Debates and Proceedings of the Provincial Council of Natal 1983 – Sixth Council, Third Session, Vol. 2 by Province of Natal

Debates and Proceedings of the Provincial Council of Natal (Debatte en Verrigtinge van die Provinsiale Raad) for 1983 is the official bilingual record of the Natal Provincial Council.

This is Volume 2 of the Sixth Council, Third Session, covering the sittings of 16, 17, 18 and 19 May 1983. It is a 307-page softcover in cloth-like covers bearing the Natal coat of arms.

The proceedings of the Provincial Council of Natal are typescript in English and Afrikaans. The contents include a motion on the deteriorating water situation.

There are second readings and committee stages of a long run of 1983 draft ordinances: Regulation of Traffic on Provincial Property, Licensing and Business Hours, Anti-Shark Measures Control, Road Traffic, Town Planning and Local Authorities.

Others cover the Licensing and Control of Dogs, the Development and Services Board, Nature Conservation, Horse Racing and Betting Control, Pound and Water Services.

Members’ questions to the Administrator cover local matters such as the road to Cathedral Peak, the bridge over the Little Tugela at Winterton, the Colenso–Winterton and Estcourt–Wembezi–Ntabamhlope roads and the Newcastle bypass.

Records of the Provincial Council of Natal give a detailed, ground-level view of how the province was governed in the early 1980s, in the last years before the provincial councils were abolished in 1986.

Members recorded include Stainbank, Haslam, Martin, Wessels, Kloppers and Phillips.

It will interest collectors of Natal and KwaZulu-Natal history, local historians of the Midlands and Drakensberg towns, and researchers of provincial government in South Africa.

Condition – Good

A good copy of the Provincial Council of Natal debates in cloth-like softcover. The cover shows moderate wear, and there are signs of moisture exposure, with marks to the cover and the opening pages.

The front endpaper is stuck to the cover. The binding is sound and the 307 pages are complete.