South African Institute of Race Relations

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The South African Institute of Race Relations ( NPC ), or SAIRR for short ( Afrikaans Suid-Afrikaanse Instituut vir Rasseverhoudings , German for example South African Institute for Race Relations ), is a non-governmental research and documentation institution in the field of social and economic sciences in South Africa . Its headquarters are in Auden House in Johannesburg .

Purpose of the institute

The institute collects and analyzes data and facts about the living conditions of disadvantaged population groups, promotes awareness of these questions and contributes to the public understanding of these facts. From the self-image of the institution, South Africa's future is seen as a community in which there are no “racial and ethnic” differences, but where different cultural identities are considered part of the nation.

In the statutes, the self-image of the institute was formulated as follows: "... to work for peace, goodwill, and practical co-operation between the various sections and races of the population of South Africa".

According to its own presentation, the South African Institute of Race Relations sees itself as an independent institution. It conducts research, political criticism and risk analysis in and for South Africa. The fields analyzed include the labor market, land reform issues, demographic trends, living conditions, health care, the economy, services and individual businesses, security and crime, and politics and government. The research and information services are used by domestic cooperation partners, foreign governments and South African ministries. Selected projects support parliamentary work and the activities of authorities at various regional levels as well as political parties and the media. According to its own statement, the institute uses private donations for this purpose.

The South African Institute of Race Relations set up branches in several South African cities, for example in Cape Town , Port Elizabeth , East London and Durban .

The South African Bureau of Racial Affairs was an institution competing with the South African Institute of Race Relations, with a much more conservative position and Boer identity .

history

Jan Hofmeyr, the institute's mentor in the 1930s

The institute was founded in 1929 as the first institution in South Africa to serve the positive interaction of all population groups and the leading research into these relationships. The founding meeting took place on May 9th in the Johannesburg house of the missionary Reverend Ray E. Phillips in the company of seven other prominent persons: Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (one of the first professors at University College Fort Hare ), Johannes Du Plessis , Charles Templeman Loram ( chief inspector of Native education in Natal), Edgar H. Brookes, J. Howard Pim (member of several government commissions), Thomas W. Mackenzie (editor of The Friend newspaper) and JH Nicholson (Mayor of Durban ). Among the early contributors are JG van der Horst (from 1930), Reinhold Frederick Alfred Hoernlé (from 1931), Leo Marquard and Lewis Byron.

Since its early phase in the 1930s, the institute has been under the patronage of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr , first Minister for Education, Home Affairs and Public Health, later Finance and De facto Deputy Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa and Chancellor of Witwatersrand University .

During the apartheid era , the Institute for Government Policy on Racial Segregation gradually came into opposition. Instead, it was seen by nationalist-minded forces as an opponent of their actions. It came under criticism from the ranks of the apartheid opponents because of the basic attitude they perceived to be forgiving.

In November 1972, the institute transferred historical holdings from its archive to the library of the Witwatersrand University. As part of his project-related work, the Durban African Art Center was established in the city of Durban in 1984 .

In 1977, the censorship law for the publishing sector ( Publications Amendment Act, No. 79/1977 was amended), there were a large number of in circulation printing units in the sequel to the ban. This also included a publication by the institute with the title Detention Without Trial in South Africa 1976–1977 .

The group of people associated with this institution include, for example, the following personalities: John Kane-Berman (currently director of the institute), Edgar Brookes , Hermann Giliomee , Alfred Hoernlé , Muriel Horrell , Frederik Willem de Klerk , Stoffel van der Merwe , William Barney Ngakane , Alan Paton , Lawrence Schlemmer , Helen Suzman, and Jacob Zuma . Many people in this group are assigned to liberal currents of thought in South Africa.

President of the institute

The Committee of the Institute, the president. These included:

  • Charles Templeman Loram, 1929–1931 (Howard Pim, Treasurer / John David Rheinallt Jones, Secretary)
  • Edgar Brookes, 1931-1933
  • Reinhold Frederick Alfred Hoernlé, 1933–1943
  • Maurice Webb, 1943-1945
  • Edgar Brookes, 1945-1948
  • Winifred Hoernlé, 1948–1950
  • John David Rheinallt Jones , 1950–1953
  • Ellen Hellmann , 1953–1955
  • Leo Marquard, 1955-1957
  • Johannes Reyneke, 1957–1958
  • Donald Molteno, 1958-1960
  • Edgar Brookes, 1960–1961
  • Oliver Schreiner, 1961–1963
  • Denis Eugene Hurley , 1963-1965
  • Gwendolen Carter, 1966
  • Ernst Gideon Malherbe , 1967
  • Leo Marquard, 1967-1968
  • ID MacCrone, 1968-1969
  • Sheila Terreblanche van der Horst, 1969–1971
  • William Frederick Nkomo, January 1971 – March 1972 (first African President of the Institute, died during his term of office)
  • Duchesne Cowley Grice, 1972-1973
  • Bernard Friedman, 1973-1975
  • Ezekiel Mahabane, 1975-1977
  • John Dugard , 1977-1979
  • René de Villiers, 1979-1980
  • Franz Auerbach, 1980–1983
  • Lawrence Schlemmer, 1983–1985
  • Stuart Saunders, 1985-1987
  • Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba, 1987-1989
  • Helen Suzman , 1989-1992
  • WD (Bill) Wilson, 1992-1994
  • Hermann Giliomee , 1994–1996
  • Themba Sono, 1996-2003
  • Elwyn Jenkins, 2003-2007
  • Sipho Seepe, 2007-2009
  • Jonathan Jansen, acting

Directors of the institute

  • John David Rheinallt Jones , 1944–1947
  • Quintin Whyte, 1947-1970
  • Frederick Johannes van Wyk, 1970–1980
  • John Rees, 1980-1983
  • John Kane-Berman, 1983-2014
  • Frans Cronje, since 2014

Periodical publications

  • Race relations. official journal of the South African Institute of Race Relations (1933–1950), short title: Race Relations Journal ; some issues additionally in Afrikaans Rasseverhoudings. offisiele joernaal van die Suid-Afrikaanse Institut vir Rasseverhoudings (1933–1939), every two months until 1935, and quarterly from 1936 onwards
  • Race Relations News (8-page information material), but since 1936 under different titles, Race Relations News since 1989, Frontiers of freedom (since Sept. 1994)
  • New Africa Pamphlet , 23 issues between 1942 and 1952
  • Thought: a journal of Afrikaans and English thinking in South Africa (1955–1977)
  • Perspective low. Kwartaalblad oor liberale denkrigtings (1956–?)
  • Survey of Race Relations 1946/1947 (published annually since 1947), from the 1948–1949 edition A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa , from the 1984 edition (published 1985) Race Relations Survey . One of the most important yearbooks with data and trends on economic, social and political developments in South Africa. It is one of the standard works of its kind.
  • South Africa Survey 1995/96 (since 1996), yearbook on data and facts about South Africa, ISSN  1027-1724 from 2000 increasingly with statistical data
  • Annual Report (since 1930)
  • Quarterly Countdown (1986–1989), later Countdown

Publications (selection)

  • Harry Raymond Burrows: Indian Life and Labor in South Africa . 1943.
  • Francis Stephen Mabutha Mncube: Uvukufunde , Johannesburg 1955 (illustrated primer for students who speak Zulu )
  • Ellen Hellmann , Henry Lever (Eds.): Conflict and Progress: Fifty Years of Race relations in South Africa . MacMillan Publishers, Johannesburg 1979

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ SAIRR: 2016. 87th Annual Report . Johannesburg 2017, online www.irr.org.za (English, PDF document p. 50)
  2. ↑ Website of the institute: What we do . ( Memento of September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved October 18, 2010
  3. ↑ Muriel Horrell, South African Institute of Race Relations: A survey of race relations in South Africa 1971 . Johannesburg, p. 54 ( preview in Google Book search)
  4. ↑ Theko Tlebere: 100 years on the land . ( Memento from September 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Veronica Condon: The 4th Imperial Press Conference London, 1930 .
  6. ^ Richard Elphick, Rodney Davenport (ed.s): Christianity in South Africa: a political, social, and cultural history . Berkley, Los Angeles, 1997, p. 362 ISBN 0-520-20939-7 ( preview in Google book search)
  7. ^ University of the Witwatersrand, Library: Records of the South African Institute of Race relations, part II
  8. ^ Francois Johannes Cleophas: Physical Education and Physical Culture in the Colored Community of the Western Cape, 1837-1966. Dissertation. Stellenbosch University, 2009, p. 124, footnote 446 (English)
  9. ^ Jan H. Hofmeyr: Christian Principles and Race Problems ( Memento from January 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). (Hoernlé Memorial Lecture, 1945) p. 6 (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  10. ^ The Library, University of the Witwatersrand: The JH Hofmeyr Papers . on www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za (English)
  11. ↑ about us ( Memento from July 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). African Art Center, accessed October 19, 2010
  12. ^ National Library of Australia : bibliographic evidence . on www.catalogue.nla.gov.au (English)
  13. ↑ Ellen Hellmann, Henry Lever (Ed.): Conflict and Progress. Fifty Years of Rave Relations in South Africa . SAIRR, Johannesburg 1979, p. 15 ISBN 0-86954-078-5
  14. ^ SAIRR : A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1977 . Johannesburg 1978, pp. 177-178
  15. ^ University of the Witwatersrand, Library: A2627 LORAM, Charles Templeman Papers . at www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za (English).
  16. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag SAIRR: Presidents of the Institute 1930-2007 . In: South African Institute of Race Relations (Inc): 77th Annual Report, Braamfontein 2017 . ISBN 978-86982-484-2 . online at www.irr.org.za (English, PDF document p. 57).
  17. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1966 , 1967 p. 31.
  18. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1968 , 1969 p. 26.
  19. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1969 , 1970 p. 14.
  20. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1970 , 1971 p. 20.
  21. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1971 , 1972 p. 53.
  22. ^ South African History Online: William Frederick Nkomo . at www.sahistory.org.za (English).
  23. ↑ SAIRR: Survey 1975 , 1976 p. 37.
  24. ^ South African History Online: Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba . at www.sahistory.org.za (English).
  25. ↑ timeslive: An Educated Guess ( Memento from March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). on www.timeslive.co.za (English).
  26. ^ University of the Free State: Prof. (JD) Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor and Rector ( Memento from January 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). at www.ufs.ac.za (English).
  27. ^ Anna M. Cunningham: Records of the South African Institute of Race Relations Papers. Part II . The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1990, at www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za (English).
  28. ^ Entry ( memento of October 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at Who's Who of Southern Africa, accessed on October 19, 2010 (English).
  29. ^ A b New chief executive officer at the South African Institute of Race Relations. News from September 16, 2013 on www.politicsweb.co.za (English).
  30. ^ Ellen Hellmann , Henry Lever: Conflict and Progress: Fifty Years of Race relations in South Africa . MacMillan Publishers, Johannesburg 1979, p. 18.
  31. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  32. ^ Ellen Hellmann , Henry Lever: Conflict and Progress: Fifty Years of Race relations in South Africa . MacMillan Publishers, Johannesburg 1979, p. 19.
  33. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  34. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  35. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  36. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  37. ↑ JISC: bibliographic evidence .
  38. ^ Ellen Hellmann , Henry Lever: Conflict and Progress: Fifty Years of Race relations in South Africa . MacMillan Publishers, Johannesburg 1979, p. 7.
  39. ^ Aluka: South African Institute of Race Relations Annual Reports . at www.aluka.org (English).
  40. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  41. ↑ JISC: bibliographic evidence .
  42. ^ SAIRR: Annual Reports . at www.irr.org.za (English).
  43. ^ National Library of Australia: bibliographic evidence .
  44. ↑ JISC: bibliographic evidence .
  45. ^ A b SAIRR: A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1950–1951 . Johannesburg 1951, p. 85
  46. ↑ JISC: bibliographic evidence .

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