IF GOVERNMENT REFUSES NATIONAL CONVENTION...
ALL-IN CONFERENCE CALLS FOR
ACTION
Mass Demonstrations On Eve of Republic
Photos by Joe Gqabi and Bala Govcndcr and story from M. P. Naicker
MARITZBURG.
T»HE ALL AFRICAN People's CONFERENCE HELD AT PIETERMA
RITZBURG LAST SATURDAY WAS AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS.
Over 1,400 delegates attended and unanimously demanded . . .
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Headline: International Institute of Social History Collection Description: IF GOVERNMENT REFUSES NATIONAL CONVENTION... ALL-IN CONFERENCE CALLS FOR ACTION Mass Demonstrations On Eve of Republic Photos by Joe Gqabi and Bala Govcndcr and story from M. P. Naicker MARITZBURG. T»HE ALL AFRICAN People's CONFERENCE HELD AT PIETERMA RITZBURG LAST SATURDAY WAS AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. Over 1,400 delegates attended and unanimously demanded . . . • "that a National Convention of elected representatives of all adult m en and women on an equal basis irrespective of race, colour, creed or oth er limitations be called not later than May 31, 1961" £LiiiiiiiiiiiiiimwiimimimiiiiiMiiiimmiiimimiiiimimiiiiimimimmiiiiiiiiimiuiiiiimimiiii imiiiiimiii£ = Vol. 7. No. 24. Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper £ J = | SOUTHERN EDITION Thursday, March 30. 1961 5c. 1 aillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllini The confcrcnce also resolved: # "that should the minority Government ignore this demand of the representa tives of the united will of the African people . . . 1. To call on the people to organise mass demonstrations throughout the country on the eve of the declaration of the Republic on May 31. 2. To call on all Africans not to co-operate or collaborate with the propos ed S.A. Republic or any other form of Government which rests on force to perpetuate the tyranny of a m inority: and. to organise and unite in town and country to carry out con stant actions to oppose oppression and win freedom. To call on the Indian and Coloured communities and all democratic European s to join forces with us in opposition to a regime which is bringing South Africa to disaster . . ." The highlights of this magnificent Conference were . . . # The patience and seriousness with which the delegates from all over So uth Africa met and discussed the problems that faced them. They conferred throughout Saturday night, even though many of them were tired after t ravelling the previous night in order to get to Conference . . . # The inspiring opening address by Mr. Nelson Mandela, former President of the banned African National Congress (Transvaal), whose every sentence was either cheered or greeted with cr ies of "shame" when he referred to atrocities perpetrated against the p eople by the Nationalist Government. # The representative character of the delegates, old and young, who had travelled many miles to be at Conference. There were delegates from Thogazi in Zululand; St. Faith's, near Port Shepstone; Ixopo, Ne w Hanover, Tembu-land, Pondoland, Zeerust and Sekhukhuneland. They came from New Brighton and Moroka. Alexandra and Langa, (Conti nued on page 3) Mr. Nelson Mandela delivering his inspiring opening address to the Marit zburg conference. AFRICA DAY SPECIAL In commemoration of i published on Thursday, Africa Day (April 15), New Ap ril 13, a portrait of Age will distribute FREE | Chief A. J. Lutuli. with each copy of the paper 'Order your copy now. TREASON TRIAL MAY . Country: South Africa Date Created: 30-03-1961 Creator: ANC Archives Credit Notice: IISH / NiZA / ANC Archives / african.pictures Keywords: Rights usage terms: At the time of the collection of the ANC Archive, the African National Congress was a liberation movement. The nature of the archive, then, reflects this reality. To safeguard those involved in gathering the information and records that could further the objectives of the organisation, it was imperative that those gathering such information should remain anonymous. As a result, the creators of material held in the ANC Archives is often unknown and thus, unless otherwise stated, this asset is considered an orphan work and is made available to license on the basis that it is in the public good to enable the material to be used to tell the story of the ANC and of the liberation struggle in South Africa and around the world. Wherever possible we would like to identify rights holders ensuring that they are correctly credited and that there is an agreement in place to enable us to license on their behalf. If you have any information that can contribute to identifying or locating the rights-holder(s) please notify african.pictures. Unless otherwise stated the default rights statement on material in the ANC Archive is "Unknown Rightsholder" and the associated rights statement can be found here: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/