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School of Oriental and African Studies

South African Police

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 380609

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

Title: South African Police

Date(s): 1930-1931

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): South African Police
Union of South Africa | Magistrate's Office

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

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).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Afrikaans

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired in 1988.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.