WITS

Plaatje, S T, [on board Llanstephan Castle]. To Bra [Silas Molema, Mafeking]

ZA HPRA A979-D-Da-Da58
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16 June 1919

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Describes activities prior to his departure for England; had difficulties before sailing from Cape Town on June 11, because Mr Gumede's passport was not in order; before he left home he received a telegram from Mr Molema informing him that the Government refused them money which was to assist them in their trip; he contacted Mr Malan and saw him together with Rev Mahabane and pointed out that the Barolong had collected the money in order to finance the trip and the Government had no claim to the money; all the White people on board are sick while they are well; they are busy making their plans so that on arrival they can start immediately; hopes that they will he able to send them money as without it their work is hampered.

Unsigned. To S T Plaatje

ZA HPRA A979-D-Da-Da63
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circa 1921?

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Describes evidence and recommendations given to the commission by the Barolong who point out the effect of the Native Lands Act.

Account of visit to Canada and United States of America

ZA HPRA A979-D-Db-Db1
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January 1921 - October 1922

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Sekgoma: The Black Dreyfus; detained for three years at Gaberones Prison without trial, by orders of the Earl of Selborne, His Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa

ZA HPRA A979-D-Db-Db2
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undated

Part of Silas Thelensho Molema and Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje Papers

Incomplete. Includes "The Essential Interpreter", and a few leaves written in Tswana.

Plaatje, as an interpreter, dwells on the functions and importance of the interpreter in courts of law, and the miscarriage of justice in British courts of law in Southern Africa, because of unreliable interpreters. A case in point is that of Sekgoma, whose right to the chieftainship is disputed.