Black Sash Collection

Title: Black Sash Collection
Alternative Title: The Black Sash Collection
Creator: See all item sets with this value The Black Sash
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

Masisebenzisane / Let us work together
Tracking a bill : the process of passing a bill through parliament

A legislative literacy guide produced by the Black Sash to explain how laws are made in the post-1994 democratic dispensation. The booklet details the lifecycle of a bill from inception through the National Assembly and National Council of Provinces to presidential signing. It specifically emphasises entry points for public participation and lobbying by civil society.