Black Sash Collection

Title: Black Sash Collection
Alternative Title: The Black Sash Collection
Description: A collection of primary source materials documenting the advocacy and humanitarian work of The Black Sash. Key materials include "Sash" magazines, Advice Office national reports, maps of forced removals, educational pamphlets on the 1994 elections, and records of the "vigils" held to protest apartheid legislation. The collection is particularly valuable for its data on the bureaucratic administration of the apartheid state.
Date Issued: 1955-
Language: English
Type: Collection
Subject: See all item sets with this value Apartheid--South Africa; See all item sets with this value Civil rights--South Africa; Women, White—South Africa—Political activity

Albany Black Sash Fieldworker’s Report for September 1989

A detailed monthly report by an Albany Black Sash fieldworker covering the Grahamstown (Makhanda) region. Topics include the Rhodes University protest march (Sept 14), advice office workshops on farmworker housing, evictions in Rini, emergency detentions of MDM committee members, and reports of police repression in Barkly East, Adelaide, and Fort Beaufort.