HIV/ Aids: Memoranda/ Circulars, 1993- 1994[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): 1993-1994HIV/ Aids: Policy, 1988- 1993[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): 1988-1993HIV/ Aids: Research mission statement, undated[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): UndatedHuman Rights: Black Sash National goals on Human Rights (update document), 1997- 1999[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): 1997-1999Infobrief Nos. 1, 5 and 6[Natal Midlands Black Sash Papers] Date(s): 1992-1993Joyce Harris Papers: 1968-1972[Joyce Harris Papers (National President of the Black Sash 1978-1982)] Description: Papers include: The significance of protest 1968 (?); Memorandum to the commission appointed to inquire into matters related to the security of the State from the Black Sash; The benefit of the doubt (deals with the arousal of public opinion against [. . .]Date(s): 1968-1972 Joyce Harris Papers: 1985-1991[Joyce Harris Papers (National President of the Black Sash 1978-1982)] Description: Subjects include: police brutality, sanctions, violence, removals, local government, Promotion of Orderly Internal Politics Bill, Emergency powers. Papers include: Memorandum on the sufferings of children in South Africa April 1986; Address to the A [. . .]Date(s): 1985-1991 Labour legislation 1976-1981[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Includes a memorandum by Sheena Duncan into the Commission of Enquiry into legislation affecting the utilisation of manpower (1977) and a memorandum by Audrey Cobden on women in employment submitted to the Commission of Enquiry into Labour Legislatio [. . .]Date(s): 1976-1981 Labour policy 1994-1999[Black Sash Trust Archive] Date(s): 1994-1998Labour Relations Act/Bill 1994-2000[Black Sash Trust Archive] Description: Includes discrimination in selection and recruitment 1995, discrimination on the basis of age and disability 1994 and submissionsDate(s): 1994-2000 Legal Resource Centre (LRC): Draft mission statement, 1997[Records of the Black Sash (Natal Coastal Region)] Date(s): 1997Legislation: Fundraising Bill[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Includes comment by Joyce Harris on the Fund-raising Bill (1978); Memorandum on certain aspects of the Fund raising Act; legal opinion, correspondence; Comment on the Fund-Raising Amendment Act (1994)Date(s): 1978-1994 Legislation: General 1985-1995[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Includes minutes of the 'Legislation Watch Group' 1994 and submissions re human rights, truth and reconciliation, public safety amendment bill, Independent Electoral Commission Bill, Gay rights and other matters.Date(s): 1985-1995 Letters to MPs, government departments and political candidates[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Various topics as in G1.1 (BSu000808)List of resolutions passed at National Conferences and copies of minutes where resolutions were recorded[Black Sash (Cape Western Region) Archive] Date(s): 1956-1988Mary Burton's manuscript notes: Brief comment on the role of the Black Sash "with regard to human rights issues"[Mary Burton Papers] Date(s): 1994-1996Memo (discussion document) from Hilary Morris, National Director of the Black Sash Trust National Office, on future development of the organisation[Mary Burton Papers] Date(s): 30 October 1997Memo re Return of Exiles[Natal Midlands Black Sash Papers] Date(s): 1990-1991Memoranda 1984-1995[Laura Pollecutt Papers] Description: Includes: Memorandum to Senate Portfolio Committee on Health, Welfare and Population Development, and Home Affairs (1995); memorandum regarding amendments to Fundraising Act; memorandum regarding detention of Shangaan people in South Africa (1984)Date(s): 1984-1995 Memoranda on various subjects 1963-1986[Records of the Black Sash] Description: Many of these memoranda (not all) are duplicates of those presented at National Conference (section D). They cover the fields of concern of SASH, ie. constitutional reform, pass laws, removals, education, repression, detentions, human rights etc. Som [. . .]Date(s): 1963-1986 Memorandum from the Cape Western Region to the Commission to enquire into and report on the events of November 20 and 22 at Paarl and the causes which gave rise thereto[Records of the Black Sash] Date(s): undated |
Black Sash Archival Collections in South Africa: A Guide