Provides details of the maltreatment of African peasants in the Umzinto district who were first convicted and fined for ploughing the commonage illegally and subsequently fined for planting and reaping their crops there. Champion points out that, quite apart from the fines imposed on them, confiscation of these crops would deprive the farmers of an important means of subsistence; asks Brookes to approach Mears to prevail on the Minister of Justice to reconsider the matter. typescript. 1 page.
A second enclosure deals in great depth with the farcical nature of the Bunga where S.M. Mabude was not allowed to present any criticism of the powerlessness of this and other governmental advisory boards; cites an example of personal bias displayed towards him by Chief Magistrate. typescript. 3 pages.