GB 0102 MS 380609 - South African Police

1 file

GB 0102 MS 380609 1930-1931 Collection (fonds) 1 file South African Police
Union of South Africa , Magistrate's Office

Although apartheid was strengthened in the period from 1948, in the preceding period black (African) and 'coloured' (other non-white) inhabitants of the Union of South Africa (established in 1910) were already disadvantaged legally and economically in comparison with white inhabitants. Initiatives to oppose their inferior treatment included the activities of the politican and writer Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876-1932).

Acquired in 1988.

Typescript papers, 1930-1931, on the court case Rex v C Diedericks and others, concerning alleged unrest between Europeans and coloured people and a supposed meeting by the Plaatjes in the coloured township of Bulawayo, Swellendam, South Africa, including police witness statements, and correspondence between the police and the magistrate relating to alleged inconsistencies between the statements.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English and Afrikaans

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds papers of and concerning S T Plaatje (Ref: MS 375495); a photocopy (Ref: MS 380192) of his manuscripts, 'Notebook 1: The Essential Interpreter', and 'Notebook 2: Sekgama' (originals in Witwatersrand University Library, Johannesburg), part of the South African Materials Project.

Papers of S T Plaatje are held at the Historical Papers section of the Library, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jul 2002 Administration of justice Coloureds Courts Ethnic conflicts Ethnic groups Interethnic relations Law enforcement Legal procedure Plaatje , Solomon Tshekisho , 1876-1932 , South African author and statesman Police Province of the Western Cape Racial discrimination Racial prejudice South Africa South African Police Southern Africa Swellendam Union of South Africa , Magistrate's Office Whites Social control, formal Sociology

Acquired in 1988.

Typescript papers, 1930-1931, on the court case Rex v C Diedericks and others, concerning alleged unrest between Europeans and coloured people and a supposed meeting by the Plaatjes in the coloured township of Bulawayo, Swellendam, South Africa, including police witness statements, and correspondence between the police and the magistrate relating to alleged inconsistencies between the statements.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English and Afrikaans

The School of Oriental and African Studies holds papers of and concerning S T Plaatje (Ref: MS 375495); a photocopy (Ref: MS 380192) of his manuscripts, 'Notebook 1: The Essential Interpreter', and 'Notebook 2: Sekgama' (originals in Witwatersrand University Library, Johannesburg), part of the South African Materials Project.

Papers of S T Plaatje are held at the Historical Papers section of the Library, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English