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Correspondence (1964-1970)

14/09/1964: Letters concerning Liz Abrahams; 24/02/66: copy of a letter from Helen Joseph to Chief Magistrate asking for variation in the terms of her banning orders of 17/02/66 so that she could go to work at the Medical Aid Society of the Transvaal Clothing Industry; magistrate replies 18/03/66 refusing request.

Representations 1970-1971

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  • 1970-1971
  • Part of Helen Suzman Papers

22/11/1970: letter from Gladstone Williams (real name Vuyisile Mjadu), Barberton Prison to Griffiths Mxenge concerning murders of prisoners by warders; there follows an exchange of correspondence between Helen Suzman and Griffiths Mxenge during 1971. Subjects include assaults on prisoners at Leeukop Prison where he had been jailed, exiled former Robben Island prisoners who are now living "in places one would be tempted to call concentration camps" and why people released from prison are then banned; re his own banning order, due to expire on 28/02/1971; refers to his arrest in 1966 and the attitude of authorities that prevented him attending classes at the University of Natal; Mxenge goes on to say that he fears his ban will be re-imposed and mentions that the Special Branch are "mean and vindictive towards me". He mentions that he was refused residence permits for both Botswana and Zambia and that he and his wife [Victoria Mxenge] are considering going to London if he is banned again.

HS replies on 22/01/1971 that going to the UK might be a good idea "judging by my past conversations with the Minister about you" and suggests that he writes to Sir Robert Birley; on 02/02/1971 GM refers to Helen Suzman visit to Robben Island saying that he had been told that "immediately after you were there prison conditions improved. Of course they deteriorated afterwards." GM says re Helen Suzman: "I often wonder what our country would look like without a courageous Mrs. Helen Suzman" and "As long as we have people like you the future of this country is bright." When his ban was not re-imposed GM writes to Helen Suzman "I am greatly indebted to you for the courageous manner in which you fought my case.".

Correspondence 1971-1972

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  • 1971-1972
  • Part of Helen Suzman Papers

Includes: 20/03/1971 roneoed partial copy of letter from Ellen Hellman to Colin Eglin on the income and property qualifications; draft letter to Editor, Sunday Tribune, 09/07/1971, 7p.; 16/03/1972 carbon-copy of personal (?) letter from Helen Suzman which begins "Well here I am back from Lesotho, feeling very much like the Big White Queen ... " and recounts her visits to Chief Jonathan, "who is nobody's fool", "tea with Her Majesty" and dinner with King Moshoeshoe, and "Perhaps the most remarkable thing about this trip was the astonishingly cordial greeting that I got from the South African POliceman at the Border - stuck his hand through the window, said he'd always wanted to shake me by the hand, and told me to carry on with my good work! Hard to believe, but true!"; draft letter to Die Transvaler, 1972.

Correspondence 1971-1972

Includes: 09/06/1971 Helen Suzman to the editor of the Sunday Tribune on the United Party's misrepresentation of what she said and did in parliament; 26/06/1972 Helen Suzman to the editor of The Star replying to letter from A.D. Bensusan.

Mxenge, G.M.

[long correspondence between Mxenge, Helen Suzman & the Ministers of Justice concerning Mxenge's attempts to become a practising attorney; he was finally admitted in December 1974].

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