NFMC TO RESUME OPERATIONS FOLLOWING FLOUR PRICE INCREASE

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 13 May 82 p 12

[Article by E. Willis Crayton]

[Text]

cso:

The National Flour Milling
Company (NFMC), Liberia’s only
flour producer, situated in
Buctianan, Grand Bassa County,
will resume its operation soon.

Disclosing this in an interview |
with the Daily Observer recent- .
dy, a reliable Commerce Ministry
source confirmed reports that
government has been pleased to
grant to the NFMC management
an “increase of $4.48 on each
100Ib bag of flour.

This will mean that thé flour,
which was sold at $24.52 ‘per.
100Ib bag, will now be’ sold at”
$29.00 when. ‘the company”
resumes production “in the very
aear future”, stated our source.

Management suspended opera-
tions. few..months ago to

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fegotiate with government for a_

price increase to cope with’ its
high operational costs.

The suspension created “wide-
spread concern among “Life
Flour” consumérs, especially the
bakers. The bakers seemed
generally satisfied with the quali-
ty of “Life Flour” and some com-
plained about the poor quality of
certain brands of imported flour,
sold at prices ranging between
$2.00 to $3.00 per Sib bag.

The exact date for the resump-
tion of production is still
unknown but it is believed that

management is in the process of -

Negotiating-with their overseas

creditors for a consignment of ’

wheat.

LIBERIA



Warning

It was, therefore, wrong to say that the urban Blacks were just like the Col-
oureds and Indians, as the Coloureds and Indians had never had their own tra-
ditional homelands as the Blacks had.

"It is not part of the National Party policy to include Blacks in the same
dispensation as Whites, Coloureds and Indians. But it is also impossible to
completely separate all the different racial groups," he said.

He warned the more than 200 students who attended the meeting--some obviously
supporters of Dr Andries Treurnicht's Conservative Party--not to be swept up
in emotional debate which would rage over the President's Council's reports

"Don't accept what others say in the National Party's viewpoint on the Coun-
cil's recommendations.

"The government has not yet taken a decision and, only after there have been
in-depth discussions and debates, will it do so.

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SOUTH AFRICA

TREURNICHT OPPOSES POWER-SHARING, PC'S PROPOSALS
CP Opposes Domination
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 3

[Text] DR Andries Treurnicht says his Conservative Party is prepared to
agree to "power division", but will never accept a policy of power sharing.

Addressing about 500 people at the Rand Afrikaans University, he said: "There
is no such thing as healthy power sharing. It is a sick process, leading to
the sacrifice of self-determination."

The CP was not interested in a governing system with both Blacks and Whites
forming part of one government and one Cabinet, as the Afrikaner would have
to sacrifice his right to self-determination, Dr Treurnicht said.

An effective political power was desired and Dr Treurnicht felt such a power
should be demanded by the Afrikaner.

"That is what my party does. We demand an effective political power in this
country. The denial of it would be unfair."

He said his party could never agree with proposals made by the President's
Council, as it was not willing to be dominated by any other group.

"We are, however, prepared to give more power and more space than what many
other politicians promise," he told the meeting.

Dr Treurnicht said the Afrikaner had a "nation consciousness" that would pre-
vent him from discarding his political power in South Africa.

"Only a dying nation is prepared to discard its political powers, only a dying
nation is prepared to integrate."

Referring to the homeland situation, Dr Treurnicht said it was necessary to
make "choices" in this regard every day.

"Blacks in the homelands have lost their sense of citizenship, because they

are involved in the economy of another land--something drastic has to be done
about it."

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PRC EXPERTS SAY SERENSE-SAMFYA ROAD TO BE OPENED IN 1984

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 18 May 82 p 1

[Text]

CSO:

THE Serenje-Samfya road has
now reached its destination in
Luapula Province, but it is
expected to be officially
opened in 1984, according to
Chinese experts working on
the project.

This is because of delays in
completing the  three-kilo-
metre bridge over Lulimala,
Luombwa and Luapula rivers.

Presently, only senior Party
and Government officials are
allowed to use the road from
Serenje to Luapula Province
until the bridge was completed.
and the road tarred.

Provincial commissioner of
works for Central Province Mr
Jose Phiri said there were
problems hampering the work
on. the road which was
supposed to be completed
this year.

Chinese technicians told the
Times of Zambia at Mukuku
road camp, about 70 kilo-
metres from the Serenje
turn-off that the low level of
water on the three. rivers
which had “gone” down’ b
two-and-a-half metres and the
lack of funds caused the delay
in construction of the bridge.

Pay

‘We cannot install the
beams without sufficient water

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and we do not have enough
Zambian workers because
there is no money to pay
them,’ said Mr Ning Hong.

Mr ‘Ning cunfirmed that the
road had now reached Samfya
district and that only senior
Party and Government offi-
cials were allowed to use it.

“But we don’t encourage
that because we are still
busy working on the project.’”

The construction of the road
was launched in 1966 after
President Kaunda and a team
of ministers and volunteers
from Kabwe and Serenje on
August 15, 1965 cleared the
first few kilometres.

At the time the cost was
estimated to be K4,272,000,
but in 1976 this rose to not
less than K16 million and the
latest figures ‘could not be
obtained last weekend.

Once commissioned, the
toad is expected to open up
‘Luapula and Northern pro-
yinces to tourists, especially
Samfya which is billed as a
weekend resort and it will
enable travellers to and from
the two provinces and the
Copperbelt to move safely
avoiding the pedicle road
through Mokambo where
travellers are molested “by
Zairean border officials.

ZAMBIA



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"Blacks Should be Included'

BLACK people should
be included = with
Whites, Coloureds and
Indians in the reformed
local and regional gov-
ernment system pro-
posed by the Presi-
dent’s Council, Mr M
Rajab said in the Coun-
cil’s plenary session
yesterday. .

South Africa could
successfully combat the
total onslaught only if
full civil and political
rights were granted to
all population groups,
he said in the debate on -
the joint report of the
Committee for Econom-
ic Affairs and the Con- -
stitution Committee on
local and regional man-
agement.

Segregation __. itself
was discrimination and
where continued segre-
gation was recommend-
ed by the Council, this’
would not be acceptable
to the Indian communi-
ty, said Mr Rajab, a
member of. the. joint
committee -. which-
drafted the report. .

__He said that_ al-
Though he had signed.

“the report, he could not-

support it without
qualification.

“Despite the limita-
tions the report is a sin-
cere and genuine point

of departure for realis-
tic reform which could
point the way for the di-
rection in which the
country should be gov-
erned,” he said.

Despite the fact that
the committee's assign-
ment was restricted to
Whites, Coloureds and
Indians the chairman,
Dr Schalk van der
Merwe, had adopted a
“colour blind” ap-
proach and due note
had been taken of the
important role played
by urban Blacks in local
and regional econ-
omies,

The committee had
worked from the basis
that the right of any
person making a ma-
terial contribution to
the welfare of a local
-community had to be

recognised.
“Why should Blacks
be treated differently
“from ‘non-Bracks“ ina
- way that is contrary to.
the spirit of the re--
port?” Mr Rajab asked.
He was impressed by .
the desire of “my White.
colleagues” for genuine
reform, but good inten-
tions were not enough. '
“We must also realise
that time is not necess-
arily on our side.”



However, Investment Promotions
Director Williams said that before
engaging in attracting people to
come and invest in this area, the NIC
must be armed with a sound package
including feasibility studi

Research -

For this reason, the NIC is building
up a research staff in order to im-
prove internal capability to develop
pre-feasibility studies that would
eventually lead to full feasibility
studies.

Mr. Williams said, however, that
the realization of this depends on
financial assistance for which ap-
plications have been made to inter-
national and multi-national organiza-
tions, as well as the European
Economic Community and the West
German Government, among others.

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~ Meanwhile, one of the proposals
the Liberian Government submitted
to the Algerian  inter-ministerial
delegation which concluded a
weeklong visit to Liberia a week
ago, is about livestock development
with Algeria's assistance.

When Mr. Mason of the
Agriculture Ministry was approach-
ed to throw some light on the whole
business of livestock development in
Liberia, he made it clear that one of
the main reasons why there has not
been much emphasis ‘dn livestock
development is because Liberia is
not a sub-savannah country like
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali and Sierra
Leone. “Liberia is highly foreste:
and rainfelt, he’added. :

However, he said there are certain
areas in Liberia, which are ideal for
cattle breeding. These are Foya in
Lofa County, Sasstown in Sinoe
County, and Grandcess, and Kru
. Coast Territoryyin Maryland County. +

He said-there are presently bet-
ween 25,000 and 30,000 animals in
Liberia.

Minister Mason said that to do
something about the 90 per cent of
meat coming from outside, the
Liberian Government in the 1970s
approached the African Develop-
ment Bank (ADB) in Abidjan for a
$1.5 million to $2 million loan to
establish nucleus ranches around the
country, especially in Foya,
Sasstown, Grandcess, and Kru Coast.

~-Sahel.

He said the loan isstill in the
pipeline. We’ could” go forever
spending a lot of money on animals
from outside. He pointed out that
cattle breeding is dectining in the.
Sahel area and one fine day we may
realize that we cannot depend on
animals from outside.



FOUR COMPANIES PLACED UNDER JUDICIAL MANAGEMENT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p

[Article by Toni Reyneke]

[Text]

CSO:

Four companies, one of
which is an importer of
arms, were placed under
judicial management in
the .. Rand -- Supreme
Court yesterday because
they were suffering
liquidity problems, the
managing director of all
the companies said.

Mr M Stolarezyk, of
Bryanston, brought an
urgent application
against Stole Aviation
Holdings and its sub-
sidiaries, Stole Aviation
Engineering, Capital
‘Air, and Service Aeri-
enne, all of Grand Cen-
tral Airport, Halfway
House. .

Mr Justice Vermooten
made the order returna-

larezyk’s affidavit,
the companies are sol-
vent, but are suffering
servere liquidity prob-
lems because of the
present financial cli-
mate.

The companies have a
joint turn-over of R2-
million per annum. Mr
Stolarezyk said the total
liabilities of the compan-

jes are no more than
B100 000. He said the li-
abilities are of a short-

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term nature.

Mr Stolarezyk said his
banker advised him on
May 7 that he was no
longer prepared to grant
him further overdraught
and financial facilities
unless further and ad-
ditional securities were

lodged.
aie bank said it was
pre to meet
cheques issued by the
companies and that it
reequired immediate re-
duction of the R90 000
overdraught it gave the
companies.

Mr Stolarezyk said the
bank intended institut-
ing proceedings to liqui-
date all four companies.

He told the court that
Service Aerienne main-
tains aircraft and does
business as a servicing
company in the aviation
industry. Service Aeri-
enne holds rights to ser-
viee aircraft at Grand
Central Airport.

Capital Air has right
to conduct non - sched-
uled public and cargo
flights. The company
also holds a licence to
capture game, for nature
conservation and has
contracts with the South
African Government
and independent com-
panies to do surveys and
render other aviation
services.

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SOUTH AFRICA

Stole Aviation Engineer
ing is an engineering
and aviation mainten-
ance and repair com-
pany, the court heard.
Mr Stolarezyk said the
company holds valuable
import and export per-
mits and the right and
franchise to the repair of
aireraft at the airport.

Stole Aviation Engin-
eering is an accredited
agent to Atlas Aircraft
Corporation for the
manufacture of strategic
parts. The company also
has the right to import
strategic materials for
Atlas and other aircraft
companies.

‘The company imports
arms and is a licensed
arms dealer. The fran-
chise is worth R100 000.
Stole Aviation Engin-
eering is also a dealer for
the Piper Alreraft Com-

pany.

Mr Stolarlzyk said all
the rights of his compan-
ies will be lost if the
companies are liqui-
dated. This will mean a
financial: loss to the
creditors and share
holders of the company
of amounts exceeding
Rl. million.

If the companies are
permitted to continue
operations, they will be
abie to discharge the ob-
ligations in the near fu-
ture, the court heard.



A MAXIMUM devolu-
tion of power to the
lowest possible homo-
geneous and viable en-
tity is the President's
Council’s fundamental
approach to a reform of
government at local
and regional level.

This emerges from
the joint report of the
committee for econo-
mic affairs and the con-
stitutional committee
of the President's
Council on local and re-
gional management
systems.

It is the first of three
reports dealing with a
new political dispensa-
tion for the country.

The second, that of
the constitutional com-
mittee dealing with cen-
tral government, will be
tabled early next week
and the third, the re-
port of the joint com-
mittee of the Planning
Committee and the
Committee for Com-
munity Relations of the
Council on the prin-
ciples and implementa-
tion of the Group Areas
Act and aspects of the
Act which affect com-
munity relations, some
time after that.

The first two reports
were requested by the
State President while
the third was requested
by the chairman of the
President’s Council.

Those requested by
the State President will

be submitted to him in
unaltered form after
having been discussed
by the Council in ple-
nary session.

Amendments in the
form of substantive mo- '
tions may accompany ©
the reports. .

roughs or other similar
authorities.

_ Although a univer-
sally applicable system
would be desirable, the
principle of freedom of
choice must be observ-
ed so that adapted sys-
tems appropriate to
local circumstances
could be adopted. —

Power to as Many Bodies as Possible

The report on local
and regional govern-
ment says consensus
was arrived at that the
committee’s fundamen-
tal approach could be
described as being
based on a keen aware-
ness of the necessity to
grant the maximum de-
volution of power to
lower authorities.

“The committee's
recommendation also
constitutes an attempt
to suggest ways and
means of satisfying the
legitimate aspirations
and expectations of the
various population
groups with regard to
their participation in
the decision-making
processes on all levels
of government.

“Co-operation and
co-decision-making be-
tween the various com-
munities with regard to
affairsof mutualinterest
is accepted as a point of
departure,” says the re-
port.

The report says the
committee found a
number of essentials.
These were:

@ The necessity for
effective government
and the maintenance of
order, peace and stabili-

@ The maximum de-
volution of power;

© Decentralisation of
administration;

mn; “
@ Meaningful rep-
resentation for those

5
@ Elimination of dis-
crimination; .
@ Equality of opportu-
nities and justice;

@ The promotion of
material prosperity in a
market-oriented econ-
omy; —

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@ Participation in de-
cision-making

ocratic system;
Promotion-of indi-

e
vidual and community
self respect and identi-

@ The recognition of
the right to individual
and group freedom;

@ Equal private, civil
and political rights for
all communities;

@ The elimination of
group domination and
the protection of the
rights of minorities;

-. @ The recognition of

ceptance and tolerance;
@ Adaptability and
flexibility of the gov-
ernmental and adminis-
ive sy:

@ Provision for the re-

alisation of the legiti-

mate expectations of
the various population

groups; 4
@ Rationalisation of"
income resources and

other assets to ensure

the effective implemen-

tation of the oblig:
tions and responsibil
ties of government at
all levels.

The report says the
committee believes the
establishment of auto-
momous local author-
ities should not be arbi-
trarily determined and
should be based on cer-
tain realistic criteria.

These are that the
area must be capable of
demarcation as a geo-
graphically distinct
unit and that the size of
the area and its level of
development must be
sufficient to. enable in-



able units on which tax
is levied. -

In terms of the se-
cond alternative oné

and every “fictitious”

The report recom

should be extended to

all corporate business-

es on a tmiform, nation-
- wide basis.

rates are paid has a
definite interest in the
assets. of his area. A
tenant, besides being a
resident, makes a con-
tribution by spending
his incomie or a portion
of it in the area:
“Thus, although
everyone makes some
kind of contribution or
other, there are those
who demand that their
vote in local affairs be
. giver more weight since
they are not only resi-
dents but pay rates and
taxes.”

Provincial Councils in Doubt

UNANIMITY could not be reached
on whether Provincial Councils
should be phased out or retained as a
second tier of government, the joint
committee of the President's Council
which investigated local and regional
government said.

The committee said it heard
weighty representations and evi-
dence for the retention of the provin-
cial system. Most of the evidence
was not in favour of abolishing it
forthwith.

‘There was, however, also signifi-
cant evidence for the phasing out of
the provinces. .

‘The proposals for reform should be
viewed as an acceptance of the chal-
lenge to look realistically at the de-
mands being made for an effective
and satisfactory system of govern-
ment in the Republic.

“The committee does not have a
unanimous view with regard to the
future of the second tier of govern-
ment and has decided to submit two
alternative models as part of its find-
ings.” .

One model involves a phasing out
of provincial government as a rep-
resentative legislative middle-tier

. government institution and the
eventual introduction of a new con-
stitutional development.

The Administrators and the mem-
bers of the Executive Committee
would be appointed representatives
of the central Government.

“Provision should also be made for
members of the coloured and Indian
population groups in the executive
committees.”

The current administrative dis-
_pensation, except for the Directorate
of Local Government, would be re-
tained in the form of deconcentrated,

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regional administrations of three
relevant Government Departments,
for which provision already exists to
some extent in the Departments of
Health, Education and Transport
and, to a lesser extent, in other de-
partments.

In this alternative, provincial con-
trol over local authorities would be
phased out and, for the purposes of
regional administration, the Repub-
lic would be divided into eight re-
gions.

It is not expected that this could be
implemented before 1986.

In the second model the provincial
system, with a centrally appointed
Administrator, an elected council
and an elected executive committee,
would be retained.

Provinces would have no legis-
lative powers but executive func-
tions would be devolved to them to
the maximum possible degree.

Because decision-making which
concerns them takes place at provin-
clal level, Coloured and Indian popu-
lation groups would be represented
in the Provincial Councils with rep-
resentatives of the White, Coloured
and Indian groups elected on the ba-
sis of independent rolls, ensuring
equitable representation for each
group.

Recommendations regarding the
franchise will be made at a later
stage, the report says.

-Each Administrator would be
helped by an executive committee of
elected representatives of the vari-
ous communities which would be
equitably composed in terms of the
representation of these communi-
ties.



~

Landau:

Addressing the President's Council, Mr Landau appealed to the members of the
council to support the recommendations made as they represented a “major ad-

ty, fire protection, abat-
toirs, roads and streets.

“The soft functions
are mostly the more
community-sensitive or
culturally sensitive ser-
vices, which are strong-
ly related to cultural
and traditional prefe-
rences and can there-
fore differ widely from
one community to an-
other in our plural so-
ciety.”

It cites as examples
communal halls, resi-
dential areas, schools,
pavements and streets.

The committee be-
lieves that such a divi-
sion of functions can be
handled by means of a
two-tier system of go-
vernment at the local
level, without the esta-
blishment of an extra
tier.

The committee sug-
gests that besides the
elected local author-
ities (primary tier) in a
region, a further joint
umbrella service body
be established.

The elected local

A Big Advance

SOUTH Africa could no longer af-

authorities would sup-
ply the more sensitive
soft services and, on the
basis of either the rate-
able value of property
or the use of services,
nominate representa-
tives to a regionai or
metropolitan authority.

Such an authority
would derive ii
cutive and admi
ive power from elected
primary _ authorities
and would render s
vices, against payment,
to the primary units
that constitute it.

In terms of the re-
commendations, every
autonomous local
authority, regardless of
its group character,
must be entitled to
nominate at least one
representative to the
regional or metropoli-
tan body.

This dual-function-
ing authority system
would apply to densely
populated urban areas,
but could, in adapted
form, be introduced for
rural and sparsely pop-

ford the cos: of discrimination based

on cok

ir, the executive director of

the General Mining Union Corpora-
dion, Mr Basil Landau said yester-

day.

vance in the right direction".

The Whites in South Africa could not expect people of colour to be the in
staunch allies in the country's economic battles.if they were not given a full
opportunity to contribute to and to earn a fair share of the benefits, he said.

"I£ people are to be given full economic opportunities, then they must be
allowed to participate in a meaningful manner in the making of decisions that
affect their day-to-day lives and their dignity."

It was at the local and regional level that Whites and people of colour could
most effectively and easily join with each other in discussion, consultation

ulated areas.

The committee says
the powers of autono-
mous local authorities
should be embodied in a
new constitution, that
administrative control
should be restricted to
the minimum and, in
particular, should be of
a. non-prescriptive
nature,

The phasing in of the
Proposed new model
should not be a disrup-
tive process.

“It should be a gra-
dual, ‘evolutionary pro-
cess, accompanied by
the least disruption and
the highest measure of
effectiveness.”

As an interim mea-
sure, current manage-
men and local affairs
com aittees should be
given nominal re-
presentation with full
voting rights on White
local authorities until
autonomous, fully-
fledged, economically
viable ones emerge.

and decision-making, for it was there where they worked and lived.

"South Africans can no longer afford to pay the price of preserving privileges
based on prejudice," he said.

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The non-White peoples could develop constitutionally without the principles of
White South Africa being affected.

The President's Council proposals were based on the 1977 constitutional recom-
mendations of the National Party, which had been referred to the council on a
conceptual basis.

“and they contain the principle of power sharing among Whites, Coloureds, and
Indians," said Mr Marais.

AWB Won't Change--Terre' Blanche

The Leader of the ultra-Rightwing Afrikaanse Weerstandbeweging, Mr Eugene
Terre Blanche, said yesterday that the point of view of the AWB would never
change.

“We will not accept anything less than a White government for a White South
Africa," he said.

Commenting on the President's Council report, he said what had been the great-
est shock for him was that "for 300 years the White man has struggled to get
to where he is, and now he is prepared to share with people of other coloures
and religions."

He had, however, been expecting the recommendations because of the multi-
racial composition of the President's Council.

NRP Is Not Entirely Happy

The New Republic Party's reaction to the President Council's reports was
mixed, according to the leader of the NRP in the Transvaal, Mr Alex Anderson.

"As regards the third tier of government we are very satisfied because the
proposals run along the lines of NRP policy but we are unhappy with the pro-
posals regarding the provinces and the executive powers of the president," he
said.

He viewed "with interest" the fact that the Conservative Party and the Herstig-
te Nasionale Party had rejected the proposals out of hand.

"I am sure the Progressive Federal Party will do the same--and that would be a
shame because if the PFP rejects the proposals, I cannot see the Coloureds and
Indians accepting them as it won't do for their leaders to be seen to be to
the right of the PFP," he said.

Mr Anderson urged the PFP to look at all the proposals very carefully before
deciding to accept or reject them.

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governments, especially in the Cape and
Natal. -

There are also suggestions in the report of
Blacks being brought into the system at
metropolitan level in deciding matters
like water, electricity, fire services, abat-
_toirs and roads. : .

condemn them out of hand as the thin
edge of the wedge — the start of power
sharing that will ultimately, and inevi-
tably, include Blacks.

Whether this is so or not, the fact remains
that the proposals are so far-reaching as
to arouse joy on-the part of those who
wish to see a form of power sharing, and
fear and anger among those who do not
wish to’see any change that threatens
the existing sovereignty and powers
wielded by the Whites.

We ourselves have always taken the mid-
dle stand between those Who want a com-
pletely multiracial State in which citi-
zenship will be open to all, and all will

_ have equal rights, and those who want no
change at all, believing, incorrectly, that:
the Whites can hold on to their power

, and privileges for ever.

At first glance, it might appear that the

| council’s report leans too heavily to-

| _wards the first, but the system is so com-

i _Plex that it is not possible to give a final

‘* assessment at this point.

' The Conservative Party has already re-
jected the first report as Progfed policy
taken over by the Government. The CP
will have nothing to do with it.

‘The New Republic Party welcomes the pro-
posals as NRP policy which has been ac-
knowledged by the President’s Council.’

The Progressive Federal Party, while wel-
coming a multi-racial accommodation at
local government level, is nevertheless
cautious about dectaring its stand on the
proposals as a whole, as the report, inthe

i words of Dr Van Zyl! Slabbert, in no way

, ~Teflects PFP policy.

| een Nationet Party, which. fathered the
-President’s Council and must live with
the controversy that its reports will en-
gender, will have to say-which proposals
in the reports it accepts.

But until the Government’s own proposals
have been tested at a Federal Congress
of the National Party and at provincial
congresses, we shall not know finally
where - the Government is taking the
country.

However, the Government i is clearly riding
a tiger — and it will be interesting to see
whether it is able to do so successfully or
whether. if there is any danger to its own
survival. it will jump off smartly.

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The other speakers, including Dr Nundoochand, upheld M Francois' argument. Dr
Nundoochand said that Francois had given him total support for his nomination
to the presidency of Port Louis municipality, a support which was to be at the
root, however, of the split in the PMSD.

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18



SOUTH AFRICA

PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT CREATES ROW
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 ppl, 2, 6

[Article by Jaap Theron]

[text] DICTATOR or democrat? This was the basis of a row which

broke out yesterday over the President’s Council’s proposal
for an executive President who would appoint the Premier
and his Cabinet under a new non-parliamentary executive |

system.

The Leader of the Opposition, Dr van Zyl Slabbert, warned against
an individual who can “exercise almost dictatorial powers”, and the
leader of the Conservative Party, Dr Treurnicht, warned against a

new system that “inclines towards dictatorship.”

The chairman of
the constitutional
committee, Dr Den-
nis Worrall, assured
The Citizen, howev-
er, that the executive
President would not
have unlimited pow-
ers.

Dr Worrall said the
new constitution would
provide for the future
White, Coloured and In-
dian legislature to be
able to “impeach the ex-
ecutive president” if
necessary.

. Cabinet

The President would
have the right to ap-
point the Prime Minis-
ter and, in consultation
with him, also.the cabi-
net  ministers¥-who
could include Indians
and Coloureds, to form
the parliamentary ex-
ecutive.

The ethnic composi-
tion of the cabinet was
not prescribed.

Dr Worrall said with
regard to the powers of
the proposed executive
president he “should be
the initiator of legis
lation, that he should
have the right to dis-
solve the legislature
and that he could sub‘
mit matters to the test

enough checks and bal-
ances built into the fu-
ture ‘constitution © $0
that the . executive

_ President would still be

dependent on the ma-
jority. support “of the
legislature.”

Power growth

Dr Worrall said the
President’s Council rec-
ommended the intro-
duction of a non-parlia-
mentary executive.

“This is not an excep-
tional deviation from
South African politics,
because the power of

36

the Prime Minister has
enormously rela-
tive to the cabinet and
Parliament over the
last 30 to 40 years.”

The 1977 constitu-
tional plan and the 1979
draft constitution simi-
larly contained the
principle of an ex-
ecutive President.

“The President’s
Council has simply
taken the thing
through to its logical
conclusion by introduc-
ing a non-parliamen-
tary executive in the
full sense of the word.

Election

“The President will
be indirectly elected by
an electoral college con-
sisting, eventually, of
White, Coloured and In-
dian legislators for a
period of seven years —
a fixed term of office —
but he could be re-elec-



SOUTH AFRICA

EFFORTS TO RESTORE CABORA PASSA POWER REPORTED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 5

[Text] ESCOM predicts that the quality of electricity supply will be better
this winter than it was last year, a spokesman said in a statement in Johannes-
burg yesterday.

Everything possible was being done to restore a regular power supply from Ca-
bora Bassa in Mozambique, he said.

Should efforts by Hidroelectrica de Cabora Bassa and Escom be successful in
restoring normal flow from Cabora Bassa soon, "the quality of supply will be
even better than Escom foresees for the remainder of the year", he added.

"All our problems have not been solved, however, and we expect to still apply
load-shedding as a result of the same factors which caused it last year."

The spokesman said Escom would put three more generating sets on line during
the year adding another 1 700 megawatt to the grid by the end of the year.

Although the position would be an improvement on last year, the quality of
supply was not yet what Escom would like to give its consumers, he said.

At the current growth-rate in demand for power, Escom could expect to be sat-
isfied with its quality of supply only in a few years' time.

Escom had introduced a system of voluntary power-shedding to soften the effects
of insufficient supply during the morning and evening peak-hours and this
should prevent large, unscheduled power-cuts.

In addition, it had speeded up its recruiting, training and building
programmes.

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President Comcil's Proposals Greeted With Mixed Reactions
(Jaap Theron; THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82)......

Details of President Councils Proposals Reported
(THE CLTIZEN, 13 May 82).....cccccceeeee

Further Reaction to President Councils Proposals Reported
(THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)..... eee cece ween .

IDC Seminar To Boost Exports, Create First ‘Think Tank!
(Aida Parker; THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)....... -

Government, Private Sector Urged To Solve Housing Problem
(THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82)..... beeen

Released Van der Mescht Given Royal Reception
(Keith Abendroth; THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82)...... cece eneeee

De Beers May Lay Off 500 Workers
(THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)............. te eeeee sees se eeenee

Efforts To Restore Cabora Passa Power Reported
(THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)........ ee eeee teem wee wee eee eee

Four Companies Placed Under Judicial Management
(Toni Reyneke; THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82).......e0e000. secon

Deported Academic, Thomas, To Retum
(THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82)............ te eeenee eens seeeeee .

Investigation Into Defense Bond, Notes Fraud Reported
(Rika van Graan; THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82).......eceeeee sees

Details on Ship Building Capacity Given
(ARMED FORCES, Jan 82)........... Ses tee eee nen c wees on

Uruguay's View on Racial Issue, Role of Cubans in Angola
Examined
(Editorial; ARMED FORCES, Jan 82)...........005 Sees

Versatility of Domestic MPV Reported
(ARMED FORCES, Jan 82).....ccccccccececececcccccccccevees

Role of Frigate in South African Navy Described
(Willem van Niekerk; ARMED FORCES, Jan 82).......cceceeeee

Briefs

National Caucus
Sharpville Riot Book Ban
Union Opposes Racism
Brigadier Viviers Dies:



¢

INVESTIGATION INTO DEFENSE BOND, NOTES FRAUD REPORTED

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 3

[Article by Rika van Graan]

[Text]

cso:

POLICE _ investiga-
tions into the alleged
R3-million Defence
Bonus Bond and R20-
notes fraud intensi-
fied yesterday when
police experts
watched a dummy
run on the hidden
printing machines in
a Bryanston shop-

ping centre store- |

room.

Eyewitnesses said de-
tectives from the John
Vorster Square Com-
mercial Branch accom-
panied Mr Donald Ju-
lian Walker (55) to the
storeroom, where he al-

! legedly operated the

machines in the pres-
ence of his legal advis-
er.

The police visit to

' Bryanston lasted from
i just after 9am until

noon.
It is expected that
“bonus bonds” and

: “notes” printed yester-

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day will be used in the
police docket at a later

stage.
Mr Walker, who is
awaiting trial on

charges of forgery, was
arrested on April 27 at
Estcourt, Natal. He al-
legedly tried to cash a
forged R500 Bonus
Bond at the local Post

70

: ding

Office. -

When he was ar-
Tested, detectives took
possession of R500 000
forged bonus bonds and
R14 166 in cash that
_was hidden in the boot
of his car. °

Mr Walker was driv-
en to Johannesburg by
detectives and he point-
ed out the Bryanston
storeroom to them
where forged R20 notes
to the value of R364 000
and R2,89 million worth
of bonus bonds were al-
legedly discovered.

The printing ma-
chines were left in the
room until yesterday
when police allegedly
watched the dummy
run.

Four days after Mr
Walker's arrest, he was
saved by prompt action
by policemen and ambu-
lancemen after being
found hanging in a
John Vorster Square
police cell. He was ad-
mitted to the Johannes-
burg Hospital and his
case was postponed in
his absence the follow-
ing day. -

Mr Walker was re-
manded in custody, pen-
completion « of

investigations

police

| into the alleged fraud.

SOUTH AFRICA



DEPORTED ACADEMIC, THOMAS, TO RETURN

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 15

[Text]

CAPE TOWN. — Professor Wolfgang
Heinz Thomas, a German academic
deported from South Africa five years
ago, will return to the University of
the Western Cape next year to take up
an appointment as professor of eco-
nomics.

Professor Thomas (38), was the di-
rector of UWC’s Institute for Social
Development at the time he was de-
ported to Germany. .

He was detained and deported by,
the security police acting on the orders
of the then Minister of the Interior, Dr
Connie Mulder, on March 8, 1977.

‘The move was widely condemned by
his colleagues, friends and the West
German Government and even caused
dismay in Nationalist circles.

Professor Thomas, who now heads
the Department of Economics at the
University of Transkei in Umtata, con-
firmed that he had been appointed
professor of economics at UWC with
effect from January 1 next year.

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69

“I have not yet seen the Minister’s
decision on paper and have not
received written confirmation from
anyone, but I believe the appointment
stands,” he said.

The Director-General of Internal
Affairs, Mr S S van der Merwe, con-
firmed that the Minister of Internal
Affairs, Mr Chris Heunis, had ap-
proved Professor Thomas’ return to
South Africa. .

Professor Thomas said he and his _
family had lived in West Germany
from 1977 to March 1980, when he
accepted the post at the University of
‘Transkei.

Shortly before his deportation in
1977, Professor Thomas, an authority
on the economy of South West Afri-
ca/Namibia, served as a financial ad¥
viser to several Black delegations at
the Turnhalle constitutional confer-
ence in Windhoek.

He also previously lectured in eco-
noraics at the universities of Stellen-
bosch and Cape Town.



maintain all the vessels registered under the South African flag.
This undoubtedly is a very satisfactory situation, but what of ship
building — Privately owned ship yards were first established in the
Republic in the late 60's, strictly speaking only one of these was
a ship building company, two others were subsidiaries of estab-
lished engineering organisations. Unfortunately, the ship build-
ing industry when considered in isolation has not prospered,
despite substantial private investment and generous Govern-
ment support. Although at one time there were three ship yards
actively engaged on new buildings, there ncw remains only one
commercial ship building yard in the Republic, Dorbyl Marine —
Durban, formally Dorman Long.

Dorman Long, first became involved in the building of marine
structures in 1942 when it built a 17 000 ton floating dock for the
Royal Navy. Many years were to elapse before the next step was
taken.

Early in 1962, two shipyards commenced operation in Dur-
ban, Dorbyl followed very shortly after when it constructed a

slip-vay at its Durban premises. Within 5 years the owr-eis of one '
yard were forced to sell due to lack of continuity of work, and
some years passed before the yard reopened under new owners
who were tempted to build another vessel. This project however,
was not persued and the company tumed its efforts to other
activities. The second yard who had confined its activities to

: trawlers, tugs and small ships accepted contracts at keen prices.
, Unfortunately delays in deliveries were frequent and as a result
, large losses were reported and in 1977 the company’s ship build-

ing division ceased operations. Meanwhile Dorby! persevered
with its ship building division and from modest beginnings, - the
first vessel to be built being a torpedo recovery vessel for the SA
Navy in 1969, — commenced to build larger and more sophisti-
cated ships. In 1975 the company added a second slipway to its
facilities and invested a substantial capital sum in the provision
of ancilliary equipment. The present Capacity of the yard is such
that vessels up to 150 metres in length and up to 18 000 tons
dead weight can be built.

From 1969 to the present date Dorby! has built no less than 64
vessels of various types, including one oil rig, six coastal steam-

| @rs and a highly sophisticated fisheries research vessel. The

total value of all the vessels built to date by Dorby! exceed

! R148 000 000. Despite this telatively high turnover during the

Past 10 years the Company's ship building division has operated
at a loss and the prognosis for the future is not bright.

Mention has already been made of Government assistance to
the industry. In 1967 the South African Government introduced a
ship building subsidy scheme, (amended in 1971, 1973 and
1978). This scheme provided for a 20% subsidy on the yard price

: Of any vessel over 500 tons gross and less than 6 000 tons gross,

which was built for commercial owners. Additionally for export
contracts the Industrial Development Corporation provided low
interest loans of up to 80% of the contract value. There is no
doubt whatsoever that without the assistance of the measures
above mentioned most if not all of the commercial contracts se-
cured by Dorbyl during the past 10 years would have been lost to
overseas builders. It is in fact more than probable that without the
subsidy and loan assistance, Dorbyl, the one remaining ship-
yard, would have concentrated its activities on other Engineering
activities,

72



DETAILS OF DEMONSTRATIONS,

INTIMIDATION,

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 4

{From the "Parliament" page]

[Text]

HOUSE OF AS-

SEMBLY. — A Bill

which prohibits out-’

door meetings of any
kind,” Mrs Helen Suz-
man (PFP Houghton)
said. Now any innocent

who found

“fenced ‘society in South
Africa with no right of:
protest whatSoever.”
__Mr Louis le Grange,
Minister of Law and Or-
der, said that people
who wanted to as-
semble at or near a
court could seek per-
-mission from a magis-
trate. The interests of
the State in this in-
stance had preference
over the interests of the
individual.

There was nothing in
the legislation which
prohibited the ordinary
attendance by people of
any court proceedings.

Members of the PFP
had asked, how it was
possible for “one per-
son” carrying out a
peaceful placard dem-
onstration outside a
building to cause a dis-
ruption of court pro-
ceedings.

Mr Le Grange main-
tained that a "one-"
man” demonstration
could easily lead to fur-
ther demonstrations
and meetings as well as
riots.

It was the aim there-

fore that the vicinity of

29

SOUTH AFRICA

SECURITY BILLS GIVEN

a court building should
be normal and quiet so
as not to disturb. the
Proceedings taking
place within it.

The PFP Chief Whip,
Mr Alf Widman, and Mr
Ray Swart (Durban,
Berea) made it clear
that the PFP was very
much in favour of court
proceedings taking
Place peacefully and
without disruption.

It was unjust there-
fore, Mr Widman said,
to say that his party
stood for demonstra-
tions. Court proceed-
ings should take place
in a dignified way. ‘

Mr Swart said the
Government was again
coming to parliament
with a measure aimed
at a “total overkill”,

It was totally un-
reasonable and ridicu-
Tous to say that a “one-
man” demonstration
outside a court building
could be regarded as a
gathering or a demon-
stration.

The clause was pass-

ed after a division, the ~

CP and NRP voting
with the Government.



LIBERIA

BRIEFS

RURAL PRESS PROGRAM EXPANSION--The Minister of Information, Col. Gray D. Alli-
son said Tuesday that his Ministry hopes to expand the Rural Press Program
throughout the country to disseminate essential information to a greater number
of the Liberian masses. He said with the first phase of the project now oper-
ating in Gbarnga, Bong County, the second phase of the Rural Program, was ex-
pected to begin in Lofa County in the near future. [Excerpt] [Monrovia NEW
LIBERIAN in English 29 Apr 82 p 3]

FAO AGRICULTURAL AID--An emergency agricultural aid, totalling $40,000 has
been granted the Liberian Government by the Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations. The aid which included 120 tons nitrogen-phosphorus-
potassium (NPK) and 50 tons urea fertilizer, was recently requested from FAO by
the Government of Liberia to help extension services in establishing field dem-
onstration plots for improved rice cultivation in the country, according to an
agriculture ministry release. [Excerpt] [Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English

3 May 82 p 4]

AFL RETIREMENTS--Five hundred twenty-seven officers and enlistedmen of the
Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) have been retired from active service. The
number includes some army officers who were retired during the past regime
but later re-instated following the Revolution to perform needed functions
in the army. The Assistant Chief of Staff, Gl (in charge of personnel),
Col. Peter T. Solo, in an interview with the OBSERVER Tuesday. [as pub-
lished] [By T. Max Teah] [Text] [Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English

6 May 82 p 3]

U.S.-LIBERIAN MANEUVERS END-~Two company sizes of the 6th infantry battalion
and the first infantry battalion of the armed forces of Liberia Monday com-
pleted a three-day joint maneuvers with the special forces of the U.S. at
Bomi Territory. The exercise, which began Saturday, included field train-
ing, tactical demonstration, drills and ambush techniques. The 44 members
of the special forces of the U.S. army under the command of Major Lynn
Stull, participated as field instructor. The exercise director, Col.
Maxwell Weah, who is also the planning and training officer of the armed
forces of Liberia, said the exercise was designed to strengthen the
Liberian army. [Excerpt] [Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 6 May 82

p 10]

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15 : -



have not been a minister for 10 years or a deputy for 5 years--it would be a
change for me....I do, however, recommend one thing to you: you can change
anything you like, but do not change my foreign policy, that I ask you on ben-
ded knee, for it would mean more misery and more stagnation for you," said Sir
Gaetan.

A Major Factor

After also vaunting the advantages which could accrue to the overpopulated
country from emigration of workers to Europe, Sir Gaetan emphasized that a
severe drop in oil prices, if it should occur, could constitute a major factor.

“Are Berenger and Jugnauth interested in explaining to us what they would do
with 100,000 unemployed? No, they are interested in preparing the budget...
before being elected. If Berenger runs at Quatre-Bornes, he will not even be
reelected. That is what is called being nasty. And, as I have already said,
if Sir Seewoosagur wants us, let him get rid of Eliezer Francois so that we
can talk. Ramgoolam must understand that he has to choose between Francois
and his prime minister's seat, which by now must have the shape of his poster-
ior."

Sir Gaetan Duval stressed that the crowd he had dram to his meeting meant the
political death of M Eliezer Francois and his lieutenants, "who were protected
by the Riot Unit from people who had no intention of attacking them.

"Moreover, you must have realized that you have no future with the communist
MMM. Faithful followers have also told me that even if I did not ally myself
with Ramgoolam my party would still be strong in the cities....0n a Sunday
such as this, why are you here, and why do I myself organize congresses and
public meetings? Simply because we are afflicted with the same illness: we
love our country! If Ramgoolam gets rid of Francois, we can sit down with
him and discuss how to fight communism. But I am moved to see so many of you,
still answering my call. May your enthusiasm grow, so that on 11 June your
numbers may constitute the mass of victory," Sir Gaetan concluded.

An Imposing’ Parade

All the traditional devices of the Duvalist organization had been employed for
yesterday's congress and meeting, with innumerable blue flags and garments,
with cars and motorcycles taking part in an imposing parade.

Perched on the shoulders of his adherents, Sir Gaetan arrived at Eden College
before the congress, and so he left the congress to make his way to the Place
Margeot.

Major concerns of the congress were amendments to party statutes made neces-
sary by the PMSD split, the party platform, and election strategy and tactics.

The party president and secretary general, MM P. Simonet and A. Driver spoke
at the congress, as did Mme Ghislaine Henry and MM Carpen, M Florent, N, Kist-
nen, and M. Fakira, Sir Gaetan saving his words for the meeting.

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regained better feelings towards Duval. Convinced that a pro-Duval PT-PMSD
entente would enhance the government's chances against the MMM/PSM bloc, en-
couraged in that direction by SSS polls, and under pressure by Western embas-
sies, he engineered a rapprochement with Duval, with Sir Seewoosagur's bless-
ing. Sir Kher Jagatsingh also appears to have concluded that if the price to
be paid for that alliance is the dismissal of Francois, then the PT should pay
it. On several occasions in recent days Sir Kher declared to journalists that
it is with Duval that Sir Seewoosagur will go to the elections.

Day before yesterday, Sir Kher Jagatsingh officially received Sir Gaetan Duval,
who had come to discuss an alliance. Sir Gaetan stated his conditions: first,
expulsion of the Francois group, then PT support for his pro-Western foreign
policy. "No problem," Sir Kher reportedly replied. Yesterday morning, Sir
Kher met with the prime minister in his office. He relayed Duval's conditions,
and later said he had found Sir Seewoosagur receptive and very interested. The
prime minister, for his part, entrusted to Jagatsingh an urgent mission to In-
dia, for which Sir Kher emplaned yesterday afternoon.

Early in the afternoon, the Jagatsingh camp informed the press that the Ramgoo-
lam-Duval alliance was concluded and that Francois was "out." It was discreet-
ly let out that "the letters are ready," and that they were even "seen." M Ja-
gatsingh's principal colleague, PT president Burty David, when questioned by
the press, did not deny that the dismissal was imminent. In Labor circles it
was intimated that motorcyclists would bring his letter of dismissal to Fran-
cois during his Beau Bassin meeting. Labor officials close to Sir Kher Jagat-
singh even surrounded the meeting place and, it was learned, prepared to salute
with fireworks the announced suppression of the Francois group. Suspense per-
vaded the whole meeting, but no motorcyclists appeared.

This morning, displaying an exasperated and furious mien, the prime minister
declared to the press that "it's not true."

A postponement? Such is the intimation this morning by pro-Jagatsingh circles,
for there will be an agreement with Duval sooner or later, and the essential
condition of such agreement is dismissal of the pro-Francois ministers. So,
there is to be a sequel!

The Francois meeting, meanwhile, took place as planned.

During the meeting, a certain tension prevailed, for some local residents had
made it known to H Francois that they would pelt him with rotten eggs, a threat
which electrified the atmosphere. Yet only a single egg was thrown at M Fran-
cois, but did not hit him. His partisans, of whom there were quite a few in
the crowd, reacted by giving chase to the egg thrower, who simply melted away
in the crowd.

M Francois had quite some trouble restoring order before continuing his speech,
in the main a reply to detractors who accused him of being anti-Hindu. He gave
a long list of names of persons of the Hindu faith who have benefited from his
support in the CHA or elsewhere.

17



Detention for Interrogation 'Still Necessary'

NRP 'Totally Opposed'

cso:

THE Minister of Law
and Order, Mr Louis le
Grange, moved the
second reading of the
Internal Security Bill,
aimed at giving effect
to certain of the recom-
mendations of the Ra-
bie Commission which
inquired into security

THE New Republic
Party was totally op-
posed to the evil of in-
timidation which had
to be rooted out of so-.
ciety, Mr Brian Page
of Umhlanga, said.

Supporting the sec-
ond reading of the In-

4700/1222

legislation.

Mr Le Grange said ©

the ‘country faced a
new dispensation in its
security _ legislation
and its application.
There was no doubt
that the changes
would be welcomed.
South Africa was pres,

to Intimidation

timidation Bill, he
said he believed in-
timidation was one of
those things that
should not be allowed
to have “degrees”,
the same as a “little
bit of murder” could
not have degrees.
“We are totally op-

ented with new chal-
lenges which should
be faced with determi-
nation.

The commission had
given close attention to
the question of deten-
tion for interrogation
purposes and had
found that this was

‘posed to intimidation:

It is an evil that must
be rooted out of our
society.”

There was not a
shadow of a doubt, he

‘said, that  intirhi-
dation was taking
place.in South Africa.

still necessary. Provis-
jon for this was made
in the Bill, he said.

Because of the im-
portance of the legis-
lation he would prefer
to continue his speech
today and moved the
adjournment of the
House.

“We are supporting
this legislation.

There is no way that
we can do otherwise.”

He had the fullest
confidence in the
courts imposing suit-
able sentences for in-
timidation. _



MINISTER SAYS CHANCES 'SLIM' GOVERNMENT WILL ACCEDE TO LAMCO REQUEST

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 7 May 82 pp 1, 8, 10, 12

[Text]

The Minister of Labor, Mr.
David G. Dwanyen, has told the
LAMCO J.V. Operating Company
that the chances are “slim” that
the Liberian Government will ac-
ceed to LAMCO's request to
declare 96 Liberians redundant.

He told LAMCO's general
manager, John Parvola, at a
meeting Wednesday, that last
year Government froze all
strikes, then went on to dismiss
209 Liberians for staging an il-
legal strike; yet the Government
did not ask that these workers be
replaced.

Mr..-Dwanyen asked, “What
next now and how far can we go
to continue pleasing the LAMCO
management?” It was at this
point that the Minister declared,
“We cannot only please in-
vestors expense of displeasing
our Liberian masses.”

Mr. Dwanyen's remarks were

the most forthright by a Govern-

ment Minister since the com-

Pany, some time last year, put to '

Government the request to lay
off 96 workers as “redundant”.
The company argued that
business was bad, and that these
people were not making much of

.a contribution to the company

anyhow.

But some observers have
heard it said that everytime the
company feels it is in a tight
financial squeeze, it is the
Liberians first who are picked
on, not the expatriates.

The Government, in ‘a con-
scious attempt to keep the
already grave unemployment
situation from worsening, has
been opting for discussion of the
issue for months, in a bid to talk
the company out of the lay-offs.

LIBERIA

A Ministry of Commerce release, issued last night, said the Labor Minister put
it straight to the LAMCO management when he asked, "How is it possible that

LAMCO would declare Liberian employees redundant due to old age, and yet turn
around and hire an expatriate employee who is 62 years old?"

The Minister affirmed that Government was still committed to Decree No 12, out-

lawing all strike actions, although it recognized that strikes were the right

of workers after all bargaining efforts had failed.

But, he warned,

"To get

xid of 96 persons at this time would surely bring political, social and econom-
ic problems to Government."

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ZAMBIA

MUNDIA OPENS SEMINAR ON EXTENSION SERVICES IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mundia's Address

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 19 May 82 p 1

[Text] PRIME Minister Mundia has deplored the
lack of extension services in various sectors
of the economy and called for improve-
‘ment to boost rural development.

There was plenty of basic information and technical
know-how available in all sectors of-the economy

“crease the people’s awareness. :

Officially opening a three-day symposium or nih role of exten-
sion services in national development’’ at’ Lusaka’s Mulungushi
Hall yesterday, Mr Mundia noted that extension services in Zam
bia covered mainly agriculture. ~

The services should be
extended to other sectors like
natural resources manege-
ment and use. health, educa-
tion, manufacturing and con-
struction industries ‘‘all of
which play. vital* roles in
national development efforts,
especially in the development
of rural areas”
~ Despite commendable
achievements by the Party and
its Government since 1964.
the literacy rate was. still
low at 39.5 per cent, primary.
health’ care problems like
cholera, typhoid: and -mal-
nutrition were still common.

" Agricultural . output by
peasant farmers and manu-
facturing was: still low while
housing for unplanned town-
ships on the outskirts of
Tit pose cities and villages was

a peecitural cooperatives,
with a few exceptions, ptons, failed

to tick and yet basic informa-
tion and technical know-how
‘were available. properly”
channelled and applied the
information “‘could drastically
change the negative picture I
have “just described into a
positive one”. -

> There was a lot.of useful

information from various re-
search and development
laboratories of the National
Council for Scientific Re-
search, Government technical
departments and the Univer-
sity of Zambia.

“But I don’t think. that
this vast wealth of information
is reaching the end-user in a
systematic and effective way.
There appears to be no
mechanism for the proper
transmissions of such ° vital
information from sourcé to the
end-user — the -peasant
farmer, the village ward chair-
man and his colleagues.’

improved

There. was. no feedback sys-
tem for the end-user to the
source of the technical know-
how which would result >in
better and improved know-
ledge ‘and skills to be
provided...

Civil engineering extension
services in rural areas was
unheard of nor “‘is it in the
blu its of the Government

extension services existed
like in culture and com-
munity “their
effectiveness eaves alot to

“be desired”.

Mr Mundis deplored the
post-Independence tendency
extension workers _ of

to go out to the people in the

‘countryside.



DETAILS ON SHIP BUILDING CAPACITY GIVEN

Johannesburg ARMED FORCES in English Jan 82 pp 17, 20-21

[Text]

South Africa which has a coastline of more than 1 500 miles
has no navigable rivers, but has several large natural harbours,
well protected, with sufficient depth of water for the largest ves-
sels. Seven of these harbours, one of which is the Naval Base at
Simonstown, have been developed into modern ports which are
among the largest and best equipped in the world. These ports
are adequately served by an efficient and well developed infras-
tructure. During the last five years container loading and unload-
ing facilities have been provided, at the ports and major centres,
superior to those presently provided in many western countries.

The economic development and prosperity of the Republic in
common with the industrialised nations of the Western world is to
a very large extent dependent on its foreign trade. It has always
been accepted by established Maritime countries that it is politi-
cally and economically in their interest to ensure insofar as pos-
sible, that at least their exports are carried in Nationally owned
ships.

South Africa recognised some years ago the benefits which
would accrue from such a policy and with the support of the
Government, Safmarine was established, initially on somewhat
modest lines, but to rapidly expand into a large economically
viable shipping company operating bulk carriers container ves-
sels and general traders to and from the Republic to all parts of
the world. ‘

Coasta! Services have also kept pace with the industrial devel-
opment and locally owned companies provide fast and regular

services between the coastal centres with vessels flying the'
South African flag.

To maximise the benefits accruing to any country from the
ownership of it's own shipping services it must also provide facili-
ties for the maintenance of such vessels and ideally to estab-
lished ship yards capable of building new vessels as may be
required.

In South Africa there has been for several decades at most of
the Ports privately owned companies engaged in ship repair and
maintenance and the Authorities provided at the larger ports dry
docks which are available to anv vessel requiring such facility.

South African ship repair facilities are comparable with those
provided in the majority of foreign countries and are adequate to

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SOUTH AFRICA



“Given the fa
the present basis for
the financing of local
authorities has no ad-
equate potential for
growth, that it is depen-
dent chiefly on rates on
property, that it is inad-
equate and not suffi-
ciently flexible, and
that available funds are
allocated to the Black,
White, Brown and In-
dian communities in an
arbitrary fashion, it is
accepted that changes
in the basis of taxation
and the way in which
tax revenue is allocated
become an urgent
necessity”, the report

says.

It say’s that before
mew sources of revenue
for local authorities are
created, it is essential
in the existing situation
of a heterogenous pop-
ulation, with wide dif-
ferences in economic
standards, that a divi-
sion be made between
“hard” and “soft” ser-
vices, and that a pro-
Cischul elimination ‘af

ation o!
accumulated backlogs
and relative disparities
be first accepted.

“Without such a pro-
gramme, greater rev-
enue sources within the
current pattern of local
government will tend to
increase and widen the
existing welfare gap,
disparities and back-
logs which will obvious-
ly make jf still more dif-
ficult to rectify the
position in the future.”

The committee rec-
ommends that the
“hard” services such as
water, electricity, fire
services, abattioirs,
roads and streets be
carried out by regional

authorities
nominated by
the elected
primary local
authorities,
which would
carry out the

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“soft” or community-
sensitive services such
as community halls,
residential areas,
schools and swimming
pools. :

The report say’s all
nett income from rates
on commercial, indus-
trial, mining, agricul-
tural, Government and
Government-derived
business institutions,
excluding rates on dom-
estic dwellings, to-
gether with other addit-
ional local taxation and
income, should be ear-
marked as “neutral” in-
come.

Such “neutral” funds
should be used for fi-
nancing the activities
of the metropolitan/re-
gional authorities in
the areas of member
local authorities on a
pro-rata basis.

The committee rec-
ommends that all new
income of a “neutral”
nature in the areas of
existing local author-
ities where metropoli-
tan/regional author-
ities are not feasible at
present should also be
divided between the
Black, White, Brown
and Indian communi-
ties.

A new basis of fi-
mancing should be im-
plemented simulta-
neously with the intro-
duction of the proposed
new local management
system, the report say's

“The committee is
not in favour of the cre-
ation of new sources of
income or the broad-
ening of the income
at local level in iso-
lation, since this will
simply perpetuate
those uspects of the old
system which are unac-
ceptable.

Services committees for
the provision of bulk
services at low unit cost
todocal government, as
proposed by the Croes-
er Committee, be imple-
mented, and that these
joint services commit-
tees be regarded as
forerunners to the pro-
posed metropolitan/re-
gional authorities.

It also recommends
that revenue from mo-
tor licences, entertain-
ment tax and transfer
dues should accrue to
the area of origin.

The report says that
in view of the existing
backlog and disparities
in infrastructure and
services between com-
munities, minimum
standards must be laid
down.

“It is accepted that
such minimum stan-
dards will vary from re-
gion to region but they
should be the same in
respect of immediately
adjacent communities
and must be in accord-
ance with the ability of
the communities con-
cerned to pay.”

“It is accepted that

(variations above the
minimum will occur in
certain local author-
ities.”

In a summary of it's
proposals, the commit-
tee say's the minimum
Standard should be set
with regard to services
such as street lighting,
tarred roads, water pro-
vision etc. :

“The achievement of
greater parity as re-
gards available services
for the various com-
munities would defi-
nitely contribute to the
depoliticisation of local
authorities.”

“Communities which

The com-
mittee rec-
omments that
the establish-
ment of joint

56

cannot afford
the minimum
standard of
services should
be assisted

financially, | whereas
communities which re-
quire more than the
minimum standard for
themselves should ob-
viously be expected to
make a greater contri-
bution in this regard on
a tariff sliding scale.”

The commitee say's
serious attention will
have to be given to the
development of new
sources for the “neu-
tral fund” to expand
the income base of local
authorities.

Some of the sources
which could be further
investigated by the per-
manent liaison commit-
tee are motor licences
allocated to local auth-
orities, new categories
of occupation services
such as doctors, ac
countants, architects,
advocates, etc., a tax on
the turnover of under-
takings within each
particular area, a tax or
levy on employment —
the number of em-
ployees or wage turn-
over — local fuel taxes,
toll payments, and
taxes and levies on tou-
rism

“The division of the
neutral fund according
to a specific formula
among various author-
ities, if the recommen-
dation is accepted, is
another subject which
will have to be investi-
gated further.”

A per-capita con-
sumer spending per
group can serve as @
good example and
Starting point.”

The com: ree says
the question of where
the taxation authority
will be situated and
many other important

aspects concerning fi-

nancing would
have to be in-
vestigated

i thoroughly by
ithe expert

group.



PAYMASTER ACCUSES FINANCE MINISTRY OF PAYROLL PADDING
Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 6 May 82 pp 1, 10

[Article by Westmore Dahn]

[Excerpt]

LIBERIA

. The Government’s paymaster-general, Major

Harold Saa Bundoo, has accused the Ministry
of Finance, the government agency responsi-
ble for making cheques, of engaging in payroll

padding.

Major Bundoo who is the,
Disbursing Officer, said on Mon-
day that “the Ministry of
Finance, like the Ministry of
Education, has been involved in,
this irregular practice inspite of
répeated warnings by Head of
State Doe and other patriotic
citizens.”.

He said in-an. interview that
after carrying out careful: in-
vestigations, he discovered on
the Finance Ministry's. present
payroll, “some names. of in-
dividuals who have either died,
left government service, or have
left the country.” .

He did not disclose the names
involved, but said: “I am ready to
produce documents when I am
asked to do so.”

Last month, Finance Minister
G. Alvin Jones announced that
with the approval of the Head of
State, ministers and heads of
agencies will begin signing their’
employee's salary cheques as of
July | this year, which is the new
fiscal year.

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” Minister Jones said the exer-
cise would, among other things,
curb padding of payrolls as heads
of ministries and agencies would
pay more attention to scrutiniz-
ing payrolls before signing them.

He said further that individual
ministries and agencies are in a
better’ position to know ghost
names from actual names on
payrolls.

And ‘now the Disbursing Of

ficer at the Finance Ministry has-

revealed that payroll padding
has’ been geing on unabated in
the ministry.

Apri Cheques ©

Major Bundoo said if such
unscrupulous practice is stopped,
the money saved could be used
to develop the.country or to use
it-in employing more people as
there are lots and lots of people

in search of jobs throughout the

COUNELY. wee 5 niece
Touching on out-station
government employees who

“were allegedly receiving salary
cheques regularly even though
they were no longer in active
service, Disbursing Officer Bun-
doo explained that it was for this
reason that the Head of State
recently appointed .a special
committee to pay pensioners and
teachers residing outside-
Monrovia personally.

He said that it was discovered
through this exercise that
although some of the people died
or left government service, their
friends and relatives were’ still
signing for their cheques.

Major Lundoo stated that after
six months, cheques of retired
personnel .and those that
teachers have not signed for, will.
be withheld.

He appealed to government

ministries, particularly the
Ministry of Education, to present
their payrolls on schedule, as
mandated by the Head of State,
so that his section can pay
government employees on time.



important event for Senegal because of the economic and financial conse-
quences which will derive from it. Has the complementarity which you
advocate between workers and employers been apparent during the 3 years of
negotiations?

[Answer] Unfortunately, it has not existed. The provisions contained in
the draft presented by the CNTS reminded me of my years as a trade union-
ist. I found on the part of today's trade unionists the same relentless
determination in defending their claims as [was the case] 25 years ago.

The draft's provisions aim mainly at improving the living conditions of the
working class. I want especially to point out the lengthening of the paid
leave period for sickness and widowhood, the rate increase for various
allowances, the greater power of staff delegates within the corporation,
etc....

[Question] Isn't this normal?

[Answer] As doctrine, yes! On the national level, it lacks realism, con-
sidering current economic difficulties. The improvement of living and
working conditions should be the consequence of economic enrichment.

Nowhere in this community draft agreement do there appear provisions relat-
ing, for example, to the growth of productivity and to a strengthening of
professional consciousness.

[Question] What has been the employers’ attitude about this during the
negotiations?

[Answer] Most of the people who have negotiated on the employers' side

are foreigners who have been in Senegal for only a few years. Most likely,
genuine national employers would have shown greater resistance to some
claims whose consequences have a strong possibility of mortgaging the future.
Considering themselves more affected, feeling the weight of certain provi-
sions more keenly, they would have shown more determination.

[Question]. But you yourself participate in. these negotiations?

[Answer] As a Senegalese, I have felt it to be part of my duty to put the
unionists as well as my employer colleagues on their guard. For me, that
has caused some difficult times. I have observed that our questioners
would have preferred to carry on a dialogue exclusively with the foreign
employers, who because of the circumstances were categorized as progressive
émployers, and were probably more prompt than the nationals to make con-
cessions.

[Question] Have people not gone so far as to categorize you as a reaction-
ary employer?

[Answer] That can be explained by the fact that I acted as spokesman
for a truly national employer organization, but this organization really
does not exist anymore. So I was psychologically isolated.

[Question] However, Senegalese heads of corporations are more and more
numerous!

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SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 5

[Article by Keith Abendroth]

[Text]

A BLUE carpet re-
ception worthy of a
visiting _ potentate
yesterday made
bearded, long-
haired Sapper Jo-
han van der Mescht
probably the most
feted South Afri-
can private soldier
in the country’s
military history.
There were many wet
eyes, even among hard-
ened servicemen, as
Sapper Van der Mescht
was reunited with his
family on the apron of
Pretoria’s Waterkloof
Air Base — and to the

Immediately after
the plane landed the
team of nine national
Antelligence Service
men who negotiated
the sapper’s release
were whisked away
from the aircraft.
Newsmen were not al-
lowed to photograph or
talk to them.

On the apron the Van
der Meschts were tear-
fully reunited with Sap-
per Van der Mescht’s
mother and father —
whose knees gave in
frequently and who had
to be supported by two
military personnel —
and a retired Defence
Force officer who had

_ session.

The Van der Mescht |
relatives arrived some
45 minutes before the
“Soutpansberg” touch-
ed down. They were
brought to the air base
in a Puma helicopter. It
was clear that on their
arrival they were strug-
ling to contain their
emotions.

Mr Van der Mescht
senior was clearly a
very shocked and ill
man and was con-
stantly helped and sup-
ported — his knees fre-
quently giving in—by a
padre of the Chaplain
General's staff and a

daughter he hardly re- d for him.
members — after his "They were _ then woman serviceman.
1 500-plus days as pris- herded through a horde Mrs Van der Mescht

oner in Angola.

More than 100 per-
sonnel at the base turn-
ed out to watch the
heartrending reunion
between Sapper Van
der Mescht and his
wife, Cheryl, and
daughter, Chantal.

Women officials
mopped at their eyes as
Mrs Van der Mescht —
who was taken into the
SA Airways Boeing 747
“Soutpansberg”, which
the sapper had virtually
to himself from Frank-
furt — and who later
emerged hugging her
husband tightly with
little Chantal walking
between them. All three
were crving.

RELEASED VAN DER MESCHT GIVEN ROYAL RECEPTION

of television and news-
paper cameramen, with
dog handlers keeping
reporters from getting

“ to close, to the VIP

lounge at the air base.

Some 20 minutes lat-
er Sapper Van der
Mescht, with his wife
and daughter were ex-
posed to a short, im-
promptu press confer-
ence in a briefing room.

Immediately _after-
wards the family were
taken away for lunch at
an undisclosed destina-
tion, with an afternoon
ahead of them before
Sapper Van der Mescht
was to return as “a
guest of the army” for
an intensive briefing

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senior, wearing a lilac
coloured costume, ap-
peared to be the most
composed of the small
family group.

Sapper Van der
Mescht’s wife, wearing
a skirt and a white jer-
sey, devoted her time to
escorting her daughter,
dressed in a white jer-
sey, floral dress and

high _ boots,
through the waiting
crowd.

As the aircraft ar-
rived the Van der
Meschts were escorted
to the apron where the
greetings took place —
and from where Sapper



CHOKING back sobs,
Sapper Van der Mescht
said: “I feel like crying,”
when asked what it felt
like to be back on South
African soil after 52
months of precarious
existence as a prisoner
of war.

Facing a barrage of
cameras and questions
from newsmen, Sapper
Van der Mescht clung

Brainwash?--'No Chance!"

tightly to’ his wife's
hands as he falteringly
answered questions.

He asked specifically
to be allowed to speak in
English, although Afri-
kaans was his mother
tongue ... “quite sim-

haven't spoken
Afrikaans for years.”

Then he smiled and
threw his arms aloft as

he was asked about his
trip back to South Afri-
ca. “I had a whole 747 to
myself,” he said.

He had never been
tortured during his
period of capture, al-
though he had been mal-
treated — and would in
time give details of what
form the maltreatment
took.

liked me to break down
but they never really
succeeded in breaking
me.”

“They had no
chance,” he said when
asked if efforts were
made to brainwash him
to turn against South
Afric.a

He said be bad no
knowledge of a contro-

“They would have  versial film in which he

was shown as possibly turning against South Africa and said that during his
period of capture no television camera had been on him.

His biggest aim now was to get to know his family again--particularly his
wife and small daughter--and to take a holiday before looking for work and
volunteering for further military duty.

He said he was flown to East Germany a week ago and was told only on Tuesday
morning that he was to be freed.

“But when they took me to East Germany I didn't think it was to be released
.» . . I didn't know what it was for.

Nobody told me what was going on but I had faith in our Government to get me
out eventually."

Asked if he had come to know mercenaries and other soldiers in prison camp
with him, he said simply: "I will speak of them later. They were my friends
. « . some were executed."

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SOUTH AFRICA

DE BEERS MAY LAY OFF 500 WORKERS
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 5

[Text] NEARLY 500 workers

,at De Beer’s Premier -

Mine near Pretoria will
be laid off unless trans-
_fers to other mines in
South Africa can be ar-
ranged.

ie workers — 47

ites and 451 Blacks
— were told of the re-
trenchment plans yes-
terday. De Beers has,
however, undertaken to
transfer as many of
them as possible.

Those who have lost
their jobs include 29
shift bosses, foremen,
section managers and

rent level of sales, the
De Beers group is re-
ducing operating costs
and long term expendi-
ture wherever posible,”
he said.

“Current production
at the mine will remain
unchanged but develop-
ments below the sill will
be affected.

“The resumption of
development at Pre-
mier will be reviewed
from time to time in the
light of prevailing con-
ditions.”

The spokesman said
workers affected by the
staff cut would be told

anyone or our offers
are ‘not accepted, the
normal month’s notice
plus two months’ pay
will be given.”

He said no other
mines had been af-
fected by staff cuts.

Meanwhile about 90
Black workers at Ever-
ite’s Kliprivier factory
and ‘stock depot were
laid off yesterday.

The men, many of
them contract workers
from independent nat-
ional states, were put
on buses at about 9.30
am and sent to railway
stations for the home-

Sane ene yet dune of any plans "a4 Journey
De Beers group said the to transfer them. be According to one
reduction in staff af- “Those who can company _ employee,

fected all levels of em-
ployment at the mine
but represented a fairly
small proportion of its
4 275-strong workforce.

“As a consequence of
the high level of dia-
mond stocks and cur-

absorbed. at other
mines and are prepared
to accept transfers, will
be moved without any
loss of rights and with
expenses paid,” he said.

“If we are unable to
offer employment to

Everite’s pay office

worked through Wed- °
nesday night preparing

wage packets for the

laid-off workers. The

men were handed their

pay, he said, on the

buses.

Everite's group personnel manager, Mr Evert Claasens, confirmed that the sack-
ings had taken place, but denied the pay-outs were made on the buses.

“They represent only a negligible proportion of the nearly 1 400 workers at
Kliprivier," he said.

“The men were laid off because the recession is starting to hit us and we are
not getting as many orders for our products as before. For two months we
carried a surplus of workers, but we finally had to stop and do something
about it."

About 80 workers at Everite's cement factory on the reef and 20 at its Cape
Town factory have also been laid off in the past month.

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MAURITIUS

BRIEFS

LP CAMPAIGN--The Labor party has chosen Belle Rive, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam's
native village, to launch his election campaign--with brilliance, it is said.
Indeed, on Thursday 11 March, or 24 hours before the national holiday marking
the 14th anniversary of indépendence, Labor will organize a mass demonstration
there, during which the prime minister will personally kick off the Labor cam-
paign. The party, which has completed its platform and established its slate
of candidates, will be in a position to announce on that occasion the major
planks in its platform and to present party candidates. Labor will also make
full use of the independence celebrations to bring to the fore the government's
achievements, and particularly those of the Labor party. Llext7 Port Louis
LE MAURICIEN in French 1 Mar 82 p A 6145

POLICE INCREASED--Some 150 new policemen will be recruited in the coming weeks
in view of the forthcoming legislative elections set for 11 June. The author-
ities plan to reinforce police effectives so as to be able to provide good law
and order maintenance during the campaign and elections. This necessity has
made itself felt, police circles say, in recent months during which a resur-
gence of thefts and violence has been noted throughout the country. Police
authorities have thus been led to realize that investigations were often drag-
ged out owing to policemen having to spread out their efforts because of per-
sonnel shortages in certain sectors of the police service. This situation has
worsened recently due to the fact that a number of policemen have left on va-
cation and others have retired. Recruitment of these 150 new policemen_will,
it is thought, permit this situation to be_appreciably improved. Ffext/ Port
Louis LE MAURICIEN in French 27 Feb 82 p V7 6145

6145
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atmosphere favourable to the communist line that can be manip-
ulated in their favour. Unconfirmed information is that a Battalion
of Nicaraguan troops have now joined the Cubans in Angola
Whether the Sandinista/Communistic Nicaraguan junta is a sur-
rogate of Havana or Moscow is not yet clear, but it was Fide!
Castro who acted as the logistical support for the Sandinista
movement when the Carter administration let them take over
Nicaragua. Now Moscow is directly supplying the Junta with mil-
itary equipment which could well be in return for their involve-
ment in Soviet gobal strategy instead of a participation limited to
Centra! and South America. It would be foolish put forward the
suggestion that Cuba has over extended itself from a military
aspect with its foreign adventures, hence the possible inclusion
of Nicaraguan troops could be an attempt to win additional politi-
cal advantages for the Soviets.

THE EDITOR.

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MINISTER LAUDS NETHERLANDS-LIBERIA RELATIONSHIP

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 3 May 82 p 10

[Excerpt]

Acting Foreign Minister,
Christopher Minikon has
Jauaed the mutual relation-
‘ship existing between the
Netherlands and Liberia,
which he said has been
characterized by friendship,
cordiality and bilateral
cooperation.

He traced the relations bet-
ween the two countries back tu
the mid 19th century when
Liberia and the Netherlands sign-
ed a treaty of recognization, ami-
ty and trade.

Minister Minikon, who was
speaking Friday night at the

“Netherlands Embassy in
Monrovia, at a program marking
the 45th birth anniversary -of
Queen Beatrix of \ the
Netherlands, said the continued
assistance Liberia was receiving
from the Netherlands in priority
areas, such as education, health
and rural development, was an
indication of the Netherlands
government's understanding of
the Liberian Revoiution.

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He also praised the Dutch
government for scholarships
granted to Liberians to study in
the Netherlands, and for its
financial assistance to self-help
projects throughout the country.

The Acting Foreign Minister
reemphasized government's
commitment to improving the
living standard of the Liberian
people through the expansion of
health and educational facilities
in the country.

On the international scene,
Minister Minikon said Liberia
was committed to the achieve-
ment of Africa's legitimate
aspirations for the independence
of Namibia, and the eradication
of apartheid in racist South
Africa.

He then called on the
Netherlands government and all
peace-loving countries of the

world to pressurize the Pretorian
government, while providing
moral and financial support to
the liberation struggle in Africa.

LIBERIA


ZAMBIA

Mundia Opens Seminar on Extension Services in National
Development
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 19 May 82)....... Bec ee ence cere nec enene

Mundia's Address
Agriculture Department's Observation '‘Serious',
Editorial

PRC Experts Say Serense-Samfya Road To Be Opened in 1984
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 18 May 82)...eecceeeceeeceee sae eeeeeeeee

Bad Roads May Prevent Collection of Harvest in Mkushi
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 May 82).........-- tee e eee eee eceneene

Freedom House Raising Funds To Build UNIP Headquarters
(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, 20 May 82).....+.eeeeeeeeee eee eee so eeee

Briefs
Police Recover Cattle

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LAMCO general manager Mr. Parvola stated that of the 96 Liberian employees
that are to be declared redundant 11 had left of their own will, adding that
these employees had been found to be ineffective and unproductive and this is
why he was trying to get rid of them in order to employ "the kind of people
that the company needed."

_Currently LAMCO is shi

Mri Parvola said that there
were possibilities that Bong Min-
ing Company and LAMCO would
continue operation after 1986.

million tons of iron ore every
year but if that figure were in--
creased to about 7.5 million tons
every year, the operations would

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continue.

Commenting on the
Liberianization policy of the PRC
Government, he said the com-
pany currently had 438 ex-
patriate employees. He express-
ed hope that by January 1984,
that number would be reduced to
284.


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and materials on culture and
art. .

STRENGTHENING OF CONTACTS

The strengthening of con-
tacts and cooperation be-
tween Sborts organizations
of both countries, the ex-
change | of athletes, coaches
and sports /teams and to fa~
cilitate friendly visits and
competitions “were also in-
cluded im the agreement, 7

The two countries also
agreed to. exchange experien-
ces in medicine and public
health and to undertake a
programme of exchange in the
social sciences including
the exchange of visits and
lecture tours by social
scientists and of relevant-
materials, oo

“To implement the agree-

ment, the two contracting

parties agreed that, the an-.

nual executive programme , and

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the expenses for the cul--
tural . exchanges shall be
agreed on separately.

The’ agreement becomes ef-
fective on the date the two
contracting parties will
notify each other of - the
completion of their. respec-
tive legal procedures and it
shall be valid for a period
of. five years,'' “renewable
automatically for successive
periods of five years unless
either party requests its
termination by serving. a
written notice to the other
Party six months before the
date of expiration.

INVITATION TO VISIT LIBERIA

Meanwhile, Chinese Premier,
Zhao _Ziyang has accepted fh
invitation ‘from. Head of
State Samuel K. Doe to visit
Liberia, according to the
French News Agency,’ quoting
the New China News Agency.



+f He called that daring the

“colonial era extension
used: to cycle or walked long

distances to do’ their
."But now, hardly two decades

away, ‘I’m told that: similar
type of work has to be done

“only if there is a Land-Rover,

a Land Cruiser or Range
Rover. Very soon we shall hear
demands for helicovters.””-

He conceded that mobilisa-
tion of people required trans-

_ port, but pointed out that

? cheaper means should be pre-
ferred. There was nothing
wrong with old means of trans-

port.
“With the Chipete bicyle
plant

stream
very soon, we should be able.
"to provide relatively cheap but_

Agriculture Department's Observation ‘Serious!

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 19 May 82 p 1

[Editorial]

[Text] NEXT Saturday marks |

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the second anniversary
of the launching of
“operation food pro-
duction” by President
Kaunda at a State
House Press conference
on May 23, 1980.

When we look back todav
at this ambitious and
comprehensive K400
million programme de-
signed to develop the
Republic’s agricultural
potential, the first ques-
, tion is how much have
we gone with it in the
last two years?

In his inaugural speech

* the President explained

‘that the method of ope-
ration would be centred
at six levels — State
farms, rejuvenated Na-
tional Service farms,
rural reconstruction
centres, producer co-
operatives, commercial
farmers and village re-
construction coopera-

tives.

Each level has its own re-'
quirements ‘and these!
are being actively look-
ed into by the Party and
its Government.

For instance when Na-

- tional Service resumes

its programme it is not

likely to follow the old

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one; and as regards
State farms some of the
countries which promi-
sed to. participate have
gone a long way.

There are however levels
which are giving con-
cern and which need the
services of trained or-
gans. to make them
move forward.

~When: he opened a.semi-,.

“nar in Lusaka yesterday

Prime Minister Mundia:

pointed out that lack of
extension services in al-
most all sectors had
slowed down national
development.

We are concerned here
about extension service
in agriculture on which
the President laid em-
phasis in his ‘‘operation
food production” an-
nouncement.

Is the peasant being help-
ed to increase his yield
or improve his methods
through an. effective
extension service; and if
not what are the pro-
blems facing extension
workers? _

It is a fact that if we don’t
break the vicious circle
of finance, supplies,
marketing, payment for
crops and repayment of
loans agricultural deve-
lopment at cooperative

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and lower levels would
be slowed down.

This affects the work of
extension staff and what
is the use of having them
if they cannot travel to
meet growers in their
districts because there
are no vehicles or bicy-
cles or demonstration
materials? :

The majority of farm
training institutes are at
present idle and yet

these are vital centres
where not only exten-

sion staff are supposed
to. prepare for field
work but more so where
farmers can learn
through practical train-
ing and demonstration.

A 1977 report by the
department of agricul-
ture on ‘‘intensive ex-
tension method’’
bewails the lack of ap-
preciation accorded to
the service of extension
workers,

It says in one section:
“This key personnel has
remained poorly train-
ed, loses confidence and
therefore avoids visiting
farmers’’. Really? That
is too serious an ob-
servation to be ignored
in this decade of “‘ope-
tation food produc-
tion”



variants delivered to date incorporates a forward flat-bed, centrally mounted
crane and rear-mounted forklift which coupled with the vehicles central turning
axis, makes for a very useful vehicle indeed.

As it is, the Tremi already seems to offer considerabie poten-
tial for military applications, particularly if the ability to couple one
powered element to any one of several specialised units is con-
sidered. The most immediate application that springs to mind is
that of general-purpose vehicle in any military installation but
particularly in a forward camp where space and maintenance
facilities are at a premium and there is a great variety of tasks to
be performed. A suitable selection of unpowered elements to-
gether with one or two powered ones could provide virtually all of
the capabilities required in such a situation, ranging from gar-
bage removal and water sprinkler via crane and forklift to front-
end loader cum light bulldozer and dumper.

In the longer term, the basic concept could well be furthe
developed in the direction of high-mobility logistic vehicles, gur:
tractors, combat engineer vehicles and probably even for some
combat applications. The possibility of splitting the vehicle in two
and reassembling it without the need for major facilities would

' also seem to render it almost pre-destined for a variety of air-
borne roles. Still very much in its youth, this new vehicle and the
concept behind it hold out considerable promise in the military
sphere, requiring only sufficient imagination to push the nec-
essary development.

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frigate. As the SAAF No. 22 squadron operates the Wasp, they !
will be as adversely affected as the Navy itself with the decom-
missioning. The Wasp was intended as a naval machine for use
at sea, where it has to maintain a close affinity with the mother
ship. As it cannot carry a heavy payload, and having a short
range, there will be very little use for it on land. The Air Force's
ability to operate in this milieu at sea will no longer be able to be
practiced, as the flying-off platforms will be gone.

Another common feature in modern navies, but which will
probably be discontinued here, is afloat support which has been
made possible by our frigates and the acquisition of Tafelberg.
Discontinuation of this tactic will be to our fleet's strategic detri-
ment, for we shall not be able to deploy vessels as far and to
maintain a force at sea for so long as is now possible.

Millions of rands worth of simulators and other equipment at
the training establishments are probably going to be dismantled
with the frigates’ decommissioning, for their seems little purpose
in training crews for weapon systems which are no longer going
tobe used.

The withdrawal of the frigates are costly to us. They have
introduced many tactics which cannot be exercised with smaller
vessels. Their size enabled them to reach further than any other
combat ship in the navy. When they finally sail into history, South
Africa will have no single ASW ship. Our White Ensign, more-
over, will not be able to fly beyond our coastal confinements.

The frigates, whether here or gone, constitute the foundation

stone of the modern South African Navy. By taking account of
their feats, we can pay tribute to these magnificent ships.

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MAURITIUS

DETAILS ON PMSD (DUVAL) CONGRESS GIVEN
Port Louis L'EXPRESS in French 1 Mar 82 pp 6, 7

ZExcerpt/ "Rapid development based on a realistic and coura-
geous foreign policy": such in summary is the promise made

in the electoral manifesto of Sir Gaetan Duval's PMSD, which
will be ready for distribution by the end of March, and whose
major lines were laid down yesterday by a national party
congress at the College Eden, Rose Hill; and such was the
theme of an address by Sir Gaetan, lasting an hour and a half,
at a PMSD meeting in the Place Mgr Margeot in the same town
shortly thereafter.

Only the PMSD leader spoke at the meeting, which was attended by a crowd of
some 8,000 attentive and enthusiastic persons, of whom some 4,000 to 5,000 had
previously attended the congress.

The key idea developed by the PMSD leader, as mentioned above, was rapid devel-
opment of the country through its foreign policy; and he disclosed that a group
of ambassadors, queueing up at his door, had asked him not to be stubborn con-
cerning the alliance with Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, so that

the Soviet plan should not succeed, and that Mauritius and Reunion should not
follow Madagascar and the Seychelles by becoming in their turn communist.

"Paul Berenger has just returned from Reunion, where even the communists are
against the granting of independence to that island, but where he nevertheless
declared that he, Berenger, favored independence for the sister island, but
that the MMM would not force the Reunion islanders to accept it--as if they
could," said the PMSD leader. "Do you think that idea comes from Trefles or
the Plaine Verte? No, it comes directly from Moscow and the Kremlin," he ex-
claimed.

According to the speaker, the project aims at extending communist influence in
Mauritius and Reunion-safter Madagascar, the Seychelles, and the Comoros--so
that Moscow would take the place of France and the United States in that re-
gion.

"But am I the stubborn one? Did not Sir Seewoosagur know that two forms of
salaried compensation should not be allowed the workers of this country? And

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SOUTH AFRICA

BRIEFS

NATIONAL CAUCUS--CAPE TOWN.--The Government announced last night that a coun-
try-wide caucus of the National Party would be held in Cape Town on June 5.

The Citizen was told that all MP's and all members of the provincial councils
have been invited and that the President's Council proposal on local govern-
ment, regional government and on the central government, would be fully de-
bated. The caucus will also be used to finalise preparations for the envis-
aged federal congress at the end of July. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN

in English 13 May 82 p 2] FEARS of an increasing crossover to the Conserva-
tive Party from the National Party are to be met at two top-level caucus meet-
ings of Nationalist MPCs. It was learnt yesterday that the Transvaal leader of
the National Party, Mr F W de Klerk, will address the caucus to explain to mem-
bers details of the recommendations at a special caucus meeting on June 9.
This, it is learnt, will in effect be a followup to an earlier meeting at
which the foundation will be laid for understanding, to be addressed by the
Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Chris Heunis, on May 26. [Text] [Johannes-
burg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 11]

SHARPVILLE RIOT BOOK BAN--The Publications Appeal Board yesterday overruled a
publication committee banning to release for distribution a book by a Black
author on the Sharpeville riot. The board, sitting in Pretoria under Profes-
sor Cobus van Rooyen, yesterday upheld the appeal by the distributors of the
book A Ride on the Whirlwind by Sipho Sepamla. It had been banned because it
was a "threat to race relations and a potential threat to the safety of the
State, general welfare, law and order." Witwatersrand University's Professor
John Dugard, appealing against the ban, said that the book would rather help
the White man to understand the aspirations of the Black man than inflame ra-
cial hatred. Prof Durgard said that the book was the first on the topic from
the pen of a Black author--and similar works by White authors had been allowed
free distribution. The events narrated in the book had been freely and ex-
tensively reported in the newspapers and had been prominently covered by the
Cillie Commission of Inquiry. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English

13 May 82 p 3]

UNION OPPOSES RACISM--The president of a leading South African trade union
yesterday urged the Government to speed up the removal of racism from the
country's labour laws. Mr G Ahrends told delegates at the triennial confer-
ence of the SA Boilermakers' and Steelworkers', Shipbuilders', and Welders'
Society that "a large number of people in South Africa are not only ready,

82



SOUTH AFRICA

PRESIDENT COUNCIL'S PROPOSALS GREETED WITH MIXED REACTIONS
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 pp 1, 2, 6
{Article by Jaap Theron]

[Text] CAPE TOWN.--The President's Council's proposals for reform of local
and central government were yesterday greeted with mixed reactions.

The Conservative Party rejected the proposals as "nothing other than Progres-
sive Federal Party policy."

The New Republic
Party welcomed the
Council’s recommenda-
tions’ as an endorse-
ment of its own policy.

However, the PFP
said the proposals were
definitely not PFP poli-
cy and the caucus would
first decide whether
they costituted “a step
in the right direction”
before commenting.

The leader of the
Herstigte Nationale
Party, Mr Jaap Marais,
rejected the proposals
as a form of power
sharing.

Leader of the CP Dr
‘Andries Treurnicht told
The Citizen on the first
report of the Presi-
dent’s Council tabled
yesterday, “boils down
to integration from top
to bottom in the entire
State household.

“It is nothing other
than Prog policy.

integrated

“The proposals con-
stitute * integrated
structures. on a re-
gional basis, on top of
which nothing else but

‘an integrated central”

“Government could be

built.
The principles of sep-

“arate development, as

‘were presently being
executed on this level of

‘tions approach of not

enforcing integration is
also’a typical PFP ap-
Proach,” he added. .-.

Dr Treurnicht’ fur-
ther said the recom-
mendation that non-
Whites be given rep-
resentation in White
local management com-
mittees “was only the
thin end of the wedge to
total integration” in
South Africa.

A very satisfied lead-
er of the NRP, Mr
Vause Raw, said the
NRP_ welcomed the
overall endorsement of
its policy for local Gov-
ernment reflected in
the recommendations
of the joint report from
the Council.

“The recognition of
South Africa’s plural
society reflected in the
principle of the maxi-

42

mum contro! of inti-
mate affairs by each
community in viable
local authorities with
metropolitan’ author-
ities dealing with com-
mon services and plan-
ning falls four-square
within the policy and
principles of the NRP,
as does the provision
for minority represen-
tation.

The leader of the of-
ficial Opposition, Dr
Van Zyl Slabbert, told
The Citizen last night

_ that the report on local

affairs had been tabled
in the President's Coun-
cil only yesterday and
his caucus would like to
study it in depth before
commenting.

Dr Slabbert warned
that the report should
be cosidered calmly be-
cause there was not
much time left for
peaceful constitutional
development in South
Africa.

“The report there-
fore also deserves the
PFP's serious atten-
tion.

“One aspect in the re-
port which deserves se-
tious cosideration, al-



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marked for compensation and
to register her daughter
and another person- as crop
owners.

One thousand dollars was,
paid out by the company for
the three non-existing farms.

The Bong Mining Company
has referred the matter to
the Justice Ministry for
thorough investigation and
appropriate action. .

The Justice Ministry comes
anto the’ picture bécause any
joss sustained by the com-
pany also affects government
by virtue of its fifty per-
cent ownership of the
company.



LIBERIA

JUSTICE MINISTRY PROBES SWINDLE BY BMC EMPLOYEES, TRIBAL CHIEFS

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 29 Apr 82 pp 1, 6

[Article by Sam Johnson]

[Text]

Several employees of the
Bong Mining Company (BMC),
and a‘number of tribal
chiefs have allegedly
swindled thousands of dol-
lars from the company
through deceptive méans.

According to reports from
Bong Mines, the company last
March paid out $121,413,53
as compensation to 200 far-
mers for crops on land
falling within the BMC
concession,

CONNIVANCE

An investigation conducted
later by BMC security based
upon certain allegations,
however revealed that the
company's surveyors had
connived with some Paramount,
Clan and Town Chiefs, inclu-
ding claimers, to defraud
theTM comparly.

Voluntary statements ob-
tained from some of thosewho
allegedly recéived compensa-

“ tion under "false pretense"

indicated that some chiefs
received money to deceit-
fully identify. individuals
as crops Owners.

During the identification
and registration process, as
it was reportedly learned
from the investigation, per-
sons who had no farms or
gardens were falsely regis-
tered. Those who had small
farms or gardens were regis-
tered as large farm owners,
while those with a single
farm or garden registered.
Also registered were non-
existing farms in the names
of other persons.

tronically,, because of
this deception, those who
actually had existing land
were reportedly underpaid
while those without any crop
received more money.

BRIBERY

One of the alleged fake
claimers in "yoluntary"
statement explained that
he gave $50,00 and -a chicken
to have his name registered
by the assessment team as a
crop owner.

Another said she gave her
town chief $60,00 to have her
sugarcane’: farm registered
as within the area ear-



Ideas Will Trigger Other Changes--Schlebusch

Changes Inevitable in

THE President's
Council's proposals
for reform of local
and central govern-
ment would trigger
off a process of
meaningful constitu-
tlonal change even If
they were not ac-
cepted in toto by the

Government, the
council chairman -
and Vice-State

President, Mr Alwyn
Schiebusch, said to-
day.

He was officially
opening the plenary
session of the council at ;
which the joint report
of the Committee for’
Economic Affairs and
the Constitution Com- |
mittee, on locai and re- |
gional management |
systems, was tabled and |'
debated. i

Mr Schlebusch said |
the report of the Con- |
stitution Commitee on
reform at central gov- |
ernment level would be |.
tabied within days and
debated, as would a
joint report by the
Planning Committee
and the Committee for
Community _ relations
on the principles and
implementation of the
\Group Areas Act and
‘aspects of the Act af-
fecting community re-

“The most outstand-
ing feature of all three
reports is that all of
them were adopted’
unanimously by the
members of the rel-

evant committees.
“Taking into account
that the members of
the four standing com-
mittees that were in-
volved represent South
Africans from different
population groups, pol-
itical beliefs and back-
grounds, it is fair to say
that this augurs well
for dynamic and mean-

: discriminatory
‘lation

ingful dialogue in the |

future on matters of vi-
tal importance to our
country,” Mr Schle-
busch said

“Whether these pro-

:posals and the com-

ments thereon by the
President’s Council are
accepted by the Govern-
ment in toto or not,
they will surely trigger
off a process of mean.
ingful constitutional
change.”

Mr Schlebusch said
the reports on central
and local government
had been requested by
the State President and
would be submitted to
him unchanged after
being debated by the
council.

“The council can sub-
mit its own comment on
the reports by adoption
of substantive motions
and it is consequently
advisable to wait for
the council's comment
before a final judgment
is passed on the rel-
evant proposals.”

Mr Schlebusch re-
viewed the work of the
council and the various
committees to date and

_spoke of projects being

dealt with at present
and projects proposed
for the future.

He “announced that
the Committee for
Economic Affairs had
begun preparatory
work on a study of all
legis-
and practices
prejudicing or limiting
the full participation of
specific population
groups in the economy,
and the position of the
different groups in the
economy,

Mr Schlebusch said
the first report of the
Constitution Commit-
tee would not contain a
full blueprint for the
first tier of government
and the committee
would continue its in-
vestigation into adap-
tations to the constitu-
tional structure.

The Science Commit-
tee was investigating
demographic growth,
paying particular atten-
tion to how the econom-
ic and social develop-
ment of the population
-was being harmed by its
growth and structure.

“One on the most
striking aspects which
has so far presented it-
self from literature on
the subject is the fact
that a population policy
forms part and parcel
of the broad socio-econ-

Financing, Says Report

omic planning of most
countries — in Western,
socialist ‘and increas-
ingly also in African
States.”

South Africa, with its
rapidly growing popula-
tion, would have to
come to a better under-
standing of the implica-
tions of present popula-
tion growth trends.

“It appears that as
far as only one of our
natural resources,
namely water, is con:
cerned, the maximum
demographic capacity
of the country is in the
order of 60-million to
.70-million people.

“The enormity of the
problem is illustrated
by the fact that on an
assumed basis of an av-
erage so low as only
three children per

‘couple, a total popula-

tion of 64million is
likely to be reached by
the year 2025.”

Mr Schlebusch said
evidence obtained by
the committee seemed
to indicate that popula-
tion growth was closely
related to social circum-
stances such as health.
housing, education and
economics and indica:
tions were that the re-
sults of the investiga-
tion would be of
national importance.

Mr. Schlebusch said
the Community Re-
lations Committee was
engaged in preparatory
work on the desirability
and scope of an investi-
gation into labour re-
lations.

THE success of any new
local and regional gov-
erament system wi
largely be determined
by an acceptable and ef-
fective financing sys-
tem, according to the
President's Council re-
port on local and re-
gional government re-
form.

“The devolution of
government functions

~ without

of financing resources
would be incongruous,”
say’s the joint report of
the Committee for
Economic Affairs and
the Constitutional
Corre ittee of the Presi-
dent's Council, tabled in
the council yesterday.
The committee em-
phasises that the fi-

55

naacing of local author-
ities is not dealt with in
detail in it’s report
since an expert working
group, the Croeser
Committee, investigat-

, ing the matter.

The committee rec-
ommends that the
group should continue
it’s work as a perma-
nent liaison committee.


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We quote from the report:

“The committee has answered the need
for reform by proposing a non-parlia-
mentary executive headed by a Presi-
dent; and it has answered the needs of
the poly-ethnicity of the society by insist-
ing that the President be elected in such
a way as to encourage him to be supra-
ethnic, because, true to the leitmotiv of
the state, he should govern in the general
interests and not in pursuit of sectional
interest. . i

“The President as chief executive would be
more easily able to control the strong!
divisive tendencies in South African so-
ciety and at the same time gain broad
support for measures of reform that
would greatly improve community re-
lations without endangering stability.

“In a nutshell, a non-parliamentary ex-
ecutive would provide a structure of gov-;
ernment within which it would be easier,

_ to eliminate groupdominationand to se-|

cure peaceful and continuous reform.” |

Clearly the President is going to be an all-
powerful man, otherwise why give him
the right to appoint his Cabinet and
Prime Minister, who will not be elected
members of the legislature, and to dis-
solve the legislature.

Unless there are the necessary checks and
balances, unless the President's powers
are circumsribed so that he cannot act
dictatorially, the system of an executive
President should not be supported by
anyone who values demovratic rule.

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ROLE OF FRIGATE IN SOUTH AFRICAN NAVY DESCRIBED

Johannesburg ARMED FORCES in English Jan 82 pp 13-14

[Article by Willem van Niekerk]

[Text]

As we witness the eve of the decommissioning of the fast two
of the Navy's frigates, our last “'big ships”, | consider it fitting to
write a short indictment on the role of the frigate in our Navy's
history, the new concepts of naval tactics it introduced, its role in
consolidating our newest fighting service into a credible force,
the gap which will be left with its withdrawal, and lastly the reper-
cussions which this decommissioning will bring to bear not only
‘onthe Navy, but on the Air Force too.

Officially, the SA Navy came into existence in mid 1946. Its
origins can be traced back to the 1880's when the Cape Naval
Volunteer Reserve and Natal Naval Volunteer Reserve were
established. These organisations promoted interest in naval
matters. By WWI they were amalgamated into the South African
Naval Volunteer Reserve (RN). Our first naval ships were three
ex-whalers. After the Depression, money was in such short sup-
ply that even the services of these three boats had to be disconti-
nued. With the eruption of WWII our naval service was known as
the Sea Defence Force. With the declaration of war, the Smuts
government conscripted local trawlers and whalers for naval use.
Only well into the war did we commission our first purpose built
warships: three “Loch” class frigates. It can be argued that
HMSAS's Transvaal, Natal and Good Hope ushered in our mod-
ern navy. For the first time did we have “blue water” craft
equipped with the then modern sonar. large guns, and which
introduced into our navy the “Squid” ASW mortar. In 1944
HMSAS Transvaal carried out a task of such strategic magnitude
for South Africa that it is doubtful whether any other ship in our
history, apart from the sailing ships landing the colonialists in
1652, ever equalled this feat: General Smuts decided to annex
Marion and Prince Edward islands in the South Indian Ocean.
One of his reasons for deciding so was his fear that the Germans
could erect V-2 launching sites so the islands, which was not
entirely unfeasible. Thus Transvaal set off in secret with a land-
ing party and a few days later her crew hoisted the South African
and British flags on the islands. We owe our modern weather
station there to that frigate and her crew's dedication

At that time the “‘Loch” class were the only credible craft that
SA could send out on combined exercises with the RN off the
Cape. In the ‘fifties, but before the Simonstown Treaty of 1957,

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SOUTH AFRICA



[Answer] Before independence, the goals of workers' unions were not only
occupational but political. For them, it was a question of gaining autonomy
and independence at the same time; this as a consequence entailed systema-
tic opposition toward the foreign employers.

With independence, relations between workers and employers must be reviewed
and reconsidered.

[Question] In what way?

[Answer] In the sense of complementarity as regards the safeguarding of
the national interest. My past training and my present experience allow
me to better appreciate the responsibilities on both sides.

[Question] What, in your opinion, are these responsibilities?

[Answer] For the workers, they msut not lose sight of the fact that they
belong to an underdeveloped country with limited resources. Trade union-
ists must thus be courageous enough to remind the workers of this, and
explain to them that their interests and responsibilities are bound up
with those of the country's other social groups.

[Question] What does this mean?

[Answer] This means that the workers and their representatives must be
more concerned with the national interest. This new consciousness of

the national interest should lead them to present well-chosen claims, which
the country's economy is able to support. They must not lose sight of the
fact that it is not foreigners who should develop the country, but mainly
nationals, including the working class.

[Question] And what are the responsibilities of the employers?

[Answer] Personally, I think there should be only one employer organization,
which would include both nationals and foreigners. This employer organiza-
tion should be national, should have a national direction; that is, it
should be ready to take on and assume its share of responsibilities, in
agreement with the government and with the workers, with the intent of
finding the best solutions for the economic development not of a particular
corporation or economic sector but of the nation. This, it seems to me, is
what the government expects from Senegalese employers.

[Question] Do you think that on the part of foreign employers this is
possible?

[Answer] Yes! I know many foreign heads of corporations who share my
positions regarding the real national employer organization and who, in
their daily behavior, put the general interest before their own.

[Question] You are participating actively in the negotiations on the

national interoccupational community draft agreement, which is to take the
place of the different existing community agreement. This is a very

26



though one cannot

adopt any final position '

on it, is the attempt by
the President’s Council
to accommodate, on
local Government at
- least, the various com-

munities in a non-dis-
eriminatory manner.

“But unfortunately it
is doing so within a dis-
criminatory structure.

“One cannot really
consider this report in
isolation from the
other reports to be
tabled soon and all I
want to say at this
stage is that the PFP
would want a full dis-
cussion as soon as poss-
ible in its caucus on the
tabled local affairs re-
port before we take any
final position on it.

“Although the rec-
ommendations attempt
to get some multiracial
accommodation going
on a local Government
level it in no way reflec-
ts PFP policy in this re-
gard.

“Our duty as an offic-
ial Opposition is to
judge whether in fact
this constitutes a step
in the right direction.
We will do so after hav-
ing considered the rec-

PC Report Debated on All

FAR-REACHING
constitutional re-
commendations,
which give Coloureds
and Indians equal
but separate political
powers with Whites
on a ward basis in a
new system of local
government, and
power-sharing on a
multiracial basis at
regional and metro-
politan level, consti-
tute the main recom-
mendations of the
President's Council.
The recommenda-
tions on local and re-
gional management,
which was tabled in the
President's Council yes-
terday, drew diverse
comment from govern

Fronts

ommendations in depth
and having discussed it
among ourselves.”

The Council had ac-
cepted the principle of
multiracial Govern-
ment which, if intro-
duced at the second and
third levels of Govern-
ment, would logically
have to be extended to
the first level as well.

This view was ex-
pressed by the HNP’s
Mr Jaap Marais.

Rejects

“The HNP rejects
any form of power-
sharing between White
and non-White at any
level of Government be-
cause once a notion
starts on the road, it in-
evitably and ultimately
leads to one man, one
vote,” he said.

“In the case of South
Africa there has
already been a.clear in-
dication that the In-
dians and Coloureds
would not give their co-
operation unless Blacks
were included.

“Introducing these
constitutional amend-
ments: would probably
only provide a base

ment and opposition
spokesmen, ranging
from a “realistic start
to constitutional re-
form”, to “integration
from the top to the bot-
tom”, and “a step in the
right direction”.

The report indicated
— although the terms
of reference of the
Council did not include
urban Blacks — that ur-
ban and town Blacks
would be drawn into
the umbrella metropoli-
tan system with Whites,
Coloureds and Asians,
and especially with re-
gard to neutral or so-
called “hard functions”
like electricity and
water supplies, and
roads.

Systems

43

from which they could
agitate for . further
amendments and more
extensive powers to be
shared by non-Whites,”
Mr Marais said.

The Labour Party of
South Africa rejected
the Council's proposals
because Blacks were ex-
cluded from a new con-
stitutional _dispensa-
‘tion, Mr Norman
Middleton, deputy lead-
er of the party said yes-
terdi

ay.

“The Labour Party
has steadfastly main-
tained that if the urban
Blacks were excluded
from a new constitu-
tional dispensation we
would reject the propo-
sals”” Mr Middleton
said. :

“We will never agri
to any proposals that
exclude the majority of
the citizens of this
country.

“The President’s
Council is creating
more divisions than it is
finding solutions and I
cannot understand how
it can be blind to the
fact that it is essential
that Blacks must be in-
cluded in a new consti-

tutional dispensation.

Outstanding recom-
mendations include:
@A_ separated local
authority system, refer-
red to as a homogenic
system, in which even
the smallest population
group would have the
right to form an own
local government; .
@ A loaded and qualifi-
ed franchise system,
basically based on the
age of eighteen, but
also including property
ownership and place of
residence, giving in cer-
tain circumstances a
maximum of three
votes to certain people;
@ The maximum devo-
lution of power down to
the local levels of gov-
ernment, which would,
among others, give



SENEGAL
|

| SYPOA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES INTEROCCUPATIONAL DRAFT AGREEMENT TALKS
Dakar AFRICA in French No 139, Mar 82 pp 45-46, 94

[Interview with Mr Souleymane Sidibe, president of SYPOA (West African
Employers Union by AFRICA; date and place not specified]

[Text] Negotiations between the National Confederation
of Senegalese Workers (CNIS) and the employer organiza-
tion, which deal with the national interoccupational
community draft agreement and have been going on for 3
years, are drawing to a close. These negotiations con-
cern the future of all workers in Senegal and will influ-
ence the quality of its economic machinery. We questioned
Mr Souleymane Sidibe, president of SYPOA (West African
Employers Union) and an active representative of the
Senegalese employers’ organization, who has participated
in these difficult negotiations since their inception.

[AFRICA]. Mr Souleymane Sidibe, you offer this rather unusual anomaly,
for an employer representative, of having for many long years been an
active trade unionist representing the workers.

[Souleymane Sidibe] Yes, for a long time before becoming president of the
West African Employers Union of Small and Medium-Size Businesses and Small
and Medium-Size Industries [SYPAOA, West African Employers and Artisans
Union], I was a militant, between 1947 and 1957, successively for the
General Confederation of Labor (CGT), the Workers’ Force and the General
Union of Workers of Black Africa--UGTAN.

[Question] Did this union training help you in assuming your duties as
employer organization representative?

[Answer] I am proud of my trade unionist past, as it allows me to better
understand the true positions of the employers and to detect the weak-
nesses of the trade unionists vis-a-vis the employers. Thus, I can better
reconcile the workers' needs and those of the employers within the frame—
work of the national interest.

[Question] That must not be easy, considering that most of the time, for the
trade unionists, the boss is the enemy to knock down!

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GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR URGED TO SOLVE HOUSING PROBLEM
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 4

[From the "Parliament" page]

[Text] Appeal to Private Sector

THE Minister of Com-
munity Development,
Mr Pen Kotze, appedled:

to the private sector to”

assist his Department
with providing low-cost
Speaking -in commit-
tee on his vote, he said
his Department was
doing everything to re-
move stumbling blocks
to make this partici-
pation possible.. <
Stressing the need
for the necessary posi-
tive reaction to his ap-
peal, he'said the provis-
ston of low-cost housing
had till-now been the

this situation could not
carry on.

-The private sector
had to be encouraged to
get.involved to alleviate
the emergency situa-
‘tion that had arisen in
lower incbme housing.

Referring to the sev-
ere shortage of housing
for Blacks; Mr~ Kotze
said the situation called
for the introduction of

: drastic methods, adding
it was the government’s
view that Blacks should
be allowed to provide
roofs over their own
heads. ~
THE Government
Should . immediately
embark on a. crash
home building pro-
gramme and build

cso: 4700/1222

tens of thousands of
two bedroomed town-
houses for Whites in
“to be established
new village com-
plexes” adjacent to
South Africa’s major
cities, Mr ~ George

Bartlett, ~~ «NRP
Amanzimtoti). sug-
gested.

Mr Bartlett, who

ity
velopment Vote, said it
‘was common cause that
one of the greatest so-
cio-economic problems
facing South Africa to-
day was the chronic
shortage of suitable
housing units for all
population groups.

Hardly a day went by

without one reading in
the Press of the tragic
hardships being experi-

for suitable accommo-
dation.

The Minister must
cocede the point that
White South Africans
were today experi-
encing an unparalleled
housing crisis and urg-
ent action must be
taken.

“I wish to stress that
central to this problem
has been the Rent Con-
trol Act.”

This act was orig-
inally designed to pro-

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SOUTH AFRICA

tect tenants against ex-
ploitation during the
war years.

However, as time pro-
gressed, the provisions
of the Act ‘had been
abused and as a result
the entire economy be-
hind the rented housing
market had been dis-
torted.

‘The end result has
been a marked fall-off
in the construction of
ney housing for ‘rent-

S-

“It is for this reason
that I submit that the
Government has a re-
sponsibility to initiate a
crash home building
programme — a pro-
gramme which I believe
the large financial
institutions have a so-

‘cial’ responsibility to

support, yet one which
will still fall within the
ambit of the free enter-
prise system.

“What is proposed is
the construction of vil-
lages — close to urban
areas, and transport —
each village consisting
of from 500 to 1500
townhouses. :

“These - townhouses

line basis — as has been
done with similar pro-
jects overseas —so that
the economy of scale
can keep costs to a min-
imum.” __



PRC-LIBERIAN CULTURAL AGREEMENT SIGNED

LIBERIA

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 10 May 82 p 3

{Excerpt]

. B’cultural” agreement “has”
been concluded between the,?
Governments of “Liberia and
the People's’ Republic of
China. with .a view: to
strengthening” friendly re-
lations and’ promoting “ex-
changes between the two
countries.

The , eleven-article -agree-
ment was Signed Thursday in
Peking in -English and Chi-

nese, both hexts béing -
equally authentic.
Head of State .Samuel K.-

Doe signed for the Republic
of Liberia, while Premier
Zhao .Ziyang
People's Republic of China.
The two
ties agreed in
with the principles of
equality and mutual benefit,
to promote
tween their two-countries in
the’ fields of culture, edu-
cation, science,
health, sports, publication,
the press and broadcasting.-
They also agreed to co-
operaté in the field of cul-
ture and art by exchange of
visits of writers and
artists andto hold ‘exhibi-
‘tions on culture and art in
each other's country.

cooperation be- -

signed for ‘the |

contracting par- :
accordance -

public.

_translate

The: two governments agreed
to undertake the exchange of
visit and study. and lecture
tours by teachers, scholars
and specialists, grant scho-~
larships to each other's
students . according to needs
and possibilities and en-

courage self paid students
to study in each other's
country...

The agreement provides for
both ‘Liberia and China to
facilitate the establishment
of direct contacts and co-
operation between institu-
tions’ of higher learning of

the two countries, encourage
the’ exchange of textbooks
and other educational books

and magazines and materials

between the educational in-)

stitutions of the two coun-
tries,
:The document also stipu-

lates that Liberia and China
will (encourage and facili-
tate the attendance by scho-
lars or specialists of ‘each
other's country at interna-
tional academic meetings,
and © publish out-
standing works of literature
and art of each. other's
country, and exchange books



MAURITIUS

PM CLARIFIES STAND ON COALITION WITH PMSD, RPL
Port Louis LE MAURICIEN in French 3 Mar 82 pp 1, 4

Ffext/ Prime Minister Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam this morning
cut short rumors which had circulated persistently in politi-
cal circles since yesterday afternoon to the effect that he
would dismiss Ministers Eliezer Francois, Paul Cheong Leong,
and Kamil Ramoly in order to smoothe the way for a pro-Duval
PI-PMSD entente. "That is not true," declared Sir Seewoosa-
gur Ramgoolam to LE MAURICIEN, which questioned him on the
matter. He has not, however, abandoned the idea of reconcil-
ing Duval and Francois, and will continue to seek grounds for
an entente between the two PMSD factions and with the RPL.

The rumor had made the rounds of high political circles yesterday afternoon:
Sir Seewoosagur, having already detided on the principle of an electoral ac-
cord with Gaetan Duval, had acceded to the latter's request to exclude the
Francois group from the government as an essential condition for any dialogue.
It was even said in Port Louis that the letters of dismissal were ready, with
the governor general's signature, that they would be delivered yesterday af-
ternoon to the pro-Francois ministers, and that MBC-IV would announce the dis-
missals at 1900. Nothing came of it. No letter was delivered to the minis-
ters.

M Eliezer Francois, who was presiding over a regional meeting in the rue Dr
Reid in Beau Bassin, in the presence of many Duvalist and Labor officials
hostile to his group, commented on the rumor in these terms: "Dismissal? A
joker! Whose dismissal?" M Francois then indicated to the press that he had
been received that very morning in audience by Sir Seewoosagur, and that the
latter had then confirmed to him that he wanted to go to the elections with
the two PMSD factions united. He nevertheless indicated to Sir Seewoosagur
that he desired no reconciliation with Duval.

What happened to cause that rumor suddenly to take on such proportions? It
would seem, according to the cross-checking done by LE MAURICIEN, that the
whole affair originated in the Jagatsingh camp.

Sir Kher Jagatsingh, PT secretary general, longtime opponent of Sir Gaetan
Duval, and occasional open courtier of the MMM in recent years, has lately

16



we acquired our fourth frigate, the Type 15 vessel Vrystaat. This
ship represented SA at the five hundredth anniversary commem-
orating the death of Prince Henry the Navigator in Lisbon. For the
first time in the Navy's history did we send a ship that far from
Simonstown to partake in an international naval review.

The ‘fifties also witnessed the commissioning of two ex-RN
“Wager” class destroyers, the only ships of this class ever to be
employed in the SAN. Not categorised as frigates, they can
nonetheless be mentioned here. HMSAS's Jan van Riebeeck

* and Simon van der Stel were the fastest ships ever in the Navy,

aj

achieving more than thirty knots. They equalled the top speed of
our missile craft of today. Later they became, together with the
“Presidents”, the only warships in Africa capable of embarking
helicopters while under steam.

In accordance with the Simonstown Treaty of 1957 we re-
ceived the last three frigates. When built in the early ‘sixties, the
_three Type 12 vessels (we later called them the “President”

~ Class) represenied the » most modern in naval thinking of that

period. Being equipped with passive and active sonar sets, the
“Limbo” ASW mortar (we later fitted British supplied torpedo
tubes), and modern electronic systems, this class could well
have been the most modem light escorts in the world when com-
pleted. Yet, times and naval thinking have changed. From the
late ‘sixties onwards, it was clear that submarines on the whole,
and particularly Soviet boats, were achieving tremendous
speeds, culminating in the “Victor” class attack submarine which
some believe to have an underwater speed in excess of forty
knots. Today, submarines prove to be very elusive targets to
detect with sonar. In fact, the whole concept of shipborne sonar’s
effectiveness against the new generation of submarines, even
the use of variable depth sonar, is in doubt. It seems that only
stationary sonar sets on the seabed and submarine borne sonar
can provide a credible answer to submarine tracking. Partly for
this reason, that the frigate’s primary role has been faked by
modern submarine development, and mainly perhaps, because
our vessels have approached the end of their normal service
lives, it has been decided to discontinue their use.

I want to discourse briefly on the Tenth Frigate Squadron, the
only self-supportive, deep sea, surface combat contingent of the
fleet. It comprises two frigates and the replenishment vessel SAS
Tafelberg. This task group has patrolled to a latitude in line with
Dar es Salaam in which the value of big ships to reach distantly
has again been illustrated.

"The frigates have shown the flag in distant waters. In 1976
President Kruger represented South Africa at the United States
bicentennial celebrations in New York, and one wonders whether
that was to be the last appearance of a SA warship in Northem
latitudes. Annually, the frigates have carried out coastal bom-
bardment exercises off South West's coast. Their withdrawal will
leave a vacuum in that aspect of naval gunnery training.

Only the commissioning of the frigates has introduced a lot of

ta lly significant naval tactics in our fleet. Alas, it seems as if

all these dearly learnt procedures will have no use in our fleet now taking

shape.

Helicopter embarking is one very important tactic.
used for ASW reconnaissance beyond radar range and vertical replenishment.
Only high stable decks. can handle these machines, and it will be wishful

thinking to ship helicopters successfully on a hull short of the size of a

80

These machines are



ences;

@ That, in the ab-
sence of secure me-
chanisms for the pro-
tection of group as well
as indicidual rights,
conflict is probable;

@ That the ethnic
groups must be accom-
modated in a way which
neither denies nor ex-
acerbates their differ-

ences;

@ That South Africa
has reached a stage in
its constitutional devel-
opment in which group
domination should be
eliminated, and in
which the rights of min-
orities should be se-

cured;

@ That co-existence
between groups and the
elimination of domina-
tion require govern-
ment by co-operation;

* _@ That co-operation
depends in the final
analysis on consensus;
@ That South Africa

needs trons

ment, any prospect
of paralysis must not be
allowed arise.

leved,
for transcending dis-

sent to ensure effective
government must be de-
Ployed;

One Education Authority

A SINGLE Ministry of

Education, to be estab-
lished at the first level of
government, for Whites,
Coloureds and Indians,
whieh would have three
executive branches

Local Conditions to

THE whole approach to
a new, decentralised
system of local and re-
gional government, as.
proposed by the Presi-
dent’s Council, should
be flexible, says the re-
port of its joint com-
mittee which investi-
gated the matter.

-—In. terms of the com-
mittee’s proposals, the
report says, local cir-
cumstances in each par-
ticular instance would
largely determine to
what extent autonomy
should be given to par-
ticular authorities, and
also the shape that the
institutional “ ‘frame-

follow that larger local
authorities ~ should be
permitted greater inde-
pendence, and that
more functions should
be transferred to them.

In cases where small

It also proposed that
eight education author-

Decide Options

communities of a par-
ticular population
group are unable to sa-
tisfy the criteria for at-
taining local authority
Status, provision is
made for adequate re-
presentation in another
local authority.

Such representation |
ranges from direct re-
presentation on a ward
basis in some local
authorities, to the in-
clusion of minority
groups on an indepen--
dent roll inside the
ward or local authority
where they are living. ©

In terms of the pro-
posals any ‘minority
group would have the
right to constitute its
own local authority if it
was viably possible.

‘The committee says it
is fully aware of the his-
torical residential pat-
terns and accepts that
the establishment of

53

@ That to secure
group as well as indivi-
dual rights, to accom-
modate dissent and to
avert conflict between
the. organs of state,
mechanisms for achiev-
ing a balance between
the various organs of
state are necessary:

The report says the
committee is keenly
conscious of the im-
portance ‘of maintain-
ing stability in a tran-
sitional situation and
of the difficulties of the
Practical reformer in
this kind of situation.

» “It has been said that

ities for each of the evis-
aged new eight provin-
ces or regions (which
might replace the pre-
sent four provinces),
should be established at
the second level.

The greatest possible

autonomous local auth-"
orities, or the delimita-
tion of wards, will take .

place largely on the ba» *

sis of homogeneity.
“In determining and’
defining these homoge-

times, however, make a
purely ethnic composi-
tion of a local authority
impossible...

In cases where re-’
pres€ntation on local
authorities is on the ba-
sis of the municipal
ward system, wards
should be delimited on
basis of rateable pro-
perty value. Valuation
should be carried out
and co-ordinated by im-
partial statutory
boards in each region

it is easier to make a
revolution than to
bring about a major
programme of reform.

committee
In the dash of perezp-
las

tions and interests
which inevitably exists
in a country like South
Africa, the committee
has tried to strike a bal-
ance between White in-
terests and expecta-
tions on the one hand,
and the equally justifi-
able interests and ex-
pectations of communi-
ties of colour on the
other.”

degree of autonomy
should be granted to
schools serving

various
communities, with pa-
rents and teachers hav-
ing a major share in de-
cision-making at the
third level
ment, it said.

of govern-

or province, the com-
mittee recommends. -

It feels that although
participation in local
affairs should be as
broadly based as poss-
ibie, a weighted or load-
ed multiple franchise
system is desirable.

“Every person mak-
ing a contribution to-
wards the well-being of
his community must
have a say in the affairs
of the community.

‘The committee re-
commends that there
should be a division of
functions normally
exercised by local
authorities into two
broad “hard” = and

“soft” categories.

welfare
and _business-oriented
services that can be

functions as

provided on a_ large
scale at lower unit cost,
such as water, electrici-



VERSATILITY OF DOMESTIC MPV REPORTED

Johannesburg ARMED FORCES in English Jan 82 p 27

[Text]

An interesting vehicle of considerable military potential has been
developed by a Cape Town engineering firm where it is now in
production. Reminiscent of the GOERs and Valemt's 865BM,
one of the ‘“‘Tremi’s” primary features is its central two-axis arti-
culation which bestows considerable off-road mobility. While
other similar vehicles employ normal axle drives, however, the
Tremi goes a major step further in that it employs a hydraulic
power transmission system which serves to eliminate axles,
gearbox, clutch and differentials. -

Quite apart from the maintenance relief that this approach can
offer, it also allows far greater ground clearance and more de-
sign flexibility. Thus different chassis layouts and sizes would not
require major redesign of the power train as the basic diesel
motor cum hydraulic pump is unaffected as are the actual hy-
drostatic drive units at the individual wheels. Similarly, it would
be relatively simple to produce 6x6 or 8x8 varients should
these be required; in fact, a half-tracked derivative has appa-
rently already been roughed out and a powered trailer — coupling
onto the vehicles hydraulic system — is already in the pipeline.

Another important aspect of the new vehicle is that it has been
designed with simplicity of operation and maintenance very
much in mind, the latter of course aided by the inherently modu-
lar nature of the power-train. Slightly more esoteric but nonethe-
fess worthwhile is the fact that only standard steel sections of
known values are used in construction. Not only does this help
reduce unit cost, it also eases any major repair or modification
work that might need to be carried ot" in the field. As regards
operation, it is worth noting that the entire operator's station —
such as it is — can be rotated to allow movement in either direc-
tion without the normal problems of “reversing”.

Currently the Tremi is being offered in a large variety of appli-
cations including tipper, forklift, crane, prime-mover and flat-bed
with an integral crane. Further possibilities seem almost endless,
particularly when it is remembered that the unpowered end can
differ quite appreciably in dimensions from the powered part.
Then, too, a variety of unpowered elements can be held and
coupled to the powered element as and when required which can
grant enormous flexibility of operation and considerable econ-
omies in procurement. One of the more interesting multi-purpose

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SOUTH AFRICA



but waiting for rational and peaceful changes to be made to our social, eco-
nomic and political structures". But he was concerned about the situation
where race still seems to be regarded as a decisive element in determining the
registered scope of trade unions. "We have regarded the job done by a member
or potential member as the vital factor in deciding whether to organise him
into our union, and not his or her race," he said. It was therefore wrong to
insist that the union should apply to the Industrial Registrar to extent its
scope to include Blacks. The union also found it embarrassing to have to ex-
plain to some members that, despite labour law changes, special permission
still had to be obtained from the Government for them to join it. This step
might not be legally necessary, but many people had gained the impression that
it was. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 15]

BRIGADIER VIVIERS DIES--One of the most accomplished senior officers of the
South African army was found shot dead in his office at Defence Headquarters
in Pretoria yesterday morning. He had a bullet wound in the head. He was
Brigadier Gert "Boytjie" Viviers (43), Director of Operations of the SA De-
fence Force. Brig Viviers, who had about 25 years service, filled various
positions in the SA army in his military career. Among these were those of
Officer Commanding the crack 1 Parachute Battalion in Bloemfontein, Northern
Transvaal Command and 7 SA Infantry Division. At the beginning of this year
he assumed duty as Director Ops at DHQ after being officer commanding 7 SA Inf
Div for three years. Brig Viviers graduated from the Military Academy in Sal-
danha in 1961. He leaves his wife, Maretha, and three children, Gert (14),
Lazelle (13) and Josias (6). Police are investigating. No foul play is sus-
pected. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 2]

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The committee had
clearly expressed its op-
Position both to com-
pulsory separation and
compulsory inte-
gration.

community

Any
which wished to retain
or develop its own mu-
nicipality should be en-
titled to do so, and
where a Coloured or In-
dian community wished
to become a ward of a
mixed city or town

council, and ward rep-
resentation was justi-
fied in terms of rate-
able value, they should
be entitled to do so.

“If Cape Town,’ for
example, wished to. re-
turn to the system that
existed prior to 1972,
then it is my under-
standing of the tenor of
our joint report that it
should be free to do so.”

If an existing city or
town council opposed
such a development by

refusing to become
mixed, the Committee’s
answer was indicated in
Recommendation 2,0
which explicitly stated
that while they con-
tinue to exist, Coloured
and Indian manage-
ment and local affairs
committees should be
given direct representa-
tion through the chair-
man or his nominee,
with full voting rights,
on the relevant White
local authorities.

Most Power, With Least Interference

THE. New Republic Party’s Natal
leader, Mr Ron Miller, said yester-
the NRP-controlled Natal Prov-
incial Council wished to see the
minimum interference by central
Government in the functions of re-
gional authorities.
Commenting on the President's
Council's proposals for a new sys-

“Sunmariing the NRP’s attitude
to provincial government in Na’
he outlined me folldwing: prin-

ciples:
@ Other + population groups
should be included in tlie decision-

“making process; .

@ Regional/provincial bodies
should comprise representatives by

popular vote;

@ The extension of political
rights to other groups must be an
extension of a democratic process
with built-in protection for minori-
ty-group interests;

@ Minimum jnterference by cen-
tral Government in the functions of
the regional/provincial authorities;

@ Maximum; possible devolution
of power to the provinces/regions
by central Government;

@ The New Republic Party main-
tains that Natal can be designated
as only one region.

@ A complete review of revenue
sources and requirements is a pre-
requisite for the a of any
alternative syst f regional/pro-
vincial governmept. - .

‘An Enormous Task' if the Plans are Accepted

boggled atthe enormity been in operation in
- oe of the task contained in ith Africa for 300-
DURBAN. — The first the recommendations. S04" seers and apart

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Mr Vorster’s standpoint included an ‘Executive
Council of Cabinets with executive powers.

“This was now exactly what the President’s Coun-
cil was proposing — a proposal for which the Gov-

now reject its earlier direct adoption of its stand-
point on a mixed executive, which was in fact its
own baby,” Dr Treurnicht added.

“Should the Government decide to reject it, the
question would automatically arise why the proposal
of present CP members at the Transvaal head com-
mittee meeting at at the time, in which they rejected
power-sharing and mixed government, was not ac-
cepted, and why then were we driven out on this
very issue.”

Dr Treurnicht said the proposals deviated drastically from the National Party's
own 1981 election manifesto.

He said the CP rejected any form of mixed government or integration at all
levels of government," and for that reason the President's Council's proposals
are all totally unacceptable to the CP".

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The extent of Government assistance afforded to Dorbyl over
the past 10 years in the form of ship building subsidies amounts
to no less than R17,7 m while the company itself has invested
nearly R10 m in providing facilities.

The ship building industry's financial results over the past 10
years make dismal reading, the explanation is neither simple or
Straight forward. It must be appreciated that the local market for
New ships and tugs etc., of up to 18 000 tons cannot fully employ
the capacity of even one yard. It follows therefore that if a South
African ship yard is to remain economically viable, export con-
tracts must be obtained.

For many years the ship building industry throughout the world
has been depressed, the governments of Wester nations con-
scious of the need to retain a strategic industry provided gener-
ous assistance in the form of fleet replacement subsidies, mod-
emisation and rebuilding subsidies, new tonnage subsidies etc.
In the UK for the financial year 1980 the govemment provided
subsidies on new buildings of 25/30% of the contract price and

- Mo less than £55 m was granted during that financial year. In

‘ addition the UK government undertook to take over ship yard
losses up to a ceiling of £100 m. The competition faced by the

: South African ship building industry who only enjoy a subsidy of
20% on the yard price is therefore considerable when compared
for example with United Kingdom, or Far East ship building yards
who are receiving a substantially higher rate of assistance.
South African shipbuilders also have to contend with a unique
Probiem. South Africa at it's present state of development has
concentrated it's industrial expertise mainly on the mining indus-
try. Because of the very small demand for specialised marine
equipment industrialists have not found it profitable to enter this
field, such equipment as Marine engines, anchors, cables, Pro-
Pellers and a host of other items which go into the construction of
@ vessel are not manutactured in the Republic and must there-
fore be imported. In respect of most new buildings at least.30% 9! |
the total cost of building the vesse! represents imported iterns
and the cost of importation, amounts to approximately 25% of the
FOB value. If for example a vessel has to be built to a value of
say R20 m, marine equipment to a value of +R7 m will have tc
be imported. If 25% of this value or some R1,5 m represents the
cost of importation then the result is that the cost of building the
vessel in South African yards is at least R1,5m higher than a
similar vessel built in a foreign yard.

Although the foregoing highlights some of the problems facing
South African ship builders there is no doubt that the economic
viability of the ship building industry in South Africa would be
‘substantially improved if it could be assured of continuity of work.
If this was forthcoming, ship building companies could be per-
suaded to increase their investment which would allow for larger
vessels being built and with the introduction of improved tech-
niques could result in lower unit costs. In the case of Dorby! to
equip the existing ship yard with facilities capable of building up
to 35 000 Tons would involve an investment of some R15-25 m.
If SA Shipbuilders could be assured that local owners would, for
the forseeable future, order all their replacement vessels from
South African yards and if the Government was prepared to
make the necessary investment finance available, by means of a
low interest bearing loan, then Dorby! would be willing to provide
the necessary requirements. This however, ignores the prob-
lems of costs which in tum invovies the level of Government

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SOUTH AFRICA

F W DE KLERK EXPLAINS WHY BLACKS EXCLUDED FROM POWER-SHARING
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 3
[Article by Marilyn Cohen: "City Blacks Belong to Their Nation")

[Text] The “fundamental difference" between Whites, Coloureds and Indians on
the one hand, and Blacks on the other, was the reason why Blacks were not to
be included in the new constitutional dispensation for South Africa.

This was said by the Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs and the leader of
the National Party in the Transvaal, Mr F W de Klerk, at the Rand Afrikaans
University yesterday.

The problem of the "so-called urban Blacks" was, however, going to be one of
the most difficult for the country to solve, he said.

Two Levels

"I say 'so-called' urban Blacks because there are millions of Blacks who do
not live in the national states, but who also do not live in the large urban
areas. A solution also has to be found for these people as well."

On the local level, political expression for the urban Blacks could be found
through their community councils which could develop into fully-fledged local
authorities.

"But on the higher level, they must find political expression through their
own people in the national states," said Mr De Klerk. "And the vast majority
of Blacks want to belong to, or accept, that they belong to a particular group.

Nationals

"The problem is--and it is not only the problem of the National Party but also
of the leaders of the national states--how this political expression can be
achieved.

"To the leaders of the national states, the people living outside thier land

are not just 'urban Blacks'--they are members of their nation," Mr De Klerk
said.

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Existing System Falls Short

Talks on

framework of such
new philosophy.

the lack of adequate fi-
Mancial resources to en-
able local authorities to
: carry out their functions
' effectively, as well as
the unsatisfactory
status of local manage-
ment bodies for
Coloureds and Indians,
was the most dominant
and recurring problem.
+ It led. to.almest totat

resistance to separate,

independent authorities
by these communities.
‘Another —_- problem
identified was the ab-
sence of co-operative at-
titudes between some
leaders and between dif-
ferent communities. _
Another was the lack
of suitable staff and
training facilities and
the fact that Coloured
and Indian bodies have

no more than advisory
«fanctions. .

Insufficient land

The committee says it
is of the opinion that un-
til its new proposed sys-
tem comes into opera-
tion the current
management or local af-
fairs committees should
be given, as an interim
measure, nominal re-
presentation through
their chairmen or their
nominees with: full vo-
ting rights, on the White
local authorities - er
White management

“committees to start im-
: plementing the new sys-
tem.

This interim measure
would apply until fully
fledged, economically vi-

Services 'Logical;' Guidelines on Metropolitan Development

THE Co-operation be-
tween fully fledged
Black local authorities
with White, Coloured
and Asian local govern-
ments with regard to
“hard services” (watet
and electricity supply
and roads), was un-
avoidable and logical,
the committee said.

It said representation
could be granted to all
population groups at the
level of “hard” services
(metropolitan/regional)
by nominated represen-
tatives from the primary
level, without the right
to self-determination or
the identity of any group
being endangered or
jeopardised.

The commitfee accep-
ted that according to
policy Blacks outside
the national states
would liaise with their
national states or ‘con-
federal units with re-
gard to political rights

above the local authority
level.

THE President’s Coun-
cil’s joint committee
which investigated
local and regional gov-
ernment has _ recom-
mended a form of
metropolitan govern-
ment as one of the com-
ponents of a reformed
system.

In its report, tabled
in the council yester-
day, it says however
that possible develop-
ments have still to be
investigated critically
and in depth.

It sees an investiga-
tion into the institution
of a formalised metro-
politan government
system as matter of
prime importance.

It bases this view on
the following consider-
ations: :.

@ The necessity for co-
ordinating a wide range
of local government
functions within the

49

large metropolitan
complexes;

-@ The fact that welfare
and the interests of the
people of metropolitan
areas depend not
only on decisions taken
within their own areas
of jurisdiction;

@ The wide context
within which metropoli-
tan planning has to

take place;
@ That the different
population groups

liaise at the central le-
vel through central
institutions;

@ That unco-ordinated
metropolitan planning
could have negative en-
vironmental and econ-
omic effects;

@ The accelerated rate
of industrialisation and
urbanisation.

The report . says
metropolitan or area
government would have
as its base a number of
primary authorities,
such as . towns, bo- -



MAURITIUS

DETAILS ON PMSD (FRANCOIS) CONGRESS GIVEN
Port Louis L'EXPRESS in French 1 Mar 82 p 7

Lrext/ "The road must be barred to the communists. I call on
you to mobilize! Democracy is threatened." In such terms
did M Eliezer Francois brandish the communist menace at a
congress which drew some 1,500 people to the Plaza convention
hall yesterday. .

Speakers at the congress made it a point to state emphatically
that those present had come of their own accord and by their
own means, and that there had been no propaganda posters, mo-
bile loudspeakers, or free transportation.

In his message, which he called one of hope for Mauritians, the PMSD leader
pleaded for defense of democracy and denounced campaigns which he said were
preparing the ground for communism. According to M Francois "the enemies of
democracy have launched a campaign of fear,‘ threats, intimidation, and terror-
ism."

He asked "who are the men who organize cells, regional units, and direct a
politburo?" adding later that "they want to spread the belief that they are
not communists, but they use the communist method to attain power." That
method, according to M Francois, aims at exploiting all favorable occasions
to demonstrate, create disorder, and force the country to its knees. In M
Francois' view "communism with a human face smiles upon you, talks to you of
friendship, but knifes you in the back."

He asked those present for their support in the fight for democracy and victo-
ry. Indeed, the pro-Francois PMSD device is "Hope--Combat--Victory."| M Fran-
cois also gave guarantees to all citizens--women, students, artisans, cifil’

servants, and investors--that their rights and liberties would be safeguarded.

In another context, M Francois spoke of the schism within the PMSD. In his
view the PMSD, which represents the minorities, has strayed from the path
laid down by the late Jules Koenig, and the pro-Francois PMSD is endeavoring
to restore to the party its true image.

M Paul Chong Leung, party president, also spoke in his speech of the reasons
for the split. In his opinion, the party was bearing the heavy burden of "a

22



ation of a metropolitan
authority system a mat-
ter of prime import-
ance, the committee

The metropolitan
areas have become ma-
jor contributors to the
national economy and

i¢ present system
hata be examined

oe there is meaningful
representation in local

Full Rights Anywhere

WHATEVER govern~
mental forms are re-
commended by the
President’s Council,
they “should satisfy

the uirement of

full and political
rights,” according to

e report.

In a section dealing
with premises and as-
sumptions, the report
says: “The committee
should not recommend
governmental - forms

which participate
lem.

_—“The_committee fur-
thermore holds that in
any future constitu-
tional system, govern-
ment at all levels

should promote and re-'

spect the following:
“@ Individual and
group freedom;

government and par-
ticipation in decision-
mi by the White
population group only,”
the committee says.
Having regard for ex-
pected urbanisation
trends and future econ-
omic _ development
needs “it is apparent
and most desirable that
the other population
groups should also be

MEMBERS of the Chi-
nese community should
be accorded full rights at
the level of local govern-
ment, and should be al-

lowed to live anywhere

they wanted, according
to the joint report of the

Commitee for Economic~

Affairs and the Consti-
tution Committee of the.
President’s Council on
Jocal and regional man-
arement.

ese people
should exercise their
rights and fulfil their ob-
ligations in the com-
munities in which they
live, says the report. —

Freedom, Equality For All, Urges Report

“e Equality of oppor-
tunity and

“@ Protection of iden-
and self-respect;

“@ Social and ma-
terial welfare;

“@ Internal and ex-
ternal peace and sgcur-
ity.”

The report says the

ment which is broadly
representative of an ac-
countable to the com-
munities it is intended
to serve — “in a nut-
shell, a democratic sys-
tem.”

It adds that positing a
democratic goal is one
thing, while realising it
in South Africa’s par-
ticular circumstances is
something else.

The report says this

52

given appropriate re-
presentation and mean-
ingful participation in
decisions affecting the-
interests.”

The committee re-
commends that rep-
resentation be given to

all population groups at
the level of metropoli-
tan or regional man-
agement relating to the
provision or services

question is treated ‘in
detail by the Constitu-
tion Committee, whose

“Suffice to say here
that the immediate con-
stitutional objective in
culturally or ethnically
diverse politics, with
their inherently high
potential for excessive
or disruptive conflict, is
to reduce and hold com-
petition for political
power and position to

. manageable propor-
tions.”

The committee says

have close regard to the
facts:

@ That South Africa
has a_ heterogenous
population with a high
degree of ethnic differ-



IDC SEMINAR TO BOOST EXPORTS, CREATE FIRST

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p ll

{Article by Aida Parker]

[Text] |

THE Industrial De-
velopment Council
(IDC) is to sponsor
one of the most im-
portant export semi-
nars ever held in

the RSA’s export ca-
pacity in capital
goods and services
and to acquaint
businessmen on
how such exports
can be financed.

But there is also con-
siderable speculation
that the seminar will
lead to the establish-
ment of South Africa’s
first export “think
tank”, to devise ways
and means by which
this country can pro-
mote exports of capital
goods and services and
improve its competitive
edge against developed
industrial producer na-
tions.

The announcement
was made to The Citi-
zen last night by Mr Bis-
marck S Olivier, senior
manager of the IDC.

Mr Olivier said that
development of the ex-
port market was one of
South Africa’s top tar-
jgets today: “If we don’t
‘export, we might as
well throw in the towel
now.”

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A key objective of the
symposium was, accord-
ingly, to get the export
community together,
“to familiarise them
with the mechanics of
the export finance
scheme established to
promote the export of
South African capital
goods and services.”

The export promo-
tion scheme, he said,
has now been in opera-
tion for about 20 years
and is administered by
the IDC on behalf of the
Department of Com-
merce and Industries. -

Over the years, the
IDC has financed _con-
tracts in excess of R600-
million to all parts of
the world, covering a
great diversity of capi-
tal goods. These includ-
ed abattoirs, oil rigs,
fishing fleets, cement
plants, bridges and irri-
gation works. Total fi-
mance currently out-
standing is in excess of
R300-million.

This involved in the
planning for the semi-
nar include the Depart-
ment of Commerce and
Industries, the Credit
Guarantee Insurance

Corporation, SAFTO
and South Africa’s
leading acceptance
banks.

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SOUTH AFRICA

"THINK TANK"

“We have had an ex-
cellent response to our
invitations, because
people in the business
know the IDC’s repu-

tation in this field.

“The symposium,
which will hear various
viewpoints from a wide
range of highly author-
itative speakers, will be
an exercise in practical
exposure to the poten-
tials and pitfalls of tak-
ing part in the coun-
try’s export finance
schemes.

The list of speakers
at the seminar includes
Mr C F Scheepers, Dep-
uty Director-General,
Department of Indus-
try, Commerce and Tou-
rism; Mr J C Odendaal,
general manager, Ex-
change Control, SA Re-
serve Bank; Mr C Leise-
witz, assistant general
manager, CGIS: Dr P J
Kieser, general man-
ager, Safto; Mr G Pre-
torius, . Director, De-
partment Industry and
Commerce; Mr J M J
van Vuuren, manager,
‘Foreign Capital Mar-
kets, Standard Mer-
chant Bank.



Briefs
Rural Press Program Expansion
FAO Agricultural Aid
AFL Retirements
U.S.-Liberian Maneuvers End

MAURITIUS

PM Clarifies Stand on Coalition With PMSD, RPL
(LE MAURICIEN, 3 Mar 82)....

Details on PMSD (Duval) Congress Given
(L'EXPRESS, 1 Mar 82).......

Details on PMSD (Francois) Congress Given
(L'EXPRESS, 1 Mar 82)...

Briefs
LP Campaign
Police Increased
SENEGAL
SYPOA Official Discusses Interoccupational Draft Agreement
Talks
(Souleymane Sidibe Interview; AFRICA, Mar 82)....... sees
SOUTH AFRICA
Details of Demonstrations, Intimidation, Security Bills
Given
(THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)... .

Treumicht Opposes Power-Sharing, PC's Proposals
(THE CITIZEN, 13, 14 May 82)

CP Opposes Domination
Reason for Leaving NP

F W de Klerk Explains Why Blacks Excluded From Power-
Sharing
(Marilyn Cohen; THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)..... tee e cece eee

Proposal for Executive President Creates Row
(Jaap Theron; THE CITIZEN, 14 May 82)..

Van der Merwe Defends PC's Proposals as 'Just Compromise’
(THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82).........

Gibson: Government May Have To Turn to PFP for Support
(Keith Abendroth; THE CITIZEN, 13 May 82).........

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GIBSON:

GOVERNMENT MAY HAVE TO TURN TO PFP FOR SUPPORT

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 4

{From the "Parliament" page]

[Article by Keith Abendroth]

{Text]

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THE President’s Coun-
cil proposals could mean
@ further dramatic de-
crease in Government
support — and Govern-
ment backpedalling to
retain support, Mr
Douglas Gibson, leader
of the PFP said in the
Transvaal Provincial
Council. .
Commenting on the
first report, Mr Gibson
told The Citizen that the
Government could well
find itself in the position
of admitting that PFP
support was vital in the
interests of meaningful
constitutional change.
‘The party was at pres-
ent adopting a cautious
approach to the whole
subject. The recommen-
dations on provincial
and local Government
were only the first of a
series of reports and it
was necessary to know
the whole package for

change before comment-

ing in detail.
_It has taken the
President’s "Council

more than a year to pro-
duce this report and it
would be premature to
make any definite state-
ments at this stage,” he

It was necessary now
to wait for the Govern-

41

ment’s reaction to the
Proposals — some of
which seemed to run
counter to official Nat

Party dogma.

“It will be very inter-
esting to see if there are:
any further significant
defections to the Con-
servative Party,” he
said.

If so, the Government

might well take fright
and water down the pro-
posals or reject some of
them, accepting only
those calculated to do
the least harm to party
unity,
The PFP had no in-
tention of surrendering
its unique bargaining
position which had been
brought about by the
dramatic , decrease in
support for the Nat Par-.
ty.

“The Government
cannot now be certain of
majority support if it
holds a referendum on
the President’s Council

“And PFP_ support
would be vital because
nearly a quarter of the
voters now support the
party — which also has
links with Coloured and
Asian parties whose re-
action to the proposals is
crucial.” : :

SOUTH AFRICA



{From the "Parliament" page]

“GAPE TOWN. — The:
first report on consti- }
tutional reform at
local. and_ regional
authority level had:
established a just
eompromise between
full and equitable
rights and the accom- :
modation of the reali- ~
ties of a heterogenous
South 4frican socie--
ty, Dr Schalk van der
Merwe, Deputy
Chairman of the
President’s Council,
said in Cape Town
yesterday.

VAN DER MERWE DEFENDS PC'S PROPOSALS AS

Dr Van der Merwe .

moved a motion that
‘the Council discuss and
adopt the joint report
of the Economic Affairs
and Constitutional
Cominittees * on local ;
and” regional govern- ©
ment systems.

The negotiating pro-
cess in the President's
Council ‘iad given rise“
to far ‘greater under-
standing among all its
members of what the
_real problems in South _

“Africa were, he said.

“The perspective;
which every member!
has gained by actually
being confronted with
the negotiation process
and the realisation that
between the different
poles of thought a just

39

‘JUST COMPROMISE'

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 p 4

compromise has to be
achieved, is the starting
point of an intensive
negotiation effort
which will characterise
South African political
life over the next few

years,” Dr Van der.

Merwe said.

What was imperative
now was that the per-
spective which existed
among members of the
President’s Council had
also to be made part of
the understanding of
South African society
in general. =

“For meaningful de-
cisions it is an absolute
requirement of democ-
racy for every person to
be fully informed.”

After setting out the
_recommendations of

‘the report, he appealea
to the media and all
those prepared to acti-
vate public opinion to
opt for peace and survi-
val instead of conflict
and chaos in the South
Africa of the future.

They could make a.

valuable contribution
“by presenting this
starting point of re-
form in such a way that
it will result in a better
understanding among
all people in South Afri-
ca,” Dr Van der Merwe
said. -

aims, philosophy and -

SOUTH AFRICA



Van der Mescht, hand
in hand with his wife
and daughter, were es-
corted away for tea be-
fore the Press confer-

Cloak and Dagger

-ence._

SOUTH Africa may
never know the cloak
and dagger background
story to the release of
Sapper Van der Mescht.

The Prime Minister,
Mr P W Botha, person-
ally placed a blanket
ban yesterday on any
details of the negotia-
tions, except that Sap-
per Van der Mescht was
flown out of Frankfurt,
Germany.

A similar ban was
placed on any informa-
tion relating to the
team of National Intel-

ligence Service opera-

tives who engineered
the release.

Sapper Van der
Mescht himself said he

was flown to East Ger-

many from Angola a
week ago and until
Tuesday morning, after
he had been taken to
Frankfurt for the
handing over, did not
know what his fate was
to be.

Whatever it was he
was resigned to it, se-
cure in the belief that
he would eventually be
freed, he said.

ASOLEMN Sapper Van
der Mescht choked back:
tears as he listened toa
special message telexed
to him by the Chief of
the Defence Force, Gen-
eral Constand Viljoen.

Lieutenant General
Raymond _ Holtzhausen,
Chief of Staff (Person-
nel) of the defence
Force, formally. wel-
comed him back to
South African soil, to-
gether with Brigadier J
F Potgieter, of the

Chaplain General's
staff.

~ out by Gen Holtzhausen

— a message which
ended with Sapper Van
der Mescht being given
his unconditional dis-
charge from the De-
fence Force — Gen Vil-
joen said “that every
member of the SA De-
fence Force welcomed
him back in his father-
land”,

The country was

Welcome Home Message from Chief of SADF

sharing the joy of his
family and friends on
his return and Sapper
Van der Mescht should
rest assured that he
had never been out of
the country’s thoughts
a single day, the mess-
age said.

There was gratitude
for the success of the
efforts to secure his re-
lease and for the fact
that Sapper Van der
Mescht had never lost
courage or faith and
loyalty in South Africa.

Despite great provo-
cation, said Gen Viljoen
intelligence reports on
Sapper Van der Mescht
revealed that he had
never broken down or
given up his unswerv-
ing belief in South Afri-
a.

He was, said Gen Vil-
joen, an example in pa-
triotism to every. other
South African.

Sapper Van der
Mescht said soon after

64

his arrival that his big-

gest ambition was to

volunteer again for

more military service —
, on the border or any-
; where else.

While appreciating
the unccaditional dis-
charge from further
service given him he

i felt it was his duty to
come forward after a

| period of leave.aad to
volunteer for service.

“I have waited 52
months for this day —T
could have waited an-
other 52 if I had had to,
secure in the knowl-
edge that one day I
would be free,” he said.

For this reason he
owed a debt to his coun-
try that could te repaid
in more military ser-
vice.

He had no ill-feelings
or grudges about his
capture — "it was and is
an occupational hazard
for the man in the
field,” he said.



LIBERIA

OAU DELEGATION CHIEF CALLS FOR MORE PRESSURE ON WESTERN CONTACT GROUP

Monrovia NEW LIBERIAN in English 11 May 82 pp 1, 6

[Excerpt]

The leader of a é legation
representing the Liberation
Committee of the OAU, Zai-
rean Acting Foreign Minister
Citoyen Pendje Demodedo Ya-
ko, has called on the Libe-
rian Government to apply
more pressure on the Western
Contact Group which is: seek-
ing peaceful solution to-
wards

dence.

The Western Contact Group
comprises of Britain, Cana-
‘da, France, the United
States and West Germany.

The delegation arrived
here over the weekend for

talks with Liberian Acting
Foreign.Minister Christopher
Minikon and other Liberian
Government officials on the
need for the impYementation
of the Arusha Plan of Action
on Namibia «

Speaking during prelimi-
nary discussions held with
Foreign Ministry “officials
Monday, Minister Yako said
the mission of the delega-
tion here is similar to one
undertaken. last year to

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the Namibian indepen- -

several North African coun-!
tries to rally support for
made by the Western Contact
Group for Namibian indepen-.
dence because, according to
them, they were taking "an
inordinately long time."

Welcoming the OAU delega-
tion to the meeting Monday,
Acting Foreign Minister
Christopher Minikon empha-
‘sized that the problem of
Namibia is one in which Li-
beria has manifested
interest for many years.

He recalled that it was
Liberia along with other
African States ‘that had ini-
tially taken the case of
South-West Africa, now
Namibia, to’ the Internation-
al @ourt of Justice.

Minister Minikon told the
OAU delegation that Liberia
has in the past made sub-
‘stantial financial contribu-
tions to the OAU Liberation
Committee and continues to
do so. .

He then underscored the
PRC's total commitment- to
the liberation struggle and
to the fight for Namibia's
independence in 1982.



dependent progress and
necessary expansion.

New local authorities
must be capable of
maintaining minimum
standards in respect of
infrastructure and ser-
vices and have available
the necessary trained
and competent man-
power. e

Any decision to es-
tablish a new local
authority should re-
spect the wishes of the
community and there
should be leaders at ci-
vic level.

REPRESENTATION
of urban Blacks to-
gether withColoureds
and Indians at the le-
vel of metropolitan or
regional management

is proposed by the

President’s Council

cluded in its assign-

ment, they could not be |

_ The .. recommended
elected. .local autho-
rities' would nominate
members of regional or

.. The report says these
criteria could be af-

fected depending on the.

possibility of a new
local authority being in-
corporated in a metro-
politan or regional body
or the possibility of ar-
rangements being made
with another local
authority‘or private en-

It goes on to say that
existing residential pat-
-terns and community-

taken into account, pro-
vided that ethnicity.
must not be the only de-

Blacks Could Not Be Ignored--Report

as water, electricity,
fire services, abattoirs,

authority level.” .
Black municipalities
should be established

standards as those for
municipalities in gener-
al, the committee says.

ports the establishment
of Black municipalities
when ..conditions for
success are present and
when the people so de-

On the financing of
local authorities, the
committee recommends
that all nett income
from rates on commer-
cial, industrial, mining,

51

cisive factor to be con-
sidered and that local
authorities should have
“legislative power com-
mensurate with ‘their
responsibilities. ~
The committee says -

that while it is strongly
in favour of a decentra-
lised system of autono-
mous local authorities,
the operation of such a”
system would to a large
rmined

* extent be: dete:

by practical. circums-
tances.

This would in each” :

case: dictate the most
appropriate system of
authority for each city,
town or region subject
to certain common cri-

tutions (excluding
rates on domestic
), together

gional authorities in

the areas of member

local authorities on a

pro-rata basis. _

_._The committee says
that although Blacks
are not included in its
assignment, économic
realities and rapid ur-
banisation have com-
pelied it to take note of
the question of Blacks
outside the national
states because of the
complexity of their in-|
volvement in, and in-
separability from, local
and regional econ-
omies.

The committee says
that in formulating its
proposals for reform it
took account of the
standpoint of the board
of chairmen of adminis-
tration boards, which
said, inter alia: .

“A model (for local

teria..

“Success in the devel-
opment of a new consti-
tution will depend upon
the faith and dedication
to the ideal of bridging
the gap between the ab-
solute approach to se-
paration on the one
hand and the equally
absolute failure to take
into’ ‘account, on the
other hand, the fact of
diversity and the im-
portance of group in-
terests.

“The wishes of all
groups, including mi-
nority groups, should
always be respected.” —

authorities) that takes
the White, Coloured
and Asian population
groups only into ac-
count, without looking
at the blacks in. the
RSA, will find that the
lerance of num-
of the Blacks wil!
very soon turn this
problem into a topical
one.”

The committee took
cognisance of the fact
that at present urban
Blacks are “fairly suc-
cessfully” — or
into at least 228 demo-
cratically elected com-
munity councils at loca]
government level. -

“In addition, in an-
ticipation of relevant
legislation during 1982,

developed will be deter-
mined by the availabili-
ty of experienced per-
sonnel, especially of
Blacks.

the

ting
interests of urban resi-
dents of all population
groups at civic level and
the need to co-ordinate
services make consider



SOUTH AFRICA

FURTHER REACTION TO PRESIDENT COUNCILS PROPOSALS REPORTED
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 pp 3, 4, 12

[Text] The Herstigte Nasionale Party yesterday pledged itself to using every
weapon in its armoury to fight the new constitutional proposals, declaring
them to be "the departure point to disaster."

The leader of the party, Mr Jaap Marais, said in Pretoria that the proposals,
if implemented, meant only one thing: escalating integration, ever-increasing
demands from the Blacks and the eventual total destruction of White South
Africa.

Commenting on the proposals at length, he said they were based on the princi-
ple of multi-racial government, and government which would open the door to
ever-greater competition from non-White groups.

Disunity Factory
"It will solve no problems; cause ever-greater constitutional confusion and
uncertainty; and will eventually fail, as other similar attempts have failed

elsewhere in Africa," he said.

Whatever the proposals were called, they had a built-in factor of disunity and
strife which could not be bridged by a sufficiently strong communal factor.

"For these reasons, similar systems elsewhere in Africa have resulted ina
continual weakening of the political position of the White, eventually result-
ing in Black majority government," said Mr Marais.

The Republic's existing constitution was that of a White South Africa, just as
the national anthem and flag were White South Africa.

Security
“This constitution must be retained because peace and order in South Africa

depend on the feeling of security the Whites have on the basis of the present
constitution," he said.

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LOCAL POULTRY PRODUCERS ASK GOVERNMENT TO ENFORCE IMPORTS BAN

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 4 May 82 pp 1, 10

{Article by Madison Meahyen]

[Excerpt]

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There is growing concern among Liberian poultry pro-
ducers over the massive influx of imported poultry, par-
ticularly chicken, which, they say, is harming the local

industry.

Already, the hatchery at
the Baker’s Homegrown
Poultry, Inc. which sold-
day-old chicks to many
poultry farmers, has been
shut down due to the lack
of business; and many
poultry yards are current-
ly at a standstill.

The result is that many
workers: have been laid
off, adding to the existing
employment crisis facing
the nation; while tens of
thousands of dollars of
already scarce foreign cur-
rency are being spent to
import chickens from
foreign producers.

The Baker hatchery was
the only one operating in
the country since the na-
tion’s number one chicks,
eggs and broiler pro-

11

ducers, Sangai Farms,
owned by Mesurado, came
to a.standstill following
the April 12 Coup im 1980.
=* Local poultry producers
are therefore calling on
the Government to con-
sider the situation as
serious. and to implement
and enforce the ban on im-
ported chicken, which was
lifted following the April
12 Coup, when many
poultry,,; farms. were:,/in
‘disarray.

When coitacted,the Ac-
ting’ Minister, of
Agriculturé; Col. James W.
Coleman,~ said he was
-aware of the situation and
promised that the current
consignment of imported
chicken -on the market
would be the last.

LIBERIA


JPRS 80991
7 June 1982
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT
No. 2635
ConTENTS
LIBERIA
Minister Lauds Netherlands-Liberia Relationship
(DAILY OBSERVER, 3 May 82).......... been cee eceeene eee eee 1
PRC-Liberian Cultural Agreement Signed
(NEW LIBERIAN, 10 May 82).......... wee e eee e enc enenee eee 2
Paymaster Accuses Finance Ministry of Payroll Padding
(Westmore Dahn; DAILY OBSERVER, 6 May 82)......... eee eens 4
Justice Ministry Probes Swindle by BMC Employees, Tribal
Chiefs
(Sam Johnson; NEW LIBERIAN, 29 Apr 82)...cecsceveccccceece 5

U.S. Firm Negotiating To Establish Cattle Development Program
(Rufus M. Darpoh; DAILY OBSERVER, 11 May 82).........+e00- 7

OAU Delegation Chief Calls for More Pressure on Wester
Contact Group

(NEW LIBERIAN, 11 May 82).. 9
Algerian Delegation Accepts Government's Proposals, Departs
(DAILY OBSERVER, 3 May 82).........-4- sees seeee 10
Local Poultry Producers Ask Government To Enforce Imports
Ban
(Madison Meahyen; DAILY OBSERVER, 4 May 82)........- wesvee il
Minister Says Chances 'Slim' Government Will Accede to
LAMCO Request
(DAILY OBSERVER, 7 May 82).....eeeeeeececscceces seeeeeeee 12
NFMC To Resume Operations Following Flour Price Increase
(E. Willis Crayton; DAILY OBSERVER, 13 May 82).......... ~ «14
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He said the Afrikaner had not only fought for his own freedom and for a right
to self-determination, but also for the freedom of other races.

“We fought for separate development in this country, until it was said ‘apar-
theid lives."

He accused the Government of rejecting the possibility of power sharing “un-
conditionally" until the end of February this year.

"Now, a Parliament with three chambers for the different races, are being men-
tioned--if that is going to be a President's Council proposal, it will be the
biggest somersault I've ever seen in South African politics."

He said a mixed government, ruling over him and his people, would mean nothing
more than a definite move towards Progressive Federal Party policy.

“Healthy power sharing is not a kind of shared responsibility which doesn't
affect the political sovereignty of the other nation involved. And the high-
est political power, ruling a country, is not willing to have a super power
dominating it."

Dr Treurnicht said the Afrikaner would seize and reign South Africa the moment
another race was allowed to reign with, and share, the political power and
superiority of the Afrikaner.

"If it is so important for the Blacks to have political power, then it is our
duty to fight for our survival," he said.

Reason for Leaving NP

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 14 May 82 p 12

[Text] THE President's Council’s constitutional proposals
contain power-sharing and mixed government — is-
‘sues which the Conservative Party members op-
posed while they were still in the National Party, CP
leader Dr Andries Tréurnicht said yesterday.

He said the recommendations “proved in writing
that the GOvernment has accepted a mixed ex-
ecutive power.

“Our opposition to these standpoints of the-NP
behind the scenes at the time were the very reasons
why we (the CP) were driven out of the NP.

“We took up a strong standpoint against any form
of power-sharing. And it led to disagreement in NP
circles and to the reason for the NP driving us out,”
he said.

“T think it is now clear for the whole nation to see
tor themselves why the CP members were driven
out of the NP, because these standpoints now being
put forward as recommendations by the President's
Couneil were the very proposals which we refused to
accept while still being inside the NP.” .

Dr Treurnicht said Government spokesmen refer-
red to and backed former Prime Minister Mr John
Vorster with regard to his standpoint on an Ex-
ecutive Council of Cabinets, and “they adopted it as
the present Gevernment standpoint”. .

He said Government spokesmen made it clear that



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subsidies. If the South African government could be persuaded
to increase the ship building subsidy and if it would also retain
and make available all the existing export incentives and if tax
allowances could be made available to owners comparable with
these granted by other Maritime countries it is probable that the
South African ship building industry could become an economic
and viable commercial undertaking.

In some foreign countrie. exports must be carried by vessels
flying the flag of the exporting country and all new vessels re-
quired by shipping companies operating from such maritime
countries are required by law to place such orders with the local
yards. In such cases the Government concerned contributes the
difference between the price which the vessel could be obtained
in a foreign yard, not necessary the — lowest price is taken but a
reasonable average of the lower prices, and the price for which
the vessel can be built in the yard of the country concerned. To
prevent the local yards taking advantage of this situation the
profits of the local yard are normally restricted to 72 - 10%.

In conclusion emphasis must be placed on the benefits both
direct and indirect which must accrue to South Africa if an effi-
cient and economically viable ship building industry can be main-
tained in the Republic. Such an industry provides work for a great
number of employees both directly in the ship yard and indirectly
in the manufacture and supply of all the many items which go into
the construction of a ship. The strategic importance of adequate
shipbuilding facilities to a Maritime nation is self evident and
needs no elaboration. It is accepted by all industrialised coun-
tries. Such facilities can be provided in South Africa at compara-
tively modest cost given the support of Government and the pri-
vate sector. -

4


all that unemployment? Sir Seewoosagur has one great fault: he does not con-
cern himself with the voters, but with the deputies in the Assembly," said Sir
Gaetan.

A Great Fault

According to the PMSD leader the PT, which announces an electoral bombshell,
simply wants to create a senate--which means that the voters will have to feed
not only the 70 members of the Legislative Assembly, but that many more in the
senate--and all that just to content the people in his entourage. As for the
MMM, it has never said just how it will lighten the unemployment problem.

"All that will be clearly defined in our manifesto, but would be rapidly re-
solved with my foreign policy," declared Sir Gaetan. "In 1973, when I was
minister of foreign affairs, the French wanted to reopen the port of Mahebourg,
which would have provided jobs, with the building of large hotels, among other
things, to about 20,000 people. Between Curepipe and Port Louis, in the free
zones, delegations from Taiwan proposed to set up 300 factories, which repre-
sents 40,000 more jobs.

"Those two projects alone would have done away with all our unemployed, but
Ramgoolam never gave his assent. Instead, he had committed himself to the
north airport project, and approximately 120 million rupees have been spent
to acquire lands. And now the World Bank is opposed to that project, and re-
commends renovation of Plaisance."

Sir Gaetan spoke of other projects which could have been completed, and which
would have brought about creation of new jobs, and he stressed that all large
development projects date from his presence in the government.

But Sir Gaetan also brought out that for the moment several touristic projects
are on ice while the promoters await the election results, for before going
ahead they wish to assure themselves of the foreign policy to be followed by
Mauritius. Likewise, 3,000 Mauritians could be hired by the Americans at Diego
Garcia, but the latter are also awaiting results of the general election.

Concerning a possible alliance with the RPL, Sir Gaetan explained that that
party had not been able to show the potential and numbers of its followers,
but had announced that it would enter three candidates at Rose Hill and three
at Curepipe. "Does it want us to go to Plaine-Verte?" asked the PMSD leader.

Vote For Me

As for the PT, said Sir Gaetan, it should get rid of all its deadweight in or-
der to become a possible partner.

"The MMM has said that 1982 must be the year of change," said the speaker.

"I know that Paul Berenger, once a trade unionist, has become managing direc-
tor of Intracorp, and so was embarrassed recently at the sight of a poster
which said 'Bosses drink workers' blood.' But if you want change, and no
longer to see the same ministers on television, then vote for me, because I

20



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ZAMBIA

BRIEFS

POLICE RECOVER CATTLE--Mazabuka police have recovered 57 heads of cattle
in their intensified efforts to end cattle rustling in the district.
Southern Province police chief Mr Basil Chibula confirmed in Livingstone
yesterday and said a number of people had been arrested in connection with
rustling. Only 19 heads of cattle had been identified. "I appeal to
cattle owners who might have lost their animals to go to Mazabuka police
station to identify the remainder." The exercise would spread throughout
the province. Rustlers in the province had devised a system of confusing
cattle owmers after stealing their animals by changing brands. ‘The 57
animals were found in some people's kraals west of Mazabuka. [Excerpt]
[Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 May 82 p 5]

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local communities the
right to decide for
themselves on the use
of all public amenities;
@ The recognition of
ethnicity, especially ex-
cluding either enforced
segregation or inte-
gration. .

Separate

@ The recognition of
residential separation
of Whites, Coloureds,
Asians and Indians;
@A_ ward - system,
based on homogeneity
in cases where it is not

possible to separate the
various ‘groups .. en-
tirely;

@ Extensive proposals
for a neutral source of
income and tax ré-
forms, including the
taxing of professional
people and tourists;
and

© Two possible alter-
native systems of re-
gional government —
the one retaining the
present provinces, the
other replacing it with
eight regions. In both
cases the administra-
tors would be appointed
by the executive prési-
dent, and executive
members could include
Coloureds and Indians.

Weicomed

Dr Jan Grobler, chief
information officer of
the National Party, wel-
comed the proposals'as
a realistic beginning to-
wards constitutional
reform.

“The question is no
longer what is to be
done, but how we are
going to implement it,”
he said.

The report provided

MPC Shocked at Report

for full political rights
for the “urbanised”
Coloureds and Indians
on both the first and
second levels of govern-
ment, bringing them on
par with urban Blacks,
who already had rights
up to their level of re-
gional government,. he
said.

The recommenda-
tions were based on
fundamental motiva-
tions “and was not an
attempt to integrate.”

Dr Grobler stressed
that the recommenda-
tions were not an at-
tempt to integrate, but
rather an attempt to
implement “segmental
autonomy” which; he
said, was the answer to
South Africa’s plural

democracy.
He said segmental
autonomy, which

formed the basis of the
recommendations, in
fact- meant that every-
body retained their own
schools, churches and
living areas, and it was
the doorway leading to
a “just” society.

Dr Van Zyl Slabbert,
leader of the Progres-
sive Federal Party, said

recommendations
were not in line with
PFP policies, but were a
step in the right direc.

‘S° Hailed = =~
Mr Vause Raw, lead-

er of the National Re-

public Party, hailed the

ciples which, he ‘said,
had now been “taken
over.”

Dr Andries Treur-
nicht, leader of the Con-

servative Party, said
the proposals represen-
ted the thin edge of the
wedge to full inte-
gration on all levels of
government, and con-
tained integration from
the top to the bottom.
Mr Chris Heunis,
Minister of Internal Af-
fairs, said in a state-
ment the government
would follow the fol-
lowing guidelines in its
consideration of . the
proposals:
@ Constitutional adap-
tations should not have
a destablising effect on
the South African com-
munity, and must take
place in any evolution-
ary process; ©
@ Such adaptations
should be practically
implementable, meas-
ured against the coun-
try’s resources of avail-
able funds;
@ It should be simple,
readily understandable
and easily presentable;
@ Proposed . measures
should be as acceptable
as possible to all popu-
lation groups;
@ In the interests of all !
groups, Whites should;
be given a sense of se-:
curity and a guarantee

tion groups should be
offered the prospect of
their reasonable expec-
tations being realised; :
@ With regard to the-
Government’s determi- -
nation to ensure essen-
tial and justifiable ad-
aptations, the.
recommendations
would be carefully con-
sidered in order to ex-
ecutive constructive
steps as speedily as
possible.

THE Conservative Par-
ty MPC for Brakpan Mr
Jannie van Eeden said
in Pretoria last night he
rejected the findings of
.the President’s Council
commission with all his.
strength.

44

He said the so-called
healthy concept of pow-
er sharing had been
stripped of all its pre-
tentions and stood
naked for the world to
see what it really was.



[Answer] At the corporation level, of course; but most of these heads

of corporations feel themselves obligated principally to their corpora-
tions, and not sufficiently to the community. Many call for the help and
understanding of government, but they forget that as compensation for these
advantages there should be active participation above and beyond their
businesses--in economic development, and especially in the social progress
of the nation.

[Question] Do you believe, then, that they are not sufficiently concerned
about it?

[Answer] This unfortunately has been demonstrated by their absence from
the negotiations with the working class representatives and from the govern-
ing structures of institutions of a social nature such as IPRES, the

Social Security Fund, IPM.... It appears that at the level of the busi-
nesses themselves, too often they do not allow their personnel to benefit
from the social advantages, even though these are legally mandatory.

[Question] If I have understood correctly, at the negotiations on the
national community agreement, whose consequences are of the utmost impor-
tance for Senegal's future, the participants were, on the one hand, worker
representatives concerned especially with the fate of their own consti-
tuents, and on the other hand the employers, mostly foreigners who, con-
sequently, were not sufficiently concerned. But what was the position of
the government representatives?

[Answer] The government did not participate in these discussions.

{Question] However, isn't the government by far the largest employer in
Senegal?

[Answer] Of course. The state employees, those of the national corpora-
tions, and of the joint corporations, who do not have civil. servant status,
are as numerous as the latter and, by extension, will be governed by the
new community agreement.

[Question] How do you explain this absence?

[Answer] Perhaps the government stayed away from these negotiations with
the aim of possible later arbitration. This position could be understood
if the government, business and workers fulfilled their role as I defined
it at the beginning. I have been able to observe that this has not been
the case. This is why the government's participation in the negotiations
through civil servants, other than those of the Government Labor Bureau
(Direction du Travail), whose role is to reconcile the positions of the
parties present, would doubtless have permitted both sides to conduct the
negotiations in a more realistic manner.

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table.

“There will be provis-
ion in the constitution
for his impeachment
and so on,

“However, in relation
to the legislature, he
will be responsible for
the initiation of legis-
lation.”

There was some mis-
understanding with re-
spect to the checks and
balances.

Checks

“The fact is that the-

legislature will be able
to check the President
in several respects.
“First, there is the
budgetary process. Ob-
viously he is dependent

President

upon the legislature for
the Budget.

“Secondly there is
the legislative process
and he is dependent
upon the legislature for
the passage of laws.

there is the
fact that policy needs to
be approved.” This
would be to a much
greater extent in the
envisaged new legis-
lature than in the pres-
ent Parliament.

A fourth factor was
the convention relating
to censure and no-con-
fidence, as applied_at
the present moment.
They would naturally
apply to the premier
and the cabinet — both

to individual ministers
and cabinet collectively.

“In other words the
legislature can bring
them down.

Majority rule

“It should also be
pointed out that, given
the great complexity of
the new legislature, ma-
jorities will not be as-
sumed and the ex-
ecutive will have to
work for majorities in
the legislature.”

The President’s
Council’s constitutional
committee was satis-
fied that there would be
“sufficient built-in

checks in the power of
the executive,” he
Stressed.

The executive Presi-
dent would have no “di-
rect powers” as such.

“He will have the
powers which are pres-
ently vested in the state
President, which are
more ceremonial than
anything else.

“But he will act as
part of an executive
team and the executive
function will be vested
in the President, the
premier and the cabi-
net,” Dr Worrall said.

We are going to have many arguments
over the President’s Council’s proposals,’
not only over power sharing but over
other aspects as well.

One issue that has. already caused grave
coficern is the proposal to appoint an ex-
ecutive President.

Since the President’s Council has not put
forward a complete blueprint, it has been
assumed that the executive President
will virtually have dictatorial powers.

He will, for example, “appoint the Premier
and, after consultation with him, the
members of the Cabinet, who will serve
at the pleasure of the President.”

In addition to the functions at present per-
formed by the State President, he will
preside over meetings of the Cabinet.

He will initiate legislation, have the right
to dissolve the legislature, and will.be
able to submit matters to the test of re-
ferendums.

The first President will be elected by the
present House of Assembly, which will
continue in its present form until such
time as the constitutional committee’s
recommendations with regard to the
legislative function have been finalised.
It is not clear whether the first incumbent
will serve for the stipulated seven years,
or whether there will be another election
‘ before this period expires and the legis-
lature consists of White, Coloured and

Indian members who will form an electo-,

ral college to choose the President.
The President will appoint members of all

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three groups to his Cabinet, but the ratio:
is not prescribed.

The Premier, Ministers and Deputy Minis-
ters will be expected to take part in the
legislative function as they do now,
though they will not be elected members
of the legislature.

The Premier will be concerned with the
. day-to-day administration of the coun-
try, with the co-ordination of the work of
the Ministers, and with the relationship
between the executive and the legis-
lature.

Suggestions that the President will have
virtually uncontrolled powers have been
denied. He will, it is said, exercise, but no
longer symbolically, thesame powers as
the present State President.

He will be no figurehead, but the country’s
leader in terms of power as well as name.
It is also said that the legislature will have
the right to impeach him, if necessary.
Such safeguards should have been spelled
out in the constitutional committee’s re-
port — and if anyone has misguidedly
gained the impression that a virtual dic-
tator is proposed, the committee is to

blame.

However, whatever explanations are now
given, we do not accept that the Presi-
dency will be as bland as is now sug-
gested.

For one thing, the committee makes it
clear that it wants a powerful leader who
will be able to impose the reforms that
the country needs. -



BAD ROADS MAY PREVENT COLLECTION OF HARVEST IN MKUSHI

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 May 82 p 5

[Text]

cso:

LARGE quantities of harvest
in Mkushi may not be’ collec-
ted this year because of bad
roads, a ward chairman war-
ned in Kabwe yesterday.

Munshimbi ward chairman
and chairman of the finance
and general purposes com-
mittee of Mkushi district
council Mr Hosea Ngulube
said most roads in the dis-
trict had become impassable
because of ridges and pot-
heles.

“These roads have not
been graded for a long time
now because our two graders
are_in Kitwe ‘undergoing

irs, but even if they are
paired, we have no money
to pay for them,” he said.

Tf the roads were not
repaired before crops were
collected from depots, the
exercise would be impossible
to undertake. “Even the
proposal by UBZ to extend
their services to my ward will
not be realised.””

Some of the roads which
badly needed grading were

Nkole Central to Kashitu,’
Nkole Central to Lukomba ;

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and the former Congo border
road joining the Ndola-
Kabwe road near Kapiri
Mposhi turn-off.

Mkushi district executive
secretary Mr Harrison
Machangani said the council
needed K10,000 to get the
graders back from Kitwe.
“But we don’t have even a
quarter of this.”

And Zana reports: Trans-
porters in Lusaka Province
have responded well to the
call by Lusaka Cooperative
Union to register for the
transportation of maize and
other crops this season.

General manager Mr Steve
Muyakwa described the res-
Ponse as overwhelming
adding that 17 transporters
had indicated willingness to
register with the union for
crop transportation.

This will be the first time
for the new cooperative
union to prepare for trans-
portation of produce in_the
province. This work
was previously under-

taken by Namboard.

ZAMBIA



few parasites" and it was necessary to eliminate them. M Chong Leung added
that without that purification "the PMSD would have been massacred at the next
elections."

It is also his opinion that the PMSD ministers form a serious and homogeneous
team, and that the pro-Francois PMSD "which is the true PMSD" represents worthy
persons prepared to work for liberty.

M Guy Edmond, party secretary general, who presided, explained to those present
why the former PMSD was losing ground. According to him that was due, among
other things "to the reign of the cadgers" which destroyed the PMSD, to betray-
al of the party backers' confidence, and to introduction of all kinds of peo-
ple into its executive.

M Kamil Ramoly, first party vice president, declared in his speech that minis-
tries taken over by the PMSD were doing good work, and that the ministers re-
presented "a loyal but not unconditional ally."

Chairmen of municipal administrative committees under PMSD control, including
Dr Koshlendr Nundoochand of Port Louis, M Robert Rey of Beau Bassin/Rose Hill,
and M Clement Mootoo of Curepipe were presented to the audience and spoke at
the congress.

The Francois Group Political Bureau

The political bureau of the pro-Francois PMSD was presented to the congress,
and is composed of the following:

Leader: M Eliezer Francois; president: M Paul Chong Leung; first vice president:
M Kamil Ramoly; second vice president: Dr Koshlendr Nundoochand; third vice
president: M V. Rengasamy; fourth vice president: _M Cyril Lebon; secretary
general: M Guy Edmond; press relations officer EL): M Clement Mootoo; treasurer:
M Maurice E. Noel; first legal counsel: M Robert Rey; second legal counsel: M
Jacques Tsang Man Kin.

Some 15 other persons are members of the political bureau.
M Francois stated that the bureau is presently working on the party manifesto.

He also announced that M Noel, party treasurer, would be a candidate at Cure-
pipe.

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FREEDOM HOUSE RAISING FUNDS TO BUILD UNIP HEADQUARTERS

Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in English 20 May 82 p 1

[Text]

cso:

FREEDOM House is
mounting a nation-wide
fund-raising campaign to
get more than K40
million required to build
a new Party headquarters
in Lusaka.

All. provincial Members of
the Central Committee have

ybeen instructed to form

committees to. work out the
details of the campaign.
According to Party sources,
the provincial members of the
Central Committee will chair
the committees with provincial
political secretaries as vice-
chairmen while provincial per-
manent secretaries will be
committee secretaries.

In Central Province, ‘this
committee has already been
formed but has not yet met
to discuss how to go about
taising the money.

According to the sources,
Central Province Member of
the Central Committee Mr
Samuel Mbilishi_ has sent
circulars to all members of
the committee who include
parastatal general managers
and prominent businessmen

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asking them to prepare them-
selves for the campaign.

In the circular, Mr Mbilishi
says the campaign should be
conducted like the one
organised to raise funds for
the building of the University
of Zambia. :

Mr Mbilishi says: “The
Central Committee has
decided that the money should
be found without further
delay to build a new Party
headquarters.’”

The Party had already paid
out K1 million to designers of
the new building to be
erected behind the Freedom
Statue in Independence
Avenue from the design cost
of more than K3 million.

Asked to comment, Mr
Mbilishi and Chairman of the
Finance and Economic Sub-
Committee Mr Elijah
Mudenda declined to release
the details.

“How do -you know about
it? Anyway, contact Freedom
House for details. I don’t
want to comment on it,’’ said
Mr Mbilishi.

At Freedom House, Mr
Mudenda said: ‘Comrade,
you will know the details this
month-end.”

ZAMBIA



LIBERIA

U.S. FIRM NEGOTIATING TO ESTABLISH CATTLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 11 May 82 pp 1, 10

[Article to Rufus M. Darpoh]

[Excerpt]

If negotiations are concluded, an American cattle

development agency called Win Rock International, with
a $5 million backing by the United States Agency for In-
ternational Development (USAID), will undertake a
seven-year cattle development program in Liberia.

This was disclosed last week in
an interview with Mr. J. Hilary
Mason, Assistant Minister of
Agriculture for Technical Ser-
vices, who’said the company will
bring exotic animals to be cross-
ed with local ones to create a
dual purpose breed — to produce
milk and meat.

He said the offspring of the

cross will be .trypano-tolerant,
meaning ‘they will be without
sleeping sickness.
. Minister Mason said Win Rock
International. will provide train-
ing for local farmers as well as
technical advice.

Mr. Mason disclosed that at
present Liberia is importing from
12,000 to 15,000 cattle per herd
a year, mainly from Mali, Ivory
Coast, Sierra. Leone and
sometimes from Niger and
Mauritania.

Minister Mason made the
disclosure after the Daily
Observer approached him to
find out why Liberia had to im-
port 90 per cent of its meat from
neighbouring countries.

For’ many years the Liberian
Government tended to pay more
attention to rice cultivation and
forestry development than to
livestock growing.

FAO.

And from: the look of things,
the National Investment Com-
mission (NIC) does not make
room for livestock development
through external assistance.

This led Mr. E.O. Bayagbona,
the Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) Represen-
tative in Liberia, to say in an in-
terview recently that NIC's in-
vestment program had “very lit-
tle interest in livestock develop-
ment.” -

Mr. Bayagbona, & Nigerian,
said that “Liberia does not ap-

‘pear to have much interest in

cattle development. Even fishery

development does not appear in

the NIC’s plan,” he added.
When NIC was contacted

yesterday to comment, Mr

George N. Williams, Director of

Investment Promotions, said that
in NIC’s program, livestock
development is a priority along
with other agricultural activities.
+-He said, however, that certain re-
quirements have to be met before
NIC plunges into full-scale invest-
ment in this area of agriculture, ...
He explained that in the past, in-
‘dividuals presented private “ pro-
posals for areas in which they were
interested. Since they had the
money to invest, the government
could not force them to invest in
areas in which they had less interest,
such as livestock development, he
«Said. ~ ~
He said when a proposal is submit-
ted, NIC analysis it for eligibility and
for economic and financial viability
«in accordance with the terms of the
National Investment Incentive Code
enacted in 1966 and which was
vevised in 1973.
Mr. Williams said that incentives

provided in the code for agricultural
investment code are “helpful but not
that useful in attracting more invest-
ment in agriculture.” This is because
agricultural machinery and other
Products like insecticides have all
long been enjoying duty-free
privileges.



Change Should Be Embraced 'Joyfully'

CHANGE was desir-
able as well as inevi-

table and should be

embraced joyfully
rather than reluctant-
ly, Mrs Adrienne
Koch, a former Nat-
fonal Party Senator
told- the President’s
Council today.

Speaking in the de-

bate on the Council’s
report on Local and Re-
gional Management,
she stressed the need
for stability and strong
leadership while
change was taking
place. z
Economic progress

was vitally important

Mrs Koch said, noting
the retarding effect on
the economy of the So-
weto riots of 1976 and
the tragic happenings
earlier at Paarl ,and
Sharpeville.

Mrs Koch said she de

plored the fact that
people from the right
and the left were
already denigrating the
Council’s report with-
out having studied
them.

The Coloured people
at present had less
rights than ever, she
said.

“We are hoping to do’

things which have to be
done, and the Coloured
people will have to do
something for them-
selves too, in the same.
way as the Afrikaner
and English communi-
ties did when they were
down.”

The Afrikaner and

She criticised an atti- English communities

tude, she said, some had kad the vote and |

White people held that .
they had “done so much
for the Coloured people prove one’s lot when
and why aren't they one had neither of
grateful. * — ghase. things.

mone¥ respectively and
it was difficult to im-

Blank Cheque for Integration

THE President’s Council proposals gave the Gov-
ernment a blank cheque to institute inregration at
the local and central government levels, Mr Fanie
Herman, a former National Party MP said.

He agreed completely with most of the recom-
mendations, but there were several with which he
could not agree at all. .

The principles of a democratic system for all
population groups, of non-discrimination, the
avoidance of conflict, devolution and decentralis-
ing of power and administration and protection
for all groups against domination, were praisewor-
thy, but self-determination had to be the golden
thread, he said.

Two of the recommendations in particular, both
concerning interim representation for Coloureds
and Indians on existing White local authorities,
implied forced integration.

This would remove the self-determination of the
Whites who would not have the sole right to decide

on matters that were sensitive and intimate to

them.

No Municipal Apartheid

On page 59 6f the re-

Mrs Koch welcomed a
recommendation
whereby greater funds
will accrue to Coloured
and Indian municipali-
ties, saying that they
deserved to benefit
from the money they
spent in the White
towns and cities.

” Referring to the pop-

ulation explosion, Mrs
Koch said more atten-
tion should be paid to
birth control by evély
woman in the country
and birth _ control
should be a major rally-
ing cry.

“provided, however,

THE joint report on
Local and Regional
Government did not ad-
vocate municipal apart-
“heid, Professor Arc de
Crespigny said. There
were those who would
like to portray it as ad-
vocating municipal’
apartheid in order to
discredit it in Coloured.
and Indian communi-
ties and among a sig-
nificant segment of the
White electorate.

port, however, it stated
that ethnicity would re-
main a. factor around
which local government
was organised.
Recommendation

eight however, stated
that any decisién to es-
tablish a new local
authority would have to
take account of exist-
ing residential patterns
and community/cultu-
rally sensitive matters,

59

that ethnicity must not
be the only or decisive

factor to be consider-_

“These statements,
particularly the latter,
make it abundantly
plain that the commit-
tee is mot advocating
municipal apartheid —
that is separate munici-
palities for White,
Coloured and Indian
communities.”



SOUTH AFRICA

URUGUAY'S VIEW ON RACIAL ISSUE, ROLE OF CUBANS IN ANGOLA EXAMINED

Johannesburg ARMED FORCES in English Jan 82 p 1

[Editorial]

[Text]

It was refreshing to hear the representative from Uruguay
(here to attend the Cape to Uruguay Yacht Race) express his
opinion during a South African Broadcasting Corporation inter-
view on what would be the attitude of his country to any outside
attempts to use the race as a political platform. Captain Walter
Fernandez left his listeners with no illusions as to what line
Uruguay would take if any segments of the Left tried to use the
Race as a vehicle to further their aims. To sum up in undiplo-
matic terms Uruguay would simply tell them to go to hell.

Uruguay was for a number of years in the forefront of the
communist inspired terrorist operations and only a few years
back the Tupumaros organisation presented a real threat to the
State with murder, intimidation and kidnapping being daily occur-
rences.

The adoption of an attitude of firmness is in keeping with the
policy that Uruguay has followed for a number of years in dealing
with terrorists and the various machinations of the Left. Judging
by the present situation in Uruguay, this method of meeting and
challenging threats has been one that has worked. While the
Tupumaros terrorists have not been finally liquidated they no
longer presenta threat to the State.

The tactics adopted by Uruguay in countering communist infil-
tration warrant careful study as they are a departure for the
usually accepted Western approach that is based on the Moaist
theory of ‘Winning the Hearts and the Minds of the people”. A
theory that is so often presented out of context and that never
works unless itis implemented in its entirety!

The recent further involvement of members of the Cuban
Expeditionary Forces in Angola with members of the South Afri-
can Defence Force should not excite too much comment. The
involvement is simply a progressive development of planned
Soviet strategy in Africa and it is not a question of the mainte-
‘Nance of a status quo but the continuation of the creation of an_

75



PC Plan

His general feeling
was one of. profound
shock when he read the
first reports in the
afternoon Press yester-

“The National Party
wants to accelerate the
introduction of the In-
dians and Coloureds
into local government
and the presence of
Blacks in metropolitan
government seems to
be on the cards.”

He said he did not
have the opportunity to

depth but he predicted’
that many National
Party members would
cross the floor in the’
next few days.

“I will confer with
the party leader, Dr An-
dries Treurnicht, early
next week on the far-
reaching implications
of the report,” he said.
He added that the con-
tents of the report had
been anticipated by the
members of the Conser-
vative Party who de-
fected a few months

study, the report in ago.

IT is no good the Government trying to
pretend that the President's. Council’s
recommendations on local and provincial
government are in line with the 1977 poli-
cy.

They aren’t — nor should they be, since
1982 is not 1977 and the President’s
Council was not trying to maintain the
status quo but was seeking to introduce
a new system of local and provincial as
well as national government.

The recommendations were bound to be
radical, given the composition of the
council. .

And though they may, in broad essence, be
what the Government itself might wish
to see put forward, they may equally go
beyond what that Government would be
prepared to implement.

What the council’s first report proposes is
to change the whole system of local and
provincial government, as it has applied
over the years, and to substitute a system
of local, metropolitan and regional or
provincial government (there would be
eight new regions) in which Whites,
Coloureds and Indians will share power
and in which there will be a maximum
devolution of power to the smallest local
authorities. 4

Though the voting rights of the three
groups will be equal, the dice initially will
be loaded in favour of the Whites
through a. system of multiple votes
whereby a person owning or occupying
fixed rateable property will have extra
votes and there will also be corporate
votes, with no person having more than
three votes.

However, since the other groups are ad-
vancing fairly rapidly, the position could
arise where Coloureds and Indians will
be in control of some local and regional

45



DETAILS OF PRESIDENT COUNCILS PROPOSALS REPORTED

SOUTH AFRICA

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 13 May 82 pp 12-14

[Text]

ALL population
groups should have
meaningful partici-
pation in decision-
making at local and
regional levels,
according to the

joint report of the

Committee for Econ-
omic Affairs and the
Constitutional Com-

mittee of the Presi-.

dent’s Council.

The report, tabled
yesterday, deals
local and regional ma
agement. systems in
South Africa.

The joint committee

that’ the-

‘recommends:
franchise at local level’

be‘ based on the’ prin~.

ciple of identical quali-
fications. for —_ all,
coupled with a system
of plural voting.

“In Western demo-
eracies local govern-
ment is regarded asa

constitutional “cor. ©

nerstone because it af-
fects the daily lives of
citizens more directly
and intimately than do
the more removed oper-
ations of central gov-
ernment,” the report

responsible adminis-
tration in many fields

ing local communities

can be a great source of :

strength to any politi-
cal order. «

“This view is held not’.

only for the reasons
which are usually cited,
but because in.a hetero-
genous society those
matters which are sen-
sitive in inter-group re-
lations are frequently
matters which appro-
priately belong at the
local government level
and the committee is
persuaded that it is at
the -local government

_ level that such matters

The report says one
of the most important
problems facing local
management _ - derives
from a polarisation
which has developed be-
tween the opponents of
the policy of m aeparate
+ autonomous local autho-
Fities and the propo-
ents of the current

ithe eominaltiee is in
agreement that the

far’ apart, se) be to
grant the maximum de-
gree of devolution of
Power to local author-
ities for all homoge-
neouscommunitieswith-
in -the area. of
jurisdiction concerned.

“Whilst itis recogni-
sed that the existence
of present residential
patterns will mostly be
- reflected in the ethnic

47

: government

character of any par-
ticular local: authority,
this process of local
* reform
should not be accompa-
nied by enforced racial
separation or enforced

mends they
be abolished _until
other, more satisfacto-
ry arrangements have
been made.

The committee. rec-
ommends that “as an
urgent interim mea-
sure” existing manage-
ment or local affairs
committees be given
representation as soon
as possible, through the
chairman or his nomi-
nee, with full voting
rights, on the White
local authority con-
cerned.

Two alternatives are
giver by the committee
with regard to the ques-
tion of local” authority
franchise, both © incor-

a ‘system of

porating
. weighted or. Joaded mu-
tiple

franchise.
In one alternative

every resident over the
age of 18 would have
one vote, owners of
fixed rateable property
and occupiers of such
properties would have’
two votes each (one as
owner or occupier arid



ALGERIAN DELEGATION ACCEPTS GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS, DEPARTS

Monrovia DAILY OBSERVER in English 3 May 82 p 1

[Text]

CSO:

The Inter-Ministerial delega-
tion from Alycria left for home
Thursday alter agreeing to ac-
cept the technical and financial
proposals submitted to it hy the
Liberian Government during five
days of talks.

A Foreign Ministry release
yesterday said both - parties
ayreed that the proposals, which
served as a working document
for discussion, would be submit-
ted to the competent authority of
wthe Algerian Government to
identify the most feasible areas
for cooperation.

In the area of commerce, the
two sides held wide-ranging
discussions on ways and means
of promoting trade between
Algeria and Liberia.

At the end of the talks, the

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Algerian and Liberian sides sign-
ed a Memorandum of Understan-
ding. Foreign Minister H. Boima
Fahnbulleh signed for Liberia
and Ambassador-at-Large Chaib
Taleb signed on behalf of the
Algerian Government.

While the talks were taking
place, an informed source told
the Daily Observer that Liberia
was to present to the Algerian
delegation, four priority
technical areas for cooperation
and assistance from Algeria for
‘their implementation.

The areas: included oil credit
facility by Algeria to the tune of
$6.6 million; undertaking of rura
electrification with Algeria’:
assistance; a joint venture in min-
ing; and cooperation in the
development of livestock and

poultry. ee

LIBERIA