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F o r t h e E d u c a t i o n o f A f r i c a n B o y s a n d G i r l sP.O. PHOENIX

T e l e g r a m s : P R I N C I P A L . O H L A N G E

I n a n d a P R I N C I P A L :

D . G . S . M ’T I M K U L U , M .A. ( s o u t h a f r i c a ). m . a . ( y a l e . u . s .a . )

N A T A L

R a i l w a y S t a t i o n :

D u f f ’s R o a d

The Institute of Race Relations P. 0. Box 97,

J ohannesburg.

Dear Sir

Evidence to Commission on Native Education

The Natal African Teachers' Union of which I am President,

is preparing a statement on the Commissions Questionaire. We

plan to have this statement ready before the end of the month.

I shall send you a copy of this statement, as an expre­

ssion of our views on the matter.

I am, Sir,

Yours faithfully,

DGSM/AAD

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Mr*8. Newby,Winton,

P .O . BUNCO,GEORGE,C .P .

Dear Mr. Newby,

' VFurther to my latter of 12th April 1949, wo have now received some

copies of the questionnaire on Native Education in the original Afrikaans and two copies are enclosed. The Afrikaans version of the terms of reference*and the Xhosa translation have not yet arrived.

Yours sincerely,

Muriel Horrell (Miss)TECHNICAL ASSISTANT.

THE S.A. INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONSP resid en t:

Senator the H on. E. H . Brookes, m .a . . d .l i t t .

V ice-Presidents :

The R t. H on. Jan H . H ofm eyr, m .a ., d .s c ., d .c .l .. Prof. D . D . T . Jabavu, b .a ..

D ire c to r:

Q uintin W hyte, m .a . ( h o n s . )

( I N C O R P O R A T E D )

Telephone: 3-2318. Telegrams: UBUNTU.

H on. Reg. Representative :

A dv. D . B. M olteno, M .r.

R egional C hairm an :

Mrs. VV. F. G rant, m .a .

H on. Regional T re asu re r:

Mr. G . C leaton Jones.

Cape Western Regional Office,

P.O. Box 1998.Cape Town,

Referenc e 21/20/4 9 .1 2 th April, 1349,

The Director, J0HAr/5SBU:.S.

JOil .ISSi01! 01! KATi BSUwATIQg

a. meeting 1949At a meeting of the G .P .C . held, on 22nd February, viae a . i-i. 51/49 of 7th Larch, 1349, it r as agreed th -t the Institute should apply to give evidence before the Commission on Active Education, and that the evidence should be draf ted in broad outline by the director and Technical Assistant, and sub-

acoordmgmitted to a sub-committee. It T.ms also agreed, minutes that after receiving their comments a further be made for submission to the G .P .G . and xecutive Jo:

to the draft t o u I littee.

be good comment

I am enough before

directed by the Regional Jommitteeto submit this further draft the final draft is made.

toto our

ask you to Committee for

Rc.' zonal Secrcv r

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1 ’th April, 1949.

Mr. S. Newby, Winton,P.O. BIANCO, C 'QROE. C.F.

Dear Mr. Nevby,

xhank you very much for your interesting letter of the 7th

April 1949.

I have written to the Secretary of tha Commission on Native Education, asking for copies of the terras of reference and question­naire in Afrikaans >nd Xhosa, and will send these on to you when

they arrive.

We agree with you that there appears to be an omission in the questionnaire, in that those giving evidence ar« not asked to con­sider the future ae well as the past and present conditions of the Africans. I honestly do not think, however, that this was done by design, to force us to recommend a system of education suitable for unskilled labourers. The members of th<’ Commission are sincere and experienced men, and the Institute believes that the Commission has been set tip in an honest attempt to clarify the nims of Native Education. M'-ny Africans themselves consider that the whole posi­

tion needs clarifying.

It is very important, of course, that the views expressed in your letter should be out before the Oo^m1seion. ^his could perhaps

be done under questions 6 and 8.

Beferring to question 8, ie. the future car era for which Africans must be prepared through education, the enclosed documents may be of inter st to you. The information regarding care rs in the Native Affairs Department is su plied by Mr. van Wjpk, Assistant to the Director, who untn recently was Dr. Msars' Personal Secre­tary. The information regarding carers in industry, etc., is from the evidence the Institute is submitting to the Commission on con­ditions of employment in th4' Gold Mining Industry.

We certainly have no broad national plan for the future poli­tical, economic and social development of Africans; nd it will

probably be outside the province of the Native Education Commission

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to formulate such a plan. Nevertheless the fact remains that the sphere of African em loyment is tncr sing all the time, and theCommission will n ,ve to recognise and allow for this fact. Future development in this sphere will of course de: end on the Afrte rns themselves as well as on rov^rnroent. oolicy and em:loysrs.

I do hope you will think this lettsr a satisfactory reply to the points you raised. I agree that half the conflicts *nd dis­

putes in this world are the result of the fact that the same word may coavey a di f'erent mean in to different people; thus if I have misunderstand tha meaning intended by any of your words, pi**3e will you point this out?

Yours sincerely,

-r r-f

(Muriel Horrell - Miss),

A s s t s a ;^ ,

♦ t r Ce" t I " 1111! , 111 thi8 D*P»rt «nt ts that wherever posts in African terri-

to f i l l e r 8 ?CtOI^-br flU e d 0y Africans, «uifc&bl* Africans must bo trained

the D e n J ^ « S 8hR* Afri?an* *r’? ° ° w b6in^ trained as Assistant Engineer a, and the Department hope* to introduce, in the ne*r future, u Gourde for African

Veterinary Surgeon*, of whom so«e 70(3 could eventual]* be enployed the Se-

The opportunity is being given to Africans who jualify in law to becnmfl

s r s s r * 0nt A,fr can 13*ir*idy*>-v . s i iZTZnI I J T H * ! ! ? l0a 18 eventually to promote the most suitable of such

° lw P° Bt8 of A*- i«t- nt Hativc CobbU: ioner in Sative ter*itories.

*?* PuolJc 8* rTt« * 4» to absorb practically all African gra- 2 n n *u des^ * 8Uch employment. Graduates rec eive a com end ng salary of

2 ? , c V ?■ i r le^ 15° . L 15 ' £18° 1 " ° - £300- aad ^ promotlon^re put on th 1 * “ * ^ 80* A1*° they receive a degree allowance of £54 inaddlM « tHe r 8fi™ lce- in the second year, and £18 in the third. In addition thegr *re paid cost of living allowance, which at present is £60 „ a

r«ceW e£200 A ^ ^ n l ^ t e w o u ^ d ^ * ’^radilte x M * flrst year of t«rvict. and a n^rried

t l ' 5 \ . AR African who succeeds in ob-H l 5 ? o f ! J° r *UbJeCt8 receive8 a bn sic commencingmalor 8nbiprt Kl f 8UCC?eds ln o p i n i n g distinction in bothTn^jor subjects, the basic commencing salary is £240 per annum. A single African

° ^ nL T : r i 0 V \ T t h h U “Hj0r *™ ld t h ^ recllve% % * £54 * J S q “ s L i l * * hlf: fiI 9J ye" r ° f nd a married graduatewith t i . t l u \ ^ r ^ \ C ° S X ° * Uv1ns varies in accordanceIt f o l S w l official cost oi living index figures, but is at present

SJLi&e* Married,

£37.10 p .a. £100 p .a .p .a . £50. p .a . £125 p .a .p. a. £50. p .a . £150 p .a.p. a. £50. p .a . £175 p .a.

£50. p .a . £200 p . a.

Up to £150 p .a .

Plus £350 p .a .

iLJ.. Since writing the above we have just heard that the extra

notches for distinction ln major Degree subjects have been cancelled, for both Europeans and Africans, as from 1st April 1949.

As at 31st December, 1948, the Native Affaire Department employed 1591 ^.uropenns and 3206 Africans. The following are some of the salary sc les paid

on thl * <salarleB/ ^ t ^ do ™t include c^st of living allowance, which is on the same basis a* for Europeans, a* quoted above):-

(a)(b)

(c)(d)

(* ) (f ) (g) (h)

(i )

<J> <k) (1)

£420

£240£150£200£120£180£120£84£84£84£7?

£45

x

xXX XX X

x 12 x 6 x 6 x 6 x 3

20 - £540

20 - £380 15 - £180 PO - £280 12 - £204

12 - £186 12 - £168

- £180 - £156- £132- £96- £72

x 20 - £300

f t **The '}frican establishment of the Department includes the following posts (letter after post indicates salafy SCfile as above)*- P

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1 Translator C&)5 Assistant Translators (to)

1? Liaison Assistants (b)193 Clerks (c to t)

4 Instructors (jfe)12 Engineering Surveying Asr-lstants (c)9 Male Typists (e)

172 Interpreter Clerks (e to d)

1 Head Messenger (e)41 Senior Agricultural Demonstrators (h)30 Agricultural Demonstrators (Forestry) (h)

284 Agricultural Demonstrators (i )19 Assistant Foreman and Overseers (g to e)

1 Boarding House faster (g)1 Boarding ilouse Mistress (l )

941 Police ("‘row j to f )2 Stores Assistants (g)

lb Storemen (k)

loygsent of Africans in Seenndara. Industry.

There is no legislature* 1>arrler to Unn--uro;,eans booming ap renticos.Section 5(1 )b of the Apprenticeship Act, in fact, prohibits a colour bar. How­

ever , owin,' to opposition 'rora -.uro;-.ean Trades Unions, prejudice on the part of employers, and other factors, Hon-Suropeans are seldom accepted apprentices.Thus they tir« practically denied the opportunity of bacoring skilled workers in trades such as printing, building, engineering, food preparation, boot-making,

carriage-building, hairdressing, the furniture trade, and so on

However there are other trades to which the Apprenticeship Act does not apply, ftnd in hich workers may become qualified aaployees after a nurib^r of years’ saporience in a part'cular job. During the last few years particularly, more and no re Son-Kuropeans are qualifying in such jobs. Because of the shortage of skilled labour in South Africa and the curtailing of the lmfilgrrtion scheme, industrialists are being forced to mechanise s.s fully as possible, and to snake the bsst 1 labour there is. There is a growing class of permanentlyurbanised Africans, who have lost th>ir connection with the land and must depend on the wages they earn in the towns. Many of these have great aptitude for copying, and ar<* /rood at restive work. Sone of thcr, indeed, ar>? capable of doing artisan work efficiently. ™hey have by now become essential adjuncts to industry not only in the un*. illed, but also in the ser'i-skllled and higher semi-skilled das sc- §.V

According the R .port of the Department of Labour for 1946 (U. . 6^/1948) while the large «t?^tority of skilled workers are Europeans, there is to-day a not inconsiderable lumber of Hon- uropeans in this claws. The distribution of skilled employe s WWftg th - various races, in industries re minted by *-age determinations during th& yeara 19.77 - 1^46 was as follows:-

KuropeansHon-niropeans nuat»?*r«

skilled workers.

tj8_, or were 8-5.9 per cent of all skilled workers. LI :.nd coKiar lsed 15.1 per cent of all

5 .4$ of the skilled workers were Asiatics 5.3£ wer® Africans.4.4jt were Coloureds.

The proportion of Non-Xuropean seal-skilled workers was nuch renter, the figures being:-

uroj eans - 35.9)%;14on- .uropQane - 64. If

made up ofAfricans 33.0^Coloureds - «0.If

Asiatics - ll.Oji(Paras. 6 1 - 6 3 of Ke

• :*_ As exaenles of sWi-sklMpd, hlghsp s m l - I H M W i 'W " *V. i HP^Sorfc tdone by ’on-Ku^penns in the *S £ ngv »al, ing. * rp - 3a; "

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(a ) Mineral water manufacturing 1 ndu! ^ ‘ « s J ^ d ^ ^ o p e a nmachine minders (eg. washing, filling. cap: inr oowxe*/

foremen. . . . . -,nri in the hat section on(b) Clothing industry - as skilled steam Pres«ers. *nd in the m *

trimming and finishing.

(c) Lauadry trod. -(d) Fibre Contniner Industry - operating au*om” *(e) Tobaco Industry - in graded operative capaciti ^

( f ) t ' S . ; — 40101

- *■ — - b o n ’ r

This list Bight be coniiderably prolonged.

X . tho H ^ o r . of the M M ^ u w j r *Jr M J J £ £ • t ' '

it sewns desirable that ^ r k e r s .___ The Suropean semi-skilled poolunskilled, at least ^s sea -a ^ number can be regarded as insuf-

cansistB of only £ • * -b.si.ed that the wagesficient to feed the qualified ranks . . . . rifr ,ciently attractive to Kurop^ansgenerally paid for .^i- skilled ^o rt ar* Son-Suropean^ labour is

to obtain the required labour labour v lnj. a8 stated previously,X lo y e d to sake up the drftefncj. f c - J f c w p J * * ^ 'r " e ^ v , or,? 1- to «*

Kuro^earts S ^ a d y W ^ * outnumber Suropeans in the semi-skilled labour

market".

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nlrmriT* ’l'Lbnur-

11th April, 1949.

The Secretary,ComdlSBion on Native Education,Union Education J>®P*;»Hew Standard B^nk Buildings,P R E T 0 H I A.

Beer 31r' ^ ..T asT O H 0* « r T7E ECUCATI'jlj.

On the 19th March. 194? *e wrote to you, i «nu would he so kind as to send us a

further SE^eople. of each of t h . ?u .stlo„„*lr.aod

g - is v s s s sAt ^he same time, will you please he

good enough to send us 5 copies of these d°£ument in Afrlkaens, and, if available, 5 copies in «*n

approved Xhoss translationYours faithfully,

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R.R. 83/49 REB 11.4.49

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S. A. INSTITUTE OE RACE RELATIONS (inc.)

Telephone: 19 Stiemens St.,

44-4368. Braamfontein,JOHANNESBURG,

Dear

The Institute is to submit evidence to the Government Commission on Native Education; and in preparing this evidence, we

are very anxious to know the opinion of prominent Africans who are or have "been concerned with education.

We are therefore holding an informal discussion on Thursday 14th April 1949, at 9,30 a.m. in the offices of the Institute, 19 Stiemens St. , Braamfontein, Johannesbufg (near University). We shall be so glad if you are able to come and assist us “by letting us have your views on the matters raised in the questionnaire issued "by the Commission (copy attached). If it is impossible for you to come, would you please be kind enough to assist by letting us have your views in writing ?

Yours sincerely,

(MURIEL HDERELL - MISS )Technical Assistant.

/

\ INVITED TO MEETING.

Mr. Habedl. The Principal, Wllberforce Secondary Dept., P .O . Wilberforce, Evaton, Transvaal.

Mr. Madlbane, Principal, Bantu High School, Western Native Township, Johannesburg.

Rev. E . E . Mahabane , P .O . Box } Vereeniglng. fX r c : R rtaJLaJa^e- ^ ~ J .

Cr. P . Mosa£a~,'’stand 1515 > Orlando, Johannesburg.

Mr. Nakane, Principal, Orlando Secondary School, P.O.Orlando, JOHANNESBURG.

Mr. Ngakane , c/o S .A . I .R .R .

c r■ ' Dr. J . . rhlaoo. Eoitshoka Institution, P .O . Box 61, Ventersdorp,* Transvaal.

Dr. W . F . Nkomo. 15 5 Gallant Street, Lady Selborne, Pretoria.

Mr. J . R. Rathebe, 33 Gerty Street, Sophiatown, Johannesburg.

Hr. Seboni, Principal, Secondary School for Africans, P .O . Box 9 3 , Nigel.

Mr. SI visa. Principal, Moroka Central School. P .O . Kliptown, Johannesburg. ^

Rev. S. Tema, P .O.Orlando, Johannesburg.

Mr. Salope Thema, c/o the Bantu World, 11 Newclare Read, IndustriaJohannesburg!

&r . A. B. Xuma 85 Toby Street, Sophiatovn, Johannesburg.

f t r The Principal Alexandra Junior Secondary School, 6 - 12th Avenue,Alexandra Township, P .O . Bergvlei, Johannesburg.

m-INVITED TO SEND VIEWS.

1/ Mr. Mbeto. The Principal, Bensonvile, Sterkspruit, C .P .

f , ' vr . p. G . S. M1 Tlmkulu, Ohlange Institute, P .O . Phoenix, Natal.

Professor Z. K. Matthews, S. A. Native College, Fort Hare, Alice,Cape Provihce.

Professor D. D. T. Jabavu, "Phumulong", P .O . Middledrift, C.P.

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11th April, 1949.

Dear

Confirming our telephonic conversation, the informal discussion with African educationalists on Native education has been arranged for 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 14th April 1949, In the offices of the Institute.

Yours sincerely,

f J b

(MURIEL H^RELL - MISS)Technical Assistant.

8th April, 1949

Professor I .D . MacCrone, 7, Smit Road,

Dunkeld West, JOHANNESBURG.

Dear Professor MacCrone,

I am enclosing very rough notes on our discussion yesterday, and hope they will be of some use to you.

Attached also, in msnuscript, are rtther random notes taken from various publications on Bantu education. I shall be grateful if these may be returned when you have finished with them.

with many thanks for the help you are giving,

Yours sincerely

(MURIEL HORRELL -MISS) TECHNICAL ASSISTANT.

*Drs. CORDON JOHNSTONE & ELSDON-DEW,P A T H O L O G I S T S .

P H O N E S :C O N S U L T I N G R O O M S

( 1 2 - 1 )

N a t i o n a l B a n k C h a m b e r s .

W e s t S t r e e t .

D u r b a n .

A D D I N G T O N H O S P I T A L

( 1 0 - 1 2 & 2 . 3 0 - 4 )

2 6 6 6 6

6th April, 1949

R E S I D E N C E S -

4 1 6 M U S G R A V E R O A D 4 6 5 2 1

1 5 1 E L E V E N T H A V E N U E 3 8 2 3 9

The Technical Assistant,The S .A . Institute of Race Relations,

Dear ^adam,

I have to thank you for your

letter of the 5th April, 1949.

Unfortunately Dr. R.Elsdon-Dew

is away in the States for a six months

visit and will therefore not be in a

position to help you in any way just

at the moment.

of this year and perhaps if you approach

him again 1 am sure he will do his best

to assist you in any way possible.

J?.0. Box 97 1 2 APR 1949m ........ .

He will be back in about ^uly

^ours faithfully,

,4 2 %

m / m .

5th April, 1949.

Dr. Slsdon-Dew,

National Bank Chambers,

M P t iL ,

Dear Dr. Blsdon-Dew,

Mr*. Hoernlfc, President of the Institute, has asked me to write requesting some assistance from you.

We are giving evidence shortly before the Commission on Native Education, and will probably take the line that there is no intrinsic difference so far as the physical and mental make-up Is concerned between Africans and Europeans, and that although through environmental factors the African may at present be retarded mentally, this phase will pass and there will be no need for differentiation in the education provided in S. Africa for children of different races.

Amongst other things, we want to collect information on blood groupings of the various races In South Africa; and race mixtures In the Union's population. Professor Dart has suggested that you would be the best person to help us here.

If you have any articles or pamphlets you could let us have, or lend to us, ws should be extremely grateful to you.

Tours sincerely,

(Muriel Horrell - Miss), TECHNICAL ASSI8TA«.

li

also sent to Professor I* D. KacCrone, Mr. van Wyk, Mrs. Whyte.

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5 April, 1949.

Os. J . Reyneke,75 Basman Street.PRETORIA.

Dear Mr. Reyneke,

£ 2-:'MISSION OH NATIVE EDUCATION.

agreed that t h ^ ^ S c S i t t i e ' t l " ° f this morn K, it was

Place before the above Commission will J L f T n J In8t4tut® ®houldon Thursday, April 7th 1949. T * hyt® 8 offioe »t S p.m*

Tours sincerely.

Mutfe1 Horrell (Mias)

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