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“CANADIAN LABOUR”

Therefore, it must be concluded that, for a
variety of reasons, newspapers and news-
magazines in Canada do not give fair
treatment to Canadian labour. Because they
tend to report only strikes and conflicts,
they give the Canadian public the false
impression that most negotiations between.
labour and management result in violent
confrontations or strikes. Newspapers and
newsmagazines also tend to add to the
public’s ignorance of labour by failing to
publish enough information about labour.
The major reasons for poor press coverage of
Canadian labour include the facts that
Canadian newspapers and newsmagazines
are capitalistic businesses trying to maxim-
ize their profits and that newspapers and
newsmagazines in Canada are dependent
upon businesses for much of their revenue.
Finally, the press tends to present only the
negative aspects of the Canadian labour
scene because it does not regard peaceful
labour negotiations as news which is
worthy of publication.

SOUTH AFRICAN
JUSTICE

The government of the Republic of South
Africa has within the last few months begun
a campaign to silence the black journalists
of South Africa. As an example of this
repression, Mr. Mathata Tsedu, Regional
Secretary of the Media Workers Association
of South Africa (MWASA), has been served
with a banning order as from Saturday,
January 11, 1981.

The banning orders came about during a
two-month strike of black workers which
was organized by members of MWASA. On
December 23, 1980, an agreement was
reached between the publishers and
MWASA on salaries, conditions, and union
recognition. On the day on which the
agreement was reached, the government
closed down four papers which were servic-
ing the black community. The government
also continued to issue banning orders
against the leaders of MWASA and other
black journalists.

So often it is reported that a South African
activist has been served with a banning
order, but very few people have actually
read the terms of such an order. We are pub-
lishing a copy of the banning order for Mr.
Zwelakhle Sisulu, President of MWASA.
Under its provisions Mr. Sisulu is banned
from attending any social, political, or edu-
cational gathering. Mr. Sisulu is forbidden
from preparing, compiling, transmitting, or
publishing any publication which propo-
gates, defends, attacks, criticizes, discusses,
or refers to any form of state or any principle
or policy of the government of a state. Mr.
Sisulu can only receive at his residence, his
father-in-law, his mother, and a medical
practitioner who is not himself banned.

The terms of the banning order are for
three years and prevent the banned person
from carrying out any of his normal activi-
ties. It is a most effective means of silencing
the voices of South Africa’s black trade
unionists and journalists. Once again the
government of the Republic of South Africa
has shown that it will take action against
anyone who has criticized South African
governmental policies and the abhorrent
system of apartheid.

TO: ZWELAKHE SISULU

7372 ORLANDO WEST

SOWETO

NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 9(1)
OF THE INTERNAL SECURITY ACT,
1950 (ACT 44 OF 1950)

WHEREAS I, HENDRIK JACOBUS
COETSEE, Minister of Justice, am satisfied
that you engage in activities which
endanger or are calculated to endanger the
maintenance of public order, I hereby, in
terms of section 9(1) of the Internal Security
Act, 1950, prohibit you for a period com-
mencing on the date on which this notice is
delivered or tendered to you and expiring on
31 December 1983, from attending within
the Republic of South Africa —

(1) any gathering contemplated in para-
graph (a) of the said section 9(1); or

(2) any gathering contemplated in para-
graph (b) of the said section 9(1), of the
nature, class or kind set out below:

(a) Any social gathering, that is to say,
any gathering at which the persons
present also have social intercourse
with one another;

(b) any political gathering, that is to
say, any gathering at which any
form of State or any principle or
policy of the Government of a State
is propagated, defended, attacked,
criticized or discussed;

(c) any gathering of pupils or students
assembled for the purpose of being
instructed, trained or addressed by
you.

Given under my hand at Pretoria this 12th
day of December 1980.

H. COETSEE

MINISTER OF JUSTICE

Note: (1) The Magistrate, Johannesburg,
has in terms of section 9(1) of the abovemen-
tioned Act been empowered to authorize
exceptions to the prohibitions contained in
this notice.

(2) Your attention is directed to the provi-
sions of section 11(d) bis of the abovemen-
tioned Act in terms of which you are obliged
to personally give notice forthwith to an
officer in charge of a police station should
you change your place of residence or
employment.

(c) any place which constitutes the prom-
ises on which any publication as defined
in the Internal Security Act, 1950, is
prepared, compiled, printed or publish-
ed;

(f) any place which constitutes the pre-
mises of any organization contemplated
in Government Notice R2130 of 28
December 1962, as amended by Govern-
ment Notice R1947 of 27 November 1964,
and any place which constitutes pre-
mises on which the premises of any such
organization are situate;

(g) any place or area which constitutes the
premises on which any public or private
university, university college, college,
school or other educational institution is
situate;

(h) any place or area which constitutes the
premises of any division of the Supreme
Court of South Africa established under
the Supreme Court Act, 1959 (Act 59 of
1959), or any court established under the
provisions of the Magistrates’ Courts
Act, 1944 (Act 82 of 1944), except for the
purpose of —

(i) applying to a magistrate for an
exception to any prohibition in force
against you under the Internal
Security Act, 1950;

ii) attending any criminal proceedings
in which you are required to appear
as an accused or a witness;

Gii) attending any civil proceedings in
which you are a plaintiff, petitioner,
applicant, defendant, respondent or
other party or in which you are
required to appear as a witness;

(3) performing any of the following acts —

(a) preparing, compiling, printing, publish-
ing, dissemination or transmitting in
any manner whatsoever any publica-
tion as defined in the Internal Security
Act, 1950;

(b) participating or assisting in any
manner whatsoever in the preparation,

compilation, printing, publication, dis-
semination or transmission of any publi-
cation as so defined;

(c) contributing, preparing, compiling or
transmitting in any manner whatsoever
any matter for publication in any publi-
cation as so defined;

(d) assisting in any manner whatsoever in
the preparation, compilation or trans-
mission of any matter for publication in
any publication as so defined;

(e) (i) preparing, compiling, printing, pub-
lishing, disseminating or transmit-
ting in any manner whatsoever any
document (which shall include any
book, pamphlet, record, list, placard,
poster, drawing, photograph or pic-
ture which is not a publication
within the meaning of paragraph
(8)(a) above); or

Gi) participating or assisting in any
manner whatsoever in the prepara-
tion, compilation, printing, publica-
tion, dissemination or transmission
of any such document,

in which, inter alia —

(aa) any form of State or any principle
or policy of the Government of a
State is propagated, defended,
attacked, criticised, discussed or
referred to ;

(bb) any matter is contained concern-
ing any body, organization, group
or association of persons, institu-
tion, society or movement which
has been declared an unlawful
organization by or under the Inter-
nal Security Act, 1950, or the
Unlawful Organizations Act, 1960
(Act 34 of 1960), or an organization
contemplated in Government
Notice R2130 of 28 December 1962,
as amended by Government
Notice R1947 of 27 November 1964;
or

(cc) any matter is contained which is
likely to engender feelings of hos-
tility between the White and the
non-White inhabitants of the
Republic of South Africa;

(f) giving any educational instruction in
any manner or form to any person other
than a person of whom you are a parent;

(g) taking part in any manner whatsoever
in the activities or affairs of any organi-
zation contemplated in Government
Notice R2130 or 28 December 1962, as
amended by Government Notice R1947
November 1964;

(4) communicating in any manner what-

soever with any person whose name

appears on any list in the custody of the
officer referred to in section 8 of the Internal

Security Act, 1950, or in respect of whom

any prohibition under the Internal Security

Act, 1950, or the Riotous Assemblies Act,

1956 (Act 17 of 1956), is in force.

(5) receiving at the said residential pre-

mises any visitor other than —

(a) a medical practitioner for medical
attendance on you or members of your
household, if the name of such medical
practitioner does not appear on any list
in the custody of the officer referred toin
section 8 of the Internal Security Act,
1950, and no prohibition under the
Internal Security Act, 1950, or the Rio-
tous Assemblies Act, 1956, is in force in
respect of such medical practitioner;

(b) your mother, Albertina Nontsikelelo
Sisulu;

(c) your father-in-law, David Ndladlamba.

Given under my hand at Pretoria this 12th
day of December 1980.

H. COETSEE
Minister of Justice

Note: (1) The Magistrate, Johannesburg,
has in terms of section 10(1) (a) of Act 44 of
1950 been empowered to authorize excep-
tions to the prohibitions contained in this
notice.

(2) Your attendance is directed to the
provisions of section 11(d) bis of the above-
mentioned Act in terms of which you are
obliged to personally give notice forthwith
to an officer in charge of a police station
should you change your place of residence or
employment.

Lumber Worker/February/March, 1981/11