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SAP MEMBERS TO WITHDRAW FROM BORDERS; SADF TO TAKE OVER
MB291049 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1045 GMT: 29: Nov 85) squer«-"

[Text] Pretoria, Nov 29, SAPA-~Policemen doing duty on the South African
border are to ‘be withdrawn from next week and would be replaced by members
of the SA Defence Force, the minister of law and order, Mr Louis le Grange,
said today.

Addressing a SA police passing-out parade in Pretoria, Mr Le Grange said that
moving the withdrawn police forces to other places in South Africa could help
relieve internal pressures on police caused by ongoing township unrest.

Mr Le Grange said that although 6,000 policemen were being deployed country-—
wide to counter unrest, he added that normal police duties were not being
neglected.

Since unrest flared in September last year, 27 policemen had died in the
rioting, while 550 police homes had been destroyed, often after petrol. bomb
and handgrenade attacks, the minister said.

Me Le Grange said. the west was looking to the SAP for guidance in techniques
and equipment. The SAP's anti-terror and anti-riot units, its dog detach-
ments and its task force were rated among the best in the world, he added.

It is, however, upsetting to note how certain individuals, groups, organisa-
tions and even some newspapers are wilfully or unwittingly playing into the
hands of those who wish to disrupt law and order and thereby make South
Africa ungovernable, Mr Le Grange added. oa Fo

Mr Le Grange asked why certain private groups monitoring the unrest had not
yet called on the more than 500 family members of policemen who had been left
homeless after unrest incidents, or the families of policemen who had been
killed during rioting. :

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las os NIGERIA

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS
AB271648 Lagos Domestic Service in English 1800 GMT 27 Nov 85

[Text] An international conference on human rights, education and rural
environment opened in Lagos today. It is sponsored by the University of Lagos
in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, and the UNESCO. Eleven countries,
including a representative of the OAU, Dr Peter Onu, are attending the week-
long conference. State House correspondent Tunde Oshogbomi filed this report
read in the studio:

At today's session, four papers were earmarked for presentation. They were:
Toward the positive conception of human rights; human rights and social needs;
the concept of people's rights; and [words indistinct] charter and the rights
of women in the rural sector.

In a message to the conference, President Babangida said the Federal Govern-
ment would repeal, amend or modify some provisions in the country's laws that
tended to impede or abridge the full enjoyment of individual rights as
enshrined in the Constitution. The president stated that without fear of
contradiction, government had on several occasions declared its intention to
leave the administration of ‘social justice to the judiciary.

In the same vein, government was considering the expansion of the jurisdic-
tion of the legal aid scheme to cover issues of any alleged infraction of
fundamental human rights under the 1979 Constitution. President Babangida
said that paralegal staff from the local areas should be encouraged and not
seen as competitors with lawyers. He remarked that certain foreign legal
theories were inappropriate in the African context and that the law and
lawyers should not fight shy of indigenizing to accommodate local situation.

Village and communal heads who wield considerable influence in their local
communities, the president advised, should be cultivated as partners in
progress. On the issue of rural women in the African settlement community,
President Babangida said that they were the chief victims of illiteracy.
This, he said, was because they lacked general education and possessed
inadequate vocational training and did not participate in decisionmaking
within the family and in the community. The president stated that the inte-
gration of women, and the rural and urban [word indistinct] in development
programs must rest primarily on the principles of human rights and social

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RIVER TUNNEL DUG ON SCHEDULE

Harare THE HERALD in English 19 Nov 85 p 2

[Text]

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THE tunnel to divert the Mukwadzi River while the
$30 million Mazwikadei Dam north of Banket fs
being built, has been completed on schedule,

Work started on July 12 and the holding-through
of the outlet tunnel, which will firat be used for
atversion of the river flow during the dry season of
the next two years, was done last week.

The total length of the diversion tunnel ig 361m,
of which 260m is a circular tunnel 2,1m in diameter
and-101m is the large D-shaped tunnel, which will
house the outlet pipes from the dam. The average
advance was 34m a day with n maximum daily
Jength of 9,2 m. .

On his first visit to the dam yesterday, the

Minister of Energy and Water Resources and Deve- :

lopment, Cde Kumbirai Kangal, sald the construction
of the tunnel had been completed in record time and
congratulated all the workers involved for the achieve-
ment.

“Not only waa this work executed in record
time for Zimbabwe, but tt 19 to an excellent standard,”

10 80) :

Mazwikadel Dam, which i¢ to be Zimbabwe's
third largest internal dam with tts capacity of 360
million cubfe metres, ts being funded by a soft loan

from the Itallan government under a contract signed.

‘last month, .

‘The sub-contractors for hard excavation, includ-
jog mining of the outlet tunnél ond the spillway
tuntiel had been given to XK. 'W, Blasting Spectalisty
(Pvt) Ltd. The company had had a share in ‘several
of the country’s recent water projects. soot

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is being made, it is largely unseen, and again the impression is that nothing
is being done.

This is why the state president has announced that the government is now
to place its options for negotiation on the table. The door remains open
for negotiation: It is in no way a prescriptive action, but a real attempt
to get the process going.

After talks with the leaders of the five self-governing national states
President Botha said that consensus had been reached on what he called
"future negotiated structures ordering South African society." Another
indication of the progress made is his statement that it has now become
possible to draft common principles which could form the basis for further
constitutional negotiations. In essence, the process entails the broaden-
ing of democracy to groups with no experience of it.

Even at the fastest possible tempo, it can only be a time-consuming exercise.
The very fact that everyone has to be consulted in working out a system
under which they will live, makes it impossible to come up with dramatic
announcements on constitutional change, and then to implement them overnight.
This could happen only in a dictatorship.

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The reports by some Mamelodi residents of what took place on November 21
conflicted with those published by the police, Mr Soal added.

He had had no communication from Mr Le Grange or his office other than a
statement from an unnamed police source that the MP's remarks about the
Mamelodi affair were “untrue, unfair and malicious."

Mr Soal said that after visiting the township on November 22, he had tele-
phoned Mr Le Grange's office and as the minister was not available, he had
spoken to the secretary.

He had told the secretary of the visit ‘and that he was of the opinion that
a judicial inquiry was necessary. .

His views were confirmed in a telex to Mr Le Grange's office on November 26
but Mr Soal said he had had no other communication from Mr Le Grange or his
office other than the unnamed spokesman's remarks.

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Pee ee CONGO

BRIEFS

AUSTERITY BUDGET--Brazzaville, Nov.29 (AFP)--An austerity budget for Congo
7.12 percent down on the revised 1985 budget was presented to parliament
here Thursday by Premier Ange-Edouard Poungui, totalling 417,399,000,000 CFA
francs (1,043,497,500 dollars). He said a cut of 10.22 percent was proposed
for investment spending, but that it was designed to preserve the basic
options of the five-year development plan ending in 1986. Mr Poungui said
that oil income of 163,800,000,000 CFA francs would represent 49.44 percent
of resources for the annual ‘expenditure budget, which would itself. be

pruned by 8.3 percent from last year's outlay: .Debt servicing would take
38.11 percent .of the general state budget in a bid to-retain credibility --
abroad, he stressed. [Text] [Paris AFP in English 0754 GMT 29 Nov 85 AB] «
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EDITOR SAYS CAPE TIMES WILL NOT MERGE WITH ARGUS GROUP

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Nov 85 p8

[Text]

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CAPE TOWN. The Cape
Times had “no intention” of be-
ing swallowed up in any merger
process with the Argus group,
the newspaper's editor, Mr
Tony Heard, said yesterday.

Speaking at the Cape Times
Businessman of the Year award
luncheon, he said that with
economic pressure. on news-
Papers as never before, it was}
necessary for them to poo! what-
ever. functions ‘and ‘resources!
could be pooled, such as produc
tion and distribution. .

However the - “essentially
competitive” aspects of news-
papers such as editorial, ad-
vertising and marketing, should
be allowed to continue serving
the public “under separate and’
distinct newspaper titles”.

The Cape Times had been in
existence for 109 years, the long-
est unbroken run of any daily

‘paper in this.country, and never.

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“in that period had it made a loss.

1985 had been a testing year
for the newspaper, but prudent
management and “lean and hun-
gry” manning should “take us
past the winning post again”.

. “Negotiations are moving
ahead rapidly between South
African Associated Newspapers
and the Argus company and I
see the Argus (newspaper) and
ithe Cape. Times printed on the;
same presses and distributed,

Jointly in the not too distant fu- :

ture, but I should like to venture
my powerful view that this per-
manent fixture, the Cape Times,
has no intention of being swal-
lowed up in the process.

“We have a role to play in the
affairs of this city and this na-
tion, and we stand sturdily in the
market.” — Sapa. so

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the influential head of an agricultural union and an excellent orator,
the UDP head increasingly appeare the man to be reckoned with on the
Right in Réunion.

He is also one of the lteadere of the Indian community, which
comprises about 30 per cent of the Zealand's population, and he te
beginning to act more openly in the interests of that community. Thus he-
welcomed the victory of Acel KICHENIN, a Left-winger of Indian descent,
over Yves BARAU, a European rightist, in the last local elections. Over
many years Jean-Paul VIRAPOULLE has aleo built up g_substantial network
of contacts on Mauritius, particularly with deputy prime minteter Sir
Gaetan DUVAL and government chief whip Harish BOODHOO. Ae far ae the
Right in Mauritius ie concerned the mayor of Saint-André would be the
man of the hour if Réunton's statue evolved towards independence. (The
left-wing MMM, on the other hand, favoure Azel KICHENIN, leader of the
Mouvement Progresstate Réuntonnais.) :

The PCR and RPR are agreed in the face of the vise of the Indian
community. "VIRAPOULLE could be Réunion'e RAMGOOLAM” , eatd Paul BENARD,

a senator who votes with the RPR, fuet before last Auguat'a district by-
elections. "The question I must ask myself ie whether I should help his
adversaries on the Right",

Some’ Gaulliet leaders also gave a quiet helping hand to two candidates
from the extreme=right Front National at Saint-André, but they only won
marginal eupport,: lees than 1.2 per cent of votes cast. nots :

_ If the electoral timetable forces the right-wing militante, goaded by
Michel DEBRE, to close ranks behind their leaders, and particularly
Jean=Paul VIRAPOULLE, it will not be without some gnashing of teeth, A
large number of voices can be heard epeaking against the "Indian peril”.

To.a lesser extent, the ieland'e southern population will not welcome
wholeheartedly their representation in. the national assembly being in the
hands of a Chinese, Andvé ‘THIEN-AH-KOON, for the firet time..He himself,
diseatiefied by being in third place on the DEBRE list, is tempted to

_ form a_separate list owing allegiance to Raymond BARRE, which he would’
head. Ae such, he would be certain to win election. This week he was in
Paris, probably to discuss thie option. uo

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BRIEFS

FIRST JEWISH ANTIAPARTHEID GROUP LAUNCHED--South Africa's first Jewish anti-
apartheid group has been launched in Johannesburg. The group, calling itself
Jews for Social Justice, has adopted a manifesto that urges the dismantling ~
of the present system of racial separation and its replacement by a nonracial
democratic and just society. About 500 people attended the group's first
meeting last night which was addressed by NIC [Natal Indian Congress] official,
Zac Yacoob, Rabbi Norman Bernard of the Oxford School in Johannesburg, Audrey
Coleman of ‘the Detainees’ Parents Support Committee and Marion Crawford, a
Johannesburg housewife who recently took a stand on principle and went to
jail for refusing to pay a fine for illegally employing an African woman.
[Text] [Umtata Capital Radio in English 0800 GMT 28 Nov 85 MB] /6091

SACTU WELCOMES FEDERATION OF UNIONS--The South African Congress of Trade
Unions, SACTU, has come out in full support of the new super federation of
unions being formed in Durban this weekend. Howard Barrell reports from
Harare. [Begin recording] [Barrell] A senior SACTU official in Lusaka said
there was no antagonism whatsoever between the new federation, COSATU [Congress
of South African Trade Unions], and SACTU.. The opposite was the case.
(Unidentified SACTU official] Well, SACTU has always ‘had ‘a very ‘positive
attitude toward the new federation. I think it is primarily because of the
work of SACTU that such a federation is being formed inside the country,
because SACTU believes--I mean, it is one of the founding principles of
SACTU--that a federation has to exist in order to unite all the trade unions,
to unite the working classes inside South Africa. [Barrell] SACTU was dis-
appointed that some unions in the Azanian Confederation of Trade Unions, or
AZACTU, and the Council of Unions of South Africa, or CUSA, had not joined.
All antiapartheid unions, said the SACTU spokesman, should overcome minor
ideological differences and join the new federation.’ [end recording] [Text]
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259 DETAINED IN TRANSKEI SINCE AUGUST~-East London, Dec 2, SAPA--Altogether
259 people had been detained under Transkei's security laws since August, the
chief of the homelands security police, General Leonard Kawe, said today.

At least thrée quarters of these had been subsequently released, he said.
Asked to comment on a report in a Cape Town newspaper that more than 1,000
people had been detained during September and October, he said there was "no
truth in that." "According to my records it is an exaggeration." Gen Kawe
said Transkei had "nothing to hide" with respect to the number of people

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Sleek aed Pes ty Sh ste SEYCHELLES

i eet : St

AIR FRANCE IN HOTEL AND FLIGHTS DEAL. |

Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in. English 12 Oct .85 p.6

[Text] “

An agreement was signed this week between Air France and Air
Seychelles to increase the number of regular flights between Europe and
the archipelago. Under the accord the French airline will put on'a third
weekly service betwen Paris anbd Victoria, and will also lease Air
Seychelles an Airbus A300 for five years. This aircraft will fly two
additional services between Victoria and London, one via Jeddah and
Frankfurt and the other via Jeddah, Rome and Zurich.

At the same time, under another agreement signed in Paris on October 4
with the state-owned company Seychelles Hotels, Air France's hotel chain,
Méridien, will manage the two leading luxury establishments on the island
of Mahé, the 42-bedroom Fisherman's Cove and the 128-bedroom Barbarons
Beach. These two hotels will both retain their previous names, but each
will now be preceded by the word "Méridien". A third hotel of equal
luxury to be built on Praslin by 1987 will also be run by the Air France
chain. Furthermore, under the same agreement signed by Méridien president
Paul BRUYAN and the permanent secretary at the Seychelles finance
ministry, Guy MOREL, Méridien has undertaken to provide assistance in the
running of either other hotels with a total capacity of 700 rooms. The
accord also comprises a clause on the training of personnel recruted
locally and makes Méridien responsible for hiring foreign management
staff. :

The vice-president of the Méridien company, Christian GERONDEAU, told
THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER that negotiations between the hotel chain and
the Seychelles authorities began last spring and had taken place "in an
excellent atmosphere", given that both parties had a common interest. Mr
GERONDEAU refused to’reveal how the profits from the hotels run directly
by Méridien would be shared with Seychelles Hotels. He said that planned
improvements would enlarge the Fisherman's Cove by 15 bedrooms and give
it direct access to the beach, while the Barbarons Beach would be
renovated. In Méridien's view the development of the Seychelles tourist
industry would not have an adverse effect on the frequentation of other
Indian Ocean islands, Mr GERONDEAU added. Méridien already has hotels in
Mauritius and on Réunion.

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advisory committee which investigated Cosas' activities under the provisions
of the Law on Internal Security. "Cosas played an important role especially
in organizing the school boycott. It goes without saying that it is of the
greatest importance for the school situation to be normalized. Action will be
taken against any organization which foments the school boycott."

Mr Le Grange expressed the hope that parents will henceforth take a strong
stand against the school boycott. He wants to give the assurance that the
state's machinery will be fully employed to protect parents and pupils against
intimidation.

Asked where Dr Allan Boesak, chairman of the World Federation of Reformed
Churches, has been since his arrest the day before yesterday, ‘Mr Le Grange
said Dr Boesak is being held in a jail in Pretoria. He is not allowed to
receive any visitors except for those prescribed under the law. The decision
to take Dr Boesak into custody was not made on an ad hoc basis. All factors
were thoroughly considered after note was made of his behavior, éspecially in
the last few months. It was calculatedly decided that the time has now come
to act against ‘hin, Mr ‘Le Grange said.

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BRIEFS

EEC SAYS TOLL ILLEGAL-~In a letter to the chairman’ of Reunion's regional
council, the president of the European Economic Community Commission,
Jacques Delors, has warned that the toll known as the "octroi de mer"
levied on goods imported into the island was equivalent to a customs duty
which is forbidden in trade between community members. The "octroi de
mer" is an important source of funds for the local authorities on Reunion,
and is intended to’ protect home-produced goods. The EEC is currently
negotiating with France on this matter. [Text] [Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN
NEWSLETTER in English 5 Oct 85 p 6] -/9317 :

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eens ; SOUTH AFRICA

SABC COMMENTARY DISCUSSES UNREALISTIC DEMANDS FOR REFORM
MB030629 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 3 Dec 85
{Station commentary: "Realistic Reform Expectations"]

[Text] Demands which are made so freely these days, that South Africa
should come up with detailed blueprints for reform and that they visibly be
given effect, speak of a serious lack of realism. The visiting Australian
rugby coach and news commentator, Alan Jones, put the fact that there is no
instant solution which could be implemented to solve South Africa's problems
in a nutshéll when he said: "Democracy doesn't work like that."

There is a perception at home and abroad that the government is dragging its
feet with reform, or making good sounding announcements without any real
intention’ of giving effect to it. Internally it has served as a spur for ©
safatis to Lusaka for talks with ‘the ANC in order, aS proponents have put it,
"to get reform moving." Overseas it has led, for example, to the appointment
by the Commonwealth of a committee to come and do what the South African .
Government in their view is unable to do--get meaningful negotiations going
with what is called "the true leaders of South Africa's blacks."

How unrealistic both approaches are, hardly needs pointing out: The ANC has
never shown interest in anything but assuming power through revolution, and
the Commonwealth committee, in turn, has a brief to establish a new dispensa~
tion within 6 months.

The situation is problematic indeed: The government does not want to present
a unilateral and prescriptive blueprint for the future, as this would be in
conflict with the whole idea of consensus politics.

It wants to negotiate with black leaders, all black leaders, provided they
renounced violence--but no such leaders are forthcoming. Furthermore, there
is no agreement among the various black communities and groups about who
their leaders are. And leaders who are willing to negotiate openly, are
labeled as puppets. They are intimidated, their houses are burned down,

or they are murdered.

This has necessitated behind-the-scenes negotiatings with leaders from
across the political spectrum in the black community. While good progress

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detained because most of them had been released. "For example, there is only
one student being held at the moment." The Cape Town report said the number
of detentions was disclosed in the second bulletin of detention without trial
in Transkei, which was recently published. The bulletin said 880 people were
held during September and many more after the death of a health care trust
worker, Mr Batwanda Ndondo. Its records shows that at least 1,846 had been
detained between May and October this year. [Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in
English 1923 GMT 2 Dec 85 MB] /6091

ARGUS JOURNALIST APPEARS IN COURT--Cape Town, Dec 3, SAPA--ARGUS reporter
Pippa Green appeared briefly in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court today
following her arrest on November 17 while picketing outside the ARGUS build-
ing in a journalists demonstration for press freedom. No formal charges
were put and Miss Green was not asked to plead. Today the charge sheet
showed the original charge under a provincial traffic ordinance, which in
part prohibits holding an exhibition without a permit, had been dropped and
Miss Green is to be tried under the Gatherings and Demonstrations Act: The
case was’ postponed to December 19, [Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in English
1220 GMT 3 Dec 85 MB] /6091
REACTION TO REPORTS ON POLICE MERGER--The minister of law and order, Mr Louis
le Grange, has reacted to reports that the railways police are to be incorpo-
rated in the South African Police. His liaison officer, Colonel (Leon
Mellet), says it is a confidential matter that is being discussed at cabinet
level. He says the minister would prefer not to comment on it at this

stage. ‘The head of the police public relations division, Colonel Jaap
Venter, has issued a similar statement. A Sunday newspaper speculated about
the amalgamation of the two forces over the weekend. It claimed that the
merger could take place as early as 1 April next year. During the parlia-
mentary debate on his budget vote earlier this year, Mr Le Grange said the
present police force of 45,000 men would be enlarged in 10 years to a force
of 65,000. [Text] [Johannesburg Domestic Service in ‘English 1115 GMT

2 Dec 85 MB] /6091

CISKEIAN STUDENTS ACQUITTED--Zwelitsha, Nov 28, SAPA--Applause filled the
Zwelitsha Magistrate's Court today when 421 Ciskeian pupils, ranging from
10 to 20 years of age, were acquitted on charges of attending an illegal
gathering. The magistrate, Mr Bongani Tali, said the state had failed to
prove the pupils had unlawful intentions when they gathered outside a Dutch
Reformed Church on October 1 to discuss the school boycott issue with the
minister. In his argument, Mr Louis Skwekyiya, the defence advocate, had
said the Ciskei constitution provided for freedom of speech and the right
of assembly. He asked the court to consider the nature of the gathering.
Police evidence made it clear the pupils were surprised when told their
gathering was unlawful, he argued. A letter they were taking to the |
minister indicated they wanted to discuss going back to school. ."No evidence
has led to suggest that something else was discussed at that meeting," -

Mr Skwekyiya said. The onus was on the state to prove the pupils' "evil
intentions." [Text] [Johannesburg SAPA in English 1741 GMT 28 Nov 85 MB]

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with folded arms and watch the ANC mission in exile brutalise our children,
kill our brothers and sisters?

"Do we stand aside and say that we have struggled to oppose apartheid
democratically all our lives but have to succumb to the ANC mission in
exile opposition to it?

“Every black organisation worth the name in this country should seek black
support through persuasion and through democratic, non-violent tactics and
strategies, Even those in the armed struggle have the moral duty to per-
suade blacks to support them through non-violent means."

Chief Buthelezi said he would have been prepared to talk with Mr Tambo and
others for as long as necessary if he had ‘any intention of discussing
difficulties. :

But Mr Tambo had insulted him by calling him a tribal leader, ordered his
assassination and urged children to kill those who disagreed with the
exiled ANC's tactics, approved the explosion in Umlazi's executive hotel,
which could have destroyed children, and had organised hit squads against
Inkatha leaders.

Because of this he had to tell Mr Tambo publicly that he would fail to do
what successive governments had failed to do and that he would never win
anything without Inkatha or the Zulu nation being involved--"no doubt he
will regard the latter as a tribalistic statement."

Chief Buthelezi said Inkatha céuld be called a tribal organisation by the
“so-called black press" every day, but it would never cease being a black
organisation, appointed by blacks of all ethnic affiliations.

When men slaved by the sweat of their brows in pick and shovel gangs to feed
their children and suffered pangs of hunger, they did 80 as Zulu and non-Zulu
alike.

For the ordinary people of this country, "tribalism" was’ a swearword
expected only from the mouths of whites. Blacks knew there was no such
thing as a bantustan, except in the minds of white and black traitors to
the struggle's cause. They deplored the political boundaries which white
politics had tried to draw round places like Kwazulu.

They also knew the extent to which Inkatha had broken through those boun-
daries despite’ constant government efforts to stop.

Death stalked the land, Chief Buthelezi said. But Inkatha was the guardian
‘of the people's right to do as they chose--"and we will die to preserve the
people's right to reject us."

“We have to defend the ordinary people as well as ourselves," he said. I
cannot stand by when ordinary people are maimed, burnt alive and have their
houses destroyed. I cannot stand by when communities are demoralised.

"We will rally the people and we will march whenever it is necessary to march."

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NEL’ SAYS - TMPACT OF REFORM "WATERED DOWN"
MB291538 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1513 GMT 29 Nov 85°

[Text] Pretoria, Nov 29, SAPA--The major impediment to successful overseas
‘marketing of ‘the ‘great strides made in the reform process in South Africa
over the last decade was that the government's reform programme had of ~
necessity to be executed step by step, the deputy minister of information,
Mr Louis Nel, said today.

"If we could have announced the reforms made over the last ten years in one
blow, then people overseas would be saying that South Africa is really
changing now," he told a meeting of ‘the Pretoria branch of the Institute
of Public Relations.

Recently, Mr Nel was appointed head of the new Bureau of Information.

He said ‘today’ the organisation's structure was ‘still ‘being finalised and
that it should swing into operation ‘early next years

In its ‘approach to marketing the reform process'the department would ‘con~
centrate its activity on South Africa itself because; he felt, 90 percent
of the’ ovetseas opinion on the republic was generated from within the coun-
try itself through the foreign press, businessmen, the church and politi-
cians themselves.

On the bureau's task, Mr Nel said the major problem was convincing people
who had already made up their minds that South Africa had really advanced
a long way along the road of reform.

Overseas critics were not interested in the reform achievements made over
the last ten years--"when there was so much more apartheid than now"--but
instead wanted to know what the government was going to do in the immediate
future.

The problem here was that the government's reform programme had to be
executed step by step with the result that its impact was very much watered
down.

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ANGOLA

BBC REPORTS ON PLANE SHOT DOWN BY RSA
MB291743 London BBC World Service in English 1615 GMT 29 Nov 85
[From the "Focus on Africa" program]

[Text] The Angolan Government has admitted that one of its transport planes
has been shot down, killing all its occupants, in the sensitive war zone of
southern Angola where UNITA rebels are active close to the South African
border. But what the plane was doing, and who brought it down, are the
subject of several different versions, as Suzanna Ross reports from Luanda.

[Ross] The official Angola account says that the South African Air Force
intercepted and shot down the plane, a civilian cargo plane, a Soviet
Antonov-12, killing 22 people.

The plane, according to the Angolan account, had come from Cuito Canavale,
in Cuando Cubango Province, where it had been delivering food to the local
population. This account was put out 3 days after the event, but a number
of versions were already circulating in Luanda beforehand, which gave a very
different picture, and one closer to the UNITA version. These said that

the plane was on a military mission, possibly visiting several military
units in the area, and that those who died were Angolan and Soviet officers,
according to one report, 10 Angolan and 12 Soviet. This same report said
the cause of the crash was not certain. It could have been a technical
fault, or it could have been shot down. But there did not appear to have
been an explosion in the air, as the bodies had been recovered. This report
made no mention of South African involvement, only the usual dismissive
remarks that whatever happens UNITA always claim they did it.

Another report said the South Africans shot the Antonov down, but made no
mention of Soviet dead.

Cuito Canavale is a small but important point on the military map. Its air-
strip is the closest the Angolans have to the town of Mavinga, which is still
said to be occupied by UNITA, and which in turn stands between the Angolan
forces and Jonas Savimbi's headquarters at Jamba in the extreme southeast

of Angola.


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(THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER, 12 Oct 85)....

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TARAWALLT APPOINTED NEW ARMED FORCES COMMANDER

AB292022 Freetown Domestic Service in English 0700 GMT 29, Nov 85... cue: 5 uy
[Excerpts] " In his first official function as head of state, President Momoh
addressed heads of departinents and top civil servants at State House. He
described the present economic situation as precarious and called on all”
civil servants to ensure that the situation is salvaged. Dr Momoh pointed
out that failure would not tell only on him as president but on all civil
servants in authority. That is why, he maintained: We should ‘all join
forces together, put our shoulders to the wheel, and ensure that we give our
best to justify the confidence reposed in my administration by the entire —
populace. 4

In another engagement, President Momoh handed over the symbol of authority
of the office of force commander to Brigadier Tarawalli at a ceremony held
at the hockey pitch, Wilberforce. Speaking at the ceremony, President
Joseph Saidu Momoh said he was taking leave of the Armed Forces with mixed
feelings. He said he was happy that the people of Sierra Leone had reposed
much confidence in him by electing him to the exalted office of president
of the republic. President Momoh said he felt sad as he was leaving behind
very familiar surroundings as well as very close friends and colleagues with
whom he had worked for many years. He said he would, however, be part and
parcel of the Armed Forces by virtue of his position as commander in chief.
Dr Momoh assured the Army that his government would continue to show keen
interest in their welfare and that any effort to make things better would
not be spared. He said that the government has every right to expect that
the Army should be prepared at all times to pour its full weight behind the
new administration, adding that eternal vigilance is the price we have to
pay for our liberty. President Momoh said he hoped the fraternity ard
comradeship which has solidly built up and increased over the years would
remain as strong as ever. Noting that members of the Armed Forces had
served him diligently when he was force commander, President Momoh said he
had no doubt that they would give the same degree of dedicated service to
his successor, Brigadier Tarawalli. The chief executive described Brigadier
fTarawalli as a thoroughly competent and capable officer who will handle the
office of force commander with great dexterity and an amazing skill.

In his acceptance speech, Brig M.S. Tarawalli described the post of force
commander as a trustworthy position and therefore a source of great pride

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RADIO CITES NEED TO CHANGE PERCEPTION OF COUNTRY
MB271000 Johannesburg International Service in English 0630 GMT 27 Nov 85
[Station commentary: ."Perceptions and Realities of South Africa")

[Text] It is becoming increasingly clear.that overseas perceptions of South
Africa, both economically and politically, bear little relation to reality.
The impression is created abroad that the country is in flames, which is far
from the case.

The ANC, the Moscow-backed terrorist organization which also receives much
assistance from Western sources, has not succeeded in its aim of making
South Africa ungovernable, and is not likely to at any stage in the future.

The economic situation in the country is vastly different from how it is
perceived overseas. South Africa, in fact, has a,record, annual, surplus of
10,000 million rands on the current account of the balance of payments, that
is, in its trade with other countries. Interest rates have started coming
down, share prices on the stock exchange have reached a new high, and growth
is confidently expected to be about 3 percent in the next year. It is clear
from this that the country's economic fundamentals are sound. What needs to
be changed, therefore, is the false perception of South Africa.

This was the point made last night by the governor of the South African
Reserve Bank, Dr Gerard de Kock, at a banquet in honor of the country's top
100 (?companies) and top 5 businessmen. He said that capital would continue
to be drained from South Africa harming the economy in the process until the
perception was changed that the country was in an Iranian-type pre-
revolutionary situation.

One of the means of changing that perception is for the government to con-
tinue with the reform process. Another is for the private sector to resist
supporting proposals for direct control, and measures for turning South
Africa into a siege economy. The way would then have been opened, he said,
for some of the more important foreign governments, banks and private enter-
prises to adopt a more reasonable and realistic approach to South Africa.

Dr De Kock said that this was not only in their own interests, but also in
the interests of the entire area of sub-Saharan Africa, of which South Africa
is without doubt the kingpin.

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He said when the procession moved past the patrol some mourners were singing
and giving black power salutes. A few stones were thrown at them from the
procession and the patrol retreated to a point further up the ridge.

After 1 pm, small peaceful groups of mourners began to leave the cemetery.
A larger body stayed behind, singing.

The larger crowd then also left the graveyard and started running. His men
also left their position and moved towards Tantyi and Raglan Road. There
were many onlookers and he could not say whether all the people who were
running were from the original procession.

As they drove to Raglan Road, Lt Laubscher said, they saw hordes of youths
running across the road. Police were stoned and tearsmoke and rubber
bullets were fired.

Earlier a police witness who gave his evidence-in-chief at the last hearing
in September was cross-examined at length by defence counsel Mr Mike Hannon,
SC [senior counsel].

Captain J.H. Bosch, a Grahamstown detective, said he had not taken notes
while observing the funeral from a vantage point because reports went
through to the control office where notes were taken.

He could not deny, he said, that the police action alleged in the HERALD
report to have taken place had been conveyed to the newspaper by so-called

eye-witnesses, He said it was clear from the report that the police had
been given an opportunity to comment.

The trial continues tomorrow.

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SWAZILAND

POLICE HEAD DENIES ANC MEMBERS ARRESTED
MBO21102 Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in English 2 Dec 85 p 1

{Text] The Commissioner of Police, Mr Sandile Mdziniso, has denied reports
carried in a South African Press that 16 alleged members of the African
National Congress were arrested in Swaziland last week.

It was further reported that five ANC had been arrested in the Nhlangano area
in south-western Swaziland and 11 in the Lubulini area in northern-eastern
Swaziland and that they will be charged with entering Swaziland illegally.

A top-ranking South African police officer told the South African press that
the Secunda attack of oil-from-coal complex incident could not be inter-
preted as meaning the ANC was now once again using Swaziland as an infiltra-
tion route.

"There have hardly been any incidents along the Swazi border," he said.

"It would be presumptuous and unfair to say that Swaziland is the infiltra-
tion route for the ANC."

But an ANC spokesman from Lusaka said this week's operations in the northern
and eastern Transvaal, no neighbouring countries had been used as an infil-
tration route. [sentence as published]

"The ANC does not use neighbouring states to carry attacks on South Africa.
Our fighters are inside South Africa. The unit which attacked SASOL in
Secunda was trying to get away. They did not infiltrate from Swaziland,"
the spokesman said.

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Briefs
Austerity Budget

ETHIOPIA

Mengistu, DPRK Vice Premier Briefed on River Development
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Briefs
Saudi Development Fund Loan
PNDC Prohibits Arms Possession
LESOTHO
Briefs
Alleged Subversive Dies in Police Custody
LIBERTA
Briefs
Retrenchments Ordered at Finance Ministry
Commerce, Finance Ministers To Discuss Prices
Maritime Bureau Agreement.
MOZAMBIQUE

Commentary Views RSA Charges Against Zimbabwe
(Maputo in English to Southern Africa, 25 Nov 85).seceeese

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(PANA, 2 Dec 85)eccccevcccccccccccccccsssccsevsseceesececs

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Commentary on Upcoming Quadripartite Conference
(Tom Offiong; Lagos International Service, 29 Nov 85)...

International Conference on Human Rights Opens
(Lagos Domestic Service, 27 NOV 85).cecccccccccccccceseces

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BRIEFS

16 ANC MEMBERS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED--Reports from Swaziland say at least 16
suspected ANC members have been taken into police custody in the past few
days. According to informed sources in Mbabane, the 16 are being held
pending a court appearance on charges of alleged illegal entry into
Swaziland. All those arrested are reported to have’ admitted to Swazi
authorities that they are members of the ANC in transit from South Africa
through ‘Swaziland to other’ African states. [Text] [Umtata Capital Radio
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26 December 1985

NIGERIA

BRIEFS

PARTICIPATION IN MOBUTU CELEBRATIONS CONDEMNED--The GUARDIAN questions the
rationale behind the presence of a high-powered delegation from Nigeria at
the recent celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Zairian revolution. ‘’
The paper says it is unfortunate that Nigeria, with her current posture on
human rights, should attend what it calls a celebration of 20 years of
Mobutu's betrayal of African nationalism and his brutal dictatorship over
his people. It points out that Zaire, under President Mobutu Sese Seko,

has one of the worst records of human rights violations on the continent ~
and maintains cordial relations with apartheid South Africa. . The GUARDIAN
cautions that Nigeria, with Africa as the centerpiece of her foreign policy,
should not be séen as giving succor to this continent's traitors and tyrants.
[From the press review] [Text] [Lagos International Service in English .
0830 GMT 29 Nov’85 AB] /6091 , :

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He said sales at Checkers’ Atlantis branch were up by 10 percent on the same
period last, year. For the past few months, Checkers have been running a

a weekly soup kitchen and providing free bread for school children in the
area.

The supermarket chain also donated about R5000 towards payment of electricity
and water bills for unemployed residents, and observers believe this has
contributed to improved sales in Atlantis.

Mr Aubrey Coppin, Southern Provinces operations manager for OK Bazaars, said:
"When they originally started boycotting we felt it a bit, ut now we are
not feeling it much." :

He said overall turnover for November had been about 20 percent up on 1984,
while the chain's Mitchells Plain branch had shown a "16.2 percent upturn
from the same time last year." hogs on 1

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of dagga, one for allegedly dealing in liquor, six for being in possession
of alleged stolen property and 14 for allegedly attending an illegal
gathering.

The operation, in which 1,000 men took part, was completed without incident
in about five hours.

After the operation, the women gathered in Crossroads and after a prayer
service, marched to the police station.

A spokesman for the group said: "They told the women they were going from

door to door, and that they would not arrest anybody, but then they took
all the men they found, they took away more than a hundred of our men."

The singing women then marched the three km back to the Nyanga bush squatter
camp, where they waited for the police to return.

They were told at about 4 pm most of the men were being released after
questioning.

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In any case, we noted a clear commitment on the part of all the community's
member states to remedy this situation, and the report presented by of fi-
cials of the community was more concrete compared to the reports we have
been presented in the past. We also noted the measures suggested in this
latest report in order to make the various member states implement effec-
tively the decisions made at the level of the heads of state. These
decisions should not be buried in desk drawers. We must set up a system
which exists, for example, at the level of the CEAO [Economic Community for
West Africa] and which is nonexistent at the ECOWAS level--in particular the
compensation system which has not yet been able to be implemented at the
ECOWAS level. We must also set up a system to examine the criteria for
determining the various enterprises that should benefit from these compensa—
tions and those that should not. We also examined the problem of currencies.
The difference between the CEAO and ECOWAS is that at the level of the CEAO,
we use the same currency and belong to the same monetary union, while at the
ECOWAS level there are many currencies. For a real economic community to
survive, we should [words indistinct] some of these currencies are incon-
vertible, and this is a problem for the smooth operation of commercial
relations among our countries. The community wants to be an economic
instrument for preferential exchanges between member states. So, all of
these systems are being examined at the level of the community.

We also examined the budget, having in mind austerity measures in view of the
economic difficulties facing our various states. We adopted a budget that is
less than that for 1985 and which decreases by 8 percent, that is 457,000
units of account. We also reviewed a numbér of proposals made in the field
of transportation, but these proposals weré’ not approved because the feasi-
bility studies were incomplete, and we reférred the reports back to the
Secretariat to be completed by technicians in the various fields. In the
area of transportation, we received proposals for air and maritime trans-
port projects, and so we have to send these dossiers back for more details.
[end recording] :

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. . SOUTH AFRICA

SLABBERT SAYS ANC WOULD NEGOTIATE IF APARTHEID REMOVED
MB281956 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1953 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] East London, Nov 28, SAPA--The ANC would be prepared to negotiate and
consider compromises once apartheid had been removed, the leader of the oppo-
sition in the House of Assembly, Dr Frederick van Zyl Slabbert, said in East
London today. .

Responding to a question at a business luncheon in the city, Dr Slabbert
said he had gained this impression on his recent meeting with the ANC in
Lusaka. .

However, the public should be in a position to judge for itself and be able
to form an informed opinion. "Official news" had left many people uninformed
about important issues.

A democratic system--without forced association--would have to be devised
because "simplistic majoritarianism," with the winner taking all, would not
work.

The government would have to take a "big step to get ahead in the game."

“Phig would make irrational violence unacceptable in the light of clearly
stated reform goals."

Dr Slabbert repeated his warning, given in Port Elizabeth yesterday, that
South Africa was on the threshold of becoming a sieve society.

"people can survive as they have done in Northern Ireland and Lebanon but
the economy cannot operate normally under such conditions."

A further negative factor in a society under siege was that "inconclusive
violence" could last for a long time.

One of his aims as leader of the opposition was to seek ways of moving out of
siege, to undercut violence and to promote negotiation.

He warned, however, that South Africans should not underestimate the
strength of opposition to apartheid outside the country.

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MORE GO HUNGRY AS UNEMPLOYMENT RISES IN NATAL

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Nov 85 p 20

[Article by Tim Clarke]

{Text]

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DURBAN. — Hunger’
is increasing among all:
races in Natal as the
unemployment figures
for the Province in-
crease rapidly.

Figures released by the
Department of Man-
power show that about
1000 more Indians in the
Durban area registered as
unemployed tast_month
compared to the Septem-
ber total.

The Department's fe!
ures show that last month
10 973 Indians in the Dur: *
ban and North and South ,
Coast areas registered as
unemployed, compared
with 9 836 in September.

The situation among
the Whites, although no |
exact figures could be ob- '
tained yesterday, is al-.
most similar, according to
“a spokesman for the De-
partment. He estimated
that the unemployment ;
situation among Whites in !

the Durban areas, , North |
and South Coast areas,
was up about 800 last !
month in comparison with '
September.” ,
He said the Depart-!
‘ment was doing all in its '
power to place people in
jobs, but the fact of the
matter was that there was

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‘very little employment at
the moment.
The situation in North-

ern Natal, particularly in’

the industrial area of
Newcastle was also said to
be “chronic” by a number
of industrialists who The
Citizen spoke to this
week.

According to a leading
Newcastle businessman at

Itast five businesses, in-
cluding three construction
companies, have closed in
‘the past month. He said
he also knew of two retail
‘shops that had gone out
:0f business.

‘The unemployment
situation overall appears
‘to be slighty better in the
Pietermartizburg district,

- Particularly after Blacks
called off their boycott of
White owned shops about
six weeks ago.

However, a spokesman
for the Pietermartizburg
Chamber of Commerce
estimated this week that
at least 8 000 Blacks in the
area were unemployed
and at least 1 000 Indians

* looking for work.

He said the Chamber
had also received many
calls from Whites seeking
employment, but: were
unable to assist. .

The Chamber had even
‘referred highly qualified
men to the special depart-
ment set up by the Gov-

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SOUTH AFRICA

ernment to provide work
for the unemployed
where people were only
receiveing between four
.and six rand a day.
’ A “Feed the Hiingry””
community Project has
been started south of
Durban to provide food
ifor the unemployed and
‘their families at Aman-
zimtoti, Kingsburgh Um-
bogintwini, Isipingo and
the KwaMakutuh areas.
According to a spokes-
man for the Department
of Social Welfare in Dur-
ban many families, of alt
face groups, have re-
quested assistance in the

past month in ying to!
clot

obtain food and clothing,
She said it was “pitiful

the number of breadwin-

ners, men with big fami-

‘ies, who came to the De-

partment seeking relief.
The Department had

< been able to offer some

relief, but it was very limi-
ted because the Depart-
ment only received limi-
ted assistance from the
Government, she said.

The industries which’
appear to be the hardest
hit by the recession in the
Province are the clothing
and the building and al-
lied industries.

In the past four months
at least five clothing fac-
tories have shut ‘their
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1 SOUTH AFRICA

MINISTER: POLICE MORALE STILL HIGH DESPITE LOSSES

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 16 Nov 85 p 4

[Text]

CAPE TOWN. — At
least 14 policemen.
have been murdered
and the homes of
about 500 members of
the SAP have been
burnt down during the
unrest of the past 18
months, the Minister
of Law and Order, Mr
Louis le Grange, said

in Cape Town yester-.

day.

Mr Le Grange said the

police morale remained

. high, despite these losses,
the fact that hundreds had
been injured or some-
times had to work un-
usually long hours and the
refusal of shopowners to
serve them because they
feared their shops would
be burnt down.

He referred to the pres-
ende of Zutus in the se-
curity forces in unrest
areas in the Cape Penin-
sula and said he wished to
emphasise that the police
force consisted of mem-
bers of all population

groups.
Meanwhile the charred
body of a Black male,

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who had been burned to:
death under a pile of
burning tyres, was found
by police in the Black
residential area of Stut-
terheim, police said yes-
terday.

A policeman was slight-

ly injured when dispers-
ing a stone-throwing mob
in Tinus ‘Rear Fort Beau-
fort.
A Westonara police-
man is ina serious condit-
ion ‘in hospital after he
was attacked on Thursday
by six men who robbed
him of his shotgun and
ammunition.

A police spokesman
said the policeman was}
accompanying a delivery’
vehicle in the Cape Penin-
sula from Mowbray to
Langa and was attacked
with a knife outside a
shopping complex.

Police arrested a 21-
year-old man yesterday in
connection with the inci-
dent anid recovered the.
shotgun and ammunition.

In Katlehong, near
Germiston, police ar-
rested four Black males
following an incident in

n

which "policé * vehicles”
Were stoned by thohs.
dn the Black fesidential
area of  Soshanguve,
“Ipolice arrested 11 males
following an incident in
which a mob had stoned a
‘passenger bus. .
In Khayalitsha, police
arrested a Black male,
following the __petrof-
bombing of a private ve-"

». shicle by a mob of youths.

Extensive damage was
caused to private motor
vehicles, passenger buses
and ‘private homes’ by
mobs ‘of Blacks’ with pe-
i trol bombs in Soweto, So- *

«|shanguve, - Khayalitsha

and in the Black residen-'
‘tial area of Stutterheim. |
:_ Incidents of unrest con-
tinued overnight in areas
of the Western Province,
;Eastern Cape, the East
[Rand, the Boland, -the
‘Northern ‘Transvaal and
' Soweto on the Witwaters-
rand.

At present there are
1 420 people in detention
under the emergency
regulations, it added. —
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SEYCHELLES

PARTY SEEKS DEMOCRATIC IMAGE
Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 5 Oct 85 p 5

[Text]

Seychelles president France Albert RENE opened the gixth congress of
the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front on September 27,
emphasising the need for increased mobilisation of the people and
stressing that "the rights of the majority come before the rights of the
individual". One of the first decisions of the congress was to dissolve

the affiliated Seychelles Womens' Union on the grounds that sexual
discrimination had disappeared from the archipelago.

I.0.N.=- Faced with an opposition whose principal criticiam of Mr

RENE' a government concerns ite lack of democracy, the SPPF appeare not
to be turning a deaf ear to similar complaints among the population ae
a whole. For several weeks the authorities have been stressing the
genuine democracy being established by the country's only legal party.
Last August SPPF deputy secretary-general James MICHEL said the party
would hold meetings every two months of branch chairmen and Central
Committee members to establish a permanent dialogue between the
leadership and the grase-roots, expressing the feelings of the people.

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26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

SLABBERT SAYS ANC, PAC WANT SPECIFIC REFORMS
MBO031555 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1539 GMT 3 Dec 85

[Text] Cape Town, Dec 3, SAPA--The ANC, PAC, UDF [United Democratic Front]
and other radical movements would dampen their violent activities if the
government made positive moves to dismantle apartheid, Dr van Zyl Slabbert,
leader of the PFP [Progressive Federal Party], told a South Africa Britain
Trade Association (SABRITA) lunch in Cape Town today.

Dismantling apartheid meant giving people a freedom of choice to live, work,
and be educated where they wanted to be, he said.

One of the main difficulties he had had when discussing conditions for nego-
tiation with movements like the UDF, ANC, COSATU [Congress of South African
Trade Unions], AZAPO [Azanian People's Organization], the political leaders
in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Britain--countries he has recently
visited--was their inability to define the meaning of apartheid.

"South Africa apartheid has become a part of domestic politics overseas.
It has now become a part of British electoral politics, for instance.

"And because of this sanctions have developed their own momentum. If you
are for sanctions you are against apartheid. If you are against sanctions
you are for apartheid," he said. But when it came to determining what
should replace apartheid there was no thinking evident.

"Only South Africa can supply that answer. What we need is a workable defi-
nition. It is not simply the question of domination. It is not simply a
question of racism, although racism is undoubtedly a part. [quotation marks
as received]

The government has to be pressurised into playing the crucial role in nego-
tiations by the press and private sector, as well as other forms of pressure,
to take the negotiation option and not develop a siege approach.

In his discussions, groups such as Inkatha, ANC, UDF and others had all

indicated that once they could see the dismantling of the "apartheid" laws
they would be prepared to take part on a political level.

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ZIMBABWE

MINISTER SAYS SOUTH AFRICA SANCTIONS WILL SLOW ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY
HK290230 Hong Kong AFP in English 0113 GMT 29 Nov 85

[Text] Harare, Nov 29 (AFP)--Sanctions against South Africa will not make
the Zimbabwe economy collapse, but they will slow it down, causing shortages
in commodities, increased unemployment and "general hardship", according to
Zimbabwe's minister of finance, economic planning and development, Bernard
Chidzero.

He told a conference here this week that contingency planning to deal with
any repercussions from sanctions was “of the essence", especially in the
critical area of transport for the region.

In a speech only released Thursday, he said the extent of the repercussions
of sanctions would depend on the reaction of the world "and the support we
would get, and the mobilisation of our own domestic and regional resources."

An outlet to the sea would be top priority if South Africa retaliated by
closing its own routes or intensifying or sustaining disruption of rail
links from Zimbabwe through neighbouring Mozambique to the sea, he said.

But, he added, "it is clear that South Africa benefits more from Zimbabwe
because of large investments here, and, of course, the utilisation of the
South African transport system as well as constitutional obligations on the
part of Zimbabwe in regard to pensions"--a reference to whites from Rhodesia
who emigrated to South Africa after independence in 1980.

Mr. Chidzero said that last year South Africa had received some 100 million
U.S. dollars (165 million Zimbabwe dollars) from Zimbabwe in services,
pensions and profit, dividend and interest remittances. Inflows from

South Africa to Zimbabwe amounted to slightly more than 13.8 million dollars
(23 million Zimdollars).

Mr. Chidzero suggested that "skillful handling of this matter" and South
African business interests here "could provide us with some muscle."

He noted Zimbabwe still owed South Africa 200 million Zimdollars, a debt
inherited from the Rhodesian Government.



Chairman of the meeting, Mr Donald Card, said the meeting had been a great
success, although he had been disappointed that more whites had not been
present.

"I was very disappointed that there were not more whites present, though.
This came across very clearly from some of the black speakers who pointed
out that the majority of whites present were businessmen," he said.

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Laws such as the population registration, group areas, influx control and
similar acts had to be scrapped.

Asked whether a unitary education system might not be a solution, Dr Slabbert
replied that, although it made a lot of sense in isolation, it would just
highlight the differences in other laws.

"For instance when the Mixed Marriages Act and Section 16 of the Immorality
Act were scrapped the question immediately arose where do such people live
and where do their children go to school.

"What the ANC, and the PAC need isa general package of reform. Isolated
events rescinding specific legislation are counter-productive. It's not
simply a case of release Mandela ‘and hold ‘your breath," Di Slabbeért said.

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SOUTH AFRICA

PFP MP ASKS INVESTIGATION OF ‘POLICE EXCESSES'
MB301027 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0906 GMT 30 Nov 85

[Text] Pretoria, Nov 30, SAPA--The government was today called on to appoint
a permanent judicial commission to investigate the "frequent allegations" of
police excesses in unrest areas.

The call was made by the Progressive Federal Party [PFP] MP for Johannesburg
North, Mr Peter Soal, at a meeting in Pretoria at which affidavits made by
Mamelodi residents on police action earlier this month in the Pretoria
township were distributed.

At least 13 people died and an as yet unestablished number injured in
Mamelodi in November 21 after police opened fire on a crowd estimated at
50,000 which had gathered to present demands to the township's mayor.

Mr Soal also called for a judicial commission to investigate the Mamelodi
incident.

His report on the shootings--the MP visited the township on November 22 and
spoke to residents--and the affidavits he had collected had not been tested
by any "competent judicial process," he said.

"No cameramen were present that day to record events. It is important that
conflicting claims be examined and the truth of what happened...be deter-
mined."

The mass funeral planned for December 3 for the Mamelodi dead should be
allowed to go ahead, Mr Soal added.

Referring to the finding by Mr Justice Donald Kannemeyer--who investigated
the Langa, Eastern Cape, shooting incident earlier this year--that the atti-
tude of police towards funerals for unrest dead should be urgently reviewed,
Mr Soal added he hoped police would be instructed to keep a low profile at
the mass funeral.

Neither the minister of law and order, Mr Louis le Grange, nor any member of
the government had responded in any way to the Mamelodi events, Mr Soal said.

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SOUTH AFRICA

EFFECT OF CONSUMER BOYCOTT IN WESTERN CAPE REPORTED
MB021844 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1834 GMT 2 Dec 85

[Text] Cape Town, Dec 2, SAPA--Major chain stores operating in the Western
Cape today reported mixed effects from the consumer boycott of white-owned
shops, with losses ranging from "negligible" to 30 percent.

Mr Raymond Ackerman, managing director of Pick n Pay, said today that at
four of the group's supermarkets turnovers were down by between 25 and 30
percent.

He declined to name the supermarkets involved, but it is believed they are
the ones in Mitchells Plain, Kenilworth, Woodstock and Wynberg, which mainly
cater for shoppers from the black and coloured communities.

Mr Ackerman said, however, that the boycott seemed to be weakening with the
advent of Christmas and as a result of fierce competition between the major
stores--most of which have been involved in sharp price-cutting.

Mr Jack Goldin, executive chairman of Clicks, said: "The boycott has defi-
nitely had an effect on certain shops, although I don't think we have been
affected as badly as the chain stores selling food."

Clicks' Kenilworth branch had shown a drop in sales of between 26 and 28
percent in September--immediately after the boycott was launched--but had
now recovered, with sales down by between seven and eight percent on 1984.

Sales at the Wynberg and Mitchells Plain branches were down by nine and 10
percent respectively, while at Elsies River, they were down 10 percent in
September and up 10 percent in October, Mr Goldin said.

Checkers divisional director, Mr Len Clench, said he believed "the boycott
is definitely petering out."

Although sales in the Mitchells Plain and Hanover Park branches had been
down by 10 and five percent respectively between August and November, "since
last week we have had a dramatic turnaround, our sales are up by 20 percent
compared to the same week last year."

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for him in having reached the pinnacle of his career. Brigadier Tarawalli
thanked President Momoh for the trust and honor bestowed on him and promised
that they will never be misplaced.

On behalf of the entire Republic of Sierra Leone military forces, the new
force commander warmly congratulated President Momoh, adding that they share
his Joy and pride: We in the Armed Forces wholeheartedly endorse the
nation's wise decision and note with utmost satisfaction that your assump-
tion of the highest office in the republic is not by force of arms but by
strict constitutional method as described by the laws of Sierra Leone. As
members of a disciplined organization therefore, and as one of the custodians
of state security, we accept this constitutional arrangement, he emphasized.

Brigadier Tarawalli pledged their untainted loyalty and support to President
Momoh, the government and people of Sierra Leone. He said that they will
always consider President Momoh as one of them, adding that old soldiers
never die’ but Just fade away.

Brigadier Tarawalli was sworn in yesterday morning as force commander by
President Siaka Stevens before he handed over the reins of government to the |
new head of state.

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Mr Haggag said what Egypt had in Uganda was teachers, doctors and water
engineers "in the framework of technical assistance between Egypt and other
African countries".

Government Denies Allegations
EA281855 Kampala Domestic Service in English 1700 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] The government has categorically denied an allegation made by the
leader of the National Resistance Army, NRA, Mr Yoweri Museveni, that the
Military Council has recruited mercenaries from certain countries to fight
the NRA. It described the allegation as a malicious and contemptible lie
aimed at confusing the people of Uganda and international public opinion.

In a press release issued today, the government stressed that it has never
recruited any mercenary or foreign troops of any kind whatsoever. The
government, the statement added, has always taken the view that the present
situation in Uganda is an internal matter which must be resolved by Ugandans
themselves, without any outside interference.

The statement said that, to the contrary, it is the NRA which has got deeply
involved with a foreign interest. It pointed out that the NRA are being
sponsored, trained, financed and armed by foreign interests. In return the
NRA have not hesitated to make promises which amount to mortgaging the
future of Uganda and the natural resources of the country to foreign inter-
ests. The government is especially concerned that some foreign interests,
especially. the Government of Libya; have continued to supply massive arms
and funds to the NRA. These funds and arms are being used to cause blood-
shed in Uganda and destabilize the country.

The press reléase noted that for 4 months now, the Government of Uganda has
concentrated all its efforts to bring about lasting peace through a nego-
tiated settlement. In pursuance of this goal the government made an
extraordinary gesture and concession to the NRA. Instead of responding
positively'to these gestures and concessions, the statement said, the NRA
have continued to make more and new demands at every stage of the negotia-
tions. .

On instructions from Yoweri Museveni, the NRA have taken advantage of the
goodwill and the restraint of the government during the peace talks to
attack government positions and spread hostile activities to new areas.

And recently as the peace talks were drawing to a conclusion in Nairobi,
the NRA stepped up hostilities by attacking government positions at Kayunga
in Bugerere, Buloba, Mpigi and Wakisso. Those attacks were repulsed by
government forces. .

The NRA have also continued the constant shelling of government troops at
Mbarara and Masaka barracks. In one such attack on Masaka barracks the
brigade commander, western, Lieutenant Colonel James Tibamuleke, and other
soldiers were killed, and prior to the change of the government on 27th July
1985, the NRA had already retreated to the foothills of Mt Ruwenzori and

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT

Con TENTS

INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

African Group To Monitor RSA-Bound Oil
(AFP, 28 Nov 85).ccccccccccvcccvcccccccccccccececscscosess

Liptako-Gourma Authority Ministerial Session Ends
(AFP, 21 Nov 85)scccecccccccccccccsccvccssccsccesesecesece

Briefs
Hijack Handling Praised

ANGOLA

BBC Reports on Plane Shot Down by RSA
(BBC, 29 Nov 85)sccceccccccccccccccccccevsccsscssssccecess

Briefs
Aircraft Declared Lost

BURKINA

Minister Returns From ECOWAS Meeting; Comments
(Ouagadougou Domestic Service, 28 Nov 85)sceccsccecccccece

Cabinet Approves Ratification of Loan Agreement
(Ouagadougou Domestic Service, 27 Nov 85)scccecccecceevees

COMORO ISLAND

Political Situation Reportedly Tense :
(THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER, 12 Oct 85).secececeseseceees

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NUMBER OF EMIGRANTS EXCEEDS IMMIGRANTS--The net result of immigration and
emigration in August was a loss for South Africa of 322 people, according to a
Central Statistical Services release in Pretoria yesterday. The number of
immigrants totalled 1 118, of which 597 were people who arrived as visitors at
one time or another and had since become approved immigrants, while the number
of emigrants totalled 1 450 people. [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in
English 27 Nov 85 p 13] /13104

BOOST FOR KWAZULU HOUSING--A major building society igs to invest R20-million
in housing in KwaZulu without any form of Government guarantee. Announcing
this in Ulundi yesterday the Chief Minister, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, said
the decision by the SA Permanent Building Society to finance home building in
KwaZulu was an historic development which would have far-reaching
consequences. He disclosed that the Perm's managing director, Mr Bob Tucker,
had told him that his building society would make up to R20-million available
immediately for lending in KwaZulu and would probably be able to carry on a
lending programme at a level of two to three million rands a month. "I have
been greatly encouraged by Mr Tucker's statement, Chief Buthelezi said.
[Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27 Nov 85 p 11] - /13104

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The Black Urban Areas Act, Black Administration Act (a measure which dates
back to 1927), Group Areas Act, Community Development Act and various
other laws are on this short-list.

Included too is influx control, recently condemned by the same Constitutional
Affairs Committee which is now examining the Group Areas Act.

The Economic Affairs Committee of the President's Council said influx
control should be abolished.

The unanimity reached on the report in an all-party committee is notable.
For the repeal or abolition is advocated in spite of a statement that’
“after deliberation, the committee came to the conclusion that it would
not be able to reach consensus on the principle of the Group Areas Act."

"It accepts the aim should be that Section 19 of the Group Areas Act should
be applicable to all premises zoned for business premises and equally that
section 49A of the Act should apply to all industrial premises." These
are the sections which allow premises to be declared open to all races.

Asked at a Press conference whether ‘the word "all" meant what was implied,
the committee chairman, Dr Francois Jacobsz, told a Press conference in
Cape Town: "That is the ideal."

The report of the committee states that some members of the committee were
outspoken in their criticism of the Act "and pointed out that it restricted
the opportunities which Asian, Black and Coloured businessmen had to estab-
lish businesses in’proclaimed or controlled areas."

Other members were of the opinion that the Act had contributed to the
economic development of these groups in ways not possible had free market
forces been at work.

The report states that written submissions for the Group Areas Act to be
"abolished" were received from five members of the committee.

They are Mr J.G. Rennie of the Progressive Federal Party, Mr C.M. Collis
and Mr C.J. Pierce of the Labour Party, Mr P.P.M. Chetty of the National
People's Party and Mr E. Ismail of the Democratic Workers’ Party.

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SOUTH AFRICA

EAST LONDON COUNCIL CALLS FOR END OF APARTHEID
MB020748 Johannesburg SAPA in English 2037 GMT 1 Dec 85

[Text] East London, Dec 1, SAPA--A meeting in East London today to discuss
black grievances called on the government to immediately scrap apartheid
and form a new constitution.

The meeting, called by the East London City Council to discuss black
grievances which had led to the unrest and the consumer boycott, decided
"the East London City Council, provincial council and government be informed
that apartheid should be scrapped immediately and a new constitution formu-
lated."

It was also decided that at any future Duncan Village elections, the
"younger generation" be given a chance to air their views.

Other resolutions adopted were:

=-The East London City Council take control of all areas, black, white,
coloured and Indian, in the area.

--The city council abolish all apartheid laws under its control and "stop
hiding behind the government's skirts."

--A delegation of eight be appointed to discuss with Transkei and Ciskei
the problems of former Robben Island prisoners with regards to their resi-
dential status.

--The city council requests that the SADF be removed from Duncan Village
and that all detained students be released.

~-All halls under the city council's authority be made open to all races.

--The government be requested to open the city's CBD [central business
district] to all races as soon as possible.

--The city council deal with the problems of young children being chased
and harassed by the city's police.

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{Article by Keith Abendroth]

[Text] THE Transvaal will
h

ave to have a year’s
rain within the next
four to five months —a
possibility described as
“remote” — if -hun-
‘dreds of farmers are to
avoid financial disas-
ter.

Senior officials of the
Transvaal = Agricultural
Union and of the Depart-
ment of Water Affairs
were pessimistic about
prospects in interviews
yesterday. They said that
falls of rain so. far
throughout the province,
although welcome, had
not broken the ongoing
drought.-

A spokesman for the
TAU said that the
drought position in the
Western Transvaal was
“more than critical” while _
in the Northern and East-.
ern Transvaal! it was, gen-
erally, serious.

“Some areas in the.
Northern _and_ Eastern |

Province . have had |
reasonable falls. and
plantings have been
made. Followup rains are
now vital to prevent the
loss of crops,” he said.

In the Western Trans-)
vaal disaster faced many |
farmers who had held on
desperately for the past
four years, but saw little
chance now of surviving

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VAAL FARMERS FACING FINANCIAL DISASTER

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 29 Nov 85 p 11

another drought year —'
despite earlier rains which
encouraged many farmers
to start planting. ~
: _ In parts of the Western
' Transvaal farmers had
not even been able to pre-
pare their ground for
maize and sorghum plant-
ings, the spokesman said.
“Those who managed
to plant have sustained a
terriblé beating. For
many of them it is the last
straw.”” .
Summing up, he said:
“The position in agricul:
ture generally in the prov-
ince is critical — and is
threatening to become di-
‘sastrous.””

A senior State official,
Mr Anton Steyn, said:
i“The water supply posit-
jion is grim, to say the very
least.” :

| He added that it was
'“early days” to be totally
“pessimistic and there was
hope of rains before the
lend of the rainy season in
April. :
|. “But if things do not
iimprove — if there aren’t
‘good falls —. we will be

knee-deep in the mines-

j trone,” he said.

At present the Vaal
system’ was at 22 percent
of capacity, and the Vaal
Dam stood at 18 percent.

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SOUTH AFRICA

"The vitally “important
Sterkfqntein Dam now
stood at a critically low le-

a vel of 24 percent.

“The combined con-
tents at present of the
Sterkfontein and Vaal
dams would not even
bring the Vaal up to half
of its capacity,” he said.

At present there were
616-million cubic metres
of water in the Sterkfon-
tein and 399 in the Vaal.
The Sterkfontein’s _ca-
pacity was 2617-m and
the Vaal’s 2 191-million
cubic metres, he said.

To get the Vaal Dam

(up to only 50 percent full

would require a total fall
within the next four
months of 600 mm — or
about the samé or more
required normially for the
year as a whole. .

“If we don’t get good
downpours we are going
to be in very serious
trouble.

“With careful husband-
ing of sources we should
still see it through to next
year’s summer rainy sea-
son.

“But the trouble is that
the farmer needs it now.
If he doesn’t get it he will

«be down the drain.

“Townsfolk are lucky.’
They can still wait and
pray,” said Mr Steyn.



justice hand in hand with attempts to raise the country's gross national
product. He attributed the plight of women to the discriminatory attitude
toward them which, he said, had begun at home and reinforced in schools
and equally rooted in the society in general.

President Babangida stressed that communal system of reconciliation of dis-
putes, contacts with grassroots and respect for traditional knowledge was
absolutely relevant and should be harnessed in handling human rights issues.

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NIGER

LOAN AGREEMENT WITH BADEA SIGNED
AB022310 Dakar PANA in French 1537 GMT 2 Dec 85

[Text] His Excellency Almoustapha Soumaila, minister of planning of the
Republic of Niger, and Dr Chedly Ayari, president of the Arab Bank for
Economic Development in Africa [BADEA], on Monday signed an agreement at
the headquarters in Khartoum under which the BADEA grants Niger a loan of
$4 million to finance a stock-breeding development project. The BADEA loan
is repayable in 16 years including a 4-year grace period with an interest
rate of 5 percent per annum.

The bank's loan is aimed at supporting the development of stock-breeding
activities which were severely affected by the great dought which hit the
country in the 1970's. This investment will be used in realizing major
activities, namely: the establishment of four experimental centers to
promote stock-breeding; the improvement of natural pastures; the boring of
wells for irrigation and the installation of two milk-producing units.

The improvement of the pastures will help raise the annual production of
meat to about 2,625 tons annually and those of milk products to 3,725
million liters. When it goes into operation, the complex will create 400
permanent jobs and will generally improve the living standards of the
nearby population. The economic profitability rate of the project is esti-
mated at about 11.5 percent.

Apart from the present loan, the volume of capital provided by the BADEA to
Niger has reached $31.568 million. The previous interventions from 1973 to
1984 concerned an emergency aid ($2.7 million); the Zinder-Nigeria border’
road ($7 million); an irrigation project within the framework of a special
program ($1.868 million); the Sonichar [Anou Araren Coal Comapny of Niger}--
thermal power station ($7 million); a village water supply and irrigation
project ($5 million); and the Zinder-Agadez road ($8 million). The total
Arab aid given to the country amounts to $543.2 million.

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IMMIGRATION RACE CLAUSE TO GO--Cape Town-~All immigrants, irrespective of
race or colour, would in future be able to apply for permanent residence
in the Republic while South African’ Indians ‘would be allowed to enter the
Free State and the northern parts of Natal.” In terms of a’ proposed Bill
published in Cape Town, differention on the grounds of colour or race is
being removed. Indians who have thus far been denied permanent residence
can now apply to the immigration selection board’ for’ this privilege. The
proposed Bill also provides that immigrants no longer have to "identify"
themselves with Whites "in a reasonable time" after arrival. The "matters
concerning admission to and residence in the Republic Amendment Bill"
repeals Chapter 33 of the Free State Act and the 1927 Act on Asians in the ©
northern patts of Natal; This ‘meéans‘ that the’ movement ‘of ' Indians in these

areas would no ‘longer be "arranged."--Sapa [Text] _ (Johannesburg THE
CITIZEN in English 21 Nov 85 p 13] /9317

BUTHELEZI ON HOME LOANS FOR BLACKS--Ulundi--The stabilisation of Black
communities rested heavily on the incentive of home ownership, Chief
Mangosuthu Buthelezi said in Ulundi yesterday. At a meeting with the
managing director of the SA Permanent Building Society, Mr Bob Tucker -
and its Natal chairman, Mr Bill Hamilton the KwaZulu Chief Minister and
Inkatha President said he was deeply concerned by the fact that building
societies were reluctant to lend Blacks money for home building. He said
they would know the extent to which Whites’ homes were being financed
“through funds placed with building societies by Blacks. .Chief Buthelezi
pointed out that "the stabilisation of Black communities and their vertical
social mobility rested heavily on the incentive of home ownership," and
said he hoped that the discussions would lead to renewed attempts to solve

these problems.--Sapa [Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 19 Nov 85
p 9] /9317 .

PILOTS TRAINING GERMANS-~South African pilots are e teaching Germans to fly
their own aircraft. .Four Lufthansa pilots are being trained by South
African Airways pilots, to fly the German-designed ‘Junkers JU 52 which dates
back to the 1920's and which were used in the Second World War. There are
only about nine Junkers 52s still flying in the world and South Africa is
the only country that has a Junkers 52 with the same engine as the one
Lufthansa has just. bought for their 60th anniversary celebration next year.
[Text] [Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 Nov. 85 p 131 1/9317

EXAM TO BE HELD -= The arrangements for the ‘September examination at colored
schools ‘are proceeding according to plan, although there is only about a month
left before the’end of the quarter, Mr A.J.E. Jordaan, press liaison official
of the Department of Education and Culture in the Administration of the
Council of Répresentatives, said yesterday. "At this stage there is no
question of the examination being called off or possibly postponed." Mr
Jordaan said that activities at colored high schools in the Peninsula
yesterday reached the lowest level since the start of this year. "Because of
unfavorable circumstances it was necessary to dismiss all‘high schools and
some primary schools in Mitchell's Plain early in the morning. The average
school attendance ‘in Athlone and Bellville was 41-percent, but few schools
followed the ‘normal school program. No data ‘have been obtained from the
Wynberg district and the collegese" Mr J. Jansen, press liaison official of
the Department of Education and Training, ay) no_class is yet being attended
at black high schools in the Peninsula. [Pext] [Cepe Town DIE BURGER in
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‘ REUNION

COMMUNISTS TAKE HARD LINE
Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 12 Oct 85 p5 «Jeti &

[Text]

Réunion's Communist” Party, the PCR, has decided to adopt a a hardline
policy of confrontation towards both the Socialist government in Paris
and the local right-wing parties in the build-up to the March 1986
legislative elections (see I.0.N. N° 200). In recent months work
stoppages have been called by the party's associated trade union, the
CGTR, including a general strike last March, the "dead island" operation
in May, a dock strike and, more recently, a building workers' strike. Now
this last week has seen a very sharp radicalisation of discontent among
secondary school pupils, strongly backed by the PCR. Demonstrations have
resulted in clashes with the police, particularly in the districts under
Communist control, and several people have been injured.

On the political front, the party has vigorously attacked the
perceived inconsistencies of local justice, in what appears to be a
return to the discriminatory practices of the 1960s. Eight leading
Communists, including the mayor of Sainte-Rose, have refused to answer a
summons from the examining magistrate investigating complaints concerning
the incidents which disrupted the local by-elections in Saint-André on
August 25. They persisted in their refusal even after being charged, and
the public prosecutor was forced to make a concession in the wake of a
protest campaign launched by the PCR, by ordering an additional
investigation of the principal winner at Saint-André, Jean-Paul
VIRAPOULLE of the UDF.

It remains to be seen what the PCR will gain from its offensive

strategy, and whether it will thereby attain its objective of winning two
seats in the national assembly in March. Its candidates for those seats
will probably be party leader Paul VERGES and his number two, Elie
HOAREAU.

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ZAMBIA

RSA COMMENTARY WEIGHS EFFECTS OF SANCTIONS ON ZAMBIA
MB040722 Johannesburg International Service in English 2100 our 3 Dec 85
[Station commentary: "Sanctions and Zambia"] ;

[Text] Zambia is one of the nine member states of the Southern African
Development Coordination Conference, which came out strongly in favor of
international economic sanctions against South Africa, even though, like
other landlocked member states in particular, it depends heavily on South
Africa's railways and harbors.

We summarize here an assessment by the monthly magazine AFRICAN BUSINESS of
how Zambia will be affected by the implementation of the sanctions against
South Africa.

In terms of trade, the magazine points out, South Africa overtook the United
Kingdom in 1982 as Zambia's main source of imports. Trade with South Africa
increased in 1980, following the reopening of the border between Zambia and
the then Rhodesia, which had been closed in 1973. : Like other countries in
the region, Zambia has found that the greatest obstacle to reducing the trade
with South Africa has been the inadequacy of trade facilities and transport
links between the other states in the subcontinent. . Importers also argue
that South African goods are cheaper than those from other countries in the
region. .

Zambia's difficulties in trading with other southern African countries and
the rest of the world center on transport problems. The Benguela rail route
to Angola has been paralyzed for years by UNITA forces in Angola, while the
rail link to Mozambique has suffered the same fate at the hands of RENAMO in
Mozambique. The TAZARA [Tanzania-Zambia Railway] rail link to Dar es Salaam
suffers from low capacity as a result of the shortage of locomotives and
rolling stock. The rail link through South Africa remains the most reliable.
In addition, Zambia Airways' most lucrative African or regional route is the
service between Lusaka and Johannesburg.

Hard-hit as transport and trade links would be by the implementation of
international sanctions against South Africa, AFRICAN BUSINESS points out
that the most serious repercussions would flow from Zambia's mining connec-
tions to South Africa being cut off. The mining industry is the main focus

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SOUTH AFRICA

POLICE SAID TO HAVE OFFENDED MUSLIMS IN CAPE TOWN
MB281535 Johannesburg’ SAPA in English'1530 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] Cape Town, Nov 28, SAPA--Sheikh Nazéem Mohamed, president of the
Muslim Judicial Council, has accused police of violating the sanctity of a
Cape Town mosque by defying the Islamic law that no shoes be worn on
entering.

It was "an affront to the Muslim people of Cape Town," Sheikh Mohamed said
after several policemen entered the Park Road Mosque in Wynberg this morning.

Angry Sheikh Mohamed said: "They just marched in. Not only did they not
ask for permission to enter but they also had the audacity to do so without
removing their boots, which is a desecration." . .

The incident followed the detention "for questioning" last night of the co-
owner of Wynberg's Luxurama Cinema,’ Mr Yunus Ismail, who was taken into
custody outside the mosque. : ~ . foe

Sheikh Mohamed said it was reported to him that when the policemen were
asked to remove their boots, a policeman replied he would act the way he did
in his own church. z . no 7 fe ae

"It seems the police have no respect for a place of worship. It is an
affront to the Muslim people of Cape Town," he said, adding he would demand
that the police respected others' sacred places by not entering mosques.

Captain Jan Calitz, police liaison officer, declined to comment. ’-He said
police were busy with a "prevention of crime operation” in Wynberg.

Lieutenant Attie Laubscher, another liaison officer, confirmed that Mr Ismail
had been taken in for questioning. rn

Mr Ismail's brother Anwar was detained two weeks ago.
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Mr Museveni said the NRA had the means to wipe out the mercenaries just as .-
it could "overrun all strongholds of UNLA", The NRA, he said, had fought
the North Korean troops invited to Uganda by deposed President Milton Obote.

According to Mr Museveni, even when the peace talks were making "very good
progress", Gen Okello's troops were advancing westward to storm the besieged
Masaka and Mbarara Barracks "in complete violation of the present truce".
The offensive, he claimed, was the sixth by the UNLA during the peace talks
and any other would draw the wrath of the NRA. , .

"We will be duty-bound to put an end to this treachery by the Okello group.

We will assault the Mbarara and Masaka Barracks and wipe them out completely
and nobody can blame me", Mr Museveni added. "I will be forced to withdraw
from the talks and go to the war-front, leaving my delegation here".

The NRA chief said soldiers, women and children in the surrounded barracks
were "in very bad shape, some dying" and he had proposed that they be fed
"on a humanitarian basis" or that the women and children be evacuated by
the Red Cross. The suggestion was allegedly ignored.

Mr Museveni claimed that some African countries were trying to take
advantage of the present weakness in Uganda to interfere with the country.

Asked if he had taken any diplomatic initiative to talk the Egyptian Govern-
ment out of supplying the Kampala regime with arms and personnel, Mr Museveni
said he had asked the Egyptian ambassador in Nairobi not to sell arms "and he
said Egypt will not repeat it but his government is not honouring the
promise", :

On reports that he had got his weapons from Libya, the NRA chief said he
"would like to" but, did not need help from outside. He said NRA weapons
had been taken from UNLA soldiers and barracks. He wouldn't say where he
bought new arms. :

Contacted, the Egyptian ambassador, Mr Ahmed Haggag, told THE NATION that
the allegations were "simply not true". "The policy of Egypt is not to send
soldiers out of its borders. We have no soldier in Uganda and don't know
where Museveni has derived his knowledge from".

Mr Haggag admitted he had met representatives of Mr Museveni but not
Museveni himself, but declined to say what had been discussed during the
meeting. . . “ :

NATION: Did you promise Mr Museveni that you would not supply any more arms
to the UNLA?

Ambassador: All I can say is that I met Mr Museveni's representatives, and

whatever Egypt promises it honours. I can't divulge what we said during
the meeting. 4

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6 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

PFP URGES GROUP FOR COMPLAINTS AGAINST SECURITY FORCES
MBO021129 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1125 GMT 2 Dec 85

[Text] Cape Town, Dec 2, SAPA--The federal council of the Progressive
Federal Party [PFP] has called on the government to establish a permanent
judicial commission to hear complaints about security force actions in
black townships.

In a statement issued today by its chairman, Dr Alex Boraine, after its
all-day meeting in Johannesburg yesterday, the council also calls for the
immediate sacking of Mr Carter Ebrahim, the minister of education and
culture in the house of representatives, and for the government to take
"urgent" steps to end the crisis in coloured and black education.

The council says the emergency regulations and the way in which they are
implemented have not restored law and order in the republic, but have
instead further radicalised communities, and have increased the polarisa-
tion in South African society.

It calls on the government to lift the state of emergency, to release all
detainees, and to "urgently address the underlying causes of the unrest."

In addition to the permanent commission, special judicial commissions
should be appointed to investigate the "tragic incidents" at Mamelodi on
November 21 and at Queenstown on November 17.

The council says the army should be withdrawn from the townships and the
police restricted to "normal policing duties" in those areas.

"Furthermore, it is vital that a clear distinction must be drawn between
peaceful protest meetings and those held with criminal intent, and the
federal council calls on the minister of law and order to withdraw proclama-
tion 705 of 22.3.85 and the regulations which prohibit lawful gatherings
and which have destroyed the freedom of association."

In the field of education, the council calls for the removal of Mr Ebrahim

from his post because of his "highly provocative" actions, and for the
government to:

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NIGERIA

AGREEMENT FOR LIQUEFIED GAS PROJECT SIGNED
AB292219 Lagos Domestic Service in English 2100 GMT 29 Nov 85

(Text] An agreement which will serve as a framework for a joint liquefied
natural gas [LNG] project between Nigeria and three oil companies was signed
in Lagos today. The three companies are Shell Gas Nigeria BV, Nigeria AGIP
Oil Company, and ELF Nigeria Limited. Under the agreement, the Federal
Government and the three companies will promote a project to market lique-
fied natural gas in Europe.

The Federal Government, represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation, will have 60 percent participation while Shell will hold 20
percent interest. AGIP and ELF will each have 10 percent participation in
the project for which Shell has been appointed the technical leader.

The minister of petroleum and energy, Professor Tam David-West, said the
proposed plant would be located at Bonny in Rivers State. He explained
that the intention was to build a filtering plant capable of delivering to
customers over 3 million tons of liquefied natural gas per annum. ‘The min-
ister said the government and the oil companies believed that the project
would be of interest to European companies as it would be easy to absorb
because of initial modest size. It will also incorporate the poteritial for
future expansion to further utilize Nigeria's gas reserve, and increase the
diversification of gas supplies in Western Europe.

Prof David-West said the plan was to develop the country's LNG for export

in the 1990's. He said that the Federal Government had the political will,
the [word indistinct], and facilities, and would place these at the dis-
posal of the participating companies in order to guarantee the successful
execution of the project. He, however, emphasized that there was no ques-
tion of proceeding with the project until all the parties were satisfied
that it was economically viable. The minister also explained that it was
implied and generally agreed by the parties that an agreement with prospec-
tive buyers of LNG must be obtained before an unconditional decision to w
proceed with the construction of the plant was taken. 1

Addressing newsmen later, Prof David-West explained that the agreement was
only a framework for the establishment of the LNG plant in the country.

He said it was not a contract for the establishment of the plant. Today's
exercise, he further explained, was the result of the work of the LNG work-
ing committee which he inaugurated in March this year.

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SOUTH AFRICA

WEST CAPE GROUPS BLAME GOVERNMENT FOR SCHOOL ‘CRISIS’ °
MB282017 Johannesburg SAPA in English 2015 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] Cape Town, Nov 28, SAPA--More than 150 Western Cape organisations
have signed a document blaming the government and the "harsh action of the
police and army" for the education crisis in the area. ' :

A similar document, signed on November 18 by 20 anti-aparthetd sctintieattons,
was supported last week in a separate statement by 11 peninsula trade unions.

The 155 organisations ‘include AZAPO {Azanian People's Organization] , ‘youth,
student and civic associations, education, trading and professional groups
and numerous sports clubs, ranging from football to darts and chess bodies.

The document condemned the suspension and dismissal of teachers who have
refused to administer examinations and demanded the removal of security
forces from townships, the postponement of examinations and that all’
students be allowed to return to school next year. . , :

The signatories said that if the government refused to meet their demands,
“we see no end t to the crisis in education."

They said it was an "education fraud" to insist on examinations continuing
when "virtually no formal schooling has taken place since July, when the
state of emergency was declared." ,
The deafness of the authorities to the legitimate demands of the ‘students

and the harsh police and army action taken against students and ‘teachers is
the cause of the current crisis in education. . :

"This crisis is now being further deepened by the unjustified action of the
authorities against teachers and principals. We condemn the action taken.

to suspend and dismiss teachers who have refused to administer these... ae.
fraudulent exams."

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The Angolans failed to take Mavinga in their recent offensive because, they
say, South African troops and planes intervened directly to attack them and
save UNITA from defeat.

As the Antonov plane came down in such a sensitive area, it is perhaps
surprising that any account of the incident was given at all. It may be
that so much information had already got around that some official version
was thought necessary, or that it could be to Angola's advantage to point
the finger at South Africa.

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--Allow all scholars who have not written their end of year exams to be
allowed to write these exams in the new year;

-~-Immediately release all teachers and scholars in detention, reinstate all
teachers who have been suspended and restore any salaries which have been
frozen;

--Immediately start consultations with democratically elected student,
parent and teacher bodies about those factors preventing a return to
"normality" in coloured and black education.

The council also said it urged PFP members and supporters and all concerned
South Africans to join and support the national convention movement.

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SOUTH AFRICA

WOMEN PROTEST ARRESTS OF CROSSROADS MEN
MBO40517 Johannesburg SAPA in English 2058 GMT 3 Dec 85

[Text] Cape Town, Dec 3, SAPA--A crowd of about 200 Crossroads women, many
with babies on their backs, marched on ‘the Guguletu Police Station today
after 1,000 troops and police detained more than 140 people in Crossroads,
most of them men. .

After "screening," all but 33 of the 140 were released, police said late
today.

Police described the operation as a "crime prevention" exercise.

Once the security forces had withdrawn, the women'held a prayer service and
then marched three’km from Crossroads to the police station "to demand the
release of our men." oo ue

The divisional commissioner of police for the Western Province, Brigadier
C.A. Swart, tonight barred the CAPE TIMES newspaper from using pictures of
the women marching and of them sitting under a tree waiting for police to
address them.

A police liaison officer for the Western Province, Lieutenant Attie
Laubscher, said Brigadier Swart, after having the pictures described to him,
ruled that "these black women were taking part in an illegal protest and
there could be charges laid.

"It was an unrest-related incident."

"The CAPE TIMES was earlier told permission would not be granted for the use
of pictures taken by a staff member during the security force operation in
Crossroads and which showed police and troops lining up on the outskirts of
the shanty town. [quotation marks as received]

Lt Laubscher said this afternoon that, after screening, 33 of the 140
detained police were placed under arrest and the others released.

He said one person was arrested for alleged possession of an unlicensed
firearm, three for alleged dealing in dagga, eight for alleged possession

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

AFRICAN GROUP TO MONITOR RSA-BOUND OIL
AB282221 Paris AFP in English 1628 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] Accra, Nov 28 (AFP)--An African monitoring group aimed at preventing
African countries from allowing South Africa-bound oil to cross their
territory is to be set up, trade unionists have been told here today.

The secretary general of the Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU),
James Daniel Akumu, said the group would be organized by his organization in

a response to calls for an oil boycott against South Africa. He was speaking
yesterday on the opening day of a four-day congress of the Pan-African Fed-
eration of Petroleum Chemical Workers' Union. Mr Akumu also called on oil
producing countries in Africa to sell their oil to lesser-developed African
nations at a special discount.

Opening the conference, Ghana's secretary for labor and social welfare, Ato
Austin, urged African trade unions to concern themselves more with increas-
ing production. Mr Austin said: "We must recognise that the independence
of our countries would be without meaning if we are unable to produce
sufficiently to cater for the needs of our people."

The conference was convened to elect leaders and work out a programme for
next year.

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26 December 1985

UGANDA

MUSEVENI CHARGES FOREIGN MERCENARIES RECRUITED BY GOVERNMENT

Egypt, Libya Supplying Arms

FA281326 Nairobi DAILY NATION in English 28 Nov 85 p-1
[Report by Chris Musyoka: "Okello Using Alien Troops, Says NRA"]

[Text] .-Mr Yoweri Museveni yesterday charged that. Uganda-had been "invaded by
mercenaries from Canada, Ethiopia, and the British Special Air Services (SAS)"
and that ;the Egyptian Government had despatched up to 30 troops "to fight
alongside" the government Army. Addressing a press conference in Nairobi,

the National Resistance Army [NRA] leader said the “presence of foreign

mercenaries" in war-torn Uganda had “brought a completely new dimension to
the conflict...

Egypt, he said, had been supplying arms to the ruling Military Council, led
by the head of state.Gen Tito Okello, to fight the NRA. The decision to send
in military personnel to Uganda was "inexcusable", and the Egyptian Govern-
ment was:"'making a big mistake".

The guerrilla ‘Leader said foreign mercenaries had not been sent by their
governments but had joined the conflict "to make money on the dead bodies
of Africans". Somebody is paying the bill and will in future be exposed by
the people of Uganda, Mr Museveni remarked.

He said the Canadian mercenaries were being led by a Mr Bod Waldheim while
those from Ethiopia belonged to "the fallen regime of the late Emperor Haile
Selassie". The SAS men had originally gone to fight the NRA along with

Gen Okello's troops but were now training the Uganda National Liberation
Army [UNLA].

"T would like to tell the world of the presence of an international mercenary
brigade in Uganda. I only hope we get our hands on these bastards. They
won't like it".

Mr Museveni was flanked by high-ranking members of his movement now attend—
ing the peace talks. They included Dr S.B.M. Kisekka.

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SOUTH AFRICA

PORT ELIZABETH JOURNALISTS CHARGED UNDER POLICE ACT
MB030819 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1937 GMT 2 Dec 85

[Text] ‘Port Elizabeth, Dec 2, SAPA--The editor of the EASTERN PROVINCE
HERALD, Mr J.C. Viviers, and a reporter from the newspaper, Miss Juliette
Saunders, appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrates Court today on a
charge of contravening Section 27b of the police act.

The charges stem from the HERALD's coverage of a funeral in Grahamstown on
November 9 last year of a black man who died as a result of police action.

The state alleges they published statements about police actions without
having reasonable grounds for believing them to be true.

Giving evidence before Mr J.D, Moony, Lieutenant G.P.I. Laubscher of the SAP,
who was based in Grahamstown in November last year, said he had gone on duty
on the evening of November 8 and worked through the’ night until the next
afternoon.

On the day of the funeral, he went on patrol in Grahamstown's black townships
in a personnel ‘carrier with about 10 men.

At about 11 am, he saw a cloud of smoke in Fingo Village and the patrol dis-
covered that a school which had been set alight the night before was again
on fire. He said he received a report that the fire had been started by
smouldering from the previous night's blaze.

Lt Laubscher said a group of youths in the area started yelling and throwing
a few stonés at the police. Tearsmoke and rubber bullets were fired.

’ He said the police later went to Joza township, where they parked their

truck and observed the funeral from a ridge. There was also a casspir in
the area. :

He noticed after midday that the funeral was moving in the direction of the
graveyard.

He also saw the sneeze machine move from V Street to a point south of
M Street.

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ee . ee . SWAZILAND

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGES FORMER OFFICIALS! RELEASE ; ve
021450 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1343 Gur 2 Dec ‘85
[Embargoed until 9001 our 3 December}

[Text] ‘Cape Town, Dec 3 SAPA--Amnesty International said today (Tuesday ; :
December 3) it had appealed to the prime minister of Swaziland, Prince
Bhekimpi, for the immediate release of a former cabinet minister and four
former senior army and police officers who are being held without trial.

In a statement released in Cape Town the organisation said the men were all
held by the repeated imposition of 60-day detention orders from which there
was no right of appeal.

"The authorities accuse them of treason but have produced no specific
charges and have not brought them to trial."

The former finance minister, Dr Sishayi Nxumalo, had been held continuously
since November 1984. His arrest came shortly after his dismissal for alleg-
ing top-level involvement in customs fraud.

Colonel Mangomeni Ndzimande and Major Abednego Dlamini have also spent a
year in detention without trial. Former Commissioner of Police Titus Msibi
and his deputy, Mr Edgar Hillary, will have been held for more than a year
by the time the present orders lapse.

Amnesty International said it believed all five detainees were prisoners of
conscience.

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SOUTH AFRICA

CISKEI APPROVES BILL ON INTERNAL DISORDERS DAMAGES
MB270715 Johannesburg SAPA in English 2111 GMT 26 Nov 85

[Text] Bisho, Nov 26, SAPA--The Ciskeian National Assembly today passed a
pill indemnifying the homeland against claims for damage caused during the
prevention of internal disorder.

The assembly also debated another measure aimed at prohibiting the release
on bail. of people accused of security offences and approved a bill amending
the explosives act to include petrol bombs and similar devices under the
definition of explosives.

Introducing the national security second amendment bill at a special sitting
of the assembly, the minister of justice, Mr Macebo Takane, said it empowered
the attorney-general to order that people arrested on charges of having com-
mitted acts of terrorism, subversion, sabotage, sedition or of taking part

in the activities of an unlawful organisation should not be released on bail.

Such an order could be made only if the attorney-general considered that the
release would not be in the interests of the safety of the state or of the
maintenance of public order.

The attorney-general would be entitled to prohibit release on bail without
having to give notice of his intention to do so or being obliged to receive
deputations from the accused.

In terms of the indemnity amendment bill, the Ciskeian Government, its offi-
cers and all other persons acting under its authority will be indemnified
against claims for damage caused while they are acting in good faith for the
prevention of internal disorder.

Introducing the bill, Mr Takane said that, since the declaration of the state
of emergency in South Africa, Ciskeian security forces had been obliged to

deal with unrest without appropriate powers or protection. : A
The state could not be expected to foot the bill for "the excesses deliberately
perpetrated and engineered by persons plotting its downfall" and the bill
accordingly sought to indemnify the state and its security forces against
claims for damages based on any action taken since July 21 this year.

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SOUTH AFRICA

EFFORTS TO SECURE RELEASE OF SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY MOZAMBIQUE
MBO30547 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1930 GMT 2 Dec 85

{Text] East London, Dec 2, SAPA--The release of three South African
soldiers who were captured by Mozambican authorities in September was being
dealt with at diplomatic level, a spokesman for the SADF in Pretoria said
today. The three men are Corporal P. Kolenda, Rifleman Laurence van Zuydam,
of Bedford, and Rifleman $.L. Toth. According to an earlier defence force
statement, the soldiers had gone absent without leave from their unit in the
eastern Transvaal. The unit was involved in border control of illegal
immigrants from Mozambique and the men had left their base in civilian
clothes and were unarmed. The Mozambican authorities had been notified at
the time that a ground and air search had been launched for the men through
the Nkomati operation centre at the Ressano Garcia Border Post near
Komatipoort. The families of the missing men were later notified that the
soldiers were being held in Mozambique. The SADF spokesman said today
“every effort" was being made to secure the release of the men. "It is a
constant process and is receiving attention daily. We would obviously like
to have them back, but it is now a waiting game. The matter is being handled
at a diplomatic level and it is in the hands of the Mozambique Government:
They will decide when the men can be released." When approached for comment,
a spokesman for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Pretoria, Mr Awie Marais,
said the department was "working on the matter." He would be in a better
position today to give further details. Rifleman Van Zuydam's mother,

Mrs Hettie van Zuydam, said from Bedford she had "heard nothing" from her

son since his capture. "It's a very worrying time for us because we haven't
been in touch and we do not know what is going on." She said she was in regu-
lar contact with the SADF who had given her the assurance everything possible
was being done for her son. Rifleman Van Zuydam was due to complete his
military service in December and was hoping to find a job in East London,

she said.

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SOUTH AFRICA

ANC RADIO COMMENTARY CRITICIZES GOVERNMENT FOR ACCUSING ZIMBABWE

FA291329 Addis Ababa Radio Freedom in English to South Africa 1930 GMI .,_. ...
28 Nov 85

[Station commentary: "Hands Off the Republic of Zimbabwe" ]

[Text] Compatriots, the recent land mine explosion that rocked the area of
Massina and inflicted casualties on the racist army and police has shocked
the racist (?regime). These explosions took the racists by surprise just as
they are concentrating their attention on the urban areas and townships of
the Rand, (Insake) and [name indistinct]. All along, the racists who have
farms in the northern Transvaal just like in other areas were living in a
fools paradise thinking that they were safe as long as they were away from
places like Soweto and other areas which [words indistinct].

Already, as expected, racist South Africa has started blaming Zimbabwe for
the escalation of the war inside South Africa. The fascist foreign minister,
Roelof Botha, issued threats directed at Zimbabwe saying it must not allow
its territory to be used by the freedom fighters. (?But the truth of the
matter) is that the land mine explosions in Messina have no connection what-
soever with the Republic of Zimbabwe except that Messina happens to be near
the border with Zimbabwe. But the land mines were planted by the people who
are engaged in the struggle against the inhuman apartheid regime which is
oppressing the people of South Africa. The land mines were an attack against
the apartheid (?system).

Botha himself knows that all over in our country, the oppressed masses are up
in arms against the hated apartheid system and the people of Messina are no
exception, because Messina is part of South Africa and therefore it is part
of the whole (?7thing). The enemy will be attacked anywhere and everywhere
inside South Africa, be it in Cape Town or in Messina.

In 1978 (farmed combatants) of Umkhonto we Sizwe attacked a police patrol in
[name indistinct]. At that time they blamed Botswana for the attack. Now”
because today Zimbabwe is free, therefore, the attack came from Zimbabwe. ~

What the racists are trying by all means to avoid is to accept that all

military activities against the personnel of the racist army and police are
as a result of the apartheid (?7regime). It is the people oppressed by the

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LESOTHO

BRIEFS

ALLEGED SUBVERSIVE DIES IN POLICE CUSTODY--There has been a death in Lesotho
police custody. According to a local Catholic Church newspaper, (Nsopao)
Machayi was detained on charges of alleged subversion more than a month |
before his death. Several members of his family were also taken into
custody at the same time. The doctor who performed the autopsy says

Mr Achai [as received] died of high blood pressure, but the church paper
says he had a large gaping wound in his head. Lesotho authorities have not
yet commented on the death. [Text] [Umtata Capital Radio in English

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The chief minister again defied government restrictions on publishing
statements by banned persons by distributing to delegates printed transcripts
of broadcasts by the African National Congress mission in exile "Radio
Freedom."

He asked delegates to read them carefully and ask whether those in first-tier
levels of government who were seeking to ingratiate themselves with the
exile organisation had "a snowball's hope in hell" of protecting their skins
through this course of action.

The delegation, which met the chief minister at Ulundi, the capital of
Kwazulu, included officials of the Daveyton, Attridgeville, Diepméadow ‘and
Thokoza town councils.

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It was eventually realised that liberation would not come from outside and,
in the early seventies, Inkatha arose, "gathered the products of the his-
tory of the struggle, and welded them together in a renewed commitment to
the traditional ideals of black South Africa."

In the 1976/1977 explosions of anger he had been told that Inkatha was
doomed and that the South African Government would be brought to its knees
through protest politics and violence.

The subsequent phenomenal growth of Inkatha came about because black South
Africa counted the cost of pursuing violent protest for so little gain.

It was seen that, although protest had to be vehement, the kind of protest
which led to uncontrollable mob behaviour must in the end become self-
defeating.

Chief Buthelezi said that every step towards the negotiating table proved
those committed to violence to be wrong. It was the centrality of Inkatha's
power and its vital role in black mainstream politics which had led the
proponents of violence to attack the organisation and his leadership so
vehemently.

The media in South Africa and abroad played such a vital role in bringing
about change that it was tragic that some local and overseas reporters were
so shallow in their portrayal of what really was at stake in ‘South Africa.

Protest politics was spectacular and lent itself to sensation reporting,
and vociferous self-appointed and "celebrity" leaders with no constituency
backing did things which made good copy. .

The real grinding, behind-the-scenes work of organisations like Inkatha was
not newsworthy and did not provide the kind of copy which some reporters
sought. a : .

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SOUTH AFRICA

PFP MP SAYS POLICE INADEQUATELY EQUIPPED
MB301035 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0910 GMT 30 Nov 85

[Text] Pretoria, Nov 20, SAPA--An opposition politician said today he was
convinced police had not been adequately equipped to deal with the huge
crowd that gathered in Mamelodi on November 21, and called on the police
minister to announce what equipment his men had been issued with that day.

Mr Peter Soal, Progressive Federal Party MP for Johannesburg North, called a
news conference in Pretoria to release affidavits made by Mamelodi residents
and his own report on police action on November 21.

At least 13 people died and an unknown number were injured after police
opened fire on a crowd estimated at 50,000 which had gathered to present
demands to the township's mayor. : oy

Mr Soal has. compiled a report and collected affidavits on the incident after
a visit to the township on November 22.

Referring to findings made by Mr Justice Donald Kannemeyer, whose one-man
judicial commission earlier this year investigated the Langa shootings,
Mr Soal said it was "obvious" the judges concern about being "fully and
properly equipped" to deal with unrest situations had been ignored.

The findings Mr Soal referred to concerned Mr Justice Kannemeyer's remarks
about Section 49 of the Internal Security Act which provides that, subject
to certain conditions, "firearms or other weapons likely to cause serious
bodily harm or death shall not, by virtue of the powers conferred by
Section 48, .be used to disperse a gathering until weapons less likely to
cause such injury or death have been used and the gathering has not been
dispersed..." . a +

Mr Justice Kannemeyer, quoted by Mr Soal, had concluded that "had proper
equipment been available (in Langa) the gathering may well have been dis-
persed with little or no harm to the persons involved." a

Mr Soal said Law and Order Minister Mr Louis le Grange should respond to his
requests, "made through interviews with the press," to announce the equipment
issued to his men in Mamelodi on November 21.

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BURKINA

CABINET APPROVES RATIFICATION OF LOAN AGREEMENT
AB280931 Ouagadougou Domestic Service in French 1900 GMT 27 Nov 85

[Excerpt] The weekly cabinet meeting was held today 27 November under the
chairmanship of Comrade Blaise Compaore, minister of state delegate to the
presidency and minister of justice. The meeting examined items on its
agenda. Here is a report on the meeting filed by Joseph Moukiano:

Concerning the Ministry of Finance, the meeting approved the ratification
of a loan agreement for 5 million units of account, that is 2 billion CFA
francs to be signed between the ADF and the CNCA [National Agricultural
Credit Fund]. The money will be used to finance several development pro-
jects for the next 5 years. Concerning the Ministry of External Relations
and Cooperation, the meeting approved the ratification of the following
agreements: Agreement on the immunities and privileges of the Islamic
Conference Organization, protocol relating to these privileges, exemptions
and immunities [words indistinct].

Before closing, the meeting participants took some sanctions, lifted some
sanctions, and made some appointments. It also took note of the various
donations for the various solidarity festivals.

As for the appointments, Comrade Some Timothe; a magistrate, has ‘been
appointed permanent secretary of the Ministry of Justice; and Compaore Simon,
an economic counselor, has been appointed chairman of the central delegation
at the Ministry of Popular Justice.

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On his recent trip abroad, which included visits to Australia, New Zealand,
the-United: States and Britain, it was apparent that apartheid had become a
domestic political issue in those countries.

It had also become apparent that the sanctions debate overseas had "its own
momentum."

“Businessmen are assessing the situation in South Africa because they don't
see their investments as safe any more."

A positive development was that a distinction was being drawn between getting
rid of apartheid and what it would be replaced with.
an Peet ae BOE peda gee sed

The government had essentially restored freedom of choice of the individual
to participate in.certain activities’ by repealing ‘the Mixed. Matriages Act,

Section 16 of. the Immorality Act and the Prohibition of Political Interfer-
ence Act, but at the same time it had highlighted the absence of choice in

other spheres. vos

The government could scrap unpopular laws--such as. the Population Registra~
tion Act=-without having to commit itself to an alternative political. system.

"The government has to say clearly that apartheid will not work and that it
wanted to end it.. Only then can it say it wants to’ negotiate. This. could

-have the effect of getting a domestic initiative going."

The heads of the police and Defence Force would have to be told what reform
package the government had in mind. - Le . : ‘ :

"They have to understand the package and back it," he said.

Dr Slabbert was forced to make his way to East London from Port Elizabeth in
a hired car after his flight was grounded owing to poor weather conditions.

The Port Elizabeth airport was closed this morning because’ of a low cloud
ceiling and winds that would have made take~offs and landings dangerous.

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This means that foreign exchange earnings are actually being held outside
the country and the full benefits of the massive current account surplus
are not being felt in the foreign exchange markets.

It is small wonder then that the country's financial authorities are now
actively investigating these types of activities and it is known that this
kind of activity, known as forcing leads and lags in the market, is having
a substantial influence on the rand's value at present.

In its own right, this is nothing short of financial fraud and sabotage. In
the end, it is true, the foreign exchange market must reflect the best bal-
ance in the economy. ,

The value of the currency has to find a level where it gives enough protec-
tion to economically viable and internationally competitive industries,
where it keeps those gold mines profitable that should be contributing to
the country's wealth, where it helps export sectors that can sell products
in highly competitive markets abroad, and where the country does not have to
pay too much for essential imports like oil.

But above all, the currency must reach a point where everyone can see that
it is firmly and realistically priced by a market that has finally dis-
counted all rumormongering, policy controversies and foreign misconceptions.

This is essential for proper decisionmaking by those who in many different
ways can be influenced by this very important price--from the importer
and exporter to the simple tourist traveler, and from the prospective car
buyer to the motorist filling up with petrol.

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26 S7884*85«197
December 1985

. , NIGERIA

GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW BILATERAL AVIATION AGREEMENTS
AB211214 Lagos International Service in English 0830 GMT 21 Nov 85

[Text] The Nigerian Government is to review many bilateral aviation agree-
ments it entered into to make for equitable air traffic between Nigeria and
the countries involved. The minister of transport and aviation, Brigadier
Jeremiah Useni, announced this in Lagos yesterday. He told the delegation
of the Institute of Nigerian Aeronautical Engineers, which paid him a
courtesy call, that many of such agreements were interpreted to the dis-
advantage of Nigeria. For instance, the minister said that by virtue of
the agreement between Nigeria and Great Britain, British Caledonian Airways
was given schedule-landing traffic rights in two airports in Nigeria while
Nigeria Airways'was allowed into only oné British airport. He said that
Nigeria would seek for a redress of the situation. .

Brig Useni said that the Nigeria Airways was planning to establish a
maintenance system to handle the servicing and maintenance of aircraft,
most of which, he said, was presently done abroad. He said that the
ministry had taken steps to ensure aviation and navigational safety, and
the country's 14 airports were equipped with instruments landing systems
while 5 had terminal area radars. - He said that Nigeria's airspace would
soon be totally covered by radar and two area control centers would also
be created. . 7

Earlier, the president of the institute, Mr G.0. Jobudu, said that a policy
should be evolved on aircraft standardization.

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The co-chairpersons of the committee are the former Australian premier,

Mr Malcolm Fraser, and a former head of Nigeria's previous military govern-
ment, General Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr Fraser is a long-time venomous critic
of South Africa, who at one stage compared the government to the wartime
Nazi regime in Germany, and has said that blacks in South Africa were
virtually slaves because of the color of their skin. General Obasanjo, in
turn, came to power in a military coup in 1976 after the assassination of
his predecessor.

In the late sixties, as one of Nigeria's military leaders, he was responsi-
ble for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the Baifran geno-
cide--when armed force suppressed the secession of Nigeria's eastern region.
Added to this, Commonwealth leaders blocked the appointment to the committee
of British foreign secretary, Sir Geoffrey Howe, fearing that he would con-
tinue Mrs Thatcher's moderate approach.

A former chancellor of the exchequer, Mr Anthony Barber, was appointed
instead. The other representatives in the group are from Canada, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, the Bahamas and India--not one of them having any real insight
into South Africa's problems, or specialist knowledge of democratic systems
for deeply divided communities expertise, goodwill and impartiality, as well
as the ability to win the trust of those involved, are prerequisites for
anyone with pretensions to acting as conciliator between opposing factions.

Even without reservations about its good intentions, it is doubtful whether
the Commonwealth committee could muster any of these characteristics.

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26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

LE GRANGE ON GOVERNMENT REPRESSION OF UNREST

Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 29 Aug 85 p 1
[article by Political Reporter: "Full Power of State Harnessed: Le Grange."]

‘(Text] The Government is determined to employ the full power of the state's
machinery to end the unrest. Therefore all legal powers will be used against
people and organizations that continue to foment unrest in a calculated way.

This strong warning was directed at rioters by Mr Louis Le Grange, Minister of
Law and Order, in an interview yesterday with DIE BURGER. "There must be no
misunderstanding that the Government will not allow irresponsible students and
,Stirred-up pupils to dominate the stage and cause damage to property, injuries
“and deaths. If the police find it necessary, they will not hesitate to take
“action on any campus in the interest of the country's security."

Mr Le Grange said he and other members of the Government have repeatedly said
‘all efforts will be made to settle the riots ina fair and just way. "Great
“patience has ‘been shown, but it has become clear ‘to the Government that we are
dealing with people and organizations that are making efforts to’ prolorig the
riots: in spite of loss of life and damage to property. All legal provisions
at our disposal will be employed against those who continue to foment the
riots in a calculated way. It is not only the violent ones against whom
action will be taken, but also the planners. The warning also applies to the
- United Democratic Front and other organizations which endeavor to prolong the
situation of unrest."

Mr Le Grange said he wants to express his thanks to the police and the other
security services and to all responsible people who cooperated to see to it
that the Cape did not fall into chaos and misery yesterday. "On the other
harid, it is shocking what studénts at higher institutions such as the Hewat
"training college and the University of Cape Town are capabale of."

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With reference to the decision to ban the black student organization Cosas, Mr
Le Grange said the measure followed a recommendation made to him by the

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negotiations for the hiring of Liberian seamen on board the firm's vessels.
Disclosing this yesterday in an interview with the commissioner of the mari-
time affairs, Philip T. (Boyle), the maritime boss said 60 Liberian seamen
are currently undergoing basic training in seafaring in Marshal, Margibi
County, and would be assigned on board one of the maritime vessels by

13 December this year. He said the 60 seamen would serve for 1 year on the
vessel at the end of which term maritime would sign another contract for the
next batch of Liberian 64 seamen. [sentence as heard] [Text] [Monrovia
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26 December 1985

SEYCHELLES

POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE DISCUSSED

Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 12:0ct 85°p 1

[Text]

The present performance of the Seychelles economy, in particular the
atrong recovery of the touriet industry, and the confidence which it now
inapires anong foreign investors (an important agreement has juet been
aigned with France's Méridien hotel chatn, see p.6), te an undeniable
source of satisfaction for the Vietorta government. While the problem of
unemployment is still a cause for concern, improvements in the economy
should also eoon have an effect on the problem, bringing additional
relief to the authorities.

litical front, however, the picture ie totally different.
The ming party, the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, te having
no_guccesa in building further support among the general population, and
ie increasingly up againet an opposition whose battle-cry is the absence
of democracy in the country. The recent sixth national congress of the
SPPF, held in-Vietoria, backed by the mass party organisations, pledged
ite wholehearted support for President France Albert RENE to take
"yhatever action is necessary againat the enemies of the Revolution”.
Last July the head of atate gave the opposition three monthe to end
their activities in the Seychelles, following the discovery of an embryo
plot in the presidential guard and the arrest of 12 of ite members (see
I.0.N. N°189). That deadline expires at the end of this month, and the
next few weeks, therefore, can be expected to see increased activity by
the security forces. .

The closure of the SPPF congress was followed three days later by the
announcement of a shake-up in the police, Max PONTAINE was confirmed as
Comnisetoner of Police (he had been appointed on an acting baste in
succeasion to James PILLAY, whose daughter took part in a demonatration
againet the government a year ago) and wae given two deputies, Tite
MORRIN and Raymond LOUISE. To give further encouragement to the police,
whose numbers were doubled laet February to cope with an increase in
petty ering » several intermediate ranke which had been abolished were
restored. :

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apartheid regime that are not [words indistinct] in their own country. What
happened in Messina was not a new thing in our country, in fact they even
know that ‘most of these attacks were [words indistinct]. All these attacks
were against the enemy (?settler).

Our people will continue attacking the enemy everywhere in our country, be
it in the north, east, west or south of the country. There is no place that
will remain safe for the racists and their supporters. On the other hand,
the land mines against the racist army and police were the continuation of
the street battles that our people are engaged in the townships of Soweto,
in East Rand, the Eastern Cape, and in the Western Cape. And now in these
threats against Zimbabwe, the apartheid authorities are trying to divert
the attention from the real state of war that exists in South Africa.

Botha and his fascist generals are trying to fool théir white supporters
into believing that the incidents in Messina were not connected with the
street battles that are already spilling over into the white areas, busi-
nesses. They wonder why to continue believing that Botha can still guaran-
tee their freedom. .

If ‘all ‘along whites are bélieving that (?military) activities are only con-
fined ‘to black rural areas of our country, it's time we told them that the
entire country is a war zone. They must never believe what Botha is telling
them. They must not accépt the lie that the military activities are planned
by (?security) against neighboring and foreign countries. .All military
activities are as a result of the struggle inside ‘the country.

Even the land mines in Messina were the sign of the intensification of the
struggle that is seen inside ouf ‘country by our people. These [words indis-
tinct] call on our white compatriots to quickly realize the past activities
like the Messina land mine will soon become the order of the day, just like
petrol bombs and [words indistinct]. Moreover, ‘they must also keep it in
mind that such activities will not only intensify but will ‘also’ spread and
engulf the entire country, including their residential areas. Of course,
Botha will continue lying to them, trying to make them believe that’ they
are safe, but the time has come now for them to ‘take sides (?immediately).
A time will come for them to join the [words indistinct]. To them we say:
Renounce Botha, join the majority of the oppressed who are fighting for the
democratic and nonracial South Africa. Now is the time to change. To us
the embattled people of South Africa [words indistinct]. ©

We have long ago pledged to intensify the struggle on all sides. What we
must do now is to ensure that the [words indistinct] decadent racist troops
in the northern Transvaal today is extended to engulf the entire country.
Wherever we are, let us in our mobile underground cells launch attacks
against the enemy settlements. Now that their forces are beginning to be °
scattered, since they must now go to reinforce the northern Transvaal, let
us intensify the war here in the interior. Botha must not have evén a single
area which can be regarded as safe, including his own parliament (?itself).

Let us attack ‘the enemy in our places of [words indistinct]‘the whole country
must go up in flames. Those among us who have not’ joined or formed under-
ground cells must start working toward this. [Words indistinct] Hands off
the Republic of Zimbabwe. .

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NIGERIA

COMMENTARY ON UPCOMING QUADRIPARTITE CONFERENCE
AB291628 Lagos International Service in English 0930 GMT 29 Nov 85
[Commentary by Tom Offiong]

[Text] In December 1984, a quadripartite agreement was signed between
Nigeria and three neighboring countries: Togo, Ghana, and Burkina Faso.
The agreement provides for, among other things, free movement of persons
and goods, extradition of fugitives, as well as socioeconomic cooperation.
When on 13 November 1985, the ministerial conference of the four nations
was scheduled to kick off in Lagos for the first time, observers saw the
move as an indication of progress to strengthen their spirits of friendship
and understanding, common aims, vision, as well as common prospects for the
future--more so when the Nigerian foreign minister, Professor Akinyemi, had
undertaken a tour of the three neighboring countries with special messages
from President Ibrahim Babangida to leaders of these countries.

Generally, it was hoped that issues to be discussed at the conference will
include thé reopening of Nigeria's borders which were closed down soon after
the coming of the Buhari administration for security reasons. The hope for
the inclusion of thé border issue was based on the fact that nobody’ had
wanted to discuss it in the past. Unfortunately, the 2-day four-nation
ministerial conference could not reach an agreement on any issue as no
communique was issued after the meeting. Apart from the fact that the
quadripartite agreement was still valid, which represented things on which
the four nations could base their relationships, the meeting could best be
described as a pendulum that never swung. Ghana and Togo were said to be
the brains behind the failure of the quadripartite meeting. The delegation
from Togo was said to have stuck to its government's instruction to table
for’ discussion the issue of bomb explosions in Lome recently, while that of
Ghana, on the other hand, also stuck to its government's instruction to back
out from such discussion. Whilé some observers saw the discussion of the
bomb explosion in Lome as a move to bring to the awateness of the quadri-
partite member-states the need to check the excesses of their neighbors,
others warned that henceforth contents of the agenda for future conference
should be made known and agreed upon by the four nations before the com-
mencement of the meeting.

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26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CONSUMER BOYCOTT LIFTED TEMPORARILY IN REEF AREA

MB291132 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1125 GMT 29 Nov 85

[Text] Johannesburg, Nov 29, SAPA--The boycott of white businesses, which
has been in force in Soweto and other Reef townships for the past three

months, has been called off with immediate effect.

But this is only a temporary measure. Consumers have been given eight
days--up to December 7--to make their purchases in white business areas.

In Pretoria, the boycott comes into effect on Sunday, after being suspended
for some days.

Mr Jabu Ngwenya, a spokesman for the Consumer Boycott Committee, announced
last night that the boycott had been temporarily called off "to sort out

the confusion of the past three months" and give the campaign a new direc-
tion.

But he added that on December 8 it would once more be enforced.

He said his committee had decided the boycott was not effective enough in the
Reef areas because, unlike in townships elsewhere, Soweto and East Rand town-
ships had numerous routes which people took to white shopping areas.

That made monitoring the ban very difficult.

“But we must stress that even though the boycott is being temporarily lifted,
this does not mean the people must go on wild buying sprees."

"Rather, we want them to buy essentials which they cannot obtain from the
township stores.

"We also warn youngsters who beat up people ignoring the boycott call, that
violence is not our policy.

"Instead of violence, the youths must go around educating people on the
reasons behind the boycott," he said.

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SOUTH AFRICA

BUTHELEZI SAYS ANC NEEDS ZULU AID
MB301113 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1036 GMT 30 Nov 85

{SAPA PR Wire Service; issued by: the chief ministers office, Ulundi; for
immediate release]

[Text] Ulundi, Satutday--Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi today warned ANC
external mission leader Oliver Tambo that he would never win anything in
South Africa without the involvement of Inkatha and the Zulu nation.

The Kwazulu chief minister, in his presidential address to Inkatha's Central
Committee, listed acts of violence aimed specifically at Inkatha members by
the exiled ANC and said he could not stand by when ordinary people were
violated. —

Inkatha would never carry out political vendettas through violence, he said.
But history itself was now forcing Inkatha to accept the inevitability of an
eye-for-an-eye and a tooth-for-a-tooth philosophy.

It would not be diverted from the main purpose of its struggle into
internecine black strife, but it would defend ordinary people, as well as
itself, with the last drop of its blood.

Chief Buthelezi said he was immensely proud of the noble struggle for lib-
eration by blacks and of the fact that they had never been broken by the
worst apartheid could do to them.

They had not been subdued by the worst police brutality, dehumanised by
apartheid with its hideous, draconian laws or demoralised by suffering.

He could not therefore understand how the ANC mission in exile thought it
could demoralise blacks by doing even uglier things to them than the police.

There had been victims of terrible police brutality, but the brutality now
emerging from the ANC mission in exile quarters was planned and presented
with a pseudo morality which was warping people's minds.

Policemen did not hang tyres round people's necks and set them alight.
"Having prevailed against apartheid for generations, do we now stand aside

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SOUTH AFRICA

INTERVIEW WITH END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN LEADER
MB271646 London BBC World Service in English 1615 GMT 27 Nov 85
[From the "Focus on Africa" program]

[Text] Since the state of emergency was declared in South Africa's black
townships earlier this year, there has been growing resentment to an
increased use of army troops to back up security police. Up to three-
quarters of the army is made up of conscripts. Every white adult male in
South Africa is liable to be called up for active service, but there is
opposition. The End Conscription campaign, for example, opposes the
call-up, and also the use of troops in the black townships. The national
organizer of End Conscription, (Laurie Nathan), is in London. Elizabeth
Blunt asked him if there was any difference in the roles of the army and
the police in the townships.

{Begin recording] [(Nathan)] There is no real distinction any longer
between the different roles that are played. In some regions, the police
are regarded by township residents as more vicious than the army, in other
regions it would be different, the other way around. Effectively, the role
is the same. Officially, the army is subject to the discipline and
authority of the police in the area, although effectively what happens on
the ground, it doesn't really matter.

[Blunt] The people you've been talking to are in the army now. Are they
finding some of the things they are asked to do unacceptable?

((Nathan)] The first thing to say, I suppose, is that the majority of them
don't find what they're asked to do unacceptable, and that's understandable
because young white men are brought up on about 15, 16 years of apartheid
education, and they are brought up to believe that black people are inferior,
less than human, and one sees the results of that in the townships. Soldiers
express a keenness, and a desire to go kaffir-bashing, which is the way they
would put it. But there are many young men that are absolutely appalled and
horrified at what the soldiers are doing, what they are expected to do them-
selves, and are completely traumatized by that. There is very little option
for them, though.

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SOUTH AFRICA

EFFECT OF UNREST ON COMMUNITY SERVICES MINIMAL SO FAR
Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 31 Aug 85 p 5
(article: "Services not too Badly Disrupted") , 4

_ [Text] Sporadic disruptions of delivery services, health services and
ordinary municipal services were experienced this week in colored and black
“riot areas in the Peninsula. As far as could be determined yesterday,- Little
damage was caused.

., Emergency services and ambulance personnel were admitted into those
neighborhoods unhindered.. "It looks like the people realize the ambulance
service is there for their own good, for it has not been affected by the riots
at all," Mr Basil Warner, head of the Cape Town Ambulance Service, said
yesterday. He said where roads are impassable, the ambulances remain outside
the areas and sometimes they go into certain areas with police protection.

Mr ‘Jan Brand, city engineer of Cape Town, said his department, withdraws
services as soon.as the riots get too bad. Yesterday a, truck from the
‘municipality was burned out in Mitchell's Plain and two others were damaged.
|. Garbage accumulated when his personnel withdrew the day before yesterday. : "If
.. the roads are impassable, we simply withdraw our services. But we have again
started to clean up most of the roads where rubbish and tires were burned."

Mr Chris Mocke, ‘secretary of the Cape Divisional Council, said certain ; areas
were impassable at times last week and in such cases the services were
stopped. Dr L.R. Tibitt, medical health official of the Divisional Council,
Said the council's health services continued normally except in Rruispad vand
Nyanga. . . - . ‘

Mr Sampie Steenkamp, liaison official of the West Capeland Development Board,
said trash and night-soil removal in black areas has so far gone on normally.
"Whenever the riots get too bad, we withdraw our vehicles and personnel," he
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[Blunt] The worst brutalities that we're seeing now happening in the town-
ships at the hands of the army: Do you get the impression that it’s the
result of what you were describing as a keenness for kaffir-bashing on the
part of individual soldiers, or do you think it's actually the orders they
are given, and it's coming from above?

[(Nathan)] I don't think that soldiers will be given orders to assault
people indiscriminately, or to rape women, which is happening on a wide-
spread basis now, or to loot from houses. They are not getting orders to

do that. So that's happening on that ground, at.a certain level, among the
soldiers, and their immediate superiors: sergeants, corporals, lieutenants,
etc. And they are probably giving vent to their...[changes thought] the way
they've been brought up to those racist tendencies. So for example a friend
of mine went into [change of thought] to do a camp, which is a 30-day period,
in the East Rand in the Transvaal, and he was doing township duty. He was
briefed at the start of that camp by a sergeant who said that now, under

the indemnity clause (?7that could have been) extended throughout the country,
those soldiers basically have a license to kill, and that they could take
advantage of that if they wanted, and this was coming from a sergeant. And
he then boasted of how he had shot two African men with a bicycle with one
shot to improve his target practice.

[Blunt] Now, if every white man is called up, and conscripts make up the
larger part of the army, the army must be getting in people of all political
opinions, or at least all the political opinions that are represented in the
white community. Do they worry about getting people in the army that are
going to stir up trouble? _ oo ct

[(Nathan)] They are very worried about that. They are worried, I should
say, more about the lack of morale among the troops, then about individual
soldiers making or causing trouble within the army because it's far too
dangerous to do that. I think they are very worried about the lack of
morale, because there are large, large numbers of men that don't want to be
in the army, and that would include many Afrikaans-speaking young men. . {end
recording]

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presentation ceremony, Cde Halimeh said: "The donation has been made in order
to promote the already existing relations with the association and we hope
that. we will work with the AAPS for the Afro-Arab cause." Cde Nabudere
thanked the PLO for their kind gesture. He said the association and the PLO
had long - standing relations dating back 10 years to its formation. “AAPS
has always supported the Palestinian struggle,” he said. The money would be
used for promoting the association's activities. Also present was the
Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications Cde Nathan Shamuyarira,
who commended the work being done by the AAPS. “We in Zimbabwe are very happy
with the work being done by the association in promoting socialism,” he said.
The organisation was doing very well in advancing the policy of socialism.
The secretary-general of the association Prof. Adel Jinadu, and the
vice-president of the association, Southern African region, Cde Ibbo Mandaza,
wena also present. [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 16 Nov 85 p 5]

13104 ‘ ‘

DUTCH TO AID RURAL PROJECTS--Zimbabwe and the Hivos Foundation of the .
Netherlands yesterday signed a co-operation agreement that will benefit rural
incoming-generating programmes and help provide jobs for school leavers and
ex-combatants. The ‘agreement was signed by the “Minister ‘of Education, Cde-
Dzingai Mutumbuka, ‘and the Dutch Ambassador, Mr'Abraham Schneiders. He cited
Rusunguko School for ex-combatants in Bromley as a shining example of
co-operation between Hivos and Zimbabwe. Job creation was the biggest problem
the ‘country was facing. He hoped that Hivos and the Zimbabwe Foundation for -
Education with Production would co-operate’ in the further training of :
ex-combatants. He looked forward to the setting up of training facilities at
the Mufure Zimfep project outside Chegutu. Mr Schneiders said the agreement
was another expression of the excellent relations between the two countries
illustrated by Dutch financial assistance to Zimbabwe since 1980 totalling
nearly $100 million. Mr Schneiders said Hivos's main counterpart in Zimbabwe
was Zimfep, Thw two had been co-operating since, ‘1981, mainly in education for
refugee ‘children and recently in vocation training for adults. Hivos had
supplied books to Zimbabwe for teachers’ training colleges and university
worth $80,000. “[Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 22 Nov "85 p 0} /13104

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ave : . REUNION

FRENCH LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS: IN MARCH. DISCUSSED

Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 5’Oct ‘85 pp 2, 4 200° "-

[Text]: - ra a) Lou ren aa . : oe oe ce

The' various political forcés'of Réunion have all been mobilised for
several weeks now, edch with the same target’ in ‘view: the' French © ;
legislative elections in March 1986. The reform of thé French electoral ©
system which hae ‘introduced a system of proportional representation on a.
departmental basis has altered many of the features of the political
‘Landscape.’ In the firet place, five deputies, inatead of the presént

‘-threé, will represent Réunion in the French national assembly. As they * .
will now be elected proportionately, and'no longer by a majority vote
per conatituency, the Réunion Communist party, the PCR, ie almost
‘certain to take two of them. At present it has none, although it |
‘attracte an average vote of between 30 and 33 per cent.

For the right-wing parties, the neo-Gaullist RPR and the UDP, whose
members support ex-president Valéry GISCARD D'ESTAING or hie former
prime miniater Raymond BARRE, the objective ie to obtain the two, or
more probably the three, seate which they can hope to win (the third
could be taken by the Socialist party if it gains more support than it
has now). No definite agreement hae been concluded between the rightist
parties, but the idea seems to be emerging of a list of candidates
headed by former prime minister Michel DEBRE, currently an RPR deputy
for Réunion, with Jean-Paul VIRAPOULLE, the local UDF leader and mayor
of Saint-André, which has 30,000 inhabitants, in second place. Third on
the list would be André TIEN-AH-KOON, the centriat mayor of Tanpon,
whose population ia 40,000.

If the make-up of thie list ia confirmed it would point both toa
weakening of the RPR, which would only have one deputy out of five, and
@ strengthening of the tsland'a Asiatic community, of Indian and Chinese
origin, in local politics. Behind the septegenarian Mr DEBRE, the other
two candidates are barely more than 40. .

The FCR's daily newapaper, Témoignages, has no doubt about the real
enemy, concentrating ite fire not on General de GAULLE's former premier
but on Jean-Paul VIRAPOULLE, who with hie brother Louts, a centrist
senator, has just retained-his seat on the regional council ae
representative for Saint-André. As the council's firet vice-chairman,

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

BRIEFS

HIJACK HANDLING PRAISED--Cairo, Dec. 2 (MENA)--The African Journalists Federa-
tion hailed, in a statement it issued today, the Egyptian armed forces’ storm-
ing of the hijacked airliner and rescuing of its passengers. The federation
called upon the international community to adopt strict measures to combat
terrorism. It ‘called upon African federations and organisations to check

such acts against God and international law. [Text] [Cairo MENA in English
2045 GMT 2 Dec 85 NC] /6091

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SOUTH AFRICA

BUTHELEZI LINKS VIOLENCE WITH REGISTRATION ACT
MB300933 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0833 GMT 30 Nov 85

[Text] Durban, Nov 30, SAPA--Violence would continue to escalate in South
Africa until the government scrapped the Population Registration Act, Chief
Mangosuthu Buthelezi told a delegation from the Urban Councils Association
of South Africa (UCASA) last night.

There could be no progress towards significant power-sharing while the
government legislated for racial distinctions, he told the UCASA delegation,
led by its national president, Mr S. Kgame.

Without the Population Registration Act, which legalised distinctions
between people of various skin colours, there could be no pass laws, no
Group Areas Act, no influx control regulations of the present kind and
no legally enforceable racism.

"While the South Africa Government legislates for racial distinctions there
can only be escalation of violence. Ultimately, it is the race classifica-
tion law which is the root cause of conflict in South Africa," he said.

This was why he could not bring himself to attend this week's meeting of
the state president, Mr P.W. Botha and chief ministers of the five other
"national states," Chief Buthelezi said.

He could not participate in the special cabinet committees deliberations,
in the non-statutory negotiating forum or in any development which accepted
"the white man's choice of the white tricameral parliamentary system."

Black leaders who did so would find themselves side-lined by future politi-
cal developments, and there was a real possibility that they would be
destroyed by the process which rejected institutionalized political divi-
sions based on race.

The ruling National Party had employed apartheid to try to use first-tier
levels of government in black areas as mechanisms of oppression, thus
turning black townships into arenas where fierce political battles were
now raging.

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INTER-AFRICAN AFFAIRS

LIPTAKO-GOURMA AUTHORITY MINISTERIAL SESSION ENDS
AB211052 Paris AFP in French 0814 GMT 21 Nov 85

[Text] Niamey, 21 Nov (AFP)--The 21st ordinary session of the Ministerial
Council of the Liptako-Gourma Authority ended in Niamey late Wednesday
morning with the participants’ appeal to money-lenders for the construc-
tion of the "Sahel Railroad."

This session of the Liptako-Gourma Authority (which includes Burkina Faso,
Mali and Niger) met for 3 days and was presided over by the Burkinabe min-
ister of planning and people's development, Mr Youssouf Ouedraogo.

The ministers of the three member states have ratified 11 resolutions, one
of which concerns a railroad link between Quagadougou-Tambao (in Burkina
Faso), Tera-Niamey (in Niger) and Tambao-Ansongo (on the Niger River, east
of Mali) and which is to be named the "Sahel Railroad." The remaining
resolutions mainly concern the food situation in the three countries, prob-
lems of opening up their countries (through the development of the medium
course of the Niger River between Timbuctu in Mali and Gaya in Niger) and
financing of a road project.

During his address, the Niger minister of planning, Mr Almostapha Soumaile,
expressed happiness with the good agricultural yields in the three coun-
tries and hailed the solidarity between Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, par-
ticularly in the agro-pastoral field.

Each member state's participation will amount to 50 million CFA francs.
The participants also examined the problems of arrears in contributions,
which remain substantial and which hamper the smooth running of the
organization which was created in 1970 for the purpose of stepping up the
integrated development of this region of 450,000 square kilometers, the
four corners of which are marked by the towns of Timbuctu and Gao in Mali,
Po in Burkina Faso, and Dosso in Niger.

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I.0.N.- This ie the firet time that the RENE government has agreed to
re-entrust the management of a part of ite tourist industry to a
foreign company. Since 1981 ite policy on tourtem has changed, and the
authorities now prefer to sell the archtpelago up-market. For this
purpose they want to end the run-down of their hotel assets and resume
investment in thie sector. After a sharp decline between 1979 and 1983
tourtam in the Seychelles ie experiencing a rapid recovery. According
to the national news agency, SAP, the telande' visitors thie year are
predicted to outnumber their total inhabitante. In the first eight
montha of thie year 49,000 touriste arrived in the Seychelles, and the
number by December 31 is forecast to reach 75,000 for the year, 10,000
move than the country's whole population. Of thie number, 70 per cent
come from four, furopean.countries: France (25 per cent), Italy... «:
Britain and West Germany. os . : :

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‘ZIMBABWE

BRIEFS

EDUCATED WOMEN URGED TO JOIN PARTY--The Minister of Justice, Legal and
Parliamentary Affairs, Cde Eddison Zvobgo, recently criticissed educated women
for their reluctance to joint Zanu (PF) and play a meaningful role in it.
Addressing hundreds of women at the Masvingo Provincial Women's League Show,
the minister said educated and professional women did not want to join the
party because they felt it was for uneducated and old women. He urged the
party to look into the problem and see how it could be overcome. Glen View
MP, who is also Women's League chairwoman for Harare Province Cde Idah
Mashonganykia, praised women in Masvingo for developing their province and
displaying many items at the show. She urged the women to form co-operatives
and said that although many women found it easy to participate in
co-operatives, they lacked technical know how. [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in
English 20 Nov 85 p 5] /13104

AID TO TRAIN ENGINEERS--The University of Zimbabwe's faculty of engineering is
to benefit from a $4 million technical aid package under a British-Zimbabwe
manpower scheme project. The deal was signed by the Secretary for Finance,
Economic Planning and Development Cde Elisha Mushayakarara, and the British
High Commissioner, Mr Ramsay Melhuish, in Harare yesterday. Mr Melhuish
commended the quality of Zimbabwean engineers and the esteem with which they
were held throughout the world. [Text] [Harare THE HERALD in English 20 Nov
85 p 3] /13104

FINNISH TEAM IN, TRADE PROMOTION--Zimbabwean and Finnish industrialists
yesterday began five days of talks in Harare to promote business between the
two countries. The seminar, organized by the Confederation of Zimbabwe
Industries and the Finnish Fund for Industrial Development, will examine local
investment opportunities for Finnish businessmen so Zimbabweans can benefit
from Finnish technology. The talks were opened by the CZI president, Mr John
Kmushi, who said economic development in Zimbabwe could only take place with
substantial investment in technology transfer, technology co-operation and
equity participation through joint ventures. [Text] [Harare THER HERALD in
English 19 Nov 85 p 2] /13104

PLO DONATES TO SOCIALIST SOCIETY--The Palestine Liberation Organisation
yesterday donated $10,000 to the African Association of Political Science.

The money was presented to the president of the association, Prof. Dani Wadada
Nabudere, by the PLO Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Cde Ali Halimeh. Speaking at the

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LIBERIA

BRIEFS

RETRENCHMENTS ORDERED AT FINANCE MINISTRY--A total of, 215 employeés of the
Finance Ministry in Monrovia have been declared retrenched and retired in
keeping with the recent directive by the head of state. Disclosing this at
a news conference today, Finance Minister Major G. Alvin Jones said the
number, 149 persons were declared redundant, while 66 persons were retired
after 23 years to 27 years of service. [sentence as heard] He said those
retired at the Finance Ministry would begin to receive their pension bene-
fits from government as of January next year, while those retrenched will
be paid for the months they worked. Minister Jones said a list of the
employees retrenched and retired would be submitted to the office of the
head of state to duly inform him that his directive had been carried out.
Mr Jones said those employees retired or retrenched would not be reemployed
nor replaced, adding, the Finance Ministry will continue to get rid of
unproductive employees as a matter of policy. [Text] [Monrovia Radio
ELWA in English 2000 GMT 28 Nov 85 AB] /6091

COMMERCE, FINANCE MINISTERS TO DISCUSS PRICES-~Authorities of the Ministries
of Commerce and Finance are expected to convene a joint meeting shortly to
discuss the price of essential commodities in the wake of economic measures
recently instituted by the head of state, Commander in Chief Dr Samuel K. Doe.
According to the LIBERIAN NEWS AGENCY, this was disclosed in Monrovia yester-
day by Commerce Minister Major Mcleod Darpoh. She said her ministry cannot
determine prices in isolation especially for goods on which duties and sur-
charges are levied. Minister Darpoh also disclosed that the prices of
locally produced commodities will, however, be reviewed by the Commerce
Ministry without consulting the Finance Ministry. Commenting on fares of
land transports, she said this area might not be affected except where there
are serious problems. On the retrenchment of employees at the Commerce Min-
istry, Mrs Darpoh said she does not think many people will be affected
because the ministry had been carrying out this scheme before the head of
state made the retrenchment announcement and hence the list could be a

small one. Meanwhile, Mrs Darpoh had appealed to the public to bring to

the attention of her ministry any arbitrary increase in fares for trans-
porting goods from one point to another. [Text] [Monrovia Radio ELWA in
English 1710 GMT 28 Nov 85 AB] /6091

MARITIME BUREAU AGREEMENT~-The Bureau of Maritime Affairs and the Maritime
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COMORO ISLAND

POLITICAL SITUATION REPORTEDLY TENSE '”
Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER in English 12 Oct 85 p 12

[Text] :

The situation remains tense in the Comoros after the appointment of a
new government last September 21. After his dismissal was made known,
former minister of state Ali MROUDJAE organised a meeting to demand the —
resignation of ‘president Ahmed ABDALLAH, but it appears the event did not
take on the character of a mass demonstration for which Mr MROUDJAE was
hoping.

The_return of Omar TAMOU to the cabinet as minister for the interior
and information is undeniably a victory for the president, for Mr TAMOU
has close links with the chairman of the national assembly, Mohamed TAKI,
who is in self-imposed exile in France. There was even speculation that
Mr TAMOU's appointment was intended to pave the way for Mr TAKI's return,
but this evaporated when the Parisian weekly VSD reported on October 3
that the latter had contacted French mercenary René DULAC, formerly
active in the Comoros, to organise a coup d'état with the aid of South
Africa. VSD said finance for the coup would have come from one of the
richest traders in the Comoros, named KALFANE, a "friend" of president
ABDALLAH whose return to power on May 13, 1978 he backed and organised.
Neither Mr KALFANE nor Mr TAKI denied the report, but Mr TAKI's
supporters cancelled a mass meeting in Paris planned for October 18.

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TOGO

» BRIEFS

1986 BUDGET ANNOUNCED--The cabinet met this morning at the Presidential Palace
under the chairmanship of General Gnassingbe Eyadema, the founding-chairman
of the RPT [Rally of the Togolese People} and president of the republic.
During this meeting, the cabinet examined, in a third reading, the estimates
of the general budget for the 1986 fiscal year.. The minister of finance and
economy, first of all, presented a report on developments in the world
economic situation marked by a slight recovery particularly in the indus-
trialized countries and later stressed the prospects of the Togolese’ economy
which will improve in 1986. The minister of finance and economy reminded the
cabinet of the RPT founding-chairman's directives for the drawing of this
budget, namely, the observance of the austerity and belt-tightening measures
in execution since 1983 which aim at cleaning up public finances and
redressing our country's economic situation. He finally presented the 1986
fiscal year budget balanced at 87,282.784 million CFA francs in comparison to
81,890.014 million CFA francs for the 1985 fiscal year. The cabinet adopted
this 1986 budget which is 5,392.770 million CFA francs higher than the 1985
estimates. It must be recalled that according to estimates, the 1985 budget
is said to have been executed with over a 2 billion CFA franc increase.
[Text] [Lome Domestic Service in French 2200 GMT 27 Nov 85 AB] /6091

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SOUTH AFRICA

SABC COMMENTARY DISCUSSES COMMONWEALTH MISSION
MB280820 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 28 Nov 85
[Station commentary]

[Text] Although it is doubtful whether the Commonwealth group of so-called
eminent persons will contribute anything toward South Africa's political
salvation, they will nevertheless be allowed to visit the country, on condi-
tion that they are genuinely interested in apprising themselves of the facts
of South and southern Africa.

Making the announcement, the minister of foreign affairs, Mr Pik Botha, said
that the Commonwealth representatives were free to visit the country because
South Africa had nothing to hide. But that would not give them the right to
interfere in South Africa's domestic affairs.

The appointment of the group, together with limited selective sanctions forms
part of the proposals agreed to by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
at the recent Commonwealth conference in the Bahamas, aimed at warding off
tougher mandatory punitive measures against South Africa.

The group's task is to get negotiations going with what is called the "true
leaders of the black people of South Africa" with the aim of dismantling
apartheid and establishing a nonracial and representative government. From
the British point of view, at least it is regarded as a sincere attempt to
be helpful with the constitutional negotiating process.

An absolute refusal to allow the group in South Africa could therefore be
seen as the summary dismissal of well intentioned assistance. This would
immediately lead to further pressure on Britain to impose stricter manda-
tory sanctions against South Africa.

South Africa is therefore being realistic in provisionally giving the mission
the benefit of the doubt--but when one looks at its composition one cannot
expect much in the way of a constructive contribution. The committee com-
prises a motley collection of personalities from seven countries, most of
them without any particular fitness for their task.

This is the reason, it is said, why the original designation "wise men" was
changed to "eminent persons."

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Now that the second meeting of the quadripartite states has been scheduled
for December under the chairmanship of the Nigerian head of state, Ibrahim
Babangida, there is the belief that Togo and Ghana will have before that
time realized the danger in their insistence on rigid postures. Lastly,
Nigeria, the host nation, is noted as a Frontline State in Africa. It is
therefore on this basis that her discreetness and dynamism is expected to
come into display to make the December conference a huge success.

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ANGOLA

BRIEFS : fo. poe

AIRCRAFT DECLARED LOST--Luanda, 26 Nov (ANGOP)--An Antonov-2 aircraft with
registration No R-187 disappeared on 8 October on a flight from Luanda to
Uige Province in northern Angola. This was revealed by the People's Air
Force of Angola/Cir Defense [FAPA/DAA] in a communique issued in Luanda
last Monday. The communique was signed by Colonel Henriques Teles Carreira,
the commander of FAPA/DAA, and said that the aircraft left Luanda on 8 October
with eight people aboard. All efforts by FAPA/DAA officials to find this
aircraft proved fruitless, the communique said, adding that the aircraft
had lost contact with the control tower due to bad weather. After the
required legal waiting period had passed, during which search operations
were carried out, the aircraft, as well as its crew and passengers, has
been declared lost, the communique stated. [Text] [Luanda ANGOP in French
1235 GMT 27 Nov 85 MB] /6091

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NIGERIA

NEED FOR STEEL TECHNOLOGY UNDERSCORED
AB021140 Lagos International Service in English 0850 GMT 2 Dec 5
[Viewpoint]

[Text] The Ajaokuta steel project is the biggest of all the steel projects’
embarked upon by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The-establishment of
the steel project is as a result of the firm and realistic'belief that
acquisition of steel technology is a necessary condition for a country's
industrial take-off. Nigeria's experience in the execut{on of a steel
project, especially the Ajaokuta steel [complex], has raised doubts in

the minds of some Nigerians as to whether the steel project can ensure
Nigeria's techitological take-off. This is in spite of the fact that a‘lot
of money has been sunk toward: the execution of the project. :

The commissioning of the Ajaokuta steel [complex] is 3 years behind schedule.
It is against this background therefore that President Babangida along with
his entire cabinet went on an on-the-spot assessment tour of the Ajaokuta
steel project. According to the minister of mines, power and steel, Alhaji
Rilwanu Lukeman, the visit was relevant to ongoing deliberations on the 1986
budget in order to disabuse the minds of his colleagues in the cabinet that
the project was a waste of funds. On completion, the project is expected to
produce galvanized sheets for use among others in the automobile industry.
Products of the steel complex will also be used in the manufacturing of
refrigerators and later steel for use by the railways.

There is no doubt that these are areas of technological activity that can make
a lot of positive contributions to the national economy, taking into consid-
eration the fact that these materials are imported into the country at
present. Nigeria is rapidly becoming a big industrial society if one con-
siders the scale of industrial activity going on. These industries depend a
lot on steel as a major input. Therefore, continued importation of steel
will not be in the interest of the economic well-being of Nigeria. It is
therefore heart-warming to hear President Babangida say after the inspec-
tion tour, that the Ajaokuta steel project will not suffer further delay
because of the reed for urgent technological advancement. Viewpoint there-
fore believes that the hopes and aspirations of the government and people
of Nigeria in steel technology will be realized by 1999 when the Ajaokuta
steel [complex] is expected to be commissioned.

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SOUTH AFRICA

BUILDING INDUSTRY URGED TO LOOK AT BLACK HOUSING
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Nov 85 p 4

[Text]

SOUTH Africa’s “Black
housing market represen-
ted a real resource to a
building industry belea-
guered by both recession
and instability, Mr Justice
J H_ Steyn, | executive
chairman of the Urban
Foundation, told the SA
Institute of Housing yes-
terday. .

Prospects for the build-
ing industry seemed
daunting in view of the
fact no economic upturn
could be expected within
the next 12 months, Mr
Justice Steyn said.

But’ the “largely un-

tapped” Black construc- °

tion market — bearing in
mind that townships were
historically kept from full
development as they were
constructed merely as
dormitory areas — was
now ready to reap the full
benefit the industry had
gained in “White con-
struction,” he told insti-

tute members.
“In a nutshell, the
building industry in South

Africa is sitting on a po-
tential goldmine of op-
portunity” now that the |
permanence of Black!
townships in White cities
had been acknowledged,
Mr Justice Steyn said,

Black home ownership
was being encouraged, re-
strictions on Blacks trad-
ing in townships had
largely bee iifted, aiid
the State — previously
the sole provider of hous-
ing, services and infra-,
‘structures in townships —
was now seeking the ac-.
tive participation of the
private sector in this pro-
cess, he said.

But private sector in-
volvement was hampered
by a number of factors,
Mr Justice Steyn said.
These included: .

@ Limited availability
of land for Black resides
tial and commercial de-
velopment;

@ difficulty of access
to affordable finance;

@ present restrictions
on security of tenure;

@ complex bureaucrat-
ic procedures;

@ the absence of a
Black housing market;

@ the less developed
aspects of Black local
government; and,

@ the imposition of in-
appropriate standards.

These constraints were
not, however, ‘insupera-
ble.

Normat price escalation
because of increased de-

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mand had been compli-
cated by other factors —
rooted in the policy of
separatism — but towns:
hips had now been “unf-
rozen,” and a “new prag-
matism” had seen the

President’s Couricil stress
that the provision of land
for township’ ‘develop-!
ment would have to be
_ treated as a matter of urg-

ency.
i To this end, in addition
to the normal yearly allo-
‘cation of about R100-mil-
tion, an extra R200-mil-
fion would be made avail-
able over the next five
years to upgrade Black
towns in general.
” Previously-owned De-
velopment Board fand
was being transferred to
“Black focal authorities
and opportunities for pri-
svate sector participation
in the provision of land
would also have to be de-
veloped, Mr Justice Steyn
said, : :
: With regard to finance,
the problem was not the
absence of money — not-
{withstanding the reces-"
‘sion — but rather’ that
money was ill-directed.
Subsidisation, necess-
ary because of the Gov-
‘ernment policy of provid-



He said township shopkeepers who had been accused of taking advantage of the
boycott by raising their prices, should not do so when the ban on white shops
was reimposed.

The suspension of the boycott did not mean the demands: which had prompted it
were being abandoned, he added.

The demands are:

~-An end to the state of emergency.
--Withdrawal of army units from the townships.
~-The release of all detainees.

A fourth demand asking the government to halt all fare increases had been
added, he said. ‘

The areas where the boycott had been called off from today include townships
in Johannesburg; the East Rand, West Rand and Potchefstroom.

Because people had often said those behind the boycott call were faceless,

the Consumer Boycott Committee had decided smaller committees should be set
up in the various communities to answer any queries.

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26 December 1985

eal bE BURKINA

MINISTER RETURNS FROM ECOWAS MEETING; COMMENTS

AB292117. Ouagadougou Domestic Service in French 1900 GMT 28 Nov 85

[Text] .The minister of financial resources, Comrade Justin Damo Barro, has
returned: from Lome where he participated in two ECOWAS meetings--the ECOWAS’
Fund Board of Directors meeting--presided over by Burkina Faso and which was
held from 21 ‘through 23 November--and the meeting of the Council of Ministers--
held from 25 through 27 November.

Concerning the Fund's Board of Directors meeting, Comrade Justin Damo Barro
said it.was'noted that the projects mapped-out by the Fund were making ‘
satisfactory progress, particularly those concerning communications and
telecommunications. Thus, he said: ‘It will soon be possible ‘to link by
telephone all the capitals of our subregion without passing through Europe.
The Board of Directors approved the Fund's budget which amounts to 12 billion
CFA francs. This budget is lower than that of the previous year. ‘But what is
important for Burkina, and which the minister of financial resources revealed,
is that the Fund will spend 200 million CFA francs to support the tarring

of the road between Bobo-Dioulasso and Orodara at the border with Mali.

The second meeting attended by our minister of financial resources was that
of the ECOWAS Council of Ministers. Let us listen to Comrade Barro as he
talks about this meeting:

[Begin Barro recording] The Executive Secretariat is not making the same
amount of progress as the Fund is making. In fact, for some complex rea-
sons-~I do not want to go into details--the ECOWAS Executive Secretariat is
facing a number of problems, particularly the problem of contributions which
are not forthcoming as well as the problem of an administrative bottleneck,
which perhaps is caused by the number of member states making up ECOWAS,
linguistic differences, and the inherited legal system. But there is a
little progress now from the first report presented by the present team at
the Secretariat. You know that for about 10 years, the ECOWAS Secretariat
was managed by a team which did not take its work seriously at all and could
not implement a number of decisions made by the various heads of state.
There are also political problems within the community which hamper the
commencement of projects at the level of the community.



JPRS*SSA*85*127
26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

CUSA OFFICIAL CRITICIZES WHITE ROLE IN UNION FEDERATION
MB271832 Johannesburg SAPA in English 1814 GMT 27 Nov 85

[Text] Durban, Nov 27, SAPA--The new "super federation" of trade unions to
be launched’ in Durban this weekend could not adequately serve black worker
interests because whites were taking a leading part in it, Mr Norman
Middleton, Natal co-ordinator of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA),
said today. :

"That is why we in CUSA will have nothing to do with it," he told SAPA.

Mr Middleton. said CUSA and the Azanian Council for Trade Unions (AZACTU)
believed that any new worker federation must be able to unite black workers
“and not merely accommodate aspirations of a minority leadership."

They also believed that such a federation had to identify itself and parti-
cipate "in the national liberation struggle."

He said whites "including intellectuals and university dropouts," ‘were
“privileged people" and would not be able to unite, let alone lead, the
majority black worker groups.

"We believe only blacks who feel the weight of apartheid can resolve their
Problens,'! he said.

The choice of "white venues"--the University of Natal and Durban' 8 Kings
Park Stadium--for the launching of the "super federation" underlined CUSA's
fears and objections, ‘Mr Middleton said.

The "giped union”, aims at representing more than 400, 000 union members,
mostly black, and its voice would have to be taken "very seriously" by
employers,:the government, the outside world and by conventional black
politicdl groups, Mr Gavin Brown, an industrial relations con
ciated with the new move, has been reported as saying.

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JIPRS+SSA*85*127
26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

COURSES DESCRIBED AT TECHNIKON WITWATERSRAND'S MINING SCHOOL

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Nov 85 p 36

[Text]

THE school had tts * courses ona co-oper-
beginnings at the end ative basis with the In-
of the Previous cen dustry in the following:
tury when the
technical training fairing (Metal end
‘arose following the es- Extraction Metallurgy
tablishment of the i 1 1
mini l.
ing Industry. ! Mine Surveying |

in ns, early training I Economic Geology.

mining engineering National High?
and metallurgy tater er Diploma courons
became centralised in students. with
Johannesburg at what @ partial exemption of
was known as the the Government Cer-
Transvaal Technical ticate of Competency

The University ° of Such certificates are
‘ the tersrand, : " essential for progress
torl University towards managerial ,
ot wane | ‘and consultative posit- '
rand Technical Col- | tons in the large min-
lege (now Technikon) ing groups of the Re-
all grew out of this in- ‘public. i
ot
The Technical Col- ma course @
‘lege was founded in Surveying _ provides
1925 and Its Depart. | the necessary training
ment of Mining was: to pass the Govern-
one of the first estab-‘ ment Certificate | of
lished and has deve-; Competency in Mine
‘oped over the years Surveying. “An ambl-
into the present tious man” may pro-
School. OF chet Suvayor
rs Seoipeteaty Grup Sure
bone of the Republic's ' The Higher Diplo-
economy since the! ma course in Extrac- '
early days and as the tion Metallurgy equips
only Schoo! of Mining one with the technical
and Metallurgy at ‘know-how required for
1 its
Technion Jevaoring | the» metallurgical

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‘plants of the various
mines.

The mining industry”
will ploy tad under

country that has ‘de-;
|-Bosits of all the Impor-

tant steel alloying ma-
tells and is hovotore


Meanwhile, a shipping company here has broken long-standing ties with South
Africa to join seven European lines wanting to help transport development in
the region.

Zimbabwe Marine will now be known as Zimbabwe Shipping Services, whose owners
are companies in France, Belgium, West Germany, the Netherlands, Britain and
Sweden. ~

The company's chief executive, Peter Lamport-Stokes, said this week the
lines were keen to help increase the amount of container traffic passing
through Mozambican ports to make the route economic.

Several of the companies have already been involved in the maintenance of
harbour facilities and port development in Mozambique.

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26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL CALL FOR REPEAL OF GROUP AREAS ‘ACT : “¢
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 21 Nov 85 p 5
[article ‘by Brian’ Stuart]

[Text] The call by the President's Council this week for the amendment or
repeal of the Group Areas Act on economic grounds is seen in political
circles as "another nail in the coffin" of one of apartheid's central
measures.

The Group Areas Act now joins influx control and the Pass Laws as condemned
on the grounds that the country cannot afford it and that it is inhibiting
full employment and economic prosperity.

At present this legislation, with the Separate Amenities Act and other
related law, is before the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Presi-
dent's Council, which is expected to report to the State President, Mr P.W.
Botha, some time next year.

It is significant that the Economic Affairs Committee of the President's
Council this week repeatedly referred to the Group Areas Act as discrimi-
natory and economically restrictive.

It went further in calling for a policy of “equivalence for all businessmen."
Laws which applied different standatds to businessmen on the grounds of race
should be "identified and appropriately amended." One of its récommendations
is that a technical committee comprising members drawn from the private sector
and from the Department of Constitutional Development and Planning should be
set up to examine such laws.

The committee's report was strongly worded: "To conduct the detailed
investigation of the required amendments in respect of this legislation as
a matter of urgency"--that is, not to decide whether they should be amended,
but the manner in which to make the amendments.

The recommendation lists a number of laws as "specific legislation and

topics governed by legislation which should be the subject of immediate
investigation with a view to repeal."

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26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA

SABC COMMENTARY DISCUSSES VALUE OF RAND
MBO21124 Johannesburg Domestic Service in English 0500 GMT 2 Dec 85
[Station commentary: "Getting the Rand Right"]

(Text] Nothing has more impact on a country's economy than the value of
its currency... .

It is, therefore, of the utmost importance that the debate, views and poli-
cies that can influence the value of the rand must be well considered.

At present, the currency seems to be trapped in a vice of indecision and
vague semantics, and it is time that all of the participants involved re-
examine their stance, as well as the consequences of their actions.

On the one hand it has been said quite clearly by the monetary authorities
that the rand is undervalued in terms of relative domestic purchasing power.

On the other hand, there are those who say that this means the currency must
be controlled and pegged at a rate decided by government and not the markets.

| It is accepted that defending the rand at an unrealistic level would wipe
out South Africa's foreign currency reserves within a few days as market
| operators sell rands at what they believe are bargain rates.

On the other hand, there could be room to ensure that unfair advantage is
not taken of surrounding uncertainties in the foreign exchange market.

In this respect, more responsibility rests with importers and exporters
than simply ensuring that they make maximum profit out of foreign exchange
deals, or even possibly with the banks which may be taking positions in
these markets without any real backing from genuine foreign exchange deals
by clients.

A simple example is an exporter who may be able to bring back dollar earnings

from foreign sales immediately, but in collusion with his customer claims
that he has given 6 months or more credit.

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IPRS*SSA*85+127
26 December 1985

ETHIOPIA

MENGISTU, DPRK VICE PREMIER BRIEFED ON RIVER DEVELOPMENT
EA272046 Addis Ababa Domestic Service in Amharic 1700 GMT 27 Nov 85

[Excerpt] A joint revolutionary Ethiopia-DPRK study is under way in Geleb
District, Hamer Bako Province of Gamu Gofa Region, on making the Omo River
valley more productive by expanding modern agricultural development in the
country and the area. Comrade Mengistu Haile Marian, Workers Party of
Ethiopia [WPE] Central Committee secretary general, PMAC chairman and
commander in chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, today inspected the
area and was briefed on the development study of the valley which is being
carried out jointly by Ethiopian and Korean experts. :

On arrival, the comrade secretary general and Comrade Yi Chong-ok, Workers
Party of Korea Central Committee Politburo member and DPRK vice premier,
were welcomed by Comrade Demise Workw, administrator of Geleb na Hamer Bako
Province and residents of the area. ue

It was learned from the experts’ briefing that the lower Omo River ‘is suit-
able for developing thousands of hectares of land through irrigation, and
that the Omo River could also be used for energy resources and other
development activities. ,

Our comrade revolutionary leader noted that in line with the plan ‘to
develop the Omo valley, research stations should be established in the

area to carry out the appropriate studies on soil, water, crops, plants and
the like; he added that this would enable the development work to be more
reliable when it is supplemented with scientific and modern know-how. Prior
to this, a briefing was given on the general state of Geleb na Hamer Bako
Province by the provincial administrator.

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ing mass housing of al
minimum standard, had!

;faken an ever-increasing

“ toll of the revenue allo-
cated to Black. housing
and eroded the capacity
for dynamic provision of
new housing.

The State recognised
that resources must be
made available for new
development and thus the
President's Council te-
port on urbanisation em-
phasised that all future
housing provision — ex-
cept for the indigent —
must be effected on an
economic basis.

The imbalance of past
investments in regional
development based on
ideological rather than
economic - considerations
would also have to be cor-

rected with regard to the ~

State’s. decentralisation
policy, Mr Justice Steyn
said. :

“The. existing metro-
politan areas where popu-
lation expansion has been

most’ rapid > and’ gross
under-investment has oc-

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curred requires ‘a major
fillip by way of resource
allocation.

“It is my belief that our

endemic instability is at,

least in part attributable
to the persistent, but mis-
taken belief that the more
we invest in our urban
areas, the more rapid the
rate of Black urbanisation

will occur,” Mr Justice”

Steyn told the institute.

The State would have
to be convinced of the
need to base decentralis-
ation primarily on objec-
tive, economic factors.

Mr Justice Steyn at-
tacked the heavy State
housing subsidy available
to public servants. Per-
ceptions dangerous to fu-
ture stability were gener-
ated by channelling 4 sub-
stantial percentage of
State housing revenue to-
wards the privileged sec-
tor of the community —
including middle’ class
Blacks — “impugning the
integrity of our purpose
and impacting negatively

95

jon Black views of free.en-
terprise practices”.

: Mr Justice Steyn paid
; tribute to building socie-
| ties dynamically involved
iin the financing of Black
housing, but said rules in
determining _ household
income and the imposi-
tion of the 25 percent
limit. and linear payment
schedules remained too
rigid. .
. He criticised life offices
and pension funds whose
enormous resources —de-
rived in some measure
from the Black communi-
ty — were channelled pri-
marily to prestige White
CBD (Central Business
District) developments
and other appropriate in-
vestments. Investment in
Black areas had long-

: [term benefits through job

creation, increased pros-
: perity and social stability,
said.

. Both the public and pri-
vate sectors had failed to
direct their resources to.
an adequate extent to
Black construction.“



JPRS«SSA*85+127
26 December 1985

MOZAMBIQUE

COMMENTARY VIEWS RSA CHARGES AGAINST ZIMBABWE
MB282041 Maputo in English to Southern Africa 1800 GMT 25 Nov 85

[Station commentary]

[Text] Once again, the South African authorities have tried to convince the
world that their problems are generated outside South Africa. Earlier this
month, Mozambique and Angola were accused of posing a military threat to
South Africa and this week the Pretoria administration has turned its
(?sight) on Zimbabwe. Five landmines are said to have been planted in the
northern Transvaal not far from the border with Zimbabwe. Pretoria claims
that the mines were taken into South Africa by ANC guerrillas who later
returned to Zimbabwe. The South African foreign minister, Roelof Botha, has
warned of possible South African military action inside Zimbabwe should such
incidents be repeated. The story is conveniently improbably. Even if there
were ANC guerrillas in Zimbabwe, they would hardly be likely to embarrass
their hosts by planting landmines close to the border, allowing themselves
to be spotted by local residents, and leaving a clean set of tracks leading
back to Zimbabwe. Yet, this is the (?view) the South African authorities in
Pretoria would like the world to believe and to regard as a justification for
any future attack on Zimbabwe. Nowadays, however, the world is hesitant
about believing any allegations coming from Pretoria and there are very good
reasons for this. What kind of credibility is deserved by a regime which
signs nonaggression pacts it has no intention of honoring? Who would
believe any claim by a regime which tries to hide its sins with the simple
expediency of a ban on television coverage on the black uprisings? Suspi-
cions about the real origins of the Limpopo landmines are bound to arise in
the minds of all but the most gullible. Many people will be reminded of the
(?Reichstag fire), the spectacular sabotage organized by Hitler and blamed
on his enemies, and many will share the opinion of Jesse Jackson, the former
U.S. presidential candidate, who yesterday described apartheid South Africa
as the historical successor of Nazi Germany.

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- SOUTH AFRICA

BUTHELEZI STRESSES INKATHA'S TIES TO ‘OLD ANC’
MB290941 Johannesburg SAPA in English 0715 GMT 29 Nov 85

[SAPA PRE Wire Service; issued by the chief ministers office, Ulundi; for.
immediate release] . :

[Text] Ulundi, Friday--Too few journalists perceived the extent of black
South Africa's commitment to the old ANC, Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi said
last night.

The depth of that commitment was reflected in the massive support throughout
the country for Inkatha, he told American news media executives, including a
board member of ASSOCIATED PRESS, Mr J. McGee, at a dinner here.

The Kwazulu chief minister and Inkatha president outlined the strong con-
nection he and members of his cabinet had had with the African National
Congress before the nationalist government "smashed" it and the PAC [Pan-
Africanist Congress] by banning them and jailing their leaders.

Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme, "the great founding father of the ANC," was his .
uncle. He and Inkatha's national chairman, fellow cabinet member Dr F.T. —
Mdlalose, had been members of the ANC Youth League, and Kwazulu minister of
justice, The Rev C.J. Mtetwa, had been an active member of the ANC in
Johannesburg. ,

Inkatha's leadership were products of the struggle for liberation, and he
tried always to be mindful of the wisdom of generations of black political
experience--having spent long periods in the 1950s, exchanging views with
people like Chief Albert Luthuli, Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela.

Chief Buthelezi said that, after the euphoria of the 1950s and early 1960s,
black politics had come virtually to a standstill for a decade as people
waited, looking over their shoulders for the return of the ANC external
mission in a triumphant march.

"Only a few of our brothers and sisters established the external mission of

the ANC. Thousands of us who were members of the organisation remained
inside to oppose apartheid as we have done all these years."

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MINISTER ON JOBS FOR BLACKS

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 27.Nov 85 p

[Text]

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THE Minister of Educa-
tion and” Development
Aid, Dr- Gerrit’ Viljoen
last night told South Afri-
can Industrialists that the
question no longer was

*’ whéther Blacks should be

used of not — but rather
how many and where and
how they could be used.

Addressing’ the annual

". general meeting’ of ‘the

Alberton Industrial Asso-
ciation, ,Dr __ Viljoen
sketched educational
plans for the future —
stressing that the underly-
ing aim of the State was to
create equal « opportu-
nities for the people. *

Industrialists — would
have to look to an ever
greater extent to Black ta-

bour to satisfy their re-

quirements. -
Research indicated that

by the year 1990 about 60

percent of all labour being

utilised in South Alrica ©

would. be . Black.» Only
about 24 pércent would
be White, 16 _Percent

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‘Coloured and Indian.

The country was on the
verge of tremendous and

dynamic development in —

eduication he said.

_ | The goal of equality in,

education for all popula-
tion groups to be attained
as soon as possible within
the. country’s economic

* means had been formally

embedded in legislation.
The new: pattern was

being evolved and pilot

projects would be launch-
ed at 75 schools next year
at each level to ensure
that the new approach

©@ Identify pupils with
interest in’ and aptitude

for particular careers; and ;

@ Provide pupils who
chose particular career di-
rections for the senior
secondary phase with ac-
-credited training.

“The plan‘was aimed at

getting 21 percent of all
pupils in the senior sec-
ondary phase into a tech-
nical education direction.

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SOUTH AFRICA

Where under one per-
cent of the pupils were at
present receiving second-
ary level technical educa-
tion and only 5,8 percent
primary level, this target
of 21 percent was unattai-
-nable' under the present
‘dispensation. © |,

was viable and met the re-
quirements,

Dr Viljoen summed up
the main aims of the new
approach and, said they
were to;

@ Promote the scien-
tific, mathematical and
technical moulding of the.

Pupil;

@ Cultivate and estab-
lish those skills and forms
of knowledge that were
demanded by modein so-
ciety; .

@ Give pupils the op;
portunity to explore the
various career directions
to enable them to make a ~

+ responsible career choice;

@ Give pupils vocatio-*
nal guidance; ne



JPRS*SSA+85-+127
26 December 1985

REUNION

EXTREME RIGHT IN ‘DIFFICULTY’ |
Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER ini Enl~ish 5 Oct 85.p 5. s4

[Text] co

7 al . tent . bees .
While Réunion is the only part of ‘France with a deputy in the National
Agsembly from’ the extreme-Right Front National (Jean FONTAINE, who joined
the front after being elected as an independent), the: party paradoxically
is having great difficulty in winning support in the island. Its local
leader, lawyer Henri BOITARD, freely admits the fact, saying, "The .
arrival of Jean FONTAINE as a member of the front has hindered instead of
helped us". Apart from being at odds with the deputy, local. activists
also ignored the advice of the party leadership’ in Pabis by: running two
candidates’ in the August 25 district elections at Saint André, where the
favourite was Jean-Paul VIRAPOULLE, a member of the rightist World Anti-
Communist League as well as représenting the centrist Union pour la
Démocratie Francaise (UDF). Slogans signed by the Front National appeared
oh Saint André walls accusing Mr VIRAPOULLE of "selling out to India".
In its: ‘attempts to thwart Jean-Paul VIRAPOULLE,’ the-local party,
strapped for cash, al. ok mone’ dunion members of Paris mayor -
ac s CHIRAC's Rassemblement po a République (RPR), ‘and was even
promised votes too. But this deal still did not enable the front to ‘avoid
@ very poor score: its two candidates only gained 0.74 and 1.17 per. cent
of votes cast. Meanwhile Jean FONTAINE is far from certain of retaining
his seat in the assembly. The RPR and the UDF will not give him a place
on their lists, and he will have great difficulty in drawing up his own.

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JPRS*SSA*85*127
26 December 1985

GHANA

BRIEFS

SAUDI DEVELOPMENT FUND LOAN--Two loan agreements have been signed in Accra
between Ghana and the Saudi Fund for Development. The amount involved is
524 million cedis and it will be used to finance two projects in the coun-
try. Some 241 million cedis of the money will be spent to complete the
sixth form science college at the Presbyterian secondary school at Legon
near Accra. The project will be executed by the Ministry of Education and
it is expected to be completed by the end of 1987, The remaining 287
[figure as heard] million cedis will provide proper storage facilities

for maize and other food grains in the food producing areas. : This project,
which will be implemented by the food distribution corporation, is expected
to be completed by August 1987. [Excerpt] [Accra Domestic Service in
English 0700 GMT 29 Nov 85 AB] /6091

PNDC PROHIBITS ARMS POSSESSION-~The PNDC [Provisional National Defense Coun-
cil] has prohibited, with immediate effect, the possession of arms and ammuni-
tion within the Bawku District of the Upper East Region to help contain law-
lessness in the area. A legislative instrument directs all residents of the
district to deposit any arm or ammunition in their possession at the nearest
police station. . The instrument empowers the police to arrest, without
warrant, persons suspected to be manufacturing, possessing, or carrying arms
and ammunition within the district. It also asked the regional secretary
and district secretaries to ensure that these directives are strictly com-
plied with to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. [Text] .[Accra Domestic Service
in English 1800 GMT 29 Nov 85 AB] /6091 . .

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JPRS*SSA*85* +127
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SOUTH AFRICA

NG MISSION CHURCH SUPPORTS STRUGGLE
Cape Town DIE BURGER in Afrikaans 31 Aug 85 p 5

{Article by Church Affairs reporter: "Statement by 22 Rural Pastors--NGSK
(Dutch Reformed Mission Church) Ministers Support Struggle] :

{Text] A group of rural pastors from the NG [Dutch Reformed] Mission Church
expressed their solidarity "with all those who are involved in the struggle
for liberation and justice."

The group of 22 is from South Capeland, the West Coast and the Karoo. Ina
statement about the unrest they said: "As rural pastors of the NG Mission
Church we want to hereby demonstrate our solidarity with those who are in
detention and in the hospital, as well as with the students and all who are
involved in the struggle for liberation and justice. We have understanding
for the frustration which gives rise to all sorts of forms of ‘violence.
However, we want to make a serious appeal to all those involved in’ the
struggle against apartheid to refrain from all forms of violence. The gospel
is also a guide for us in this respect. Therefore, we want-to further express
our profound aversion to the horrible violence and brutality used by the
police to oppose peaceful forms of protest. We recognize that it is the task
of the police to maintain law and order, but are convinced that their violence
is exacerbating the tension and frustration which already exists."

In another statement 24 pastors from the Mission Church criticized the

Moderatorship [executive synod council] for not speaking out more strongly
about the detention of the Assessor, Dr Allan Boesak. ‘

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their leader, Mr Yoweri Museveni, had fled to Europe. The NRA took advantage
of this opportunity to launch a massive recruitment drive and to attack
police stations and government positions.

In retrospect these activities turned out to be serious preparations by the
NRA for war. During the present round of talks in Nairobi, at a time when
agreement appeared very close, Museveni chose to declare a sort of interim
administration in western Uganda. The government stressed that this action
by Museveni was an attempt to divide Uganda into two parts.

In this connection the government reiterated its position that it will never
compromise on the position of the unity of the country. The government, the
statement declared, is committed to a policy of a united country under one
government. The statement further condemned the recent hijack of the Uganda
Airlines plane to Kasese by the NRA when excellent progress was being made
at the Nairobi talks.

The government noted that throughout the 4 months of the peace process
Museveni has demonstrated by his pronouncements and actions that he is not
interested in achieving genuine peace in Uganda. It charged that his. chief
objective remains to impose himself on the people of Uganda by force of
arms. For this reason of the personal ambition for power, Museveni has
turned a deaf ear to the yearning of the people of Uganda for peace. This
is matter of deep regret to the Government of Uganda which has done every-
thing possible to bring peace to Uganda.

The government once again reaffirmed its commitment to achieve peace through
a negotiated settlement. It stressed that it will spare no effort to realize
this goal. However, the statement added that the government will not allow
Museveni ‘to use government commitment to peace to hold the entire country to
ransom. Finally the government expressed its sincere and deep appreciation
to President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya for his untiring efforts to bring
peace to Uganda. It reaffirmed its readiness to continue to cooperate fully
with President Moi in these peace efforts.

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of South Africa's capital investment in Zambia. This industry earns 95 per-
cent of Zambia's foreign exchange. The South African connection is through
Anglo-American Corporation, which has a substantial shareholding in Zambia
Consolidated Copper Mines.

The fact also that many Zambian firms retain their pre-independence ties with
South Africa as the source of their raw materials, spare parts, and equipment,
shows to what extent it is impossible for Zambia to do without South Africa.

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Briefs
First Jewish Antiapartheid Group Launched
SACTU Welcomes Federation of Unions
259 Detained in Transkei Since August
ARGUS Journalist Appears in Court
Reaction to Reports on Police Merger
Ciskeian Students Acquitted
Immigration Race Clause To Go
Buthelezi on Home Loans for Blacks
Pilots Training Germans
Exam To Be Held
Number of Emigrants Exceeds Immigrants
Boost for KwaZulu Housing

SWAZILAND

Amnesty International Urges Former Officials’ Release
(SAPA, 2 Dec 85) ccccccccccaccccccccccccecceccecens

Police Head Denies ANC Members Arrested
(THE SWAZI OBSERVER, 2 Dec 85) cceccevcvvcccccccccscveceees

Briefs
16 ANC Members Reportedly Arrested
TOGO
Briefs
1986 Budget Announced
UGANDA
Museveni Charges Foreign Mercenaries Recruited by Government
(DAILY NATION, Kampala Domestic Service, 28 Nov 85).ecesee
Egypt, Libya Supplying Arms, by Chris Musyoka
Government Denies Allegations
ZAMBIA
RSA Commentary Weighs Effects of Sanctions on Zambia
(Johannesburg International Service, 3 Dec 85).sccccccceces
ZIMBABWE

Minister Says South Africa Sanctions Will Slow Zimbabwe's Economy
(AFP, 29 Nov BS) ecccccccccccccccccscccssssssececsceseceeee

River Tunnel Dug on Schedule
(THE HERALD, 19 Nov 85).cesccccccccces

Briefs
Educated Women Urged To Join Party
Aid To Train Engineers
Finnish Team in Trade Promotion
PLO Donates to Socialist Society
Dutch To Aid Rural Projects

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Mr Takane said in introducing the explosives amendment bill that it sought
to remove anomalies and uncertainties surrounding the prosecution of people
who manufactured, possessed or used petrol bombs.

In the past, petrol bombs had not been included in the act and it had been

costly and difficult to prove in court that such weapons were in fact
explosives, Mr Takane said.

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Alongside efforte to suppress law-breaking, the growth of which ie
linked to the level of youth unemployment, President RENE called on the
SPPF to organise more activities to distract you eople. He accused
party workere of not being sufficiently involved in what should concern
them.

Some sources said that Mr. RENE had expreseed the wish to be named
resident-for-life by the congress, which he organteed for the firet
time as SPPF secretary-general, a post he took over from Guy SINOW who
retired on health grounds, after previously being party chairman. Such a
move would have been accompanied by the appointment of the minister for
national development, Jacques HODOUL, ae prime minister.

Other rumours circulating on Mahé concern th eatble recall of the
Tanzanian troops sent home last year, in order to replace the Worth
Koreans who are currently training the Seychelles security forces. While
thie te etill no more than a rumour, it seems at least to indicate that
there is not complete agreement on thie matter among the party
leaderehip. a :

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TECHNIKON NORTHERN TRANSVAAL SERVES GROWING NEED IN REGION

Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in English 20 Nov 85 p 33

[Text]

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TECHNIKON  NORTH-
ERN TRANSVAAL came
into existence due to the
growing need in Southern
Africa for technicians,
managers, paramedical
staff and trained staff in al-
lied fields.

During thefour years of
its existence the student
enrolment grew from 200 to
1200. A further rise to
1 500— 1 800is expected in
the next two years. It must
be borne in mind, however,
that the present economic
climate has an influence on
positive growth.

ACADEMIC

Alll diploma and certifi-

cate courses offered by the
Technikon are examined by
the Department of Educa-
tion and Culture.

Spccial efforts are made
to ‘bridge any gap which
may exist between secon-

kon teaching levels by in-
troductory courses consis-
ting of courses in languag-
s, mathematics, the sci-
ences and technology.

Students can enrol for
any of the following
courses:

. dary education and Techni-'

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; SPORTS AND CUL-
TURE

-Management, secretarial
training, health sciences,
physical sciences, chemical
sciences, electrical engi-
neering, mechanical engi-
neering, building science,
training, mining and civil
engineering, teacher train-
ing.
eA sports, cultural and
religious activities are co-
ordinated by the Bureau
for Student Affairs. The
Bureau is assisted by stu-
dent committees consisting
of representatives from the
various schools.

Student guidance is avail-
able to help students with
problems concerning aca-
demic affairs or their per-
sonal lives. .

Students are recruited
from high schools (matricu-
:lants), but there is also
scope for students who
j have already entered em-
ployment in the private and
Government sectors. Suctr
‘students can apply to study
at the Technikon with bur-
saries from their em-

" ployers.

JPRS+SSA“85*127
26 December 1985

SOUTH AFRICA


JPRS*SSA*85*127
26 December 1985

* SEYCHELLES

v nm : 7 nm
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vue ow

MEETING ON BIOMASS GAS=-The Seychélles has ‘just'hosté meeting. of experts
from members of the Indian Ocean Commission, the Eurépédn Economic Community
and Sweden to discuss research into techniques for gasification of biomass
which ‘might be suitable for Indian Ocean countries. The meeting took place
as part of a programme of studies on new and renewable energy sources approved
in January this year by the IOC members (The Comoros, France, Madagascar,
Mauritius and the Seychelles), for which the EEC released non-repayable
credits totalling 1.7 millions ECUs (1.29 million dollars) in April. Among
the applications envisaged for the gasification of biomass are the drying of
agricultural produce, transport (a gas-powered truck is already operating

on Mahe), lighting and heating. [Text] [Paris THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER
in English 12 Oct 85 p 6] /9317 :

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