HC Deb 03 March 1959 vol 601 c198
30. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress is being made in appointing suitable Africans to the Administrative Department of Zanzibar; and if he will state the number of Africans employed in the information section of this Department.

Mr. J. Amery

Four Africans now hold senior posts in the Provincial Administration. A total of eleven Africans are employed in the information section.

Mr. Johnson

Does not the Minister think that, on an island of this racial composition, there are far too few Africans employed in this Department? Further, is he aware that, among the people of the island, the wireless is now named the "Voice of Aden" because of its predominantly Arab composition? Is not this an unhappy situation in view of the island's population?

Mr. Amery

I think that the expansion of African staff in the posts to which the hon. Gentleman is referring depends upon the expansion of education facilities. We are concentrating on that at the present time.

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