference ofthe Natal Indian Co ngress whichwas held a t the Lotus Hall, Pieter­mar itzburg last week-end.

Analysing the political situa tion

Where they do differ to some extent from Dull es.. is that they are somewhat bett er att uned to the

realities of the world situation. Th ey are not qu iteof the D Ulles, Verwoerd granite-wall type-they areprepared to make small concessions to public deman dhere and there in order to avoid the humiliatingclimb-downs necessitated by the tough, rigid linepursued by their predecessors in office.

Thus at one stage in the dying days of the Eisen­hower Admin istra tion it appeared that the Ll.S, mightintervene directl y with troops in the Congo an d inLaos. Rockefeller actually called upon the U.S. totake over the Congo by armed force.

Kennedy, while continuing to pursue an inflexiblepolicy towa rds Cuba. decide d not to rush in asclumsily as Rockefeller suggested.

Whereas Dulles had regar ded neutralism as beinlan enem,. of the U.s., and whereas the EisenhowerAdministration Oatly refused to tolerate a neutralistregime in Laos, Kennedy decided that it was after aUpossible to do a deal with the neutralists.

Thus in Laos his Ambassador persuaded the loca lKing to call for a round-table conference sponsoredby neighbouring territories to settle the crisis. Anumber of neutralist countries were appr oached to

WORLD ~ SfAGEBy Spectator

assist in a scheme whereby a governm ent consistingof an anti-C ommunist alliance of right-wing andneutralist for ces in Laos could be set up. Unfortu­nately for him, the respons e was not as he hadhoped : Am erica' s dictator friends in SEATO werealarmed at this toenadering with the neu tra lists, andthe neutrali sts themselves, such as the leaders ofCambodia, refused 10 AO along with the schemewhereby the left -wing forces in Laos wou ld be solddown the river.

KENNEDY'S DILEMMAThis experience in Laos epitomises the U.S.

foreign p olicy dilemma :• If the U.S. wishes to win frien ds in Asia, it

must att une itself to the mass suppo rt for socialismor neutralism, but if it does so, then it must sacrificeits best fri ends in the area , such as the tyran ts whorule For mosa , Viet Nam, Thailand and Pakis tan.

• Similar ly in Africa, if the Americans associatethemse lves with African natio nalism, they must hitout against the ir European part ners in NAT O.

The U.S. Democra tic Partymight well succeed in foolinga lot of the Ame rican votersa 101of the time, e.g., in per­suading the North that itwants an extension of rightsfor the Negroes and theSouth that it will maintainwhite supremacy. But it willnot be so easy to fool thepeople of Africa. and Europe.Similarly, Mr. Williams' vote­catching techniques might bevery effective in Detroit, but will no t have the sameresults in Afri ca.

It is no t that the Africans object to his heartymanner. Wha t they suspect is its genuine ness. "Aman of high education and intelligence, (Williams)ofte n appeared to debase himself in his search forvotes, denying his background, roughenina his speech,and adopting lPmmicks such as his now famous

gr~:;wat~:~~t:a::~~U:~dUcts him. Palapye, Bechuanaland.

se lf in a direct and h earty fashion, people do ~Idfi~: :v:~Ii~:r;:':i~~:n ot wonder about his sinceri ty , for they know Bechuanaland Protectorate was or­that he was a wo rking man and not a million- ga~ed by the Bechuanaland Pee.aire. When millionaire Williams, on ~e other ~::th.Party at Mahalapye last

h an d , acts as tbough b e were a working man, Resolution s accepted by thethen he is bound to b e suspect. crowd of over 100 p~ple-

In any event, U,S. foreign policy in Africa will be • deplore d the existence of thedecided on deeds rather than words . If the U .S. were colou r bar ID hotels, bar s, tra de,to trains , shop s and other walks of life

• help topple the Verwoerd Govern ment; inle:d~~~la~~; rally aroun d the• refuse to supply arms to the French and Por- BPP for the purpos e of eliminating

tuguese colonialists; these evil pra ctices;

. • back the. dem~ratic forces in the Congo; . an~ a~~:~~~ ::m~:~t t~g~~~~• remove Its military bases fro m North Af rica ; emplo yers who victimised workers• sto p interfering in the internal po litics of Af ri- for mixing with whites in bars and

can organisations ; and ho tels.

• provide aid without strings, then it woul d win AFRICAN AUTHORITYall the friends in Africa. it could poss ibly want. There was strong criticism of theINSTEAD OF T HIS, ALL WE GET IS-SOAPY atti tude of the Subo rdinate Africa nWILLIAMS. Auth ority (who was also leader of

WILLIA S TRIES TO SOFT·SOAP AFRICA

NEW AGE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961

"Famous For His Green Spotted Bow-Tie"

N OBODY can co m p lain that th e new U.s.Assistant Sec retary of St ate for A fri ca,

Mr. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, is no t fle xi b le.During his recent tour th r ough A fr ica, beshowed that he was in fact so flexible that heco ul d tie himself up into the most ela b orate

knots.Part of the trouble is that Soapy knows next to

nothing about Africa . When Kennedy was elec.tedPresident he rightly decided thart Africa was an im­

port ant place on the wor ld .sce~e, and. merited theappointmen t of a specialist In bis Ca binet, He had

at his disposal a number ofpersons who not only hadshown a lifelong interest inAf rica, but who also wouldhave been immensely popularin Africa. if chosen for thejob. One thinks of peo ple likePaul Robeson , or the founderof the pan-African movem ent,Dr. Du Bois, or the Rev.Mar tin Luth er K ing.

But Soapy Williams hadthe edge over these men. ForKennedy, "it must be ad­mitted , owed Mr. Williams a

debt for his work in the (election) campa ign andperha ps wished to compensate him for not gettina thejob he wanted-the Department of Health, Ed uca­tion and Welfare." (London Times 24.2.61.)

WHITETOES •••Armed with these qualifications, as well as his

green bow tie with white dots, a pair of aris tocr atichands calloused by years of handsh aking and back­slapping, and a tongue that hurls 'bricks in al l direc­tions. Mr. .Williarns descended on Ken ya last mo nth .

His drive to lead Africa under the tutelage of theU.S. did not get off to a good start "Th e beginn ing,it is feared," writes the Times' correspondent inWashington, "h as not been particularly auspicio us.He has trodden on black toes as well as white in thepast few days, endorsin g 'Af rica for the Africans' inKenya and telling African men that they must helptheir wives with fa rrnwork, "

This at least one can say for Soapy-he is ent irelynon-racial when it comes to stepping on toes .

His first salvoes were aimed at winning Afri cansupport in Kenva. Thus he should ered stiff-lippedWhites out of the way in order to have himselfphotographed with Mboya , and declared that as faras he was concerned he 'believed in "Af rica for theAfricans ."

Th e Whites a nd their Tory friends in Londonwere extremely angered. H ow dare this sports-shi rtednovice fro m America come and tell them how to runthei r colon ial affairs?

Mr . Williams proceeded to climb down . Brita inhad don e a wonderful job in Afri ca, he insisted, andby the term Africans, he did not only mean Afri cans,he meant Whit es and Asians as well.

Later he went to the Congo, where his flexibilityproved itself well. Th ere he decla red that the U.S. isbacking Kasavubu, and wants the United Natio nsto work throu gh the Kasavubu 'government' At th isstage it became clearer .what he ~eant by Af~ca forthe Afri cans-the true interpr etation was: Africa forthe pro-American Africans.

•• • AND BLACKThen he elaborated upon the U.S. interest in

Afri ca. What Wash ington wanted to do, he stated,was to send people to Afric a to train the Africans inthe art of government. With this stat ement he show edthat he had learnt quite a lot during his stay on ourcontinent: he was able to trot out the very phrasewhich has been used by the British, F rench, Belgianand Portuguese coloni alists over the centuries tojustify their cru el coloni alism here .

Whereupon he betook himself back to the U.S.before he could be forced to contradict his contra­dictions.

By all accounts, Soapy Williams is not a stu pidman and the extent to which he is prepared to jet ti­son the bli nk-of-war poli cies of the late Fos terDulles is only to be welcomed . One can have a lotof fun picturin g him getting un der th~ skin of theBritish officials , but it would be unwise to Ignorethe more serious aspects of his African tour.

DULLES DIFFE RENT?Basically , U.S. foreign policy has not.cha~ged since

the days of Dulles. The Kennedy Cabinet IS heavi lylarded with millionaires who regard the art of govern­ment and foreign policy as being ~yn~nymous .withensuring that the system of capitalism flounshesthroughout the worl d.

As far as Africa is concerne d, their ma in desire­is to keep our continent as a source of cheap ra wmateria ls for their industry, as a sour ce of cheaplabo ur for their man ufacturers, as a mark et for th eirgoods, as a location for their military bases, and asa part of the 'free world' in which capita lism isdomina nt.

NEW AGE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9,1961

~ CR IlN CASE NOT CO EREBY INDICT EN ,SAYS AISELS

UP MY ALLEYI SEE that instead of appointing

a Coloured consul to the Poly­nesian Islands, a member of theCAD was given the job of openingthe !:rape festival in Paarl . . .He was last seen handing out gui­tars to winners of some farmlabourers' competition . . . I sup­pose that in return he had to do

Crown CaseEnds

On the personal position ofaccused Nelson Mandela, a Johan­nesburg attorney, Mr. G. Hoexter(for the Crown) submitted that theevidence of the accused showedthat he was aware of and fullysupported the African NationalCongress attitude towards the Libe­ratory Movement in South Africa aswell as in the rest of Africa andelsewhere in the world. He de­manded the destruction of thepresent state and the substitutiontherefor of a form of state differingradically and fundamentally fromthe present state.

The accused knew that the ANCwanted a form of state known as a"People's Democracy" and that Itwould certainly be a state based 0 :1the Freedom Charter and possiblya Communist State such as the S0­viet Union or the People's Demo­cracy of China or Hungary.

The accused supported the viewof the ANC that the new state de­sired by them was to be achievedby extra-parliamentary, unconstitu­tional and illegal action, includingthe use of violence and the over­throw of the state by violence. Theaccused strongly believed in massaction as a method of politicalstruggle, and the requisite that so­cial forces in this country shouldbe mobilised and conditioned forthe tasks of a militant mass move­ment which was the only guaranteeof ultimate victory. He regarded themasses as an effective instrumentfor coercing the Government byillegal means and imperilling thestability and security of the state,and he had in mind that violencewas a likely result of mass action.

Mr. 1. De Vos QC , leader of theCrown team, argued on Mandela'sknowledge of Communism. He saidthe accused applied and propagatedthe Communist analysis of the pre­sent state in the Union and theCommunist methods to replace theexisting state in South Africa andaimed at the establishment of aCommunist state in the Union. Theaccused KNEW THAT THEACHIEVEMENT OF THIS OB­JECTIVE WOULD INVOLVEVIOLENCE.

that these meant "sharpened oppo­sition and sharpened antagonism."Mr. de Vos submitted that thesewords meant physical clash.

Mr. Justice Bekker: What is thedifference if a person says, "In ourstruggle we know the Governmentis going to use violence but youmust retaliate?"

Mr. de Vo.>: If the person whosays that is a Communist, it is aquestion of tactics.

Accused Gert Siba nde was thenext to be dealt with by Mr. Hoex­ter. He said that Sibande felt verystrongly about the removal of theWestern Areas and was actively in­volved in the campaign against it.He supported the ANC policy thatthe new form of state would beachieved by extra-parliamentary,unconstitutional and illegal a-ction,including the use of violence andthat the people had to be preparedand conditioned for the overthrowof the state by violence. He parti­cipated in the defiance of certainlaws. The Crown submitted that theaccused had a hostile intent andadhered to the conspiracy.

Freedom VolunteerOn the personal position of ac­

cused Patrick Molaoa, Mr. Hoextersubmitted that he was a FreedomVolunteer and took an active partin the Western Areas campaign. Theaccused saw this campaign not asan isolated act of resistance but asa facet of the 'broader liberatorystruggle.

The accused knew that it was thepolicy of the ANC to establish aPeople's Democracy in SouthAfrica and he addressed meetings infurtherance of the ANC policy. Hesupported the Freedom Charter andas a volunteer took an active partin the preparations for the Congressof the People. He attended theCongress of the People in Klip­town in June, 1955., Mr. Hoexter made the submission

that the accused accepted that if the

oppressed people persisted in theirlibe ratory struggle a physical clashwith the state, involving loss of life,was likely. He took the view thatthe Government was ready todrown the whole country in bloodif there wasa prospect of preservingwhite supremacy. He accepted thataccording to Congress policy theywould not get freedom unless theywere prepared to shed blood.

ImperialismMr. Hoexter made similar submis­

sions in regard to the accused EliasMoretsele, He submitted that Mo­retsele regarded the imperialistpowers to be under the influence ofAmerican leadership and ready toplunge the world into anotherbloodbath. Moretsele said that theenslaved masses everywhere werevery much indebted to the USSRand China, the new democracies,and India for the role they wereplaying in international politics. Heaccepted the need for a clear politi­cal Ideology. He accepted that al­though their oppression wasnation­al in character, it had nonethelessan economic basis. He knew thatfor the ANC poli tical democracyremained an empty form withoutthe base of economic and industrialdemocracy, and that in particularCongress stood for far-reachingagrarian reforms involving the re­distribution of land amongst thepeasants.

Communism

Defiance CampaignDealing with the Defiance Cam­

paign, Mr. Hoexter submitted thatthe accused had full knowledge ofthe nature and scope and the pur­pose of the campaign. The fact thathe fully supported it was indicatedby the fact that he played a leadingrole in it. The accused was a mem­ber of the National Action Commit­tee set up to conduct the DefianceCampaign and he was the NationalVolunteer-in-Chief and was there­fore in charge of the volunteers,Further, the accused knew that theDefiance Campaign was extremelydangerous to tho stability of thestate, and he had a hostile intent.

Addressing a gathering of morethan 800 people in Kimberley re­cently, Mr. G. Naidoo said that thefuture of South Africa could not bebuilt on moral injustice. The peopleshould unite and fight apartheid, hesaid.

NEW AGE, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961

6 Any attempt directed to-wards partially or fully

undermining the national unityand territori al integrity of acountry is incompatible witbthe aims and principles of theUN Charter.

P.E. Coloureds BackConvention Call

1 All states must strictly andundeviatingly observe the

articles of the Charter of theUnited Nations. the UniversalDeclaration of Human Rightsand this declaration, on thebasis of equality, non-interfer­ence in the internal affairs ofall states. respect for the sove­reign rights of all peoples andthe territorial integrity ofstates.

u.s. Racialists

Persecute NegroVoters

PORT EUZARETH.A meeting att ended bv about 50

Coloured lead ers prawn from n rac­ticallv all Coloured orea nisotions intnl' Pastern Cane includinz theCPNU took place here over theweek-end. Mr. Joe Daniels. th- or­"'lnisinl! secr- tarv, came from CaneTown to addr ess them . and after­wards went on to Kimberlev to set11n a comrn ittee to work ·towardsthe- all-in Coloured Conference,

The idea received enth usiastlcsunnort here. Some of the oldestmen in the area said this was thf'"10"t re presenta tive meeting ofColoureds in the historv of the citv.

Snea kers at the meerinn emnh a­sised that they totally rejected apa-t­heid, It was ann oun ced at themeeting that a messaee of qreetin'!~

" fl rl ~UJ>port had come from fh~

Africans. The committee, whichconsists of ministers of relieion.doctors. teachers ann trade union­j"tc;. has as its r hairman Mr. H.Frasmus. while Dennis Brutus isthe secretary.

U.s. racists continue to persecuteNcero electors who took I"lart in thcPresidential elections, and-to imnosceconomic boycott against them.according to a New York repor t.

The mas azine New America rc­oorted that in Favette County, Ten­nessee, alone. 500 to 1.000· Negrofamilies were unable to eet foodand clothing because of the-boycott .As a resulttwo Negro children losttheir lives: one -died of hunoer andthe other was sick and died becausemedical treatment was denied him.

The macazine said that a Negrofar-n labour er and his wife and sixchildren were evicted from a farmwhere the father had toiled for17 lonz Years. Now he and hisfarnilv had to live in a tent duringthe winter.

The white racists also resorted toother meas ure s fa onnress theNeero voters. One Neero 'c1ergY1l1anwas banned from ridin e on a bus.He was also warned that he wouldhe killed if he dared to vot.. anain.Negro tena nts were denied the rightto redeem their mortgages from alocal bank.

4~~~si~~~e~c~;~~ssa~;nature whatsoever, directedagainst the dependentpeoples.must be stopped so that theymay be giventhe possibility ofexercising their right to com­plete independence under con­ditions of peace and freedom.and the territorial integrity oftheir national territories mustbe respected.

5 In the. trust an~ ~on-self-governing territones, as

well as in all other territorieswhich have not as yet receivedtheir independence, measuresmust be taken without delayto transfer all Power to thepeople of these territories inaccordance with their freelyexpressed will and desire.without any conditions or sti­pulations whatsoever, and re­gardless of race. religion,colour of their skin, so thatthey may be given the possi-

2 ~oll s~a~~~r:~~:ti~; ~;h:result of this right they freelyestablish their own politicalstatus and effect their owneconomic, social and culturaldevelopment.

3 Insufficient political, econo-mic and social prepared­

ness or preparedness in thefield of education should neverbe used as a pretext for delayin the granting of indepen­dence.

The General Assembly • • . solemnly proclaims the needof immediately and unconditionally putting an end to allcolonialism in all its forms and manifestations . • • and forthis purpo se declares that-

I ~fe~ ~~b~rf~~~~i~~oo~e ~e~d ~2~~1~~ mi~~~~:;n~~ t~~i~dominationand their exploita- freedom.tion are a denial of fun­damental human rights, con­tradict the UN Charter, andprevent the development ofco-operationand the establish­ment of peace throughout theworld.

PATRICE LUMUMB A.Thysville Prison.

The Dominican R epublic;Aust ralia;South Africa.The issue of calling for the

complete abolition of colonialismwas first raised in resolution format the Assembly by Soviet PremierKhruschov. Later the Afro-Asiancountries drafted a slightlyamended resolution which waseventually put before the Assem­bly for voting upon."We Solemnly Proclaim •• •"

The resolution consists of thead option of a declaration on colo­nialism which concludes asfollows:

Cruelti es, insults and torturecan never force me to askfor mercy, because I preferto die with head high, withind estructible faith andprofound belief in the des­tiny of our country thanto live in humility and re­nounce the principleswhich are sacred to me.

'OUR HISTORY'

" Emmwood-London Doily Mo il• • • THEN , AT 900, 0 00 FEET, YOU' LL GET THE FEELING THAT YOU~ HAVE A BA:-:ANA! '·

splendid and that I expectfrom them, as from everyCongolese. the fulfilment ofthe sacred task of restoringour independence and our so­vereignty.

Witbout dignity there is no free­dom. without justice there isno dignity, and without inde­pendence there are no freemen.

counted.Which were the countries that

supported the anti-colonialist dec­laration? ALMOST THE WHOLEWORLD-the list is too long towrite out in full .

Which were the countries thatrefused to vote for the resolution?

The list is not long:The United States of

America;Britain;France;Belgium;Portugal;Spain;

What drove the MONKEY' ---' N

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TS~•

The day will come when historywill speak. But it will not bethe history which will betau ght in Brussels, Paris,Wasbington or the UnitedNa tions.

It will be the history which willbe taught in the countrieswhich have won freedom fromcolonialism and its ouooets.

Africa .will write its own-history............-.............----..1 and 10 both north and south it~ill .be a history of glory anddignity,

Do not weep for me. I knowthlllt my tormented countrywill be able to defend its free­dom and its independence.

Long live the Congo! Long liveAfrica!

PREFER TO DIE WITHY HEAD HIGH..."

"IThe losl lelle~ of Patrice Lumumho

The following text of the lastletter written by Patrice LUl11um­ba, murdered Prime Minister ofthe Congo, is taken from theTunisian weekly paper Afrique­Action :MYdear wife, I am writing

these words to you, notknowing whether they willever reach you, or whetherI shall be alive when youread them .

Throughout my struggle for theindependence of our countryI have never doubted the vic­tory of our sacred cause, towhich I and my comrades havededicated all our lives.

But the only thing which Wewanted for our countr y is theright to a worthy life, to dig­nity without pretence, to in­dependence without restric­tions.

This was never the desire of the8el~ian colonialists and theirWestern allies, who received,direct or indirect. one n or con­cealed, supnort from somehiehly placed officials of theUnited Nation s, the bodyupon which we placed llIl ourhope when we appealed to itfor heln .

MAIN THINGThev seduced some of our com­

natriot s, bought others. anddid evervthinz to distort the~~~~e. and smear our indepen- p •

What I can say is this-alive or . - - --- - - - - - - - - - - - --- - --- - - - - - - ­dead. free or in jail-it is nota question of IT'epersonally.

The main thin.g is the Conao,our unhapny peonle, whoseindenendence is being tramp­led upon.

That is whv they have shut usawav ifl prison and whv th-vkeen us far awav from theneo nle. Rllt my faith remainsindestructible.

I know and feel deep in mv heartthat soon er or later mv "neon1ewill rid th em selv es of their in­t-rn al and external enemies.that th ey will rise un ~~ onein ord -r to Wi'l their dignityi., :l r1elln hntJ.

TO MY SONSWI'" ar- not alooe. Africa, Asia,

the free eeoples and tl,e neo­nles fightinz for their freedomin all corners of the worldwill always he side lw sidewith the °mQlionc; of Conzo­lese who will not eive up thestruggle while there is evenone colonialist or colonialistmercenary in our countr y.

To my sons, whom Tam leavlnzand whom, perhaps, 1 shall notsee again. I want to say thatthe future of the Congo is

S TAND up and be counted!This was the cry utte red by

the Afro-Asian delegates at the15th General Assembly of theUnited Nations as they called fora vote on their declaration callingfor the complete abolition ofcolonialism.

Eighty-nine countries stood upand were counted.

Nine countries refused to sup­port the anti-colonialist declara­tion-they sat and were not

ONLY NINE COUNTRIES REFUSED TO BACK UNO VOTECONDEMNING COLONIALISM -AND THE U.S. WAS ONE

OF THEM

NEW AGE.,THURSDAY, MARCH 9,1961

less serious Tory press with charac­teristic crudeness have commenceda ca mpaign of smear against the or­ganisers of the movement againstapartheid and for solidarity withSouth Africa's struggling Non-Whitepeoples.

But not even this helps-at theConservative Party's conference lastweek, youn~ Tories slated SouthAfrica and called for a "purifica­tion" of the Commonwealth by ex­cluding South Africa from mem er­ship.

It is in this environment of grow­ing expectation and crisis that SouthAfrica House makes its pitiful con­tribution with expensive advertise­ments in the press about the moral­ity of "separate development" andthe "sacrifices" of the while man inSouth Africa to helo the advance­ment of the African:

JOHANNESBURG.Of the ten PAC leaders being

tried for running an illegal organi­sation three have now been sent toprison and one acquitted.

Six trials are still to follow.Last week Mrs. Ellen Molapo was

sentenced to 12 months imprison­ment, three months suspended

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AFR'O-ASIANS WILLVOTE AGAINST S.A.

P.E. Walks Again

interest in allowing the Conferenceto break up in sharp disunity overits membership.

AlTEMPT WILL FAILBut there is now every sign that

Mr. Macmillan will fail in quashingthe issue of South Afnea .

It is not certain whether Dr. Ver­woerd has accepted Britain's advice.What is, however, clear is that Dr.

. Verwoerd is ill a particularly em­barrassing and humiliating position.His avowed purpose in London isto win continued Commonwealthstatus.

.--_---l_ I....ol ...L..... I Yet to secure this he will have toface, both in and outside the Con­ference, the most searching criti­cism and widespread demonstra tionsof hostility, White South Africa nowhas little hope of escaping the finalblow of political Isolation and con- BRmSH SOLIDARITYdemnation,

UNITED FRONT PLEASED , soJler~~;it~lilipoj~~~~ Af;:,~ntog~Mr. Oliver Tarrrbo, Dr. Y. Dadoo pressed. organised under the ban­

and other members of the United ners of the Anti-Apartheid Move­Front who toured Afro-Asian coun- ment and officially supported bytries were deeply impressed by the Labour, Communist and Liberalfavourable response to their repre- Parties as well as the trade unions.sentations. They were received by is maintaining a 72-hour vigil atMr. Nehru, Ceylon Premier Mrs. Lancaster House where the PrimeBandaranaike, the deputy Prime Ministers meet. This will remind theMinister of Malaya, and senior Prime Ministers of the number ofMinisters of Ghana and Nigeria. people killed at Sharpeville and

The open hostility to the regime Langa,of Dr. Verwoerd is an important Already the widespread nature offactor in the political life of these the demonstrations against Dr. Ver­countries, and the Afro-Asian Gov· woerd has compelled the police toernments can therefore hardly fail ban all parades outside South Africato pursue policies which do not re- House and the Dorchester Hotelfleet the unanimous fceIingJi of their (where Dr. Verwoerd is staying).peoples. Nevertheless, whenever Dr. Ver­

In Britain, the atmosphere sur- woerd appears in public he faces arounding the Prime Ministers' Con- demonstration. Thousands uponference is heavy with forebodings of thousands of people are determineda most serious crisis emerging over to make it quite clear to him justthe question of South Africa. The how much South Africa's racialTimes reports that the "conference I policies are hated abroad.this time is going to be no ordinarymeeting." The Guardian similarlyspeaks of "critical times" for the

~~m~~~ew~~th v~i;nt su:;:st~cW~r I 2 More PACZ~[~.s t~pa~~heidco~~ijd~s sso~~ Convictionslikely to dominate the Common­wealth Conference." The Economistreferring to the "fam iliar dilemmainvolved in South Africa's mem­bership" warns that "Britain's ownpolicy will be under close scrutinyby the African Commonwealth."

Sensing the great dangers forBritain's last but waning asset inworld economics and politics, the

Duncan Piko i, of New Brighton,Port Elizabeth, who has signed'Rugby League forms for Barrowin Furness (Lancashire). A clerkat tlK! Livingstone Hospital inPort Elizabeth, he is still-waiting

for a passport.

Hall, Port Elizabeth at tbe week­end.* The national bodies areseriously neglecting their duties toSASA. Last week's Council meetinghad to be converted to an Execu­tive meeting.

Provincial bodies please note!If your national body is failing in

its duty DEMAND AN EXPLA­NATION. SASA HAS THE SUP­PORT OF SPORTSMEN, WHYNOT OF SPORTS OFFICIALS?

The curtain raiser between Alex­andra B1ackpool and Matsetse ofBenoni brought the crowd to itsfeet. From the start both teamsattacked as soon as they gOit theball. Although the score is not atrue reflection of this interestinggame, Matsetse's bal1 play provedto be superior to that of Blackpool,and they won the game by twogoals to one.

PORT ELIZABETH.

AbOU~:Ompe~o;:::t ~~~e people Support For New Racing At Kenilworth~~~da~':~:f~gw~~~e: :he";~~ ~f Journalists' Body tio~~ I~~;i~ tu:J:y: Damon's selec-

~~rikf~!t~~~daa~~h~gM~~s~~~~~ CAPE TOWN. Farewell Stakes: BAYWOOD. Dan-Court here. The National U nion of Journa- ger, Worthiness.

th;ofaect c~h~~si~he b~s~~~sedwe~~ :~~so~~~~~~ ~~~?tt;:~fi ~~~r~~~ Wynberg Handicap (B): CAT CAR.working as usual, and in fact the posed National Union of South Danger, Streamline.accused appeared in court after they African Journalists that it will ask Kenilworth H an die a p (2nd):had been on dutv from five to nine. its next delegates' meeting to pledge COUNTRY COUSIN. Danger,The case was adjourned to March support for the South African Santa Lucia.15. body.

Meanwhile relations between the The NUSAJ is at the moment in Kenilworth P r o g res s Stakes:bl!s company and the people have its inaugural stage and will be a ~~~~:Z SLEIGH. Danger,

i:d~tdlO; ~~~:~~d~a~~~a~u~e~~ ' ~~~;r~~:~l~n~~':nb~fr j~tj~:~~iis~the townships ~nd the bus staff IS working on various South African W~'t~~1/~:~~~r, ~t~e~la~~NONworking short time. People have to newspapers including several dailies,walt 10 long queues and tempers have indicated their support for Juvenile Stakes, 5 furlongs:are frayed at times. NUSAJ. The organising committee FLOWER BOWL. Danger, So-

In addition the general manager is planning a meeting of representa - linia.of the bus company has annoyed live journalists from all centresthe people 'by refusing to meet a where the new union will be form- Juvenile Stakes, 7 furlongs: ARTICdeputation of residents. saving they ally established. VENTURE. Danger, Alfnolyn.

~~~~~~ ~~~\~~t~1 r:.%~~~::;~~~ The present Society of Journa- Owners' Plate: HEMMINGWAY.of the New Brighton Advisory lists is an all-white union. Danger, White Spray.Board.

"If this is the arrogant attitude Published by Rest Prl ntlng and PubUsblng Co. (P&y.) Ltd., ft Barrack 8\reel. Oapethe cornpanv is going to adopt to- Town and printed by PIoneer Press (l'tJ.) Ltd., Sbelley Road, 8a1& Rh er. Tbll DlIYlpaperwards us," a spokesman told New Is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. New Age omellll:

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vigorously and be prepared to co­operate with SASA- unless hethinks Papwa is his exclusive pro­perty.

* Pro Soccer has come to theCape. Good wishes from Score­board and the hope that it mayhelp to settle the long-standing soc­cer feud. Carry on Messrs Bansda,Brache & Co.l •* Some outstanding physiqueswere seen in the "Mr. New Brigh­ton" contest in the Feathe rmarket

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Papwa Bunkered

News is expected soon on thefollowine: Papwa's entry to the S.A.open golf tournament. If he is re­fused, there must be action.* All SPortsmen should sendtelegrams of protest.* The "sportsmen" who refusedhim must be exposed.* Caddies throughout the couri­try must refuse their services.* Overseas eolf bodies must beasked to penalize SA golfers.* Louis Nelson must act more

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was a chance that all boxers in S.A. I-SCOREBOARD • ,~~~t~ ~i~ ;~t7~~~~d~~=Vg~~~~got a foul blow.* The World Boxing Associa- I I~"~whi~~ t~~~tef~~g i~~ ~tI~~~'t:~ -byRECORDER•policy.* The Ghana Boxing Associationhad raised the matter with theworld body at Rome last year.

th: I~:n~i~~;l Ol~~kinto~~ft~

te~ Frank Braun, president of the The Week's QueryaU·white body tbld their AGM, I _"The matter is urgent. We are goingto be expelled from the world body * Reports from Natal tableif we don't make other arrange- tennis make strange reading-theyments with the Non-Whites!' have just had their AGM. Are there

But the new deal is not a fair really no African IT clubs indeal. Natal? Are they being encouraged

BElDND THEIR BACKS to join? Answer please, Mr. Bassa.

( t~e~~~~ J~~;~k;r~~~~;\~~~~ Sports Flashesit was not in any way consulted)1------­Frank Braun did a deal with Orrieof Cape Town and Crutse of 10'burg.

THEY AGREED TO THROWTHE FIGHT.

Crutse. who has had experienceof inferior affiliation in "Bantu"athletics should have known better.But he has fallen for another in­ferior deal.

All this, because of the bait ofgetting boys into the team to tour

overseas later this year. And this is BIGVICTORY FOR MOROIAan illusion, as they will soon dis-cover.

What could be more stupid than Sto make a deal at a time when the WALLOWSWhite bodv is under heavy attackfor their colour bar? THESE MENSHOULD BE DISQUALIFIED JOHANNESBURG. ~hel~a:~hm:~~e~P ~~h I~~egr~~~~;

iJ-8M IFC~~~0Ifi'g~g. ~3~': SP~ran~~~~;: be~u~~cc~o~~ae~ Moroka Swallows 7, Spa SportingVOLUNTARILY, THEY MUST suffered their worst defeat at the Club 2.BE FLOORED. hands of Moroka Swallows, of Jo- CURTAIN RAISER

hannesburg, when they were beaten7-2 in a rather dull and disappoint­ing friendly match at the Alexan­dra Township Stadium last Sunday.

The match opened at a slowpace with Moroka Swallows on tbeoffensive. It was not lone beforeNtsimbi, Moroka's outside right,opened the score after DifferenceMbanya had given him a timelypas'). This looked as if it was atonic to the visitors who seemed toteam up after that. The Spa for­wards began to attack and for someminutes the ball remained in theMo roka 's area.

But it was a brilliant movementby Moroka Swallows that led toanother goal. Gettin g the baIl on

- - --- - - --- I the defence their forwards swiftlychanged it to attack. Near the 25yds.. Mandla and Goodman ofSwaIlowsboth rushed at the baIl atthe same time and this cost a goal,the Spa fullback heading the baIlinto his own goals.

Playing his usual good game, D.Mbaya outmanoeuvred his oppo­nents and sent in a fuIl-bloodedshot to make the score 3-0 infavour of Swallows at interval.

INJURYJust before the interval, the Spa

had to field another player as oneof their men was injured. Thisseemed to affect the Spa. Theirpositional play became faulty, theirmovements rather clumsy. Eventheir good moves lacked finish. Thetask of facing the purposeful playof the Swallows feIl on the edu­cated boots and experience of R.

~ls ~¥:~~in~;n~ttaa~~in°;'bu~thefij~gnd was too much for one person.I.re Swallows used the second half

S4 ~: g~ifl~o~~thfro~b~~~gp~::~ig, to another and goals came freely. It

I ~:for~n~he t1slh~hti~~I~m:~:eS~r~a:Is gan to show glimpses of the mettle\ they are made of. But it was far

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