POLITICAL RIGHTS OF NATIVES
MM, INTRODUCED BY GENERAL HERTZOG
BITTER OPPOSITION EXPECTED
CAPE TOWN, February 14. The Prime Minister (General Hertzog), at a joint session of the Assembly and the Senate, introduced the Native Representation Bill. There are indications of bitter opposition to the bill at every stage. Senator Coulter said that South Africa was championing a black man's cause in Abyssinia, and events in the country were causing native excitement. Was it wise to add to the feeling of injustice? The member for Zululand described the Cape native vote as a fraud, which had the effect of retarding development to prevent the natives qualifying for the franchise. The Cape members suggest, in addition to General Hertzog's proposals, compromise by which the natives will return three members to the Assembly. The executive of the Native' Congress, which is sitting in Cape Town, demands a common political citizenship such as exists in New Zealand and the United States. General Hertzog intimated that he was willing to accept a compromise if the executive agrees.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21709, 17 February 1936, Page 11
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