Banning Order Under the Suppression of Communism Act
of Ian Robertson, NUSAS President,
Cape Town, May 3rd, 1966

APPENDIX                                                             

ORDER # 1

TO: IAN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
132A, HATFIELD STREET, CAPE TOWN.

NOTICE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPH (a) OF SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION TEN OF THE SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNISM ACT, 1950 (ACT NO. 44 of 1950).

WHEREAS, I, BALTHAZAR JOHANNES VORSTER, [then] Minister of Justice, am satisfied that you engage in activities which are furthering or may further the achievement of the objects of communism, I hereby, in terms of paragraph (a) of sub- section (1) of section ten of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (Act No. 44 of 1950), prohibit you for a period commencing on the date on which this notice is delivered or tendered to you and expiring on the 31st day of May, 1971, from—

(1) absenting yourself from the area comprising the magisterial districts of Wynberg and the Cape;

(2) being within—

(a) any Bantu area, that is to say—

(i) any location, Bantu hostel or Bantu village defined and set apart under the Bantu (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act, 1945 (Act No. 25 of 1945);

(ii) any area approved for the residence of Bantu in terms of section 9(2h) of the Bantu (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act, 1945 (Act No. 25 of 1945)

(iii) any Scheduled Bantu Area as defined in the Bantu Land Act, 1913 (Act No. 27 of 1913);

(iv) any Bantu Township established under the Regulations for the Administration and Control of Townships in Bantu Areas, promulgated in Proclamation No. R. 293 of the 16th November, 1962;

(v) any land of which the South African Bantu Trust, referred to in section 4 of the Bantu Trust and Land Act, 1936 (Act No. 18 of 1936), is the registered owner of any land held in trust for a Bantu Tlibal Community in terms of the said Bantu Trust and Land Act, 1936;

(b) any Bantu Compound;

(c) the premises of any factory as defined in the Factories, Machinery and Building Work Act, 1941 (Act No. 22 of 1941);

(d) any place which constitutes the premises on which any publ ilication as defined in the Suppression of Communism Act 1950, is prepared, compiled, printed or published;

(e) any placc which constitutcs the premises of any organization contemplated in Government Notice No. R. 2130 of the 28th December, 1962, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 1947 of the 27th November, 1964, and any place which constitutes premises on which the premises of any such organization are situate;

(f) 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, except the premises of the University of Cape Town for the sole purpose of attending hona fide lectures for the LL.B. degree:

(g) any area set apart under any law for the occupation of Coloured or Asiatic persons;

(h) any place or area which constitutes the premises of any superior or inferior court as defined in the Criminal Procedure Act, 1955 (Act No. 56 of 1955), except for the purpose of—

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

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

(i) any harbour as defined in section one of the Railways and Harbours Control and Management (Consolidation) Act, 1957 (Act No. 70 of 1957);

(j) any place which constitutes the prernises of the National Union of South African Students or the World University Service;

(3) communicating in any manner whatsoever with any person whose name appears on any list in the custody of the officer referred to in section eight of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, or in respect of whom any prohibition under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, or the Riotous Assemblies Act, 1956

(Act No. 17 of 1956), is in force:

(4) performing any of the following acts, that is to say—

(a) preparing, compiling, printing, publishing, disseminating or transmitting in any manner whatsoever any publication as defined in the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950;

(b) participating or assisting in any manner whatsoever in the preparation, compilation, printing, publication, dissemination or transmission of any publication as so defined;
(c) contributing, preparing, compiling or transmitting in any manner whatsoever any matter for publication in any publication as so defined;
(d) assisting in any manoer whatsoever in the preparation, compilation or transmission of any matter for publication in any publication as so defined;
(e) (i) preparing, compiling, printing, publishing, disseminat ing or transmitting in any manner whatsoever any document (which shall include any book, pamphlet, record, list, placard, poster, drawing, photograph or picturewhich is not a publication within the meaning of paragraph
(4) (a) above); or

(ii) participating or assisting in any manner whatsoever in the preparation, compilation, printing, publication, 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 concerning any body, organization, group or association of persons, institution, society or movement which has been declared an unlawful organization by or under the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, or the Unlawful Organizations Act, 1960;
(cc) any matter is contained concerning any organization contemplated in Government Notice No.R. 2130 of the 28th December, 1962, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 1947 of the 27th of November, 1964; or
(dd) any matter is contained which is likely to en gender feelings of hostility 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 organization contemplated in Government Notice No. R. 2130 of the 28th December, 1962, as amended by Government Notice No. R. 1947 of the 27th November, 1964; (h) taking part in any manner whatsoever in the activities or affairs of the National Union of South African Students or the World University Service.

Given under my hand at Pretoria on this 3rd day of May, 1966.

/s/ B. J. VORSTER MINISTER OF JUSTICE.

NOTE:

The Magistrate, Cape Town, has in terms of section 10 (la) of Act No. 44 of 1950 been empowered to authorise exceptions~to the prohibitions contained in this notice.

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ORDER # 2

TO: IAN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
132A, HATFIELD STREET,
CAPE TOWN.

NOTICE IN TERMS OF SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION NINE OF THE SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNISM ACT, 1950 (ACT NO. 44 of 1950).

WHEREAS, I, BALTHAZAR JOHANNES VORSTER, [then] Minister of Justice, am satisfied that you engage in activities which are furthering or are calculated to further the achievement of any of the objects of communism, I hereby, in terms of sub-section (1) of section nine of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (Act No. 44 of 1950), prohibit you for a period commencing on the date on which this notice is delivered or tendered to you and expiring on the 31st day of May, 1971, from attending within the Republic of South Africa or the territory of South-West Africa—

(1) any gathering contemplated in paragraph (a) of said sub-section;

or

(2) any gathering contemplated in paragraph (b) of the said subsection, 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, criticised or discussed;
(c) any gathering of pupils or students assembled for the purpose of being instructed, trained or addressed by you.

Provided that this notice shall not debar you from attending bona fide gatherings of students of the University of Cape Town, assembled for the sole purpose of attending lectures for the LL.B. degree.

Given under my hand at Pretoria on this 3rd day of May, 1966. /s/ B.

I. VORSTER MINISTER OF JUSTICE. NOTE:

The Magistrate, Cape Town, has in terms of section 9 (1) of the abovementioned Act been empowered to authorise exceptions to the prohibitions contained in this notice.

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ORDER # 3

TO: IAN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, 132A, HATFIELD STREET, CAPE TOWN.

NOTICE IN TERMS OF SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION TEN QUAT OF THE SUPPRESSION OF COMMUNISM ACT, 1950

(ACT NO. 44 of 1950).

WHEREAS there is in force against you a prohibition under sub-section (1)

of section nine of the Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (Act No. 44 of 1950), by way of a notice addressed and delivered or tendered to you, I, BALTHAZAR JOHANNES VORSTER, Minister of Justice, hereby, in terms of sub-section (1) of section ten quat of the said Act, order you for a period commencing on the date on which this notice is delivered or tendered to you and expiring on the 31st day of May, 1971, to report to the officer in charge of the Caledon Square Police Station, Cape Town, on every Monday between the hours of seven in the forenoon and six in the afternoon. Given under my hand at Pretoria on this 3rd day of May, 1966 .

/s/ B. J. VORSTER MINISTER OF JUSTICE.


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