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Departmental correspondence January-March 1965

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  • January-March 1965
  • Part of Helen Suzman Papers

Including: January 1965 list of banished people (from Dot Cleminshaw), some over 80 years old who have been banished for over 10 years, also the case of ex-Lovedale student Patrick Nofeneli banished from his birth place — Wellington — Wilson Sekhukhune, Paulus Mopeli and mention of conditions in Frenchdale and at the Driefontein Trust farms plus one newspaper cutting, also case of Gibson Magwaza who ran away to Swaziland and is now blind and destitute; December 1964-January 1965 correspondence concerning the Advocates Act 1964; May 1964-February 1965 correspondence concerning the case of David Kehe (or Kehle) Qotoyi, some from Helen Suzman and others from Black Sash Athlone Advice Office and Dept. of Bantu Administration and Development; January-February 1965 case of Mrs. Zapha Woolford (Harold Marcus' sister); 19/02/1965 letter from Helen Joseph to Helen Suzman with list of 35 still-banished people attached, in the letter Joseph says: "Re the house arrest, I have not yet been able to get to the record to take out the statement from Ludi'd [Ludi's] evidence that Flo Duncan complained that I was so anti-Communist... Good luck for the session and your lonely gallant fight. I sometimes think that I am far less lonely in house arrest than you in a hostile House."; the list includes names of Makwena Matlala, Piet Mokoena, Gubuzela Ngubane, Alcott Gwentshe, Thompson Dlamini, Mokate Ramafoku, William Mosehle Sekhukhune, Alex Tikane, Hargreaves Mbodla (Pondoland) amongst others; 24/02/1965 letter to Helen Suzman from Helen Joseph concerning Paulus Mopeli and his wife, Treaty, also re Kenneth Mosenyi; February 1964 - March 1965 the case of rehabilitated prisoner Enoch Gobile and his right to remain in Johannesburg; 05/03/1965 letter from Dot Cleminshaw of the Human Rights Welfare Committee to Helen Suzman enquiring about Joe Morolong, under "kraal arrest" in Vryburg District (recipient of Amnesty aid and being harassed by the Special Branch).

Departmental correspondence April-May 1965

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Includes: more correspondence concerning banished people; March-April 1965 correspondence concerning an ex-gratia payment from the state to Janet Pholo; April 1965 letters re a Mr. Hilton's pension; May 1965 re alleged irregularities Worcester Bantu School Board; March — May 1965 re outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Hectorspruit area; May 1965 re permission to visit prisoners Ivan Stevens and E.J. 'Eddie' Daniels on Robben Island; 12/05/1965 re Frank Brown applying for a passport to study at Balliol College, Oxford; May 1965 re Mollie Doyle and Ivan Schermbrucker and other political prisoners; 20/05/1965 case of Ivan Stevens, serving a sentence on Robben Island for stealing 64 cents.

Departmental correspondence June 1965

March-June 1965 the case of teacher Mr. George Kekana dismissed from his job, endorsed out of Worcester and can't get a passport to take up employment in Bechuanaland; March — June 1965 the case of Mr. R.H.E. Laing who was dismissed from SA Railways due to drunkenness whilst on duty; May - June 1965 correspondence concerning "the question of compensation for Africans in the Bantu areas [living in "European-type" brick houses] who are re-housed as a result of agricultural betterment schemes — Potgietersrus; June 1965 the case of Simon Mrwetyana, granted an Ockenden Venture scholarship in the UK, refused a passport; May — June 1965 case of refusal of visa to Mr. A.K. Ramdjan of Surinam; 18/06/1965 letter from the Office of the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development concerning "Representations in respect of persons removed [banished] under the Bantu Administration Act, 1927" [SEE 19/02/1965 list sent to Helen Suzman by Helen Joseph above].

Departmental correspondence July-August 1965

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  • July-August 1965
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Includes: 09/07/1965 letter from the Dept. of Bantu Administration & Development concerning 'Betterment' scheme removals; May-August 1965 correspondence May-August 1965 concerning payment of teachers in Cradock; 26/07/1965 letter giving permission for house arrested R. Triegaardt to leave his home for purposes of employment; 29/07/1965 letter concerning admission of Coloured children to 'Bantu schools', in this case a farm school; 24/08/1965 Helen Suzman to Minister of Community Development, Botha, re refusal of permits for 'non-Whites' to attend a Progressive Part fete at the Durban City Hall.

Departmental correspondence October-December 1965

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20/10/1965 letter to Minister of Indian Affairs from the Prag (?) brothers concerning their right to continue trading (Montrose Café) as Indians in the Strand which appears to be a coloured area; September — October 1965 letters re detention of Wilfred Brutus, brother of Dennis, (for "furthering the aims of Communism") and threats of violence against him by security police; cutting dated 27/10/1965 "Nameless people held Under 180-Day Clause", only one named being Issy Heyman, and letter on subject from Minister of Justice dated 05/11/1965; September — November 1965 correspondence concerning granting of passports / exit permits to students going overseas to study — L. Mngqikana, S.L. Nolutshungu, D.D. Ntoi, J.J. Ravell; further correspondence about Simon Mrwetyana (June, July, September, November).

General, alphabetical A - E

Includes: 06/12 email from Manuel Alvarez-Rivera, Puerto Rico links to Helen Suzman Foundation website; 19/05 Winifred Armstrong, ecological economist, New York; 18/06 Helen Suzman to Helen Bamber, Medical Foundation, Caring for Victims of Torture, London, with support for their 'Voices of Exile' gala; 03/06 June Cope, Australia, to Helen Suzman; 29/03 Helen Suzman to henry Catto, writes about political situation, Mbeki HIV / AIDs and her health; 02/08 Helen Suzman to Ann [Harris?] with CV of Lesiba Mack Molekoa "who wants to start an adult education class at Diepsloot"; 06/08 Helen Suzman to Bill and Donna Edmonson, writes about the death of her friend Kay (Katherine) Graham, also about Mzwakhe Mbuli and a housing case in Alexandra that she's taken to court on behalf of 'Henrietta'.

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