Memorandum to the Commission of Inquiry into matters relating to the Security of the State[Records of the Black Sash] Date(s): 1969Memorandum: Action taken by headquarters concerning raid on Athlone Advice Office[Records of the Black Sash] Date(s): 1965Methods of obtaining the attendance of the accused[Black Sash (Albany Region) Archive] Description: Donated 1998. Photocopy of chapter from an unidentified source.Militants suspect police of Soweto student's murder[University of Cape Town Libraries' Collections] Description: Mentions Black Sash action of silently holding up placards with names of 19 other activists at press conference regarding the death of a Soweto teenager Godfrey Sicelo Dhlomo in suspicious circumstances.Date(s): 29 January 1988. Accessed 13 December 2007 Minute books of the Albany Black Sash[Black Sash (Albany Region) Archive] Description: Includes minutes of annual and monthly general meetings, minutes of executive and sub-committee meetingsDate(s): 1972-1990 Minutes of the Grahamstown Advice Office[Black Sash (Albany Region) Archive] Description: Includes reports, agendas, duty rosters and related documentsDate(s): 5 November 1982-17 November 1988 Miscellaneous files: Widows benefit; file of Catherine Mbatha, kidnapping of Vincent Mbatha[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): c.1990-1995Miscellaneous National Conference records: 1984, 1986, 1991[Jenny de Tolly Papers] Description: 1991: Advice Office Trust report, Albany Fieldworker's report, Fieldworker training project report, Southern Cape Fieldworkers Yearly Report, 1991 Conference Assessments; papers: "Clare Estate Shack Settlement", "Out of the Fire to Find New Fetters" [. . .]Date(s): 1984, 1986, 1991 Molly Blackburn Funeral[IDAF Film Archive] Description: English language. 16mm. Unedited footage of the funeral of anti-apartheid activist Molly Blackburn at the Anglican Cathedral in Port Elizabeth in December 1985. Shows thousands of supporters outside the church dancing and singing. A placard bears the [. . .]Date(s): 1985 Molly Blackburn Funeral[Julie Frederikse Collection] Description: Also footage in IDAF Film Archive at UWC-Mayibuye Archive.Date(s): December 1985 Monitoring reports on various people[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Description: Computer print-out. From Yunus Mahomed, September/October MonitorDate(s): 1985 Moral resistance[C van Heyningen Collection] Description: This speech expresses strong sentiments against the National Party and the idea of a republic. It mentions the Black Sash twice.Moral resistance is strongest weapon against tyranny[Jean Sinclair Papers (President of the Black Sash)] Date(s): 1956Moral resistance is strongest weapon against tyranny[Jean Sinclair Papers (President of the Black Sash)] Date(s): 1956Mozambique rebels 'press ganged' in South Africa[University of Cape Town Libraries' Collections] Description: Eastern Transvaal police are accused of helping Renamo rebels and fuelling unrest. Black Sash mentioned as they reported that South Africans were being detained without trial and made to say they were Mozambicans.Date(s): 7 July 1985. Accessed 13 December 2007 Namibia[Beva Runciman Papers] Description: Published and duplicated ts items (1988 - 1989 and undated) re Namibia; notes on Namibia, including reference to talk by Molly Blackburn and Di Bishop (March 1985); permission for a stand in Cape Town in protest against South African troops in Namibi [. . .]Date(s): 1984-1989 Natal Coastal Region Repression Monitoring Group Report, Bulletin 11: May-June 1990[Reg September Papers] Description: Also omission from Bulletin 11 sent separately by Korki Bird on 25 July 1990Date(s): May-July 1990 Natal Coastal Region Repression Monitoring Group Report, November 1988-January 1989[Black Sash Collection] Date(s): November 1988-January 1989Natal Coastal Region: Some thoughts on the Natal Violence - partially a response to Midlands' paper[Black Sash Collection]Natal Midlands Black Sash File 1991[Natal Midlands Black Sash Papers] Description: Includes: Minutes of Black Sash National Executive Meetings, Cape Town 1991; Advice Office Employment Agreement 1991; Regional structures and representatives; newsletters from other regions; minutes of Executive and General Meetings 1992/93; Black Sa [. . .]Date(s): 1991 Natal violence: Why the war continues[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Includes affidavitsDate(s): 1991 |
Black Sash Archival Collections in South Africa: A Guide