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Y~~w~~~~il~y telephoning :: Vol. 8, No. 37. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper 6d.him in Bloemfontein, and there ~ SOUTHERN EDITION Thursday, June 28, 1962 5c.can be no complaint that Lei- ifillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll11111 III111111111 IIIl11lh.brandt does not talk freely. Hetalks too freely, in fact! Lots ofhis ideas are crackpot, butcrackpot Nazis are just as dan­gerous as any others • • •

Here is the conversation:New Age: Mr. Leibrandt, can

you te\l us about your private

. • • army,'? . British Protest at Sabotage Act== Mr. Robey Leibrandt, ex-South African Olymplc Games boxmg § Leibrandt: I have no . private§ bronze medallist, joined the Nazi Party in Germany soon after the § army. I .came out of gaol I~ 1948 . •~ war and served as an officer in a parachute division when the ~ and .declded t9 form an anl1-C~m- MR. Vorster's threat to ban the ~r1tlsh Government to stoP. the

~ G~~~~lva~~irc~f~~~h:ed ~~~irseac~:t~~ rannd~~et~ff the coast of South ~ figh~~Sr~ ~~o~e;~~o~h:~~~~u~i~~~lcal New :\ge and.other Ol~~ns ~~e:c~fm~~s h) the South AfrICan§ West Africa by a German submarine and given the task of § New Age: . But you have been ?f the anti-ap~rtheld oPPoslti~n The letter sp~ak~ of the "ominous

~ :~~~~S~~gntaa::b:~~~~e i~ ~.itht~n~f~h~chtoW~:I~rtr:~eWo:~~rsS~:~ ~ ~~'i~~et~ :r~:.e~a~h:b~~~~h~tff a ~o~~ ;rote~cafr:: I:~~:~~ ~fri~~;nts9~l~~~n~~n;y ~hned So~~~~ Be{~~n~ a~ caught at the bridge ncar half-way home on the Pretoria ~ LCibra~?:~t~~n~n~~ to say I ~ritish opinionv •~e deelara- ~~~h~d~g{)~m:O~~~i~~~ ~~a~~~-r~~~~,~~ road "vhen he got out of his car to investigate an "accident" wh!ch ~ have an army. What do you call an tion of pr~test Initiated by the ,,!t u~es thl! U.K. Gove~nment to

~ ~~~. been staged by the Security forces for the purpose of trapping ~ ~r'fsY1,~ ~~v~~~~~ra!ng~~~~e~e~~~ ~:J:O A~~ca:eel:a~~e~rbY ':; si~::at il~mt~d l~: ;:I~Cyse~t:~e:tl:;

~ de~~~ :~~ ~r:e~st~:m:;::~te~ri~dy ~~IU~i~: J::a~~niif~i:m~~~:::~e~t~ ~ ~~~~~a~n i~r~~~I~ew';~~d~~eT~I~~ formid~ble array of I~terary :~~":r~: :~n~~~~:s ::dS::t~mMri~§ Within 48 hours of winning Ihe elections in 1948 , the Nationalist § Quoted me as having said J wanted figures, members of parliament as. part of an international cam-§ government granted him an unconditional release. E an army of 10,000 members. The and the press of Britain. p31J,!n." .

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i n clu d in,~~gDtoN~~~~' ~~h;W~in ~~dn~{n f!~I~~ k'd:i~doch . auThh;rs ~I1~0~i~~ed :no~~li~~ ;lo~New Age: When you say every- The declaration enters a "strong mer,. Mer,:y Jones, Muriel Spark,

~~~.? you mean all the whiles, don't ~~::J~s a6~~:rna~~~p:~ d~aP~h~ti; ~fr~i~hsi~~;: :~~n ~~~i~~~~,NSYl:Leibrandt: The 'Nat ives' should describes as "a death blow to what ~ester R~tbm'd Chnstopher Logue,

also do so. J have some pood 'na. remains of the freedom of the South O~.n¥ M ar .son, Arnold Wesker,

~~~e:' ai:e\~e~i~r~~~. the Transvaal African ~~~~~~~I~~e. Johv~aOS b~~~~n~~ne~~IGNI~ar~JDURBAN y~u expect us to believe that ~ou New Age: All right. Now c~n The protest follows a growing Angus Wilson.

SE~r~~~ ~~~~~~~tsO finth~u;~~~ ;~~ : be loyal to us? Let us guide ~~~nc~l~a~e a:~~~~dr y~~~ hSe'l~~JaI ~:~~en;fs\h~f st~~ot~:ensi;illu~ridr~~i~ 1 ~~~~~~~~~sr,informed New Age that they have "Leave our people alone. They Leibrandt: I don't want to dis- determination of the South Africanreceived a cyclostyled circular pur- will eventually destroy you if you cuss this point. I'm not like the Government to impose a fullv­porting to be from "A group of try to destroy them. Do not depend Americans who boast about what fledzed Police Slate in the country. .Africans" calling on .them to emi- on tough judo methods. Our people thev .do and what they pave. I say The Guardian editorially com­grate from South Africa, are tougher than that. Do not make nothing. We are preparmz for the ments on the recent condemnation

C.O.D. members. however. strong- bad citizens. and liars out of our attack which we know is ~ominl! . of the General Laws Amendment

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Ilul~~s~~cta~~~~I1 ~h i ~h:cl~~:kusotr~ ~~id";e~i~~~~er:t~~~lr.~~,:n~bu.and ~oe':'%~l~i~:r f~h~~~~~~~ a~=i~s't~~~ ~~~ ~~ J~ri~t~n~~d~~~~aies~h~~~~small group of students with fas- "Let us .gUlde"You even further- Africa' s defences ,,:,iIl crumble !o Commission's comoarison of thiscist inclinations and at least one Please emigrate. dust. We are <wardmg azainst this. Bill with the legislation of Nazimember of this group is known to One member of. ~.O.D. attends ~ew AllP! ~ut how long do you Germany is "appropriate". especiallythem. Judo classes and this ISknown o~ly th!n ' the. White man. can last out "in view of the antecedents of Mr.

Th I fI t ads as follows' to a few students al the University this wav In South Africa? Vorster. the Minister of Justice",

"y~U ;~e : r::~ber of Congres~. ~h:a::~~i~e~dr:h~:~ o~i~~~:r~f~~~ld I ~:~~~:d~~hI, . don·t want to think. ~~I~/"~~~~~. condemned the Bill inWe know your plans. We . even only be known by certain students. New Age: But what hanpens if STOP ARMSkno.:, the names of your mistres- 11 i.. these facts that make members this leads tn South Africa beinz 'The Times' ('"rries a leU"r.ses. of the C.O.D. suspect the fascist confronted hv the whole of the ..ilm"d bv various ,Ustinl!llishcd pub-

"We know you are not even student group which functions at the continent of Africa? lic fionres su('I! liS tord-Rus~elJ andloyal to your own people. How c;an University of Natal. (Cont inued on page 3) the Bisbop of Woolwi~b, entrcatlna l lbii::iii$A~~~~~~~:S:!

NEW AGE, T HURSDAY, JUN E 28, 1962

AT p~e~rcfe~~e~fmili~in~a~~t~aa~~rup~~~~~!~Y '~~;gr~;:~ a~?~h~:~~,c~~~sever al abusive personal attacks on South Afn~an PO~ltlcaI ,leaders ~owliving in Basutoland . His attacks were linked with a bitter ti rad e aga inst'communism.'

Among tho se he attacked were Mrs . Mar y Letel e and Dr. A . Letele,for mer Na tiona l Tre asurer of the now -banned ANC. He ca lled D r. Letele"a ru n-away pol itician" who had long ago deserted Basu tola nd for th eRep ublic of South A fr ica. He accused Mr s. Letelc of falsel y cla iming torep resent the BCP Women 's League ove rseas. and refe rre d to her as a" Xhosa from the Cape who could not even speak Sesot ho , yet had beengr ant ed a pass port."

In the follo wing letter to New Age, Dr . A. Le tele takes issue withMr . Mokhehle.

THE PEOPLE'SWEAPON

Watching the multi-racial, extra­parliamentar y de mons tra tions andprotests against th e slaughter Sa­botage Bill, it appea rs that mostprogresssive people do not favourthis Bill , because it represents onlythe interests of the fe w.

Despite the flood of protestsfrom all over the world and inSou th Afr ica, th e Mini ster ha sgone ahe ad.

What is sad is that thi s Bill isno t aimed on ly at sa boteurs assuch. but a t New Age , the onlymo ut hpiece of the voteless an ddefenceless people of Sou th Afri­ca . Long live New Age, the peo­ple's wea pon!

WIN MABANDLATsolo.

THE SPIRIT OFFREEDOM

EDIT()RIAL

THE SEEDS OF CARNAGE

TAKE OUT A SUB­SCRIPTI ON FOR NEW

AGE TODAY

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Union of Sou th Africa andProtectorates:21/- for twelve mon ths R2.10Il/ - for six months RUO6/- fo r three months 60 cents

Overseas:25/- fo r twelve mon ths R 2.5012/6 for six months Rl.25British Posta l Orders, cheq uesor Ban k D rafts accep ted.Post to:

Ne w Age, 6 Barrack Stree t,CAP E TOWN.

As Alex La Guma is banned from aUending gatherings weregret that, in tenus of the General Laws Amendment Act, we

lli=======::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::==='ll' are no longer permitted to publish any of his writing.

Maseru.

WOULD THEY BANTHE GOSPELS?

condemning and vilif ying otherpe ople. A good politician mu sthave integri ty , trut hfulness andsince rity, a nd mu st avoi d the clu m­sy hab it of using a whole po litica lorganisati on for the pu rpose ofpett y a ttack s on indi viduals.

ARTHU R E. LET EL E

Durban .

that -sand at a time like this?

us~~ a:~nie°~j~S~oj;:~~inFt? f~fso, ple ase don 't. We ar e ver y

~~~~e~fa~t~~h~~~ i~e~ti~~ y~iceallimi t to what we can do. how ­ever willing the sp ir it may be.

BR ING IT IN, SE N D IT

~S~~T GIVE US YOUR Il! l liF~==~==~~===:::::::;~WE N EE D IT M OR E U R­

GENTLY THAN E VER !N OW IS TH E T IME!

Last Week 's Do nations:Natal:

Durban Collections R9 96.70,Verulam R503.95, Sta ngerRJ40, P.M. Burg R240, Ton ­gaat R207.l 0, Mayor 25c, Jo­nah R t. Ste ve 25c.Ca pe Town:

Sock s R1.25 , R. de L. R J.07,Sylvia R4 , Zeke and Reb eccaR4.94.Joh ann esbu rg:

Monthly R20, C osta (cele­brating graduation as doctor)R IO.Port Elizabeth:

Wor kers' Fr iend R 20, WagonWhe el R14.

Grand Total: R 2,366.SI .

I am no run -away politician. Ihave been to pr ison four time sdu ri ng the last ten year s for pol i­tic al " crimes" and have never runawa y or jump ed ba il. Wheneverwe said things on political plat ­form s we kne w that wc would befirst to be arrested. unlike th ehonourable leade r of the B.C.P.,wh o has managed to keep hishan ds clean while his lieutenantsare languishing for ten years inprison.

I am not in te rested in d est royingthe B.C.P .; I like it; it ha s a finepro gramme. A good medicinewou ld be for the B.C .P. leader tospe nd about six months in a SouthAfr ican gaol. lie would certainlyeme rge a tougher man , less ver­bo se and noisy . .. I'm really notjok ing !

I am no com muni st. After four­and -a-half years of the Tr easonT rial th ree learned judg es were un­ab le to read communism in m yorganisa tion .

T he leade r of the B.C.P. is anextr eme r acia list; and to cam ou ­flage th is racialism and.chauvinismhe conveniently sings the oldfam iliar an ti-communist tune.

My wife has never claimed torepr esent the BCP Women'sLea gue. This statement is a del i­be rate fa brica tio n; it hard lyrequ ires any anal ysis ; it is utte rnon sense.

My sincere advice to Mr. Mok­heh le is to concentrate on theburn ing political and economic alissues facing the Basotho nationinstead of spen ding valu able time

O~~~nds agr~n N~~~I t~~~come to th e rescue. Indeed.were it not for their generosityth e next few days would haveseen us in very serious trouble-quite apa rt from what Mr.Vorster is planning for us!

The R2 ,289 acknowledgedth is week from the GardenProvince is not the end eith er.We ar e told th at th ere arean o ther R l2 1 in post -datedcheques and promises amount­ing to R I80 .

Our sincere th anks to all ourdonor s ther e, and to all tho sewho gave of their time to helpwith the collections. (If wewere to th ank them in the irho me la ngua ges we would ha veto use, besi des English, Tamil,G ujera ti, H industani, Urduand Zul u!)

The language we would liketo use in respect of CapeT own and Johannesbur g is,unfortunately, unprintable-­just look a t the misera bleam ounts fr om tbose centre s!Surely our ' supporters in those

two cities ca n do better than

DU RBAN.

A ~~~~:e~fl~~~~agbl~h~di: ~l~~for all tourists. travellers. visitorsand holid ay-ma kers in South Africa.

It 'is called the G ay Touris t Club.Its headqu arte rs will be in Durban,a nd th e theme of the club is " Holi­dav. Hospita litv and Friendship ."

T he clu b is pre sently organisi ng atour of Johannesburg-Pretoria ; on e

F~~~~=====~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I of Cape Town an d one of D urb an 1------ - - - - - - - - --- --­and the Co ast. All these tours willtak e place during the Christmasholidays at the end of this year.

Mr. N . C. Na icker, the Secretaryof th e club sa id: "We are also en­zag ed in pr epar ing giga ntic ~roup

tours overseas in the near future,and at the cheapest rates . Thesetours will cover a wide field. Wh iletourists enjo y themselves throue hthe facilities of the club, they wi lla lso he ab le to make many fr iend sin Africa and overseas, al1d gaincon siderable exp erience edu cation­ally an d sociall y."

____________~~__~__N_E_W_ AOE, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962

Barney Desai

Duma Nok we

Florence Mat omel a

THE following letter wa s sent to Mr. Vorster by the BritishNat ional Union of Mme Workers, South Wales area:-

"The Executive Committee of the South Wales Area, NationalUni on of Mine Workers. on behalf of 80.000 miners and theirfamilies resident in this area. wish to protest to you against yourproposed ban on the publication of the independent newspaper,New A~e.

"We feel most stro ngly that your proposed action would be aninfr ingement of the freedom of the Press and free speech. andwould outr age liberal opinion throughout the world and widen stillfurther the rift tha t now exists between your Government and theGovernment s of other countries. - .

"We earnestly request you to think again before embarking uponthis unjust and undemocratic action." _

New Age is, ho we ver , permitted to publish an interview withVorster's backer-ROBEY LEIBRANOT ! (See pag e I.)

GAGGED BY VORSTERACTI

IU~~~;ap~~,t an~ef~~a~lta~a;~tte~~~~~~J;,t co~;~t~t~~'~ff:n~~ i~nr,"prints, publishes or disseminates ally speech utterance. writing orstatement or allY extract from or recording or reproduction of all)'speech. utterance or statement . . . by allY person prohibited fromattending gatherings" under the Suppression of Communism Act.

Here are some of the I'ery many banned people in South Africa 'whohave been

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SIBEKO ON BAIL

JOHA NNESBURG .

~V~~;~h t~~tec~~~~a:'er~ec~~:~trying to search and grab books atMr. Nelson Mandela's house lastweek their motor -cycle was setalight and destroyed in the streetoutside.

T hey were prevented from enter ­ing the bedroom of the house byMrs. Mandela's sister, who de­manded a search warrant which thedetect ives could not produc e.

Th e two detectives arr ived atabout 9.30 p.rn. on Wednesdaynight. When Mrs. Mandela's sisterasked the detectives for a warrant,they had none. Mrs. Mand ela wasnot at home. They wanted to go tothe bedroom and search but werepushed back by the relatives.

They grab bed some book s on theshelf but the relatives snatched thehooks back. The tussle for posses­sion continued for over 45 minutes!

When the two detectives e'ientu­ally left. they found their motor-

CY~I:c~ri~~m~I::~chre~~tecti ves had I~~~~S~SS$~~S~S5$~$~~been constantly visiting Mrs. Man­de la's house, followin g a strongrumour that Mr. Nelson Mandelahad returned to South Africa .

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New Age: But are you still a T HIS IS THE NAZI THENat~ibrandt : I am a Na tional So- Ml NISTER OF J USTICEelalist and have fouuht since the WILL NOT DISOWN. THEMoseley days in 1941 against Com' OFFICIAL ATTITUDE CANmunism. I followed Nazi Gennany. ONLY ENCOURAGE MENI N~:r01:e~f ~'re you an anti- LIKE ROBEY LEIBRANDTsemite? After all you sent the tele- TO TAKE THE LAW INTOgram to Helen Suzrnan in which THEIR OWN HANDS,vou referred to Karl Mar x as a:' vervloekte jood ." -<i>---

LeibrandtLLN~R~~~ you have Fl'eedom Day

got it all wrong. I atta cked her be- •

~i~~eat~~lt~~ ~~f~~;~~'lf~~.ar ~~~ M eetingnot attac king the Jews, 1 was at- PORT ELIZABETH .

:~~k~f gfr:~~d.;~~:~~~SJ~~w~. ~a~~v~ 1\ ~A:~;d~.J ~~~ie~~~t~~e~~~~nothing against them. last week-end in preparation for. New A~e :. But if you .a~e a na- June 26. All the speakers stressed

tiona! socialist, and you joined the the d ifficult t ime that lies aheadI aZI~ and fought with th~~ when when the heavy penalties of thethey were destroying and killing the Sabo tage Law will be applied.Jew", how IS It . that . you say you Mr. Mayekiso said: " We ale notare not. an. ant l-se.mlte. You say dr iving anybody out of Southyou ?elleve IIl.Nazlsm ~ Africa, We want peaceful CQ-

Lelbrandt: I m fightin g Commu- existence on the basis of the Free­~i~m-not the Jews. You ha~e got darn Cha rter. My address may be aIt all wrong. The Germans did not cnrne under the new law, but free­kill all the Jews or fight against all dom fighters will always voice thethe Jews .. . (Phone cut) aspira tions of the people ."

Mr. Alven Bennie said that thedea th penalty did not stop arm edro bbe ries and it would certainlynot stop the struggle for freedom.

T he people were asked to obser veJune 26 by lighting bonfires andtelling their children the story ofthe struggle.

Th ere was spirited singing of thefreedom songs " Sodibana nge Free­dom Day" (We shall meet on Free­corn Day); " Mandel' Uyeza Una­rnandla," (Here Cometh Mandela,he is with power, come ye all, let usbuild together).

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(Contlnued from page 1)

SECR ET WEAPONLeibrandt : It is not for me to say

how long we can last. But we willfight even if tney all come. I havea secret weapon. What a weapon!We will stop them at the border s.

New Age: What IS this secretweapo n?

Leibrandt : I told you I am notlike the Americans to boast aboutwhat I have. I can't tell you but ItIS a secret weapon ... We will dealwith the Communists ins ide thecountry. We knov... who they are. Itwill not take long.

PR OUl) OF ITNew Age: Are you still a Nazi?Leibrandt: What do you mean­

a Nazi?New A2e: You fought in the Ger­

man army in the last war-e-didn' tyou?

Leibrandt : Let us put it this way.Who did you tight for,!

ew Age: I rought III the SouthAfrican army defending my coun­try.

Leibranrlt: Yes. but your allieswere tbe Communlstv, I fougbt intbe German army against Commu­nism.

JOHAN ES BU R G . The sta tement read: BOOKS BOOKS ANDTHE ord~r committi~g Mr. Th~e~~p~e~~I~~~ r\~~r th~i~ rj~~~~ ,

F red Ca rneso n, editor of ru ling that I have no legal right AMOTOR-BIKENe w A ge, to seve n days 00- to refuse to answe~ the q~es tions

prisonme~t was withd rawn , by ih; ~~ticl:' e~~~f:d ~?+~e a~~ii~~~:the m agist ra te Mr. J . L. de Convention- What is to beViIIiers wh en M r. Carneson Done'!", which appeared in myagain appea red be fore him in ~aper. did not contrav~l1e the

J oh a nnesb u! g la~ ~ednesday, ~~I,P~~~S:~~~l a~fy ~~~~l~~~~ T~~:at an enquiry held In terms of was our opinion too , when weSection 83 of Act 56 of 1955. pu blishe d the art icle in question.

What was obvious to us must a lsohave been obvious to the SpecialBranch.

Their action in question ing me was,III the first Instance, an unwar­ranted inter ference with my rightas an editor to publi sh a perfect­ly legal political feature arucle.without being forced to account,In any way or to anyone, for suchpublication.

There are already far too many re­smcuons on the freedom of thepre ,~ In our country. It is intole r­able that the Special Branchshould invade tha t freedom stillfur ther without any justilica uonwhatsoever.

Their action is, in the second in­stance, an example of the mecha­nics of political intimidat ion andpersecution which have, unfortu ­natelv, become a feature of ourlife in South Africa . .

In this case, the persecution (pettyas it is) was against myself onlyindirectly. It was directed again stMr. Walter Sisulu, an outsta nding CAPE TOWNleader of the African people, who Messrs Archie Sibeko, Martinhas become a target for constant Hani, James Tyeku and F. Mzonkeharassment by the police. were released on bail of R250 each

If my answering these questions when they appeared before a magis­would in any way assist the po- trate here last Thur sday, chargedlice in continuing that persecution unde-r the Suppression of Comrnu­I would not hesitate to refuse to nism Act.answer them. Th at , however. for Sibeko , H ani and Tyeku werethe reasons set out above, is not arreste d on June 7 and Mzonkethe position in th is case, and Mr. about a week later.Sisulu has himself informed me , The case has been remanded tothat he has no objection to my Jul y 7. They will appe ar before theanswering the questions. Regional Court. I~~~~~~~~:::=~~~~=====~:aa:~~~:ID

The enqui ry first began on Febru­ary 17, when Mr. Carneson refusedto answer questions concerning anarticle enti tled "The National Con­vcnnon-e-Wnat i" to be Done"which appea red under the name ofMr. Walter Sisulu in New Age onDecember ~8. 1961. The que-no nswere: Who \\:1'; the author of thear ticle" H ll W did the manuscri ptcome Into the possession of NewAge !

Mr. Curneson appealed againsthi" comrnut.il on the ground, thatIf the arn cle In quevtion was incri·minuting ug.nnvt Mr. Sisulu it WaS

equally incnmm anng agains t him­'elf as punhvh er and he thereforehad the right III refuse to answerthe questions.

i'JO CONT RAVEi'JTION

The Transvaal Supreme Courtdismissed his appea l and rejectedhis application for leave to ap pe alfurther against the ir deer-ion.

In dismissing his appeal, however.the judges in a written judgmentsta ted that the article in questiondid not cont ravene the 1.1W and wasinnocent in conten t.

On npp eari ng' before the enquirylast Wednesday. Mr. Carnesonhanded in a stat ement to the magis­trate. He told New Age tbat beforeanswering the question. he told themagistrate that he would like tomake it clear that be was doing soat the request of, and with the con­sent and approv al of Mr. WalterSisutu.

In the evenings, on the lawns,groups still huddled in the day'sdiscussion, resplendent with thediversified colour of Africa.

There was Wole Soyinka, aplaywright from Nigeria, descend­ing a stair -case in all his nat ionalcostumery, like a dust-colouredKarroo sand-storm • . . John Pep­per Clark, unkempt, be-sandledand wheedling a cigar, defendingthe lost cause of jungle-boundWitch-doctor ancestor •. . BlokeModisane, in English tweeds side­sdadling and bemoaning "A por­trait of Broke/or the role of astarving young artist"

Berets, sunglasses, sandals, goat­skins or Ghanania n drums, thesewriters have succeeded in onecause, they have set the pace forthe literature of Africa wilhFreedom.

NIGERIAN POET

JOHANNESBURGMr. Bartholomew Hlapane ap­

peared in court last week chargedunder the Suppression of Commu-

ALEX LA GUMA nism Act.. . The State led evidence of finding

Much time was given 10 Alex a suitcase containing copies of a

~al~~~~'~e l~i~h~~.o~e:lti~i'w';~ SO~h:: bc~~l~a~n a~~SoJr~s:~s~~njunelife in District Six. It has recently 26.

Christopher Okigba, a youngNigerian poet chaired the firstsession.

What is African Literature? heasked. Is it writing by authorswith a dark skin? Or stories tolaby people of African descent? Oranybody dealing with Afrieanlopics? Are they African plots,particular characters? What aboutroots and the apostles of Negri.tude? 1- - - ----- - -

The arguments that ensued weretypical of the Conference. Hours §1II111 11 11 111 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111~

~i~e~r~~~nfor~~~tscr~~c~:~ fj~~~ ~ HELL HATH ~

;~~~d~e~~~~ili~sfe ~;~~~i:si~h~ hr:~ ~ NO FURY . . . i ·behind their own black smells." == ==

After all, writers are supposed § JOHANNESBVRG §to write and not talk, came the § It wasn't the custom of §reply. The individual will choose § Xhosas to answer women; ishis vehicle of self-expression, § 'women are only fit for the §whether it be in English or Yoru- § sjambok', said a speaker at the §aba, Swahili or Zulu to make his § meeting called last week to set §writing tell his own experience. § up a Tembu Bantu Coullcil- §Writers will use language as a § and that remark broke up the §tool to express human experience § meeting. , §bringing out the character of is The 'sJambok' speaker was §Africa. == Mr. F. Mathetha who took the ==MAIN STREAMS ~ hIDtof Chief Kaizer Matanzima ~

At . the end of each morning of ~ ~~t ~; a~m~~tr~tB~;t~b~~ u~~ ~i~:~cISth;e~hem~~~egas'tes bro.ke t~P ~ cll. But his rt:mark so infuri- ~

Novel, Pl?etryand drar::ti~~rit.ing~ § ~~~~ ~~m:~~~~~rh~a~Id ~~ ~Equally mforma~ were the sess~ons = leave the platform and flee §

~fou~or~ni~~lo~~eJ ~i~~~~s ~~~~~~ hh~;lUgh the back door of the ~

~~theov~~i~~~ i~h~~c~:~ ~~~~. f~~ \he meeting. ~as held at the ~~o~~. author to read his or her ~~~a~~~~~i~~; lf:k~~ ~offi~te~pa~~ ~

m~J.~~thpo~f~~an f wtrhitin gd.

took, a Pr~~X~~~~ri n::e¥h r<;g d i~t: l)~~~ ~. 0 e I SC U ~S l on work. ==

~ee:i~~~ a~~~~r ~P~~h~~~ , S~;~~~ .Mr. Mathetha said that. he §AV,enue" and "African .Image," ;~~t~~ :c/~~c~h~~~i:: ~p ..r~~ §l?omted . out that most lIterature Tembu Bantu Council This istr~m hiS country was obsessed would put a stop to 'agitators' ~wl~hedeg~~~; Af~ic~~otftpreoccu- § disrupting the meetings. §pied with things that give him :n1ll1ll11ll1ll1l1l1l1l1l1ll1l1ll1l1l1l1l11l1ll1ll1l1ll1l1lJ1I1I1I'§pleasure on the physical and emo-tiorral planes. His pace is set by 1- - _the political atmosphere of strife

:~~r:~~Ug~~~~~:m~~ta1~Ylee~:~~~ CHARGED UNDERmental, at times moody, violent,sometimes jazzy and evokes sen- COMMUNISM ACTsous and racy image<;. Contrastedto this was the freer, easierand less tense West Africanwriting-a taste of freedom withmore eventuality.

A FTER te n days of delibe-ration, criticism, tal k ,

reading and discussion, th ehistorica l ' first -ever' Writers'Conference held at MakerereUnivers ity in Kampala, Ugan­da, ca me to an end this wee k.

Under the auspices of theMbari Writers and Artists Club inNigeria and the guidance of theCongress of Cultural Freedom.forty-five African writers ofEnglish expression met on theSandle-wood greenery of Kam­pala's hills.

Poets; playwrights, novelists,short-story writers, radio-scripters,critics and publishers arrested adramatic and inspiring moment inthe phenomenon of history to feelthe pulse of the African continent.And within the right of individual

NEW AGE. THURSDAY. IUNE 28, 1962

Searchlights and Tracker Dogsat Fort Hare

FERMENT AT HE LDTOWNStudents Expelled, Teachers

DismissedJOHANNESBURG. vestigating,

HEALDT<?~N high sch oo l wi~: ~x;:fOt~~1~:o:;0~~a~t~~ee;s~oOIand traming coll ege , now The expulsions follow the appea r-

under Bantu Ed ucation control, ance of slogans on the walls of theis slashing out left and right school. When these ~ere removed,

against student~ and .teach ers ne~ s~~~nfe~~~ee ~~el:h:p~:~:tnc~who show any Signs of mdepen- this institut ion is that the studentsdence or dissatisfaction . are increasingly complaining against

Five students were expelled from what they allege to be arrogant, in-the school on June 14 and packed competent and unsympatheticoff home and ten others a few days teachers.later. Now two teachers are under Some of the teachers arethree months notice to leave. They described by the students as over­are Messrs Skosana Jnr, and P. M. enthusiastic graduates imbued withTshaka, both of whom have, how- baasskap mentality. The studentsever, been offered re-employment say that some of the teachers calledelsewhere. - them barbarians and savages in

Even more sinister: the cottage of class.teacher Skosana was recently set Three of the expelled studentsalight by unknown persons and were repon ed to be members ofburnt down, and the Skosana child the African Students' Association.aged 2-1years died in the fire. The principal of the school is look-

The fire occurred just after Mr. ing for the 'master mind' behind theSkosana had a disagreement with troubl e. Meantime he is taking sternthe school principal, and was given action against students and teachersnotice to quit. The police are in- and Healdtown is in a ferment.

FROM

DEMOLITIONS T tONTI DE"Not Dealing With Cattle," Says Counsel

Court Orders Stay, But

PORT ELIZABET H. were on the alert at Fort Hare at"V~~~~~~~hlig~~h an;r~~::~;, ~~~h~ri~i esOf t~~~ ~~~h,p~~:~ti~~Sto ry and phOIOS by magistrate had ruled that PCOPlllknows are untrue.' there on the occasion of the first

Leonard M~Ug~BAN. ~h~il~~dd b~ g~~e~n a}~e~n~j~:a~cc~r~~ j llJ~m~nt~ ta:I~~e~~ie}<;S t;~eadn t ~ft~ff;~~ Coll1illu ed from previous column ~~~~~e;~~r~h~f d~fngRf6eUb~1~ht S:~~

A N rgent application to stay modation forthwith. Comm"'lOn er for the Durhan area residents, two saracens ominously campus was reminiscent of a con-

t~ demolitions at Magaba- The mll~~:at~Ar~~~d he was ~~~r.J~~g~:s E~l~td~ni ~~~ I~ha~eth~~~~ stood by. centration camp.Ngejubane, near Umlazi, wa s nol dealing with cattle, but with plleu with, the order would not ine7deee::t~SS Bt~t ~~e t~~~id ~~~~e n~ But ~ 11 these precautions did ~ot '~ted by Mr. Justice MilIe~ :~=:~el:ee~~sgShaJo~o ~~o::a!:'o:: ={r~~~a~rv~ oP~~~t~~~oaJat~~laziw:~ 1~~~~;~rro~~dercurren t of an~er and ~t~Pt~~m~ejl:.IOg~~Sefr~~g:~J'e:~~~~In chambers last Sund~~, whe meant to make sure that honw available for those squatters who The thought uppermost in the " Vorster .Fosters Fascism"; "Vors-he or dered tha t dem olItIOns be were not destroyed until somewheIl were entitled to be in the area. minds of all was · "Where do we ter. ConvIct 2229/42, Hut I Campsusp ended immediately if the else had been found for the peopll PATHETIC go from here." The threat implicit 48, 1942" . a~,d "Down with theauthoriti es co ul d not find alte r- to stay. Over ten thousand people will ul- in this operation is that a vast num- Sabotage BIll.

na~ve accoll1J!lod ation for tho se sta~~e~i~~de t~e~:e~~~~~ j~Oh~ ~:~~~IYinb~heuP~:~~~~.t~:v~~hi;h~~ ~fr th~ pcir)~ ~~yb\~~r£rs~it~~: ~pecial Branch men ~tat ioned atreSidents not Illegally there. affidaVit that as 110 one had come M:tgaba-Ngejubane. afford the rents <Iemanded at the AlIce were a regular sIght. on the

The application was brought by forward voluntarily to be removed DemolitIOn, began last week new Government-built townships car:n P,us, presumably guardmg theMr. Enoch Kumalo , who stated that in accordance with the magistrate's when the first fifty homcs were bull- nor could they find any other alter~ bUlldmgs and the students.

~~;t;1i:e~U;~~d S~~~I!~~~'J' ~~~k ~~ ~:~:rih~I ;:~e::a.l~n~e~~~~e:U:;~~ft~ ~~~~ts i~~oSI:~; ;i~lh\h~i~V~h7Id~~~ na¥h~ ~c~~;em~t~~~o~y in the face de~s s~~te:h~n\3;hs~eudneb~0~~:m~t~ddid. not have al~ernal1ve accommo- done by force," so far as It mayl m the open. ,of th.e powerful show o~ force. the Sabotage Bill as a step to tyran-

~a~~~i r~~~~~lt~ai~Othatt~heyO~:d :~;o~ti~~a:~~ a~~r:~~~~::Je:'? com1 dU~~~ s~~;ed~~~~r~~a~g;~~~~~~ ~~f~h~~~e~h~y cic::r~ITa~i~ec:f~~s ~: ~~laWg~re~~onth~f ~~~a~a~::~rtie~i:~~ ,[~~ t ~~~fr ~~~~~d~o~~t :enod~: Mr. w'iis~~~a~R'?tN~'a regret- f~ ll;'o~~~ ~~d~~:~~r~~~~~d i rtom~~t thw~~I~d?::{: ~;~~ i~inki~~~n1hese ~fu~anpr~~~~~;~dt~~;r~~mfal:~t~~molIshed. . table s~ate!!len t !~ come . from. an thel ~ few belongmgs away from the unfortunate people? One woman and a Police State.

Mr. Andr ew Wilson, who ap- officer m hIS position. It IS entIrely roanng bulldozers The operation told me what she thought.peared fo~. Mr. Kumalo, said that unca.lled fo~, and to threaten t~e was ~arried out w,ithin a cordon of "Their turn will come," she said, The students declared that theythe demohuons had not been made apphcant With the use of force IS heavtly armed polIcemen. Some dis- "Today they are strong and destroy stand side by side with other free-

~a~i~~~f:.numi;~~ ~~e J~r:eer2~fi~~ ~=rro~roi~g· 6lse ~ffi~~~~~g :~:~ha[~~ ranceC~~I~;' ;le~uti/;~~~.~~ ~~~I~lI~t the ~~~e ~o~~~ • •• their time will ~~iliefi~Wt'i in the condemnation

MOKITIMIRELEASED

NEW AGE, THUItSDAY, JUNE28, 1961

DEPORTATIONSASS S CR TJOHANNESBUR

Three Big Batches inOne Week

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no informatio n about it. vestigate. one of the deported men -. - WHAT IS AFRICARailway officials have seenthde~ ~:ei:ead~o~:a~~~ytow~~~ a::at~:~

~~;~al~~~ :e~tk~es likes this re up by the police.

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~~~I ~~en~~n~~c~:: 1:iIIs~:wh~~~ ~n~~~r~~~~~tSC~~~~ t~~~~~isfiJ~~ .' is In this article, exclusive to ==and in such a secrecy that no one cans. There are no figures kept of ~ New Age, JOE LOUW gives a ~has up to now had a chance to Ia- ~f~~acle~~et~~~Y:~t ~fdt~~ecftf;~:: self-expression they paused, to ~ vivid pen-picture of an historic ~§1II11J1I11II11II1I1I1I11I11II11IJ11I1I1I1I1l1I1II1II11II1l1II1II§ Frv:~ ifh;i~is fa~~fi~ ~~~~in~u~he~ :~~mi ~:ekan~Ui~~~U;~~i S~si~~itiC;~~ ~ conference ~

JOHANNESBURG. All those interviewed- before the ~ SOMANA § sight, into the starving countryside. ~pr~i~~~i~r; f~rtor~~he!~t~s:etoo~n~ :;1~'~~I~II~~~::~~~~Il~~II:~~I;::" ~~~II~~;THREE days last week the h~~be:t~r;:~~di~~t~u~~~i;~C:~; ~ ARRESTED ~ Some of the deported men at the new literature. African publishing House in

police carried out a large- release from jail where they had is § station o.n ~onday June 18 were FLEXIBILITY Nigeria.scale and secret de ortation of served short sentences under the § AGAIN is actually In Jobs • .. but as far as From. the first Monday, gathered This intense, fast moving story

• p pass laws. Some were taken from § § the police were c0-jncerned they were round m the low-ceilinged, cool written with startling realism andhandcuffed African men from the prison door to the Newlands § is unwanted •• • ana that was enough room of the conference chamber, accurate imagery, evoked manyJohannesburg. Not a word of cells and then to the station; one § JO~ANNESBURG § for them to be hurled out of Johan- delegates set a mood of easy m- bravos from writers, especiallythis has leaked out to the press man from Alexandra Township had § . It w~s while he was report- § nesburg. formality, The agenda Itself lent those from West Africa. The mes-

or anywhere else. ~~n nf:~~as:td, hOa~~,w~~d t~he~e~e~ ~ ~~~or~~~ ~~~i: J~h:~~es~~~ ~ ~fs~i~~~:~~ o~l~~:i~ ~~~.li~~~~ tf:~ ~h~~ ~~r::~~~~~d:s s~~~?~:lih~u~~~~w~~lVa 1!;or~~:n~ee~ti~~ ~h~rai~o~ :~~~~; by the police the following ~ k~~a~:wwzr a~~~~~~r ~~~~~ ~ ~~nG~~n;,ag~l~o~~te~I~~ngAf:~~~ l~~~c~fofli~h~a~~~lit;i~ t~e~~~~~~~eo~~:i~~ ~fr~a~sro~o~tI~fgt~~: None 'of the men had any luggage ~ h~hj~i~~dt~~/~~~~) time since ~ ~~~itsT~f:~~ilfa~~i. the haughty African scene.handcuffed in pairs ' sitting on the with them. Most of them were being § Three plain clothes African is There were representatives from ONE CAUSEfloor of the balcony' overlooking the sent out of the city witbout their § detectives took away his note- § Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa,platforms. wives or families knowing about § book and camera, escorted him is Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, Da-

Trr~se{ei w~~~~~~~~::~~d fr~~er~~; ~~isio ~e~e:~r~f~~~. ranginl: from ~ ~~Ii~~~ ~n~c~~e~f ot~~r:~il~tZ ~ ~~~~~, ~~~esi~uab~~h~~: '1~~

~:st ~i~~~~o~~~Salla~~r/~~~~r~~ wi~U ;::~:d o~o ;ear~i~,adb~~o~~~~ ! ~~oMn~~~~llinSih~r~elrsea:P~~~ ! ~~~~an:a~~~e~a~~~~in~ufr~~ ~~~~~c~~~ t~Utbei: ~~~~~.nesburg under d~~~~~ti~~e :~lem~e:s~onfr~~ ~~~:~ ~ FOS~ June 29, Somana will ~ ~~~~/~~~or~ean'Xefrth~~ie~r~~~~

Some of them, though born in homes and families. ~ face charges of using l?bscene ~ French observers were Paulocountry areas, had lived and worked Newlands police station seems to § language, and contravening the is Joachim and Bernard Folon ofin Johannesburg for as long as 15 be the transit centre for this opera- § Prisons Act. § 'Presence Africaine',years. tion. But police there would give ffi1111 1111III1111I II 1111111 11111I11I11 11111111I IIII11111111I1I111;§

TBANSVAAI. GBOUPBEAS CONrEBENCE MASERU.

J OHANNESBUR G. MR~a~I~~aU~h~~:~~i:U~~~:e ~~:O VER 250 In dians from a ll over the Transva al attended an ~~~~orn ~a~u~~~~~~ce r~~iJ~;c~o~t~

all-in co nference on Sunday June 17, ca lled by the T IC to entry regulations sparked off massdiscuss Group Areas. demonstrations in Maseru in last

year, was released on June 9, NewIt was pointed out by R. N. under their jurisdiction. Age correspondent Jones Kgaane

Bhoolia that 40,092 peOPle, out ~f a The resolution on Gro up Areas, re~~~Mokitimi has been granted a

:~ta~tir~~:~~ 0:r;2~~s.;; ~~~~~~~ which was accepted by the confer- temporary permit to remain in

by the draconian provisions of the ~~c: ~~e"~~i~~s~t~~n o~fo:~~~~~~ ~~s:r~'ove;::~e~~r~ci:,~sh:~a~~~~Grou p Areas .Act. Thes~ people segregation and to devise ways and sultations with the Param ounthave been deprived of their hom~s means of meeting the situation in Chief.ri~~d::~g~.nles, and depnved of their ~f~~?t~e" of self respect and human The permit, however, is condi-

The Indian Group Areas have . . , , ~~~:oa~d o~~obthewit~~cr:~9i~ ::::been proclaimed so far out of The resolution on. the Asiatic each day p Mokitimi ~ also pro'hi-

t~h~~~~Scb~:9 :~oa~ ~~~ ~~i~l~r~~ ~~~~~~;t::~~ethter~;~~o~dthc~~~ bUed fro~ attendin.: or ad~ressinguf social and economical life in sultative Committees. It demands any meetlOgs, and from lea.vlOg the

Africa. ~'~~~~di~~~t~U~f~~~,cr~~~sp~~~f~~ ~::~~e:~~r~:a::eia~:ol~~db:e~: 1 _Mr. Paul Joseph expressed con- of race, colour or creed by the manently.

cern over the propo~al to create one calling of a National Convention." A charge under the passport regn-Group Area f~r Indians on the East lations against Mr. Mokitimi hasRand. He said tha~ he had bee? Another resolution called upon been withdrawn, and it is under -unable to a~certam wh~re thiS all the people of our country to stood that he will apply for the re­g,hetto was gomg. ~o ~e! as all the stand firm in the face of grave turn of his passport. Mr. Mokit imi

~as~av~agl~e~n~n~~~:1.lli~Sost~~ft~e attacks on . th,e i ~ civil ilberlies and ~~S~igs:i~ :~~~r:eenth~~n~~~n t~~~c~~municipalities could not even tell not to be mtlmldated or cowed by had been ill-treated in the MaseruhIm how many Indians there were the powers that be. Central Prison.

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! TWO MORE BANISHED I RE·ARRESTED~ JOH ANNESBURG. followed a court case against ~ PORT ELIZABETH.§ I T WO opp~ne~ts . of Bantu Mr. Molete arising out of a § MR. Sisa Dukada, who appeared§ A~thontles 1D Llchtenburg, land dispute with his cousin ~ in the Regional Court on a

~ ~l~ri~~ha~~~:,letha~~d ~~ ~~;e~e~:;~~ ~~;~tet'i~~~e~~:~~~ ~ ~harge . o f perjury last Monday, was§ banished from their homes to He was sentenced to a three is ImmedIately re-arrest~d after he had

~ Ki~;i~~~~~O~~~ a wife and ~~ft~h prison sentence for as- ~ fh:nt i~~ea~fdg~i~gb~~ ~~e~I?:\;~:a five children; Mr. Segatle is the On the day of his release Mr. § not known what ~ew c~arge have§ father of nine children. Molete was escorted to his § been preferred agamst him.§ Both men were detained home by Special Branch detec- § Dukada was the chief state wit-~ during the 1960 Emergency tives and told to collect his ~ ness in the explosives case where§ and Mr. Segatle lost his teach- belongings. Then the detectives § Strachan was convicted. At the trialis iog job as a result. Earlier this fetched Mr. Segatle from his § he said that the statement he hadis year Mr. Molete was charged, home in RUOljantjiesfontein; § made to the police incriminating§ together with Mrs. Shulamith the two men wer~ handcuffed § Joseph Jack and Govan Mbeki were§ Muller, the attorney, with burn- together and put in a police § not true. He alleged that he had

~ in~g:sse;h=~g;ich~~~~~g. Mrs. van to Johannesburg on their ~ ~h:ns t~::~u~~~~ and forced to make

~ ~~~~~ ~~s ddi~~h::ge~ndT~~ ;~~a~to~:ishment in King- ~ Advocate ~ . . Hennun, instructed== . . == by Mr. NgWlgWI ,appeared for Du-iffllIIII1111I II 11I1111 111111I1111111111I11 1111111111111I1111 1111111 II 111111 11I 111111I11111111I1111I 11I 11I11 111 111111 11 11111111I1 11I1111I1 rrE kada on the charge of perjury.

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shift; the morning shift is less.''Wher e do you live?' - 'N ear the

Airport (about 10 kilometres fromhis work .)'

'Do you walk home?' - 'No, r gohome only on Sundays. If I startafter work I would ar rive there at1 o'clock in the morning, and wouldhave no time to sleep or see mywife and children.'

'The n where do you sleep?' - ­'Over there, nea r the train enginethat is warm right throu gh thenight.'

Thi s is colonialism in Salazar' sAfrica.

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P.A.C. -UBERAL TIE-UP

" Mohlobani," Mr. B. M. Khake ­tla, which has recentl y issued aninteres ting party man ifesto. Theother one is the "Marematlou"Party, led by Chief S. S. Mate le.Th is is the party that stands fo rthe preservation of chieftainship.

• There are rumours that theBNP, the F reedom Party andthe Marema tlou Party havebeen holding secre t talks aimedat forming a United NationalIndependence Party for Basuto­land. If the difficulties arisingout of competi tion for leader­ship are resolved this could bea formidable party of the Right.The position of "Lekhotle la

Bafo" is not very clea r because itspub lic activities have been verylimited III recent times. This par tyboycotted the last elections and itsattit ude to election" under anyfuture Constitution remains un­known.

signed to embarr ass the Basuto­land government and to illustra tethe utter economic de pendence ofthe territor ies on the Republic .

Thre ats have been made to re­turn to the territories all Basutospresently employed in the Repub­lic. This has already been doneto a certain extent. Recruitme ntto mines fro m Basutoland hasbeen restricted. .

Discriminatory practices havebeen obser ved in regard to pro­duce and wool export ed from theterritor ies to South Afric a. Thesame has ap plied to maize im­ported into the prot ectorates.

• As a result a very serio us un­employment position has arisenin Basutoland abo ut which theBritish authorities is doing vir­tually notbing.The agricultural position is bad

and the greater part of the budgetis absorbed in paying the salariesand allowan ces of CIvil servants .

The measures requ ired to alle-One of the most intriguing tie- viate the position co uld only be

ups In the politi cal field IS that of carried out by a strong govern-tne tormer members of the PAC ment which enjoye d mass popularand the Liberals. The PAC has support. There is no such govern -always been very vociferous in its ment at present.conuernnauon at any co-opera tion . I

between Africans and other A visitor to Lourenco Marq ues who returned recentl y 29ve these graphic picture s to New Age with thegroups and yet its members- comment that for extreme poverty and repressio n tbe Gove rDDlent of Salazar " beats Yerwoerd by a longthere is a fair-sized group in exile way." ABOVE: Workers on, the Xinivane SU2ar Est ate, which is abo ut 100 miles from Lourenco Marque s.here-do not scruple, to work not Thei r appearance and the clothes they wear Kives one a clear picture of the cond itions under which theonly with but tor the Liberal work ers live. BELOW: This ph oto of a plaque on a public building depicts, unwittingly perhaps, the sav-Parry . agery of the Portuguese colonial regime and, in sharp contrast, the unbreakable di2nity of the African

There are numerou s illustra tions people.of this both III South Africa andoverseas. But an especially close I .....----~-----------------------....,relationshrp exists oetween Mr.Pat rick Dun can and for mer PACmembers in Basutoland. Mr.N tloedibe, a man who has up tonow rega rded It as treachery forany Atrican to sit at the sametabl e as a white man , now holdsthe position of "re sponsible Edi­tor" ot the Basutolan d edition of"Contact."

Swing To The Right-OrUnity For Real Independence?

BASUTOLAND CONGRESSPAR TY

A S '~T~~u~b~~i:i~~ r:~o~~~~~i~~ism" initiated by the Soviet Pre­mier , Mr. L • S, Knruschov, whenhe attended the session at theUnited Nations recently, the sput­light of world attention bas beenfocussed on tbe High Commiss ionterrit ories as well as on all otherdepe ndent countn es in Africa.

A committee ha s sta rted in­quiries 1010 condit ions in thesetnree territor ies. Mr. NtsuMokh ehle, President of the Basu­roland Cong ress Party, has recent­ly ret urned rro rn New York wherehe gave evidence before thiscommittee.

• It i believed that the U.N.committee intends to hear fur­thu r evidence [rom petitionersill Afnca itself and may evenvisit Basutola nd an d the otherHigh Commiss ion territories.In Basutoland itselt a Const itu­

tional Commission has been ap­pointed by the Paramount Chief ,Moshoeshoe 11, to make recom ­mendations for a new consntu­non. The Com mission IS represen­tative of a ll part ies that havememb ers in the National Council.

Already over 900 memorandahave been received by the Com­mission, but none of the politicalpartie s has yet submitted propo­sals. Perhaps the hesitancy to sub ­mit th eir propo sals IS the fear thateach part y has ot being outdone bythe oiner. With elect ions just overa year away, much depend s on thereacti on to any party proposalsfor a new system ot governm ent.

• This alone is indicative ofhow ftuid the political situat ionis at the moment. It is difficultto forecast what the politicalalignment will be after the nedgeneral electio ns.

COM MUN IST PART YTh e Basutoland Congr ess Part y,

under the leadership of Mr. ' Overshadowin g all these deve-Mokhehle, has recently suffered Jopments IS the newly for medsetbac ks bv reason of the reac- "Communist -Party of Lesotho."trenary stand taken by its leader- Th is I~ the unknown factor of theship. Ihis has led to mternal splits presen t political situat ion inand disaffection which has weak- Basutoland, It has issued Its pro-ened the organisation. gramme which IS the clearest

• Mr. ~tsu Mokhehle is too enun ciat ion of a ims a nd principlesbusy with personal vilification of any part y in the country.of Indivldums such as Dr. Le te- • I'his part y has called for ale, Joe Ma thews an d others, as National Liberation Front ofwell as the newly formed Com- all patriotic part ies to fight formunist Party, to devote time immediate independence ofand attentio n to all the serious Basutoland,problems which beset Basu to- Despite the fact tha t variousland. The BCP has never set out leaders, including Mr. Mokhehle,a detailed , clear programme. have cont inued to make violentNevertheless in rela tion to the antr-Communist pr o p a g an d aoth er part ies, the BCP rema ins aga inst It, the Commun ist Partythe main mass organisation. has pressed even mor e vigoro uslyNext m strength is prob ably the fo r a united fron t on the issue of

Bas utoland Na tional Pa rty, led by independence-whatev er differenceChief Jonathan Leabua, This ma y exist on matters of ideology.part y is considered to enjoy the It is unfortu nate tha t the inter -su pport of the powerful Roman party rivalry in this small countryCa tholic Church. E ver since its is diverting atten tion from the

~e:ti~~aitP~~t~ ~~~t s ~~~dH~n:~ i ~~d ~~~t~~ri~U: ~~~~~~~ n~~~;ti~~~ A ~~~~U~~n~S~:v~d~~':~~ ~~a,~e~a~~~~ :~~d;i~aa~~~t e~~II~d "in

~~ n~tr~~~~rec~i~~sth~ r:i~~:~t °l~:~~ ~~ve~~~etnt be~~~enth:heRe~~~li~ crats .fighting the ~alazar dicta- wo~r: a~~w~~e~es~~~Js~O, said hewhilst not yet represent ing a ch al- concerning pro blems relat ing to torship, sent us this account of 'How old are you . Fab iao?,- 'Ilenge to the BCP, ar e neverth eless High Commrssion terr itories. Ba- an interview at the dockside in am not quite sure . ..'

a .r~~neg ·an ti_communism of the ~I~~~~a ~~go;iati~~:l~n/y~~c~e~ o~~ Lourenco Marques. . ~~rI ~~.' married ? ·-'Oh yes, yesBCP is building up the most party has demanded to know He was smok ing away at theconsistently anti -commun ist par- what has been going on or asked Evading the eye of the polit ical cigarelte.ty, i.e, the Cathol ic Nat ional to be a party to these negofla- (P.LD.E.) [ was able to interview a 'Children?'-'I have two.'Pa rty, tions. Mozambique lab ourer. 'When do you start work? '- 'AtThere are two other smaller In the meantime, to strengthen It was at the waterfront. in the 7 a.m, till 11.30 a.m., then from

partie s. namely, the Fr eedom its hand a t these negotiation s, the evening, and a group of Africans 3 p.m, till 11.30 p.m .Party, led by the former deput y- South African governme nt is en- were loading and unloa ding the 'How much do you earn ?'- '7leader of the BCP and editor of gaged in little needling acts de- ships. They saw us approach , escudos (abou t 18 cents) each night

NEW AGE. THURSDAY. JUNE ~8. 1962

The McCarran Act. which waspas"ed in 1950. was held by amajority of 5 to 4 in the SupremeCourt to be not in conflict withthe Con~titlltion. The Commu nist,have pledged to continu\" tn fightthe Act in"ide and outside thecour".

Benjamin Dav i ~ hit the head­lines last vear when he led agroup of Negroes who protestedin the United Nat ions buildingagainst the murder of Patr iceLumumb a.

They pointed out that the Ju , ­tlce Department had opened up,IX CJmps thr oughout the countrywhich were ready to hold not onlyCommun i~ ts but con~erva t i v e and"nti..commullist cit izen~.

Refuse10 RegisterT~~ml~a~~i~~ ~far~~~ t~er~=l~and Benjamin Davis: released 0 11hall after failing to register theParty in terms of the notoriousMcCarra n Act. recently con­dcrnned the ir arrest as an attackon the Constitut ion and statedtheir determinat ion never toregister.

her arm: perhaps she was a Jew­e~" 'Oh.' said the diplomat IIIvurpr ise, 'and -he seemed somce'."" Welt am Sonntag ," West Ger­

many. May 6Background note: West Gennan

Ambas..ador to Ethiopia is Paulusvon Stolzmann, wbo ioined theNazi Party in 1933 and served inthe nazi diplomatic servicethroug hout the Hitler era.

DIPLOMATIC NOTESFROM ALL OVER

Ba ckg ruund note : Alllha~~;I"orWilhelm Grewe joined the Nal i L-o.....,;,............... _ _

Party in 1933, lectured at the nazi

"In Eth iopia my acquamtan cc-,describe the (West) Geiman Ern­bassy in these terms: Arrogant.tactless, lacking knowledge . . .In a book-sto re (in Addis Abab a)I met a young gentleman fromthe Embassy, He was talkinc withan interesti ng woman. who -~P l1" Crather broke n German. When -hcleft the shop , I asked him wh, thewoman was. I ."Iid I had seen it

concentrat ion camp tato o mark on

3. The Case of the Tactful Diplomat

2. The Case of the Incompatible EnvoyWevt Germ an Chancellor Ade- University of Politic ~" and wrote

naucr announced on Mav 8 tha t articles glorifying nazi al:l:ressionhe would be forced to rec all the and opposing use of the GenevaWest German Ambassador to Convention for POWs.Washinaton Dr. Wilhelm Grewe." I have to recall him because r----~------.some people in Washington do notlike his ears" stated Adcnauer.The Wash inzton correspo ndent of"The Times" of London reportedon May 8: "Grew e is leavingWashington because Pres identKennedy made it known that hewas 'incomp atible ' . . . Hi, re ­ports were prejudiced. hi, a ttitudeon Berlin wav extremely negative,and the result of his activities inWashington was to inflame WestGerm an sentiment . . . PresidentKennedy directed the State De­partment not to consult with theAm bassad or, particularly on mat­ters concerning Berlin and NATO. : . The West German Gove rn­ment being what it is. there seemsno certaint v that normal relationscan be re-cstablr-hed at all levelsimmediately."

1. The Case of the Censoring Storm-TrooperThe West German Embassy in Hav-e von Etzdorf demanded the

London has officiallv protested to right to censor such plays inthe British Foreran Office and th e future. stating " Plays like thisIndependent Television Author ity must never be shown again onagainst a TV play broadcast on British TV."May 6. The TV play. "Night Con-spirators" show ed how West Ger- Background note: Ambassadorman nazis in key positions in the Hasse von Etzdorf joined thestate, army. big bu siness and th e ;\'azi Party in 1933, was a Lieute-church might plot to restore Hitlcr nant Colonel in the Storm Troops,to power if he tu: ned up alive and served in the nazi diplomatictoday. West German Ambassador service throug hout the Hitler era.7,000. An American poet whom

we had invited asked many pen­rile attending what was their pro­Iess ion. About 99 per cent oftho se he asked were workers, tech­nicians. students etc.. that is tosay, peop le who have no intimateI elatio n with art or literature."

" Does painting in the SovietUnion arouse as deep an inte­rest as poetry? "

• " Possibly not. but the So­vie t people certalnlv like art.When a Picasso exhibition washeld in Moscow there weresuch queues that they re­minded us of the bread -lineswe had durin g the Great Patri ­otic War. I think we shouldrejoice at the endless queuesformed to see Picasso's paint­inl!"ibecause art . in fact, is asindispensable to man asbread."

" Here's an article on me." saidYevtushenko showing me allAmerican magazine, "which, as iscustomary in the Western capital­ist pres" is full of evil intentions .Some time ago Life magazine....uhlishcd an article on modernRussian pa inting in which it triedto prove that there was some kindnf 'underground artistic life' in thcSoviet Union inspired bv youngr-ainters that was inimical to theSoviet regime. The truth is thatthese painters arc members of theCo mmunist Party or non-PartyBolsheviks.

"In the Soviet Unio n when wecriticise shor tcomings we do soout of love for our country. Ttwas Lenin who said: 'Our enemieswill alway, collect -r urnbs fro-nour table of self-criticism.' Theorientation of our lite rature andart-e-which many American andEu ropean critics trv to present asbeing anti-socialist-c-is. in fact, thedirec t result of socialism."

"Then . 011 a bridge nearby Isaw a counle and to my J,!rea tsurprise they were speaking»bout Ma yakovsky's poems.The girl was asking: 'Why"on't we have a poet todaylike Mayakovsky?' ·

poetry. At the beginning I didn'tunders tand Mayako vsky very well.but in time-while I was growingand developing- I managed tounders tand him.

" During the war poetry wasvery popular. During those drama­tic years, many talented poets ap ­peared who wrote abo ut war,love. the struggles and sufferingsof the people. The re were poetswho only wrote about collect ivefarms , factories, and so on andwho at first won fame. But theywere forgotten later on becausethey failed to depict emotions, thevery soul of man. It i~ importantto write about the fundamentalaspects of socialist construct ionbut it is equally necessary to dea lwith other subjects as well.

"In the works of many post­war poets, verses were reducedto descriptions of creative lab­our, not ab out man and his efeelings. But writing onlyabo ut love is no answer either.Neither of the extremes isuou d, thev have to be com­bined and should complementone another."

"Under what circumstance..was your first hook publishedand how was it received by thepublic?"

• " Many critics praised myfirst honk but the public didn'tbuy it. What a tragedy for me!My poems didn' t touch them. 1was disappoi nted and lost interestin poetry, , thought of commit tingSIlicide, of throwing myself intothe river. but as I stood on theriver banks it occurred to 'me:'T he water must be ice cold.'

A 0 HIS FE LI GInterview with Yevtushenko, exciting

young Soviet poet

a special correspondent in Cuba

A

" I roamed from one citv toanother, from town to t; wn,liviD!: a hard and sad life, alife of hunger and despair. Tomake a living I sang in trainspacked with soldiers beadedfor the front. The coins theygave me for my songs. manyof which I had composed .my­self. were the first wages Iever received.

' Vladimir 'Ma)'akovsky was an out.'t.,ndln~·"When he lived. violent direct poet of the carlv years after tho Orrober

verses were necessary. Revolution in 1917."Th e situation today is complex 1 _

and interesting and a nood noet

" Before and even after becorn- ~~es:ti~ ~~w~~n t~~~~~~~ex.,~~t~ i~f Food From Seaing a 'folk' singer I worked at the USSR unders tand this very

ha~n~e~~h~ft tl~ i ~~~o~~~'g~fI ~oe~~~d _ well. For E. Africa~or~:~S~il;~ th~~~:rsal~~~ ~;h;:: ~ yo:~:~o~:t~, s~~: ~~r~n °t~: THE !Jeoples of East Africa andmen and at 14 found myself with § or three hours. This i.. what the 1~lands off the coastline area group of geologists in Kazakh - § hanpened to a hook by Andrei to "receIve tremendou s a..sistanl'estan, in the Altai Moun tains." § Vomes enskv who, apart from tfunn2 t~e next three vears frOI11 the

. . § heing a 1I0et, is an architect. Intern ational Oceanic Expt'<:IifiQn"When did you begm to E Even before the edition was tha t started exploring the Indian

write poetr y?" § nut on sale thousands of O,'''''n this month.

• "When I was eight or ~en ~ ~d~~~:e b~~ p~~~~d ::~ersfei: So~~et'u~f~~\~ithA~~ri~:I't~ :~~

i~a~~i~l~ 1:~e~o~ef~~ItI;SV~:~ ~ b~:i~:hO:~~uaJlY reached the ~fI1 ' e~:~~etO~g~h~~eed y~r s~J~~e~h~:wartIme and th~re was a paper marine life. the weathe r. and the~ho rtage- th~ price of a n<?tebook "My book 'Poems of Different na ture and behaviour of the oceanwa ~ the eqlllvalent of a kIlogr~m years' was published in 20.000 .of , butter - I used two thick copies and recently republished in FISHERIES

f~~:~dth~Oli~~:'~, and wrote bc- :t~ndditt~?sn g~:a?{~~~~stTfu ~~~f~ UN~SCO a~d ,the Tnt.ernationall

_

"When were you first pub- ~~eu c~~::a~~~e~~Urn~h ~~ci~rp~~~: C;;~u~b~1 j~~tS~~~~~~~r;;~ro~~~ :e~~ Continued from previo/ls colulIl/;lished?" in public and cone~rt ha.1 ls. Mos- ture , say that th: work done Will trained on board the ships in navi-

• "About 1949, if I remember cow has a theatre 10 which every ~~~ble the newlX hnd~pendent co.un- gation. meteorology (weather-fore-correctly. At that time there was ~eek ~ different young poet re- /fic S ~o ~et uP. serIes on a selen- casting) and flood protection a\ well

~ ~o~~te~I~e pei~~I~esrn ~he ~~~~ S~~~ethUni~~se:~l eb~:f:! aY~~yt~f ~iUio;:I~~t~~~hpl:IL~j~hl.Pa t~h~~e; :i~~a~~c/e~;e~n ~71i ~~~I~ra~esc~~~~Union. The geologists, peasants, Poetr y. On that d.ay, poets old Md goo~-tas!lOg food and a n ch source to continue it independentl y afterru~t:~s ~~~k~dhe~~~/i~e:~ri~ young re~d theIr poems, auto- of prote ID. the three-year survey is completed.

poems by Blok, E,~enin, Maya- gr~,~~~~e~i~eo~k:~ ~t~ . evening of T RAINED ON BOARD Camb ridge University in Cireatkovsky amI others . The,e worken poetrv was heId on MayakovsJ:y Men from Tang anyika Madagas- Britain has givt:n a great deal of

~~~~~i~~th~~ ~~~;;:~ e~~~~~s w~~d ~~~::et;~k ~~~~.owT~e ~~~i~n;~ ca r and the Seychdle~ will be ~i~~t~~~~n~~gt~~Jc~:~id~l~ I~~,~~:~Jthey inculcated in me a love of according to estimat e, was over Continued in next colum n men.

"I was born in the region ofIrkutsk, in winter. 27 years agobut now that [ am 111 Cuba Ithink I prefer the trop ics. Al­though I WJ~ bOIII deep in theheart of Siberia , I am of Ukrain­ian oricin. As a result of anupnsmg - 111 the Ukraine at the endof the 1,1',[ century. m v grand­parent, found themse lves in Sibe­ria. Dunng the Great PatrioticWar (2nd World War) my fathernaturall, went off to fight andshortly thereafter my mother leftfor the front.

SEEING me with notebookand pencil in hand , Evge­

nii Yevtushenko asked:

"Where shall we begin?"

"Right from the beginning,"I answered.

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NEW AGE , THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962

In a letter to the Imperial Cricket Conference,

SASA SETS T ESTR IGHCAPE TOWN. interviewed the (then) president, Mr .

Arthur Coy in 1959 and also theSecretary, Mr. Algy Frame s. Bothmade it clear that they had no in­tention of offering full membershipto non-white Sout h Afr icans andthat they fully a pproved the exclu­sion of non-whites.

ECORD" If this is incorrect, I invite them

to issue a public denia l and to statetha t they believe in fai r and equaltreatm ent for all cricke ters. This isan invi tat ion which h as been ex­tended to them befo re and whichthe y have never taken up. Thereason: they support racialism incricke t.

"I trust that the members of theImperial Cricket Conference will2ive full consideration to thesepoints and ensure that fairplay fo rall is uphe ld."

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