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South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) Fonds
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Conference on education for progress with special reference to the needs of the Coloured community

  • ZA HPRA A3378
  • Fonds
  • 1971

The item contains Background Papers 1-10, and was provided by the SAIRR for the 1971 Conference.
The statistical data relates to issues such as Projections of the Coloured population 1965-1985, overall enrolment of pupils 1970, enrolment of Coloured pupils 1966-1970, pupil teacher ratio 1969, samples of teachers salaries 1970, provision of school books 1969-1970, and training centres for Coloured cadets.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

Papers of Ambrose Lynn Saffery

  • ZA HPRA AD1178
  • Fonds
  • 1926 - 1945

The papers in this collection are comprised of papers pertinent to the trade union movement and, in particular, the Black trade union movement in the 1930's and early 1940s.

Papers emerging from certain liberal organisations have also been included in this section.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

Bureau of Literacy and Literature, Records

  • ZA HPRA AD1432
  • Fonds
  • 1945 - 1970

In April 1946 a five-year project was initiated, which aimed at developing materials and techniques for literacy classes for African adults, particularly on the gold mines, using methods developed by Frank Laubach in the Philippines in the 1930s. It was started by the South African Institute of Race Relations, and conducted through a special committee whose members included specialists form government departments, and with finance provided by the Department of Education, The Bantu Welfare Trust, private donors, and the Institute.

The years 1952 1964 were a pre-Bureau period in which work continued, and on the 1 April 1964, the Bureau of Literacy and Literature became an independent voluntary organisation, and was registered as a `non-profit making company'.

The teaching methods were based on Dr Frank Laubach's phonetic alphabet, which he developed in the 1930s in the Phillippines, and which were applicable in different languages, by using the sound of a syllable in association with a familiar picture. He would later be called "apostle of mass literacy".

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

Inquest records

  • ZA HPRA AD1455
  • Fonds
  • 1976-1978

Records relating to the inquests on Joseph Mdluli (28 Aug. 1976), Storey Luke Mazwembe (7 Sep. 1976), Mathews Mabelane (14 Apr. 1977), George Botha (3 May 1977, Ernest Mamshila (14 Nov. 1977) and Bonaventure Malaza (5 May 1978).

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

Unrests, Banishments, Removals

  • ZA HPRA AD1646
  • Fonds
  • 1948 - 1969

Correspondence, memoranda and press clippings on unrest, banishments and removals.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR), Records

  • ZA HPRA AD1715
  • Fonds
  • 1892-1974

This collection comprises an assortment of Rheinhallt Jones and SAIRR papers, and complements and supplements other records of the Institute housed at Wits.

Again the emphasis is on 'Native Affairs' and 'race relations' in the broadest sense, primarily from the mid 1930's to 1950's. Section 5 - 'Administration of Africans' is particularly rich in this respect.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

State vs Glenn Moss and 4 Others

  • ZA HPRA AD1718
  • Fonds
  • 1976

The collection contains the records of the trial of the State v. Glenn Moss and Four Others, on charge of contravening the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44, 1950). The co-accused were Charles David Nupen, Edward Charles Webster, Paul Cedric De Beer and Karel Simon Tip.

Included are the indictment, exhibits, photos, incomplete trial record, State's argument and comments on the evidence of A.H. Murray.

South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR)

The State vs Sathasivan Cooper and 8 Others, Trial records

  • ZA HPRA AD1719
  • Fonds
  • 1975-1976

In 1974 SASO/BPC members were arrested for staging Viva Frelimo rallies at Curries Fountain and at Turfloop University, and charged. They were Saths Cooper, Muntu Myeza, Strini Moodley, Patrick ‘Terror’ Lekota, Nchaupe Mokoape, Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, Nkwenkwe Nkomo, Kaborone Sedibe and Zithulele Cindi. Their trial, officially known as 'State vs Cooper and Eight Others', dragged on for 16 months, after which the accused were found guilty and sentenced to five and six-year terms on Robben Island.

Steve Biko appeared as one of the defence witnesses in the trial in May 1976, and his testimony is included in the court records. The records also include 'The Definition of Black Consciousness'.

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