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R E S O L U T I O N. ^ 1 ^ \ If This Conference, representing the entire Indian Community of the Transvaal ,

supported by *he representatives of the major pol it ical organisetions of the African and Coloured peoples and by European democrats, held under the auspices of the Transvaal Indian Congress at the Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg, on 25th and 26th August 1956, records its emphatic protest against the Group Areas Act, which is the pivot of apartheid, calculated to uproot and ruin the non- white peoples and ti force them into ghettoes.

This Conference:

1. VTS S with horror and indignation t e recent proclamation of croup areas in the western suburbs of Johannesburg, which wi l l dis- lace over a hundred thousand non-whites and deprive them of their homes, properties and means of livelihood.

2. IS CONVINCED that tue process of enforcing this vicious Act will have disastrous consequences on the lives and liberties of millions of people, wi l l ups-t the economy and welfare of the whole country and lead the Union into racial strives and upheavals of the magnitule unknown before.

3. FIKMLY FELTBV\S th.it the tyranny which flow from the whole policy of apartheid can only be f inal ly overcome by the achievement of the true aims and aspirations of the people of South Africa as expressed in the historic Freedom Charter.

This Conference, having considered the f u l l indications of the Act, calls upon a l l people of South Africa, both white and non-white, organised oonmerce and industry, trade union end religious bodies, social, cultural, educational I23*8SSrti jtt* Institutions to unify their forces in order to prevent the govern^ ment rrom carrying out i^uman policy of apartheid.

T J . C o n f « f e n c e » therefore, directs the Executive Conroittee of the Transvaal Indian . congress;

(a; ..Te--«aU. upon the Indian people not to go to the private township of lenasia and not to accept Group Areas anywhere.

TX C To establish a Council of Action for the purpose of mobilising the people effectively to defend their homes, properties and means of livelihood.

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(o) To organise a Day of Hartal and Mass Prayers b

(d) upon the South African Indian Congress;-

i ) To take praotical steps, in co-operation with the African rational Congress, South African Coloured People's A rT Organisation, South African "Congress of Deiax rats j * ^ , f

- \> other democratic bodies, for halting the onslaughts of the Government; and

i i ) To seek the support of the Afro-Asir.n pesters in influencing the member states i f the United f.etions tc take necessary steps to compel the Union Government to violating the provisions of the U.N. Charter and the Universal Declaration of Hunu n "ights.

(e ) To-rai-s«-f«nd» f o r proeecuting a conserted camaign for the acjn evRmtint of the above objeots.

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RESOLUTION 1 0 PASSES.

\ This conference meeting 9 t a time when pa j s laws have brought untold humi l iat ion , misery and degradation t o the A f r i can people, vitews with ind ignat ion the proposed e x t e n s i o n of the nas3 laws to the A f r i c an women, end condemn3 t h i s f a s c i s t a rc as a f u r t h e r ansualt on the a l rea i " diminished r i gh t * of the A f r i c a r nacpU.

Conference supports the act ion undertaker, by the ?p je ra t ion of ou fh A f r i can V/c ' to r e s i s t the imposit ion of Pass Laws on the African wo on and in the na; e s p i r i t re stand v!t>- the Coloured peoole In the i r f i g h t aga inr . r - c l r s s l f i c a t i o n . Conference further Pledges to mobi l ise macs duor-rt of the people to wa^e a r e l en t l ess ca-naign a f a i n s t the pass I ^ r s .

Conference furthermore 'ocommend3 to the : : .V .C. of the A.N.C. to prepare to wage a c6vnJ .~-W lc cu^p-algr ngcinct the pass syster .

RESOLUTION 5 ON ORGA-"^I IOI .

This Conference htvinc; f u l l y considered che organisational weaknesses of the A .N.C. both in the p o l i t i c a l education of i t s members and branches, Con fe rence re.*c:v.cndc to I he incoming executive to Immediately encark on th* imp lementa t i on of the plans recommended bv the Nat ional E x e c u t i v e at the Nat ional Conference in 1954, and f u r t h e r endorsed by the Tre.nsvaal P rov inc ia l Conference t h a t : -

( a ) every secretary of the A f r i c a n N a t i o n a l Congress from the highest t o * the lowest , must undertake a course of p o l i t i c a l t r a i n i n g f o r at l e a s t 3 months.

' ( b ) that every member of the executive must undertake a course o f " p o l i t i c a l , t h eo r e t i c a l snd o rgan i sa t i ona l t r a i n ing f o r at l « i a t 2 months. » -

( o ) that every freedom vo lunteer must undertake a course — ,„ ^ , , ' f r t ' i t r a in ing f o r at l e a s t

one month.

Further conference the incoming exr c j t i v e to take immediate steps to organise j h e people in the countrys ide .

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must take s u f f i c i e n t interef ' : . and give a l e ad in matters a f f e c t i n g the peoole l o c a l l y , end-aroi*®•the p o l i t i c a l consciousness of the people aga inst i ssues a f f e o f e n g them in t h f i r day to day l i f e .

RESOLD ION 3 ON THE FHKEljjpri CHARTER.

This Conference salutC.'s t h i t h i s t o r i c gather ing of the Congre.fl of the oeople held in K l i p t f f m on the 25th and 26th June, 1955, the ] success 'o f which has furthosjpd the s t r u - g l e of the l i b e r a t o r y Jl

r movement in South A f r i c a , p facing i t many - l i e s ahead b^tlte adoption of the Freedom Charter . r

I i Conference endorses t£e Freedom Charter and f u r the r pledges \

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® RESOLUTION 4 ON "BAHTO gIXT CATION".

This Conference r e i t e r a t e s the stand that the lonc-term^aim to prevent the f u n c t i o n i n g of Bantu Education by .the withdrawel of ch i l d r en from the Bpntu Education schools l a c o r r e c t . Conference t h e r e f o r r r eao lvea to i n t e n s i f y the campaign aga ins t Bantu Education by educat ing the A f r i c a n people to r e j e c t and boycott school) boards and committees to strengthen the c u l t u r a l c lob movement and to demand u n i v e r a a l educpt lona l f o r a l l as ind ica ted by the Freedom Charter .

RESOLUTION -9 OK TRAPS UNIONS.

This conference walcomoa the fo rmat ion o V S. A .C .&to . as another step fo rward in the p e o p l e ' a march t**c&om and Dlaces orl -T4c«r4 - that -S^A.Cj rUI* . f^t^US®JfeoJ. y xjk>\Ambt^e ^rtri true re pre sen- „ . ta t ive of :t.h£ _ worfciris p e o p l e ' o f South Af rfcca/»~f Conference the re -f o r e r e so l v e s to $eok - f o r wwCf i i g " t oge the r between S .A . C.T^U.^ftud -the i'.'JT.0.' iHT & ' '

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J Thiacconference having # e r i o u a l y cons idered the s tate of p o l i t i c a l immaturity of the i a s s e s of the people , urgaa a l l the membera of the A .N .C . i n p a r t i o u l a i v t o broa^pn t h e i r r ead ing intarea i n the f i e l d of p o l i t i c a l l i t e r a t u r e e . g . New Age e t c , e t c . '

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RECORDS RELATING TO THE 'TREASON TRIAL' (REGINA vs F. ADAMS AND OTHERS ON CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, ETC.), 1956 1961 TREASON TRIAL, 1956 1961

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