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B.nart an Fl~ * Motional 3«.lnnr /.r ».,.«■ Co« , l t i » . of th* P«" » « r ^ l o Frontl

p - J M U i r t 1901

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f r t M n t iTransvaal m d l a c c l t t e a .e.b*ra

tf**t Cap* .*dia cois.lt t** «*.b*r* ^

t i i U i n Cap* • • « » e « w l « i i .eab*re

Bordtri two « b n r « r i .C o n e i m ... « p r ...*d at th. aba.nc* of r*pr..*nt.tlon fro. . . .

Natali OPS and .North Cap**

{ f S J i o . i n g addr... fro. National UDF publicity .oor.tarr

9 Dl*eua*lon on th* theory of a*dla ..)! Outlln* by aaeh r.glon of th.lr atruoture. and procedure*

IIDt .adla production and distribution

4 T v U . of U national UDF » « ! . . — — In. Iss.ona herefro.

5*. Ass.as.snt of currant altuatlon In aach rsglon with l.pllca - ,

r repo all s^ I bo th^ g*n* ral and . p . - l ^ ) ■» " « ■ * * *

national) «glon.l and afflllata .*dl* » • « ! •7. proposal* for swopping UDF .*dla b*tw**n dlff.r.nt region*

8. Tropoaala for international dlatrlbutlon of UDF .edi.

9. propoaala for UDF .*dla archive10. Propoaala for sharing photographe. . .XX. Proposals on national co-.unic.tlon, c.uo.aelng a»A feedback

18. Propossls on distribution in general

X). Propoaala on financing UDF .*dla

U . propoaala on prdduotlon of UDF national ..dla

15. Propoaala on ua* of oosusirclaX pr**a.

X. y*lco.lng addr«*s

8** oopy attached. '

!; . . d i . o o « u PiW « . * « « * *

a. Moblllaing (propegandieing / popularising)

b. Jducatlonal

a. Infor.atlonel

•. Organisational

a. Unifying

f . Die-unifyi*

g. In terta ln li.-------- • : '<

• Moat ■•dla ln v t lv i i eevsral » f th*as m 1 « i although an* ra ls m i

usually uppsnsoat. For .* d la to auecasd In playing ona rol*, It

’ oftsn n**d*d to also play - a lbaIt to a a « a lla r axtant - ao.a of ' th* o’thsr ro l**. Dlfr*r*nt a*dla w*r* aultad to e.phnelalng d lff*rant

rolea - handbllla for . .o b llls ln g , booltlata for aduoatlng, newelettera

' for- informing, a te .

, ' 1. Outlln* of *ach r*&lonth* Bord*r UDF did not have a UDF .*dla eowslttee nor UDF .adla

, , b*oous* of th* aavara rapraaalon In tt. araa. Aoceea to reproduction

/ taohnology wn* Xl.lt*d.

taatem Capa waa working towarda aatting up a .*dla aoo.lttee.

■ Media • »( stickers and a UDF Nsws roneod pa»phleO had gon* out at

, th* launch.

!. ,#tV'*'*• •** *;Vaat*m Cap* had a .*dla co^lttee atructur* rae*ntly fon**d.

'' Prafloua asdla for UDF had baan dona on an ad hoo basla.

.tranavaal >»d a swdla c c l t t e e which produo*d trl UDF .adla and Gi/whloh'aeeleted tha National publicity 3*or*tary In produolng not- .

-"■'lOfi’aX'.adla. A division of labour sxlstsd within th* eow*lttee,

though It waa not rigid. .

. 4. N*vl*w of past nntlonal UDF .*dl_itPaat national UDF .*dl* waa orltlclaad for lacking contant with

'.V.'*agard to laeuee auch aa non-raolelle., UDF aa a front, elogane,

% ^'abstractions (llks '*s want our rights'). It wae aleo criticise*

' ’ for trying to give a nationwide newa picture at a auperflclal

. XsvsX. Probl*.* of producing a national publication for a .aoe

. audlenoa that differed regionally end with regard ta eoammlty

'• at thla historical ataga, ware aleo dlecueeed.

\\‘-i •}u '\: y,\ v •• . . :: i/iimsmnt of curr*nt situation ’’

. Conditions rerl*d rostly in diffsr*nt regions. Dorter had oo.e

•• through a atate of war. Eaat*m Cap* fac*d th* probl*. of a etrong lebour Party preeane* and the need to papularlae UDF in

- celeured areaa. »**t*m Capa aaid UDF ... pepular In.Mid a etrong eomunlty preee kept up the UDF profile. *ran

. * e *

.tr.a.ad th. n..d for building flrat-l.v.l organlaatlon In th.

raglon, including a.dla atruoturaa in axlatlng orf ^aatlona.

« - in yronoaala and r.conwi.ndiition a on UDF a.dla »tructur«s

1. N.dla conmltta.e ahould each have eoa.on. r.eponeibl. for

■••ndlne eoplta of poat.ra, etc. toi

a. Oth.r ■•din coo«ltt..eb. Th. Tranavaal « d U co«iitt«. for international dl.trlbutlon

e. A local library In 4ach ar.a

4. A UDF national archive (to be eatabllahed).• , '

». M.dla ooMlttoaa ahould try to g.t f..db»ck on UDF • w d U fro. UDF

afflllat.a and aaae r..d.ra, and toll oth.r r.«lona about th. raeftlte.

I.' Nadia coweltteea ahould lnfora .ach oth.r about condition, of

distribution In th.ir area, and auggeatlona for dlatrlbutlon, b.for. ,

Kerch 31•

4. Kedia ooewitteea ahould .naur. a olo.. link between a.dia and

dlatrlbutlon., • •

5. K.dla eoenltt.M ahould try to a*, that photoa ara tak.n of UDF

.v.nt. in reglona,• • .

6. H.dla oocaltteea ahould hav. a p.raon to oontaot about exohan

photoa If poaalbl*. ' ■ .

•7. UDF a.dla comnltt... can h.lp afflllatee ua. tha ooaaierolal pr.aa ,

where na.d.d.

9. Rational publicity a.or.tarl.a ar. raaponalbla for praaa eonforenooa,

with tha h.lp of th. a.dla oomiltta.a.

9. Nadia eoMltta.a ahould eneure that th.lr own aeabera d.v.lop

■*dla ekllla.

10, Kaeh n.dla coomlttee to dlaou.a handling of video .honing., T-

ehirta, button., etlckera and b i m . r . in th.lr region.

Fropo.nl. on National UDF a.dla •

1. national n.dla should g.t son. national funding.

UDf Kill at national l.v.l aiming at a aaaa eudlenoe and bae.d

l.tlng UDF a.dla .truotur.a waa difficult to produoa. In

rt-t.ra, UDF NK1S would b. produo.d regionally and aaa.tla.a

lnt.i^r.glon-Uy wh.r. poaalbla (ag. V . a t a m Cnp., B a a t e m Capa

V and Border *. ,'tlon). Bap.ndlng on th. la.ua, UDF N2J9 alght ba

•• • distributed with an eaphnela on a ap.clfio coa«uni4y.•<r . . . . y

C),'National atatea.nt. on laauaa (wh.n th.y ariaa) ahould ba aada

"'available to tha raglona for uaa by aadla conaltteea. In pnrtlc-

ular, a national oall on tha- aignature caapalgn waa raou.at.d.

4 . An educational kLt of handbook for ac.tlvl.ta in tha aignature

’h a a p a l g * alght b. con.ld.r.d at regional or inter-regional l.v.l.

^ national newabrlaflng with an Informative » l i j l « . i at

< afflllat.a waa propoa.d, Sugg.at.d tltl. waa U M —fida_e, w

■ aubtitla balne National Newabrlaflng of tha Unlt.d D.aooratlo : a auggeated alogan balng U I X no 11... tl.1- no e.ay

• vlctorlee'.’ National cont.nt would lnclud. a who a who on th. .

•V national .x.outlv., laportant national UDF at.t.a.nt. and reapon.e.

h .to laau.a. a.aaag*. of international aupport and aotlvlty, and

V UDF national aotlvlty (ag. oonferencee). Reglonel content woul

• b. forward.d to a o.ntral point by th. 13th of av.ry aonth, to

• .n.bl. tha n.wabri.flng to b. a aonthly. Tranavaal a.dia co«.ltte.

'■ would try to act a. thla o.ntral point at flrat, with r.giona

.’ rotating reepon.lblllty aa th.y b.oaa. abl.. Information to

ba forward.d ahould not be aor. than 5 P»**« •nd ,houl

cov.r wh.r. po.aibl. th. following •• th.y ar. now and with regard

.' /..to future chang..i

7y. X .'Btruoture of th. raglonal UDF ___...... <r » i i « «uiti)/.*■ 2, Who'a who in th. r.glonal exeo (and aubcoaaltt.aa if r.glon an J' 3. Updated 11.t of afflllat.a4, UDF regional activity I aa.tlnga

> ■ a.nln.ra >!•!■ ' < publloatlona. * oi»»p«lena

burning la.u.a in tha ar.a . rapras.lon .....

oontaot with non—offlllatea . .orltlciana and attaeVa on UDF, a n d raapona*.

t h i n.valuation, of UDF

• euggeatlona (ag. froa fundralalng ooaalttaaa 60 If th.y hava any)

5, Afflllata'a aotlvlty that la ralatad to UDF.

. R.glonal a.dla conaltta.a ahould a.nd • ouota far

tha Tvl aadla oooalttaa.

•>)«' t m A ■

6. A national booklet was propoeed thnt would havr )»e role

of infonslng, educetlng and organising, It* audience would bo

actlvlata and potential afflllatae, and It would bo a one-off

publication - not a r*gular on*. It* oont*nta war* propo**d ** '

; a.' Introduction (to eov*r th* laau**i what la a front - with ragard

to th* bnckground and u i r i m M of UDF, non-raclali*a( dlff*r*nt

■It** of atnicfllO) th* i**u* of a broad front, of a loo** front

aa oppoaod to a tight party, of UDP not b*lng a*parat* froa lta

afflllat** but d*p*ndlng on th*lr aetlva participation),

b. Stmetur** and raglona In th* UDP (with diagram*) (

Xxplanntl'on of colour*, logo, alooan.

List of afflllat**, official* *nd pntrona.

Explanation of afflllat* prooadur*.

f. Declaration.

g. forking principles.

* h. UDP launch r**olutlona.

1. Illuatratlona of UDF aedla.

J. addr*a**a of UDF offlc**. t

k. UDF policy etatementa.

1. Photograph*. ’

a. Ueaeagae of aupport for UDF.

n. Cartoon graphlo.relating UDF to dlff*r*nt altaa of atruggl*.

*.

d.

o.

Proposal* on Regional aedln *1. Region* cc | product th*lr own UDF Howe, po*t*rs, paaphlata,

•to.Vai/i*-regionally nao***ary.

■ ■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■

• .!>* V A l » H at* ■»<!. . . p r o w o M ^ « .

Proposed tltl*a arai UNITS! Dooument* of tha U nltsd Deaooratlo Frontj

UNITE!I An Introduction to ths Unltsd Deaooratlo Pront| UNITS!I Ths

Zasrgsncs of ths Pront| UDP In Motloni UDF for Beglnnerai Ths ; '

Unltad Democratic Front| What la ths UDF7J UDFi'ths Front| UDF - > ■

A Hlatory la Kadaj Unltsd Dsaocratlc Front *■ A Beacon of Hopa|United Deaooratlo Front - ’Freedom In our Lifetime'|, UDF - On

tha Maroh to Prssdoat The Unltsd Dsaooratlo Front. An Introduotlont

Unity In Action (SXltod Aotlon)iThs Unltsd Dsaocratlo Front at a

Olanosi UDFt Another page In tha hlatory of rsalatanosi UDPI how

long la our obJsctlvsT UDFi Will whits suprsaacy eurvlveTi UDFt

A People's Unltsd ProntfA Landmark In our Hlatory - tha UNITBD

DSaOOBATie FRONT| A Long-needed (or dsslred) People1a Front - the

United Democratic Front | Phaablll BnkululwekweiSl t Ollapaea of ths

Unltsd Dsaooratlo Front| Lalslanst ths Documents of ths UDF.

.M"' -1> . Affiliate aedla ahould have a eubtltla noting affiliation to UDF.

.if-2. Affiliate aedla ehould be encpuraged.

' i 'j. Kedla ooaaltteee ahould try to get affiliate aedla that cover*

v ' v V . U D P aetlvltloa Into the local and national UDP archive.

’ niv.- . *

'• v :‘.i.lll>ro* r* ,,lT* p r , M - prwpoeal*”.'V; l.Uedla commltteee ahould work clotoly with the progroaalve preae.

'••i.'.1, • / V...

• ■ ’ * Oeneral oroposala * •

' l. Uedla ahould be eo*t-*ff*otlv* and not waated.

2. UDP aedla ahould refleot the content of the launoh reaolutlon

,.- on the working claaa.

i.'J.'UDP aedla ooaaitteea ahould reoolvo to Involve acre woaan in

•‘“their atruoturea.

.r-U.'national publicity secretary asked to devote aore tlae to vialt

•;f;5'a*dla.ooaaltt*** in dlffsrsnt re g lone.

v ''j J, A aecond'national aedla ooaalttee esalnar ahould be held within

. •..the next six months.#* .... /•. * * , i* ,

' ’ ' ./ / V

The seminar ended with praotlcal work on a deaign for a poa*er

\ v ^ f o r ] t h e ;UDP elgnature campaign, and a foraat for the newebriefing

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HAT I welcome you all .to this media workshop - our first In 1984. This work­shop is designed both to review our publicity work to date and plan for the future. We must review our national, regional and local publicity machinery and the.products of its work so far. At the same time, we must '.devise means of correcting our shortcomings and improving our performance. But I must emphasise that only thoroughgoing and frank criticism and self-criticism will expose to us our mistakes.

YOU will notice then that the initial.part of the agenda con­sists of reviews and general theor­etical discussions designed to arm us with ideas. The second part of the agenda will Involve devising strategies and practical arrangements for work in the future.

As publicity and media workers we have the task of bringing to the attention of the public certain valuable factual informat­ion in as accurate a fashion as possible. This is an important task because the ruling classes in whose interest it is to main­tain their class rule employ large quantities of resources either to suppress information that threat­ens their rule or-present it in su ch a way that its damming edge is blunted.

In SA today this is particularly true because the state continuously places restrictions on what may and may not be known.

Inherent in our process of report­ing is the recording of our her­itage of struggle for future gen­erations. let us treat this with the seriousness and care worthy of the task. *

Hand in hand with factual report­ing is the task of interpretion of events. We are mot unconcern­ed recorders of events like cameras. We are at the same time interpreters who assist the masses of our people to read meaning into events. Out of the apparent disorder of daily happenings is a definite process

of social movement from one point to another. There Is the decay and degeneration of the oppressive struct­ures of apartheid (revealing itself in the collapse of discipline within Nationalist ranks and their quislings, eg. the Info scandal, Diedrichs estate, smuggling of exam papers, activities of Koevoet, etc.).

In contradistinction to this process of rotting and dying away of the old order, is the emergence of a free, democratic and nonracial society mani­festing itselfin the stronger resist­ance of our day, eg. the UDF, object­ion to conscription, rejection of each carrot the state offers, and so on.

Our task then entails also the revelation of this process of birth of a new order. New slogans, new values, new ambitions, a new South Africa. To make this know and to help define roles for classes and •strata of our society if they are to play their role properly in history, is our obligation.

As a primary condition we must be knowledgeable about the tasks of publcity and media. That is to say we should master the art of how to do these things both by our prepared­ness to learn from each other and from our past mistakes.

Let us therefore make this seminar, truly, an occasion that will enable us to learn from each other how media and organisation relate to each other, how media can help mobilise, inform, and educate our masses in our struggle. UDF UNITES! APARTHEID DIVIDES!

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