Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… racial and oppressive policies. It was also intended as an act of mourning for the Africans killed on May 1 and earlier … slight textual amendments, as the Suppression of Communism Act.) The policy of uncompromising apartheid was carried out … 60,000 by 1965. The police force, which numbered 20,000 in 1953, rose to 50,000 by 1962 and is being further increased. …