A chronological account of the events connected with the dispute between the Government and the Native Representative Council by Z. K. Matthews, 1947. Handwritten document.
Correspondence by C. R. Masekela and J. B. Jolobe, dated 14 April 1944. Z. K. Matthews is informed of the new salary scales of European and Non-European nursing staff. Accompanied by a news clipping from S. A. Press Association.
A letter by the Secretary for Native Affairs, D. L. Smit, to Prof. Z.K. Matthews with regards to the salary scale of the Native Boarding House Master. Letter dated 24 December 1942.
Correspondence between Z. K. Matthews and the Secretary for Native Affairs regarding the plight of people who were unable to find alternative land to relocate to. Prof. Matthews pleads for leniency. Dated 22 December 1942.
Letter to the Secretary for Native Affairs, Mr. D. L. Smit, by Prof. Z.K. Matthews responding on the matter of the salary of the Native Boarding House Master. Dated 28 December 1942.
In this letter Prof. Z.K. Matthews responds to an earlier letter by the senator. The way forward in stating the case of the Natives in South Africa is discussed, and more detail concerning the grant system to Fort Hare is given.
Outline of the causes for the protest of the Natives's Representative Council, based upon statement by Z. K. Matthews in the Bantu World, 21 September, 1946.
Telegram to Z. K. Matthews, dated 20 November 1946. Prof. Matthews is requested to fight the acceptance of the pass laws. Mention of protest meeting to be held 22 November 1946.
Telegram to Z. K. Matthews, dated 20 November 1946, regarding the resolution of the municipal franchise disqualifying all African property owners and occupiers.