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p rap artiaa n d M r l U , prorldod th a t * Sty oh&rga nada I s fo r nadialnaa
m 4 » ot f a r 41>| W i n f tha I l M u t or p ra a crib ln g • m o j jr>
7haaa r a a tr a ln ta apply a la a to t r ib a l aad io in a m m and
b a r b e lla ta | axaapt in f a t a l ahoro thoao a k ll lo d in h a a lln g and
horba„ba lloan aad to p ra o tia a ouratlw a aod lo iao a a n | A frica n s fo r
• • l a , o tm to tho axton t o f p orfoan lag aurffloal o p e ra tio n s. P o licy
i® ainad a t th o lr gradual a lla in & tio n , hoaovart no sow lio o so o a any
bo isM isd u n lssa w ith tbs M in iatar*s aonaant, ahiob i s ss ld c a girm a,
Tfeoro aoro y22 h a r b a iis ts p r a c t is in g la g a l ly in f a t a l a t tha tln a
whsn D r. «l*ona w rotoi b u t, a s ho polntod o u t, asny o th ers o arriod
an I l l e g a l pr& otioss*
H srb a lis ts s s l l back, h srb a, ton&a, akina and othor nootruna
under s general d e a le r*a llo a n e e , and p a tsn t aodiolnoa under a pa tan t
nadlolno d ealer*a lio e a o e *
a.Q?a__Ajp m m M u o t s .
ils tu rb a n e s s th at baas oeourred in aannaotion w ith a p o o lflo
le ta iee, fo r oxaaplo tha traason t r i a l a or psaaoo fo r mmwa9 ara
d e a lt w ith in tha ro lo ra n t oootlon s f t h is Murray.
U oaolara.
Thora aoro fu rth o r dlaturbanooo during Deeeaber sad January
o f tha y a a r undar re r ie w a t Nawelare, ons o f Jehanneeturg4 a so o t a r i l
slums, whieh l a tha s r s a th a t has f s r so lo n g boon to r r o r ls s d by tha
^hieelans^ - a group o f s i l l tan t -w in d e d A frican s o f satb e o r ig in
rou b le* a t V sw slsro during tha paot y o a r , however, have boan batwaan
seobera o f too r iw a l Sotbo O lana, tha X etaleng and Uaaapa, ra th sr
thftn bstoaan ths ^Russians* and A friean e s f s th a r t r ib o a .
▲ minor la o id o s t during Deeenber la d to f ig h t in g , during
* i e b nunbara o f nouboro o f ana a la a wara in ju r e d . T h eir aupportoro
poured in to who toanohlp an tha f o l l e e i a 3 awanlne ana nagod ninor
ao rfa ra s g a in a t tha r lw a l group - k n lvea , h n eb kerrlee , s tlo fcs , a to saa ,
hone nade b a t t la axaa , p la to la and ehotguna wara ueed* E ventually
tha f ig h t in g ana atoppod by tha p o llo o , ona A frlo sn o osatab la r e c e iv in g f a t a l in ju r ie a .
A fu r th s r ssr lo u a o lasb aoourrad aona a ir wsska l s t s r ,
•any in ju r ia a balng oauaad, and ana aaubar a f tha S« ta le n g olan bain*
f a t a ’ l y wounded* Hie fU naral trlggo ro d o f f anothor b a t t lo in ahiob
■bout s thousand nan and waaen aoro in v o lv e d . Tha boaao o f oona
naaboro o f tho Vaaups o lan aara wreaked and, a g a in , /nany people
aaro in ju re d . Thia t la a tha p a llo o aoro forood to open f l r o before
tboy auooaodad in q u a ilin g tha r i o t . I t waa raportod th a t about
t h ir t y fr ia a n a wara a d n lttsd to h o o p lta l,
/lafcfonteln.
* --------------g®aoral u a ra a t had f ar oane t in e baan a la a sr ln a a t V la k fe u te la ,(Cl) i$**j Xjosuj S<xlc\Mxtm /9i's/ i' 6 7vcu xz> ? 7 <X'
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dAAsrxrtjy XckXhj jtsZoJZxrifyn /9i'sf s' £ oo ? 7 <-6~ 0<-'
the lari* African tomehlp U the «u t of Pretoria, eanaod V • Torlety
•f footers, one of shloh son the txtnMljr high tranapttt charges.
Battere w n bright w a W U la October 195*, when the T neat 1m
•1 jrlntanlant, ate had been urging the Afrlaaaa to tidy up tboir
jtrdena and to tuild fool ruaa of aoooptablo attndard, t e l M to
loa»llah iww that ion unsatisfactory. 9mm 9t the
ownlo|pal polloe, when he ordorod to do this, oxooodad their lnstrustlons
and began uprooting treoe and planto In tho gardene. Tho
furleue, and ease of then otanod tho pellecnon.
The following day w»e a Saturday, whan nany of tho nei
t heme. several theoeond angry non, woaen and children gathered
*99 n meeting w tel do tha beerhall, shsrs 0 European one In ehargo.
Paoalono nountod and eventually belled overi tho crowd otanod tho
beerhall, coached ito windows, damaged the blojoloo of nunlolpal
polleonea, and then 001 fire to tho beerhall and to tho ear of lto
The s.a. 3olloe sore hurriedly ouuoaedt their vnne sere
atoned aa they arrived. They poured out of their vehlelee and asdo
a baton ehargo to dloporoo the ovens’! hat 00 ooen no they retired tho
Mb re-foiwd, six baton ohargeo wore neooeoary before oontrol see
aatr/bllabod, individual pellooaon, she found theneelvee In dlffloultlee,
oponln- fire with their revelvere. Sight polloe oenotabloo and alz
civilian Afrioano sore Injured*
.:fri054»e sore later oonviotod on ehargoo of aeaault.
he ioo tion per In ton lent n a roplaoed ohortly after tho rlotof but
• oeanlttoe of Inquiry later abeelTOd h«n of oil blane.
Felloe raided o ncetlng of the Afrloon Votlonal ongreee
at Longa townehlp, Cape Teen* during February 1957, 1* order to
arroet oono nine Afrloono fron other areao 1*0 had entered tho tosnohlp
without perelcolon. Thlo sue highly reeonted, otonee vara thrown,
«md ?* baton charge sao node by the polloe to dloperoo tho eroed.
oAfeutor Beerhall. J e h a ^ ^ y .
One evening In Auguet 1957, uten noot of tho euatonara of
tho welhutor Boorhall near the oentre of Johanneoburg had already
loft, suptllee of a natured brew of hafflr boor oane to an end, end
o new brew woe eerved. Tho cwetonere who remained, eoao foo of then,
: otaa tad about lto quality end queued up to donond the refund of their
of then beoaoo Inpatient end threw their beorouge In the
air. Thlo need oaught on. Tho orosd ruohod Into tho etreet, atoning
, baarhali end pooolng oara. Largo nunbero of pollonen wore foroed
to oordon off the eree before order oould bo rootored.
Tko nodal African temthly of Btnjrtm, t e M i, «htv« ttt
prinoipla #f ath*io grouping m first applied, aaa daaorlbod is tko
lM t i4 ili« of this Survay.
Sorloua rioting toaurrod thara during Slaroh 1957. It
aaid that a gnng of unruly Xkaaa ohlldron attaakad a aohool aorving
tho Saaal group, killing ona of tho pupila and injuring taa taaahara.
Tho ohlldron pcnrod out of tka building and taadroda of tha* war*
soon ang&god in fighting,
Tka paraata gradually booaaa 1 aval wad. Bafora long,
tkauaanda af Saaal M id Xkaaa wra angagad in apaa tribal warfara.
At laaat faur, tat probably aoro, aara killad. la apita of tka affarta
af tka pollaa, fighting contlnuod far omr taa daya aad nighta - at
laaat anatkar fiwo paapla aara killad* On kaaring that taa aoabora
af tkair trika aara aMagat tha aaon^tlaa, tka felaa Joinod foraaa
aith tka Swaai, A lla it aaa ruzoourod that tka Satko aara oontoaplatlag
ooaing to tka aaalataaaa af tha Xkaaa.
Tka utaaat oonfuaio- ralgaad until tka paliaa otantually
nanagad to ragala oontrol. Tka aokoala aara oloaady aeaa taa
tkouaaau Afrioana atayad away fraa aark) aara tkan that aunbor af
vonan and ohlldron aaugkt tontorary rofugo outaida tka toanahip.
Afrlaana faal wary atrongly that tha oyataa af atknia
grouping, akiak aaaontuataa tribal dirialon, aaa at tha root of tho
troablo*
(•) H | iMfcWMBi"
It will bo raaallad^'that fallowing tka passing of tko
• Laaatiaaa in tka Sky* Aat, Johannaatarg Municipality sbtainad a
hauaing laaa far tha oraotlan of a aottago hoatal at itoho (ana af
tka Afriaan towshlps graupad tagathar to tko aouth waat af tha alty).
Tkia aaa aooonaodato 5*152 Tha City Caunall plaanad ta build
ftarthor kaatala, aad aaanakila ta uaa tha Data ono ta eatar far aaa
aka waro living aa aub-tanants in alua araaa, or aa lliagai lodgsra
ia baak yard. ar on tko tap af hlooka af flata, allowing thaaa aka
kad in tka paat baan lawfully aoooaaadatod to rtarln wharo thay aara
for tka tiaa boing. tat tka T&nlatar af Yativo Affaira inalatad
that at laaat kalf tka aaoooaadatlon ahould ba uaad for tko rahaualng
to ba aovod undor tho •laaatloaa in tho 9ty« Aat - akiak
jrovidsd that, ualoaa apoalolly aatkariaad, no owwr of a
ia tka *taita* part of a taan nay allow noro than firs Afrioana
ta 11wo thara*
( ® » 990 9un%l 9f &aaa olatlona 1955/56, pagoa 184 ot ao >
(,6(0 ^ w njxy -RcVtH Acuyu i& 3
Of aw tw lly, thaa, tha Council i m l largo mab«r« af
oloitMri and daaaatio aarv&ata to Itaba fron block* af fU t* and
offlooa, hotala and othar bulldinga In tha 'ahita' «r*Mt ‘?hoaa m b
aara naarly all 4ftlaa, thair alaaa balng knoan ooHa^rtlly aa laloaaa.
M r oaaraaianaa, tha illagel lodgara aba fillad up tha r— Jnlng
aaooaaodatlaa wra alaa aalootad aaatly fro* tha 3al* trlVi*
Thla oauaod too dlffloultioa. ?ir«tly, It a u aooially
undaairabla ta plaaa ©var 5,000 aingla nan In tha aidat af faaily
daalllnra. raaandlr. tha fualllaa in tha neighbourhood aara af
alaad,(1but aalaly SothoarlginV} aa that tha lllfaallng that
daaalopad iandad to ofeftalisralaBg tribal linaa.
M to ,Mfjr 125.1
During May 1957> tha Saparlataadaat af i*ba Uaatal aallad
in tha pallaa ta arraat aartaln frlaana aha vara aald ta ba praying
aa tha raaldaata, and ta oaaflaaata dangaroua aaapona that aara alng
aallaatod.
About taanty AfManaa vara arraatad aad tokan to tha
3aparlatandant* a offloa. 3oarao af tha raaldaata anddanly turaad
an tha pallaa, attaaklng than alth atanaa aad knabkorrlao, aad la
tha oonfuaiaa tha prlaanara aaoapad. Aa tha araad graa, tha pallaa
flrad aaralng ahata la tha air, thaa ratlrad ta aaait ralafaraaaaata*
far a tlaa tha Afrlaaaa aontlnuad angrily ta atona tha
aanlalpal affioaa, dttahlag hundrada af wlndacai but, aaaardlng ta
<*rldaaaa giran la tar by tha aaparlataadaat' °'(at aa ln^uast) ha
avontually aaaaaadad la quia toning tha orovd. Thaa, ha aald, tha
pallaa rainforeamant* arrirod, pUad out af thalr lorrlaa, aad aada
a bataa ohargo. At aoaa atoga (ahather bafora or daring tha aharga
la aat aloar;, ataaaa aero fluag at tha pallaa* Thaa, again, tha
Afrlaaaa turaad aa tha pallaa, aha apaaad fir* alth raaolrara aad
later alth a atan. gun. rantually tha Afrlaaaa aara aroad ta
withdraw, dropping larga auabara af aaaartad aaayaa aa they ran.
A duropean aaaatabla and twelve Afrlaaaa aara aaltted ta
haapdtal, aad taa Afrlaana aara ahat daad by tha pallaa * latar, at
tha laquaat, tha aagiatrato raaordad a rardlot af jaatlflabla haalolda.
Aa la daaarlbad la a latar ahaptar af thla Murray* raaldanta
af tha Afrlaaa teuaehipe ha a far yaara baaa prayad upaa by tha tootala
• gaaga af yaatha of na apaolfla tribal afflllatlaa. There la a grave
atata af laaiaaaaaaa. Tha taotala ara partlaularly aotire aa tha
tralaa aa Friday aranlnga, robbing aarkara raturalag fraa tha alty af
th&ir pay-paakata.
(70) Aa rapartad la 18 Oatabar 1997
The lsloaia (or ulu ♦flat-boya') who had tom moved to
Aftbe * « • M t aoouetoaed to tola tm tM Rt. Looking ude^ate
I * U h protestion, they dsolded to tom M tton la to their m i hands
and deelared war on the tootala. Older residents ef toe townships
learned to awsid travslllng on toe trains bs tween 6 end 7 pou
Peeke ef tension eneuod. The illfeeling tost had developed
between the lilaega and toe fanlllee In tk» township hsd tended to
develap along tribal linen* an in explained a h M i new toe laieasa
apparently began identifying toe toetele end otonr gangster* with
the sethe people.
U ) ijjfti-ln Itabe. Meadowlands and other tomshlvs. la ^toaber.
71ghtlag broke out on n Saturday afternoon, 15 September
1957, between rir*l gangs ef nen armed with knehkerrlea, Iren bare,
battleaxee, etioke, and fire-ran. Suddenly, toeasands in :«be,
jw n e d n and other towanhiye went bereerk, n najor battle taking plane
between meabere af toe *Un and Bathe trlbea near toe haatol, in
the a tree to, «nd between the hoaaaa*
After eene houra order was reatorad by tha polioe, who
rireams an wall aa batons. It la nllefed by frlaane that
of toe poliee firing ena indisarinlnnte, being dl rooted blindly
into the grounds ef Ifebe haatol. Kara than 40 Ifrloaae ware killed
ferlng tha rlat or deed af msuadn, and aaoraa aare ware aerleunly injured.
(•) otlan token after the riot.
A eeriea af meetlnge wan lanedietoly held hr aene altfsn
Afrionn leadera, eaeng then the ttald Officer ef toe ZnaUtuto ef
fteaa Relatione, and oenereto suggeatleae aare plaaad by thaw before
tha sttthorltlea. Aa short-torn naaaurea they euggeeted that repreeent-
stlwaa ef the Sothe and 3olu p*renount ohiefc aheuld be asked to tour
the towiehipe, urging their jpeple to refrain from law&aaa aato (tola
w a dene}| tont toe poliee ahauld ooneentr to on dlanrwlng wanting
faatlema before trouble etortodi that funeral gatherings ore* tad
potentially expleelTo altuatlonoj sad that neatinga In the townshipa
aheald aat be United to mombors af one tribe.
Aa longer-term we suras, toe leadara urged that toe aystsa
af othxvlo grouping, whieh aeoentuatad tribal division, eheuld be
baliahedf and that haetala for aiagle non eheuld net ha built «sagat
faeily dwalliagn.
The Diraator af toe InnUtute af 9aae Salationa preaeed for
toe appalntoent ef a oonmleelon ef inquiry) urged the City Oounell to
neat with ropreeeatotlvee af the poliee, the Q m m a nt Katlww Affaire
Departoent and the Afrlon people, to diaouae nethoda af avoiding
farther olaeheai and oaee again maintained that if toe poliee had
lnwrflolent feraee to eontral the altuatlon, the eoheae af oiTillaa
auerda, under polios eontral, eheuld be revived.
( . ‘ Avi/l *'.*■* "L rJohannesburg City Counoil urgod tho OOTOrmnt to appoint
• J*dioial ■"■■laaian of lnrtulsy* Tho priraio aoorot ry to tho
Kiniator of Juatioo rapliodt "It io oonaidarod that in riaw of
ptoviouo inquirioot whioh M M lnatitutad whan oisilar ooouronooo
plaoo» and tho katn faoto of tho jorooont ovonto, tho
Oatahl 1 ohaoat of oaoh a Ju diced. boaaiooion io unnoooaaary".
Tho City Couaoil thou dooidod itoolf to appoint an indopondont
ooMioaion haadad, if poaaihlo hy a ratirod Jud«ot to oonoidorl
(i) tho laaodiato oaaaoa of too riotaj
(il) too root oaaaoa of too oon itioaa of uaroot in too Oouto-ooatoro
ffatlro aroao ohioh gcrvo rioo to tho rloto) and
(iii) ohat roaadial aaaaaraa nay ho noooosary aad advionhlo to avoid
happoaiago in too futoro.
Raaoaroh projooto oonnootod with oduoatiaa aaployaaat, hoalth
aad ao oa aro doalt alto in apfcopviato ohaptora of thio urvoy.
9mm of tho aoro gonorol projooto in progrooo ora doaoxdhol boloo*
8JL, Inotituta of Baao Solationai
(1 ) Cauaoa of friotioa botooan Afrikaaaa aad Snglioh-opookiag paoplo (Study apaaaorod by too Xaatituto)
(ii) A pilot otudy9 in too filooafantain araa, of tho aohoal laagaago nadiua quaatian aad of too roaooa for tho dorolojawnt of parallol togliah aad Afrikaana cultural, •ooaoaio, oolfaro, ojorting and Oihor bodioa.
olourad affalro.
tolloaboooh Uniraraityi
(i) Kaatak an aaaooiaaia taaaan klourliaeo aa laturollo in toa-
(ii) *a Soaiologiooo otodio ram rrouliko klourlicghuio^' edi*ndoo in ftOo-Kaaplaad* ^
(iii) Aopofcto ran dio houdinga ran hlourlingo toonoor Tlaakaa,
( I t ) Uroakaiotvalk aa aiadaod oador klourlingo in too-Kaapl«nd.
(▼) Ral-dfertoranaiaalo la dio gooijlnolooo -van dio hlourlingo in ■aa-Kaaplaadt apoadolo voroyoing aa dio vrouao«dorrol•
(vi) Maatafcapliko atoatifokaaio on rortikalo aobilitoii ondor dio Klaurliago ran Stollonboooh.
Ratal Dairaroityi
rayohologioal faotor? to aarginality to a S*A. dourad Comal ty.
Wltoatarorand Ualvoroltyi
Dia wodarcydif* boinvloodla* n a dlo Blank*-. Ban klourl lng-kul tura in Woord-Tanylaad,
\Indian Af f alra.
Patahafatroaa Univ«r«ltytk
Mo Indi#rvraagatuk in Matal, 1870 - 1504,
&bodoo Unlrorsityi
3tady #f a aixad N M t t iV of pajaa and Christian Bantu la tho B n in rogloa
Wltvatororaad U iim iiV t
(1 ) la investigation la to odaoatioaal and oooup&Uena difer*nooala tost m fU M B M i on a battarj of adaflabilit tea to deelgned for ifrieaao,
(11) Child-rearing j*eotleea an ijpereoaallty deTelepMaat la m urban Afrieea aa— unity.
(111) Afrioaa drillaatlon la >«athem Afrioa before iXutftpeea oonquaet (study epoaoorod %y the tTnireraity)
Ualrerelty of South Afrloat s \ ^
Dio Torboudlaf Blank tot laturol la dlo iroaovaal tot 1902.
V'P’AIaotluito of Raoo Relational
(1) Xaeureaoe ooapaaloa eperatlag aiaeagot Afrioaa* la Sutaa,
i (li) Seaotion of Afrioaa faallloo la urban to tfe* earrying of yaoaaa*
Collection Number: AD1646
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS, Unrests, banishments, removals, 1948-1969
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