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cording to Leballo. It will be both
defensive and offensive. The defen-
sive role will include sabotaging
the supply to South Africa of
arms, Leballo said. And in this
connection he particularly men
toned the Bucacaneer jet aircraft
to be bought from Britain. The
offensive role will be Ito ensure
that we back up any demand we
make with sufficient force and
pressure to ensure success ;"
The other commissions will be
concerned with the economic devel-
opment - to determine the rate
and extent of naturalization suit
able to "post-revolutionary" South
Africa - with education and law
reform. In education the aim is to
"centralize the selection and train
ing of South Africans and their
intake into Government depart
ments and other agencies of in
dependent states in preparation of
a fully-trained African Civil Serv-
ice in the future South Africa"
LeballO said he would be ask
ing African and Asian countries
and other friendly states to un-
derwrite a major loan which
would enable the South African
natiOnalists "tO reduce the pres
ent military imbalance of power
in South Africa"
The Pan-Africanist Congress in
South Africa is viewed by whites
as one of the more radical opposi-
ton groups in the republic. The
organizations president Is M. Sob
ukwe, a former lecturer at Wit
watersrand University, now serv-
ing a prison sentence in South
Africa.
The PAC is believed to have 16I
regional branches in the republic,
but since it is a banned organiza-
ton, working in underground cells,
its following and standing are hard
to assess.
Violence May Be Expected
Leballo's announcement in Lon
don follows predictions by observ-
ers of the South African situation
that violence could be expected
following the governments passage
earlier this year of the harsh Vors-
ter Sabotage Bill, catch-all meas
ure which defines sabotage in the
broadest terms and which was de-
signed to wipe out any remaining
rights of blacks. At the same time,
it also forces liberal whites into
fear for their own freedom. Whites
have been jailed and ostraeized
for any association with Africans
or for statements in behalf of fair
play.
The government continues its
military buildup, indicating its
awareness Of discomfort among
Africans and also calling atten-
ton to Its intent to stamp out
any fight on the part Of the
African majority to obtain JUS
tice.
In the wake Of continued sab
otage attempts, largely explosions,
the government has said 1t plans
to handle internal uprisings with
"a minimum of violence" in fear
of world opinion against mass ar
rests or attacks. Also, the govern
ment says 1t knows that Africans
are trying to force the regime into
using violence.
African Nations Want Peaceful
Solution
Several independent African
states, Ethiopia in particular, have
indicated a willingness to give full
backing to any efforts on the part
Of black South Africans to win
their freedom.
In this connection, the South
African government has replied
that few, If any, Of the African
states are in a position to wage
a war. But as African countries
become stronger, coupled with the
whiting away Of the Africans
patience in South Africa, the re-
public might be forced to take a
different view.
At the moment it appears that
the independent African states
would prefer a peaceful solution to
the South African situation, but
like their brothers in the land of
apartheid, they are doubtful that
the white supremacists will change
| their UaUs