APARTHEID November 1959 10 Without A Mother These are
APARTHEID November 1959 10 Without A Mother These are the 10 children whose mother, Mrs Elizabeth Mafekeng of Barbarossa Street, Paarl, has been banished to a remote area in the Northern Cape. These 10 eyes might never see their mother again after next monday when Mr Mafekeng's reprieve terminates. Mrs Mafekeng is the president of the African Food and Canning Workers Union in Paarl. In a letter from the Department of Bantu Administration and Development she was told that her ban was because her residence at Paarl is contrary to the interest of peace. The youngest Mafekeng child is Uhuru (Freedom), two months old. the rest are Princess (6 months), Martha, Nomsa, Rhoda, Mehlo, Nyathi, Stanley, Gertude and Sophia, Sophia is 19. (Photograph by Drum Photographer @ Baileys Archives)
