Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… the number of manufacturing establishments increased from 6,009 in 1924-5 to 13,725 by 1945-6. South Africa's almost total dependence … Party membership stood at 300; by 1945 it had increased to 5,000, the majority being African. The Guardian, the organ of …