Responses to Apartheid Legislation

Documents in BC 668 (E10 - E12), Manuscripts and Archives Department, University of Cape Town Libraries

[1962?]
The Black Sash memorandum to the Divisional Council
Draft memorandum from the Black Sash, to the Divisional Council, Western Cape, regarding the forced removal of Africans from the Western Cape
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[1960s]
That the Black Sash investigate land tenure and ownership by black people and the detrimental effect lack of ownership has on this sector of the population
Memorandum on the rights of Africans in the Western Cape
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02/11/83
Black local government in South Africa
Report on the Black Local Authorities Act
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28/03/68
Used beach for whites: acquitted
Newspaper report on the acquittal of a woman charged with using a beach (Boulders Beach, Simonstown) set aside for Whites only
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22/02/62
Memorandum regarding the Undesirable Publications Bill (A.B. 5/62) for submission to the Select Committee of Parliament by a delegation representing the Black Sash
Memorandum regarding the Undesirable Publications Bill (A.B. 5/62) for submission to the Select Committee of Parliament by a delegation representing the Black Sash
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01/02/62
Memorandum to the Chairman and members of the Select Committee on the Undesirable Publications Bill on the views of the Black Sash, Headquarters Region, on the Undesirable Publications Bill
Memorandum to the Chairman and members of the Select Committee on the Undesirable Publications Bill on the views of the Black Sash, Headquarters Region, on the Undesirable Publications Bill
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09/02/62
[Letter re the Undesirable Publications Bill]
Letter to the National President of the Black Sash, from the Secretary to the House of Assembly, inviting the Black Sash to submit a memorandum on the provisions of the Undesirable Publications Bill
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[1966]
Improper Interference"" Bill, 1966 and the Black Sash
Information on the Improper Interference Bill of 1966 and how the clauses of the Bill would affect the activities of the Black Sash
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01/05/76
Prevention of Illegal Squatting Amendment Bill
Information on the Prevention of Illegal Squatting Amendment Bill
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01/05/76
We value our homes
Flyer advertising meeting in the Rondebosch Town Hall on 20 May 1976 to ""discuss the human problem of squatters
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25/05/76
Letter to Canon Matolengwe
Letter from Mary Burton, Chairman of the Black Sash Cape Western Region, thanking him for taking part in the meeting to oppose the Prevention of Illegal Squatting Bill, which had taken place at the Rondebosch Town Hall on 20 May 1976
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Letter to Mrs B Grieve, National Council of Women
Letter from Mary Burton, Chairman of the Black Sash Cape Western Region, to Mrs B Grieve, of the National Council of Women, sending her the text of the resolution passed at the meeting to oppose the Prevention of Illegal Squatting Bill, which had taken place at the Rondebosch Town Hall on 20 May 1976
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01/07/82
The New Influx Control: The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
Information paper on the provisions of the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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12/07/82
The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
Information paper on the provisions of the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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01/08/82
The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill: comment addressed to the Churches
Circular letter to Churches outlining the effects the provisions of the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill would have if passed
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23/08/82
Memorandum to the Select Committee on the Constitution on the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
Memorandum from the Black Sash to the Select Committee on the Constitution on the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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26/08/82
Representations by the Black Sash and Athlone Advice Office, Cape Western Region, to the Select Committee on ""The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
Representations by the Black Sash and Athlone Advice Office, Cape Western Region, to the Select Committee on ""The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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[1982]
[Information on The Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill]
Compilation of information contained in clippings and the Government Gazette, on the Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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01/08/82
Contract workers - who are they?
Compilation of extracts of reports of the Athlone Advice Office, to illustrate the situation of contract workers, in order to inform people of the effects of the proposed Orderly Movement and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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01/10/82
[Letter from N Robb to the Minister of Constitutional Development]
Letter from Mrs Noël Robb to the Hon. J C Heunis, Minister of Constitutional Development, objecting to the issuing of thousands of circulars by the Chief Director of the Administration Board, Western Cape, to ""all employers of Blacks"", which threatened them with fines provided for in the draft Orderly Movement and and Settlement of Black Persons Bill. Similar letters were sent to P G J Koornhof, Minister of Co-operation and Development, and to the Chief Director of the Administration Board
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27/09/82
A presumptuous threat
Editorial in The Cape Times on the circulars by the Chief Director of the Administration Board, Western Cape, sent to employers of black labour threatening them with fines provided for in the draft Orderly Movement and and Settlement of Black Persons Bill
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15/09/82
Notice to all employers of Blacks
Circular informing employers of Black labour informing them of legal restrictions to such labour
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30/08/82
Request for interview: memorandum regarding Black domestics
Letter from G Haupt, Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Co-operation and Development, to Mrs N Robb, Black Sash, refusing an interview with the Minister to discuss Black Labour and outlining official Western Cape policy in this regard
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[1957]
Memorandum from Southern Transvaal Committee [on the Native Laws Amendment Committee]
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30/03/57
[Letter re] Petition against Native Laws Amendment Bill and Separate University Education Bill
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26/07/57
10th meeting of Central Executive, 26th July, 1957: 3: Native Laws Amendment Act
Section of minutes of the Black Sash Central Executive Minutes dealing with attitudes of various Regions to the Native Laws Amendment Act
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10/08/57
Minutes of 13th meeting of the Central Executive of the Black Sash, 10th August 1957
Minutes of 13th meeting of the Central Executive of the Black Sash, held in Johannesburg, 10 August 1957, held to discuss further the Native Laws Amendment Act
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12/08/57
Native Laws Amendment Act
Circular 43 from the Black Sash Central Executive to all Regional Secretaries informing them of the resolution to reopen the discussion on the Native Laws Amendment Act
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[Aug?] 1957
Circular 46 [on the Native Laws Amendment Act]
Circular 46 from the Black Sash Central Executive to all Regional Secretaries, giving the text of a pamphlet on the Native Laws Amendment Act and asking for their requirements for copies of this and other publications
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10/05/05
The Native Laws Amendment Act of 1957
Summary of the clauses of the Native Laws Amendment Act of 1957. Also, Parliamentary Bulletin 2, 11 Feb- 1 Mar 1957
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06/03/63
Memorandum: Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
[Black Sash]
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[20 Mar 1963]
Black Sash memorandum on the draft Bantu Laws Amendment Bill - Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 430 dated February 8th, 1963
[Black Sash]
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Representations and comments by the Black Sash, Cape Western Region on the Bantu Laws Amendment Bill - Government Gazette Extraordinary No. 430 dated February 8th 1963
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05/04/63
Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
J Davidoff
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25/04/63
Demonstration against Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
R M Johnston
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01/05/63
[Letter re Brains Trust on the Bantu Laws Amendment Bill]
Moira Henderson
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06/05/10
The Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
Black Sash: Cape Western Region
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08/05/63
Bantu Laws Amendment Bill 1963
R M Johnston
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[8-May-1963]
Letter to Prime Minister: Bantu Laws Amendment Bill 1963
Black Sash
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13/05/63
Bantu Laws Amendment Bill 1963
R M Johnston
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24/05/63
[Letter re lunch-hour protest agains the Bantu Laws Amendment Bill
Moira Henderson
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24/05/63
[Black Sash Circular re reply from the Prime Minister to telegram]
R M Johnston
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28/05/63
[Black Sash Circular re Circular 16/63]
R M Johnston
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30/05/63
[Black Sash Circular re intended demonstration against removal of Indians from Johannesburg]
R M Johnston
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[Sep] 1988
Ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
Black Sash: Cape Western Region
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27/09/88
Announcement of ""Bells against the Bills"" Campaign
Black Sash: Cape Western Region
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21/05/62
[Telegram re General Laws Amendment Act]
Copy of telegram sent to the Leader of the United Party by the Black Sash Cape Western Region, urging him to oppose the General Laws Amendment Bill
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19/04/63
Talk by Mrs M. Roberts at lunch hour meeting on 19th April 1963 on General Laws Amendment Bill
Talk on the General Laws Amendment Bill
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03/05/63
General Law Amendment Bill
Circular no. 12/63
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25/10/62
Memorandum on legal forms of public protest
Memorandum advising members of the Black Sash of permissible actions given the wider powers given to the Minister of Justice
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