Discussions: on his arrival in Cape Town, the problems and factionalism he is experiencing; his farewell meeting presided over by Mrs Z. Gool, boycotted by Prof. Thaele on the grounds that it was a communist meeting; Addurahman, Thaele, Mtimkulu and various members of the Cape Joint Council; meetings with officials in the Cape Federation of Trades, and Building Workers Union; the formation of the Cape Town Stevedores and Dockworkers Union; visits Roux of the Communist Party; recounts his trip to Queenstown. King Williamstown and Mlakalaka from where he writes. A postscript added ten years later; pays tribute to Mrs Catherine Mtimkulu.