Issue #0

The surplus people

forced removals in South Africa

Plot

The Foundations Of Apartheid Are Not Shaken By People Sitting Together On Park Benches, Or Eating Together In Multiracial Restaurants, Or Playing Together In 'international' Sports. But They Would Be Shaken By The Absence From The 'white Areas' Of Those Blacks Whose Labour Is Needed There And By The Presence In Those Areas Of Blacks Who Are 'superfluous'. The Resettlement Policy Is The Cornerstone Of The Whole Edifice Of Apartheid. The Surplus People Project Has Amply Demonstrated This And It Is To Be Hoped That As A Result There Will Be Not Only An Increased Concern For The Victims Of That Policy But Also A Concerted Attack On The Cause Of The Problem. Jamangile Tsotsobe -- The Story Of A South African -- From Kuruman To Kosi Bay: The Scope Of Forced Removals -- Why Removals? Some Popular Explanations -- 'land Divided By History' -- Native Policies Before 1948 -- 'pegging It Down' -- Separate Development After 1948 -- 'getting Them Away' -- Gg At Work -- Communities In Crisis -- Six Case Studies Of Relocation In Practice -- Responses: The People Wish Unity -- 'trying By All Ways And Means For Survival': Conditions In Relocation Areas -- Siyabuswa: We Are Controlled. Laurine Platzky And Cherryl Walker For The Surplus People Project. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [404]-408.