during December 1961, by Bwana
Paul Gumane, an executive officer of
UDENAMO, the Portuguese
terrorists in Mozambique are enforcing a new law under which
Africans in the Lourenco Marques
districts are not allowed to be in
groups of more than two adults.
The statement adds that many
people are being arrested, charged
and even beaten up for contravention
of this regulation.
Those arrested, Mr. Gumane said,
were being sent to the sugar plantation of Xinavane, Manica and
MachangaUla as part of the unpaid
Portuguese labour force. Several
educated Africans are being sent to
jail without any trial in the courts of
the land.
In a press statement released also
in December Bwana Sigauke, Permanent Representative of UDENAMO in Accra asserts that:
"African people in Mozambique
are prohibited from reading foreign
newspapers and from listening to
radio programmes by other world
radio services.
"Anybody found tuning his radio
to a foreign station or found with a
piece of an old foreign newspaper is
beaten up and thrown into prison."
Poll-tax has been increased from
£3 15/- per year to £4 10/-.
During November 1961, 15 men
including two chiefs were arrested
because they were found reading the
Drum Magazine and because they
were suspected of being in contact
with African nationalist organisations outside.
Agostinho Ilunga, the 34-year-old
former Secretary-General of the
Mozambique Liberation Party has
been sentenced to four years imprisonment, 15 years loss of
"political right" (which is in any case
non-existent) and to security restriction for six months to three years.
The charge against Bwana Iluna
was that of "treason." His "treason"
consisted in his being associated
with African national liberation
movement and in his having identified himself with a petition to the
U.N.
In a statement to the Press Bwana
Marcelino Dos Santos, Secretary-
General of the Nationalist Organisations of Portuguese Colonies said:
"We have once more asked the
Portuguese Government to agree to
negotiate. They have unfortunately
rejected this offer. We entertain no
illusion on this matter. The fascist
nature of the Salazar regime does not
allow it to recognise the right of the
people to self-determination."
Meanwhile as a reprisal measure
against India's action in liberating
Goa the Salazar terrorists have
interned 12,000 Indian nationals in
concentration camps, put their
property under surveillance and
sealed their homes and shops.  -
UDENAMO has informed Dictator Salazar that Verwoerd's armed
bandits on the Mozambican frontier
and the NATO imperialists powers
are assisting Portugal to eliminate
Mozambicans.
UDENAMO also accused Salazar
and Welensky of plotting the slaughter of Mozambicans and Rhodesians.
"A national revolution similar to
that in Angola is inevitable in
Mozambique". Bwana Hlemulo
Gwambe has said in a press statement. And that observation seems
to sum up the whole course of the
Mozambique revolution unless the
UN intervenes.
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victim by restoring confidence in
himself and in the ability of people of
his own race to run a nation successfully. To refer to the achievements of
past Africans and other coloured
peoples is to throw the issue out of
focus. He already lives in the past
and is aware of the facts. What
must be brought home to him is the
reality of the present and faith in
the future. A reference to current
happenings, quoting the world as
well as the local press, has awakening
effect.
Perhaps most important of all is
evidence of the spectacular progress
made by emergent nations a few
years after independence. The rapid
increase in public utilities, roads,
railways, bridges, schools, colleges,
hospitals and clinics. These are
good evidence of progress made
possible by better, economic and
social planning. The raised standard
of living immediately after independence is further proof of the
colonial peoples' will and ability to
manage their own affairs. On the
international level, the new nations
pour vitality and freshness into the
United Nations and its subsidiary
organisations.
For the illiterate, signs and symbols strengthen his grasp of the
situation. To him the chief's symbol
of authority is the stool, the linguist
is known by his staff and no messenger's errand is valid unless he .is
accompanied by his golden sword.
To obliterate the symbols of imperialism therefore is a vital
element in the process of "re-educating" the illiterate.
This is why no level-headed
African should give heed to the
criticism by imperialists and their
stooges that for Dr. Nkrumah's
head to appear on the coins and
stamps of Ghana is an unwise thing
for the Government to do. When
the Union Jack gave way to the
Tricolour of Ghana, "God Save the
Queen" to our own National
Anthem and Nkrumah's image  re
placed the Queen's on our coins and
stamps, the presence of the imperialists among us no longer bothered
the illiterate. They felt the image,
studied its typically African outline
and were really convinced that we
had seen the back of the imperialists
for ever. The visible and concrete
symbol of our sovereignty was here
and everywhere.
Direct Government propaganda,
in broadcasts, in films and in community development is essential for
a better informed public. Above all*
it is very important that the individual citizen takes an active part in
this work of educating the nation.
It is he who is in constant intercourse with his fellow citizens and
by his example and unselfish dedication to his daily task he can be a
potent influence in shaping the
destiny of his country. It is a great
privilege to live in this age—the age
of Africa's redemption; and to
accept the invitation which she extends to every one of us to come
home and help to build the new
society is the noblest service we can
render to our generation.
February, 1962   Q   31