Revolution is serious business. WAR A crowd of unarmed men on a midnight march to town cannot break the police, the army and all the oppression of Verwoerd. That was Paarl - a heroic effort born out of oppression, but badly conceived. It is no good to think in terms of impis, not of modern guerrilla war. PAC leaders like Leballo talk of revolution but do not work out how to make revolution.
War needs careful plans.
War is not a gesture of defiance. For a wild boast Leballo has caused the round-up of unknown numbers of young fighters. These ways achieve nothing politically. These ways squander men, make of the life and death struggle a game of prestige and big talk. The leaders must have control over their soldiers.