File Mb2.3.2.2 - Departmental enquiries June-December 1964

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Departmental enquiries June-December 1964

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  • June-December 1964 (Creation)

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Items include: Many letters about the problems of white pensioners; letter from SA Consumers Association enquiring why no woman has been appointed to the Public Service Commission; February-June 1964 correspondence concerning brothers Dennis Brutus (imprisoned and prevented from studying) and Wilfred C.J. Brutus (banned and can't find work); 05/06/1964 letters concerning the provision of a phone line to Dr. Rajmahomed of Tongaat who had been trying to get one since 1961; 18/06/1964 Helen Suzman to Eulalie Stott concerning possibility of release for Robert Sobukwe if he will renounce the P.A.C.; July 1964 correspondence concerning the banning under Suppression of Communism Act and house-arrest of former 90 day detainee Malek Rassool; November 1964, considerable correspondence concerning a Mr. Jozua Francois "Ismail" Joubert re his application to be racially re-classified from "White" to "Cape Malay" after converting to Islam (NB: 3 b&w photos attached); November 1964 attempts by brothers Essop and Aziz Pahad to get passports in order to do post-graduate study in the UK [they had to get exit permits in the end] Essop Pahad writes "May we once again thank you for your sterling efforts to right the wrongs in South Africa.".

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