Anglican Bishops and representatives of the clergy and laity met at St Peters Conference Centre at Hammanskraal to take a realistic look at the state of the nation at a time of irrevocable crisis with continuing deaths in detention, deteriorating education and deprivation of citizenship for increasing numbers of people.
Archive record
A Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation

- Origin date
- October 1959
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). A Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0113118
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