Crowd of 1 600 packs hall to hear Slabbert
- Authors: Barkhuizen, Dawn
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar) , South Africa -- Politics and government , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa , African National Congress , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57773 , vital:26988 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Newspaper clipping reporting on the address by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (IDASA Executive Director), at the Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth. Dr. Slabbert addressed a crowd of 1600 interested parties, with the message of the address focussing on the outcomes of the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Barkhuizen, Dawn
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar) , South Africa -- Politics and government , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa , African National Congress , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57773 , vital:26988 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Newspaper clipping reporting on the address by Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert (IDASA Executive Director), at the Feather Market Hall in Port Elizabeth. Dr. Slabbert addressed a crowd of 1600 interested parties, with the message of the address focussing on the outcomes of the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC.
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- Date Issued: 1987
Rosemary Smith - Inventory
- Cory Library for Humanities Research. Rhodes University, Black Sash (Society)
- Authors: Cory Library for Humanities Research. Rhodes University , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 200u
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010 , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA)
- Language: English
- Type: text , finding aid
- Identifier: vital:13968 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. MS 20 004
- Description: Inventory of the Rosemary Smith Collection held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. The documents (mostly consisting of letters, articles and notes) were collected by Rosemary Smith, and relates to the work of the Black Sash during the Apartheid era in Grahamstown. Includes material relating to elections, detentions, marches and protests etc.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 200u
- Authors: Cory Library for Humanities Research. Rhodes University , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 200u
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010 , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA)
- Language: English
- Type: text , finding aid
- Identifier: vital:13968 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017. MS 20 004
- Description: Inventory of the Rosemary Smith Collection held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. The documents (mostly consisting of letters, articles and notes) were collected by Rosemary Smith, and relates to the work of the Black Sash during the Apartheid era in Grahamstown. Includes material relating to elections, detentions, marches and protests etc.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 200u
Black Sash - Untitled letter to Dr. F van Zyl Slabbert
- Douglas-Jones, Isobel, Black Sash (Society)
- Authors: Douglas-Jones, Isobel , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 1987-08-20
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010 , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA)
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57762 , vital:26987 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by the Chairman of the Blask Sash Cape Eastern Region, Isobel Douglas-Jones, to Dr F. van Zyl Slabbert, thanking him for his contribution (in the form of a speech) to the Sash/IDAMASA Public meeting held on the 6th of August 1987 in Port Elizabeth. Letter dated 20 August 1987.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-08-20
- Authors: Douglas-Jones, Isobel , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 1987-08-20
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010 , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA)
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57762 , vital:26987 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by the Chairman of the Blask Sash Cape Eastern Region, Isobel Douglas-Jones, to Dr F. van Zyl Slabbert, thanking him for his contribution (in the form of a speech) to the Sash/IDAMASA Public meeting held on the 6th of August 1987 in Port Elizabeth. Letter dated 20 August 1987.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-08-20
Black Sash - Untitled letter to Rosemary Smith
- Douglas-Jones, Isobel, Black Sash (Society)
- Authors: Douglas-Jones, Isobel , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 1987-09-26
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57726 , vital:26985 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by Isobel (presumed Isobel Douglas-Jones) of the Cape Eastern Region (office in Port Elizabeth) of the Black Sash, to Rosemary Smith. Letter dated 26 September 1987.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-09-26
- Authors: Douglas-Jones, Isobel , Black Sash (Society)
- Date: 1987-09-26
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57726 , vital:26985 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by Isobel (presumed Isobel Douglas-Jones) of the Cape Eastern Region (office in Port Elizabeth) of the Black Sash, to Rosemary Smith. Letter dated 26 September 1987.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-09-26
Objecting to apartheid: the history of the end conscription campaign
- Authors: Jones, David
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: End Conscription Campaign (South Africa) , Apartheid -- South Africa , Government, Resistance to South Africa , Conscientious objection South Africa , South Africa -- Social conditions , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA (History)
- Identifier: vital:11538 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005998 , End Conscription Campaign (South Africa) , Apartheid -- South Africa , Government, Resistance to South Africa , Conscientious objection South Africa , South Africa -- Social conditions , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Description: It is important that the story of organisations like the End Conscription Campaign be recorded. The narrative of the struggle against apartheid has become a site of contestation. As the downfall of apartheid is still a relatively recent event, the history is still in the process of formation. There is much contestation over the relative contributions of different groups within the struggle. This is an important debate as it informs and shapes the politics of the present. A new official narrative is emerging which accentuates the role of particular groupings, portraying them as the heroes and the leaders of the struggle. A new elite have laid exclusive claim to the heritage of the struggle and are using this narrative to justify their hold on power through the creation of highly centralised political structures in which positions of power are reserved for loyal cadres and independent thinking and questioning are seen as a threat. A complementary tradition of grassroots democracy, of open debate and transparency, of “people’s power”, of accountability of leadership to the people fostered in the struggle is being lost. It is important to contest this narrative. We need to remember that the downfall of apartheid was brought about by a myriad combination of factors and forces. Current academic interpretations emphasize that no one group or organisation, no matter how significant its contribution, was solely responsible. There was no military victory or other decisive event which brought the collapse of the system, rather a sapping of will to pay the ever increasing cost to maintain it. The struggle against apartheid involved a groundswell, popular uprising in which the initiative came not from centralised political structures, orchestrating a grand revolt, but from ordinary South Africans who were reacting to the oppressive nature of a brutally discriminatory system which sought to control every aspect of their lives.4 Leaders and structures emerged organically as communities organised themselves around issues that affected them. Organisations that emerged were highly democratic and accountable to their members. There was no grand plan or centralised control of the process. As Walter Benjamin warned in a different context, but applicable here: “All rulers are the heirs of those who have conquered before them.” He feared that what he referred to as a historicist view constructed a version of history as a triumphal parade of progress. “Whoever has emerged victorious” he reminds us “participates to this day in the triumphal procession in which the present rulers step over those who are lying prostrate. According to traditional practice the spoils are carried along in the procession.” 5 He was warning of just such a tendency, which has been repeated so often in the past, for the victors to construct a version of history which ends up justifying a new tyranny. To counter this tendency it is important that other histories of the struggle are told – that the stories of other groups, which are marginalised by the new hegemonic discourse, are recorded.This aim of this dissertation is thus two-fold. Firstly it aims to investigate “the story” of the End Conscription Campaign, which has largely been seen as a white anti-apartheid liberal organisation. The objective is to provide a detailed historical account and periodisation of the organisation to fill in the gaps and challenge the distortions of a new emerging “official” discourse.Secondly within this framework, and by using the activities and strategies of the organisation as evidence for its suppositions, the question of the role played by the ECC in the struggle.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Jones, David
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: End Conscription Campaign (South Africa) , Apartheid -- South Africa , Government, Resistance to South Africa , Conscientious objection South Africa , South Africa -- Social conditions , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA (History)
- Identifier: vital:11538 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1005998 , End Conscription Campaign (South Africa) , Apartheid -- South Africa , Government, Resistance to South Africa , Conscientious objection South Africa , South Africa -- Social conditions , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Description: It is important that the story of organisations like the End Conscription Campaign be recorded. The narrative of the struggle against apartheid has become a site of contestation. As the downfall of apartheid is still a relatively recent event, the history is still in the process of formation. There is much contestation over the relative contributions of different groups within the struggle. This is an important debate as it informs and shapes the politics of the present. A new official narrative is emerging which accentuates the role of particular groupings, portraying them as the heroes and the leaders of the struggle. A new elite have laid exclusive claim to the heritage of the struggle and are using this narrative to justify their hold on power through the creation of highly centralised political structures in which positions of power are reserved for loyal cadres and independent thinking and questioning are seen as a threat. A complementary tradition of grassroots democracy, of open debate and transparency, of “people’s power”, of accountability of leadership to the people fostered in the struggle is being lost. It is important to contest this narrative. We need to remember that the downfall of apartheid was brought about by a myriad combination of factors and forces. Current academic interpretations emphasize that no one group or organisation, no matter how significant its contribution, was solely responsible. There was no military victory or other decisive event which brought the collapse of the system, rather a sapping of will to pay the ever increasing cost to maintain it. The struggle against apartheid involved a groundswell, popular uprising in which the initiative came not from centralised political structures, orchestrating a grand revolt, but from ordinary South Africans who were reacting to the oppressive nature of a brutally discriminatory system which sought to control every aspect of their lives.4 Leaders and structures emerged organically as communities organised themselves around issues that affected them. Organisations that emerged were highly democratic and accountable to their members. There was no grand plan or centralised control of the process. As Walter Benjamin warned in a different context, but applicable here: “All rulers are the heirs of those who have conquered before them.” He feared that what he referred to as a historicist view constructed a version of history as a triumphal parade of progress. “Whoever has emerged victorious” he reminds us “participates to this day in the triumphal procession in which the present rulers step over those who are lying prostrate. According to traditional practice the spoils are carried along in the procession.” 5 He was warning of just such a tendency, which has been repeated so often in the past, for the victors to construct a version of history which ends up justifying a new tyranny. To counter this tendency it is important that other histories of the struggle are told – that the stories of other groups, which are marginalised by the new hegemonic discourse, are recorded.This aim of this dissertation is thus two-fold. Firstly it aims to investigate “the story” of the End Conscription Campaign, which has largely been seen as a white anti-apartheid liberal organisation. The objective is to provide a detailed historical account and periodisation of the organisation to fill in the gaps and challenge the distortions of a new emerging “official” discourse.Secondly within this framework, and by using the activities and strategies of the organisation as evidence for its suppositions, the question of the role played by the ECC in the struggle.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2013
IDASA - Untitled letter to Isobel Douglas-Jones
- Mitchell, Wayne, Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa
- Authors: Mitchell, Wayne , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57737 , vital:26986 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by Wayne Mitchell (National Co-ordinator: IDASA - Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa)) to Isobel Douglas-Jones (Black Sash - Eastern Cape Region), The letter was written in response to a letter (dated 30 August 1987) written by Isobel Douglas-Jones to Dr. Slabbert (Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert). Letter undated.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987
- Authors: Mitchell, Wayne , Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa
- Date: 1987
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Black Sash (Society) -- Letters and correspondence , Slabbert, F. van Zyl (Frederik van Zyl), 1940-2010
- Language: English
- Type: text , letter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57737 , vital:26986 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Letter written by Wayne Mitchell (National Co-ordinator: IDASA - Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa)) to Isobel Douglas-Jones (Black Sash - Eastern Cape Region), The letter was written in response to a letter (dated 30 August 1987) written by Isobel Douglas-Jones to Dr. Slabbert (Dr. Frederik van Zyl Slabbert). Letter undated.
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- Date Issued: 1987
The Dakar Conference: a different perspective
- Authors: Moorcroft, E K
- Date: 1987-11
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar)
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57784 , vital:26989 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: E.K. Moorcroft's article on the Dakar Conference - the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC. Article appeared in the journal titled "Reality: a journal of liberal and radical opinion", vol. 19, no. 6, issue dated November 1987.
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- Date Issued: 1987-11
- Authors: Moorcroft, E K
- Date: 1987-11
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Dakar Conference (1987, Dakar)
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57784 , vital:26989 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: E.K. Moorcroft's article on the Dakar Conference - the political discussions held in Dakar, Senegal, between the 9th and 12th of July 1987, between members of IDASA and the ANC. Article appeared in the journal titled "Reality: a journal of liberal and radical opinion", vol. 19, no. 6, issue dated November 1987.
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- Date Issued: 1987-11
PFP, Progressive Federal Party: the PFP stands for-
- Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
- Authors: Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
- Date: 19--?
- Subjects: Progressive Federal Party (South Africa) , South Africa -- Parliament , Apartheid -- South Africa , Political parties -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , South Africa -- Race relations
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76277 , vital:30530
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 19--?
- Authors: Progressive Federal Party (South Africa)
- Date: 19--?
- Subjects: Progressive Federal Party (South Africa) , South Africa -- Parliament , Apartheid -- South Africa , Political parties -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , South Africa -- Race relations
- Language: English
- Type: text , book
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/76277 , vital:30530
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 19--?
Rumours of spying
- Rhodes University. Students' Representative Council
- Authors: Rhodes University. Students' Representative Council
- Date: 1987-03-07
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Propaganda, South African , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Vincent, Louise , Knight, Janet , Espionage -- South Africa , Spies -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , tracts (ephemera)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57715 , vital:26984 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: A response from NUSAS SRC at Rhodes University, about allegations (published in The Star newspaper dated 17 February 1987) about two members of the Rhodes community acting as informants.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-03-07
- Authors: Rhodes University. Students' Representative Council
- Date: 1987-03-07
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Propaganda, South African , Government Resistance to – South Africa , Vincent, Louise , Knight, Janet , Espionage -- South Africa , Spies -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , tracts (ephemera)
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57715 , vital:26984 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: A response from NUSAS SRC at Rhodes University, about allegations (published in The Star newspaper dated 17 February 1987) about two members of the Rhodes community acting as informants.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1987-03-07
Target white schoolchildren: Black Sash tries to radicalise school pupils
- Victims Against Terrorism (South Africa)
- Authors: Victims Against Terrorism (South Africa)
- Date: 1989-07
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Terrorism -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Propaganda, South African , Black Sash (Society) , Government Resistance to – South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , leaflets , newsletter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57664 , vital:26979 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Excerpt: "The organisation by political pressure groups amongst school pupils, particularly groups with close links with revolutionary organisations which have played a leading role in trying to create an ungovernable situation in black townships, provides grounds for real concern. Whilst one may question the morality of an organisation which targets school pupils as a means for achieving its own political ends one may be sure that these efforts are not meant as an honest attempt to broaden the thinking of the youth. Rather it is part of a well thought out strategy on the part of such organisationaddElement(0, 'physicalDescription'); hidemenu()s to politicise school pupils along radical lines."
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989-07
- Authors: Victims Against Terrorism (South Africa)
- Date: 1989-07
- Subjects: Apartheid -- South Africa , Racism -- South Africa , Terrorism -- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Propaganda, South African , Black Sash (Society) , Government Resistance to – South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , leaflets , newsletter
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/57664 , vital:26979 , This item is held at the Cory Library for Humanities Research at Rhodes University. For further information contact cory@ru.ac.za. The digitisation of this image was made possible through a generous grant received from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 2014-2017.
- Description: Excerpt: "The organisation by political pressure groups amongst school pupils, particularly groups with close links with revolutionary organisations which have played a leading role in trying to create an ungovernable situation in black townships, provides grounds for real concern. Whilst one may question the morality of an organisation which targets school pupils as a means for achieving its own political ends one may be sure that these efforts are not meant as an honest attempt to broaden the thinking of the youth. Rather it is part of a well thought out strategy on the part of such organisationaddElement(0, 'physicalDescription'); hidemenu()s to politicise school pupils along radical lines."
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1989-07
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