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From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
Statistical Analysis of Resisters
Studying the statistics of the campaign one finds:
(a) that of the 1 710 passive resisters who served imprisonment, 1 476 are between 18 and 30 years of age;
(b) that the overwhelming majority of those who went to prison are workers;
(c) that 279 women suffered imprisonment.
Statistical Analysis of Campaign
13 June 1946-13 May 1947
Total number of resisters imprisoned 1 710 |
210 resisters courted imprisonment twice. |
| Province | No. of Batches | No. of Resisters |
| Natal Transvaal Cape Basutoland | 117 27 3 1 | 1 386 289 27 8 |
| 18 to 19 years 20 to 25 years 26 to 30 years 31 to 35 years 36 to 40 years 41 to 45 years 46 to 50 years 51 to 55 years 56 to 60 years 61 to 65 years 66 to 70 years | 42 resisters 1 175 resisters 259 resisters 87 resisters 54 resisters 37 resisters 25 resisters 16 resisters 7 resisters 3 resisters 5 resisters |
| 1 resister served a total period of 7 months 2 resisters served a total period of 6 months 7 days 3 resisters served a total period of 6 months 28 resisters served a total period of 5 months 17 resisters served a total period of 4 months 24 days 1 resister served a total period of 4 months 20 days 108 resisters served a total period of 4 months 24 resisters served a total period of 3 months 132 resisters served a total period of 2 months 65 res i sters served a total period of 6 weeks 1 372 ' resisters served a total period of 30 days 36 resisters served a total period of 20 days |
| Men | Women | |
| Indian Coloured African European | 1 375 33 16 4 | 260 15 nil 4 |
| Resisters | Funds | |
| Clairwood Mayville Clare Estate Umzinto Verulam Tongaat Newcastle Port Shepstone Cavendish Isipingo Seaview - Bellair Stanger Merebank Briardene - Riverside Puntans Hill | 281 19 - - 16 42 - 17 10 23 71 11 23 - - | £ 900 £ 700 £ 589 £ 550 £ 500 £ 362 £ 319 £ 200 £ 157 £ 150 £ 148 £ 115 £ 100 £ 52 £ 12 |
Mrs Ellapen Naicker | 7 months |
Builders 43 | Municipal Workers 53 |