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11 FEBRUARY 1987

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

CONTENTS

ANGOLA

Journalist Describes Sojourn With UNITA

(Hilton Hamann; FRONTLINE, Nov 86)

Briefs

UNITA Activity Reportedly Declining 3

Soviet Political-Military Delegation Visits 3

BOTSWANA

Briefs

Foreign Reserves 4

Trade Agreement With USSR 4

GAMBIA

Opposition GPP Promises Changes, 2-Term Office

(BBC World Service, 14 Jan 87)

GHANA

UK's Chalker, PNDC Member Obeng Discuss Economy

(Accra Domestic Service, 12 Jan 87)

Radio Condemns French Intervention in Chad

(Baafi Appenteng; Accra Domestic Service, 10 Jan 87) .... 8

Briefs

Stock Market Raises Capital 9

Convention Signed With Bulgaria 9

IVORY COAST

Daily Views Situation in Chad, Libyan Occupation

(Marcellin Abougnan; FRATERNITE MATIN, 8 Jan 87) 10

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LIBERIA

Reaction to NDPL Task Force Official Arrests

(BBC World Service, 9 Jan 87; Monrovia Domestic Service,

12

NDPL Chairman Sherman Interviewed 12

Task Force Denounces Arrests 13

Briefs

EEC Water Project Agreement 14

MAURITIUS

Briefs

Drugs Row Costs MSM Majority 15

MOZAMBIQUE

British Soldiers Train Locals To Patrol Malawi Rail Link

16

NIGERIA

Briefs

Cooperation Agreement With Zaire 17

SEYCHELLES

Briefs

Minister Criticizes ANC Activities 18

IFC Aid for Industrial Development 18

SWAZILAND

Briefs

Off-Shore Oil Exploration 19

SOUTH AFRICA

AFRIKANER/GOVERNMENT

Human Rights Manifest Rejected by HNP

(DIE AFRIKANER, 3 Dec 86) 20

Renewed Attempt To Unite CP, HNP Fails

(DIE BURGER, 11 Dec 86) 22

HNP Issues Ad on HNP-CP Collaboration

(Jaap Marais; BEELD, 16 Jan 87) 24

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AWB's Terreblanche Urges CP-HNP Alliance

(SAPA, 9 Jan 87) 25

Treurnicht Comments on Terreblanche Merger Call

(SAPA, 10 Jan 86) 26

Bureau Comments on Press Clearance 'Confusion'

(SAPA, 8 Jan 87) 27

Majority of European Immigrants Said To Favor NP

(DIE BURGER, 19 Nov 86) 28

Discord With PFP Viewed

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 17 Nov 86) 29

PFP Boycotting President's Council on Eve of Recess

(DIE BURGER, 26 Nov 86) 30

PFP Present Condition Described as Crippled

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 24 Nov 86) 32

Divisive Nature of PFP Viewed

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 25 Nov 86) 33

New Commando Headquarters Opened

(PARATUS, 11 Nov 86) 34

Headquarters Opened in Stellenbosch, by D. C. Cronje 34

Headquarters at Diep River 35

Dr Boesak Criticizes Sale of GM to White Interest Group

(Dawie; DIE BURGER, 19 Nov 86) 37

Desire for Peace Among Blacks Viewed

(Ingo Capraro; DIE BURGER, 19 Nov 86) 39

Moderates Arm Themselves Against Radicals at University

(DIE BURGER, 20 Nov 86) 42

SATA Report Says Schools Must Be Open to All Races

(DIE BURGER, 26 Nov 86) 44

Minister of Education Discusses Black Education

(Gerrit Viljoen Interview; Johannesburg Television

Service, 11 Jan 87) 45

Official Says 'Radical' Groups Harm Country's Image

(SAPA, 9 Jan 87) 51

Housing Minister Comments on Devolution of Power

(SAPA, 15 Jan 87) 52

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Sanctions, Boycotts Inquiry Committee To Disband

(SAPA, 15 Jan 87) 53

Official Affirms Parliament Statements Protected

(SAPA, 14 Jan 87) 54

Private Sector's Major Role in Economy Stressed

(DIE BURGER, 26 Nov 86) 55

Statistics on Black-on-Black Violence Viewed

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 19 Nov 86) 56

Dropouts From Liberal Churches Welcomed in ARK

(DIE AFRIKANER, 3 Dec 86) 57

Strenghtening of Mining, Manufacturing Sector Encouraged

(DIE BURGER, 21 Nov 86) •••• 58

Strength in Face of Disinvestment, Sanctions Encouraged

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 21 Nov 86) 59

Pullout of Barclays Bank Viewed

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 25 Nov 86) 60

Mercedes-Benz Official Calls for More Multiracialism

(DIE BURGER, 26 Nov 86) 61

Botswana Accused of Giving Refuge to ANC

(Editorial; DIE BURGER, 24 Nov 86) 62

Briefs

HNP-CP Quarrel Reported 63

GM Production Again Normal 63

Malan Denied Portuguese Visa 63

Large Banks Oppose Boycotts 64

Regulations Enforcement Transferred to Provinces 64

Textile Unions Merge 64

Three Researchers Honored 64

BLACKS

Street Committees Said To Have Stemmed Violence in Townships

(CAPE TIMES, 27 Dec 86) 65

SABC-TV Reportage of ANC Training Camp Ridiculed

(Percy Qoboza; CITY PRESS, 4 Jan 87) 66

Briefs

People's Education Ban Condemned 67

6 New Schools Planned in Alexandra 67

Dire Need for Black Managers Noted 67

Azasm Members Hiding 68

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SOCIOPOLITICAL/OTHER

Newspaper Groups To Challenge Bans on ANC Reporting

(SAPA, 10 Jan 87) 69

Newspaper Groups To Contest Reporting Curbs in Court

(SAPA, 14 Jan 87) 70

Political Parties, UDF Criticize Latest Press Curbs

(THE STAR, 10 Jan 86) 71

PFP Considering Legal Action Against Government

(SAPA, 14 Jan 87) 73

Commentary Says Voters Must Pick Party With Clear Policy

(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 13 Jan 87) 74

Commentary Views Reform Prospects in 1987

(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 1 Jan 87) 76

Professionals Renounce Support for Government

(SAPA, 15 Jan 87) 78

Commentary Reviews Reform Achievements in 1986

(Johannesburg International Service, 31 Dec 86) 79

Labor Party Speakers Discuss Reform

(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 3 Jan 87) 80

Majority White Voters Back Reform

(THE STAR, 15 Dec 86) 81

Survey Finds White Belief in Racial Interaction

(SAPA, 12 Jan 87) 82

Colored Leader Delineates Objections to Indaba

(SAPA, 13 Jan 87) 83

CCAWUSA Official Summarizes Extent of Arrests

(SAPA, 9 Jan 87) 84

COSATU Backs CCAWUSA Demands in OK Strike

(SAPA, 13 Jan 87) 86

NUM Refutes Anglo American Ad on Mine Violence

(THE WEEKLY MAIL, 9-15 Jan 87) 87

ECC Suspects SADF Concern Over Draft Dodgers

(SAPA, 12 Jan 87) 89
Briefs

RSC Committee Begin Exploratory Work 90

PFP, NRP Join Forces 90

Media Restrictions To Be Extended 90

NRP Leader Leaving Parliament 91

Solidarity Expels 4 Members 91

CUSA-AZACTU Support Strikers 91

ECONOMIC

Commentary Says Economy Shrugs Off Sanctions

(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 19 Jan 87) 92

Sanctions-Busting Schemes Discussed

(THE SUNDAY STAR, 14 Dec 86) 94

Commentary Stresses Counterproductivity of Sanctions

(Johannesburg International Service, 10 Jan 87) 95

Economist Warns of Runaway Inflation

(SAPA, 31 Dec 86) 96

Company To Close Office in Zambia Due to Pressure

(SAPA, 12 Jan 87) 98

Commentary on Black Opportunity in Informal Sector

(Johannesburg Domestic Service, 15 Jan 87) 99

FRG Donates 4.5 Million Rand to 'Operation Hunger'

(SAPA, 13 Jan 87) 101

Briefs

Netherlands Company Announces Disinvestment 103

'Bonus' Expected From Minerals Import 103

Fuel Transferred to Zimbabwe 103

Scholl-Plough Withdrawal 104

New Economic Growth Expected 104

INDUSTRIAL/S&T

Car Sales Plummet Further

(Mick Collins; BUSINESS DAY, 10 Dec 86) 105

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ANGOLA

JOURNALIST DESCRIBES SOJOURN WITH UNITA

Johannesburg FRONTLINE in English Nov 86 pp 14-16

[Article by Hilton Hamann]

[Text]

Daily lire in towns like Jamba, Likuwa,

Lihana and Biongi (all created since Unita

took to the bush in 1975) is in some respects like life in Johannesburg, Harare,

Dar-es-Salam or perhaps any other

African or Third World town.

Every morning except Saturdays and

Sundays, the children go to school and the

workers to work. Facilities tend to be

primitive — many of the lessons are given

not in constructed classrooms, but under

enormous teak trees with classroom

benches hewn from logs. But the youngsters are keen and are taught subjects

ranging from Portuguese to mathematics

and art.

Exceptional students are sent to schools

and universities in Europe to continue

their studies.

After 10 years in the bush, the rebels

have reached a position where they are

virtually self-sufficient.

Their network of medical facilities is

impressive, to say the least.

Services arc supplied to the combatants

and local population through 6 central

hospitals, 22 regional hospitals and S20

rural clinics, which are manned by 3 800

medical personnel. Most major medical

procedures can be undertaken by the

rebels and the 300-bed, teak-walled

hospital at Maccusso bears testimony to

this fact.

In Biongi, a small town north of Jamba,

a complete rehabilitation centre has been

started with the aim of returning mutilated soldiers to some sort of normal life. The

centre manufactures all artificial limbs

and wheelchairs required by the rebels.

The automotive workshops at Jamba

and Likuwa repair captured vehicles

which in other circumstances would be

destined for the scrapyard. Vehicles which

cannot be made serviceable are cut up and

the metal used to make items such as

spoons, basins, cooking pots and even

clothes irons.

The clothing factory at Jamba churns

out 500 uniforms a day, more than enough

to meet the requirements of the 65 000-

strong guerilla army.

From what I saw, 1 believe Unita is capable of winning or at least maintaining

the war for a long time. However, I can

only draw those conclusions from what I

saw, or more correctly, what 1 was allowed

to see.

The question which begs answering is,

what was 1 not allowed to see?

Unita has learnt a lot in ten years. They

know not to let any journalist or photographer go wandering around on his own.

From the minute you arrive your every

move is regulated and under scrutiny. At

least one Unita soldier is assigned to you

and he follows you like a shadow — if you

go to the toilet, so does he!

"For your protection", you are told.

Maybe. They do a lot of protecting.

I was told that if you become ill; upset

stomach or some other minor ailment,

your guard is in for the high jump. "It is

his responsibility to see that you are well,"

said a smiling colonel.

And so one comes away with an impression — a very favourable impression.

During your stay with the guerillas

everything humanly possible is done to
cultivate the image they have worked so

hard to create. The food is of fine quality,

the beers from neighbouring Namibia are

not cold, but damn it, it is beer!

Everything seems geared toa major

public relations exercise.

Bring on the captured prisoners and

evena Cuban deserter. Now I'll find out

what it's really like and what life is like on

the other side— the bad guy's side.

"Your name?"

"Miguel Garcia Ensmorado, aged 27".

(Cuban deserter). I see the interpreter watching him carefully. Not good. Outside the Jango are the

ever-present, AK47-armed home guards.

What the hell, go for it anyway.

"Why did you desert?"

"... Wasn't paid for 30 months ... no

food ... killing local people ... Cubans

... raping nuns in the churches .... Unita

feed me ... look after people."

"Yes, sure, but what are the Cubans

doing in Luanda?"

Miguel Garcia Ensmorado looks at his

interpreter nervously.

"They fight... kill... rape nuns ..."

"Fine, but there are 35 000 Cuban soldiers and 10 000 non-combantats, what

do the 10 000 do?"

"They are advisers to the government,

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are doctors, engineers, technicians. Tnerc

are many who repair the vehicles and airplanes."

"Can't the Angolans do all that?"I ask.

He shrugs his shoulders.

"I am justa soldier. Unita treats me

well.I have left my wife behind in

Havana butI have married again here.I

will be killed ifI go back to Cuba ...

communists... bad ... rape nuns ..."

Interview ends. The interpreter is obviously happy.

"Do you want to ask anything else? It is

important that the world knows about

this."I shake my head.

Ina wayI believe him— some of it

anyway. How do you really know what is

going on? It doesn't matter what side you

visit, in Angola you are going to be shown

the extremes— the viewpoint your host

wants you to see. The MPLA would do

the same— if the doors were ever opened

to observers. I suppose somewhere in the middle lies

the truth. Perhaps the way out of the

dilemma is just to report what you

observed and leave the reader with the

problem.

But this is not good enough in the case

of Angola,a squiggle on the map of Afica

which many observers believe has significance in world terms.
ANGOLA

BRIEFS

UNITA ACTIVITY REPORTEDLY DECLINING—The Angolan defence and security forces

are in full control of the situation in the municipality of Cuito Cuanavale

in Cuando Cubango province after the incursion by South African racist troops

at the beginning of August, In a recent meeting with the local and foreign

press, Paulino Pinto Joao, Director of the Department of Information and

Propaganda, (DIP), said the South African attack on Cuito Cuanavale was the

main event in Angola during August, The DIP director admitted that the incursions by the South African army, particularly by the Buffalo Battalion,

had worsened the situation in southern Angola, but these actions should not

be credited as UNITA successes as some newspapers claim. He added that

UNITA activities are dimishing, contrary to the propaganda spread abroad.

The DIP director denied flatly reports by the Western Press on the so-called

meetings in London between Angolan puppets as well as the replacement of

Cuban internationalist troops with DPRK troops. Such reports, Paulino Pinto

Joao said, are in the context of the UNITA and South Africa propaganda campaign in order to present the Angolan traitors as a force to be recokoned with.

The meeting, which was the first of future monthly meetings with journalists,

analysed economic, social and political issues, [Text] [London AFRICAN

DEFENCE in English Nov 86 p 29, 30] /9274

SOVIET POLITICAL-MILITARY DELEGATION VISITS—A delegation of leading Soviet

armed forces political workers headed by Col-Gen V. S. Nechayev, Deputy Chief

of the Soviet Army and Navy Main Political Directorate, was in the People's

Republic of Angola from September 3rd to 8th at the invitation of the Popular

Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola tfFAPLA) National Political Directorate. During the visit the delegation was received by Col P. M. Tonha, member

of the Political Bureau of the\Central Committee of the Popular Movement for

the Liberation of Angola^Workers' Party (MPLA-PT) and Angolan Defence Minister, There were meetings and conversations with Lt Col E, M. Paiva, member

of the MPLA-PT Central Committee Politburo and chief of the FAPLA National

Political Directorate, The sides exchanged views on organising and carrying

out party political work in the armies of the two friendly countries and

effecting the moral and psychological tempering of troops. The delegation

toured the country, visiting military units and the Comandante Zhika military

political academy. The visit took place in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

[Text] [London AFRICAN DEFENCE in English Nov 86 p 30] /9274

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BOTSWANA

BRIEFS

FOREIGN RESERVES«-With foreign reserves exceeding BP 2,100 million ($1,128

million)««enough to cover imports for 24 months~*-commercial banks have

called on parastatals to borrow locally rather than from overseas aid

agencies, "Botswana is awash with money," one senior commercial banking

official says. "We are very embarrassed because we have to turn away

large deposits and bring down our rates on deposit money, for which we

cannot find borrowers," [Text] [London AED in English 29 Nov 86 p 171

/9274

TRADE AGREEMENT WITH USSR-TA trade agreement will be signed with the Soviet

Union in May, Commerce & Industry Minister Moatlagola Nwako told a trade

seminar in Gaborone on 20 November, A Soviet trade office and chamber of

commerce information centre will be opened in Gaborone and the two countries

may choose any freely convertible currency to fix prices of all goods traded,

[Text] [London AED in English 29 Nov 86 p 17] /9274

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GAMBIA

OPPOSITION GPP PROMISES CHANGES, 2-TERM OFFICE

ÄB142014 London BBC World Service in English 1615 GMT 14 Jan 87

[Text] It is not many weeks before general elections In The Gambia. President

Jawara called them for 11 March, 2 months ahead of schedule. Perhaps the

biggest threat to him is the newly formed Gambia People's Party, GPP. It was

formed when a number of President Jawara's ministers quit the government and

crossed the floor. The GPP is led by a former vice president, Assan Musa

Camara. But he is not getting in the propaganda battle all his own way.

Some say that as a close former aide to the president, his policies are unlikely

to be very different; and President Jawara himself has been throwing mud, some

of it sticking, accusing the GPP of being financed by wealthy foreign businessmen. In Banjul, Babacar Gueye asked Mr Camara if he was surprised that the elections had been called early.

[Begin recording] [Camara] I was not al all surprised, because Jawara was

confused because he did not know which was better, whether to call it earlier

or call it later. And I think he has been advised that if he delays it, the

GPP gains more ground. That is why he had decided to call it earlier and,

feeling that he might put us at a disadvantage.

[Gueye] Now will he actually be able to put you at a disadvantage?

[Camara] Oh, no I don't think that at all, because the party has been fully

established: It has its branches working satisfactorily throughout the country. We are in good shape and we are prepared to fight the election now or

later.

[Gueye] Now this is the first time that your party will be filling in candidates and there are 36 candidates to fill. Will you be contesting all the

seats?

[Camara] My objective is to put a candidate in every constituency.

[Gueye] Do you think [change thought] I mean because of the outbreak of the

few acts of violence involving the opposition and the PPP, [People's Progressive Party] do you think it will be safe, free, and open election?

[Camara] Well, actually since the establishment of the GPP, one of our mottos

is discipline and wherever I travel throughout the country, I have been
impressing upon every GPP supporter that they should discipline themselves,

more so because we are (Twinning) and the government party, having known that

they are going to lose, they might start to create some obstacles here and

there in order to discredit the party and label ourselves as trouble-shooters,

and we are taking very careful steps against that sort of thing so that we can

impose discipline on our own people. But in light of what has happened we

have the feeling that even though it is not going to be a policy of Jawara

himself, he has got some irresponsible elements in his government, who might

discredit his government.

[Gueye] Now talking about attempts to discredit you, that is your party, the

GPP, one would say that enough has already been done—I mean, to discredit the

party, (?there is) of course the question of the accusations made by President

Jawara that you have signed a document whereby you were actually—as he put it

—selling The Gambia to a wealthy foreigner.

[Camara] First of all, I must accept that in life there must be obstacles and

there have been obstacles for the party—artificial. They were created by the

president very (?recently) and we have been able to organize ourselves to refute

these malicious lies which are deliberate attempts to discredit a creditable

party and we have successfully done this. In fact, the entire Gambian population except for those people who still think that Jawara should be here [words

indistinct] help them stay in control.

[Gueye] So [words indistinct] with you for a change. I mean there are those

who would say for example that you are not much of a change from President

Jawara having come from the ranks of the PPP and having been in the senior

position of vice president, and what would you say to something like that?

[Camara] Well, I would certainly disagree with those people, because we

are two separate and different individuals. President Jawara has his own style

and, I have my own style. [Passage indistinct] Shall I tell you that the GPP

is coming with a change? It wants a change of the government and it wants a

change in the style of governemnt. We do not accept one man being a president

in the country for 25 years or over. We are going to have a two-term office.

And also we are going to change the political system and make it more democratic

[words indistinct] democratic as Jawara is offering. [Passage indistinct]

So this is very significant. [end recording]

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GHANA

UK'S CHALKER, PNDC MEMBER OBENG DISCUSS ECONOMY

AB121846 Accra Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 12 Jan 87

[Text] The British minister of state for foreign and Commonwealth relations,

Mrs Lynda Chalker, who is on a visit to Accra, this afternoon had separate

discussions with two members of the PNDC, Mr Justice Annan and Mr P.V. Obeng.

During her talks with Mr P.V. Obeng, Mrs Chalker expressed the British government's satisfaction with the PNDC's efforts at economic recovery. She suggested that Ghana and Britain should sign an investment protection and promotion agreement. Mr Obeng expressed the government's appreciation for all the

assistance Britain had given Ghana toward the successful implementatxon of the

economic recovery program. He said some of the packages were clearly outsxde

the confines of the program and mentioned the rehabilitation of the Kumasi

Water Works and silos for maize [corn] storage as some of the packages. Mr

Obeng briefed Mrs Chalker on Chana's investment code. He said if there are any

proposals toward its improvement, the government will consider them. Mr Obeng

added that already there is a draft from West Germany which the government xs

studying.

Earlier, there was a demonstration in Accra in protest against Britain's continued refusal to impose sanctions against the apartheid regime in South

Africa. The demonstration coincided with the visit to the country of Mrs

Chalker and the commissioning of the new offices of the British High Commxssxon

today. The demonstrators later presented a protest note through the Brxtxsh

High Commission to the British prime minister, Mrs Margaret Thatcher, deplorxng

the attitude of her government and that of other Western countries axmed at

fueling the obnoxious system of apartheid in South Africa.

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GHANA

RADIO CONDEMNS FRENCH INTERVENTION IN CHAD

AB101957 Accra Domestic Service in English 13Q0 GMT 10 Jan 87

[Baafi Appenteng commentary]

[Text] The long drawn-out civil war in Chad is assuming greater international

dimension with the increasing intervention by France and the United States.

Early this week, French warplanes bombed areas in the north of Chad controlled

by forces of the Chad Government of National Unity, GUNT, and over the past

few months the Reagan Administration has supplied the Hissein Habre faction

in the conflict with over $15 million worth of arms, far more than the economic

axd it has been giving to the people of this very poor country.

The Chadian civil war has had much negative effect on the local civilian population especially those along the 16th parallel, the line which separates the

two fighting factions. Many of them have become refugees forced to undertake

long treks to escape the fighting. The main concern of the war-weary refugees

is to find peace and comfort. However, with the help of massive material help

from France, the Hissein Habre Government exploits these [word indistinct]

for his own propaganda purposes.

Strangely enough, all negative incidents are made to look as if they were the

work of Libyans, and of course the refugees cannot say otherwise. Another

ploy of the Habre Government is to send his troops to the area known as the

16th Parallel. By entering this no-man's land, the Habre troops aim at provoking the GUNT forces which are controlling the north of Chad. When the GUNT

forces react to these provocations, the Habre Government then sounds alarms of

Libyan invasion so as to get French help. By increasingly bringing the French

military into the conflict, the purely internal Chadian situation takes on an

international character.

With the recent rise of rightists to power in France, Habre's pleas appear to

be getting sympathetic ears in France. According to Colonel Gauthier, the

commander in chief of the French military operation in Chad, France already as

some of its most sophisticated military equipment in Chad and Ndjamena airport

has become one of the best defended airports in Africa. Mr Hissein Habre puts

all emphasis on French help. As usual he describes the civil war as an invasion

from Libya. Habre's tactics have always been aimed at getting the French to

fight his war for him. Though he appears to be succeeding in this attempt, the

question will remain as to whetehr this will make the numerous problems of Chad

disappear.

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GHANA

BRIEFS

STOCK MARKET RAISES CAPITAL—Details for the establishment of a stock exchange

market in May to be known as Accra Securities Market have been given by an

official of the National Trust Holding Company. A GHANA NEWS AGENCY report

quotes the chief investment officer of the holding company, Joseph Aryee, as

saying that a government body will soon be appointed to regulate operations of

the stock exchange. He said a four-member technical committee headed by the

governor of the Bank of Ghana, J.S. Addo, is working out the modalities to

enable the stock exchange to begin operation on schedule. The new system is

expected to help the business community to raise capital to finance their

companies. Mr Aryee said activities of the securities market will initially

be confined to the Accra-Tema metropolitan area and later extended to other

parts of the country. [Text] [Accra Domestic Service in English 2000 GMT

8 Jan 87 AB] /12232

CONVENTION SIGNED WITH BULGARIA—Ghana and Bulgaria signed a consular convention in Accra. The scope of the convention includes the opening of consulates

and notification of the appointment of members of the consulates of Ghana and

Bulgaria. The PNDC secretary for state economic cooperation, Dr Don Arthus,

who signed for Ghana, noted that the government, since the 31 December Revolution, has made it a policy to strengthen Ghana's ties with the countries of

the Eastern bloc. Consequently, there has been an improvement in GhanaBulgaria relations. Dr Arthur said already agreements have been signed on a

program for long-term economic, scientific, technical, and trade cooperation

between the two countries; and to further strengthen the existing cordial relations, Ghana and Bulgaria agreed to formalize their consular relations by entering into agreement. The Bulgaria ambassador to Ghana, Kostadin Gyaurov, said

his country for more than 20 years has maintained regular diplomatic relations

with Ghana, and the convention has created legal privileges for furthering the

cooperation between Ghana and Bulgaria. [Text] [Accra Domestic Service in

English 2000 GMT 8 Jan 86 AB] /12232

CSO: 3400/758
IVORY COAST

DAILY VIEWS SITUATION IN CHAD, LIBYAN OCCUPATION

AB091245 Abidjan FRATERNITE MATIN in French 8 Jan 87 p 2

[Viewpoint by Editor in Chief Marcellin Abougnan: "Provided Ndjamena Holds

Out"]

[Text] Chad is once again at war. Another unnecessary war. No doubt about

this because 26 years of independence could have allowed it to advance

steadily on the road to progress.

Unfortunately, Chad is obliged to bear the burden of a war imposed on it by

Colonel al-Qadhdhafi. It has certainly one of the most courageous armies on

the continent. But if it masters the ground, it is vulnerable as far as air

cover is concerned. Al-Qadhdhafi, who is aware of this, has been deploying

an impressive flight of the most sophisticated war planes to annihilate the

Chadian advance over land. And now people must stop looking away. After the

so-called war of factions, there is not a Libyan-Chadian war, a war of prestige

for the Libyan colonel who wants to restore his image tarnished by the American

slap on 15 April 1986. But it is also a war which permits the legitimate

Chadian Government to count its friends throughout the world. And, thank God,

the number of its friends is increasing and they spare no effort to support it.

In the Chadian capital, there are demonstrations in support of the national

armed forces. A real outburst of nationalism which galvanizes the soldiers

at the war front in favor of one and indivisible Chadian Republic.

On the other hand, the Libyan Army has run out of arguments: It is occupying a

territory which does not belong to it and is constantly coming up against

internal resistance, like all occupation armies anywhere in the world.

But for its air force, the Libyan Army would not have recaptured the palm

groves of Faya Largeau which is now in its hands. And history will not forget

the disappointment of the Libyan Army in Uganda when it took it upon itself to

bring the bloody Marshal, Idi Amin Dada, back into power. In all, the army of

the colonel of Tripoli was and is remarkable only for its air force which is,

in the main, controlled by foreign mercenaries, an army which Al-Qadhdhafi has

never sent out against a country considered the most deadly enemy of Arab

countries, Israel. And yet, countless were the opportunities before him to put

his pan-Arabism into execution! In addition to this, there is an internal

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Opposition in Libya prompted by efforts and sacrifices to be made in order to

entertain a war whose reasons are beyond understanding, a war telling more and

more on the national economy sufficiently plagued by the fall in oil prices,

the country's sole source of revenue.

Certainly, the war will last as long as the Libyan colonel wishes. But Tripoli

must realize that an attacked nation is more resistant and more dangerous

than the attacker.

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LIBERIA

REACTION TO NDPL TASK FORCE OFFICIAL ARRESTS

NDPL Chairman Sherman Interviewed

AB101410 London BBC World Service in English 17Q9 GMT 9 Jan 87

[Text] The much criticized task force in Samuel Doe's ruling NDPL [National

Democratic Party of Liberia] in Liberia is apparently biting the hand [words

indistinct]. There have already been widespread complaints from opposition

parties and civilians of harassment and thuggery by the task force. Now,

task force officials have been arrested after the party headquarters was

stormed by members carrying dangerous weapons and there were reports that

the life of the recently appointed acting chairman of the party Mrs Miatta

Sherman, was threatened.

On the line, Robin White asked Mrs Sherman how she felt about the disruption

in the party.

[Begin recording] [Sherman] Well, actually I have taken it all in my stride

and I have never relented in keeping my word that I would get tough with the

task force, if subsequent events and developments (?should be repeated). So

what I am taking very seriously is that we are a political party, and not a mob

or a group of gangsters and as such we believe in law and order, peace and

stability.

These persons have to know that they must be law-abiding citizens and that if

they have any grievances there must be a proper, forum to which they direct their

grievances and seek proper remedies.

[White] Now, I understand that your own life has been threatened by some members of the task force. Do you take that threat seriously?

[Sherman] Well, I have never panicked, and I don't know what fear [words indistinct]. What I stand for I continue to stand for them, and I don't mind

dying for what I believe in. I mean that is something [word indistinct]. They

will just have to carry out their threats but its not any concern to me because

I know what I am doing is right.

[White] How many members of the task force are currently under arrest?

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[Sherman] Well, I have not followed the case too closely, but understand it

is about 67.

[White] Would you yourself like to say the task force is now totally disbanded?

[Sherman] Well, no I would not say that. I first would like to do everything

in an orderly fashion. You have to forgive me if I always must give everybody

the benefit of the doubt because I am a trained lawyer. If there are criminals

among them they must be prosecuted, people who just have only domestic (?problmes) we can warn them or suspend them; if they will not (?heed) you expel

them from the party, but through the proper channels again. If we find out

that the overwhelming majority of them are law-abiding or can, in fact, live

to be law-abiding, I don't see the need to disrupt them. [end recording]

Task Force Denounces Arrests

AB092155 Monrovia Domestic Service in English 2100 GMT 9 Jan R7

[Excerpts] The special task force of the National Democratic Party of

Liberia, NDPL today presented a statement of loyalty and support to NDPL Acting

Chairman Miss (Miatta Sherman). In the statement read by the national chairman

of the task force, Mr (Prince Te]l), the force pledged to work cooperatively

with Miss (Sherman) in achieving the aims and objectives of the NDPL.

In the statement, the task force also disassociated itself from the alleged

lawlessness and other acts of vandalism displayed at the NDPL headquarters in

Sinkor recently by seven executives of the NDPL task force.

In its statement of support and loyalty, the task force described the behavior

of the seven task force members as diabolical, wicked, and political (?duality)

aimed at tarnishing the good reputation of the ruling NDPL. They also frowned

on the attitudes of some officials of the party, whom they said were steering

the [words indistinct] the seven former task force members who are now being

detained at the. national police headquarters in Monrovia. The statement made

specific reference to three officials of the party, including Montserrado County Representative (Samuel Johnson), the national treasurer of the NDPL, Mr

(Samuel Ngbemah), and the chairman of the NDPL youth wing, (Michael Kaba).

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LIBERIA

BRIEFS

EEC WATER PROJECT AGREEMENT—The Liberian Government and the European Economic

Commission [EEC] have signed a $2.7 million agreement to provide safe drinking

water and improved sanitation facilities in rural Liberia. The project is to

be financed by a $2.5 million fund the EEC side while $200,000 will be contributed by local communities and the Liberian Government, [sentence as received]

The project, when completed, will provide safe water supply and improved hygenic

sanitation to four coastal counties, including Grand Bassa, Rivercesse, Sinoe,

and Grand Kru. [Text] [Monrovia Domestic Service in English 2100 GMT 8 Jan 87

AB] /12232

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MAURITIUS

BRIEFS

DRUGS ROW COSTS MSM MAJORITY—The ruling coalition led by Prime Minister

Aneerood Jugnauth's Mouveraent Socialiste Mauricien (MSM) has lost its parliamentary majority with the resignation of former majority parliamentary whip

Harish Boodhoo. MSM now holds only 30 seats in parliament against 32 huld

by opposition parties. Boodhoo resigned on 19 November after allegations of

involvement with drugs had been made by the drug enquiry commission. His

departure removed a majority already weakened by the July resignation of

a group of dissident deputies after the arrest of four members of parliament

in Amsterdam in January for alleged drugs smuggling (AED 23:3:36r 2:8:36;

11-1:86). Another deputy, L. Ramsahok, has also resigned, and Jugnauth has

called for the resignation of a third, Suren Foonith. A partial election is

expected to be held in southern Mauritius within the next six months. [Text]

[London AED in English 29 Nov 36 p 6] /9274

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MOZAMBIQUE

BRITISH SOLDIERS TRAIN LOCALS TO PATROL MALAWI RAIL LINK

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 31 Dec 86 p 3

[Text]

MAPUTO — Former British soldiers are training a

special Mozambican force for the protection of the

railway line from Nacala port to Malawi, according

to diplomatic sources here.

Britain is also involved with several other countries in the rehabilitation of the railway, which would

provide an additional route to the sea for Zambia and

Zaire as well as for Malawi.

The Britons training the special force are said to

be operating completely independently of the British

instructors who are training troops in Zimbabwe.

According to diplomatic sourees the instructors

are operating under an agreement between the Mozambican State company Emocha, which is involved

in tea-growing, and Lonrho, the British-based multin

ational corporation headed by Mr Tiny Rowlands,

which has been expanding its commercial interests in

Mozambique in recent years.

There is speculation here that part of the special

force may be used to guard the railway line linking

Maputo with Zimbabwe through the Limpopo valley

by way of Chicualacuala.

Like the Nacala line, the Chicualacuala railway

has become inoperative because of attacks by the

Mozambique National Resistance (MNR) movement

and lack of maintenance.

If rehabilitated, it would give Zimbabwe and other

hinterland states another route to the sea besides the

Beira corridor.

While international attention has been focussed on

the major project to upgrade the Beira corridor railway and Beira port, work has quietly been going

ahead on the rehabilitation of the Nacala line. The

Mozambican Government is believed to be planning

also to rehabilitate the Chicualacala line.

All three railways are subject to attack by the

MNR and can operate only under armed protection.

The Beira corridor, which includes the oil pipeline

to Zimbabwe, is patrolled by strong Zimbabwean

forces. It now appears that the plan is to have the

other two railways guarded by the special force.

The force is one of several private armies tnat are

said to be operating in Mozambique to protect commercial interests. These include a force guarding

Lonrho farming interests near the Beira corridor.

Another force is said to be protecting a dam construction site in the south.

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NIGERIA

BRIEFS

COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ZAIRE—Nigeria and Zaire today signed an agreement

on economic, scientific and technical cooperation in Lagos. The minister of

national planning, Dr Kalu I. Kalu, signed on behalf of the Federal Government

while the Zairian charge d'affaires in charge of external affairs, (Mr Shuto

Kapare Sese Seka), represented his country. [Text] [Kaduna Domestic Service

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SEYCHELLES

BRIEFS

MINISTER CRITICIZES ANC ACTIVITIES—The Swaziland Minister of the Interior,

Phenyane Mamba, has criticised militant refugees who cause trouble in Swaziland,

Speaking to the visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees representative in southern Africa, Kalu Kalumia, he said these refugees had

killed innocent swazis, including members of the security forces. Referring

to refugees believed to be terrorists of the African National Congress.

Mamba said these people had come to Swaziland to seek help as refugees but

then used Swazi territory in their fight against their own government. The

UN representative said refugees were not expected to use Swaziland for subversive activities and they were not immune from the country's laws. He

said Swaziland was entitled to punish all refugees who committed crimes in

the country. Meanwhile, Swaziland police have arrested two South Africans

who were found in possession of arms and explosives. The two men, James

Mzibuko and Tembo Kumalu, have appeared in court and have pleaded not

guilty to being in unlawful possession of arms. [Text] [London AFRICAN

DEFENCE in English Nov 86 p 38] /9274

IFC AID FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT—The International Finance Corporation

IFC, has announced in Washington that it is establishing a new industrial

development company for Swaziland. The IFC, which is the World Bank's

specialised development aid agency, says it will tackle the project in collaboration with the Commonwealth Development Corporation and some banks in

Europe. The project will help with the development of the private sector in

Swaziland, where most industrial projects are too small for the IFC to become

directly involved. [Text] [London AFRICAN DEFENCE in English Nov 86 p 381

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SWAZILAND

BRIEFS

OFF-SHORE OIL EXPLORATION—Officials from the Oil and Natural Gas

Commission (ONGC) of India held talks in late August in Victoria on plans

for the seismic survey of over 13,000 sq.km of Seychelles continental shelf.

The three-man delegation met with the Minister for National Development,

Jacques Hodoul, and the chairman of the Seychelles National Oil Company

(SNOC), Cuy Morel. Seychelles announced the resumption of off-shore oil

exploration with the help of ONCC in May this year, following a visit to

India by Seychelles President Albert Rene. Morel said then that SNOC had

chosen the Indian parastatal because of its extensive experience and technical expertise in off-shore oil exploration. India has agreed to meet the

ONGC's costs, while Seychelles will have to cover the foreign exchange component and pay for the necessary shore facilities. Exploration carried out

so far, including three test welis sunk in 1980 has covered some 60,000 sq.km

of the western part of the continental shelf. [Text] [London AFRICAN

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SOOTH AFRICA

HUMAN RIGHTS MANIFEST REJECTED BY HNP

Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 3 Dec 86 p 3

[Unattributed article: "»Government From the Grave.» HNP's Definite No to

Human Rights Charter"]

[Text] A charter of human rights should not be instituted in South Africa

because it is in conflict with democracy. That position is taken by the HNP

in a memorandum to the Legal Commission on the possible institution of a

charter of human rights in South Africa. The Legal Commission is now

gathering evidence on a charter from interested parties. To start with, the

HNP points out the weaknesses of a human rights charter: "To think that a mere

constitutional document can stand in the way of political forces which want to

destroy what is contained in that document unquestionably borders on wishful

thinking. Infringement of political power is not prevented by theoretical

declarations, but by opposite political forces checking and balancing each

other." But the HNP's sharpest criticism is what it calls the "rigid form of

undemocratic totalitarianism" represented by a charter of human rights. "The

fundamental premise of protagonists of the idea," the memorandum says, "is

that certain political institutions such as the parliament may not exercise

sovereingty at any price. Parliamentary or similar forms of political

sovereignty may not be the foundation stone of a constitutional order." In

place of that, an inflexible constitution—among other things—is laid down

which can be replaced or amended only with extreme difficulty, the HNP says.

The obvious implication of this is that, regardless of whether or not they

agree with the principlies in the constitution, future governments will be

obligated to heed them. Being then a legal document which professes to

contain legal principles, the constitution thus in effect rules continually

and permamnently because the principles contained in it must be executed.

Governments which are normally supreme by virtue of the principle of political

sovereignty are now reduced to agents, firmly bound to the prescripts of the

constitution and obligated to execute them precisely. Not the government, but

the law, now rules.

Declarations of human rights are a restatement of the liberal dogma of

equality with its genuinely universalist and egalitarianist values and

terminology, the HNP declares. Little or no room is left for plurality, and

words like people, language, race and group are foreign to such declarations.

The idea of legal sovereignty starts off as a liberal thought, but ultimately

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results in a rigid form of undemocratic totalitarianism and a dogmatic

conservatism which tries to serve as an insulation against the fluctuations of

history. "As dogmatic conservatism it tries to perpetuate a single political

victory for an idea which is peculiar to one particular epoch as if what is

contained in the declaration and entrenched in the constitution forever

reflects the sentiment of a changed society and changing political forces.

Instead of constantly participating in the political struggle and in that way

promoting and protecting interests, there is an attempt to finally bring about

a Utopia of security through a single political victory and to escape the

unpredictability of history. Fear of change is the obvious implication here.

Change must be prevented by the one-time compilation of political ideas in a

declaration and the creation of constitutional instruments to effect them."

Exactly the same accusation as what is usually made against the Afrikaner—

that he anxiously wants to protect himself by statutory regulations—can be

brought against proponents of a human rights charter. If there should be any

anxiety attached to self-protecting statutory measures, the proponents of

such a declaration are anxious in the superlative degree, for where an

ordinary law can be changed merely by a simple parliamentary majority, a much

greater majority is required for amending an entrenched constitution.

Furthermore, a law only deals with individual cases, while a declaration of

human rights is a comprehensive document containing fundamental principles

over a wide scope."

In spite of probably vehement denials, the advocates of an entrenched

declaration are also hostile to democracy/ the HNP states. No room is left

for other political forces, which come to power in a democratic way, being

able to change the provisions of the entrenched constitution and declaration.

"The majority's will can be undone only as long as there was a majority for it

in the distant past when the constitution and declaration were adopted.

Depending on perspective, this state of affairs can be described either as a

liberal majority government from the grave or a small liberal oligarchy

swinging the scepter," the memorandum says.

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SOUTH AFRICA

RENEWED ATTEMPT TO UNITE CP, HNP FAIIS

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 11 Dec 86 p 14

[Article by DIE BURGER political editorial staff, datelined Pretoria: "CP

Congress Without HNP—Rightists Still at loggerheads Over Cooperation"]

[Text] The umpteenth attempt to bring about peace between the Herstigte

Nasionale Party and the Conservative Party failed this week. Two high

delegations from both parties separated in Pretoria Tuesday evening without

being able to agree on anything at all. The CP is now going full-steam ahead

to organize its rightist unity congress on 24 January of next year without HNP

participation, while the HNP's further tactics will probably revolve around

unilaterally putting up candidates in the constituencies which are already

vacant and which may still further become vacant. The lingering discord

between those two far-rightist parties is causing great uneasiness in rightist

political ranks, especially in the light of indications that a general

election may be held early next year. A compromise proposal around the unity

congress, which, inter alia, implied that the nature of the congress be

changed in order to make it an occasion where a cooperation agreement is

announced, was the nucleus of this week's negotiations which broke down.

Discord

The HNP announced in a statement yesterday that the talks were conducted on

the initiative of a CP office holder in the Pretoria constituency of

Koedoespoort. They were attended by Mr Jaap Marais, HNP leader, Mr Jan

Jooste, member of the HNP executive board, Dr Ferdi Hartzenberg, deputy leader

of the CP, and Dr Frans van Staden, MP for Koedoespoort and head secretary of

the CP. Messrs Marais and Jooste say in a statement their conclusion is that,

among other things, the CP's congress proposal is a contradiction. It is

offered on the one hand as a unity conference, but on the other hand the HNP

is challenged to attend it so that the discord between the two parties can be

demonstrated.

Rejected

The HNP told the CP that there are six conditions for unification. They are:

A good attitude between the two parties; open cooperation in a spirit of

trust; elimination of differences in attitude, policy and sentiment; moving

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away from the period when the HNP and CP were in opposite camps (the Vorster

era); coalescence in a spirit of jointness; and eventually unification on a

foundation of principles. According to the statement, Dr Hartzenberg rejected

all six of these points. The CP made it apparent to the HNP that it refuses

to conduct talks on the compromise proposal that the congress be changed into

an occasion where a cooperation agreement is announced. The CP is going forth

with its arrangements for the congress and rejects the HNP's proposal that the

nature of the congress be changed, according to the statement.

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SOUTH AFRICA

HNP ISSUES AD ON HNP-CP COLLABORATION

MB191102 Johannesburg BEELD in Afrikaans 16 Jan 87 p 12

[Advertisement by HNP leader Jaap Marais — passage within slantlines

published in boldface]

[Excerpts] /HNP - CP/

/The difference between Collaboration and Unification/

The fact that the HNP and the CP are separate parties since 1982 is

manifest evidence that there are things that prevented their becoming

one right from the start. The CP was formed because its founders did

not want to be united with the HNP.

Now, on the threshold of a general election, the CP urges an immediate

unification, while the HNP believes that a collaboration agreement must

be reached, as was its point of view since the CP was formed. It is

important that the differences between collaboration and unification

are understood. A collaboration agreement can readily be arranged in a short

space of time, but unification is a process which begs time and patience.

It is a complicated and delicate procedure. It has to do with ideas and

structure, with administration and finance, and above all, with people.

In the present political situation in South Africa, the obvious path is

a collaboration agreement and a division of seats between the HNP and the

CP, with involvement by all Afrikaner groups who oppose the government

so that a broad national front can be set up. With the present political

climate the possibility is not ruled out that such cooperation will

ensure dramatic election results and will change the whole course of

history. When the parties involved are then in the House of Assembly,

the common interests will increase, the differences will wear away

and the conditions for unification will become favorable.

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SOUTH AFRICA

AWB'S TERREBLANCHE URGES CP-HNP ALLIANCE

MB091117 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1112 GMT 9 Jan 87

[Text] Pretoria, 9 Jan (SAPA)—Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging [Afrikaner

Resistance Movement] leader Mr Eugene TerreBlanche today called on the

Herstige Nasionale Party [Reformed National Party] and the conservative party

to form an alliance for the coming general election.

He vowed at a press conference in Pretoria that if the alliance was formed—

of which he was confident—the neo-militant AWB would give the Nationalists

"the most difficult election of their lives."

Asked if the AWB would disrupt Nationalist meetings, he said: "I will fight

the way I want."

He stressed however that the AWB would always act lawfully. He suggested that

the HNP and CP form a new party about six months after the election.

Mr TerreBlanche revealed that he had turned down an invitation by HNP leader

Mr Jaap Marais to activate the Blanke Volksstaatparty [White Homeland Party]

and form an election pact with the HNP.

He said the AWB would not enter party politics because the governments'

"devastating new direction" was leading towards capitaulation to blacks.

Once that happened, the AWB movement would be compelled to fight the ANC and

"murderous black communist-inspired gangs" seeking whites' "cars, houses and

wives."

Mr TerreBlanche said if the government wished to be honorable it should close

the U.S. Embassy and apply the Group Areas Act. "In Krugersdorp whites were

thrown out of their homes because Indians had more money," he said.

Mr TerreBlanche said he had addressed some 200,000 people at public meetings

last year.

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SOUTH AFRICA

TREURNICHT COMMENTS ON TERREBLANCHE MERGER CALL

MB100726 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0342 GMT 10 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 10 Jan (SAPA)—The leader of the Conservative Party,

Dr Andries Treurnicht, said in a statement that as it was the CP's endeavor

to unite right-wing political parties, the CP associated itself with the

stand point of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging [Afrikaner Resistance Movement] that there should be only one right-wing party and that further division

should not be promoted.

Dr Treurnicht was reacting last night to a statement by the leader of the

AWB, Mr Eugene TerreBlanche, at a press conference in Pretoria yesterday in

which Mr TerreBlanche had stated that the leader of the Herstigte Nasionale

Party [Reformed National Party], Mr Jaap Marais, had invited the AWB to

activate the Blake Volksstaat Party [White Homeland Party] and form an

election pact with the HNP.

Dr Treurnicht said the AWB's request that the CP and the HNP should join

forces was in agreement with the CP's endeavor. That was why the CP agreed

with the idea that both parties should give on 24 January an undertaking to

join forces within a stipulated period. This was precisely the realization

of the CP's ideal.

Should a decision be taken on a merger, the realization of the ideal would

become meaningful in that instead of a division of seats, the right-wing

parties in each constituency would decide together on the best person as

candidate.

It was "only along the way" that the maximum unity and voice could be mustered

in the battle against the "leftist NP," who had to be beaten in the coming

election for the sake of the nation and the country, Dr Treurnicht said.

It would however appear, he said, that the invitation by Mr Marais was a pitiful attempt at further division among right-wing parties.

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SOUTH AFRICA

BUREAU COMMENTS ON PRESS CLEARANCE 'CONFUSION1

MB081130 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1118 GMT 8 Jan 87

[Text] Pretoria, 8 Jan (SAPA)—There still appears to be some confusion

regarding the role of the Bureau of Information and that of the InterDepartmental Press Liaison Committee which, while housed at the bureau's

headquarters for logistic purposes, is not part of the Bureau of Information,

a bureau statement said today.

"The Bureau of Information is responsible for the issuance of the daily

unrest report and can also be contacted, on a 24 hour basis, to respond to

inquiries regarding, or to confirm, unrest related incidents," the statement

said. The bureau can be reached by telex at the following numbers: 322499,

323021, 323022 and by telephone at (012) 3255326 or, after hours, at the

telephone numbers supplied to the media every Friday. "Telex or telephone

inquiries to any other numbers do not reach the bureau directly and only

cause unnecessary delays," it added. "Please note that responses to

inquiries regarding, or confirmation of unrest related incidents by the

Bureau of Information do not constitute authorization for publication in

terms of the regulations promulgated on 11 December, 1986."

Authorization for publication in terms of these regulations remains the

prerogative of the relevant government departments which can either be

approached directly in this regard or via the IPLC at the following telex

numbers: [number indistinct], 3-23303 SA, 3-23305 SA and 3-23306 SA, the

bureau said.

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SCOIH AFRICA

MAJORITY OF EUROPEAN EVIMIGRANTS SAID TO FAVOR NP

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 19 Nov 86 p 19

[Article by DIE BURGER office in Pretoria: "Immigrants Say They Support NP"]

[Text] By far roost of the immigrants who took part in a research project by

the HSRC said they support the National Party. Altogether 40.4 percent of the

3,520 immigrants said they support the NP, 16.8 percent the Progressive

Federal Party, 2.5 percent the Conservative Party and 0.7 percent each the New

Republic Party and the Reconstituted National Party. This emerges from

figures announced here by Dr Nie Rhocdie and Mr M. Couper of the HSRC's group

interaction department at the annual meeting of the Society for European

Immigration. Preliminary findings show that the greatest support for the NP

occurs among immigrants who were born in Portugal and the Portuguese colonies

(59.9 and 58.3 percent respectively). The least support for the NP came from

immigrants who were born in Britain (27.9 percent) and those who were born in

British colonies (24 percent). Even among those groups, however,

proportionately more immigrants supported the NP than the PFP.

Those who support the NP were also more inclined to indicate that they intend

to settle in South Africa permanently. Three quarters of the immigrants who

support the NP are keen on remaining here permanently, compared with 38.7

percent of the PFP supporters. A third of the immigrants said the

government's racial policy is wrong. The strongest support for that policy

came from immigrants who were born in Portuguese colonies and in Portugal.

Almost 30 percent of the immigrants said they became more in favor of the

government's policy after they settled here, while 22.6 percent became more

opposed to the policy. Although most of the immigrants are desirous of

settling in South Africa permanently and say that they would still have come

to South Africa if at that time they had known what they know now, most of

them by far do not want South African citizenship. The data show that

prescious few immigrants regard themselves as South Africans.

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SOOTH AFRICÄ

DISCORD WITHIN PFP VIEWED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 17 Nov 86 p 8

[Editorial: "PFP's Young Radicals1*]

[Text] The deep divisiveness in the Progressive Federal Party will probably

be in the spotlight again next weekend at its federal congress in Johannesburg

when radical proposals by the young Progs are brought up for discussion. One

of their most controversial points of discussion is that the party should

actively support the application of sanctions against state and military

establishments. They even come to the conclusion that sanctions "will not be

detrimental to the South African populace or economy as a whole." And this

while militant black trade unions are now afraid of the consequences of

sanctions and disinvestment, and Mr Colin Eglin has just declared himself

abroad against sanctions. But as residents of the white rich people's

neighborhoods, they will probably feel the effect of sanctions less than other

people.

The boycott mentality is still present in the PFP, for the young Progs want

the party to withdraw from the President's Council and boycott the regional

services boards. The wild proposals can also be seen as an attempt by the

young Progs to make the party more attractive to radical young blacks who

still treat the party with great suspicion and distrust. To many the PFP

remains the party of "white capitalism" par excellence. Like his predecessor,

Mr Eglin will have the task of maintaining the appearance of peace and unity

and glossing over the differences. There is not only the danger of a severe

clash between the young people and the party leadership, but also between the

traditional right and left wings of the party. It is these kinds of internal

tensions which have paralyzed the PFP to the extent that it is no longer any

effective factor in South African politics.

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PFP BOYCOTTING PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ON EVE OF RECESS

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 1

[Article by political editorial staff: "PC Adjourning Tomorrow in Any Case«

PFP Gains Nothing By Its Boycott."]

[Text] The Progressive Federal Party's temporary boycott of the President's

Council [PC]^ does not have any practical significance, in view of the fact

that the PC is tomorrow going into recess until early next year. The Council

will probably only meet again in January, when the current speaker of

parliament, Mr Johan Greeff, is inaugurated as its new chairman. The PFP's

reason for its temporary withdrawal from the activities of the PC is that,

according to it, the government "has filched" the PC's Political Committee

report on group areas. The party will reconsider its participation as soon as

the full PC has discussed its objection to the handling of the draft report

next year, Mr Robin Carlisle, PFP leader in the PC, announced yesterday.

Domestic Affair

The PFP's boycott measure follows a resolution of the PC's Regulatory

Committee yesterday to stick to its resolution of last Thursday that the draft

report on the Group Areas Act and related legislation be referred back to the

Political Committee for further investigation of the practical implications of

some of its recommendations. That resolution was supported by all the PC

members of the majority parties in parliament. Mr Carlisle said in Cape Town

yesterday the Regulatory Committee's resolution proves that reform has now

come to a standstill, »it is clear that an election or by-elections are going

to be held early next year and that the state president is trying to duck the

question of group areas. He does not have the courage to take a firm stand."

A spokesman for the state president's office said yesterday the president has

not yet officially received a report from the PC. Moreover, it is a domestic

affair of the PC and he can thus not make any comment. Political circles said

last night that the PFP's decision to withdraw temporarily from the PC does

not have any practical significance, in view of the fact that the PC is

tomorrow going into recess until early next year. It will probably only meet

again in January, when it inaugurates the current speaker of parliament, Mr

Johan Greeff, as its new chairman.

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In the meantime, Mr Pieter Schoeman, PFP member of the Political Committee,

also said upon inquiry last night he would not unconditionally sign the draft

report that was to be signed on 17 November. He wanted to submit a minority

report, but was informed that no minority reports are being accepted. Other

opposition members also expressed their disappointment last night about the

Regulatory Committee's resolution, but said they would still participate. Mr

Bill Sutton, leader of the NRP, said he is going to discuss his further

participation in the PC with his caucus. He himself feels like withdrawing

because the PC's credibility has been damaged by a government resolution not

to take a positive step for reform. It is a positive draft report, and he

would have signed it. Mr Peter Marais of the People's Congress Party said he

is unhappy, but will still participate in the PC, "for you cannot score a goal

if you sit on the sidelines and rant and rave." However, if the report is now

delayed for the sake of election reasons, he hopes that the government will

later accept more of the recommendations.

The three PFP members in the PC—Messrs Carlisle, Schoeman and James Rennie--

already strongly disapproved of the Regulatory Committee's resolution the day

before yesterday and presented a motion on that to the committee. It was to

be discussed yesterday, but according to Mr Carlisle a "guillotine regulation"

was applied and the motion was rejected by the committee. Mr Carlisle then

gave notice that he is going to present the motion at the next full session of

the PC, informed the chairman of his withdrawal from the activities and left

the meeting. Mr Kobus Bauermeester, secretary of the PC, confirmed the

Regulatory Committee's resolution upon inquiry yesterday. He added that it is

not the first time that a draft report is being referred back to a committee

on purely technical and practical considerations, "and it will not be the last

time either." Mr Bauermeester said all the PC members of all the majority

parties in all three houses of parliament, as well as the PC member of the

official opposition in the Council of Representatives, agree that the report

should be referred back to the Political Committee because it does not deal

with all the implications which emerge from the findings in it. It also

confirms the spirit of cooperation and understanding existing between the

great majority of PC members for the sake of a better future for all the

people in the country, he said.

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PFP PRESENT CONDITION DESCRIBED AS CRIPPLED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 24 Nov 86 p 10

[Editorial: "Battered as Before*1]

[Text] The Progressive Federal Party has little reason for thankfulness after

its just recent national congress. That it had to take place under the

guidance of a "retreaded" leader in itself put a terrible damper on the

attempts to try to instill new life into the run-down official opposition.

Neither did the course of the congress contribute anything to letting the PFP

look like a viable alternative government. The boycott albatross is still

hanging firmly bound around the party's neck. Nor could the paralyzing

discord over other matters, such as national security, be kept covered up.

Some of the more responsible—some would say patriotic—Progs had to even

counteract an attack from the left wing to get the new regional services

boards boycotted. The "liberal" intolerance which has already become

characteristic of a certain faction in the PFP also reared its head again.

Poor Mr Horace van Rensburg, member of the party's right wing, was hissed at

because the far-leftists did not like his viewpoints. To top everything off,

demands were made that the government and National Party be singled out for

special punitive measures. The Prog leader, Mr Eglin Colin, himself stressed

how unrealistic the highly controversial motions advocating selective

sanctions and punishment were. He described tham as "naivete which goes

beyond reason!"

The biggest blow to the Progs» flagging prestige, however, was Soweto leader

Dr Nthato Motlana's unconditional rejection of a Prog government which makes

provision for the protection of group rights. This must have given momentum

to the failed attempts at the congress to get the minority veto, which is

regarded as a cornerstone of Prog policy, deleted from the PFP's constitution.

Nevertheless, the attempts are continuing, which is putting the official

opposition in a dilemma. The unsolved dispute over such an important policy

matter has the potential of becoming a terrible embarrassment to the party in

an election campaign which, according to indications, is at hand. This may

again activate the centrifugal forces within the party and give more voters a

fright. The PFP looks more battered than ever before.

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DIVISIVE NATURE OF PFP VIEWED

Cape Town DIE BÜRGER in Afrikaans 25 Nov 86 p 20

[Editorial: "The PFP and Sanctions"]

[Text] While an approaching general election usually makes a political party

close its ranks, a possibility of an election in autumn has brought the

inherent discord within the Federal Progressive Party to the surface early.

The reasons are both complicated and obvious. Founded by malcontents in the

old United Party, bred in coalition as the Progressive Reformist Party and

eventually diluted to a merger of willing anf unwilling partners under the

name PFP, the party has developed without a realistic, positive central ideal.

There has indeed been one connecting goal throughout, and it is still there

now, with a negative leitmotiv: to do away with the government, the National

Party and Afrikaners in power. That again came out at the last Federal

congress, with the important emphasis that certain political agitators in the

PFP do not care what damage they cause the country in order to reach that

goal. This has Mr Colin Eglin, already seasoned in setbacks, in a dilemma

again. In the election climate he must stem the radical leftist advance in

his party for the sake of white votes and stop those who asked for sanctions

against the country at his congress, for it's a political monstrosity which

will sweep the PFP~with its boycott past—out of white politics. Mr Eglin

knows this. He also knows that the farfetched demands are not just the sighs

of impetuous young Progs. They have come even from his official chief

propagandist, a member of parliament, and other senior members, with support

on the congress floor. Mr Eglin"s biggest worry is the realization that

those demands will never cease and perhaps will yet become PFP policy. It is

of the greatest importance to the extremist left wing with support from youth

that their Colored party comrades should not see the PFP for what it really

is: the party of the "haves" in the encalves of the wealthy. The same

capitalist white money base of the Prog establishment which once crucified

Eglin for the sake of Dr Frederik van Zyl Slabbert is going to test its new

stewardship in the next elections by its gain or loss in seats. It goes

without saying that Mr Eglin is going to try not to disappoint them again.

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SOUTH AFRICA

NEW COMMANDO HEADQUARTERS OPENED

Headquarters Opened in Stellenbosch

Pretoria PARATUS in Afrikaans 11 Nov 86 pp 26, 27

[Article by I/Cpl D.C. Cronje: "Commando System an Anchor in Struggle for Free

Society"; first sentence is PARATUS introduction.]

[Text] The headquarters of the Stellenbosch Commando was opened on 13

September 1986 by Minister J.C. Heunis in the heart of picturesque culturalhistorical Stellenbosch. A new milestone was reached in the proud history of

the commando with the inauguration of this headquarters. Because the commando

is such a part of the town's tradition, it is also quite fitting that they

could agairi find a post and home in Stellenbosch. The history of Stellenbosch

Commando in the present military setup dates from 1962. The origin of the

unit_can be traced as far back as 1777, when the local military council

appointed one G.R. Opperman as commandant of the new local commando system.

Members of this commando system distinguished themselves in various campaigns,

and in particular the Eastern Frontier Wars. This commando is also a good

example of military tradition which was born out of our forefathers' quests

for survival, peace and freedom. The commando system formed an anchor in the

struggle for a free and independent society for many years.

Minister Heunis said in his speech that South Africa today represents a

microcosm of races and groups with political, religious, economic and

ideological differences. "The result is a multiethnic, pluralistic and highly

divided society which is in various stages of development. Our situation is

further characterized by the fact that not all citizens are yet completely

included in the decisionmaking process at the central level of government.

"In the stormy and uncertain times in which South Africa now finds itself, all

South Africans are faced with a choice between various political alternatives

of decisive importance for the direction in which we will move in the future.

There is firstly a choice for one-man-one-vote in a unitary system. Such a

choice does not address the deep-rooted differences and divisions of our

society, with the result that it would lead to a system where one group

dominates other groups and in which the preservation of human rights could not

be assured. There is secondly a choice in favor of maintaining the existing

order of things or even returning to an order from the past," he said.

"However, we must realize that if we make this choice, extensive and long-term

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security actions will become a part of our way of life in the course of time.

Thirdly, there is a choice in favor of force, with the premise that South

Africa must first experience a revolution before so-called true freedom and

democracy can be established. That is a choice in favor of a future built on

hatred and blood. It is a choice advocated by those who do not believe in

powersharing, but in democratic takeover of power or undemocratic preservation

of power through domination by one group."

Minister Heunis said the government will reject such negative choices and make

another choice. "The Republic of South Africa is therefore following the

route of a continued reform process for broadening participation by all South

African population communities in the decisionmaking processes at all levels

of government. At the same time we are engaged in comprehensive campaigns in

all spheres to improve the living conditions and quality of life of South

Africa's people in cooperation with all communites. We have thus made a

choice for peaceful processes and negotiation as an instrument of change as

opposed to force."

Mr Heunis also said we must realize that those who advocate other choices for

South Africa are offering fierce resistance to reform. "The behavior of such

groups often leads to the state being obligated to conduct security actions.

The government is thus obligated to employ its power bases for the sake of

reform and the continuation of reform. It would be fatal to rely only on

security action, as if security action alone could bring about mutually

acceptable political development. Our security forces are therefore not a

substitute for negotiated reform; they are part of our capability and

therefore we use them if it is necessary, not as an aim in itself, but for

supporting the reform process."

The minister said that the commando has an important role to fulfill in this

context. "Besides serving the general aims of national security in the

narrower definition of security, the commandos — which actually represent a

regional army — also have another important role; namely to help protect the

reform process on the local level and in this way make political solutions

possible. In this connection I would like to refer to the particularly good

relationship existing between the people of Stellenbosch and the local

commando," the minister said.

Finally, Minister Heunis expressed a word of sincere thanks to the bodies

involved in establishing this headquarters. According to his records,

negotiations over the availability of the old sanatorium complex, which now

serves as the HQ, started back in 1981. He then also wished the commando all

success at the HQ and was convinced that the commando's presence there will

contribute to the further broadening of the good cooperation which already

exists in various spheres with the Defense Force.

Headquarters at Diep River

Pretoria PARATUS in Afrikaans 11 Nov 86 p 27

[Unattributed article: "Lion's Head Commando Serving RSA With Pride"]

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[Text] Lion's Head Commando officially opened its new headquarters at Diep

River recently. The unit had already moved into the old school building at

Diep River 12 months before the opening. The building was in a critical

state, but after months of hard work the unit restored the building to a

showpiece. The opening was spectacular, with an honor guard and the cadet

band from Wynberg Boys» High School, which in the past had already often won

prizes for the best cadet band. Mr Leon Markowitz, mayor of Cape Town,

presented the commander, Cmdt Ivan Justus, with a symbolic key to the

headquarters. On behalf of the council members of Cape Town, Mr Markowitz

said that it is an honor to open the building. "Since the unit's HQ have lain

against the slopes of Lion's Head, and the right of free access was received

in 1980, this unit has lain very close to the hearts of the mother city's

community," he said. Upon receiving the symbolic key, Cmdt Justus said that

his unit is proud of their new headquarters and will always try to serve the

Republic of South Africa with the same honor and pride.

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DR BOESAK CRinCIZES SALE OF GM TO WHITE INTEREST GROUP

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 19 Nov 86 p 18

[Column by Dawie: "Some of the Sanction Zealots Are Now Surprised At What They

See"]

[Text] Now that the sanction campaign against South Africa is unfolding in

all seriousness, the truth is beginning to come out that the sanctions are a

joke. As Dawie already predicted months ago, the political law is having

unintended consequences. Even for the worst sanction zealots, the effect of

the measures which they advocated so ardently is nothing less than a grim

disillusionment. One of the most striking examples is what happened at

General Motors in Port Elizabeth. That American company, like many others of

that country which are cutting off their ties with South Africa and bolting,

has sold its interests to a South African group. The end result, as the fiery

Dr Allan Boesak is now also finding out, is something quite different from

what he always hoped and preached. Now he says: "The GM way is worthless.

It only leaves its assets in the hands of another white power group. One of

the first things that the new management did was to announce that it is

revoking its policy which prohibited sales to the South African Defense Force

and police." The things which Dr Boesak now objects to are, however, nothing

new. Even Americans like Mr George Shultz, Dr Chester Crocker and others have

warned innumerable times that this is precisely what sanctions would lead to:

American companies leaving South Africa would simply be replaced by companies

which would not act so "moral" (some would say holier-than-thou) as the

Americans.

Workers

Dr Boesak and the sanction zealots did not want to listen. When the American

Congress's sanction law was implemented, he gloatingly said: "I'm not

weeping." Now he is raising objections to the inevitable consequences of the

policy which he smugly extenuated earlier. Talk of too late for tears! A

disillusionment is not only awaiting the sanction zealots. All workers in

South Africa are standing in the firing line of sanctions. What happened at

GM is an indicator for those who have been living under all kinds of illusions

in that connection. With reference to what happened at GM, the new leftist

trade union, Cosatu, suddenly said the workers are not willing to pay the

price for sanctions.

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In a Fix

Yesterday, when the three-Jweek <M strike collapsed and workers began to stream

back to the factory, one of the strikers tore loose "extremely despondently"

against those returning. "We stressed unity the past three weeks. But where

is it now? I have been fired and will not be reemployed. I have been put

into that fix by all those people who are now leaving roe in the lurch." Such

a cry from the heart exposes what gross deception the sanction zealots use

when they try to make the world believe that the "oppressed" of South Africa

will not mind suffering a bit or even a lot for the sake of sanctions which

will bring the country to its knees. Yet the false reasoning continues.

Bread out of the Mouths

Cosatu's chief secretary himself, Mr Jay Naidoo, argues in COSATU NEWS:

"Sanctions are not here because of the workers. Sanctions are here on account

of Botha and the bosses. They must and will suffer under sanctions—not the

workers. Such an apology for sanctions, which can make the current recession

worse and will take yet more bread out of the mouths of workers, comes from an

office holder of a trade union which allegedly is striving, among other

things, for the following: A decent wage for all workers, an end to

dismissals and work for everyone, rent money that the workers can afford and

suitable subsistence care. How on earth should that be done in an economy

which is already experiencing great unemployment and then is still threatened

by sanctions? Sanctions, a form of economic warfare, are probably going to

get worse. The sanction zealots in America are already preparing for that,

and, moreover, there are plans for the UNO Security Council to institute

compulsory sanctions against South Africa.

A Monster

The threat is so real that even a columnist in the Prog press warns: "The

sanction movement has become an involuntary monster that will devour Dr

Boesak, Archbishop Tutu and all who have fed it." The only way the sanction

zealots can avoid a terrible day of reckoning is to start in time to stem the

evil consequences that they have helped to bring down on South Africa.

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DESIRE FOR PEACE AMONG BIACKS VIEWED

Cape Town DIE BÜRGER in Afrikaans 19 Nov 86 p 19

[Article by Ingo Capraro: »'Blacks Also Want Peace1"; First paragraph is DIE

BURGER introduction]

[Text] Mr Timo Bezuidenhoud (58), regional director of the Cape Provincial

Administration in the Western Cape, who yesterday announced his early

retirement late this month, plans—among other things—to throw his weight in

with Mfesane, an organization which performs community development on a

Christian basis. In the following article, Ingo Capraro gives an account of

Mr Bezuidenhoud's look back over his career and of how he sees his and the

country's future.

He believes that now, "with the devolution of power, a period of quicker and

better development" is entering the black townships, Mr Timo Bezuidenhoud,

regional director of the Cape Provincial Administration in the Western Cape,

said yesterday. He announced that he is taking an early retirement pension.

The past seven and a half years that he has been involved with the development

of blacks in the Western Cape were the most difficult of his 40-year career,

Mr Bezuidenhoud says. It was "rather hell on earth," he said. He "stood in

the focal point when a very unpopular policy was still being enforced."

Thankful

His advancement was on occasion held back because of his view on certain

matters. For example, he never wanted Crossroads to be removed by force, he

told. "I once threatened to go talk to the state president—which did not

make me very popular." But he got along excellently with the two ministers

under whom he served, Dr Piet Koornhof and Dr Gerrit Viljoen. "They are

people with understanding." He "is much happier with the situation" in the

black townships than when he arrived here. There have been many changes for

the good. He is "most thankful" about the discontinuance of demolishing

structures — "for I myself could never agree with those draconian measures;"

about the fact that Crossroads was not moved by force; that the government

amended a resolution that the inhabitants of Nyanga, Langa and Guguletu also

had to move to Khayelitsha; that influx control has been scrapped; the

introduction of the 99-year leasehold system, and now also the introduction of

full property rights for blacks. He thinks it is interesting that the

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government "was converted" from apartheid "before the NG Church was converted

from it." ("I will be shot for that, but I know it's true.") The government

started to talk about dismantling apartheid as far back as 1977. The NG

Church has not opened its doors until recently.

Recognition

He is firmly convinced that there is still enough good will among all the

population groups to make a success of South Africa. "I have talked literally

with thousands of blacks. With a few exceptions, they all wanted peace. All

that people seek is a decent existence, recognition and peace. The needy

blacks are in the majority, and they must be looked after so that they can

eventually look after themselves."

Seek Peace

Mr Bezuidenhoud also wants to build up a speaking forum to bring people closer

together so that they can understand each other. "One of the country's

biggest problems is that, although we work together every day, we do not

really know each other. And there is too little reaching out to each other."

He is accepted "in certain radical circles." "In talks with those people it

repeatedly emerges that in their hearts they seek peace." Numerous dissidents

who are not in favor of the system of local management boards have shown in

talks that they are starting to realize they will have to participate.

"Decisionmaking will be in the hands of those authorities. All who are

against communism should have the opportunity to stand together against it.

There is no doubt that the South African Communist Party and its surrogate

(the ANC) want to take over and control South Africa. But most people and the

biggest percentage do not understand communism or Marxism." They are not

adherents of those ideologies. Among blacks there is "not such a great need

for fraternization. There will always be class differences, not only in South

Africa, but everywhere in the world. However, this does not mean that if

people have the will to live together in peace and build together in peace,"

they should be prevented from doing this. He is in favor of the Group Areas

Act being abolished, Mr Bezuidenhoud said to a question. That would greatly

improve relations. He did not want to comment on education.

Infrastructure

The greatest single need in the townships now is the creation of job

opportunities. He estimates there are at present about 100,000 people in the

black areas of the Peninsula. There is room for 50,000 at most in the area,

if one wants to create for them decent conditions with a suitable

infrastructure. There were about 170,000 people before the violence between

the Witdceke [roughly= vigilantes] and the Comrades earlier this year. Many

people went back to Transkei after the violence. "People are afraid to come

to the Cape on account of the unrest." The big advantage to abolishing influx

control is that it grants people the very freedom of movement which enables

them to seek work where there is work.

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Champion

"When I arrived here, I declared that I regarded myself as the champion of the

common man, and the media were cynical about that. I am retiring now and I

still say that I am the common man's champion.11 After his recent visit to

Europe, where he addressed groups of business people, among others, he got

several invitations to speak in Europe, London and America. He will

definitely accept invitations in the new year, he said. Mr Bezuidenhoud has

performed service in all four provinces and the Southwest. He was, among

other things, chief secretary of the Ovambo government for five years. His

position will be advertised.

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MODERATES ARM THEMSELVES AGAINST RADICALS AT UNIVERSITY

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 20 Nov 86 p 17

[Article by DIE BURGER correspondent in Bloemfontein: "Witsies Go to Class

Armed"]

[Text] It looks as though radical students have now taken over control of the

University of the Witwatersrand and that the authorities at that university

have completely lost their grip. Moderate students attend classes armed with

guns, knives, screwdrivers and even hammers to protect themselves, Mr Martin

Yuill, member of the Moderate Students' Alliance at Wits [University of the

Witwatersrand], says. In an interview Mr Yuill outlined the problems

experienced on the Wits campus in connection with the continual intimidation

and violence which is reigning supreme there. He said the so-called necklace

killings are openly propagated on the campus and the ANC flag flutters on the

campus. It looks as if security guards are powerless and only look on as

moderate students are attacked by radicals.

Intimidation

Even "conservative" foreign visitors like Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien cannot be

sure of their lives there, as was evident from the violence when he recently

wanted to address a meeting at Wits. Moderate students at Wits, as well as

the University of Cape Town and the University of Natal, are starting more and

more to rebel against what they term intimidation. Professor Peter Booysen,

vice chancellor of the University of Natal, this week issued a code of

behavior which says it is the right of every student or invited guest on the

campus to air his opinion from the podium, but then violence must not be

propagated and the rights of others impaired. Many of those speeches are

radical, and that makes Witsies [University of the Witwatersrand students] see

red. A member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) recently made a speech at

the university and, among other things, propagated violence and advocated a

"people's university," Mr Yuill said. At such a "people's university"

students would not be admitted on the basis of their academic qualifications,

but on the basis of the "community service" they have performed, it was said.

Mr Yuill again urgently asked that a legal commission be appointed as soon as

possible to investigate the intimidation and radicalism at the university.

"People are not aware of half of what is happening on the campus; not even the

university authorities."

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There is an increasing number of students who support the MSA, but they do not

want to join out of fear of what may happen to them. "The students do not get

any protection from anyone on the campus." Mr Yuill said thousands of

students attend their classes every day armed with guns, knives, screwdrivers

and even hammers. Although this does not offer much protection when 300

students attack them, it does offer a certain measure of security.

Against Wall

"Posters were repeatedly snatched away from us and torn during the

commemoration of the Pretoria bombing this year. Eight of us were attacked by

about 300 students in the afternoon. The students made us take a position

against a wall, where we were assaulted and stoned. Some of the

administrative personnel and security guards stood and looked on," Mr Yuill

said. While they stood against the wall, the radical students shouted: "Bring

the tires" and "Cook them and eat them." It is such conduct which makes the

moderates crawl into their shell. He said the rector, Professor Karl Tober,

and Professor Mervyn Shear, in charge of student affairs, should resign

because they are doing nothing to put things right.

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SATA REPORT SAYS SCHOOLS MUST BE OPEN TO ALL RACES

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 21

[Article by chief reporter: "SATA Report: Schools Must Be Open to All"]

[Text] Race is "irrelevant" in the educational situation, and state schools

over the entire country ought to be opened up to children of all races,

according to a report of the South African Teachers Association (SATA). The

roughly 205,000 vacant seats in white schools nationwide ought to be filled by

black students who are eager to go to school, the report says. This was drawn

up by a SATA subcoinmittee after a motion at its conference last year that the

viability of open schools should be investigated, Mr Richard Hawkins, deputy

chairman of the SATA and convener of the subcommittee, told DIE BURGER

yesterday. The SATA was founded in 1962 and represents more than 3,000 white

English-speaking teachers in the Cape. Mr Hawkins said, "It was basically an

investigation to determine whether schools can be opened up under the present

dispensation." All apartheid legislation will have to be scrapped for schools

to be able to be opened up. According to the committee, those who are opposed

to the opening-up of schools ought to send their children to private schools.

The report coincides with recent appeals by numerous Cape and Johannesburg

schools that schools should be opened up. The Transvaal Teachers Association

(TTA) "is studying the report thoroughly," Sapa reports. "There is a lot of

support for open schools among our members," Mr Jack Ballard, chief secretary

of the TTA, said. According to the SATA, however, the opening-up of schools

will not solve all of South Africa's educational problems. By 1990 there will

be about 9.5 million students, 8 million of whom will be black. It is

unacceptable to pour money and skill into the black educational system in

order to bring it to the same level as that of whites. The sharing of

existing white facilities and skill is economically a much better solution.

To make an open educational system work, schools will have to establish

supplementary programs for those students with an educationally disadvantaged

background.

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MINISTER OF EDUCATION DISCUSSES BLACK EDUCATION

MB120744 Johannesburg Television Service in Afrikaans 1800 GMT 11 Jan 87

[Interview with Gerrit Viljoen, RSA Minister for Education and Development

Aid, by Willem de Klerk; on the "Network" program; introduced by Betty Kemp—

live]

[Text] [Kemp] Thousands of black pupils streamed back to school last week,

and the education authorities are encouraged after last year's examination

results were made public. Black education still remains in the political

news of our country. Willem de Klerk interviews the honorable minister of

education and development aid, Dr Gerrit Viljoen.

[De Klerk] Minister Viljoen, we welcome you heartily to our "Network" program

tonight. I wish to ask you a couple of straightforward questions concerning

black education, as perceived by various communities; and these questions are

ostensibly critical. The first one relates to your interview with the SABC

where you mentioned that it was only realistic that your ministerial post

should end in time and that the position should be assumed by a black person.

Is there a little speculation as to how this is constitutionally possible?

What does it mean?

[Viljoen] I think this is in line with the ongoing government view that

education is an own affair matter that is closely tied in with the welfare

and desires of each population group within ä defined community. If education

is an own affairs matter, it stands to reason that each community should

control its educational sector. That is why it is so important to me to see

to it that parental responsibility and participation is initiated through the

use of school committees, school boards, and other community means in black

schools; where such arrangements are still at an embryonic stage. A political

decision will be reflected in the educational system as it develops within the

projected framework.

[De Klerk] Is it the ideal of the government of yourself that matters should

proceed in this direction?

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[Viljoen] Well, categorically, the reform initiatives of the government that

dictate that blacks should have a slice of participation in all political

matters that affect them effectively means that they should, as a matter of

urgency, assume direction over certain matters which one could describe as

own affairs. This is where education assumes an important position.

[De Klerk] In the same SABC interview, Mr Viljoen, you described the National

Education Crisis Committee [NECC] as negative and rejected it. You said that

the NECC had made allegations in press statements that you were not willing

to listen to their advice and that the department was unwilling to guarantee

security for its members when they delve into the various aspects of problems

in education. Would you like to take this opportunity to clarify the matter?

[Viljoen] Yes, I will gladly respond to those allegations. In a meeting that

we had with my deputy minister, Mr Sam de Beer, at the end of last year, it

came to light that the NECC, in its press releases and resolutions at two of

its congresses held last year, emphasized politics and public security rather

than academic issues. Academic issues received scant attention or no attention

at all. Without delving into all the negative aspects, let me mention as an

example that the NECC urged the teachers not to cooperate with the ministry

of education—not to cooperate with the authorities [preceding phrase in

English] as they said and also mentioned the need to politicize African education. They counselled parents not to work within democratic institutions

such as school committees. They also urged parents not to contribute to

school funds that are essential for school development. They made many

negative comments that made it quite clear that they wanted to use the

educational system as an instrument for attaining political and security

goals which had nothing to do with education and also worked to the disadvantage of the pupil. Their resolutions had nothing to do with the

interests and future of the pupils, which ought to be the main concern of

education.

[De Klerk] Dr Viljoen, what is the standing of this committee among blacks

and in black education circles?

[Viljoen] That is very interesting, because at one stage when the NECC

asked to be allowed to negotiate with the department, they also applied for a

court interdict against the department at the same time. Now, that is somewhat of an anomaly. On the one hand they want to negotiate and on the other

they take the department to court. That interdict led to a decision by the

supreme court, in which the court found that the NECC had no status to act

on behalf of anyone in education, that there was no indication the NECC was

representative of any one, that the NECC had never been elected representatively according to a constitution by any democratic criteria or organizations.

The supreme court also found that it spoke only for itself. So, there is no

indication that they have any representative authority. Nevertheless, I can

assure you that the department and I and my deputy minister are prepared to

give serious consideration to any constructive proposals aimed at improving

black education and to discuss these with them. So far, we have not received

any really constructive educational proposals from them. Their proposals are

always demands relating to security and politics.

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[De Klerk] Are there any alternative organizations out there in education,

among black parents, with which you can negotiate or with which you are

actually negotiating?

rvilioen] There are no national organizations, but at the local level we have

a network of necessary and time-consuming negotiations with local conrniunxtxes,

with parent communities, with teacher-parent committees, and particularly with

those parents elected by the parents of the schools involved to the school

committees and councils.

me Klerk] Another matter linked to this, Dr Viljoen, is so-called people's

education [preceding words in English; all other mention of people s education" also in English]. It is claimed that this whole concept xs gaining

popularity and is being conducted very dynamically at some schools and that

the department and you yourself are turning a blind eye. Would you comment?

rvilioen] Yes. I would like to say the department is very clear on this--

and in the latest security legislation further control measures have been

introduced in this regard—that no teaching program which has not been _

approved by the department or the country's educational authorxtxes may be

undertaken at a school under control of the department. And when we^have

information that deviant or even revolutionary, inflamatory, politicized

programs are being presented, strict action is taken. Of course that means

one has to obtain the right information in good time in order to take action.

But this is a matter I feel strongly about, because even though—as I have

said several times, people's education means different things to different

people—there can be many meanings—there can be no doubt that the radicals

in South Africa, and not only black radicals, see people's education as an

instrument for politicizing education and using it, as they say themselves,

to conduct a people's struggle and a people's war. So, in that.sense, one

has to reject it totally. Even more philosophically, the NECC xn one^of xts

conference decisions stated that people's education rejects the existing

education system becuase of the system's capitalistic emphasxs on competxtxon

and individualism. It can seem then, that people's educatxon has a whole

lot of socialistic and Marxist philosophy. On the other hand, xt xs also

true that in itself, the basic concept, the basic meaning of people s education contains positive elements such as, for example, that education ought

to take into account the lives and aspirations of the people, of the

population, of the community. So more relevant and community-oriented

curricula and syllabuses is something which I feel is of great xmportance.

I would gladly give urgent attention to any wholesome proposals or research

in this regard.

me Klerk] But by saying so, you would not want to give the impression that

the present people'e education is the right way of going about thxngs, would

you?

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[Viljoen] No. As a matter of fact, the present project, if I may call it

that—the things which the radical groups and in particular the NECC are

involved in—have produced nothing concrete. They have said they are busy

working out programs, and I have said over and over again that any scientifically responsible and educationally sound proposals in this regard will

be given attention, but so far we have not seen anything. So I think they

are themselves still involved with something which has not...

[De Klerk, interrupting] Do you mean by that that you do not believe that

people's education is being conducted with any degree of success?

[Viljoen] I am convinced that there are very few sings of what one may call

deviant or alternative education in the schools. There are no signs of any

actual programs having been worked out. There are signs, however, that at

institutions other than schools, such as churches and other community

organizations, are offering these so-called alternative education programs on

weekends. But as far as the schools are concerned, as far as we are aware,

we believe this is very limited, and we are doing all we can through control

measures, to put an end to it.

[De Klerk] What kind of control measures?

[Viljoen] Well, for example, by taking action against teachers where there

is evidence.

[De Klerk, interrupting] Under these new emergency regulations?

[Viljoen] Under the basic service conditions, a teacher in any education

department undertakes to abide by an approved educational program. I must

also emphasize a very important point, and that is that people's education,

which is merely politicized education, which merely dishes out ideological,

Marxistic, socialist ideas, will never equip a child to gain entry to a career.

The employer is a critical person, and he needs to have the assurance that

the certificate of the person he is employing—whether it be a school

certificate or a college certificate—is worth something. And if it is

based on a politicized, one-sided, ideological education, such education will

have no career value in the labor market in South Africa. One has to protect

the child against this.

[De Klerk] Let us look at that in more detail, the actual quality of a black

matric, diploma, or degree. In your view, is it equal to any? Are standards

particularly low? Are we involved in a deliberate lowering of standards in

order to get high pass figures? I would like your opinion.

[Viljoen] I would like to discuss this matter, because I know it is a matter

of which many rumors—I could almost say irresponsible rumors—are circulating,

as though a black matric is inferior to, or of a lower standard than, say, a

white of Indian matric. First, the Department of Education and Training does

not have a separate examination for black candidates. It uses the questions

and examiners of the joint matriculation borad, as far as the matric

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examination in African languages is concerned, and it uses the examners and

auctions of the national senior certificate which is used by the House of

Issembly's Department of Education and Culture for all the other subjects.

In other words, black students enter for a matric examination under examiners

and with questions which are part of a national system recognised all over

the country by recognized organizations, and which cater for whites in the

maL namely Ine joint matriculation board and the »««-l.-^^ -ate.

In addition, in terms of university entrance requirements, the matriculation

Joard has ?o monitor all results even before these are issued by the Department

of Education and Training. The board has its own moderators, it conducts

statistical examinations of the marks in comparison with results fi* the

previous year and only when the board approves the results are they issued.

So you can see the whole structure at the school-leaving stage is ge-red

toward ensuring equal stnadards. Let me say, it is an unfortunate fact that

thlfailure rate of black candidates is still fairly high. This year the pass

rate was 52 percent; 52 percent of the candidates who sat for the examination

passed. That, of course, is much too low, and we are doing everything

possible to improve the standard of high school teaching and overcome the

handicaps of background experienced by many black high school students, in

order to give them a better chance of success. But if the standards were low

the failure rate would not be so high.

[De Klerk] What are you doing about improving the standards of teaching

right there in the dynamic classroom situation in black schools.'

rvilioen] Several measures are being implemented. There are several inservice training programs aimed at providing enriched training to teachers

who in some cases may not have the necessary experience or qualifications.

Teaching guides have been drawn up by the department for"its teachers.

Attention is given through adult education, to making the parents more aware

of their duty to support their children in their education. I believe one of

?he problems in black education is that the black student whose parents are

not aware of the parental responsibility in education is in a rather lonely

position. So informal adult education is aimed at the parent community.

This is very important, because it contributes to the atmosphere at home.

As you know, the atmosphere at home is just as important for one s achievement at school as the school itself.

[De Klerk] Are you able to say whether these measures you have introduced to

raise the standard of education are bearing fruit yet?

rvilioen] Oh, yes. We have reduced the percentage of black teachers who have

no formal matriculation exemption certificate by "percent in ^ past 2 years.

In other words, those teachers themselves went ahead and enrolled in night

classes at the teacher training centers and they have improved their qualifications. And over 11,000 black teachers are doing part-time studies at Vista

University to gain university level qualifications. So there xs a dramatic

move toward teacher upgrading in order to raise the level of high school

success.

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[De Klerk] Dr Viljoen, schools reopened this week. Reports seem to indicate

that boycotts are a thing of the past. What is the latest information you

have on this?

[Viljoen] Our latest information is very encouraging. Enrollments in all

regions are much higher than last year. There are even some places where

boycotts were taking place on a large scale last year and where normal

population growth and the backlog caused by the boycotts have led to an excess

demand on some schools for places, thereby causing a problem in the short

term. We will have to deal with that problem, of course. There are also a

few places where schools came to a complete standstill last year, where we

insisted that the schools would not be reopened until the parents undertook

to support education when it resumed. In these cases, negotiations will

still have to take place between the school authorities and the parents. In

some cases this has already been successfully completed, and the schools

have been reopened, but in others, negotiations still have to take place.

But apart from that, I would say the return to schools has been extremely

pleasing so far.

[De Klerk] We are nearing the end of our discussion, but is there any hope

that we will ever depoliticize education to the extent that the real ideals

of education will come into their own again, and the whole problem of black

education and its financing will be solved? Do you see a light at the end

of the tunnel? What is your opinion on that?

[Viljoen] I believe there are several positive factors on the road to the

further development of black education. First, the question of financing—

the government has committed itself to a 10-year program to bridge the gap in

standards of financing of black education and that of, for example, white and

Indian education. We have already started with that. Second, there is the

fact that as the new central department of national education comes into full

effect, which will set the basic financial, academic, and staff standards for

all departments, all population groups, and as it gains the cooperation of

all population, groups for its management structures, I believe the legitimacy,

the acceptability, of black education as part of a centrally controlled system

will also increase. And another important factor, I believe, on the road ahead

is that as we advance with constitutional reform and introduce new structures

which allow for political participation, political power sharing, for blacks,

the political turmoil in black education will be reduced. As political reform

begins to satisfy black aspirations, there will be less political pressure to

misuse the educational system for political purposes. So, considering all

these factors, I would say the prospects for the future are bright.

[De Klerk] Dr Viljoen, thank you very much for being with us for this

interview.

[Viljoen] You are welcome.

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OFFICIAL SAYS 'RADICAL' GROUPS HARM COUNTRY'S IMAGE

MB090550 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0549 GMT 9 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 9 Jan (SAPA)---The Deputy Minister of Information, Dr

Stoffel van der Merwe, has told the SABC that radical organizations were

doing tremendous damage to South Africa's image abroad by conducting

campaigns of untruths about the country and keeping quiet about the real

facts.

Dr van der Merwe said it was clear, however, that dramatic changes still

had to be brought about in South Africa and that blacks should be included

in the decision-making process at all levels.

He said the continuation of reform initiatives was of vital importance and

that it was equally important that all leaders and organizations should come

forward to find a peaceful solution to the country's problems through

negotiation. Negotiation was essential because the government could not

act unilaterally.

Dr van der Merwe repeated the government's invitation regarding peaceful

negotiations. He emphasized that the ANC was a violent organization and

that the organization was excluded from the negotiating process because it

refused to renounce violence.

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HOUSING MINISTER COMMENTS ON DEVOLUTION OF POWER

MB151133 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1108 GMT 15 Jan 87

[Embargoed until 1800 GMT on 15 January]

[Text] Johannesburg, 15 Jan (SAPA)—The government intended implementing

the principle of devolution of power to its full consequences, Mr Amie Venter,

minister of local government and housing, said today.

Speaking at the opening of a new municipal complex at Randburg, he said

municipal officials and councillors should prepare themselves for the more

responsible roles they would play in the new system of local government.

"The aim should be to establish a meaningful democratic dispensation in which

each person can—individually and as a group—make effective decisions on his

own affairs," Mr Venter said.

Referring to regional services councils, Mr Venter said joint responsibility

for community affairs should also be accepted.

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SANCTIONS, BOYCOTTS' INQUIRY COMMITTEE TO DISBAND

MB151Ö25 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0928 GMT 15 Jan 87

[Text] Cape Town, 15, Jan (SAPA)—The parliamentary committee appointed last

year to investigate the effects of sanctions and boycotts on South Africa

has decided to discontinue its work because international circumstances had

changed since its appointment.

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The committee, under the. chairmanship of Mr J.H. Heynes, MP for Vasco, and

comprising members of all three houses of parliament, published its report

yesterday.

In evidence to the committed, a number of cabinet ministers state that it

was the government's view tnWt the terms of reference of the committee fell

within the functions of the executive and not the legislature.

Mr Harry Schwarz, PFP MP for Yeoville, who proposed the motion in parliament

in terms of which the committee was established, moved that the committee

should not continue its investigation because of the approach of the cabinet

and because of "changed international circumstances."

The committee also decided that it could not continue its work because it

was not within its terms of reference to "discuss political actions to be

taken in the circumstances." - \

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OFFICIAL AFFIRMS PARLIAMENT STATEMENTS PROTECTED

MB142014 Johannesburg SAPA in English 2002 GMT 14 Jan 87

[Text] Pretoria, 14 Jan (SAPA)-—The Deputy Minister of Information, Dr Stoffel

van der Merwe, today denied press reports implying that the media may be

prohibited by the existing emergency regulations from reporting on certain

parliamentary debate.

A statement issued by the Bureau for Information said the regulations issued

by proclamation on 11 December 1986, proved that certain matters such as

particulars appearing from debates, documents on prodeedings of parliament

or the president's council are exempted from publication control as introduced by the said regulations.

Dr van der Merwe reaffirmed that parliamentary privilege will remain intact.

He added that the final test would be whether a particular piece of journalism

promoted the cause of an undemocratic organization or not. Dr van der Merwe

emphasized that the reporting of the words of a member of parliament is

permissible in terms of parliamentary privilege legislation and that the aims

of the emergency regulations, including those relating to the media, are not

supposed to hamper the normal democratic process. "The fact that these

assurances, given during an SABC television program, were ignored by some

members of the press and opposition spokesmen clearly indicate that both

were merely out to score some early points in the coming general election

campaign," said the statement.

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PRIVATE SECTOR'S MAJOR ROLE IN ECONOMY STRESSED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 22

[Unattrihuted article: "Private Sector Should Give Authorization"]

[Text] The private sector is sitting and waiting for a miracle from the

government and is disappointed about the lack of clarity on financial and

economic matters, but it does not realize that it is the government which is

waiting for a proxy from the private sector. That is what Mr R.H. Kaplan,

outgoing chairman of the Cape Chamber of Industries, said yesterday at the

general annual meeting in Cape Town. The South African government has been

rather slow the past decade in accepting responsibility for South Africa's

economic prosperity. Its fiscal responsibility, as regards a meaningful

budgetary process, has fallen far short of its mark. But what is worse is the

private sector's inability to give the government a proxy on inflation,

corporate tax, personal tax and capital investment. Mr Kaplan says the

inflation rate must be brought down to between zero and two percent. There

is still high unemployment in spite of the high inflation rate, and he doubts

whether it will get worse if the inflation rate is brought down to these

levels. Besides that, the maximum tax rate should be lowered to 35 percent,

subsidies should be gradually eliminated, decentralization should be replaced

by the promotion of industrialism and the financial rand should be again

abolished.

Mr 0. von G. Scholtz was elected as the new chairman at the annual meeting.

Mr M.L. Getz was elected as the new first deputy chairman. Messrs P. Collins

and P.H. Ferreira were elected deputy chairmen and Mr W.A. Bremer honorary

treasurer.

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STATISTICS ON BEACK-ON-BEACK VIOLENCE VIEWED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 19 Nov 86 p 8

[Editorial: "Black Violence"]

[Text] The bloody violence of black against black in South Africa has even

been making leaders of the radical groups counteract it recently. It looks as

though the realization has started to hit home with them that this kind of

conduct is not helping them along at all in the so-called liberation struggle;

rather the contrary. The latest admonition against black-on-black violence

came from the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania this week. In a sharply

worded statement a serious appeal is made to stop the violence, among other

things because it only brings disgrace down on the perpetrators. The violence

was also already earlier condemned by leaders of the UDF and Azapo, two

organizations that have already given the impression that they want to wipe

each other out entirely.

The statistics are indeed shocking. Thus, for example, 284 blacks were

murdered by radicals in just one three-month period this year, 172 of them by

means of the barbaric necklace method. In a country like America, where the

electronic media in particular spew bile against the South African government

practically every day, they could not gloss over the mutual black violence, to

the measureless horror of the American public. It remains to be seen whether

the recent appeals by black leaders to stop the violence will have any

noteworthy positive effect. The bloodlust of certain elements has already

gotten so uncontrollable that the appeals will perhaps fall on deaf ears. The

built-in power struggle within the country's black communities still lies at

the root of the matter. It is a power struggle which would not disappear

overnight if demands for surrendering property to the so-called black majority

were met. Unfortunately, this is a realization which will not easily hit home

with misguided idealists who see nothing but Utopian visions.

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DROPOUTS FROM LIBERAL CHURCHES WELCOMED IN ARK

Pretoria DIE AFRIKANER in Afrikaans 3 Dec 86 p 3

[Unattributed article: "ARK Offers Home"]

[Text] The Afrikaner Reform Church (ARK) has not embarked on a recruitment

campaign, but merely wants to offer a home to believers who have been

alienated from their churches as a result of the liberalistic leanings in the

Afrikaner churches. That is what Rev. Jan Jooste, minister of the ARK, said

last week when he addressed an information conference of the Church in

Pretoria. During the conference Rev. Jooste examined the disturbances in the

churches since the Cottesloe Deliberation of 1960, as well as the various

synodal resolutions since then. He again stressed that the ARK is not bent on

a recruitment campaign, but wants to off er a home to believers who have been

alienated from their churches because of the liberalistic tendencies in the

Afrikaner churches. The Rev. Jooste stressed that the ARK is not a political

church, but is purely devoted to the unadulterated promulgation of the Word of

God. He added that there will of course always be those who will suspect

everything that is conservative as being politics.

The Rev. Jooste briefly dealt with the ARK's church law and especially

stressed the entrenched articles which deal with the foundation (the Holy

Scriptures), the profession (the Third Formulary) and membership, which is

restricted to white believers who profess their belief in Jesus Christ in

public.

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STRENGHTENING OF MINING, MANUFACTURING SECTOR ENCOURAGED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 21 Nov 86 p 20

[Unattributed article: "SA Should Make Use of Opportunities—Kuun11]

[Text] In spite of the effect of the current sanction campaign, South Africa

is in a very favorable position to take great advantage of the position in

which the world economy now finds itself and is expected to increasingly find

itself in the next few years. That is what Mr Christie Kuun, president of

the Afrikaans Institute of Commerce, said yesterday at the annual dinner of

the Swellendam Afrikaans Chamber of Business. However, this will mean that

South Africa will have to develop a purposeful strategy much more than in the

past in order to assure a bigger say on the world markets. The country

already posseses a wide range of strategic raw materials for which there is a

strong demand on the world markets. It is thus not only of merely direct

economic interest to South Africa to continue to exploit its wealth in raw

materials, but, economically speaking, it will make the country

proportionately more and more important and indispensable in the world.

Mr Kuun says where South Africa has at its disposal so many raw materials, it

is illogical to think only of the domestic market, and ways and means will

have to be thought up to bridge sanctions. He also stressed that South Africa

will have to appreciably strengthen its manufacturing sector, not only to

become less dependent on imports, but to put the country in a position to

compete on the world markets with its own manufactured products, he said.

This will mean that South Africa will have to live more frugally in the coming

years and will have to make a greater contribution to forming capital in the

country. South Africa will in the future be ever more dependent on internal

money sources, and if the country wants to prevent its economic development

from being handicapped by a shortage of capital, the populace itself will have

to bring together a greater share of the country's demand for capital.

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STRENGTH IN FACE OF DISINVESTMENT, SANCTIONS ENCOURAGED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 21 Nov 86 p 18

[Editorial: "Make SA Strong"]

[Text] It is becoming clearer by the day to South Africa that its continued

existence as an orderly and viable state is at stake. The way that Kodak is

pulling out of South Africa brings a new dimension to the foreign

disinvestment campaign. While General Motors and IBM products will still be

available here in spite of their withdrawal, on account of the transfer of

their interests to South Africans, Kodak is breaking the ties entirely. They

will not remain in the case of Kodak. There can be no doubt that the Kodak

way is actually the only acceptable one to the advocates of disinvestment and

sanctions. There are already reports that agitators against South Africa want

to exert pressure on other American companies to follow Kodak's example by

cutting themselves off entirely from the Republic. It is known that other

international companies are reconsidering their involvement. To judge by the

fanatical atmosphere on a broad front against the Republic, in which

intimidation and blackmail are not spared, there will still be companies that

will succumb to the pressure.

What should South Africa do under these circumstances? It will have to make

itself strong on as broad a front as possible. This goes for the economy,

which, despite the many stumbling blocks being placed in its path by

disinvestment and sanctions, will have to be managed in such a way that a

viable existence can be offered to ever more people. The government, private

sector and every ordinary South African will have to help. The field can

hardly be more open to resourceful and skillful South Africans. The country

must also be strengthened further in the political sphere. As Dr Stoffel van

der Merwe, deputy minister of information designate, says: Reform must go

forward in spite of the fact that it will not change the country's image

abroad. It is clearly no longer a matter of "apartheid" for the sanction

fomenters. If a political system acceptable to the country's reasonable

people comes about and if this results in solidarity and national harmony

among most of the people, a powerful bulwark will be built against the attacks

from outside. That is where the country's salvation lies.

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RJLLOUT OF BARCLAYS BANK VIEWED

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 25 Nov 86 p 20

[Editorial: "Barclays Bank"]

[Text] The way that Barclays Bank in Britain got rid of its investment in its

South African branch is not without positive significance. The economy can

win in reality because South African companies are taking over the British

shareholding. It is a pity that another large foreign company has succumbed

to the pressure to dissociate itself from South Africa. Barclays' withdrawal

is in fact the biggest single disinvestment move so far, although it does not

want to admit straight out that it was because of pressure. But it is not at

all such a great victory for the anti-South African pressure groups, as the

Anti-Apartheid Movement in Britain professes. Barclays obviously thought

through the possible consequences of a total withdrawal thoroughly and

realized that such a step cannot be justified on moral grounds. South African

groups therefore got the chance to step in. Fortunately for South Africa,

there were domestic companies that had the will and financial muscle power to

put the bank wholly in South African hands. This assures continued employment

for thousands of workers, and millions of rands in dividends will no longer

have to be paid to the British company every year. If disinvestment happens

that way, it can even have benefits for South Africa. It will surely not

always be possible, for South Africa is still lacking certain skills and

production facilities in the technological sphere in particular. The

challenges of sanctions and disinvestment will become greater yet for the

Republic in the future. The advocates of such punitive measures will be

spurred on by the successes they achieve. The real test for South Africa will

be how it succeeds in making its economy survive in the long run.

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MERCEDES-BENZ OFFICIAL CALLS FOR MORE MULTIRACIALISM

Cape Town DIE BÜRGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 17

[Article by DIE BÜRGER correspondent: "M-Benz's Boss Departs: SA Now Closer

to True Dialogue."]

[Text] Johannesburg—"Things like the urgent removal of the Group Areas Act

can only be a milestone on the road to a real multiracial society," Mr Juergen

Schrempp, executive chief officer of Mercedes-Benz of South Africa, said.

South Africa is, in spite of certain pessimistic opinions, much closer to the

start of meaningful dialogue and a constructive handling of its problems, but

I fear the clock is moving toward midnight. The basis and necessary

understanding of equal participation of all the people of this country in the

building of a new, thriving South Africa must be accepted by everyone," he

said in Johannesburg at his farewell ceremony. Mr Schrempp is leaving next

month to go back to Germany, where he is becoming the head of Daimler-Benz's

worldwide sales and marketing of commercial vehicles. He is being succeeded

by Mr Sepp van Huellen.

Dreamer

"It is obvious and natural that South Africa ought to take the lead in

development which will eventually reach deep into Africa. But that can only

be attained if the existing emotions, fears and prejudices are removed and

everyone can participate fully in economic and political processes. I do not

doubt at all that this will indeed happen. One has to be a bit of a dreamer

to see a certain type of united states of southern Africa which can be one of

the most progressive and advanced regions in the entire world," Mr Schrempp

said. Mercedes-Benz of South Africa has no plan to withdraw from the country,

Dr Gerhard Liener, who came from Germany specially for the farewell, said. He

is a member of the board of directors of Daimler-Benz AG and is next year

becoming the head of the department for commercial vehicles, where he will be

Mr Schrempp's immediate chief. "It is not my task to sit in judgment on the

motives of other companies that are leaving the country. We are successful in

the competitive struggle in the market. Why then should we throw in the

sponge?" South Africa has still always been a good market for Mercedes-Benz,

and its position varies between the third and sixth place on the list of

export countries. Mr Schrempp said it is remarkable when one thinks of the

fact that South Africa is only 14th on the world list of vehicle

registrations."

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SOUTH AFRICA

BOTSWANA ACCUSED OF GIVING REFUGE TO ANC

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 24 Nov 86 p 10

[Editorial: "Botswana and the ANC"]

[Text] The ANC's continued use of Botswana to get terrorists into the

Transvaal countryside cannot be ignored. This year alone there were six

landmine incidents on the border with Botswana. Eight terrorists were taken

into custody. It is difficult to believe that the ANC is making these

cowardly attacks without Botswana's knowledge, if not also with its approval.

It is therefore not surprising that Mr Pik Botha, minister of foreign affairs,

has now invited Botswana to send some of its security people to South Africa.

They can interrogate one of these captured terrorists in the presence of the

SA Police for the purpose of acquiring firsthand evidence concerning what

Botswana alleges to know nothing about. According to MT Botha, this terrorist

told that the ANC uses two routes through Botswana in order to infiltrate

South Africa. He himself had the mission to murder farmers in the border

region, to turn farms into ANC bases and to maintain contact with certain

authorities in Botswana for logistical support.

Botswana has already been informed in the past that the ANC is using its

territory to inflitrate South Africa. That has not helped. The SA Defense

Force has already struck at ANC targets in Botswana. That is apparently not

helping either. Mr Botha's invitation will hopefully now be accepted. That

may help to clear up the air between the two countries. South Africa believes

in peaceful coexistence with its neighbors, but cannot and will not allow a

communist-inspired terrorist organization to murder innocent citizens,

including women and children of all colors, in order to try to create the sort

of panic in which it can realize its objectives of a violent takeover of

power.

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BRIEFS

HNP-CP QUARREL REPOR3ED—Bronkhorstspruit—A heated quarrel between Dr Andries

Treurnicht, CP leader, and a handful of HNP supporters broke out here last

niqht at a public meeting addressed by Dr Treurnicht. During question time, a

well-prepared HNP heckler and a few supporters peppered Dr Treurnicht with

questions about the highly sensitive points of difference^ich are presently

throwing a wrench into the merger of the two parties. It was the first time

in a long time that the lingering discord between the two far-right parties

has resulted in a quarrel in public. At one stage questions and answers were

slung back and forth. The questioner, Mr Wouter Rust from Middelburg, later

said Dr Treurnicht did not answer one of his questions. Dr Treurnicht said

the latest attempt at cooperation was rejected by the HNP leadership. Our

door is open. The CP is the party that stands by unification.» Dr ^ 5**

said even if everything which Mr Rust accuses him and the CP of is true, then

he still says: Let's forget it and work together in the future. [Text] [Cape

Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 87 p 17] 13084

GM PRODUCTION AGAIN NORMAL—Port Elizabeth—Production at both General Motors

plants here was again normal yesterday, with 2,200 workers back in the

workshops, a spokesman for GM said. About 1,000 people showed up Monday to

seek work, but only 200 could be employed. The plant will close on 19

December for Christmas vacation and work will be resumed on the first day of

the new year—sooner than is traditionally the case—to make up for lost time,

the spokesman said. According to him, workers support the early start next

vear. "Many" of the 567 workers who were dismissed because of the strike have

been taken back into service. There is a report from Johannesburg that the

strike of about 500 workers at the J.G. Strijdom Hospital was continuing

yesterday. The workers, all members of a black municipal trade union, are

demanding wage increases and better working conditions. - (Sapa) [Text] [Cape

Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 17] 13084

MAIAN DENIED PORTUGUESE VISA—Pretoria The vacation plans of the minister of

defense, General Magnus Malan, were thwarted by the Portuguese government's

refusal to issue him a visa to visit Madeira next month. The Portuguese

state-controlled news agency, Anop, reported the day before yesterday that Gen

Malan's visa request has been rejected. According to the report, Gen Malan

was to have been the guest of businessmen from the island who have emigrated

to South Africa. Inquiries yesterday, however, revealed that Gen Malan would

have visited the island on a private visit. A spokesman for Gen Malan said

upon inquiry that the minister is not willing to comment "on guesses in

connection with his private vacation arrangements." [Text] [Cape Town DIE

BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 8] 13084

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LARGE BANKS OPPOSE BOYCOTTS--lt would appear that no other foreign bank is

going to follow the example of Barclays Bank of Britain and sell its South

African interests. Moreover, foreign banks do not intend to break their ties

with South Africa either. One of the large banks in America, Citibank, says

it does not intend to sell its full branch in South Africa. A spokesman for

the bank says they intend to still keep on operating that branch, although

they are looking at the situation in South Africa on a continual basis.

Standard Chartered of Britain also said it does not have any plans to sell its

39 percent interest in the South African Standard Bank. However, it recently

lowered its interest in that bank from 50 percent to 39 percent by not

assuming its rights in an issuance of rights of the South African Standard

Bank. Other American banks have also given to understand that they are not

going to break their ties with South Africa. Those banks include Chase

Manhattan, Chemical Bank, Manufacturers Hanover Trust and Morgan Guaranty

Trust. Other British companies in South Africa, besides the British banks, do

not now have any plans to pull out of here either. [Text] [Cape Town DIE

BURGER in Afrikaans 26 Nov 86 p 22] 13084

REGULATIONS ENFORCEMENT TRANSFERRED TO PROVINCES—The state president has

transferred the enforcement of regulations of various bills from the minister

of constitutional development and planning to provincial administrators. A

notxce in this regard appeared in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE in Pretoria The

bills are: the bill on the prevention of illegal squatting, certain"sections

of the bxll on the Group Area Act, the bill on the abuse of habit-forming

substances and rehabilitation centers, the bill on national welfare, the

bill on the blind, the bill on the aged, the bill on social pensions, and

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TEXTILE UNIONS MERGE-A new alliance of six trade unions in the textile and

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jUst ^^ formed ** ^P0 Town' ^ organization is known as the South African Federation of Textile, Garment and Leather Workers'

Unions. These trade unions represent 165,000 workers. Sapa reports that the

organization is not intended as opposition to any other trade-union alliance.

One of the member unions, the National Union of Textile Workers, is retaining

tSLS:;ft S\ Wt? the P°werful Congress of South African Trade Unions

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ese unions are independently affiliated with the

international Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation. The other

unions belonging to the new trade-union alliance are the Garment Workers'

industrial Union (Natal), the National Union of Clothing Workers, the Garment

SS^? a2?0n °f ** WeStem »**», the Textile Workers' IndustriaTSSn

and the Transvaal Leather and Allied Workers» Industrial Union. TTextl rcaoe

Town DIE BÜRGER in Afrikaans 10 Dec 86 p 20] 13084 3 C ^

THREE RESEARCHERS HONOR£I>-Pretoria--Three researchers of the Council for

S^S?f ?

Industrial Research «SIR) have been rewarded with merit prizes

SLS£J°5^ M°?* V^eL?re Dr Dirk Baker'

head of

«» electronics SS^f7

*^National Institute for Aeronautics and System Technology; Dr

S^Srlo^ T^^ ^

tired head °f

** research group for microbioSgy at the National Institute for Food Research; and Dr Adriaan Botha, head of the

accelerator group at the National Nuclear Accelerator Center near Faure. Dr

Bajcer is known for his work in measuring microwaves, Dr Van der Walt for

research on the taxonomy of yeasts, and Dr Botha for research or proton

acceleration. [Text] [Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 11 Dec 86 p 7] 13084

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SOUTH AFRICA

STREET COMMITTEES SAID TO HAVE STEMMED VIOLENCE IN TOWNSHIPS

Cape Town CAPE TIMES in English 27 Dec 86 p 2

[Text]

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JOHANNESBURG. — Hundreds of

street committees have been formed

in Soweto in recent months amidst

claims they are responsible for the

dramatic decline in unrest deaths.

The street committees comprise six

or more members elected by residents. They report to block comittees,

which in turn report to area comittees.

The committees were formed in

some areas of Soweto in April, and

since then have spread quickly to

other, areas.

Members ofthe committees include

activists who claim to be non-sectarian, and both the UDF and Azapo have

members on committees.

Committee members say their aim is

to bring about peace and unity in

Soweto, and to protect residents' interests against "dangerous strangers".

In some cases they also take on crimeprevention duties.

"In our area, killings were such that

we were sure of finding at least three

bodies every weekend. But this is no

longer the case since the street committees were formed," safd one member of a Soweto street committee.

They also claim some success in easing inter-tribal tensions.

While the street committee system

has similarities to the M-Plan devised

by Mr Nelson Mandela 33 years ago,

and some residents call the system by

this name, street committee members

interviewed deny they have links with

the ANC. i

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SOUTH AFRICA

SABC-TV REPORTAGE OF ANC TRAINING CAMP RIDICULED

Johannesburg CITY PRESS in English 4 Jan 87 p 5

[Article by Percy Ooboza in Percy's Itch column]

[Text]

SABC-TV is something else -

and you had better believe it.

Nobody can blame one for concluding that either the people at

Auckland Park have gone absolutely bananas — or even worse,

they have come to the sorry

conclusion that South Africans

have become so punch-drunk

with propaganda that anything

apppearing on the box will be

religiously lapped up.

Take the dreadful documentary they had just before Christmas which purported to show

the African National Congress

as a horrendous organisation

which treated its followers with

untold brutality.

It was such a dismal failure

that anybody who believed even

a tenth of that amateurish attempt must take themselves to

the nearest headshrinker. And if

the latter is worth his salt, he

will obviously prescribe staying

away from watching TV1.

Even my 14-year-old could

not resist telling me that one

scene claiming to show an ANC

training camp - with hundreds

of young men and women singing freedom songs - was in fact

footage from a scene taken at a

funeral in Duduza!

Now how's that for being

caught out like a rat?

If a 14-year-old girl can be

that perceptive, then the SABC

must ask themselves who's fooling who.

The fact of the matter is that

as long as the SABC enjoys the

monopoly of smearing and defaming people who can't defend

themselves - since the country's

laws have seen to that - then

whatever they say about outlawed organisations will just be

dismissed as hollow propaganda

by all right-thinking people.

One would have thought that

Pretoria, given the deepening

crisis in the land, would be busy

seeking realistic options to reverse the situation. Maligning

the organisation with the biggest political following in the

land seems to me to be a crazy

way of looking at those options.

Nowhere in that documentary

was it mentioned that all over

America and Europe there are

outstanding academics who left

this country under the auspices

of the ANC and were helped

through their studies by the organisation. An obviously well

considered investment for a new

South Africa. For the skills of

these people will be sorely needed when our people finally do

take their rightful place in this

nation.

But what concerns me about

that documentary is that a white

friend of mine tells me most

white people will believe it. If

that is so, then the SABCs role

in the disinformation campaign

is even more distasteful. A public medium like it should be

preparing people to accept the

consequences of living in a normal society - instead of enforcing the unacceptable abnormality of the situation we have now.

Thank heaven I switched to

M-Net after that and was treated to a real Robert Redford

humdinger, Three Days of the

Condor.

It was Redford at his best. It

did more than just soothe away

the claptrap and garbage I was

subjected to on TV 1. It was pure

entertainment

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SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

PEOPLE'S EDUCATION BAN CONDEMNED—Johannesburg, 13 Jan, SAPA—The ban on

people's education was a "loud and clear declaration that the government is

not prepared to solve the education crisis," the South African National

Students' Congress, said in a statement released today. "Thousands of

students went back to school despite the fact that fellow students,

student leaders and members of the National Education Crisis Committee

are still in detention, and the state of emergency has not been lifted.

We must warn the government that if going back to school means more

swallowing of the colonialist education that we so much abhor, then

it will have itself to blame if schools are going to run empty." [Text]

[Johannesburg SAPA in English 0930 GMT 13 Jan 87 MB] /12624

6 NEW SCHOOLS PLANNED IN ALEXANDRA—The Department of Education and Training

is to build six schools—five primary and one secondary—in Alexandra

Township this year, Deputy Minister Mr Sam de Beer announced during a

tour in the township yesterday. Mr de Beer said two of the primary schools

would be built between January and March at a cost of R600,000, while two

more, Ikageng and Zenzele, would be put on tender on Thursday. He said

as far as upgrading was concerned, two existing school buildings had already

been converted into double-storeys. He said R53,00O had also been set aside

for improvements to other schools while R800,000 would be allocated for

sporting facilities. "I would like to thank the community of Alexandra

for their patience and perseverance for years of waiting for better

facilities. We are here because of our sincere wish for our children to

obtain the best possible educaiton," Mr de Beer said. He said it must

be realized that the future was going to be decided by the education of the

children. Meanwhile, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) has issued a call

to all headmasters of Indian schools to admit children of all races when

schools re-open today. [Text] [Johannesburg SOWETAN in English 13 Jan 87

p 2 MB] /12624

DIRE NEED FOR BLACK MANAGERS NOTED—There are only 256 000 South Africans

managing and administering the country and its businesses out of a total

economically active population of 8.7 million, according to the latest

official population analysis. The analysis shows that there are more than

33 workers per manager or administrator in SA, compared with ratios of

about 6-1 in the US and 8-1 in Europe. Moreover, if the public sector is

omitted, the SA ratio rises to some 50-1. Also, the SA ratio could be

more than 100-1 by the year 2000 unless the number of new, trained black

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managers and administrators each year is increased by at least 1 000

percent. At present, only 10 802 blacks are listed as managers or administrators—lesss than four percent of all such workers. By contrast, some

60 percent of all economically active South Africans are black.--Sap.

[Text] [Johannesburg CITY PRESS in English 4 Jan 87 p 3] /9317

AZASM MEMBERS HIDING—Several Azanian Student Movement members have gone

into hiding following the Bophuthatswana police's detention of four

Ga-Rankuwa and one Atteridgeville Azasm branch members recently. The

Bop police, bent on eradicating undesirable elements in their territory,

arrested Bali Rapoo, 17, of Atteridgeville at a roadblock in Mabopane

on December 19 for allegedly having "unwanted material." Azasm president

Nkosi Molala said Rapoo had gone to make arrangements for the new school

term with his friends in Mabopane when he was arrested. The other four

Azasm members, Molala says, were picked up at their homes in Ga-Rankuwa

late in November last year. The Ga-Rankuwa police have confirmed that they

are being held at the Odi prison in Mabopane in terms of the Maintenance

of Law and Order Act. Molala has condemned the arrests. [Text]

[Johannesburg CITY PRESS in English 4 Jan 87 p 3] /9317

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SOUTH AFRICA

NEWSPAPER GROUPS TO CHALLENGE BANS ON ANC REPORTING

MB101830 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1757 GMT 10 Jan.87

[Text] Johannesburg, 10 Jan (SAPA)—The two major English-language newspaper

groups are to challenge in court the government's latest gags on the publication of news or comment on the African National Congress.

The challenge, by SAAN [South African Associated Newspapers] Argus, was

launched today, and papers were served on the minister of law and order and

the commissioner of police.

The application asked the court to declare the order, issued on Thursday by

the commissioner, to be void. The main grounds are that the order is vague,

extends beyond the powers conferred on the commissioner, and is grossly

unreasonable.

Mr Tertius Myburgh, editor of THE SUNDAY TIMES, said the sweeping and

restrictive nature of the order and notice made the proper performance of his

duties virtually impossible.

"There are now vast areas of activity which are of crucial public importance,

and which we believe raders will regard as essential in the planning of their

private lives, about which they can no longer be informed."

Mr Rex Gibson, acting editor of THE STAR, said the notice imposed almost total

censorship on publication of any statements relating to any unlawful organization.

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SOUTH AFRICA

NEWSPAPER GROUPS TO CONTEST REPORTING CURBS IN COURT

MB141055 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1019 GMT 14 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 14 Jan (SAPA)—An application by the Argus Company and

the South African Associated newspapers challenging restrictions on reporting

on "unlawful" organizations, is being launched in the Rand Supreme Court

today.

The English newspaper groups are asking the court to set aside an order by

the commissioner of police, issued last week in terms of the emergency

regulations. It prohibits editors from publishing "anything calculated to

improve or to promote the public image or esteem" of any organization declared

unlawful under the Internal Security Act. These would include the ANC and the

South African Communist Party.

The order was a sequel to advertisements placed in newspapers countryside

calling for the unbanning of the ANC.

The newspaper groups are contesting the order on the grounds that:

—It exceeds the powers granted to the commissioner in terms of the emergency

regulations.

—It is so wide that it covers matter that cannot fall within the powers

conferred on the state president by the Public Safety Act.

—It is manifestly unjust.

—It is grossly unreasonable.

—It is vague and uncertain.

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SOUTH AFRICA

POLITICAL PARTIES, UDF CRITICIZE LATEST PRESS CURBS

MB101035 Johannesburg THE STAR in English 10 Jan 87 p 1

[Text] The Progressive Federal Party has slammed the government's latest

media curbs as "incredibly stupid" and the move has drawn criticism from

several sectors. The New Republic Party was less critical.

Reacting to a ban on reports or advertisements which promoted the public

image of banned organizations, Mr Peter Soal, Progressive Federal Party

spokesman on information, said: "The latest ban is incredibly stupid.

"The government should accept the invitation of the ANC to negotiate, and not

behave in their typically authoritarian and frightened way. The ANC will not

go away, no matter how much it is gagged," said Mr Soal.

Law and order spokesman for the New Republic Party, Mr Vause Raw, however,

said he "could not get excited about the banning of an advertisement that

promotes an organization which threatens the safety of South Africa."

The Reverend Allan Hendrickse, leader of the Labour Party and member of the

Cabinet without portfolio, said today he had no problems with the controversial ANC advertisements which appeared in about 20 newspapers nationwide

yesterday. "My party has itself called for the unbanning of the ANC and the

release of Nelson Mandela," he said.

On the latest press curbs, Mr Hendrickse said he would have to study the

Government Gazette before commenting.

National president of the Black Sash Mrs Mary Burton said: "What it does is

to keep a majority of the white population in ignorance. We believe all

organizations have the right to be heard."

Mr Jules Browde, senior consel, national chairman of Lawyers for Human Rights,

said: "This type of regulation appears to be an effort by the government to

remove the last vestige of freedom of the press, but what is perhaps more

deplorable is that the restriction against saying anything publicly which may

heighten the esteem of people in banned organizations means a curtailment of

the freedom of association and expression of opinions."

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Leader of the National People's Party, Mr Amichand Rajbansl, said his party's

full caucus would meet in Cape Town on 27 January to discuss, among other

things, the media curbs and representations the party had received from

members of the public, including representatives of the press.

Co-president of the United Democratic Front Mrs Albertina Sisulu said the new

restruction was clearly aimed at "muzzling the progressive forces opposed to

apartheid."

"We denounce the restrictions as more oppression and harassment. Anyone who

opposes the government is muzzled," she said.

The Conservative Party was not prepared to comment on the new curbs at the

time of going to press.

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SOUTH AFRICA

PFP CONSIDERING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST GOVERNMENT

MB141427 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1424 GMT 14 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 14 Jan (SAPA)—The Progressive Federal Party was considering taking the "state president and his government" to court in order^

to set aside the emergency censorship regulations, PFP leader Mr Colin Eglin

said today. The media could not publish the PFP's statements on a 'Vast range

of subjects concerning the state of the country and emergency, he said. But

cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and "government spokesmen (no doubt all

National Party candidates) can say what they like and be freely reported,"

Mr Eglin said in a statement to SAPA.

"Before the media can publish statements on these subjects by the PFP they

have to obtain permission of a cabinet minister, a deputy minister or a

government spokesman. In these circumstances a fair election is impossible,"

Mr Eglin said. "Our lawyers have advised us that these regulations are invalid

and should be set aside by the courts. The Public Safety Act was aimed at

securing the safety of the public. The state president's regulations under

that act seem to be aimed at giving the NP a wholly undemocratic and unfair

electoral advantage." The PFP leader said there must be a good reason "why

the NP is frightened to allow the public to hear the truth."

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SOUTH AFRICA

COMMENTARY SAYS VOTERS MUST PICK PARTY WITH CLEAR POLICY

MB130524 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 13 Jan 87

[Station Commentary]

[Text] The question of electoral alliances and parts has become prominent

since the state president's new year announcement that an election for the

House of Assembly is to be held later this year.

There are two main reasons for political parties considering an electorial

alliance. First, where two political parties which are close to each other

on the political spectrum each nominate a candidate in a particular constituency there is inevitably a split vote and consequently the possibility

of the party they are both chiefly opposed to winning that constituency.

Second, for the senior partner in an alliance, the prospects are enhanced of

it forming the official opposition, or the government, after the election.

The other side of the coin is that there is a real danger that electoral pacts

can cause fundamental policy issues to become blurred. This danger arises

when parties, in order to cement an alliance, make compromises on matters of

principle or accommodate policy guidelines not in accord with their own

declared policy.

Countries in Europe—and, in indeed, South Africa as well—have had

multiparty governments that have managed to achieve a workable accommodation.

But it is pertinent to ask whether today's climate does not demand that South

Africa have a government which has a clear-cut and unambiguous policy on the

fundamental issues facing the country.

In an earlier comment, we suggested that the cardinal issue to be decided

by the electorate at the forthcoming election is whether the present program

and pace of reform should be continued with or whether it should be expedited

(as some would have) or halted and even turned back (as others would have).

Coupled with this question, and providing reciprocal influence, are the

revolutionary onslaught, external pressure and the national economy.

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Political parties that form an electoral alliance on the basis of seeking

only the role of the official opposition to oppose the policies of the government on particular issues would probably not find it too difficult to

implement such a commitment. But it is a very different story if two parties

present themselves to the electorate as an alternative government.

The electorate would then expect such an alliance to put before it clear

policies on cardinal issues.

As example, it would be expected of such an alliance to state in categoric

terms whether, if it should for the new government after the election, there

would be one official language or two: and whether it would endorse integrated

sport or enforce segregated sport.

At the other end of the political spectrum, it would be expected of an

alliance to state clearly its standpoint on questions such as enforced

residential and school integration. Where there are differences between

partners in an alliance on policy guidelines or policy nuances, the electorate

cannot be expected to guess which will triumph in a post-election administration. The present situation in South Africa demands that the voters pass

judgment on policies that are neither clouded nor ambiguous.

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SOUTH AFRICA

COMMENTARY VIEWS REFORM PROSPECTS IN 1987

MB010532 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 1 Jan 87

[Station Commentary]

[Text] It was with a good measure of thankfulness that South Africans said

good-bye to 1987 this morning and welcomed in the new year. For 1986 had

been a troubled year — continuing violence and unrest that saw the

introduction of a state of emergency, a host of financial and economic

problems — and the advent of sanctions.

As we look to a bright year in 1987 and a brighter future, the experience

of the past demands a commitment by all to two overriding priorities. The

first is to get the economy moving and the second is for a coming together

of those who can make a positive contribution to further reform.

It is not true to say that in 1986 there was no meaningful reform. The

perception of reform having become bogged down and of there having been

a retreat into the laager is a false perception created and nurtured by

elements politically hostile to the government of the day. Even a

cursory glance at 1986 shows significant reforms: among them, the abolition

of influx control and the hated dompas, restoration of South African

citizenship to residents of the TBVC [Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda Ciskei]

countries, home ownership for blacks and the opening of central business

districts to all in many cities and towns.

Last night the state president announced that further reform initiatives

will be taken this year by the white House of Assembly, with mandates given

to it by the white electorate at the general election that is to be held

later in the year. It is common cause that a major initiative that must

be taken concerns the future political dispensation for black citizens.

But reform initiatives can only become reality if there is an appropriate

response to them: and in respect of a further black political dispensation

there must be an active and positive response from those black leaders who

reject revolution as an answer to this country's problems and who are

prepared to negotiate and reach consensus with other population groups on

future political structures and institutions.

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A climate of unrest and intimidation is clearly not conducive to such a

process of negotiation. The state of emergency has succeeded in stabilizing

the unrest situation: now there is need for a return to normality so that

the process of negotiation can begin in earnest. In this regard, one

promising indicator is that there is likely to be a return to normality

this year in respect of black schooling, which, in the recent past, has

been a major component of unrest situation. The priority now is to restore

normality in respect of other components of the unrest so that there

can be a climate of stability and personal security in which people

can speak up and take part in meaningful reform.

1987 will be a year of reform: it will also be a year — at the general

election and on other occasions — in which South Africans will be offered

the opportunity of uniting against the revolutionary onslaught and against

foreign intervention: and of standing together in building up their

economy and in telling the outside world in no uncertain terms that they

and they alone will resolve their own problems.

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PROFESSIONALS RENOUNCE SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT

MB150957 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0920 GMT 15 Jan 87

[Text] Cape Town, 15 Jan, SAPA Professor Chris Barnard yesterday joined

Dr Louis Luyt and other leading businessmen and academics in renouncing

his support for the government after signing an advertisement urging

people to vote "yes" in the 1983 referendum.

He was one of 135 respondents in a random survey conducted by the CAPE TIMES

newspaper.

Others who have renounced their support are the constitutional law expert,

Professor Marinus Wiechers, and the head of Tongaat Milling, Mr Chris Saunders.

Dr Barnard said the government had "brought this country to its knees"

iind he called for a different approach. He said the denial of political

power to black people had been a "big mistake." "If one treatment doesn't

work you try another. I want the privilege of going overseas some time and

saying there are no apartheid laws at all. I don't think that they (the NP)

can even get this country right."

Mr Frank Martin, co-convener of the KwaNatal Indaba and a former senior

natal MEC [Member of the Executive Committee], described the forthcoming

election as a "re-arranging (of) the deck chairs on the Titanic."

He had supported the 1983 "yes" vote because "it was the first piece of

legislation since 1948 aimed at bringing people together instead of

separating them."

He had hoped that "sense would prevail" but the progress made had been

"a big disappointment" to all who had voted on the assumption that there

would soon be accommodation for blacks.

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COMMENTARY REVIEWS REFORM ACHIEVEMENTS IN 1986

MB311305 Johannesburg International Service in English 0630 GMT 31 Dec 86

[Station commentary: "1986: The Year of Reforms"]

[Text] In spite of all the political turmoil, destruction, and violence

in South Africa's black community, 1986 will go down in history as one

in which black advancement and reform reached new heights. At the beginning

of the year, when opening parliament, State Presdient P.W. Botha said:

We have outgrown the outdated colonial system of paternalism as well as the

outdated concept of apartheid.

Probably the most significant reforms were the abolition of influx control

and the hated pass laws system. Blacks from any part of South Africa,

including the black states, may now move, live, and work where they like

and sell their labor to the highest bidder. All South Africans irrespective

of population group, now carry a uniform identity document and influx control

has been replaced by a policy of orderly urbanization.

South African citizenship has also been restored to all citizens of the

four independent national states who lost their South African citizenship

when their countries became independent. Black South Africans may now fully

own as many houses as they can afford in any of the country's black cities

and towns. Previously they could only own their houses through a 99-year

leasehold or rent them from black municipalities. Now the permanence of

black people throughout South Africa has been finally fully recognized.

This, in turn, has led to the massive upgrading and modernization of black

cities and towns and a massive housing drive to reduce the country's

black housing backlog; Together with this goes the upgrading of black

human resources through education and training. A deregulation drive is

in progress to enable black small business development and central business

districts in major centers are being thrown open to black entrepreneurs.

Black municipal autonomy is being vigorously promoted and local government

has been completely restructured to get back the full and equal say in the

country's second-tier government for the first time. The remaining major

reform which is one of challenges for 1987 is to formalize negotiations

between South Africa's black, brown, and white leaders for full political

participation by blacks in the central government. This process may get

off the ground in 1987 with the establishment of the proposed national

council as a prelude to power sharing.

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LABOR PARTY SPEAKERS DISCUSS REFORM

MB031926 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 1600 GMT 3 Jan 87

[Text] The national chairman of the Labor Party and the minister of

the budget in the House of Representatives, the Reverend Andrew Julies,

says although the tricameral system of parliament is not the ideal one,

it is a start to full power sharing.

Speaking at the 21st annual conference of the party in Port Elizabeth,

Mr Julies said that stability was a prerequisite for reform. He said

certain elements in the country and the outside world accused the

government of oppression when it took steps to ensure stability and

security in the country. These elements were retarding the process of

reform. He called on those advocating an economic war to stop doing so,

as they had already made their point of wanting a South Africa free of

racial discrimination.

The chief minister of Lebowa, Dr Cedric Phatudi, says the belief that

sanctions are a blessing is nonsense. He says they are a burden. Speaking

at the same conference, Dr Phatudi said if sanctions were applied against

South Africa because of its mistaken policies, the people of the country

should be courageous enough to remove the mistakes. He called on the

Labor Party to take the initiative in parliament in calling for a national

indaba similar to the Natal-Kwazulu Indaba.

Another speaker at the conference, the new South African ambassador to

the Netherlands, Dr Frank Quint said that when he took his new post

he would impress on the Netherlands that it would be better to help than

to hinder South Africa in the process of reform. Dr Quint left for the

Netherlands this afternoon.

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MAJORITY WHITE VOTERS BACK REFORM

Johannesburg THE STAR in English 15 Dec 86 p 11

[Text] Seven of every 10 white voters

supports the concept of reform,

according to a nationwide opinion poll published in Rapport,

the Afrikaans Sunday newspaper. Almost 2000 people were

questioned.

The most popular constitutional model among those

polled was a federal or confederal system on a non-ethnic

regional basis. It had the support of 37 percent.

The same 37 percent felt the

rights and privileges of the individual in such a system

should be guaranteed by a Bill

of Rights.

Twenty-seven percent wanted a state based on group autonomy, while 20 percent wanted homelands for each group.

The dismantling of apartheid

was named by 57 percent of the

respondents as one of the most

urgent issues requiring attention. Twenty-three percent referred specifically to the Group

Areas Act.

The opening of public amenities was also mentioned.

General issues indicating the

wish for the protection of

whites' rights were raised by

27 percent.

Other issues requiring attention were negotiation, dialogue

and power-sharing (50 percent);

economic considerations, such

as the creation of job opportunities and the curbing of inflation (29 percent); and reforming

the educational system (15 percent).

Thirty-eight percent believed

the pace at which the Government is bringing about reform

is just right, 34 percent believe

it is too slow, 11 percent believe it is too fast, 15 percent do

not agree with the political reform policy, and 2 percent are

not sure.

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SURVEY FINDS WHITE BELIEF IN RACIAL INTERACTION

MB121612 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1531 GMT 12 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 12 Jan (SAPA)—The majority of white South Africans now

believe social interaction creates better understanding between different

race groups, according to a survey. The study, conducted by Market Research

Africa, found that 71 percent of whites agreed that meeting people from other

groups "on an equal footing" was a "prerequisite for peaceful change." But

there was "very limited social mixing in South Africa outside the workplace,

and intergration is proceeding at a slow rate," said Mr Brian Rath, an

executive quoted by the survey.

The survey, carried out last year, sampled 2007 white adults in urban areas

throughout South Africa. Eighty-four percent of people in Natal were in

agreement as compared to 57 percent in the Orange Free State, 67 percent in

the Transvaal and 75 percent in the Cape.

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COLORED LEADER DELINEATES OBJECTIONS TO INDABA

MB131440 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1421 GMT 13 Jan 87

[Text] Durban, 13 Jan (SAPA)—The leader of the People's Congress Party

[PCP], Mr Peter Marais, has presented a memorandum of objections to the

KwaZulu/Natal Indaba proposals to the minister of constitutional development

and planning, Mr Chris Heunis. SABC radio news reports the memorandum stated

that the party's disagreement with the proposals centered around the nature,

functions and composition of the proposed second chamber.

The chamber is to have ten members each from the African group, the Afrikaans

group, the Asian group, the English-speaking group and a South African group.

The PCP said the Indaba failed to define the coloured community in Natal as

a minority group and that the groupings as defined were based largely on

race, rather than cultural or language groups. The second chamber would not

protect but alienate the coloured community from meaningful participation.

This afternoon the constitutional proposals of the KwaZulu Natal Indaba and

a minority report by the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut [Afrikaans Institute of

Trade], Die Federasie Van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereenigings [Federation of

Afrikaans Cultural Associations] and Junior Rapportryerbeweging {Junior

Messengers Movement] will be presented to Mr Heunis.

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CCAWUSA OFFICIAL SUMMARIZES EXTENT OF ARRESTS

MB091825 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1726 GMT 9 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 9 Jan (SAPA)—At least 215 striking CCAWUSA [Commercial,

Catering and Allied Workers Union] workers had been held by police today and

yesterday, seven of them under emergency regulations, the union said tonight.

Mr Jay Naidoo, national strike coordinator for the CCAWUSA said many of those

arrested at OK Bazaars branches hdd been released soon afterward and "a

minority" had been charged, some under "obscure municipal by-laws."

A spokesman for the Police Directorate of Public Relations said he knew of

only "a few" CCAWUSA workers who had been held in Pretoria today. He could

not confirm arrests in other parts of the country.

Yesterday, police confirmed that CCAWUSA members had been arrested at OK stores

countrywide but could not give figures or say whether they had been released.

Mr Naidoo said some of the workers arrested had been photographed, fingerprinted and questioned before being released. He added that four workers

had been held under the state of emergency today at OK's Johannesburg branch.

Another three CCAWUSA members were detained under emergency regulations

yesterday in Port Elizabeth and were still being held today. The latest

detentions brought to 85 the number of CCAWUSA workers being held under the

emergency regulations, he said.

Mr Naidoo said that, compared with the thousands of workers involved in the

strike, the number of arrests had been small. "This supports our view that

picketing in the way in which we have conducted it is a lawful activity."

He said picketing continued today at OK shops countrywide and there were no

signs of progress in negotiations with management on the wage strike. "It

is the workers' feeling that, however long the strike might take, they will

hold out until they have seen victory."

In other developments, workers from other COSATU-affiliated unions had taken

action in solidarity with the striking OK workers, Mr Naidoo said. His union

had received reports that workers at Nestle in Johannesburg and Bakers in

Durban were refusing to supply OK stores. The report from Durban had not yet

been confirmed.

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He said a meeting at national level between CCAWUSA and several COSATU unions

would be held at the Johannesburg head office of the Congress of South African

Trade Unions on Monday to "assess the overall (strike) situation and to take

a look at specific kinds of actions that could be taken to support the OK

strike."

Mr Naidoo detailed the arrests of CCAWUSA members of which the union had been

informed yesterday and today as follows:

—Sasolburg—15 arrested today but released shortly afterwards.

—Bloemfontein—10 arrested today, one released.

—Vereeniging—Several workers arrested today after management "tried to

destroy placards." Five workers still being held tonight.

—Vanderbijlpark—41 workers held today at two branches.

—Bethlehem—Seven held and released after being fingerprinted.

—Natal—21 held yesterday and all released later. Four held briefly today.

In Pietermaritzburg, eight were held yesterday and charged with advertising

without permission from city council.

—Pretoria—12 held yesterday.

—Rustenburg—20 held today, released later. The union had applied to the

town council for permission to carry placards because of a municipal by-law

that prevents this, Mr Naidoo said.

—Pietersburg—Three people held today; another three held overnight and

released today.

—Potchefstroom—Nine held today.

—Johannesburg—About 40 held yesterday, of whom 19 were kept overnight.

Most were released today but an unknown number were detained at various stores

during the day. Four held under emergency regulations while picketing today.

—Eastern Cape—Three held under emergency regulations yesterday.

[SAPA slugs this item with the following note: "Editors: Item below may

contravene emergency regulations. We are sending copies to the IPLC

[Interdepartmental Press Liaison Center] for their response."]

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COSATU BACKS CCAWUSA DEMANDS IN OK STRIKE

MB131824 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1759 GMT 13 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg 13 Jan (SAPA)—OK management was sticking to its hardline

position on wage demands despite severe losses as the strike by CCAWUSA

[Commercial Catering, and Allied Workers Union] approached its fourth

week, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said today. "The store

has lost tens of thousands of rands but OK seems prepared to suffer huge

losses in its determined campaign against CCAWUSA," COSATU said. COSATU

said OK's coffers were being hard hit after:

— 1. "Loss of sales at the image of the company becomes increasingly

besmudged in the eyes of the community, especially after hundreds of

arrests and dismissals.

—2. "Cashier mistakes, thefts and widespread disorganization as the

chainstore pays the price for using scab labor.

—3. "Looting the day after the Eloff Street (Johannesburg) bomb blast

when rumors of another bomb in the same store sent customers jostling

for the exits — taking with them goods worth tens of thousands of rands."

It was the interests of all concerned that the dispute was settled soon,

COSATU said. "The ongoing conflict has damaged the image the name of OK

Bazaars and holding companies, both in the communities and internationally."

Labor organizations overseas were outraged at the arrest of an alleged

600 strikers and sent strong messages to OK, COSATU said.

OK's bullying tactics — using apartheid's law enforcement machinery

against workers — can only contribute to the general tension and mood

of resistance in the townships." "Each workers dismissed or arrested carries

into the township a message about the attitudes and actions of the

so-called enlightened business community."

It seemed clear that workers were dealing with a determined and arrogant

OK management, COSATU said. "COSATU and affiliates have met and are

implementing plans to step up support for the OK strikers in every region

and in every locality."

COSATU rejected OK's offer of an R85 increase as unreasonable. OK was not

prepared to meet the union to discuss and debate the CCAWUSA demand of a R160

increase, COSATU said. "CCAWUSA has always been willing to negotiate, but

management wants discussion only on its terms." "COSATU unions are untied in

their resolve to fight union-bashing and management attempts to make workers

carry the brunt of the present economic crisis while profits and bosses'

salaries continue to rise."

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NUM REFUTES ANGLO AMERICAN AD ON MINE VIOLENCE

MB100757 Johannesburg THE WEEKLY MAIL in English 9-15 Jan 87 p 10

[Advertisement issued by the National Union of Mineworkers: "National Union

of Mineworkers Viewpoint: Conflict on the Mines"]

[Text] The NUM and mine workers are not fooled by the Anglo American

Corporation's [AAC] public advertisement, particularly when the lives of its

members are at stake.

The AAC perspective surrounding the deaths of over 60 miners in clashes, and

its allegations concerning the NUM's integrity and commitment to sound

industrial relations cannot go unchallenged. AAC in its advertisement is

suggesting that the recent violence, if not caused by the union's behavior,

then certainly has been exacerbated by it, through its failure to adhere to

"established procedures and channels for conflict resolution."

Let it be known once and for all that the source of conflict is rooted in

the institutions of oppression and exploitation which exist in the mining

industry. The hostel system, migrant labor and induna [supervisor] system

were pioneered at the turn of the century by the mineowners to ensure maximum

exploitation and control over all aspects of mineworkers' lives. It is from

this brutal and draconian system that AAC has benefitted. Over time these

structures have been refined and but kept intact. [sentence as published]

AAC has identified and acknowledges some of the issues which have caused the

tensions. But what has it done? AAC wants industrial relations to be sound

and orderly yet it is not prepared to remove the archaic structures which are

the source of conflict.

It wants to publicly articulate its liberal views and distance itself from

the deaths and violences, when the very cause of the problems emanate from

the institutions it has created.

Given this, it is only when these institutions are removed that industrial

relations can be regularized.

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Its empire has been built with the blood, sweat and toil of black workers.

Workers' rewards have been low wages, unhealthy conditions and often death

at the hands of the system which sees profit as its prime objective. Together

with its trusted partner, the apartheid regime, it has wrecked families

and maintained people in conditions of enslavement.

To appease itself it regularly announces its good intentions or in its own

words "at all times has tried to deal with the basic causes of tension" but

its practices leave much to be desired. Evidence of mine managements'

instigation of conflicts is abundant.

In classical style AAC has continued to address the symptoms and not the

causes of the problems on the mines. The NUM does not subscribe to the view

that animosity is inherent between groups of employees.

The NUM has since its inception presented proposals to AAC which it believes

can address the substantive issues on conflict. But AAC has refused to

implement the union's proposals. In typical liberal tradition AAC claims

to know what is best for its workers since workers do not know what is good

for them. How many workers must die, and how many "independent" commissions

of inquiry must be held before the hostels, migrant labor and induna systems

are dismantled as the first phase in the organization of labor relations on

the mines?

The NUM believes that only in a society where workers are in control of all

aspects of their lives, including their lives on the mines, will conflict be

eliminated. AAC, the entire mining industry and those in power should take

note that the NUM intends to make the achievements of this its agenda for

1987.

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ECC SUSPECTS SADF CONCERN OVER DRAFT DODGERS

MB121631 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1533 GMT 12 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 12 Jan (SAPA)—The End Conscription Campaign [ECC]

said today it believed the number of conscripts failing to report for

national service was growing and that the SADF was concerned about the problem.

The ECC was commenting in a statement released in Johannesburg to the

publication in two Sunday newspapers of an open letter to conscripts from the

chief of the SADF, Gen Jannie Geldenhuys.

"Could it be that it (the advertisement) is indicative of the extent to

which conscripts are feeling disquiet about what they are being called on to

do in the SADF?" the ECC asked. "Since the beginning of last year, the

government has refused to release figures of the number of conscripts failing

to report for their national service. Nevertheless, ECC has reason to

believe that this number of growing and that this situation is being treated

with concern by the SADF."

The campaign said some of the statements in Gen Geldenhuys' letter "make

remarkable reading." It referred to statements that the SADF "is not very

flexible," that it was "autocratic up to a point" and that recruits might not

feel they were being used fully every day. "But what Gen Geldenhuys chooses

to ignore is that for many reluctant conscripts the primary issues of concern

are... the role they are being called on to play in the SADF—whether they

will be called on to fight in the townships or in Namibia; what they are

being called on to defend; whether the war they are being conscripted to fight

in is a just one and whether their actions will further the cause of peace in

our country.

"ECC believes it is not sufficient to simply assure national servicemen of the

goodwill and humanity of the SADF. Many conscripts believe they are being

called on to defend one side in a civil war situation and we believe their

concerns need to be addressed."

[SAPA prefaces this item with the following note: "Editors: the following

may contravene the emergency regulations if broadcast or published. We have

sent it to the IPLC [Interdepartmental Press Liaison Center] for comment."]

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BRIEFS

RSC COMMITTEE BEGIN EXPLORATORY WORK—The technical committees of the

first three regional services councils [RSC] in the Tranvall on the East

Rand, West Rand, and the central Witwatersrand announced last month will

start official investigations this month and make representations to the

Department of local Goverment. Some of the regional functions to be

investigated by the committees include sewerage purification works, main

sewerage disposal pipelines, and the establishment, improvement, and

maintenance of other infrastructural services and facilites. The number

of functions to be entrusted to the regional services councils will also

be examined. The three regional services councils will start operating

in June. [Text] [Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT

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PFP, NRP JOIN FORCES—The Progressive Federal Party and the New Republic

Party [NRP] in Natal agreed in Durban today to fight the next general

election on a common platform. A joint communique issued by Natal's

PFP leader, Ray Swart, and the NRP's leader in Natal, Derrick Watterson,

says the joint approach to the general election was being taken in the

interest of Natal. Both parties are to submit their proposals to their

respective provincial executive managements and thereafter the proposals

will be passed on to the national executive managements of both parties

for final ratification. The leader of the PFP in the Transvaal, Douglas

Gibson, and the NRP's Transvaal leader, Marcus Steven, have indicated that

any possible joint effort on the general election in the province will only

be considered after both parties have held their federal congresses next

week. A statement to that effect was issued today. [Text] [Johannesburg

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MEDIA RESTRICTIONS TO BE EXTENDED—The latest steps against the media are

being widened. The government is reported to be in the process of amending

the restrictions to include television, radio, and other media in the curbs

against promoting or improving the image of the ANC and other banned

organizations. Last week's order by Police Commissioner Johan Coetzee

refers specifically only to newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals.

The Department of Home Affairs says the omission of television, radio, and

other media has been noted and is being rectified. It is not immediately

clear when a government gazetta will be published to give effect to the

broadened order. [Text] [Umtata Capital Radio in English 0500 GMT 15 Jan 87 MB]

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NRP LEADER LEAVING PARLIAMENT—New Republic Party leader Bill Sutton is

leaving parliament. The BUSINESS DAY newspaper quotes him as saying he

won't seek a parliamentary seat in the coming white election. Mr Sutton,

who is also a member of the President's Council, says the council should

be scrapped. As he puts it, after the group areas affair it will

never have any credibility again. [Text] [Umtata Capital Radio in English

0600 GMT 15 Jan 87 MB] /12624

SOLIDARITY EXPELS 4 MEMBERS—The Indian Solidarity Party has expelled four of

its members. The expulsion of Pat Poovalingam, Mahmoud Rajab J°

hn ^n

>

and Chari Mohangi follows an internal strife over a working relationship with

Se National People's Party [NPP]. Last year the four brought a court application against a possible working relationship. A Solidarity spokesman now says

they should have brought the matter to congress. Congress will be meeting on

Sunday to discuss the idea of partly joining up with the NPP and the spokesperson says there could be punchup. [Text] [Umtata Capital Radio m English

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CUSA-AZACTU SUPPORT STRIKERS-Johannesburg 10 Jan (SAPA)--The second

biggest labor federation in the country today said it would support the

thXe-week-old wage strike being waged by members of the Commercial

CaterinTand Allied Workers Union (CCAWUSA) at OK BAZAARS stores across

the country\ A spokesman for CUSA-AZACTU (Council of Unions of South

Srican-AzLian Congress of Trade Unions) said his federation would

meet officials of CCAWUSA to decide on "appropriate" solidarity action.

CUsI-AZACTU announced today that they supported the CCAWUSA membership

C

in'thfifstruggle for a living wage at the OK, the spokesman Mr Piroshaw

Camay, said. The announcement is significant because CCAWUSA is

affiliated to the rival Congress of South African Trade Unions C0SATU)

and coordinated. [passage Indistinct] [Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in English

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COMMENTARY SAYS ECONOMY SHRUGS OFF SANCTIONS

MB190527 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 19 Jan 87

[Station Commentary]

[Text] It is now 15 weeks since the Untied States formally instituted

sanctions against South Africa. In the 3 and 1/2 months following their

introduction, there have been few visible signs of sanctions having an

impact, the withdrawal of landing rights for South African Airways in the

United States perhaps being the most visible effect.

For most South Africans, however, American sanctions have not touched their

daily lives. An independent research organization, econometrics, recently

estimated that the absolute maximum export earnings that South Africa

stood to lose from existing sanctions measures was a mere 4 million rand

a year. At about the same time a Johannesburg financial newspaper said

that sanctions had not been the quick fix that many thought they would be.

They had not brought the South African economy to its knees, said the

newspaper, and were unlikely to do so.

Where, in the sanctions-related disinvestment campaign, American companies

have withdrawn from South Africa, the gap has been filled in most cases

by South African capital and expertise, mainly white. The Sullivan

Signatory Association believes that more United States companies will

be taken over by white capital. What has happened is that many social

programs initiated by American corporations to improve the quality of the

life in black communities in South Africa have been stopped. According

to a Johannesburg newspaper many divested companies have left a trail of

unfinished community and welfare projects but continue to allow their

products to be sold in South Africa, an action that has infuriated many

blacks.

Overall, sanctions and disinvestment have caused American influence in

South Africa to take a nosedive. In many other ways sanctions have proved

more complex than their originators imagined. For example, following representations from senators concerned at unemployment in their home states and

other damage that could be done to the already ailing United States nuclear

industry, the American Government has been forced to make a massive dent in

the sanctions legislation by allowing American firms to process South African

uranium destined for third countries. The complexity and the absurdity of

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sanctions is further illustrated by the anger shown by Australian mineral

exporters at the fact that South Africa is now strongly entering the

lucrative Asian market to compensate for the loss of sales of coal,

iron ore, and uranium in Western Europe and North America.

The long-term effects of sanctions must still be seen, but in the meantime

the South African economy has not only shrugged off sanctions, but it

is generally agreed is posed for recovery in 1987.

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SANCTIONS»BUSTING SCHEMES DISCUSSED

Johannesburg THE SUNDAY STAR (FINANCE) in English 14 Dec 86 p 9

[Text] British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's prediction that sanctions

would only work if every country in the world co-operated, is already proving

to be spot-on.

At least two governments«r-one in Europe and the other in Latin America—

have agreed at Cabinet level to provide both passports and sanctions-busting

facilities to SA companies in exchange for investments.

According to the December issue of International Personal Finance the European

deal involves investment of $1.1 million in the country concerned, for which

the government would issue five full passports with a 10-year life. Naturalisation would not be required as the passports would be part of a special

series.

The Latin American scheme requires investment of $3,5 million for which the

government would issue 35 passports and optional citizenship after three years.

The deals were negotiated by the Swiss company Afrodyn International which,

with the local Prescon Group, publishes the International Personal Finance

newsletter. The deals do not have to be entered into by a single investor but

could be split into several units.

In both cases a wide variety of approved investments are available in commercial or industrial facilities, large-scale farming, property or just bank accounts dominated in hard currency.

"Chances are good that the Reserve Bank would approve export of funds from

South Africa to finance such schemes, as the funds would always remain under

the ultimate control of South African authorities."

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COMMENTARY STRESSES COUNTERPRODUCTIVITY OF SANCTIONS

MB100859 Johannesburg International Service in English 0630 GMT 10 Jan 87

[Station commentary: "The Counterproductivity of Sanctions"]

[Text] Those opposed to the imposition of economic sanctions against South

Africa have argued over the years that the measures would be counterproductive, and their predictions are proving to be all too correct. Above

and beyond any other consideration, sanctions were supposed to be in the

best interest of South African blacks, and to improve their lot.

Mr Horace van Rensburg, opposition politician in the white chamber of South

Africa's tricameral parliament, has pointed out to Americans that the very

opposite of this intention is the reality facing the various black communities

in this country. He told a news conference at the United Nations in New

York last week that for every white man who lost his job as a result of

sanctions, about 10 black men also found themselves unemployed. The fact is

that by sure weight of numbers, the majority of workers in South Africa are

black. If manufacturing units or businesses are closed down, as hundreds

have been as direct or indirect result of sanctions, the majority of those

who lose jobs are black. The same obviously applied in cases where foreign

companies abandon their South African operations.

Mr van Rensburg said that [word indistinct] based on disinvestment, South

Africa's isolation, and sanctions have not had a single positive constructive

consequence; rather, a negative result for the entire country. He pointed

out that the South African Government had changed its mind about apartheid

some 10 years ago and last year parliament had enacted more legislation

reversing apartheid than at any time in the country's history. He referred

to the irony that at a time when the South African Government is trying to

bring about change and provide better services for all people, the economy

that had to provide the financing for these changes was being deliberately

crippled by the very nations demanding those changes. Now that the predictions

previously expressed by people like Mr van Rensburg are proving to be correct,

Western governments urgently need to consider whether their intentions are

being served by the continued imposition of sanctions.

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ECONOMIST WARNS OF RUNAWAY INFLATION

MB311251 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1242 GMT 31 Dec 86

[Text] Johannesburg, 31 Dec (SAPA)—Runaway inflation could bring the economy

to its knees in the next year or two, warns David Mohr, chief economist of the

multi-billion rand giant, Old Mutual, the country's largest insurance group.

Many of the conditions for hyper-inflation have already emerged, says Mohr,

and government will have to give high priority to de-fusing the situation if

a calamitous explosion in prices is to be avoided. The warning is contained

in a leading article in the latest issue of Old Mutual 's quarterly publication, MUTUAL FORUM.

Mohr draws evidence partly from the pre-conditions which have led to disastrous inflation levels—in some cases more than 100 percent a month—in

South African countries. He says South Africa is not yet at the point at

which inflation can no longer be contained but, without the right corrective

steps, it could slide deeper into the danger zone.

He points out that of a sample of 20 major commodity exporters (like SA), 15

have suffered higher inflation in the eighties than the seventies. Like

South Africa, "many of these countries are also struggling with huge debt

burdens," he adds.

"With the gold price having declined by almost 50 percent since reaching a

peak of more than 800 dollars in 1980, South Africa fits neatly into this

category. Although gold has recovered moderately, the recent fall in the oil

price and the favoragle inflation outlook in the Western world do not suggest

any significant relief from this source in the future."

He argues that a depreciating currency (like the rand) is "supposed to assist

in correcting balance of payments problems by promoting exports and discouraging imports."

However, in South Africa, informal "indexation" (in which wages and salaries

follow increases in prices) is widely practiced as most wage claims are

effectively indexed. This is important, he says, because "in an inflationridden economy, widespread indexation may lead to... a general increase in the

overall level of prices. This is particularly true if the authorities follow

unduly accommodatory policies immediately after the currency has fallen.

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"The speec with which such a depreciation feeds through to higher inflation

depends on the level of indexation.... Such a situation is usually referred

to as the vicious circle of depreciation and inflation, a situation that a

number of Latin American economies have slippdd into and which has contributed

significantly towards an acceleration of their inflation rates."

The behavior of the rand on the foreign exchange market, particularly in

the past two years, "has obviously damaged SA's inflation record," says Mohr.

"It is therefore of the utmost importance that we avoid a repetition of the

exchange rate behavior of the last two years if we are to escape the very

high inflation that has befallen many developing economies."

Severe pressure on government finances is also linked to a worsening inflation rate, he says. "A rise in government spending becomes potentially even

more inflationary when (as in SA) the size of this spending is consistently

Underestimated.

"In such a situation the authorities are often loath to increase the tax

burden on an already suffering country. They therefore opt for monetising

the resulting budget deficit.

"Demands on government spending are, of course, potentially very high and

the extent to which they can be contained depends very much on political

considerations. Rapid increases in government spending originate not only

from defense efforts. Changes in government priorities and electoral needs

can also lead to sharp escalations in spending.

"Judging from the severe domestic pressures on government spending in South

Africa—including defense, social and infrastructural needs—the potential

inflationary pressures from this area can only be considered high and not

likely to recede in coming years....

"The biggest danger at present is the fact that the authorities might underestimate future demands on spending and overestimate their powers to keep it

within reasonable limits. History has shown that (this) can prove to be

disastrous in terms of trying to accommodate such demands in a non-inflationary

way."

Mohr warns that: "It must also be born in mind that a rising personal tax

burden is sometimes also taken into account in the wage bargaining process

and could therefore... lead to higher inflationary pressures, even though

government finances are soundly managed."

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SOUTH AFRICA

COMPANY TO CLOSE OFFICE IN ZAMBIA DUE TO PRESSURE

MB121007 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0954 GMT 12 Jan 87

[Excerpt] Johannesburg, 12 Jan (SAPA)—Corporate Management Services (CMS)

is to close its Zambian company because of anti-South African political

pressure in the country, the COMPUTING SA weekly newspaper reported today.

The company, which formed CMS Zambia in 1984 to support the installation of

two NAS [expansion unknown] IBM-compatible frames at Zambian Consolidated

Copper Mines (ZCCM), has had two of its employees in detention there for

seven months, the newspaper said.

CMS MD [managing director] Mr Alan Baxter said the Zambian Government had

informed the ZCCM that it should sever supply and support links with South

African companies.

After more than three months of negotiations with ZCCM, CMS has agreed to

sell its Zambian company to a consortium of "private buyers," said Mr Baxter.

He anticipated that CMS Zambia would cease operations by the end of March.

Mr Baxter refused to reveal the cost of the sale but said CMS had "suffered

not financial penalty or loss in the transaction."

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SOUTH AFRICA

COMMENTARY ON BLACK OPPORTUNITY IN INFORMAL SECTOR

MB150519 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 15 Jan 87

[Station commentary]

[Text] The problem of unemployment and the need to create more jobs on a

major scale is one of the most vital challenges facing South Africa. And one

of the keys to meeting the challenge lies in the informal sector: the domain

of the street hawker, the backyard craftsman and many other small-time

entrepreneurs whose food and clothing they provide for their families does

not come from a regular wage or salary.

The informal sector is of particular importance in South Africa, where there

is a large developing sector in the national economy with generally low

levels of formal education, an excessive population growth rate and a high

percentage of school-leavers every year. Because of these factors, the

peripheral informal sector in South Africa is an exceptionally large one:

defined in its widest sense, this sector could constitute as much as 50 percent of the country's total labor force. By the turn of the century, it is

predicted, it could represent between 60 and 70 percent of the labor force.

Because of the need for expedited job creation, and against the background of

rising visible unemployment in the formal sector, it is encouraging to note

that according to estimates made by an economist of the Small Business Development Corporation there was a 10 percent increase in informal employment last

year. The informal sector is also important as a visible demonstration of the

free enterprise system in operation-r-and of the greater viability of this

system when contrasted with the alternative of socialism. It is, as well,

a critical launching-pad for the building-up of a black entrepreneurial class—

a natural point of entry into the free market system for the would-be

entrepreneur who is short on capital and business expertise.

That would-be entrepreneur, however, faces many obstacles at present. It is

common cause that, for a variety of historical reasons, South Africa has

become an over-regulated society with unnecessary rules and regulations

restricting individual productive potential. The need for deregulation has

been recognized at the highest levels of government and the green light

given for deregulation. This week the Competition Board announced that it

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would submit wide-ranging reports on deregulation to the authorities in the

next six weeks. The reports will deal with black trading, trade licensing

and business hours, health regulations, industrial parks and taxis.

The South African economy is poised for recovery and further growth. According

to the governor of the Reserve Bank, the economy is now in a much stronger

position than at any time in the past three years. Meaningful deregulation in

such areas as trading and trade licensing will be a further spur to the

economy—and to the dynamic development that awaits South Africa.

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SOUTH AFRICA

FRG DONATES 4.5 MILLION RAND TO 'OPERATION HUNGER1

MB131226 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1138 GMT 13 Jan 87

[Text] Johannesburg, 13 Jan (SAPA)-^-The West German Government gave

Operation Hunger another R2.6 million today, bringing the total dnoated by

West Germany since August to R4.5 million. A basket of mealies symbolising

the donation was handed to Operation Hunger, South Africa's largest feeding

organization.

West Germany's latest gift will buy 3900 tons of maize and, with the R2.6

million raised in the "Operation Hunger gold rush," means Operation Hunger

has three months advance funding in its coffers for the first time in 18

months.

Mr Fritz Ziefer, charge d'affaires of the German Embassy in Pretoria, said

it had been decided to use German taxpayers' money for humanitarian work in

South Africa as public funding was not available to help undernourished or

starving people here, and as their demands had surpassed the fund-raising

efforts of organizations such as Operation Hunger. "Given this situation we

had to decide whether to watch people suffer or step in and help. We would

like to encourage South Africans to think of their suffering countrymen

because true charity begins at home," Mr Zeifer said, before giving the basket

to Mrs Ina Perlman, Operation Hunger's executive director.

She said German donations—channeled through its famine relief organization,

"Deutsche Welthungerhilfe" (German Agro Action)—literally meant the life,

health and future of hundreds of thousands of children. "In July and August

our position was so perilous that we had to drastically reduce the already

minimum rations we were giving to 657,000 people and were haunted by the

appeals from 300,000 more. The news of the first grant sent us into a state

of euphoria that only those who have worked in a close-knit team can understand. Germany has financed our maize purchases since September," she said.

Although some rural areas would have harvests in May if January rains fell,

many agricultural tracts were "moribund" and had always been too small for

full subsistence. Massive unemployment had also cut vital incomes from

outside, Mrs Perlman said.

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"My greatest fear is that people will think the crisis is over and will

forget the dreadful... chronic need that preceded the drought. We need to

continue feeding, we need even more urgently to give rapid assistance to

the hundreds of self-help groups that have asked for aid. I appeal to

everyone to get involved—1987 could be the year that we made the breakthrough on the hunger front," Mrs Perlman said.

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BRIEFS

NETHERLANDS COMPANY ANNOUNCES DISINVESTMENT--The Dutch-based multinational

SHV, which has been plagued by a series of anti-South African arson attacks

in the Netherlands announced to say that it would halt its business

operations in South Africa. SHV, which owns a 40-percent interest in

five Makro department stores in this country and has a (?coal) trading

office in Johannesburg, is the first major Dutch company to withdraw

from South Africa. The SHV announcement followed Friday's refusal by the

Dutch Government to underwrite the company's fire insurance, after a

spate of antiapartheid arson attacks had destroyed three of the company's

six Makro stores in the Netherlands over an 18-month period. The company's

withdrawal takes place immediately. Profit from SHV operation in South

Africa totaled $980,000 and employs about 2,000 people here. [Text]

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'BONUS' EXPECTED FROM MINERALS IMPORT—Johannesburg 19 Jan (SAPA)--An

unexpected "bonus" of more than R4 billion a year will be injected into

South Africa's revenue following a weekend decision by the United States

to exempt 10 strategic minerals from sanctions. "The Americans seem to

be waking up to the realities of sanctions and the position of SA in the

Western world's mineral supply," Mr Louw Alberts, mineral and energy affairs

director general, says. He added that the U.S. has tacitly acknowledged

it cannot do without SA and that the minerals were of vital strategic

importance to the U.S. The minerals exempted are: andalusite, antimony,

chrysotile asbestos, chromium and ferrochromium, cobalt, natural industrial

diamonds, manganese, ferromanganese and ferrosilicomanganese, platinum

group metals, rutile and titanium-bearing slag and vanadium. "As for the

hypocrisy of turning sanctions only in one direction to suit themselves,

I leave that to their leadership and their conscience," Mr Alberts said.

[Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in English 1007 GMT 19 Jan 87 MB] /12624

FUEL TRANSFERRED TO ZIMBABWE—Pretoria 19 Jan (SAPA)—Zimbabwe has almost

completed the importation of 34,000 tons of fuel from South Africa, the chief

energy director of mineral and energy affairs, Dr Dirk Neethling, said in

Pretoria today. The order was only the latest of many through the years, he

said. Hundreds of SA TRansport Services tankers had been used to take the

Rllm consignment to Zimbabwe. The importation has reportedly prevented a

fuel crisis in Zimbabwe due to the non-delivery of fuel from Beira.

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The pipeline had been sabotaged by the MNR, and the Zimbabwean railways

could not move enough fuel, it was reported in Johannesburg today.

Dr Neethling said South Africa would honor future orders. He said

South Africa was supplying fuel to many southern African states. Zimbabwe's

ZIANA news agency reported yesterday that Zimbabwean Prime Minister Mr Robert

Mugabe said Frontline States sanctions against South Africa had been

postponed due to the need for cooperation among the Frontline states.

"We have had to postpone them deliberately in order for us to consult

with the other Frontline States because some of the sanctions required

their cooperation," he said. [Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in English

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SCHOLL-PLOUGH WITHDRAWAL—Another American company has pulled out of South

Africa. Reports say Scholl-Plough withdrew quietly from the country this

week for political reasons. The company's operations will not be allowed to

continue under South African supervision, and the parent company's 104

overseas offices have been instructed to cut supplies to South Africa. It

is believed that local management is pressing the U.S. head office to allow

it to continue handling some Scholl-Plough products here. The company has

two South African subsidiaries, and among other items it distributed

Coppertone suntan liquid, Scholl footwear, and Rimmel and Maybelline cosmetics.

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NEW ECONOMIC GROWTH EXPECTED—The minister of finance, Mr Barend du Plessis,

has said that a firm foundation has been laid for renewed economic growth in

South Africa. In an interview with FINANCE WEEK, Mr du Plessis said the

government had taken a number of steps to promote economic growth in the

short and long term, including monetary and fiscal measures, privatization,

and deregulation. Mr du Plessis said the government is also committed to a

policy of industrial development which would give impetus to labor-intensive

basic goods, tax relief, and [words indistinct]. He says although there are

signs of improvement, private investment remains the most important [words

indistinct] in economic equalization. [Text] [Johannesburg Domestic Service

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CAR SALES PLUMMET FURTHER

Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in English 10 Dec 86 pp 1, 2

[Article by Mick Collins]

[Text]

CAR sales in November plumeted to

their lowest level since 1967.

The motor industry was rocked yes-;

terday by news that the monthly level

was also the lowest so far this year, with

sales of only 13109 units.

Andsales of medium andheavy trucks

and buses for 1986 are expected to turn

intha worst industry performance in the

past JO years, reaching only about 11500

units.

An tadustry spokesman said that,

after improved sales in recent months,

new car and commercial vehicle sales in

November had suffered serious setbacks.

Commenting on the poor performance, National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa)

director Nico Vermeulen said November's new-car sales at 13109 units recorded the lowest"mohthlV salestotaltbr

1986.

He said: "It is also the worst November monthly sales since 1967."

Sales of light (5 971 units), medium

[316 units) and heavy (597 units) commercial vehicles also showed substantial declines compared to previous

months.

The industry's problems were' compounded by corporate and fleet-operator

buying which did not come to light

Toyota marketing director Brand Pretorius said historically those had served

to underpin the market in recent

months.

He said: "We are distressed about the

total market trend. We had hoped the

general business tempo was picking up,

but November told a different story.

Industry sources said light commercial vehicle sales were expected to

reach only 79 000 units, while new car

sales for 1986 would probably not exceed

176 000 units for the year.

Expectations of modest growth fit the

various sectors during 1987 were based

on the assumption the economy would

record a sustained positive growth rate

of at least 3% per annum, in real terms,

during next year and that official monetary and fiscal policies would be supportive of such an objective.

General industry expectations of a

modest 5% growth, in unit terms, in the

various sectors for 1987 remained unchanged at this stage.

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