Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei

Origin date: 19 June 1959
Updated: 27 Aug 2019

Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei

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Letter to the Secretary, Van der Walt, Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei from representatives of various churches (Anglican, Catholic, Congregational, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian)in the Ciskei. The letter is an urgent request to the commission to stop the wholesale removal of black people from their long-standing places of residences. The letter also stresses the negative socio-economic impact on black people caused by the government's resettlement programmes.

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113326

South African History Online (2016) 'Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113326 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).

South African History Online, Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113326, (accessed 26 July 2026).

"Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113326. Accessed 26 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Letter from Rev G Hawkes, to the Secretary, Van der Walt Commission of Inquiry into the Consolidation of the Ciskei ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nso/ref/R-0113326.