VOLUME 1 NO. 2 8TH DECEMBER 1945»

DEBATING CONTEST

On •the afternoon of

the 24th October 1945, c tr Debating Team consisting of

Messrs A.P.Mda,S .Mota & P .G . Borman, accompanied by th e Secretary/Organiser, went to

Alexandra. The subject was:

"Resolved that living condi­tions are better in a Munic­ipal Township than in such places as Alexandra & Soptxi-

atown"aDr .Oswald Bull feting

Dire2tor, Jan Hofmeyr School

of ' 3cial n‘ork was the Judge

Th D .O .C .C . Debating Team woi the won the Contest, end

the Judge in his remarks,sp-

ol e very highly of them, for the display of team work, in consistent handling of tbe

subject.Hence we have been A

hope to successful in * 1 1 our debating contests.

lUSICAL EVENING

The Musical Evening under

the direction of Mr.J. Trauneck of the Johannesburg Symphony Ochestra, which was held on the

7 th November 1945» was a grea -

success.The aim was to introduce

to the public new artis ts.The following artists per­

formed s- Mr.Sejamutla’s Double Quartette, Mr.Buthelezi’ s Choir

Miss Faith Caluza, Mrs. Mothop-

eng, Misses Ntsane, S’eku,Messrs

V A E.Sentso, S.Mphahlele, the Supervisor of Schools, Mr.J.Tr-

auneck and a visiting Artistwho

thrilled the hcuse with his Fl­ute.The Chairman of the Musical Society, Mr.S.S.Ntombela thank­

ed the large audience -which at- terxled. Other officers of this Society ares Mr. B.O.Sibeko,Mr. I.H.Magang - , Secretary & Treasurer respectively. This is

a very good move. SUPPORT IT.

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EDITORIAL

As the year draws to its close we look back with happy

memories, to *7hat, we believe, to be a year of great achiev- ment in our Township.

v'e appreciate Hie magnan­

imity and generosity o f LtCol.

J.Donalds on D .S .0 . , who, as you you know, is "the author of this big scheme, ^e rejoice at the representation that has

been given the African people not only on -the Management Bo­ard, but also on -the Board of Trustees.

Six months have been enou­

gh to prove the necessity and wisdom of this".noble move. Al­ready Ihe membership is in the

neighbourhood of 500, compris­ing persons of all ages and creeds. The activities have been varied,and great interest

has been shown in them all.

Hie debate at Alexandra, the musical evening under the dir­ection of Mr. J.Traunack, &

tiie social evenings,have ill

v been greatly appreciated The night schools, tiae P .T . classes and the boxing demons­trations and -the Food Clubs

have continued, to drawto them­selves the many residents of Orlando. "We close the year feeling very proud of what the

Centre has so far done, and hope that much more will be achieved in the coming year.

.... We call upon allmembers to

make use of the Centre by at

tending meetings,social evei ings, and by patronizingtir

night schols, the Food Clubt and the women’ s clubs. 11 i only when members support th ese activities that they wi see the usefulness of the Ce re, and in that way help i forward, usiaile they themselv

gaifl tremendously from it.Th ; person >ho is at the ni­ght school four days weekly, is saved from much harm,while

he at the same time gains in valuable khowlidge ffirihAmae’ which will help him greatiyi:

the future ;aatds© ttts-Tnan.-iwho

epeBdoiJii-. evening at a soci­al or other activity of thf Centre. That is ufay we cel* upon all cxar members, young & old, to make use of the Centrt

STOP PRES The following is an extr­

act from a letter addressed tc

the Secretary, Advisory Boarc

"Ad you are aware Lt.-Col. T .WJlm itage,D.S.O. was app­ointed as Acting Senior Sup­

erintendent, Orlando, during the absence on military ser­vice of MrJ).T.Nicholas. With

the termination of theWar itr.

Nicholas is liable to returr

from military service withii the next few weeks, . . . . wher. he will reeume office at Or­lando. Col .Armitage will be

in charge temporarily at the

new office in Orlando Went".

ElffmTIOmaL .

THE GOOD OF HUMANITY

In his Manual of Moral IB*

straction, James Reid says "Every man and woman i s a mem­ber of the great body of hum­

anity.Each of us ougfat to live

for the good of humani't y.

This is to be 'humane' . Nihil humani a me alienum puto —

' I consider no interest of

humanity foreign to me' — this feeling ought to actuat e

us all. ^e c«ight not to say of any good movement or cause

that it is none of our busi­ness. I f we love our fellow- men, we shall try to live for the good of all. Kindness &

generosity, two words foe the

helping of others, are deri­ved from kin and genus. To be kind is to feel that ev­

ery one is cur kinsman. To be generous is to feel that every one is of our race or family.

"To improve humanity we

must also look for the'-weak places. I f our own bodies a- re sick, the doctor looks for the diseased part and tries to cure that.

"Humanity h&a -many, 9 ck places; We should look fo r these ard try to cure them.

Philanthropy and benevole­

nce are names given to

love for humanity. By phil­anthropy and benevol ence,ge­nerosity and kindness, we cure the diseased parts of

humani ty."

YOUR CIVICS?

(Try and answer these questions before looking

at -the answers on last page)

1 . Who is the Mayoress of J ohannesburg?

2 . t’tio is the Chairman of the Non-European Affairs ?

3 .T7hcJC!»io le< tBe^Bijnityage$ of Non-European Affairs

Department?4 . TTho is the Junior Sup­

erintendent of Orlando? ■5. How many members aretha-

re in the Advisory Board': ?

Name them,8. \2hen will the elections

of the Advisory BoaixL be ?

YOUR LATIN EXPRESSIONS?

1 . ad libitum (Latin)2. auf TFiedersehen (German)3. fait accompli (French)

4 . ,;-oiodus operandi(Latin)5. Vox populi (Latin)

6. esprit de corpd (French)7 . Sine die (Latin)

8 . ich dien (German)

o

o o-

NJE NGEMPELA (Short story in Zulu)

By Sagila.K w ath i ngolu-nye usuku kwe

la s e G c l i , kwaqamuka i z in z i z w a e z im b i l i . L e z in s iz w a zihamba ngamandla amaknulu. Tenke umu- n tu ow ayezibona le z in s iz w a wash?, u ku th i ku s h is a p a n s i, kubanda p h ezu lu ; k a z i z iq on d e p h i ? -

ffo 1. Suka z iy a k h a ta la y in i in - h lw e b i zen s izw a l o z ig q o k e ~ 6 - mabulukwe a zo ok filh iw a y iB o t t - om. Zahamba/ke le z in s iz w a za ze zah langana nom fokazana. Lom fo - kazana yena u fa k e ibu iu kw e e l - ik h u lu s s ong a th i kh a l im ul in g a n i noma ehamba u n ga th i l iy a ra s in d a Basho oBottom "K o n je -sizw a b o - th i we,na» ,u y i l i q a v e la " ,? B ese ath i'uM abulukweanzim a., " Pho, lo k h o ku n ik h a tlia za n g a q i"? U s - ho la p h c Umfo ka Mabul?ikwe an-} zim a, s e th u k u te le U y a fa , sem a- n z i t e " N i t h in i n in a N o n h le - vu , n in gob an i n in a "? Z i n e lc kubona le z in g iz w a u k u ih i uMab- ulukweanzim a se th u k u th e le z i - suke z ih a n b e . .NoM abulukw eanzi- ma ahambe. U th e ebuq_amamana z i ze le z in s iz w a e z im b i l i . Z im u- m ise uMabulukwe anzim a z i th ik u y e , "Kcdwa wena y in i u fa k e i - buiukwe e l ik h u iu . kangaka"'? A p - en du ie uMabulukweanzima a th i % "N jen gem p e la g i l i t h a n d a l i n j a - lo " .K U th e k u s e n je , yaqham ukai- n s im b i yab e lu n gu , is h o i t i a i : " Neradhla umuntu, n gadh la .u m lu n - gu " Lapho a b a s a g ijm i abantu

beqonde esitishini. To'. Umabu-

lukweanzima selahleka phansi nje, ngoba naku ibulukwe lakhe

liyiOxford Bag., liyamgila nxa- shana eihi uyabal'cka. We, Bese- bayanbuza abantu ukuthi engani

yena bathe nxashana bethi kUye

makenze ibulukwe lakhe iBott - om, wala, wathi uli-thanda nj e- ngempela linjalo. Kusukela N-

galelolanga uMabulukiveanzi ma, kwaba ngu Njo Ngempela.

UlSlDiiLALO EABj&NTOJJA EA KISIMJSI

Sittiande ukunazisa, nina bazali bezingane zase Orlando, ukuthi ngcmhlaka 17 kU DECEMBER

194 5 > kuyobekukhona unudhlalo omkiiulu kakisinusi wezingane

lapha emabaleni e Leake Hall. Siyani cel a ke ukuthi nisisize nisithumele izingane ziphele- le ngothilazo.

SINIFISELA UKLSH0SI .OMHLE

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'. DOCTORS OF MEDICINE

CONGRATULATIONS TO TT.O AF­

RICANS, NAMELY, H.fi.K.HEHMAltfS

AND J.L.Z.NJONG:r.E, AGED 28 Al© 26 RESPECTIVELY, FOR THEIR SU­CCESS IK THE FINAL' MEDICAL EX­AMINATIONS a t the u n iv e r s it y .

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PAPALI EL BLEA SI KERESMESE

Batsoali ba tsebisoa hore ho tla ba papali e khol'o'ea bana ka la 17 TSITOE, 1945,1011:1 LEAKE HALL E buletsoe bana bohle ba ORLANDO,

’me le khcihaletsoa mokete ona.

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M OK H A TLO O A L I J O

M o k tia tle o n a o s e b e l e t s a b a ­

th o b a O r l a n d o h a h o l o , h o b a n e b a-

f u n a n a l i t a p o l e l e rieroho k a c f e l a

Ice c k e l e t e e t l a s e , h o f e t a k a a o o

b a t h o b a ka l i fu m &n an g : k a t e n g h a

b a i t h e k e l a b a i n o t s * i m a r a k e n g ,

k a p a l e h a e l e m o n a O r l a n d o .

B a t s a m a i s i b a m o k h a t l o o n a k e ba-

n a ; M O L U L A S E W L O ; M r s .C .M b h a t a $

M O N G O L I : M rs . E . E . M c e k i ; ’ M O L O K I

O A C H E L E T E L E M O T S O S E L E T S I s Mrs.

M . IT tom b e l a . R o m e la n g c h e l e t e ‘ t s a

I o n a k a L a b o h l a n o e l e k a n a l i j o

t s e o l e l i b a t l a n g h o ;

MRS .M.NTOMBELA,

H o u s e H o . 4 5 ,

' .ORIAT-ipO,

• B a 1 a t a n g t s a b o n a 's e k o l o n g s a

Rom a b a roraele c h e l e t e t s a b o n a

h o ;

MRS .R.T'S.ALA',

H o u s e 5 1 6 7 ,

O R L A N D O .

FA R O LO E A MOTSE- ■ - -

R e t s e b i s i t s o e h o r e n o t s e o aa

O r l a n d o o t l a s r o l o a h a ^ f i n y a n a ,

batho ba Orlando "est le Lipl-

ateng kaofela ba lefa le hois-

a merero ea bona ofising e note e hahuoang haufi le sekolo sa

~ H 61 y € t o s s . MOOKAKELI oa 1 ek-

ala leo la Orlando e tla ba Lt Col.T.T7.Arnitage D .S .O ., eena ea okametseng Orlando kaofe la

joale. Ea tla tla bakeng sahae

ke- Mong .D .T .Nichol as , Mookame- li oa pele, ea ileng a ea nt- oeng; 0 khutlela nosebetsingoa hae. TSEBANG LE TSEBISE BA BA­

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lav; SERIES

Beginning January next year

we are publishing articles on Law, which Mr.A.M.Lembede M.A. LL.B. has kindly consented to

submit. The first of this ser­

ies is entitled; "THE SUTURE OE NATIVE LA’"11.

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contributions in v it e d

The Editor invites contribu­tions from all journalists in

Orlando. Send yoUrcontribution to the Editor, Leake Hall,

ORLANDO.

MEMBERS, ,STQe that you get

xyoUr copy and READ & REMEMBER each month's COMING EVENTS.

EDITED BY; O.S.D.MOOKI, Leake Hall, ORLANDO TO’TSHIP .

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SSERETARY/ORGANISER'S PJ,GE

1 . YOUTH SOCIAL -CTI VITIL'S ( c ) H€SLY CROSS(d ) BAPTIST.These include boys’

and girls* clubs, outdoor and indoor games, including drau­

ghts, darts, fiddle sticks,

table tennis,boxing and sing­

ing. Membership is free, to all children resident in Orlando. These club rmeii&Bgs

are held only in the after­

noons so as to keep the child­ren away from the street and places of mischief. Par-

nav make enquiries and sug­

gestions at the office, at the Leake Hall.

The attention of members- is drawn to the CHILDRENS’

XMiiS CHEER to be held on the

17TH DECEMBER at the LEAKE HALL grounds. This will be a real big day for ypuss-rcbfiild

ren. The programme will in­

clude 50 yards, 80 yards,100 yards, and 44O yards flat rac­ing, sack, three legged,potato,

wheel-barrow, bottle races and a Tu.g of Yar. A P .T .Dis­

play by the Boys’ Club Team

and matches - football xx and basketball will be staged.

Prizes willlbebprepenAedtedto winners.

ALL RESIDENTS OP THETO'.N- SHIP ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

2. NIGHT SCHOOLS:

Schools are being oper­

ated at the following places:

(a) ST7ISS MISSION

(b) DUTCH REFORMED

The teachers at these schools

are: At (a)llessrs Phamotse &

Makakole;(b) Messrs Mota & Dh- lamini; (c) Messrs Dubasi &

Mpulo; (d) Mr.Loate & Mrs .KUm-

alo. These schools are open to

all residents of Orlando. The fee charged is 2/- The days are: Mondays to Thursdays. The

Centre has been granted perm­

ission to open further class-

work at other mission build­ings and these will be afeypt as soon as possible. Enquiri­es should be made at the sch­

ools or at the office.

It is the hope of the Manage­ment that these schools should

be registered, and because of that we are following as close as we can the Rules and reg­ulations of the T .E .D .HJLES OP ORDER

All members are informed that rules of order and reg­ulations for 1he Centre are

now ready. All members vho

would like to obtain copies of these should apply at the Hall No charge is made.BOXING CLUB

A Boxing club for young men meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, & Wednesdays,in the evenings.

Mr. Thompson Xaba, who is a

well known boxer, and who is

•the holder of the TTelter - '"eight Championship , ..........

s the trainer of this club.

SL you. need to do is to bring a short pair of trousers, & ou will be surprised to

:ee how physically fit you 'ill feel after every class.

You may also become a profess­

ional boxer.^OMEN’S FOOD CLUB

The Centre operates two

’ood clubs; one at the Leake tall and the other at the Rcm- m Catholic School. Members

>ay 2/ 6d each for vegetables

every week. These vegetables

re worth anything from 5/~ to if- ordinarily.

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COMING EVENTS

1. December 12-th - Socialiev- ening at 7 *30.

2 . December 1 7th - Children's

Christmas Cheer. ALL DAY.

3. December 18th - Students’

Conference: ALT. DAY.4 . December 28th - Bioscope

Film Show at the Leake Hall at 8 p.m. N .B. Admission by

Membership Cards only.

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Hie Chairman of the Board of Management, Lt.Col .T.W.Arm-

itage D .S .O . is back from a

short- holiday.

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BOARD MEETING

The monthly meeting of the

Board- was held on Thursday,No­

vember the 1s t ., at 8 p . m. Members Present were: Rev.O.S. D.Mooki(Chair), Messrs A.G.Bu- thel e zi ,E .S .B .Msimang , Mesdam-

es J .Kumalo,D .G .Kuzwayo,Messrs G.R.Kuzwayo, K.D. Morgan sand

D.R.Twala.

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DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA A meeting of the D.O.A.

was held on Saturday, 24thNov.

1945 the Leake Hall. The meeting was wall attended by branches "that have affiliated.

In the unavoidable absenc e

of the Lady P res id entyMrs .Pil -

iso(TVL), Mrs. Mabuto of Alex. anJra, m& o is a member of the

Executive, presided.

The D .O .A . is a body ccmpos-|

ed of African women. Iitcefcirara for -the welfare of the Afric­ans , particularly cripples &

invalids. The founder of this

organisation is Miss C.L.Tsha- balala, now of Alexandra.

BIOSCOPE SHOW

The Centre had its first Bioscope Show on the 28-th Nov­ember at 8 p.m. The film was t

"HIT THE IEJE", featuringAbbot

and Costello. Mr.P.Morrison :of

the Non-European Affairs D ep i^ was operator. '

&JNBE6M XMAS PARTY The Provincial Commissioner,

Mrs.Ra'ikes, and the District Commissioner, Miss Mackay,were

present at a Xmas Party given Toy the St. St. Mary's Orphan­age, &• two other Rossetenville companies led by Miss Aronson,

at the Loake Hall, on WEDNESDAY

28TH NOV., 1945- Mrs. Mahlangu

led" the St.John's Sun beams, Miss Khaticoe St. Mary's, Mrs

KUbheka Holy Cross. About 30

European and 120 African child

ren were entertained. Sisters Margaret Leeke & Joan Marshall are to be congratulated for the

success of this party.

STUDENTS TO MEET

The Orlando Students Ass­

ociation will hold its Ann ual

Conference “the 18thDecember 19 45* at the Leake Hall. There will be three sessions, start­

ing at 9.30 a.m. Membership

Cards are obtainable from the President, Mr.L .L .D . Mbongwe,

D .O .C .C . , Orlando.

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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

ON PAGE 3.

1. Mrs.B.TTeinbren2. Councillor Light3. Mr. Carr.

5 5 ^ ^ 5 5 5

♦. T7E TUSH ALL OCR RE

4 . Mr.V . B.McFadyen

5 . S ix ; Messrs J.Sofasonke Mp-

anza, Lucas P.KUmalo, Good G.

Xorile, Josiel G.Mophirlng ,

H.B .Martin Mdingi, & Obed S.D.

Mooki (Secretary).

6 . 23RD DECEMBER 1945-

LATIN EXPRESSIONS

& OTHERS.

1 . At w ill.

2. Till we meet again. 3 . An

accomplished fact. 4* Mode or

method of operating. 5* Tiie

voice of the people. 6 .Common

devotion of the members to an organisation. 7 . Indefinitely

8 . I serve (This is a motto a-

dopted by the Prince of Vales)

EO'ffl&H y did yco get right ?* * * *

XMAS ttATCHMEM THANKED

Fatchmen during the last X-

mas holidays were "thanked on

Sunday, 25th November, ^ien 3

oxen were slaughtered for-"the

feast. These were the g ift of

the Council, following the us­

ual procedure. The members of

the Board, The Blockmen, and

members of the C ivilian Guar d

who had all done excellent wo­

rk in keeping law and ordef in

the Township during those rest­

less days & nights were present

THE COMIiJNITY fcfJST THANK THESE

MEH FOR THEIR SELF-SACRIFICE.

SRS A MERRY XMAS 1

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