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ct vtuefa «11I deprive tooueotds of African, in&iac and *-olourod fonUloe

of toeir bmmm and their livelihood* *5uob « U 1 deqr to their Btiiliiw the

**otaction ruad security of toe hoae atucb lo toe funtaoantol right of ell

o dldtrocu »e eeo in thia - ct ond ito inixEir.ua proclnaationo a furtisor

attaapt of toe nationalist uatervnout to divide the jx»plG of .>o»th Jrlti

eel we proclaim that ae m m m m o& eee t ie Act end uo shell «ork

unof»--slncly to build up uad to solntoin toe unity of eonea of ell r*oee»

to daf'Ud our honee and our sight to live whore we ohooee*

The arwvttral Jicgion of toe adoration roeolvoo -

(a) to oaopaicn actively oner st women of all mcee end

eepedolly in areas already troclaiaad under toe 3*eup

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()e> to oxgaaise a protest ttwurfwrt toe T— menal to be

alined by eoocn of nil r ooo deaftnding that the ^roup

Airoo ct to repealed*

to jw e i t tU a y e toot to toe Miaistsr of the la to io r aitia ciji njiit.o*

toziXcronoe oalla u,-o« women of n il races to oot up ooen’H^roup iireae Coeatttooe wJierercnr nooeaaary to oarxy out thio task aad to oo-or«*»to fUUy with et<.egCr&Bp-«»L . o ittocs£> ^~j £

The Transvaal i^ion of the Federation of South African women,

on behalf of the isany women present at this Conference, records once

again the opposition of women to the poison of Bantu "Education, through

which the African children are being indoctrinated in the name of education#

Conference welcome:; cultural clubo and home education as the only

possible alternative to ilantu Education under the present system which

will not permit universal education in the schools*

Conference calls upon African women to protect their children against

-ontu Education, to send them to cultural clubs, to assist in establishing

more cultural clubs and upon all women to assist the clubs in every wayA

possible, for they are the only real defence a&ainst Verwoerd's attack upon

the . frican children*

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XRP'rT" ^£^otOf|bM5The Transvaal Region of the Federation of South African Women

views with deep concern the Nursing Act Amendment Bill which

proposes to introduce apartheid into the nursing profession.

This will not only humiliate non-European nurses by assigning

them a lower status, despite their years of training and

experience and their devotion to their work, but this Bill

proposes to lower the standards of training of nurses, to

introduce Bantu Education into the nursing profession.

Conference condemns the Nursing Act Amendment Bill and calls

upon all nurses in the Transvaal to organise and unite in

opposition to this shameful proposal. Conference resolves

that all Transvaal members of Parliament be urged to oppose

this Bill in the coming parliamentary session.

As women and mothers, we who are assembled here at this

Conference are profoundly shocked by the outbreak of violence

and the revival of the war spirit in many parts of the world

and we feel deeply the suffering of all families involved. To

all those women, wherever they are, whoever they may be, who

endure today the agonies and hardships of violence and slaughter,

we send a message of solidarity and sympathy* Conference calls

upon the vknrernment of South Africa to do all in its power to

bring about an end to hostilities and to urge the return to

negotiation for peaceful settlements.

This Conference of Women expresses the deep concern of the

women of the Transvaal at the recent renewal in HLerksdorp

of the inhuman practice of reclassification which is causing

suffering among the Coloured people* The women of the Transvaal

deny the right of any government official to classify a human

being and we pledge our support to the Coloured people in their

efforts to oppose this vicious practice* Conference condemns

the Population Registration Act as unnecessary and its

implementation as inhuman*

t>This Conference of Women affirms the fundamental

right of all citizens to protest and to demonstrate

against unjust legislation and oppressive actions of

the government and we here resolve that if and when

legislation is introduced in Parliament to ban protests

to the Union Buildings, the Transvaal Region of the

Federation of South African Women will organise a mass

demonstration of women of all races to the Union Buildings

to uphold our rights#

Collection Number: AD1137

FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN 1954-1963

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