Action for defamation. A brochure was published as the result of certain commissions appointed by the Nederduits Hervormde Kerk van Afrika for the purpose of investigating communism in South Africa. The second part deals with South African trade unions naming various officials including E S Sachs. Sachs was awarded £300 and costs (over £10,000).

Accused of illegally striking 10-14 February 1944 while in the employ of Rieback and Son. They were convicted on 6 May 1944 in the Johannesburg Magistrates' Court and were sentenced to pay a fine of £15 each with a suspended sentence of three months imprisonment with hard labour.

Charge of attempted extortion, by demand of Sachs that Rieback pay back the amount he had underpaid Inez Mentos.

On 28 July 1944 Sachs was found guilty and fined £40 or one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

Papers.

Charge of sedition by initiating a strike of Black mine employees on the Witwatersrand. The accused include members of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa (William Henry Andrews, Moses Monani Kotane, Harry Snitcher, Lucas Phillips, Fred Carneson, Harry Allimothoo Naidoo, Isaac Osher Horvitch and Harold Jack Simons) William John Roberts (member of the Johannesburg District Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa) and Louis Charles Joffe (member of the African Mineworkers Union Fund Raising Committee). The indictment was quashed.

Papers.

Dispute between the Garment Workers Union (Transvaal) and the Cape garment workers in attempts to organise Cape workers and create national unity among garment workers. Also desire to have equal wages at coastal areas in line with the wage agreements in the Transvaal. In 1930 the Garment Workers Union tried to set up a branch. In 1936 an office was opened and the branch was called the South African Garment Workers Union. In 1937 this office was closed in an attempt to achieve unity by co-operating with the Garment Workers Union of the Cape Peninsula. These activities brought Sachs into conflict with Robert Stuart who was organising the Cape workers. Stuart also came into conflict with the Garment Workers Union when in November 1943 the Cape Millinery Workers Union joined the Garment Workers Union who began negotiations for an agreement. The workers would not accept the employers' terms and applied for a conciliation board. Meanwhile Stuart organised a rival union and accepted an agreement for the workers on the employers' terms. Thus the Garment Workers Union and Sachs began to accuse Stuart of supporting the employers against the workers.

Withdrawal of passport to Sachs, 20 May 1949 which prevented him from attending the International Conference of Garment and Textile Trade Unions, Lyons, France, 20 June 1949. Sachs refused to surrender the passport.

Dr Donges, Minister of the Interior, made an application to the Supreme Court (Witwatersrand Local Division), Judge Roper deciding against Sachs. Sachs appealed and on the 14 March 1950 his appeal was upheld with costs.

Refusal of application for renewal of passport, 3 September 1952.

The application was refused and the appeal dismissed with costs.