IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0101 ICS 128
Held at: Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Title: Jabavu Township Election Leaflet
Date(s): [1950s]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 item
Name of creator(s): Not Known
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Jabavu is one of the townships making up the modern Soweto. The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 caused an influx of thousands of people to the area, including black job-seekers. This growing population had to be housed. The townships of Kliptown, Sophiatown, and Western Native Township were established in and around Johannesburg for black and so-called Coloured people. The Native Urban Areas Act (1923) decreed that local councils had to provide housing for black people living in their areas. This led to the development of the larger townships of Klipspruit and Western and Eastern Townships closer to Johannesburg from 1927 to 1930. Demand for space and housing grew, prompting the Johannesburg Council to purchase land at Klipspruit on which Orlando East was established in 1930, the first township making up modern day Soweto.
The coming to power of the Nationalist Party in 1948 and the Group Areas Act of 1950 led to further racial segregation, controls on settlers, and separate development. During the 1950's, black people living in and around Johannesburg were forced to move to newly laid-out townships southwest of the city--Mofolo South, Moroka North, Jabavu, Molapo, and Moletsane.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopy of election leaflet for black township of Jabavu, Soweto, South Africa, [1950s].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: ?Bantu
System of arrangement:
Single item
Conditions governing access:
Open although advance notice should be given. Access to individual items may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A photocopying service is available, at the discretion of the ICS Library staff. Copies are supplied solely for research or private study. Requests to publish, or to quote from original material should be submitted to the Information Resources Manager.
Physical characteristics:
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Collection-level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
The source of acquisition by ICS is not known
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The Papers of South Africa: Johannesburg City Council: Department of Non European Affairs consists of photocopies of documents concerning squatter problem at Orlando, Soweto, 1946.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Oct 2001