Aliens in South Africa, 1860-1914

 

 

CONTENTS:

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Introduction

 

Part I: Building the national movement

Political alliances and unity | Uses of the boycott | National liberation and trade union

Part
II: The national question

Part III: The agrarian question

Part IV: The turned to armed struggle

 

Bibliographical
note

 


 

Part
I: Building the national movement

 

Political alliances and unity

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1 Harry Snitcher, Unite Against Segregation! Communists Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]

2 Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]

3 National Anti-C.A.D. Conference Agenda. Odd fellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May 11943]

4 B. M. Kies, "The Background of Segregation". Address delivered to the National Anti-C.A.D. Conference, 29 May 1943

5 Johannesburg Anti-C.A.D. Committee, Bulletin Number One [1943]

6 Report of Delegation to All-African Convention and Unity Conference 16-17 December 1943. Presented to 2nd National Anti-C.A.D. Conference, 4-5 January 1944

7 Draft Declaration on unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943

8 The Ten-Point Programme [ 1943]

9 Report of the proceedings of the Second National Anti-C.A.D. Conference held at Banqueting Hall, City Hall, Cape Town, 4-5 January 1944

10 Y. M. Dadoo, "The Non-European Unity", Freedom, 4, 1, February 1945

11 Peter Meissenheimer, "Smuts' Anti-Indian Bill: Economic Sanctions or Non-European Unity?" Workers' Voice, April 1946

12 Non-European Unity Movement. Resolutions passed at 6th National Unity Conference, Cape Town, 29, 30 and 31 March 1948

13 Sarah Mokone [Victor Wesselsj "The T.A.R.C.", Majority Rule: Some notes, Chapter XIX

14 "Short History of Betrayal", Freedom, New Series, 1, 5, 1 November 1948

15 Ruth First, "Progress in Unity Talks: African organisations agree in principle". The Guardian, 23 December 1948

16 Joint Sitting of the Executive Committees of the All-African Convention and the African National Congress, 17 April 1949

17 Letter from I. B. Tabata to Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, 13 August 1949

18 Letter from C. I. R. Fortein to John Gomas, 29 April 1950

19 K. A. Jordaan, "The T.A.R.C. Debacle", Discussion, 1,1, [June 1950]

20 F. Cameson, "The Franchise Action Committee", Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951

21 E. L. Maurice, "The Role of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement", Discussion, 1,5, June 1952

22 Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954

23 The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955

24 "Wreckers at Work" (Editorial), Liberation, 18, April 1956

25 Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956

26 Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956

27 Letter from John Gomas to The Editor, New Age, 15 October 1956

28 Brian Bunting, "Problems of the Multi-Racial Conference", Liberation, 28, November 1957

29 Kenneth Hendrickse, "The Opposition in Congress", The Citizen, 3, 3, 4 March 1958

30 W. M. Tsotsi, "Presidential Address to the All-African Convention Conference", Edendale, 14-16 December 1958

31 S.O.Y.A. National Executive Committee, The Maritzburg Conferences and the Tasks of the Immediate Future, 31 May 1959

 

 

Uses of the boycott

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32 Babeuf [K. A. Jordaan], "A History of the Franchise in S. Africa", Workers' Voice, 5,5, September 1946

33 "Views on Boycott: Majority support at emergency conference". The Guardian, 12 June 1947

34 Moses M. Kotane, "Boycott of Elections under the 'Representation of Native Act'", Freedom, 6, 5, September-October 1947

35 "New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma's Address to African Congress", The Guardian, 18 December 1947

36 "N.R.C. Boycott Campaign to be Intensified", The Guardian, 18 December 1947

37 "Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision", The Guardian, 8 January 1948

38 I. B. Tabata, The Boycott as Weapon of Struggle, June 1952

39 Walter Sisulu, "Boycott as a Political Weapon", Liberation, 23, February 1957

40 Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote'. [1958]

41 John Gomas, Seperate Representation ?- Our Damnation [1958]

42 "Boycott the Dummy Election: 2 000 Demonstrate At Mass Rally", The Torch, National Edition, 1 April 1958

43 "Oppositionists in Congress Attack C.O.D. Against Participation in Racial Elections", The Citizen, 3, 3. 4 March 1958

44 "The Revolt of the Women", The Soyan, December 1959

 

 

National liberation and trade union organisation

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45 Ray Alexander, "Trade Unionism in South Africa", Discussion, 1,6, 1952

46 D. Tloome, "The Origin and Development of Non-european Trade Unions", lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 27 February 1953, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 1, 21 February 1953

47 "Answer to Government's Apartheid Unions", The Citizen, 1, 3, 30 April 1956

48 "The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions", The Torch, 1 April 1958

49 "The Stay-Home Call: Why did it fail?". Congress Voice, issued by the Emergency Committee of the A.N.C, 2, 2, May 1960

50 Socialist League of Africa, "South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home", International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961

 


Part II: The national question

 

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51 W. P. van Schoor, "The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa", A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950

52 K. A. Jordaan, "A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor's The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa'", Discussion, 1,3, June 1951

53 M. Harmel, "Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa", Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954

54 K. A. Jordaan, "What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium", Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954

55 H. J. Simons, "Nationalisms in South Africa", Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954

56 Thomas Ngwenya, "What Are the National Groups In South Africa?" Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954

57 Lionel Fomian, "Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion", Liberation, 37, July 1959

58 Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, "The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention", 4 April 1959

 


 

 Part III: The agrarian question

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59 Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations, 17 August 1944

60 Letter from J. D. Rheinallt Jones to Ruth First, 31 August 1944

61 A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] "A Comment on Trotsky's Letter to S.A.", Worker's Voice, 1, 3, July 1945

62 I. B. Tabata, The Rehabilitation Scheme: A New Fraud, December 1945

63 Letter from Chairman of the Planning Committee, Libode, to the Chief Magistrate, Umtata. 8 February 1947

64 Progressive Forum, Johannesburg [June 1950]

65 Z. Sanders (Zena Susser), "Aspects of the Rural Problem in South Africa"; lecture delivered to the Johannesburg Discussion Club on 1 December 1952, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 1, 21 February 1953

66 Hosea Jaffe, "The First Ten Years of the Non-European Unity Movement". Excerpts from a lecture delivered to the Cape Flats Educational Fellowship, December 1953

67 K. A. Jordaan, "The Land Question in South Africa", Points of View, 1,1, October 1959

 


 

 

Part IV: The turn to armed struggle

 

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68 Ben Turok, The Pondo Revolt [c. 1960]

69 "We Must Leam New Methods of Work", Congress Voice, issued by the Emergency Committee of the

A.N.C., 2, 2, May 1960

70 South Africa: An Analysis of the Political Situation in South Africa and the Nature of the Struggle forLiberation |late 1961]

71 National Committee for Liberation, Announcement (20 December 1961 ]

72 "A Landmark in South Africa's History: The Sixth National Conference of the South African Communist Party", International Bulletin, no. 4, December 1962

73 "Why Revolution?", Assegai, no. 2, March 1963

74 "The Peasants' Struggle", Assegai, no. 2, March 1963

75 APDUSA and the Nation, 11 June 1963

76 The Speakers' Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]

77 Yu Chi Chan Club, Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]

78 Memorandum from the Pan-Africanist Congress of South Africa [c. July/August 1963]

79 African Resistance Movement, Announcement [1964]

 

 

Bibliographical note and further reading

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