SASONEWSLETTER

VolS No.lMayIJUie 75 ._, 25 eeRts

BLACK STUDENTS'MANIFESTO

w•. at .............. Sou1II Ahica. HIiftiIIe tUt die IlIck Mln can no.......... ..,.._ 1Mt ,.n y '''''''OII"IINlin •.... A ay .M tUt dMI'" Stu4.ftt mor.t....... to .rtiaI ....tt IM npirttioM .f tN Bliek C. u"ity ""dy..... tIIIt:

A 111111 :1. A f dit .1Ie1l .", __ c....1Iitv .......... 1

Sludlntl COnlint out of Ind m"'yi ... .., the "" .... r""ietion, of• ,... 1IttcItie1l.

2 . ......mIll to • lilt'" ....... inwolMNwt ill dM intelllct ... 1 ...,..ytblworll ... to dl. cliilliltlnt .-dt of the .lIek TNdI.

3. ce.-inM to .. ,k ..... tIM ~iWi of H' '"'It .....to tIM..... of dM .. ,.... for"'ltion WIII 'y tit.mrt,.' "",0.aflUYice to tIM .1Iek c-nity on.,.., ttceu,al ..... .ciel ......

•. We ....... ". f1iec1 dl. ....... ...". IIf racist .cation aM COIIHftit..,....t.:1. TM ItItv*ll ,_nt of ourCOtfttItUnity IfIIII to tIM

, of '''''ltion for ,..,,,, of S4M1tIIAf,ia.2 itiolldIIt lIIttCItion in $Gudl Ahica ilu .... _.lty ,0ldielhMf

.. ""'".W''' tUt .,.cll Iduation it tW to the 'iMmien of the

... ,_,,, of dl. wo,W.C. W. ""'" CO•• it .. ,.. to:

1 .. __ •• _ifIItatiI ....... ,....t of ..... of .... tnIIIpoliticlly. IOCiIUy IM KOIO.a,1y _.,. tIM IIIeIl Co",munity.

2. lit. MI" tUt Bliek St.... ntI ...... maintain I .irit of fre ...... ty....... t ......... fflt f,om thl ,,.'ic. of_itt "IlIeill 'V virtu.of dltir CHlMO •• "l'IIIion.

3. 1ft.. " .. to .... 11lWIy f,,,,, the trItIitional onl. of .. rbordiMtionto .... it. in Idvation ""' to rtfu. to " .cItM fo, tit"" •

.e.• ncotI,.''''' "OMOtI'. lit ...... re.... nt to ou, suu.lt.i....." diet our .-ucI1ioft ... , furt"" thl p' tion and promotion

of" it_,.. in our caetturi 1,,4 our b"Ofical •• ptt'ilnce.

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BLACK STUDENTS'MANIFESTO

W., tit. , ............ f s.a Africa, lMIiIwillt dIIt die llIell .... Cl" no!,;.• _ !!o1t dtfiftitio thet htwt Hen imtt'" """ It. ItV •••• n.'" Whitt..... ce ... Iii ..a '-";ftV ~ 1Mt tM I" Stu.ent ..... mOfll...... tio .. to .nieull" tM 1 ..,imioM .f tM I'" C..... " ..ity ""~..... ttIIt:

A. .. IIKII Students .11:1. A. iIItInt .." .f ... '1Ie1l .",.... C_1IiIy w.,. we ..

.... co.i ..... t of .lNIltllllyi .. II_ ....",.....rlllrictil ... ofrtcia ld~lio ,

2... ..m..I to Olt •• "Ii_ itwolwoMMlt ill ... _1Iet..,1 ....pItyskai WOIII 'o til. ,0Milt",t _dl of tM 811e1lTnltIt,

3. co_inMI to worll ' 1 th. _;WHIt .f ,..,,, .... to dMwi ...... of tIM ft fOf 1_ltio ItV the cttttfll,..,,oof ..vice to dl. '1Ie1l C.... IMftity on ftIfY _.icel _ill.lI.

I. We ......... , •.;.ct dl. whit ..... of .. id "'catlOlI ~ilourlllv.to:1. TIMÏIItIIIoctu.1.... , ..ytbI , .. nt of ou. CHlfMlllity ..... to the

•• listIion of 1_ltion for ,..,Its of s.tt. Africe.2. !ttt "'illkion dIIt "uation in SautllAfria .......... Iy political.1NI

we tta...... , Il0l_ tUt.1Ie tduation is tiN to thl ''''tion of thlI'" ,.,11.f dit wor".C. W. ~ COtHIit ourwlfts to:

1 • -UO., .....ifIIt.8tio. ..""",t of • IIMI of IM, .....,olit_ty. "11y .... eco ially .0"" Bllell Community.

2. ttt ....... tM1 lloc. Stb' fttJ lIt«MItll ",.int.jft • .,wit of fr ..... ",ty..... t 1wtI. 'fil fr", the ,rtju.ice of wt.it. f.11Icits ItV virtu.of thl. ' 0 0" .......

3. en.tptinl to •• Il IWIV from thl tfItIitio .... onl_ of lU,bo,di",tionto __ ilt llluatioll to r to Ito .. CitN for di .

4 INI ,""'Otl lit ,. ,.""nt to our str lI.i !Mt Hr "cation WIll funllor tIM p,.mtion .nd p,omotiontf iI_,.in our elihu ... M 0'" hiaoricll •• ",.nee.

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HE mm OF OUB PREStliT

by Sc ne Watcherks di

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•ne &0 down a South African Ci tyJtre t and look at th furnitureL n d faaily-w ar hop. h~atronis d by Black. Especially)lacks trapped in the cl" ofIdre purcha • Tb hop , th yrlll have a Black Fath r Ch,.ist~ot th wh! te W1 th a~ite~hri

Doe Chri tma mo dnb an withth Day of th Cov nant?

On "Dla k 'atiAfrica" P terAfrican 'Chi fabove he Jaw.

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and Kin . "r nothaka and nin an

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invve theatta hedj

(i) W IllUst mea.sure the pu lien f t ain fOT the Bl:t.c.'t

Co-.mity, and uk co.pat'-t sens with. ther th fvin "aid";

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situation, Shatl be brought aboutby the prol t&.riat - th1 who pe -pe,· really fe 1 the pinch ofw h 1 t e do-tnat' .and 0 ~ lon, expl01tation

ppressacn, The y possessthe ,power to effect radical h-an~es b cause th y are at th base,an thus shoulder the wh 1 i~ht~f all 0 lal, e on mi and pol-1t cal p ramld 01 h c untr •

The Black p plc this ccunt ryare not only sufferin from do-minance by a fore' gil m'norit whiterace, whose advent in hj In rymark d the be nnin f:m era ofperse utlon for black people, butthey su er r pr sion and explo-itation from capitalism and hevarious forms of imp ialism. . 11this militates against the communa-listic baars of ur soc.iet ' and ourbeli fs in the fundamental dignityand equality of man. Thus ou~st ru e . s not only a stru e 11>,let back our land' but it's also éI\

'deolo ical one:- i.. an attackand elimination ~f apitalism andimperialism and all so ia stems,that p t lo'tat nand hu-manisation of Black p opl. Our 'a stru e to restor our stol nland and also, a st ru to I&-

tor the di t of man and ourtrad' t' onal att' tude towards man.Wequest for social'sm and d nouneecapf talism.

Our ma'n task to or anisof our p opl intofore to confront

e sai on. This will mean totentification ~th the vorkinAnd in the proce s will in tilse -reliance and n tional consc-iousn will to stand up toth enem j to def nd black valu

and dj,ql i1:.. It i thiph si I\l and piritualthat shall d cid thenin w1th the foretiv darkn ss.

no po l-our-s Ivand atti-and th

The 81ack wte lectual finds hu.-se'Lf alienated from th rest ofthe Black communityby his educ-tional back round, th attainaentof certain "refined" mann ra.Which's why .ost educated peoplef' nd it hard to CO.alnicate vithfellow Black people in a train,wboare un ducated. The e<h.acatedper-s n, to cape thi per istent ee-ptiness in his bein ,usually seeksre uge in a cop of thc "Dailyews",or a book. Tbus the Blackint il ctual finds hUlself addledvith "ID ss e" be can onl pa s onto another intellectual. Th.e fru-stration h re is tbat the Blackint llectual is all tb ti..e awarethat tbe "II 9S en b uld be tak-

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en to the aan in the treet.• I is the problell.

To solft this problell of eo-.mic-atioo, the Black inteUe tual ,,:,stfirst renew all the factor vhichalienate hi.a froa the rest of thBl e~itv; sincerely and re-ali tie&ll. it·.u t rweall ai--ju t hia elf t th ~o.-unity andtotall int r~rate his whole pers-onalit to the accepted value-.oo.... ,bellets and prejudice of hiseo mity. He .. st let off frowthe bim 1& k pede tu fra vtrichbe addre us tbe co-...nity and getto wric with aDd ucn« tbe people,rather than pull thell or dra« b -hind tbal.

Co_'nieation is a vital. aspect ofthe re.olutionary process. Forco-amic ti"n to be _&nin ul andhealth., there should prevail tbr-oupout the process a spirit ofs.-ar:i.n& of ideas, ratber than theconde. en~-ascend.in& .ood. Thett~tud of the Bl leader

tlals "ry crucial. Ht ....st alïóa;'sH aware that on "takin the .ss-A«,t to the people", he i not tel-Un, the. anytbln n v- thinthey neither know nor und rstand.!Ut be is aerely articulatintheir ryda f eling and aspir-ation. H st allow, throughouthe pro e of o..Jnic ,f rco_anieation to be tvo-va •Ve ha-n lot to say to th aas~es aswe ba. analysed the proble, butthere i a world of thin s ve haveto leam frotl our people. For in-stance, our traditional. culture

bi 'our . story, our past and everydayexper1enee and perspection of the

Th itu ti n , Thi wwho! outl (I

th prob!e t

It is al 0 vunication to1 velaf conplee The Bl

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One other .i.JIportant aspect of c-..a.anication is tbe cb racter of ~person hiasel. As a ProPODeDtoiBlack liberation, Black di t'fpride and consciousness of If'the Black leader should tot-.ll~inte rate with the people aadhave in accordance vith the 1Ce-

epted va.lu -flOr'IIS anJ cultu~ ofthe people. That is, "do what JOUpreach, and preacb what you do.1Th leader DJst alwa 'S reMllberthat th pe J.. e~ •t tb' ÏIIposs-ible fro him - th y expe ~the b the sywl 1 of th ir nationin .ts st pro ressi v IIld bist sta e of develo e. 8y ooft

per nality ne can vin tbe accep-tance and support bv tbe PfOple,ene can even prea h throu~ one'.character. An easv char ter ilonduci ve to fruitful c ..mic ..tion .- st a repu ant one Cia

render the b t of theeff I;tiv .In rej ctinpeople tend to r ject~so and all that hBad 110rals of tands for.

o • one _lib r of anor,an~sat~on can s riou ly prejud-ice and, 111 fact. daaa. th~_..:t· h ' ... or -~ a 10n e suPPOrts

ideas n-the per on,h.i id

Ve have stated earl i r in tL'I .u.paper t lat eh ge' n tt . councr-hall be brought a t th op.-

pressed III se. This mean that

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ror those Black people rn th.lsJOuntry"who wish to pursu certainuabitions n life, there is ilvl solid wall of repressive legiS-lation and other non-statutoryaeasur s, that den' him the p s-reet of real si g lUb tiel 0&1.~ere is a netvork of social, eco-10mic and political pitfall lAudlandmines spread all over hi ya:0 check a."1d fU1 lUb Bl4&CA cre&,t-.vity and development. As this isdmed at keepin tqe 81 kmanaerely on the threshpld of aanhoodmd omplete beingness, tho e beinIssent' al requirements for keepindm chained and do med to yhi telerfdom. This is aimed at kOllinhe ense of self- lj an andligni ty in the Black comnun0 t· an"educe res stance to manipulat -ono a IIlinimulll.

his frustration is fe1't in alJDost11 levels of th Bla r-rence.he sphere of educat 0 on, sports,rts, science, religion, et. are

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h avil 'With the f0J"1a11athat 1 k pin hBlack , splace,which is, botto ••Thes av rs On theBlacbans' pride ref 'u. da to da', nth to nthand ear ar recorded on hl,~ind. Th I th r alit i.s thatthreat n tn uence his ultur[".:, 1.1l::' tu e rde r his repon ato these forces in such a aannerthat his sov re t. v r the. ismaintained. Th 81 ek aan feelthe pinch and thus.., t do n ofthree thin - tr and i thpain b deludin himsel for th oth r; v rth . ru t1 Il cc redi.t i.n hlsau.sen s to th . d andcept his fat s n ralherit e as Dla aan; or, f n-all ',h is oio to confront Yhat-ever causes hi the sufferin andthus r je ~ oppre s ion and wite.·nati n.

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Tbe white un h ava~ of hthree abon,aentioned l.nterp ~-• b the Bl kaan of hi en-tlon. Y f he . elltentia! situation, or i s vavare ut the fact t~t . his cont-inued stay at the poS1.tlon he ccc--",ies now, depends heavily, on then.ture and level of consc reusn sof the Black .. ssea, Of the threeabo ntioned .ental condlti ns,th Clre tw are his li e. a sul"-ance and the third,oost declde~y,a cancer-like ene.. So to lD&ln-tain his position of superioritybe has to arranse conditions suchthat th third cup 0 Black peo-ple those wbo contend his position_ .li...·p"i. hf! , if not perish. Atthis juncture it vill be neces-sary to look closely into thetbree states of consciousness andtry and pinpoint certain factorsle&d.i.n them, because a true und-erstanding of the. uy sol ve this...-oth probie. facing the BlackConsciousness .oveaent.

The first group collprises of peo-ple wbo, are well avare of the si t-uation (for ne-ene is not) but for&';)iie r awn or the ~th r refus toinvolve theuelves in the struggle.They expect things to chan e SOJle.-howbut they cannot see the.sel vespartici.pating actively in the pro-cess of changing things. This re-gi_nt of r co-..nity would liketo lead a life of total. non-co.ut-

t and non-invol vellellt by reduc-.ing tbe IIIOrc cru 'al sue nlife and the harder facts of real-ity into a mere background totheir OWl self-centred pursuits.Wehan said that tbese are people.re aware f tbe si tuation andthis -Nl at t~ey have to just-ify tbei r non-inYOlValent SOIIehovad, so to say, seek a scape oat

ngst tbi '01 alsopeopl fi,,~. v r POStpon, .~thei rinvol vem nin he t 1JICfor In scan e it l' MI•• "cOllllonto ~.peopl cautionin hers lfho 'oqrinvol ved in th true to '"ur de ree . rtthen "et

YO\I estand on our head and shouIlaJch s u I ik ". Thi i t IIou 1 n n because S obvi..this p r n acqui .hls ~tional e ree, th r will e ca-respon~ibilities in tore foro~ •- for tnstance - getting -ni,rearing a faaily, acquirin p'"erty, etting li ood job ete"tfact, there is no end to'this·livhich makes non. rt of post~co.ut.ent to the truggle. Libeation is first priorit and thl.aeans at no stage of one's lifeshould one subordinate it to lZly~thing, for op1' IJ. sion does notaffect you at a fev specific ..stages of your existence but theIlinute one is . fonaed. (Tbat ilf Bl '" pIe) one is SUbjectto persecution and repression fl"Olltbe forces of darkness. In thi.IrouP 0 also find the Black cul-tu al ti vi t s who ar'Olo se fortbei r non-lnvol ve_nt b oceasloD--ally rai sing Black power fists,war dashi.ki' s and talk "Black"and revolutionary _n they area.m people for the strug&1.e.~tas soon as they put into actionthe' r beUefsand preAching • !Myare at a loss. It is iaportantthat we note bow the people iDthis category are conscious f) thesi tuation as it obtains in thbcountry, in spite of their ~invol veaent. And tbeir non-in'fOl-vC1aentsteIls from Jl nusber of sub-jecti ve and object' fact r • Thenature of this country's laws IDCItbe law of he ' ,,- er,forceaent

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loi s prove too mu h for th weak~heextent of the whi te dominatio~nd oppression exe Lsed in this_:ountry has very fev equals throu-~hout the history of mankind. rus:auses those without deep insig-lt into the problelll to can lude:hat nothing can outdo the wit~. Thos vbo lack direction

" d f ':OUVlctl.On an aith 111&1 a ill'. cede into th ba kgroun and,ait for a miracle t h pp n,

lov ve come to the second group of~oplc - those vbo have lo t alliepe and ha accep d thei I" pre-licament as the v.i.ll of God. This

th~ most dangerous mental state:hat one usually observes fro. theIlder section of the CO~ty.lecause of so many years of indoc-:rination and psycholo~ic t rr-I ., . t d out b he whit poveritructure a number of Black people.ose hope and start hurying th ....lelves even before they arc dad.I 0 1. C e intiau.d.ation, lILili tarylight and various oth r fOnD of-epNssion dissuade !DOst people'rom attearptin anythin tovard.iberating themse ves. lndoct,rin~:ion through the vide dissellina:ion of propaganda and poisonou~ducation and failure t 0 put~hings .n their correct per pe -~ive, convince man a weak BlackI • n d that nothing can be donLbout the situation.

then there . s the third and lastrroup in cur l' t. Tho t hatreject vhi. te omination and opp-ression. In this gr(Hp ou" f~d~oPle who believe in the pT1DCl.-'al. of tbe fundamental equality ofI8D - tbe riAht of eve hu.an>eing regardless of race, colour.r ed for full at particip~ti n

UIIII1I ..IO itv.I" 0 he

li. an idThis may bor illplic" t. But the truth is I

in every co.aunit there is alvaysan id 010 It 1 t.h mill tantection of our ollllllUnit.v t hatpropos s solutions to th R1_ .k-man' probl ms i n thi country.The 'Black Consci u n ss .aveaentplay an lllpOrtant part in thissphere. Black Consciousness a s.an i8colo is not something noa-ting tn the ai I" ln the mnds ofinteli ctuus; but it OM5 fro.the comamity, the peopl whosuffer. A.ndit finds art'cu)ationand ref nellent from pro resat vestudents, you t h, intell ctualand workers. The ideolo . tself

shap d b the pro ees andfrustrations of tbe people, theiroals a pirations, beliefs and, Co .ideas. Hence. Black nscaeusnes"s thus an attitude of aind and ava of 1"fee Black consciousne st s inte rat ve and solidarist Ln. n nt· and thus it aias to uniteal ft ~rk pIe; on th basis ofcOllllDOnsufferin ,to .i 0 i n thstru e or ib ration.

What . s the rol of Dla k Con cio-usness in the st ru . e for Blackliberation? e ha ske ched out'three se nts of our Bl., k Co__unit. Th on that fIt b tnothin can done to allour suff rin : the one that

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r Black students cannot be a.llow-I to freely play th ir role asNdents then they have a right to!)aandthat right by appealin tohe aass ~f Black people.

B can deaand the right to havay in the history of our past an~resent. Wehave the tw.an righto choose what v -ust 1 rn 0ccept nat' onal t. tl. Y la vrhe right to decid to ether withhe villof the people wat ... ste done with the present che 0

:hings.

~lM)ScWo consider Black student!~ be trouble-aakers are themsel-res trouDle cau ers agaifttf{. t.hellack st ruggle •What right do th yI.S fellow Black people have t~lIant to do tht system- s j~b? ..

[understand Bl Consciousnc~sto include conscious awareness ofthe third world real' t prevailin~in tbe Black Co ity. That iswhy I all for co.-malism. And be-cause of this we shall 0 ver fi-ght for the widening of our senseof iden~i~y. 1£ wO arc ~b~!t ~h~Bantustan collaborators,I ~ake 't,it is not just for their falsecultural values. It' s for SOIle-thing worse than that. I again-st the .Bantustan leadership forwhat it stands for in the lif of

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Stud nt or int U ctual every-where hav rea on to a certa.inthing • l~. i for those in author-ity t ~k into h. with 1 c-tive concern. 0 hre t n tud-e~ts and educationists, ven reli-g10US 1 ad rs, is not of de1lOcratÉpirit.

For the Chief Minister to uke anapolo et' c ~est:ure in :.us-port of"apartheidn bas hastened the pro-cess leadin to the peopie~: • .1-isation of this gross illusionwhich can DO !lOre be justifi d bpersons of principle.

Pati Hsillande.

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In 1943 the political ituatioDof South Africa' 5 Blil\;ks \la inone of .ts _'st c .tical !DOod.Itwas becoming obvious tb :t the d ...

racies were on tbe threshold of'ctory &l,ain t fasciSll. be col-

onial peoples whobad con,;r' but dlar el to the defeat of the Axi

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- Powr vere deundin self tiet _raination.

But here in South Africa the "her-'L" .. de it clear that BlacksenY04a . ht

vere te re-w without ng s,

Blacks cue together over thisu.is:. And th result va thee. .4frican Conventlon~

In 1972 Blacks again came togetherand fOl"lledthe Black People f S Con-yention.

Vhen then the Black RenaissanceConnntion of December, 1974 made

Ic • •resolution. on the Blac aan s u-tuaUon, it vas largely .. repet~t-ion of the two previous convent~cnswhich vere spanned by the FreedomCharter.

lbe only outstanding resolution oftbe Black Renaissance Conventionis the one the ve Bl~ck Wo ~those vbo produce th~ "'ealth ofthis count , deep nsiderat' on.It is on this resolution that veshall have to basp OUr immed.iéf.teell8agellents in the quest for Blackliberation. For is it' not timethose wbo labour vere brought intothe II&in tree of th Blackstruggle?

r~ B.R.C. Resolut'on vent thus.

Thd Conv.ntion notin that:

(1) the reat Ilajorit of 81people ar wricers lel

(2 besidesai.nat

fer theexploit

'c~erS·al~ t"-Jtan fo .. aut..

I S ot

(3) th vages that "'>rlcers ree-i ve are far b lov the bre~

line and the ar-e thereto~frustrated in the atte8pt ~Use their barga.iJ\in POtter ,

The re ore resolv S that:

(a) the CovelTlJDentilllllediately:ecogni.e African Trade U",..n ;

(b) that th re s need for wolt.r s to organise the.sel ....,

in trJ.d u.llion free froaGovernment interference.

'l'tus soul brother v&.s re thancorrect vhen he Sal., "We lOOkcaf'Uund in the wrld today, óll\dvelook around at home right now andve ee that Oppr ssion e .sts.Weknov that th workers re expl.Oited, and that IDOstof the peoplein this country are exploited, inone liay or another. Weknov thata~ a ~~opl~, ve must ile OUrtime. "

••••••••••••••••••"'he Frelimo Rally: Arrests, Trial.~

Let us think: back to toe 60' s cmire•• ber repreSentative Black org-ani. ations such as the Pan AfricanCongress and the African ational ..CongreSS through vhich Blaclc~ple extressed legall thei r

oPpasi tion to the ideulogy of apa-rtheid. These or uataations, SOreleyant to the aspiration of theBlacks, vere ruthlessl diSJD811tledbefore bein finall banned outri-ght.

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It is now going on to ei ht monthssince the initial group of 1 ad rsUld supporters of the Black Con _iousness Movement were arr tedand detained on the 25th S ptemb ~1974 - an h r af r , aft rproposed "Frelimo Ra.ll.y" at Curr-'es Fountain, Durban. V rious"Frelimc( Rall." S lt r to hay ~staged at different centr s thro-ughout the country by the prot 0-nists of the Black Consciou nessMovement, the mato r r presenta-tives of vhich are organisat" onssuch as Saso, Bcp, Bpc, Baw andTecon. The State has led .any ca-ses against members of these orga-irlsations, succeeding with convi-ctions sometimes but failing dis ..ally iI wan' "st s, tor- ,1181\Yleaders and supporters havebeen forced to n~e across the co-untry's borders to increas thealready swe ang ranks f rilefro. this country.

To date s' n e September, 1 74about 4~50 adherents of th BlackConsciousness Movement have beenbe1d, or are still being held, "n-co..unicado initially und r theRiot'ous Asse.b1ie Act of 195under tbe Sections of the Terrorism Act of 1967.WeyO d not lik t 0 COUlD nt onthe paranoia so obviously man"-fested in tbe charges and t hhistory of th diff rent act s,

Tbere is only one conclusion thatBlack peopl can draw from thisreckless display of forc 0 v rwhat was after all, si ply a prop-osed declarat on of sol'darity,witb tbe people of ocambiqu a t

~t~i nment of tbeir b a i cbwIan. ri~ts.... . s, that d spit

venerally , the Black Consciou n sorganisations recognise the d ten-tions and arreses for what theyreall.y are: an attellp to crushtotally the Black r. nsciousnessMovementand tbereb any Blackoppo ltion vhatsoev r to the tota-l" tarian state of affairs in thiscountry.

In th fac of this totalitariandrive by the State th r has b enwide reaction &inst the " re1t.oRAll" arrest ~olit ry confi-nements. There has been a petitionfrom Black women. There has beenappeal from brand leaders ofGov rnment-created institutions -CRC S C Bantustans. Th re have

~ pick't protests. Th r havebeen appeals fro a bN d cross-

tion of churches. here hu

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oeen vide and .olIetaes 8)'11P4the-tic coverAle given to the deten-tions and arrests by the, Press.There has been International reac-tion in the for. of deelarationsand dnon.trations of solidarityand support for the detaine ,theaccused and their representativeBlack organisations, abr ad.

fet a 'l'errorislI Trial has beenJoin« on since 31st January, 1975.loy person accused under the prov-ision. of the Terroris. Act (No 3,f 1967) ha. to prove that h i sintention was not to co_t terro-rIsm. The A t arrie a statury-tni.u. sentence ot five years tothe .. xiD'. ntence of life lapr-i80naent or a deatb penalty.

What do we see behind. the facade?Apartheid as ra.pant as ever, i n-.11 ite .maru.fcstiitio • Blackscontinue to be discrillinated agai-n.t. The charges acainst the thir-teen acCU'f'd under the Terroris.c face any Black vbo refuses to

be oppressed - who refuses to havethis huaan dignity trUlpled on.The thirteen accused for offencesund r the Terroris. Act are thescapegoats chos~ by the syste ••These scapegoats of the atrocioussystell area "Saths" Cooper (Bpe)Justice Lindane Hye.. (Saso), HosiOUaPatrick tekota(Saao), NchaupeAubrey Hokoape(Bpe), Nlc:wenJc-we Vin-Cent Nb_(ape), Pandelani Nefolo-hodwe( aso), GUbert Kaborane Se-

d1b (ape), Rubin Hare(Saso), Str-. in!VUa HoodleY(Saso), Sad cqueVari av (Pet), ZitbuleIe Cindi(apc)A_d "Solly" ISUil (Bpe), Si v-lin Aa Hoocfley (Teeon).

Let u not forget aU those still

~eing held. in nfin runtlate has not Com to 1· h' ~Stl.g e,It ~uld seem that th ddall . tOs al"ag~8 us •••••• but eIn the face of all this ~~. t~ey?tion and haraSSIileht "'&'-t _!:?tUlida.,.

"'lil \IU lte do?Perha.p" ti can tak ath accused themsel Ve clue fro.froll those people who ••••••• andased lately. Far J"O.III b ~ bl"el.e-people, they came Out 0 f rok~cells literally bursting Oy theirresistance. And herein 11. er With

. es ou,.answer: reSistance. .

Weare all Sceking a lution.Even those ~rki.ng Vithin thet!_ cla.i.ll they are seeking a sor::hon. Let those vbo take lightlthe Black tudents effort tak·~note. Weme. n ho~c wi POint"infantilism" I thOse 'lIho ta.lk0::;" outh adventuri~II", those "hhide about "students" in-atior:

allty" , tho .mo seek out nco~_nistic influence". They live withus. And ve li ve UOng8t the ••The rallies were aerely t 0 aU~ ~ 0 n Black people to share andJO~ Vith Freliao in celebratingtheil "ell-eamt''l freedo.. Tbere"as nottu.ng W1aeruand about, nor"as. there any ulterior ~tive forhaVl.ng the planned rallies.Surelif ~tes in this COUlltry could.p..ablell' de.,nstpate th r suPPOrtfo.r the terl.""Orist "Move.ment forFree Ho.arabique (HFM)" vithout anyinterference rom tb State whatwas lfrOng with Blac~s SUP~rtingFREI.oo?~finitely here "st be a solut-.lO~. There ....st b a solution to~te arbitr ry thinkin • But wh tIf we get up one day to find that

the struggl for thi so utlon hou~grown ~h traditional fo~The futur of our pre ent shhave absolved all thos ~ho stoodup for the truth •• TM time, tho

............~ .Manyperson vho cl i. toing..mat Bla.ck; Con ou n Sall about have recentlywith rather onUi tinon what they aaintunf r nee b twe n Blness and Black Pov r,Th~ r een - eIe tion::antly brought thi onni tintofo us, espe ially ..,n st theLabour Party candidat • We aretalJdn~ of tho e Labour Party C" n-di da . ~ho 0 d eh d 0 acceptBlack Con cdcusneas a a 1i fphilosophy. Do h v to go ackand aak xplanat .on or apolo onbeWf of the quest for Black Con-sciousnes ,when t h pr valentsocio-econo~c si tuation 0 f theOl ColliiU1lit·· an off r nou~to sat' sfy the doubtin Thoaasses?

Wevho uphold and vant to prolIOtBl Con ciou n principl shay finn opinion of vhat thinve appreciate; and also of whatthin ve reje e,Weapprec' ate the n ed for Bl' ksacqu'rin their 0 ~ n Ld n ' yainst the fore s of wh'te domn-

ation. W apprec' ate I a stud nts -emacation that is eared for . he-ration. We appreciate social pro -rese in the Black Co-..n· t •

li re iect pov rt, aek of prop-er hOusin , poor h th rvices,

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....... ,- - - . ~ ............. ~.", VU\. ton ~ A!.,n~t

an fo", of Dla ro r-, What doth,.y JIIf" ' t;r_::?

Without haY! to think for the.w re going to have to point outh re that . ou 'ann be for 81Consciousn ..,,,d .t th iaenot b for th '~t necessagto uphold ~ Con iousness. nth sue IWU\ r n 0 "Power" aneo rroll th 1 eks Vl. thou~ t •havin the .uch needed Solidaritythat b sti .ted thfw&,bBl k Consciousn •"Po r" tb re-I't • I • ••

J.U, C, ,-U..-::, ","U."CH }'VUJ • JC ·"~UlIof whit tent 0 f ref'erence lafollo d b su est' ons of D " andIIOte vi bl Black t r-. of refe .....en e. Whn you .2:!.!!! your av rene.beyond t h .re ceptlDce ole . stent but suppre~sed Black te-

f t of usknowtour o-.it_nU

--,...--"'" s :(f"irio ri tie s inrealit • But do

tly vb re orbov.

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DeenttioQThetioQandandacBl

pos ibilitie within 0 u r DltraM of reference.

Then it can rightfully b st t d. ha umed ththat con cacusnes

thar eter of po . T n r h foll-owing condit'on :-

(1) vh~n ccnsctousn v syond BlacJmes , ~~o

the social and pollt~Calduties of Blacks;when conscioum ss v sinto nl'Nl'lent ch. 1 nge,,&.inst Vilite political~ allt) d il.i tall tnorws of life;

(2)

(3) when consciousness goesb yond B ek . c ur e toSlack brotherhood andBlack Solidaritr-in-Action;

vb n conse eusness eabr-aces resolutions for 801-idarity-in-Action vi thinthe peraanent challen e.

Those who choose to draw linesbet en Consciousn ss and Po r doso for th illple reason that th ybav one foot in blackness and theother f oot in the politics ofvhite domation. No unt ofcajolln with words goin tohide tbe historic truth that BlaCon ciou,sn has, vithin tbracist sec o-po1' tic set-up,becoae a hi torie&! force. It stb f ar of Blade Consciousness asa historical forct! that has led totbc arrest an3 bannin f Blackstudents. But no UOunt of intiJI-dation is goin to d ter u frolD

enhancing the hi tori truth.

Po r- f'n the P~t-l. :;,

CourK

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B au e thWhat et s u st'

o round.But the ur-r- nt of the eadoes me t the eo: nt f the10 stOnD and thunder,Then th oe ans no d.n my journey through the

broad streets,I an's e :treet-collpl1 C man an aCid-belly heof th 110 ming-after; fTh n th r 's han over,Wh t I wi h re see Still

a hangover f roa themass rallies 0 the nin tI' ;

ti •Th Current that should

na h, flush, rushs the current of change,

Chan e. A ainst the decei ~comort

of Castle b er, Wimpy Bars andKentu. Chicken.

"ala

A remaind r: that project ••••••••

Sa80 Proj et though apparently atlovebb, have not been closed ••••Saso has not dropped its aims inyanttp to of~~r h~l, Yhe:e th~ eis need for it and t 0 stiaulatebasic self -relianc in th Bl kcollllllUlity and ..,n st tud nt •

Saso still bas intentions onthe Free University Scheeeto boost Black adulteducation.

Saso still wishes to e tablishthe Black Educational Adv&-ncesent, Trust Fund to helpstudents fro. post-prillaryto university level.

Sa80 still &iJls to proaoteli teracy through the HOME ,cAtion Sche.e to stt.-uIate Black literacyskills.

Saso still finds need for thcontinuation of the SelfHelp Projects to encour-age self-reliance aaongstour peoplel

Do not lose hope, Black student.Your hand is still needed. Take tothe task. Weshall. overcoael

ANOmER PO&I

into the dark

a ghetto sundownsouth .fï'1..C. coughs du t:into the streets of alexandracough vi. th a s 11 of bloodblood stained fro. vhitepolicy

:;urdcr!!

at Ian asharpevillenyan acarl tonvill

I ~.;ait or the darke ~ra~e the ~h v3erill. in 0 the darlm :s of hoJle

con! r with th nig,.~tfal'for the ark hasten itiv 1

th dark 'vi\! re the futUbut very big effortsto keep the cit whit

by nlghthave shown the ci ty lightsto be very s .red by ni ti confer with this d.aricthe dark tunnel to liberationwhere no pet dogs enjoy a baric

Wherebythe Senate .sked Batiatul,"Were there no sips of conspiracy

. scontent, plottint1•"Th re vere none,· be Ulsisted."And vhen you executed tbe African_ aind you, ve consid r youraction quite proper - vas thereno prote t ? •

"None""Weare particularly int rested inwhetber any sort of outside bellltforeign proTOcation Qf 1D'1' .ortcould have ntered into t butter? "

"It is t.possible,· said Batiatul."And there vas DO outside help orfunds provided for tbe triWlri-.rpt of Spartacus, C,amicuI IIldCrims?"

nSpartacus" - "Oft! by Howard".st.19

DEm!TE IN ITS TRJE PER$PWfIVE

Perhaps Chief Cat ha ~tbele.iought "" he ongr..ttJlate forhaving pointed out recently thattber is littl point li th PTiMinister, Mr. 8.J.Vorst r , desi-ring peace in the northem bor-ders of Zi.haM vbilst at hoae,within our ownborders, the situ-ation can har~y b e consid r dJk:aceful.

This is not the unncr in wchthe Kwa-Zululeader expressed hisviews. But we have the right toaake interpretation of his re_rics

g,n"" n' cr.ange. rt· f r tni, weleam that he bas b en repriaandedfor not co-operating with thPriae Minister's effort •

What does det nte hold lo vi v ofthe pres ot conditions (

Ve ha¥ ob rv d h 0 v Za=bia'sPresid nt Kaunda bas b n sin dout as a Christian and lIan . thqualities of a stat saan. On thother band Presid nt N r re, thun who ngine r d "Ujaaa,a" for'ians&n.la' aUS s has b n crá t L -i.~d for tuin radi al tand inth "Rhodesia Talks".

For th tu ian 1 d r ve can sathat, vhilst appreciatin h s dip-loa.tic w)v , ve can hovev T,

point out tbat h h s no chcacbut to b a peaceful ne 0 iator.Th 0 raph of his count andthe conoaic eff ct of anction,aioat the . th re' ou t to

be considered. I the possibleinstabUit that would result in aZubia tbat i not r t free fro.tribal fact onal' and th rip

of imp rialist inve tment-parti-cularl tb mf'luen of theLonhro group, make .LI"for hia to p1ay a !DOder

If Za.mhiacho sst st an in theiaperialist camp in th d tentaoves then ve O\l&htto voice con-cem over a Black state vanting toell the aspirations 0 f thepeople's 0 f ILllbabv. Horeso,since the struggle in Zimbabw hanov rystallised and only th hand-ing over tb power to the rightfulpeopl can nov stop th f htin.For it i not tru that in every-strugg}. l;he ba:.i' ..1" s'ti' n isthat of state pov r?

Cu rilla vanar . s not only thIIilitary thod 0 f obtainingchan I tis a political,economic and .~1 movement a 5velle Thi" can 1 "am froa tbeFr li.-.') exaaple. Cu ,'ilia warfare.n Zia abw has, likr pla ed ilia tionsountry or th peacof lead r sue h

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g&inst which AfTlk~erdomvulnerable, if not iapo-.eed with a f.- changing~be South A!rlcan econo.y~veloping, as ve are con-~eing led to believe. Un-[It is rising at an un,re-

rat J r Iting in theg of g nera.l living tan-MaJ'lufa.ctu ring is at veryI 'there iire . stu rbance on'Se Whilst life has not u.-[or those living in the so-ho_lands. And in the-w~ctor w~ haTe had a .. or

Ich as the li stem Bank;Bk n over b tb Barelavsil Bank.

e inteTnational field thhave their secret weaponno ~f e a eert ~ 0 • If

~rster were to we falseI.OW, either in Zi.babve or~1que bJ would st rt a chainLon that would mess up thalist world. In the ,pe aan-bat Holland -.as forced into~ding to Ara pressure afterLg sided with 1 rael v T U'eLe East Cri i <J.

h re i an other rea n forh t.he I b ral propri torh can call tb Pri. )'lini t rlblc sta saan it is for hiI ne s of South Africa'S vuln -le position within th n" . t-lone Th ere p fer • Tbti is not b idin. Vind of

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And ¥her do the 'hoaeland'l ad. rcoee into th! ? The hi torie .,. -ent is on that calls for &reatest on h s. Ys, they do c .ti-ei th xistin oye~nt poli-c es and social nequ ity betweenvhlt and Bl ~ But the do notxplain th S ste. and it der-tone vithifi th eonte~ 0 theBl k aan'a ru or n tionli r tion. Thls i yby h 'J cannot,and hall not vi thin th {ore -able future, aast r th probleathat coM into th i r "ay. Theiseue, vhleh onl ye terday "a sb U\ ï. i.::; ;:. ~!",:,l-' fOil!.: C '"'"be siJlplifieds wen t.uoth l".a.!

hcd dec . t 1I.1:t e 'Xtl'acted.Before the i sue reaches enpo.int.

Thi s the s p.rati t leader failto fa . up to. • i~uor t h p

truth tbat our t.&MI\ rl&tltS ..-.notI\t an t e above the e stin

eio-econollic stN ture; and thatur SO hl pro and C',,\turt blli t b e condi-io!\!d b thi

ano f....th

n

and

wner-al, pri ate, ·son.

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'lNNCS HAPrIUNG

l!!PPn.in6I• to Black people.

etious Objection:

face of the current drive~ recl'Uiting 0 f Bl~r3 in th South African Armyil wortb .ent' oning out th tH.... oskraal Resolution onentious Objection aPPlies toas velle

'steil is bidding fo ill 0 I' eI of repre8 lo. The uevs-I shov this clearly. The att-being _de to set up Vigil-::o__ ttees in the Black Co__tell us.

business have Blacks to f' gbt,just var that i s ai_d atltuating our enslavemen ?

I and Foreise Invest8ents:

ser:-ner SUIlS of 'aid fun 1 haveI advanced by the Trade Union~ress to t b e Institute forastrlal Education (nE) and the

Tra..ining project. The nE; a further R3 000; and thean Trainin . project gets Rt 7(iJ.

ce , to us, these bodies are notkinS for the true interests ofde workers,olle wonders ""at the.ef designs of the roe are. Orit their nDne-avarene 5 f thele situation2

en' s a ak--kneed l.ber~Iti-81ack pseudo research 1JlStl.-Ite. It nov plays the part of

po1icy aak r for th 'tions c ntred" lAl b 'H Th Urban Traininhardly d servevhat OppenheillCr ant bunions for Black wrker ?

nm un-BolProjecti thi

Tl' d

If the e overse& .d givers cont-inue to ignore Bl k bJectlon t

opinionised channellin, then veshall bave to re-exaaine th roe' 5concern with Black workers.

It i in th nevs. Fin&tl\! , D.. '1CUstan style. lt bas been reporteCl,that apart fro. co_'n hares 0....ned bv the various Bantustan Go~J'1\IteI\ts, 3 of all ene wc.. .....the African South African Bank,areto be owned bv t hindustrialsector.

It' (lvcn doubtful that the indu-strial' sta bold only 3<J.'; incethey aS inv tors with 'bo_land'ovemaents vill be able graduallto gain substantial control. theAfrican 'control' aerely,nominal.

o-colonialis 1 Don't 1 le far.

~tinationa1s that aren't

national.-Everybody's talking.ta1.kjng soccer. In tb

Everybody's. tto,that

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ie. What tie ought to bring out ofour brother. thou&h is their real-l..ation that there is nothing 'n~tional' about the se' aal ttnat ional'tou~ts in soccer, athletics,cricket, boxL"'l •

To our vi tiles thi i.. 11 vhl t -'tAlk. This 5 tribal port;lio1.n DV-

dressed so as t 0 keep parth idSouth Africa in international p0-rt. No wonder the Indian Covem-nt could not be fool d by SOIle

collaborators who fiew all the wayto Calcutta to' talc., the vorld fora ride. To put our pictuff. strai-&}Ittheir's va the ride. Tb reand back vithout a sin&].e ut h.

What Politics?

Our policy rejects it. The whole~~rl~ ~b , i . Realitv is n bi-tter .tlUwe &lunst it. T hispolicy of separate polit (al plat-to,.s.

Hocke .ad by th ap rthei s-te- on us was once mor depictedwhen the Fed ral Party lead")- inatal, Mr. E.C. Swal said that

Coloun: lead r s should not reject"the privil s andthat re alt matelyth Coloured pe pl (.2/1/7S. H urth rIndian and r-L ans th irownleaders to fi ht f r them.

"You don't hear frican voices,b kin ur fi ~It. A. bl sinthat there i s still a BPCand aSa to refu~A th s C 3im •

Doe 5 the CRC r &11yfight forBlack rights? The Labour Party,would not have boycotted the CRCsssion and the Vor r talk ifMr. Svalu' reurlc vere tnae. Wethe Black oppressed of this coun-try d 0 not need monkeypoliti sand any a 0 n kc) P rli~ent-arianis." •

THE BURD~ OF OOHP~SE

The initial decision of the Uri-CaD, Coloured and Indian leadersto accept the political dispensa-tlon wh by tb Black Co.-mi ty,vae divided into nearly a donndifferent "nations" apJears nowIIOre clear] than ever befor asgross error of ju ent. Kihopes W.1'e then expressed of usinthe ovemamt aacbinery to testthe bone t of thi ove",,-r ...carrying out their pro r.-e ofSepar t Devel0P.lCllt to its 10 '-cal conclusion, rlas th grantl.Dof If-det rain tion to Blacks.

rbert' an be no doub to a think-ing r n that a polie for.ulat-ed vithin the white iet canonly e expected to th int-. re t of that oei It 0 Snot ca rea onabl to iine that thi ov mJlent, equip-ped as th re nth all the r -ou 5 to aak.e and to han e ~ wto p1an and to II8Jlipu.t th des-1:n of otb r , can creat• that vi d stro tb ••

Tbe id 0 f us' the platforathat h. been cr ated b tb !.v-

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to art' culate the & pira-r the Black people as haLa.i.Jled by these ~yste. -leaders, baa a fULiliar

e have heard it ell before.African intellectuals verethe very SaM arguments totheir participation in theRepresentative Counc'l in

:e of repeat d couns:}.s a-lat bwIiliating comproads •

years ago now the firsttan expert.ent waS given'rne "",_..-;n ~e.li#.:+' !\ t t"~If its inception waS that the~~ cxpe' nt as a who e,t reall.y been ii!pOsed by Pr-IL but wa a deveIo~nt andpt'OVeMnt of an olde I' thoUghr systea of self-rule (Theke an T rrito al ~utoo ltyle Bun a as't waS co_,nly,d)in vhich the chiefs as thLtional leaders 0 the peoplealready playinl. th le ing; yet wbo can deny the f'actas long ago 1860 read

,philus Sh pstone had relegatedIl chiefs to noti' g mo~ thanLnisti'ative f!llPJ'Cts and that,Bantu utboriti tt ct whichiou ly owed much to the Shepst-an sy t • of admini tration f -

sealed the fate of chiefs 'n~ Bla o..... nit 7 obod can~tend that they h. ~! noW th

authority n d power thaterforb ars had over h' r sub-cts. So that 0 r thatief IS are in po s 'tions of 1ad f"-lip now as they re in the "Bun-~" qstelll '5 as ocë as to s alat pretor'. s pc~r . IS unchall-\ ed. Wh t v r he real ruth aI) the actual hor of th Trans-el-an e q;eri nt th re is no ny-ng the fact that it was fotwll

at...

ed and plann d in P tori.

,OY th Tran 'vi. thout any cla-loa to conotic viability nreal ~litical vereigntyladen Y1th a&nJ n ativ pov-er ov I' h r "citisens" (proclaaa-tion R.400, bannin s vithout t ';i,the h e ny 0 chi in it pol-itical tructure t.) hhope o f poli ti .. ebece .er illu i n,

*ch ha been aid bout th 1 Ko f avpreciation of th role thathas been pla ed u "f theBantustan lead r t la eground-vu"" for d ",t, with hrest of Africa. The very effortsat establishing detente. ln { t,see. geL~d at ecurin what i8 inthe int r sts of the vhi te ainol'-ity in this untr:', vha,real.':t1.the anoaaly of their position inan African contin nt that ha lar-ly spensed with the racU. offriea's for.er cul tal ~~~ rhave found it eqedient t 0 -..kesome {forts at st l' shin cIos-r ties d unders~andin vi h therest ot Afn.ca. e uth A.:.r (' Wonly tOOvell that the poli tieuchar eter of th rest of Southel"Dfrica is ehan ' r p dly be-forP. th il' 1 s th t she aainsthe last Ivark of vbit ai,pOrity_Nl.e in tb Contin n:t. Scores offric.u 1adcr- h v un qu' coca.lst ted their dis nchantaent Vl.tb1tdtnt".The d't of hi s't-u ti n, reov r, is hovo b thf t that whilst the d t nt.e init-iatiVes re oio on uth rri-ca's :ail'tary d et for this ear

1 s reach d . h alarw.in fi-fRO IlliUion; vbich puts

S • . thin th ailitary-s-pendinbraeke 0 QlJ'OI'Can untri s, The

uy conclusion that one an cólll:t is that S.A. is _rely trying~ buy ti_ with the detente .oves

r. Vorster, .oreover, has clearlyndicated that Black Afri a al tccept S.A. oraher own teras. No,tte.pts vill be -.de tof eetigdf cant chanAe in her doaes-i poli • The chan es that havleen effect d in th past six mn-hs which hav been hailed as .nd-.cations of .ore changes to co.ely the liberal lector of tb white,:-~Hy .~v~ been so _.lperf·"i III.bat they can in .ract be r arded,II non-chan..ces.

:t i th refore, in passin~. strange:hat any leader tn the Black COlli-

IIlity vould want to clai. credit'or h 'ng laid Il fOnll.llations:or the operation of detente. thisletente has yet to be hown tolav benefited the oppre sedIleek,_

lt ano . (Or 1ev the Co ur d LAb-nrr Party has equally ompromi ed.rh::i:- le !!.derl Cl ~rpnt l'1"'Om . ofLoyalty to White South fdca arerather inconsistent with the tandthat the Labour Party has tak n .nthe past. They got the' r majorityIn the C. R. C. on the basis oftheir pro e t do vay vi th theC. R. C. if elected. Nowthey arenot fully participatin in' t Lutseem ready so to discard ev ntne lip-service they used to payto Blackness. ow, 8.ccording totheir leader, they are a Brownpeople and fora a separate entityfro. the rest of the Bla k commun-ity and have now coae to recognisetheir close affinity to ·the whiteculture and civil' .ation.

Ev n people who st n y beId thcharitable view that the Indian ,Brownand Bantustan le der v reevol ving SODe kind of trate&)'must now be ready to eat theirwords.

Th Bantustan lead rs folloYinth iT radualistic pproa h addramatic cl '. or re land notso lon ow th t they have-been given th littl th t theyasked for one an v 11 ask wetherthe whole exercise vas worthanything.

History has th qu r habit of re-VC"''ing itself and if 1:" it.revenge on those who "Iilfullyforget th 1. ons 0 history.

Rl'S & L£l'TERS: REVI~S:

BEING SLACK in th W RLDb s,c, i

Published b PRES..

Dr. Mananyi 0 not: blah-blahabout Dla k Consc·ousness. He bt"-ings it up to our i_ diate xper-iene • Hi (>. s t to point outto US that, as na ITf'l pr requi-site a:inst divid and rul - andinferion.ty t s, Sla k Co i us-ness is nothin but "a historicalnecessity". Workin on the pr misetbat Black Consciousness is tiae-bound, a transi nt force, the aut-hor goes on to how howBla k Con-sciousness in" its express' on ofthe present it . s first 0 f all.....tual knowledge about its bist,..

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:y". And, further, that ltsd tant ~ . solidarity, li iUJIOW\ts-eccgm tacn and the desir to:ablish collllWl'ity f elings."

larity amongst other thingthat ye as a people have to1. This is the basic philoso-f cOlllllWlalislll.

k ps Bl ek Ccnsc.Lou p

arity n close att hm nt?langanyi i avare of this pos-: question. His ansve r is that,has to be thinking of a con-rsneas that ad 0 action".'Wayone's a'Wareness does not~ static; but becomes er at-Therefore "the creative pot-

al of black South Afri ansb e mea~~red against their

en potential.n

author i s deeply concerned, the experience of being blackI 'White dominated society. "The.ance b 1.. lac! :; o.r.d..r.-.i Cl

-eal. There is a black moodof19 . n-the-world. Th r lationteen blacks and 'Whites, thoughscapabke , is of a categori.alIre; . t is in the nature ofreotyping ("us" and "them") •ce these conclusions aee truc,logue bet'Weenthese two groups1 remain superficial for a Lonle. This is understandable be-se there w:i 11 al'Ways b two.mesof reference (two e . st nt-

experienc s] ~. th regard torimportant . ssue 'Whichara s s ,"

book probes against th falseJesment of the forces 'Whichcon-~ion t h outlook of those) hold suspicion &inst BlackIlSciousness. The auth T 'vesack C nsciousn s a soc' o-hist-

th•n 0.., nhrou h

eontrib-Thi e-

n.rstandiJig b

15,nt ,po-vb:ich

There i sthe author of tpseudo-philosophiclit' cal ~esturesthe racist ..miteitself. Dr. HanII th fNm reality. The essay nn friean T'm"could asil be d -velopcd into a ook.

Th book hay its awan i do snot sue-to US th cut di-

e ntUQ u JBlack Consciousness. tnd ed v ryf wwriters and Bl' thinkershave man ed to put Bl . ~nsc-iousness into t s YO ~i-historic context, as diff rentiat-ed fro III e ritud • Since thiswould h lp u s have in i tintoth levels of r ru and intohow someprota onists of rltutiehave b c me apolo . ses of th W~

This ook sh u1d b very-one concern d with th rueurecti v s of Black Consciou n ss andth v muchd sired cons' stencyin national consciousness.

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MAflKA P. WALA

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nm PARI( AMP ~ STOfU~

By J.-e Matthevs

ublished by B LAC Publ hin~lou e, Athlone 1974.Ibtain bIe at Rl,

r h e tori IJ in thi eo tion~ave a ba Le charact r. rh ' are a~epiction of th si.ple li v IJ ofBlack • Blacks are aade f aceleby th social y t. wh'. Psure the cannot es _pe, but; cauonly f ght.

a bou : du".This i ju tth 1 f ofAf'rica.

in

In on short tory, "B b , That'sTh Wa It lsl" t oun"'lDen ar

d for public ind cencv- Inth . r polie cell- roup a outh isarrested for ar in vith a policman in ef nc of Black childr ns lling ft"\l.Lton a pave. nt.

Prot ticlos d tAfrican Black. B caua11&1\ I IJ argu n andbars. It is this eaan vbo urges one of st-ed _ Jonas, a local "rou , tosbout ut, "Der lay is hitl"AU th tori 5 have a painfullyIIMn touch. The char.ct are.

the sa.Jte peopl aet day

u h

li n."

.,

WHERE 00 THE BLACKS FEATURE TH

(1) Blacks pay .,re tth whites throu. re t aalm 1" th t i notproport .onate to amin s, (1)ok nto our ducation,

tn..t-tax, poll-t Y t li

a dUbj ct d to thcusto. and ex ition a tb whit IS forcigarettes, cloth s, food,etc. But vb.i.t tUl earn., re than theyout 'to begetting;

l the rising nO. tion ry t ncl- (2)~es sve pin~ throu~ th Wst-n World (Capitalist net ry~e.), it i al high t ti_

Bl ek tud nt ked hi. 1 (po ltion 0 u r Bl ek op! 3.

d in th onoay of thlve society.

i s al.ready a widely acceptedth that .t th Blacks vboTY the economyof th, c~Jn~rytheir shoulders. Further it is.on truth that th w r i-

rs, the recreation paTks, the~ budget for National De,fence against what?) tho Y-ra r-s - a 1 these tt'. fromI\distribu1..,d wages" rightfullyving to go to Blacks. Becaus itBlack, throulth their II&SS ve

d r""'do. nant input into tb!o ti National. Produet(G.N.P., whO.rT'! the whole burd nj a burd n-eatcd by th "h' t supe-I ~1r.tur •

,t us look into these fact :

t in t illo-

(4)

(5) uneaplo h C)ared...,n t Bl • The econ-

failin IS lie vith thwhit do~inant ector.

• h i~ ven vorBlacks _~day ffer fro.non-e.ploy.ent, an op-pre d eo.-mity. That i" nave be , ... J :;ubjecto deliberated uneaplo -IDCnt at a tine n8-tantly kept t h so-

ed ..LaW". _rlcet;

(6) th

.,

•••Prln 0 lW"tRIP\. £5.$ pAl E.RS.62 ,,1 Ao".

"SLACK CONICIOUSHEII I :

1.

2.

en.n tudt ot mind, i WIV of lit;Ih belie teMt 1 th.t t Bloc m n muit , lee II VI ue systefTl$ thltto mek' him fot lp' In th count(\' of hil birt nC, uee IS bIIichuman dignity;

3.

own v lu IV4.

6. Black C tOUof thl ope>

to rt h6. L1ber.t on of Ol Bi " n u jn~ jr! Wit liberation from psycnologteat

,,!,prealon of h m If throu~ n inferlonty compiel( and secondly from thephysical one ICCru ng ut o111vlng10 .. wÏ!;i.c I~'~ ;'::;:=:_.;:

7. BIKk people er. thvii who ere bV law IJr trllldition. oohtic.all ,socially andICOnomlcally dieerlm!n led 1981nl1 IS 8 group in the South African society~f thlt, dOlr tlonl."

join the growing number of Black Thm en:Read about the Black Liberation;

Black Community;Bleek Programmes.

Astl t Saso in making this New!len~ norven borne by the Black Community. T eIn extra copy for your friend or neighbour.P this copy on to your black brothers andsisters.

Support Saso Newslener ISupport t.~c BI3CJ( Cause!

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Collection Number: AD1719

State v S Cooper and 8 others.

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