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THE OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN OF THE IN STITUTE FOR ADEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE FOR SOUTHAFRICA
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Sno 'dking dl th., Wurn,'il 's conf" ll'm::1' ere (/",f, tu rightI 'O"i~ t; n.. Anr"n;~"'Il. Dr Cdwlilll' Whir" dnd RurhT" md",lI,
S;~ter Berndrd Ncuf>t" wh" hdel Mmmvu, impdct "n'hl' cun ll·n'ne.. Sht, j, pre~id"'l t olth" f ed.'r,l l io n 0 1T',l nsvilal Wo rn..n {FedrrawJ.
"Your Children are our Children"WHAT rol.. can worn" n p ldy inwUfl.inl\ IOf dldt1 !o:" m 50 ,,'h Africa lWo men hom "t'f'{ different bar kI\f<llmds ca m" lo!o:..Ih." on MosS'·11l,IY10' ;, ....,.·k.. rid co nll·..-nc.. f rom1-1 September In add n-sv lh i ~ qUhIi' m.
T hi~ was out a '"1l'a-pdrlY" 0 1l ~ rl i f'S to lalk abo ut 'l'cipt'S andbdb~·dol h l'S . Wu m<' o weH' confronted by a powertu! range 01. pe ak....... who prvsemed, in on unCl'f1ilin It'frn~. Ihl' pf<lbl<"fTl~ l iKedby wo m, 'il io Soulh At, iCil ludilY ,Tho VIO,"O. '" Mama I'm Crymlt'".shown on the first evenmg. shoc kedw",,,,,,n inlo ' l'dli. in!o: how bfutdlis,>d o ur ,oc i...ty hilS bt>com.., dndhow hld<:k end white wo me n aeeun aware 0 1 ..ac tr o thers l'~P""
,i"nct'S Amandd Kwad i 01Ih,· F•..l,· , ,,1iun 011 ,anw ",,1Womt'fll/OI th...confeeence cff to a fOUSin !o: sta rt byd ,'Scr ihin ll , h(' o:r isis Worn l'O ioSouth Ar,ica flOd Ih,.rnsel",,,, m ,Th,s wa~ followed by a p,mel exam'n'ng the t'>.pet ,t'occ 01the ma ltl-"~ tV 01 worn,... on Soulh Afried _womeo in rural areas. wom..n "rOrke~. dnd WOrn"" cop ing with urbanvio l."K.... AIt... Ihis, ;lIlut hl'. pdn.-Ie>.aminL..:! lhe iclt'll iogical i nfl""ncj~
Conference on Womenand Democracy
'.In"l Ch"rryo n wo n...n _ how won...'n art' "'-l-ci a l;~,..:! into pl"Vinll suboedmarem le; in society. ho..... Ih,. mOOia influe nce; how we int"" p,et ("'.·nlS.and th(· nK",ioll ll'StinK"'Yo f .I wtrma n growi ng up on an Afrikan ",rn<lt,ondli ~t ffi yirunnwnl Then Ih« ..was .I panl'1 on South... n Afnce.mol 'ldflw t,o" ,,"d Ih.· psvchclogrcal t>fh·.:h of war. livelv gro up drscuss inns and a p rov'K:at ive '"Cultutal Evt"/l inil" coml' lt'\..d Ihe fi~t intI"/lsiv,. day o f th.· con ft'l"t'ilC~ _
t h,. ",-""o nd ddy I(K' ko..l al how....." m.·" could respund 10 the ~ i t 'liI
l ion ' lIiven dll tha l had ht-t>n h",lfff" nd d iscus>t'd , wh,II cou ld ....'o mendo to hUl ld d" m'X' dCV in th i ~ co..,,Irv / An o"e""j>W of th.. '0 1.. thai
wom..n h""" plavOO in re;i.ldnu·to .lPdtllll'id was !o: ;wn. fo llow•..lbv a high ly ~Iim.. lal,ng and provoceuve 1.111. n n ..... o rn '·n and theChu,,:h m South Alrica Another"id,'O. ~ T he Ribbo n'" . show('(l howwh ilt· wo me n responded to Iht'C' isis01 I 'Mt 'K>and tned to IlfOIllul\'p..a.·.. dnd un d.·"t;,"<ling. M m .·gmup d iscu ,~ ion ~ locu" ..l u n whalWOmt'n cou ld do. and ' t'j)Ort had.sWNt' l/: i" I' n in Ih,' findl >l'Ssio n
In th.· pm"_,,,s of t h.. conl,·...n.:..,wum..n from d,Vt'r",' o..cl.ll,o.mds- from NCK dcmmce's wivt'~ toI"'dd.." of town,h,p wo m."/l·s O' iI"nisahun, _ n,,'1 each Olh", for th..hr~l l i/T1{, . t hroUllh an intensive pron",~ " f ta lks. vidl'<» dnd group d iscu ~, ion ,. Iht'\' I""," t to know eachor h... and Undt't~land e ac h e the r's.....It' ri..oc .. and bdcl.!o:wunds. Ar i, ing from this was a commo nly I'~
p r.......d co~ ..rn by all til<' womena conee rn fo' thl' IUlU'e of th<·"chi ld,,'n. and a COnn " n w,Ih howth..ir chi ldren were t"t'<:u nung 'nvolved in "ool",nce and conflict .Wh il.. bl,,( k wom..n dt'S£ ' iht..J Ih.."iol,'nn' Ih" t cb ild ,"'n 1",.". subj<'l:lt..l to in II", It).....n, h ' II~. .....h,te
Conll n...d on Paga 2
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Conferenceon
Womenand
DemocracyConll"ued Iro ... P. 9'I' t", o m " .. ", ~plalnl'd chI." dill'mm.!ian>d b\' ,h... , ,,()n~ weo are COIl
~criPI ''<l In'o H", d.my On.. of II.,..m,,, ' "",,,inl! ml)m,.'nl ~ in the conlet.'nCt' ....., IS wi",,, d 01,1(0 w"momst<x>d up In 'f'"\ llOn,,' to 0lH" ui th"wh ih' "'0' r. , . , ~ "uti in; nil h... drlemrna _ .Ind "'lI(j " This is no l onlyyo u. probl..... . Vo u. chjld~ are OUfc:hitdt..n ~. " nn !h.., ,,,hit',:! uf in!..,,·SlY.. d,o;,; l",ino wa~ the Situa tion 01d om ....l ;' ...>fl .,.... _ "",nv of ,h..d el"IId '''' '" 11>., (nnl.·..-oc.. b1' ;nj(<"II".. <'fTlplnv<'1'!O o fdom~l'c worl....... Of~lic......,n..~ , ...",...1"..-;~Il" d,fj;(ul' .... w' lh 1""1l0al:>'- milO\ dt-1'"KdI.,,, "";OKcooli<k'1l1in Xho.,a 0 ' Aj"l"oln". ,ht-l, homtlanli:....g.. - II "'.1' ...."a<:-dinar"j1>0'00' ITIU( h 01 a SI" '" of " "'Pdfh"drod un,t,,· dtovPlopood dmonR!oI I.....wO!lM"n pr........r. hum mlllal ceuIton and .h".-, I'>Ii Ihto....J of In.wet'kt"nd ............... .."'." n,l.lt ,nll ,n d•..l ... t>d ..nd OJ:>t''I'l ....".• and ,hAl'wa , .. lan!l,b l.. i .....lo nRol iO'( ..1 Ih..peospect 0 1bt-,nR..bIPlofind .. wavI.........rd 1'>K.1h...
nlt· coni,'fO'n( " p.fIJJQ'of'd , ; .c o ne ..." , w.. y, in whot'h wu ncould I"l.. in""..rd Ih.. ' 1" '" 01fn...01...1"'1:, ondud"'R a " .. nlf' nlf mePl inll' h.·lw...-n won",n \ mlf..n i '><l lUI' " ..u o" Ih., 'Pf'CI.um. ..nd esIa bn,h,nl! , u p po n Ilroup' 1mmOlh.·"Hopd,dl~' Ih" ."ro"nll ", ,11"1' ''1"
will jw io llo",. ..l hI' ' ;01 il" , u mi",to n. .... in I>l h. ,. " "Ilion,. .., ",,·11 .., ..l.,/I "",-u p l''''n~, "I I", nll"' l: ma n y01"'(" ""mlt 'n 1'>If.'lh". 10 ..., p lott'" ....I" 0 1 ",,,, l inll ltll d....lO(; ...c y.p<' ''U' ..nd " Oo-...<; ;.. II,m '" S"ulh"t.,ca
I AM wnung Imm G.·,w"" ",hN., Iam giving d w,"'" of Io·Uuft'" "It h.·Gradoete lnsntute of IllIl'rnat rona IStudi"s The le(\U! t·s a' .. und.., th..ll'm,'ral h",,,n ln!:. "1948·1988 : RlLpression and R,.,istanr .....
Whrl,t I "01 h,>re, I am ta king theopportun ity 01 vi'illnll a nu mlw , oi£<"ol",,,n counni. ... in conn"cl iol1wilh the programme of IDASA. )hav" ;,Irpady vi,i l,,,,,) Finland, Norwa y. Sw,.,j"n. D•.>nmark and WpslCermaov . This h~s lI;vt'n nw an oppor tumtv not only 10 !l",,-,'nl th...wo,k of IDASA and its own n,..od,fo, furtht'f fundinll.. hUI also to hav..in-dep th d iscuss ions with POII I,Clans. Irdde un lon<sISdnd wpres..n~t al iy.... lrom th" (hurd,,,, .
L,ke so many o th"r nlncprmodSouth Atncans. th., nt'wS whichcontinues to come from South Africa r"lIardinl: ddd itionoll d..lent io n, . hdtil"m"nu and d g"nNal
From theExecutive Director
Aperspectivefrom abroad
ORALEXBoRAJ NEu a.kd"wn i ~ d isturhing and d.~
I' '''", nll In particula', I Wd' di, tre»cc1 10 he,ll "houl th., furl herdelpntion of l,m"l enc..,-"" wno hasalr.."dv ' pent eI ..v..n months in aprevious det ennon. <IS we 11 a, oth",m..mo"" oi our 'taif w ho havpbeen forn',] to curl a il l h" rr ac'tivi t,e'S tIt·GlUS.. 01 th .· ~los,i h, li t v ofbeing picked up by the police .
NI'V pr! heless . d.....pite these ,'normou, odd, and conlinuing ""'trainlshy Ih.. ,t"t... Prollrt"'~ c"ntinu", tobe made by IDASA. EI'>I""h.,,,,you
w ill read "f encouraging ,'ncount,'"whi ch hay., ta kl'n pl,let· In man ypdtls of th.. c",m try thrnUl:h "'urk, hops, wminars dnd con fpr"nu~
Loo king ahpdd. w.. hdvt, th" h,,·toric a ",j .",..,Ilng n m f" r" ncl' In
yo lvll1l( SOYI"t Afrlcan l"ts , A",ele ad ers and a numht" or I" ,l(ling,lCadffil in from South ""Iricd fh~I<'
fully this nmf",t'ncewill ,wul'dliwIh.· ..,>mtanl I""palland.! hy th,'Slat. , which make~ it d iUicu lt forwhi te South Africans in p,,,,icularto move trom their suppo rt of <lP<1rth"id towards tfw h<llardous iourn,,,,In the d l"-(\'on oi a no n-ra c ia ld,'moualr<: Soulh Afnca
Whdst st·ve,.!1 othe' "upn-,lIngand wort hwhi le proic"Cts st ill awaitus dur ing 1988, "'e haVl;' alr"adl'co m pl" tl'd our pl<lnnmg s"",iondnd hdv" d rilwn up an ,,~pn mort'innovati ..... and inte ' ..st in K progf<lmme fm "189
,
lanet's fdth(-.,P' of Robin Cherry
of UCT
have a !:l'nu,m' non-ra,-ial d,-mocrecv m South Atocit , IDASA d"drnanv others who 1X"1i('~e m thl>&oa l tm O(lf .nunrry m U'1 CO"',Il"..to u,,' wha\l"ve' Ill'<lc ..iu ] ml',l n, ,u,'al o u r di'llO,.!1 to promol., Ih i'idea l We mu~t d .lirn th" tulu ft· tmIhi' goa Idesnue th.. r" llf..-s\ ;On ,lnddi"upt ion of the present!
0, F. v"n lyl Sl..bbertOi,eclo., 10 ASA
TH IS is no l a nc>w .'xpe, ien".. SIl,·was released III the m iddle ot laslyea' .liter pl......n months in derention Sh,- wa s, ,,,,!'!IIl"'>s to say, notcharg,.,] wilh any oU..n{l', Sh.. ,~
cu" .."tly "mploy,'(! b~' IOASA. th.,organi,ation which aims 10 lind"democratic "ll"t,on lu South Atrica's problems bv drscussron andnpgor"ltion.
" Wh ile I redl i", th.ll III an un ciYili"od pol i,·.. state such ,IS oursle rms li ~p dpffl(K'dl'y . •"Iinnal d i ~·
eu~\ion 'Illd nt'l:o t i" l ion ,trI' anatht' m,l to thos\.· in au lhoritv, I insisto n my right to pro t" , t al:alnsll helalt'sl out rag.'.
" It rs ;mportilnl t h~t South AlnC,mSand th.. f C... t o f t Ii" w",ld apl''''cia t.. that our rulc'rs a ll' " 'Ilt'rt _ inmor~1 iI' ",.,11 a' linan, i~ 1 bdlfkrupte'y
lion " and us urnlateral concept "iimpoSt'd facia l " I: I<lUP rlPn"KfiICV"on ou, UlifIltry II nmtinu.·s toh. ,IIl'v,' Ih"l i, can hu~' polil i':d ll.-gitimacy th roul:h p"lmnd!:" " n<l..coaorrnc UPI:'ad inl:. TlMI i, " ,h\-' itis so intol ....ant ot <ln~ atte-mot to"",adl'n dpmonacv on a vu luntarvand mdlv,dual haslS.
In th.. ,hort te,m. th is intol'"dnu'willdisrupt and affect manv (you ng)lives. and our thoug hts ar .. w ithIane! at this time, But ij we afe to
k..ilh I. W.ll rusR"lIio n OiI Oi"'cloo
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Responses to Janet Cherry'sDetention11 W"S wil h I:,."dl shod. and ,mger
Ihal n,,,,,~ was received oi Jan ..tCh•..,-ry·~ d"t"nlion on 13 Seotember1'11111, la rlt'l wa, on h.. , W;JV to Hara re, Z,mh"bw" to u>rJsull abnrH awomen's conte'"ncc' th" I IOASA i'arran!\ inl:, when ~h" was dt'I<,imod"t f'orl Elil<ll....tb <li,por!.
A, w", "'I",rt"d in Ih.. August1'188 ed n ion oi O,'m",:raq in Ac·t io n, Jan..t W '-IS r..I"",,'ll from dl't"ntinn on Iy Oil lO luly 1987 alt"r ,pc'nd·ing more Iba n 1t months ,n d,·t" ,,tum. 1h" lurthpr d..t.. ntron has confused thoSl' w hn k,,0'.1< her a nd whoCan vouch fm hl'r ha~inll"omp l tedWith heOf " 'Sl rir l inn orders in Ihl'period Iwt w.','n hI" d"tt'fltion,
lam't ;, ,0rt'lv mrssed trorn t h,'Port Elil " IH'l h nHie .. 01 IDASA,wh..re ,h.. i~ ernpt(,~'pd a, d tesearchconsultant . Th,' E<I,tprn Cape Rl'gtcm is ",d''''''I"J t h" p 'I<m'f for theabsence of her skills, d,...·p Commltrn"ll t and una,>uminlt m,lIlm'r WI't,u,t shp wi IIht-r..leased in thc' W'V
m"" lulu,,'
THE rep'eh"nsill l,> detennon " flam't ehpr", y..t <lltdlll . on.. "i ourval" "d (oll" <l~u,,, in 10,\5A, mu,tbe Sl' .. n in the [,'o,,<le. COnl..~t ofn~lion~1 rpl" es, io n rh" Statt' ,J)1
p\.'a" det",m I n" d 10 to":l' it, ",0 1u-
PROFILE OF IDASA'S STUDEr
MR A"n.i· Z 'm .." " d' n-cemlv..,......"" '<1 ,,, , IDASA ~,,, tl '" Ih.., ,, .. ,,d,n..l,,, oj Un",.·.". " pu>~'dmn......m<l ., tld't'n '" k,h..n",,, ·hu'l'r. ." Ih!· "d,,' v...,I"'II""'dl oli" ..
H.· "'d' hm" .n 1'IUI '" ttw C"p"Pm,"", " l",1 Il"'" UI' U" " I."m i"th ,' 1\",,,",,..<1 ,10'1, it t . fl.· .....' ,,-duo....If..,I ..1C,, ·~ C" I I , · ~. · '" Ill""mfunt. ·in "".1 " 'I' ,, ',, ·nh..1th ,· " :1,, ..,1 ,"hu, k,'v ,,"<I 1I1l' -',IV 'nll H,· t h"n ..11'·... 1> .1 th.· l .'n'v' ·,,'lv ,>t Ih,' O... ,,!owfr ,·" ~',H<' h,·,,· h,· d"t"'Il"I\h,,,1h,m", ll ,<1"", ,, ,,1I, ., Il',,,Judt,nll"" Ih h", h •• Il A ."'<1 11.<\ H,,,,, ,urnI.ludl' H,· .....' .1>, .."J"..I .lI> Huoou"lIadjl" "" UOI~ I" . hI' .\('dO'.... 'C'" h".....""''''h 1II' "t:u" •.", lv comt, J,,'1"'lt h" " ' .til"" .hf.<,,, .n 0 "'·,Ie.-, ,tud, .... ,11",ul:l1 UCT
\ \ 'h, I'1 " I t 'OFS I... .II". Mh ,,·......1th, ' <I"I'nt"/'" " i "'>"""'nl "'l: . h..Of 5 I." ,,·,nodl t.·."'" in II\-mn.., ·t,,~. b.othn,nl"n .....1,1o" 0 1C i ...........t • Of'i '11\''''11 • h.......-, " I th.·t" ·I' H ,. , u 1 m ll I ' ,nduo..nillur.. n ..." ·,>l .."' , h,k ,nl/.. I," .....tu/t· ..otIl'h'~"" 'l.h,
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\ Iv na",,'" ,' , ,, h"' l , , ~ i ,"d n I did"W N,'f''' I1 ,,1 5t'f"" ,. '" 1'1711 and1'17'1 "I th.· Inl••" I•.,. St. hc ~ ,I '" O udl'h, ~ Ofn ",h,·". I ho.. ..n,,· dn Olf,( .., inIh,· 'i<,u,h At.i,.m 1>o ·!t·lH. '· I"".,O n . "",pl ,·t,,," "I m.,. K'I",""I St..,VIC", I "'.. , ..1I"t,..1 to> (I", \-lIl ' I". VU"', u j ' ...· l' n,\ ,·" ,IV" . Ih,' ()...n!lt'
F...... SI..W f.., "'V c..mf", ..nd I "'...m ..o.- "C"I" ."n lnlh"Un'll h.., '{'I>t-t'O to It-..· ",,,,m,hi..n bo<d.... I h..vo·....."...j '" Anlll on It>,. e... I~· "'titoh'''!o.Iod 1>.1,'" ho ,n""I,,'(/ in c;omb,nio ht"h I ' .....
In t ..k ,n~ I'¥( ,n tl>,. -t dno:t• I ,11t" ,n ."""....n..· pubhcl\ m~'Comm". ...... .t\ .In OI i;n.. in th..
SA'"o I .Konl"m m, ,,, ILndl to parti<c..paW'" ..nv "' ..~' ' n II>.. SAOI unli lth.. 'V"t'fTl .>1 A"...I.... ,d h"" .........
l do".. _ .., "" ,h c;ompl.-t....· ..odunt ,I ' ..... SADf MU ,n I"'" ,"t('festo f "II Soutl> AI"uo"o I~ m,' ",lotI.."t\ ",·, Ih (on-........I ",hl", I..... ' ' ..an Tom~ ..ndo..,',d B'un'o I ,t"do'(/Il' .. I.· mV'f'rt 10 .1(1",e1\,"ak I,,,,...d, th<' ,....10 1...,i,mand tn ht-'''jl"h,,,,t ul~' "''''H .Kidld,·""..:'''' V"', th ,,,,w,,,mic jmlic ..III S"ulh Ah"..
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I".... 1, 'fI tu hool"... .. '''''1o "'lUll> "her.l ' o. (·UI"'ho., "f , .._m ,ho.. "' ,1\ l.-at..1o th..tl .... SAOI M( t'f)' f'd thoil lhe'IOlu"on '0Ih,· c;o" llon on bOlh i'.. ,m.I>,.1 .10<1 <"",tl> AIo,(.I . "' ..' 20'1.m,I""", ;lI1d 8fIl, 1" ,lih<:..1o t""I I.... S.AOI ""....ol n....I1 .1II"'c"..<: t"'l: '" 11'1. , "'1"" '\1 of ..11 SoulhAl.",,,,,,, .",11 N"o"l" .." • . n ' ul('('1 ·;"Illh"m l",n, .I" l·,tt·,n..1 aJo:g '~-
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If nn,· t tlt.,·I, " •. t" k,.. th,..,.. " ' vl ho;I" Ot · I",,·, ," I ,,, ,,,..II~· ,li d . ttIPn01....·• p",tl"p..t,,," en th.. SADF '.
no t unlv It'll" "I , hut " O<..:om..,. ..m ..lU.- 0 1 dull'
In ddd,,,..n tu t.......1mlllh..m~'I h
olojt, of t ...• SAOf . I h.w.. O\ ('f , I>..~,,,,,,,,, Ihmulll> int" lIK I" dl d,·bdt....nd 1(''''''11> ..' ",..II .1\ Ihroullh ... .Pt'''U''' to t"" il1'I'~o' Soulh A'-IIC;.. C;O" '" to q I'nn .ond fin,flh·' .,....1 t .... b.o\l( "'mp-t ..... , ot lh"A.i,ik"n.., ~oll i un .. liU nol'oId. !:mThi~ ptT......, . d ,riKull .Jnd t .....m ..·1,£ e ~ you Coln 'm..I1" so dPdvd....c"h.-'t1 ~ th.. 1I t Aj"k....n'"' .il... . N P ' oln W~ k t .., ' /libel-..Ie-~""""..h,m.'': 1't'i08 q '» ................ ..od. ..nd I qU<" ..
"' l rul h u ..., htult"l< t ..... 'run~0 1" p'..hl J" , P"'O'PI'un oi th"...u Id, " "onlv 1.I,d M " i., Ilrul\&LPTI>.. ~"'''I ("nt''''. .....~ I,.... ,n d,g·Iltnll d , ....... n undo.- lilt' """. " i Ih.." ' 'l ,,,, it ,'''' , ,t i, ,,1"'dV' untl,·tmininl( , il ( .. """ ,·;"l i.·, II> ;nl..inll '" co l1,,1'''', .",d ,lll lhi, d ill.ll ,nNd" ....... i, ..d ifo:ll"' N <I " .. ... I "w".d ~ th l' IlPdruck"
SOUl h AInr,' ..' ,111 ohl"rl,vf' , ...II ·'IV h.., ,,1'0 ch..nlt, '(j con, id... .lIhlvov." Ih. · H·.II' . ..od ,,11 "I II> ,. ,nev lt.. hlv pt..v...1 .I ",I.· '0 , h.llJl "' ~ mvV' I'\'>' I r an "nl~' ...... md v"u Ihilt" .. a ... I,v,ol( u",\t>, Ih.. Thi,d St"t ..o t f n" "I!''''<V ...1>..... th.. m,hl.l1Vpi..... a <lorn,n"nl f/ ~,· .n I"k ,ng puh·I'CoI I d ....;.; Ih"'''NI> I..... S. ..t ..'i.to<.""v ( 11<: '1 . 5AOf IIOOP'> h..,(-!>t.,,,, d."I..\><'(/ ,n Ih,· '"",n,I> 'rr; .5 ....D! U("'l" ,.,-u." 1'0I't i(<\I dt."ci·~ M"" Ih..1ltd ) ht-ow,nll on """CU'-.IV ",,,n..., (In• •·, ,,,,,,,1.. tilt' ' .........1u.... 01 SAOf "0UJl"> to 1orl th..<:d"'l"" .t1lIW( 10 "' , It .\Oft Mdo<ltol.ln,"hti.Jv {""' I I.....1" , ,.,...... ''''''''nl( '''«'',blnl!m,h,.." " "n en ....: ..." ,"IlPf1.......
1...· SADI ..I" . t'll1h..1,kf'(/ on olColml>a'ltO <>, """1"1"1,,,,1..,,, o i , 1>••Sl...tl>. ..... Ai"c"n Fl .'ll:i' .... .IOd th. ·,,,,,,,, ,,,,1,,,,, ,,1comm,,",' v b.l'l. I..k...."'''''II ... I",n~ t" drmon\It"'t' th..i.d ''''illlfn",,1 " f ""lUlh AI"c ..', , .. >l ,.n ....
I ." 1M. 11>,· 1,m" .,1\o f t h,' 8<....e l'n,.... I. G , I I Ii M H' ''U ol:I", h" "', icl,'ol.,I1\· l>m t..' t,'fI. wil h"II Ih.· <>t l,,·, j,un"u, Ii' ..·• G" I"" ill," ll h, ' S.""th A1 ",:~ n W"., "I(" in\l11'1,· ('" '', n ipI''' '' o f Sout h Aif l«""inr Ihl' mv.I""" " r N.,m,t".. Ith,...G",nMn "-",Ih W I At""d) cunn I:,, Ilt' 1,,,1 Wo rld W )w.....n ht' rom-nl"",,'(/ '" 1',1I 1o""" 'nt dOt 'UI Ih...I.ld 0 ' ,...I""lu,,1 "RI>t~ i., 5t>Uth
-ORDINATOR- Zaaiman's stance on the SADFAf rica in 1915 (I quote from Han~a,d. wh ich in tt1o!it' d a y~ gave onlya ~ummar\l of th.. spl...che~ ) '
"The re was no li berty of speechfo r th.. public. no libe rty 0/ thePres s, and " II the ordi nary libertiesof th.. public "ad be-en ta ke n away.They had no th ing less tha n a despotism , uch as they fo und nOwhe re else in the world where therewas any semblance of constitut ionalgovernment . . He would do hisbe st whi le he was in Pa rliament topr..""nt the people from comingund e r slave rule. and QS pt'cia llyslavery as a res ult o f the acts of theM iniSh " o f Defe nce. The Min iste.would du well to li sten to the voiceo f the pO"Opl e" (1 M arch 1915: 2022) .
II is also clear that the government, historically through apartheid and presently through controlover til!' media. is deJiberilt..ly stnving to keep any knowl..dge of theobject ive reali t ies of South AiriCiIa wav from the publ ic.
I now dea l with the ~e<:ond partof my see rem ent. namely, why Irefuse to ~...-"" in the SAOF. And iti~ cle ar tllilt th is question has inp art oc'('n answered in tfle previoussect ion . In brief th..n, my refusal toserve revolves a mund the fo llowing points :1 , t a m nut prepa red to f ight or todie fo r Aparth ..id or the Nat ionalParty , I fail to set' how the Gover n·men! ca n negotiate with so-cal ledCommunist States such as Mo zamb iqu .., Angolil and ev('n Cuba. andthen pret ..nd that t fll' reason whyt fley can rll>t negotiate with SWAPOo r the ANC is because t hey a re socalled Communist o rganisations2, ldonotbelieve t hilttheprese ntGow rn ment is leg it ima te in t hesense that it is based on t he consensus of the maj ori ty 01the peop le 01South Africa. Th is statement isborne o ut hy the lad of politica lrights for the majcntv 01Sout h Afri"ca ns a s wf'1 1as the need lor a Stateof Eme rgency, refle<:ting the unpopu larity o f the prc'Sen t gover n·ment.3, I believethat bo th South Africaa nd Namib.a a re involved in civilwars: no fore ign troops have so'tloo t on South African or Namibianso il. I further believe that SWAPOand the ANC have substantial support frg m within th eir respective
cou ntr ies. as well as long historiesof a ttempting to senlethe conf lictspeilct'fully _4, I a m df'linl t.. ly not go ing to riskmy life in a war that is both un justand tuttle, whil,t pol itic ia ns try toconvince us that we a re _supp<>w d lyfi!,:htin !,: for the pro tection of nonexistent "civilised" and democra·t ic" values. I do not believe thatth is government knows what IS bestfor meor for Sou th Afrtca. an d theyshould , to p using pseudo-patrioticargu ments to mislead and black mail peop le into protecting th eselfish interests of the NiltionalParty.5. The 5ADf is playing a destabi lis·ing ro ll' outside Sooth Africa t rtroughits actions on the nefghbourln gstates. as we ll as inside Sooth Africathrou gh . amongst o the r t hings.harassment 01 democratic orgarnsa nons and thed~loymt"ntof troopsin townsh ips6. The occupation of Namib ia bythe SADF i~ illegal. In 1950. 1955,1956 and in 1971 , the Internat iona 'Cou rt of justicehetdthet the UnitedNetrons bad succeeded to the supervi~o ry powe rs "I the leilgue ofNiltions. In 1971 the Court field thatthe United Nation s hild Jawfully revoked South Africa's mandilte forSo uth West Africa and th at th.. continued presence of South AfriCilwas. and therefore is, illegal7 , The South Africa" governmentha s committed itsel f to the ir nplementilt ion of Resolution 435 in Namibia whicil impl i.-s. inler alia, thehold ing of Iree an d fai r elet1io rls inthai country, We can then safelypresume that SWAPO will p layamajor pa rt irl these ele<:tions andthat they , ta nd a good c hance ofwinning the m, If the Governm...nthas already committed itself to ap rocess that could potent ia lly or iseven like ly to lea d to a po liucal victory lor SWAPO in Nam ibia, then Iwo u ld like to know why we st illhave to battle with that organisat ion , The death of every sin!:le person in that wa r hilS become totallysensele~s and unnecessa ry,8 ACuban withdrawal from Angolais not go lnX to prevent a politicalvictory for SWAPO in Na mibiilTherelore, South Africa's actions inAnllola. at the llreal cost of huma nlives. did not even make 5tr.ltegicsense
9 , I am not . in prim:ip l.., opposedto the SADF, I thi nk from a soldier'socrsoeenve. it is a f ine an d we ll·trained fo rce w,tfl a proud hrstorvin hoth the First and Second WorldWa " _But it hilS beco me an instru ment o f d" l i h"fa t~' and large-scaler('pres, io n. serv ing nil" nWpol itica Iends in the nam.. ofdemonacy andfra'tlom . t and many o th" r youngSoulh Airicam, dre not prepared tosa cnfice our lives on the defence oftyranny _
Finally. I think my reasons forriski ng a ja;l-sentence hilvelx>conwobvious
On 2 March 1915, General Hertzog was asked in Pa rliament whyhe nevpr spo ke out .t!:i1insl the BoerGen eral who in 1914 refused to beconscr ipted into the Union Army ino rd...- to inya dt" tht" thl'n CermanSouth Wl'St Alrica Hansilrd ,urn,up his rf'J'ly a, f,)llow;;
"Either he (He rt zo g) must saywhat they (the government) wantedh ,m 10 say. or he ruus t speak hismind openly to the public. If hehad >po kerl openly, he and manyo thers wou ld have been in jilil :where many oth"" MP i1t pr.......'I1t.If he had said what Ihe Minister ofDefence wanted him to , ay an dwhat p leased h,m. h.. would havebecome a political prosntu te. Whatwo uld the Minist e r have though tlfor much 11.';; th an he would have;pokt'n. people havf' been imprisoned, He had bI"mgiv('rl thechoic('between prison on the one side.and polit ical prost itution on theother,"
I a m not a political pl1!51ilu le .And I hilve given to vou today myconvictions and bel iefs as honestlyas I ca n, It wa' Al bert Camus whosdid "that in every act of rebellion .the man conc('rnc'tl experiences n01only a feeling of ,('vul"o n at themfringement 01 his righ ts, but a lsoa complete and spontaneous loyaltyto ce rta in aspects 01 himself . Th us .he implicitly brin ~s into playa standa rd of values so far fro m be ingfalse . that he is w i ll i n ~ to preservethem <It all co sts" (Camus; Tht"Rebel : 19).
If tru th then. as N P van WykLo uw has suggested, is only laidbare in struggle: jf go ing to prisonin ord"r to re majn t rue to onesel f ispart o f this slfU l!.I!.le, th.,.-, . so be it .
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StaffAppointmentsandChanges
KEITH J. WATTRUS
Application for MondeMtanga's release delayed
ASoi tcr On"I," " !'lllll "'VP'-"I ,tru t lUral (:h,Ul!lI" were nJ<,dl' to ttl('-ta ll il'll I'"" UOOS .'vi r !'O, ,,,,I dp VIleswas " pp"mlt~t to lh,' pm ;\,,, ,, o j11 ' -' ,)lJ Dtfire Accountant At Ih.·" Hm'flow .'vIr 1haabtt Alhntu, ",~
l,d l'H, N d l i ...nal Admin ,,! r.l!'" and.'vi r Nie fI",,,in took up lh., I dlt t'f '~
I'",,,i,,,, a, 10/"1:,,,,,,, 1 n",,<'.tor forrhewesrcrn ("1'''' In ,,,In'l''''' "'1"" ,·v(·rl t",I ft,lll hnc h " ·as apl'"",t,.,j.1' Pun"! Relations Oif ie'" <lnd />IrI,Ul lwlwnl.... tll r'~ i " i n' >d 11>" , taif.h Rcvc.uch Consultant
,,,\\ " ppoi nt n"" nu mad~' w....eM' , lud,- Ma rt in a, Donor l'l ' >port tll ll Co-Ordinator and M~V",,,,,,,.:,,TdVI", a, I It-ad Off iC" RpU 'fllUln ,"Iinallv. Ih(· Transvaal , pllion,,1"h il e d p poi n!<'(! .\ \' Niln(V Cawl.. a,R",,,pIIOn,S! ,1I1d Ms M..lodv [mml'll .l' R"Il I'm al 51"0('(" "" . whjl,1
MO i':DE M I A"' GA. " ,..g,onal c»ord ItMtO' In the Lr sre m Cape ottrce01 IDASA, hds hec·n detamed w ,thout tr ial \Ill' .' 10 December 1987.IDASA h,lS I",..rl 1,I ~inl: what l" l:al' t" llI ,t t '':on W S..LUt" his rek-ase-.,Hut, on !!lS,·pt,·mhl·( 1':J81l an ap pl i·, .n,on w,ts h rou l(ht lllthe Sup,,' nwCowt III I'o, t Lhzalu-th .
(oun,,,[ iOt IDASA ha.-t ad" " E'dlhill o n t ill' b,lSis ot lh., ,11 Iid""il'h,· I",.· t h.· cou,t, no f""o",,,hh'judtwm"nl co uld br- mild", in Mond..", 1""ntH , Th.·v advised th"l Ih..t..oo, oi It,, · eoplicauon should rn·10 a ' gu, ' lo r ",,11 evidence to he If-dso I hat both Mond" ,1nd tho", w hoh" d made th ., " !ll-,o, lnl: " tf,d"v,ts
Ihe Nill il l "ffi,,' app, ,,nt ,,d M, Ros.,Lo uw <IS rts RI1:, un,,1",,'u,'I,u \'.
An ,mportilnl "ddm"n,,1 ilp l>I " nl·own t Wd' m<ld p to t ill' IDASA fi,,,t,do f 1,u'h"", Ihp R.." C..no n Mn 'hi ,iXu ndu. who is d " p(.tor o j Ih" lu,t in'and Reronci liilt ion Prol-\,amme o jt he Oi'Kew 0 1 "u,t E l il iltx ~h . WdSappointed 10 t hI' ]k,,,,d ii' of 11 ,6,1l8
LISA SH TH APPO INTfD ASlUSEARC H CONSULTANT
AND I H ~ R ,p, pn l " ppo mt mem hasst ,pnl-\th pm~l amJ " n,;d wd IDASA s' I"if _ M, L" ,l Sl'lte l hd' tak en upIh,' 1""'lion 01 R""'a,,,h Con,oltantillI<lch,,,,l 10 Ih\' I ',lOw,l;r1 tq (,orMIoff'n,1
LISa ""ii' ho rn ;rnd hnllJl(hl up in
,:o "ld b.. UO"...,M m IOl'<l ln co urtCounsel 10 ' IDASA thus argued
th" t th., " "{'Sl,ng O"lC\'< h,td io' "wdan ,mp.",,'(1 opin,<lo wh..n arrest"' I( Mondt" anu tha t. b,,(ao<;\, oj,,,veral dlSput ..s ot f,tcl . hi> I'V,d, ' lU .' ,hould I", illlow . '(I lo he t..,t ·,'d on . o url Not unp~l",cl,'(I ly Ib..,Ipp l,,' a tron was tU rrll",1 dow n w,t hc osts .
IDASA now int,," u s to applv lorII·a".' to ,Illlwal .lnd, ,i t hat is W.tn l ...d . 10 a pl>l,,,1 "l(d ln,1 ttw <lh"" ..d"c h ,on , Ii th.· "llp.·,11 'I upheldth" n o nIv wi II M, >nUl' h.. ,l llo""d h ','1'1"''' ' '" court to I.."u hi, (M'r1 ,'vid"nu ' _ iI prot, ,,rt ...-t p ron '" In·d ' ,<,:lIHH IDASA" m t<'nl o n pn,u ,·InK Ih"t iu't,n' i, do,ll'
loll.l nn" ,l lU!l(, III 19;6 she WdS aR,,t;uv h c hanl(e Student to ,I,1i nnesora m the USA On he , retu rn she, tud i.'CI" t ti l\' Un'"",wv o t the Witw"te"' tdnd w lll't\, ~he r uaiorcd inP" li lin, foll"w ;n& that up with anHonou 's<1 1'1-\" '" in Indusl ';dl Suc toI"gy Du, ing this III',i ' >ll , hI' , e,,,.'CItwo ,p,m, on Ih" Wit, SRC. In 1'181shp IU lm'(lt hl' NUSAS h"ild off iCI'stil tl ilS Pmjpc" O ffiu"
Altt.. the f" m lat,on ut the UDFin l '.lIU , h., rn":ilmt' act,,,.' in w hitedr'mI ,cr"t ic IK,lit ,,,, and w'"I-\ene,alse<;'el"'~' of t h.. I"hilnn",bu ,g D..mocranc Actinn Cum m ill ..... 00DAC) in 1'18~ dn.-t l'-lllt>. In AUl-\u,t19l:Ib s he was rtetamed and kept ond " t" nt".>n for a p"""d o t , pvI'nmont hs . She is current Iva i" , act IV<'in t he lobannesburg Five Frr..' .-tom,Forum.
Mrs SeboleloMohajane,0..5 I hi ~ ;~"." ul o,.r,"lC'~C ~ in Ac'oon "'a, ~o inH to p"nt ",e ...<'Ie ,nforlnt'tJ ol llll' tr aitie dnd ufll,mehdealh o' SPllOl..lo Muhalane. ~he
wa, ~,II..d .n a ca , dce idenl .......,th ,k""d 01 11-10 Ocrohf'r oed'l..d brdnd io rhe Of~ IDA~A n -1..00, i i ' "ocere sympdthy 10 h..,tam;l~ aod ,Plali"",
M r, Mohai~n.. """ed on theIDA~A Boa,d o f T'ust..... sonCl' ir.ioc'-111>on. ~n d ",a, al",,,,,, ~ most, ul'l'0n,,'" aod ..o,huS'a,t" "...rnh.., 11... 1>""""" comm,tm" nt wa,a ",o,lan! ><>UK I in,pi'ation Inortwr Bo.1,d """"he and th.. I",ti_tur..', Sla lt We ~nnw th,l t , h.. willhe it'....II" mi, ,,->d. no' onl~ h'I' IDA~A, 001 bv Ihe many comm" n""'''It''n,,alton, ,h.......v..d Wit h d lSllncHon
Mr> Muhdi""". d trait"lt'd redCher.had bt",n Ih<· .-.;..cuti"" di,ec"" 01Ihe Cart..... C""" .. ln Iohann",hu'~
~i ",- e 1'J8J ~he was mart'l'd w(lhIi".. chi ld!t'11
TWO Ci,k"1 pol ice IlPller~I" mclud"111 tile head of th" , <-'(urity polin-,are among six Ciske! policem"n""e,t.'<I in connec t io n with th ed""th o f 1 0ASA'~ co-d irpctor of t heBord.'r r,'ginn, Mr Eric Mnlon!':"
These arrested and p"".'ntly fac in ll charges in cor mecnon wilhMntung,,'~ de" lh include MiljOlGeneral l~ndi,i l.. Wit""" Ngw"ny"( 42), Major-Genelal Phak"m,leNgcanga (50), Colonel Ma band laMbei.'n i (4 7), Ma jor Phike le li PoIwana (4l), W~rrant Officer Thamsenqa HI" I" ni (31) an d Wa rrantOfficer Kllaya l<->Ih" Ncanda na (34),
Mr M ntonga wa s lou nd d"ad ona lom·ly rOild ne", Kin!: Wi ll i am'~
Town in lu Iv last year, Ihe day "ft'"he had been summoned 10 appe<lral the r amar" poli ce station in Ci, ke i.
The arrest of the , ix polic:.'mPllfollowed a lette r 01 prot .., t , ,,nt toPre,ident Sebe by the ExecutiveOirt'(I'" uf IDASA, Or Ak'" Betaine.
Testifyin ll in a n al,pliCillion forbil il, M aior-Ceneral Zandisil.. Wil ness Nl:Wilnya, second-in-commandof the [ lite unit in th.-Ciske i poli ce,said he wanll'd it to be known thatMr Mntonga 's kill.." were all "outSIde" and t hat innocent people hadbeen <lrre'tl'd
Cisk.. i', o..'puty Attorney-General, MrV. Notshe, o ppo " '<1 Ih" haileooncanon
Ce nerill Ngwilnya den ied he hadbeen involved in Ihe killi n!,: of MrMntonga and d aim.'<I 111<11,ome ofthe killers were members of the in·v",tip;ating le<lm , He alleged thatth e p"ople re,pun,i hle for MrMnto nga's death were Wa rrant Officer Buiana, Wilrr<l'" Office M ncono, Capram HIela "nd uther policem"n he did not know. He sald Iherew.ore l ifteen po li cemffi i1'1 the officewhere the lnturrogaliun took place,among them Wa rranl Officer Soci,who was now a member 01 theinvestigating team ,
Ce ne ra l Ngw~nv a accused tileleader of the inv.,,;ligat lng te<lm,Bngadier Hkele Zibr, 01 tavountlsmbv not "nest ing Warr~ nt OfficerBojana He a lso ~"id th"t the headof the securitv branch in Mdanlsane, Rri!,:",die r L Nhon ho, shouldhave b"..n chilrged ii' well beca useMr Mnton~a '~ k il ler~ w"", workingunder hi, co mmand .
He lol d Ihe court that Miljnr Potwa na had told h im Ihal he hadgone 10 Ihe poli"e offices where hefou nd Mr Mn tunga being suttoc"l<-od with a piece of plast ic wh,l.,
Overone year later ...
Mntonga deatltSenior Ciskeipolice oUicers
on trialWAYNEMITCHEll
h"wils handcuffed Iwhind hi, back,He wa, lold that W/ O Bujana wa stort urmg Mr Mnton!!a at the lime .After M~ior Potwan<l had lel1 , W/ OBojanil t"lephOfled him <lnd toldhim Mr Mnlonlla wa~ dying, Ma jo rPotwana re turned 10 the o ffice andfound W/ O Boj"na trying to re,u,cilal.. MrMnton~ . In an emol;onaloutburst duttng the bail eooucel ion, General Zandisele Ngwanvasard tha t he was not th", kill .... Hena med WIG aojana as a killer be1",.- pOlOtin l( al a member 01 theinvest igatIng team in the public1I", lIery. «The,e i' \V/O Cola." hesaid. "He is a kille r,
" h en Brigadier Zthi. the trwesnI:at ing o fficer, is fu lly aWil re of whothe killers are,
.. Th,'Y <lrre, ted th.. wrung 1"'01'10'd.. liheral,-I y in order to defeatthe"nd, of just ice ,"
E"c M nlOngil
The ball aflp li cat ion Wa, oJlPoSlodon Ihe J{round, that people werevery angrv about the murder andmight take the Iilw into thei r ownhands if Ih" accu,ed were rel.." , ..d,
Major Mthulhu lez i Hlela, heiKlo f the mu rn", a nd robbeev squad inCisk"i , te'l ifi<-od fro the state in opposing the bail applical ion, Maio rHle l<l sard a doc ket for the case hadb.."n OJlenl'd aft ... Mr Mntonga',death in lulv 1987. The invesngat lon was conducl ,"{/ hv Colo ne l F,~Illi.
An inq ue,1 wa~ cond ud,od withou t any arrt'~1S hdving b.-I'n made.
The ca se .... as handed over toMaior Hlela attbe~inn i n l: ol Sept..mll<'r 1'ffi11 a nd he mad.. his firstarr .., t _ that 01 C,-neral Ng....anva- o n 10 Se-ptember.
Major Hlela opposed bail o n theground, Ihal Ihe accu,ed wouldinterfere WIth Slat" witn"",e, orabscond : it W<l' e asv to flee from(iskpi pvpn witho ut n ave l docunlt' nt, Mdjor Hlela poinll'd oul thatallthe police whncsses were juruorsto Ceneral Ngwa nva and ' Ollle o fthem had worktod und,'r him in hi'office ,
Miljor Hlel<l to ld Ihe court thathe Ilad difficu lty galh,-ring wid..nn ·in the c" , e and it ' e<.'ffi.od th<lt Iheaccused had wilhh" ld informatio n,Th.. <lccu,ed had co ncealed intermanor, o n t il" caso ,ince July las!year and It wa, easy fo r th"m to de,troy evidence if they were allowedou t nn bilil
MajO( HI..I" al,o l",in t,'CI out th"Ith" public was d....ply c'lIlc<-'f n,'CIa bout Mr Mntonga 's death andwanted justice to be done. Evidenceof Ihi s wa, th" p<lckl'd co urtroo mevery tim,- th" matt"r wa, heard.
The magistrate. Mr Avanda Njo£{-Ia, m refu sing ha il 'aid th .. ,,· W<l 'a posslbilrtv thaI C,-n.. ral NIo:....anyacould interfere with the State .... il·n.., ...,. It was d ear that CeneralNg\\'any" had an intimate knowI..(h~.. of t ile case , ince he had . inhis evidence, named ",m,· uf Ih ,SI<lle witnesses as cc mouatc -s inthe cr im... He had also tol d thecourt of the names of th" aU<-'I':'-'dpe'P..l riltors of the crime and hadgone as far ilS to nam" th" anualkille r as W/O Buja na
Mr Niozeta satd Ceflffal Nllwanyawas aware of the conten ts o f theletter from Or AI"", Borain", whi chh"d open,od Ihe "ciln ofworm, ". Information had been su pp ressed lormar", than a yea r and GeneralNgwanya had contendl'd Ih"t hehad su ppressed informatio n. MrNiozela said.
H", refused hil il a nd the case waspo'tpone d tu October 14 for theAllorn"Y-Cen",,,I', d .'c i,ion. Allth ,.accused were remanded 10 cust,x:!y.
Aft.. r the <ldjournment 01 theco urt, people in the puhltc gallery ,numbering about 300, w"nl oul~id.,
" nd linl'd the street o utside rh..court building. They jeered <I, the, ix accused were driven a..\lay 10Midd.. ldrilt prison in four policec ars ac co mpanied hv a (assp" .
III t I[ JASA-\\'" , l wlI ;flkPl ifl S,-plernhI" 1....1 "",n <w d "nl,- . 'n dosente~dn '"'' d i, ' h.,I" polll It-k. -, pt>ltrurn'" '-'"id-Mfl ld d,e W- I'''->fllhl'id ~,~
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IDASAwerkswinkel:
Suid-Afrikaanseuniversiteite
in 'n nie-rassigedemokrasieHElE HE ROUSSOUW
unlversltett Slellen bosch
0", Sdl"rd"l(pwg"un 11t'1 .,.m,·Ik" Ul" " l'l,it ,· il ,,' Vl'rh -" !1 wo<",Ji ·ll"I S di.. ruimte I:t·g,~· om (he poli·l ' I'k,' tendcnsc Of' sv kampus te,kNS. H'''flH1 hpt d"id..lik I:t'bll' kd dt ''''''''' '1:'' or;:dn;'a,ip, kip~ omh inn<' d ;" ~ 1 ", I.. t u ,,' II' ,,·p, l , ,'na"dl~ ki,.. om ,~~n,'f buill' dl'" 'l ruk1",,- h ' ,,·....k, Du' .....·n , I« u" i" I: ki."o m ~I,...~h dit· hu id ' l(e b<.",I..,1 I.., k,ili " "'f. It'",.-yl du, a "d..r , Ho ming"" rder ki,.. om ,If,, h uul'I(" lW~I ,, 1 I...wll vervang. lberd.e kl'u,,,, han>: .Iiv.m dn- Inrhvrdu w I" w" n, - ,'nwl"t' ldbp,kolJ 'ng en w",k likh,,' ,d,"f''''.
<'u" ", Iloov"'n, (RAUl. I"nrlll'C. .,gi" no (US) .' n D' liPrnd" ! L"t<'&i1n (US) w inwa,' ht't 1l..le i lot 'n;nIP""'iln!" f-,p,p,pki " I: ,,,ndom d i,·m"''''ll1kl....d.. "m 'n ;:."ind llPid ~-
vt'",ndprlnll on<i", AI" bm'" '"''op,iglp van ApMth",d t" """l\lphrinl:' Slud' '!lll' ,'n d'''''nl<' " , ",~a·
rinl: h,'1d",,,ol' " ,..lu i d"1 I"·,,,,,,,n·Ir k,· k"nl., k m...1 , w.m- r-n bruin",,'1',.. ,M il hull., h,'Wv' hel dill 'nnu" .. Suid-Atrika wei moomlik is.C..,I.,.." th..>(I" vi, 'u Ik., , b ke llng op' I' nuerpersconlrke vlak hlvk dusdIt' beste moonll, khe' d 1e"'N'" omIle, ind h('id we' a"defin".. t .......'ppl: II'b ling. Hi.',di"Ilt'lepn lh,~I,· vi, , kd'" pli nl\ n" ..' t I:psk.·p wor d d."" s<,.v",,1 o ' l: a nt~ d ~ i , · , ,'n 1;lo:l:an,,' ."",o"nlltk ~ow,'1 ~l u d ,'n h" ", d,, ·"·,, t,~l illl:"n,...
C"I.','nth"dp ",o~ d n', bfinl:m,'n,,' v"n V('"k ill"nd,· polil,,'ke"ortu igtnll" bym " I..ddr ton d"'I,,,1("v"fhoudtng" Wdl "p dle "V',' 1(", k"'11 wUfd . hefp 'H1' k"nili l.. te h"n1,,,-·, in n land waa' k,mflJ I.. OflV,, ' mydplik >:,,,,,,,d hpl .
Notes on evaluationT liE ,'va tuanon '''I ing for t Ill' wor k~h"l1 hI' 1l<l'li,- ipants aV<"dl:'od 82 ';1:.(which 1,'« thp l'(H)fflifla1inl: lp~",q"'l .. , cu i,f i"d ). All participanl'u na n'mOl!>lv aw'''od thill m",..' ,uch,'","e ,~", "'..'", o i ulm",t Import ·~ nu' in Ih,· curr"nl procc...s o f socropolil ital 1..""lomMliol' . UmversrI" ... wh ilh dtt" m!,od: f11",'mi"nlein,P,,,loria. Putchet-arocm. Stellenh""h, Pur l EI; ldhl'lh, Randse Af ,ik"., n,,' Un iv..."ileil , Number of par11"'p"nl~ ' lb
'>' m l' - , ,f lh" Ifi I"m i,-il'.m r, .n Ih ,' ,\I.lrion,,! '> lud" nr, Wmhho!, 0'" '"1I/I ik.1.m.' ("IlII""'" and " non-r.lci.l l[).·"",cr;'n
EASTERN C A P E
lal ,nn <lv..r a Oew U""I, tut,o n " "wry da nge rous exercis,' hI"""".. InSouth Alricd t h••n: 's a lack 01 <lny,·"i'llng ~oci<ll P'ac t I [(, o( right.. . "?\"0",1il ul ion which f'",vidt'~ d,'m, >n"cy will m",'<l 10 pmvnle fm n ·r·I" in ril;ht, wh irh ' tru mp' d a im,haw d u n ,,)Ci,d inIP,,·'t Withoul d, i gh f ~ tradinon lhi, b,>rn mp, PMncularlv <I,lIicull"
I"of Davis reterred to Ur /\ 11" .,Sachs, whu ha~ sard that. in Ih,'pwL~",S of reconstructing Soulh At·rica on the sue oi t hl' n."t",~,.,n
Apan heid fo rtress .eli..JI>! ,..m,na ·tio n fm .L11SOlJth Ai ri c<l n, will b,·t he t" " 'n t ia l nbiecuve. n,I1 <O Il<l1libero1lion th.· ~uh "<lou- '" the pm·n_", d" mou arv the lo'm and human righ" th.. go,, 1 Scl,hs go.,~ " nto warn t h<l l .,,-o no lll ir il11 h.., l" n,e,C.l" " '<:1 h~' ,o,pilrtht'ld will h"w to Ill'red,~",,,~l. h, '<: au.... any ronsnnrru mth.n p rott·<:t, t h.. ht·n.. ii t~ 01 APMtherd ""hill' purpor ting 10 d l" t'o\,t h,· to rt ress w ,lI n. 'wr attain 1"J:ilJ lll a r ~'
~l't ..",ng to the rn..,dom Cha nl'r.Pro i navIS pOinted O\JI th at It i, p "-'c i><' ly h",-"u~" the ChoUlt'!' dUI's not, 'nl'I"'}g. ' .} com' l iIU li' '''<l1much-I ofn'n tra l planning that .. ' y>l pm otlaw ,'m,- rg,ng out o j l h,' CharterCcl n ..ddr"" it ,,·11 t<J t h, · plilblem~
" j hieraer hv ,mol admin i~t"ll J VI'
r.enrrahsenon HI .'nt,·'l"''''~ andn,I I''<:l iv.. hodtr-s
Ms Frances K..ndallM~ Ke ndall rc -a ut h",,'<:1 t h, ' hook.~""th Aim'a _ rh,' S" lut",n w,l hh"r hu>b.1nd. Leon I.ouw, SIlt' I'cU"" nl ly involv..d in puhlru 'HlIl"'Gro und ,we ll , SA", a moVt'ffiI'nta iming to pfOmnt,- t he Col r1 [On ' y,'terna, " ,' iahl,· co n, t itu t ional alt..r·native.
Sht" l1ot~,,1 t h" t whd.. "'fill' aspe-CIS 01 ,} 'ww d l ~f",malL"n arp"p" " to d ,St. uss,on and compr,,-1ll1"'. both blacks .m d Whltl" h<lwn'n<li" "nOn-ll l1(o t idh le" d" mand,for h l<l. k. th"~e ind ud,- the totdlu na mhigu"''' ''''<lpl"ng oi "pari·twid . full cil il t'nship , and e-qual{ ivil ,111,1 polrl,r.a l ,Ight, III an undlvidPd Soulh Ai nca. W h,t,· non-"" I\o l 'a hl" riem unds tnclude th"prl,,,,,,,,,tlon 01 W..~ te rn value, ,1Ild
t hroug h till' .t,~" wh,,-h CIII m, ndtl'dIn Ih.. n'n>t ltullO n ot 1874, whichcon smutron I~ adhl'rPd to (in adapt,'Ii fmm ) to Ihi, day _ He wa rnf":]" gdi'1\! Iwlit'vlllg tb .1I t h,· canton'y'tl'm could easily Ill' adapt,,<l tothl' S< >!Jlh African ~i IU,Il" '" hy dividing South AIriC<l toto rnanv ( dntOn,"'Sw itz..r1,md h<l ~ not n..en dlv,dedinto canto m hUI ,t was rbc canton ,whu joult'd ami created Ih.. COntederanon", hl' ,a id
Th~. sup,,'m,' and gov..mi ng " ut honlY of t he ConjN]t'r;, t ion i, a f('<i·..,a I (ounl'il COIIIIlI" " ,] of H'Venmemhers. There is no ,epar"ll- H.·at]of 51.11e, no pres ident, nO prinlt'm ini,ter and oi u>u".. no king," 5w i ,~ pecpl.. hdvl- d l wav~ h....n<lg.lln~t g,vl IlIlIOO r uur.h POw,,( 10 d
.ingle pI.'fson", AmlJolSSol<Jo' QUIIKh••,pm",ked .
At lhe .. nd of l h,~ op.-ning addn'" , th .. f ir~1 panel di~u" lon
n >m ml'nu 'ti , ill "lhjl'CI ht.'inll'
A FUTURE CO "'lSTITUTlON
Prof Denni$ Da...i$Prof Da,'i, i, a gr",]ua!l' ot Cambring" Unlver~itV. England, and i~
" urn' nl ly t... -Iufing al t h, ' Umv\' rsityof Cap" '"wn wi",,,' he 's Alsoci"I, 'Pro f,-"", oi LolW,
He oPt'lwd by 'oily i01( that specu-
KEITH J. WATTRUS1\ ia,cinatl ng artev "I pr(f[11Inpntspea kers gathered In the Pon Eliza 'b, 'lh Cirv Ha ll on 22 September 1l11l8a t an IDASA confere nce a rran gedto .",plm" c"n~lllUl ional ,HId R anoml" optlnn~ ior a tutun- SouthAl ric", IDASA hOf,..d that, hy st-aring th"1f re''''lfch and t'~p" rl ffict's,
t he,,' ~p..a kf'r' would fJpt'n up ant-W v,,,,m fo r Ihl' rutu re . a vrsronwhllch could re lntrod LKe ho pe andconfide nce Into lu nIH",m p lanning, PaOt,1dl~,:u~> io n. WPrP '(rUCl ured in such a way a~ to ..nlCou'agf'dehdl" a lloul p ractica l ~ h.'P~ whl{ hcould he lak.'n alo ng I h,· p,1lh f'omth., p,,'wnt ,llu"tlon, constremeda~ il i~ hy f-"''''nl f",lIc,t>5 . lowMd~l hdt h.·IIN IUI"'''_
Th, ' roni"r"nn ' w"" op"nPd byt h, ' Am l",,,ador n i SWill t'r1 ilfln .lea n Q Uilll-h.., who deli vl'r<,,<l th ..kt'ynolt · ,ldd rl's, In whirh h.. IrdU'<!t he establ i, hnlt' nt o f Ihl' Swi,~ po li ·rica! -v,tern and led Ih., du dil'nn'
Anticipatingthe Future
L-~ ; _~wi \~ Amb".•_,ador "',111 QUI/lche, """" h W" lIru, dnd "wi Doug/a,!r\';ne (Cha i,man).
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,ufl i~i"nt p,ol"dlo" to dllay Ihl'i,II' ''' of hkKk " 'lrihUli"n
,1..1, 1\" ",Ja ll f..lt Ihal a Iprrilmia llyha",d "'d"'i11 svstcm. devoid of"lhnll'i1l1y h,,,('<1 tearores. I, mOSIpromi,inl: lor South Atuca . PowprI'o u ld 1>< ' dpvolv•...-t al"nl: federalIi ",·, to d large numh", of un its .Ihp"'hy nol onl~' ,,,d,l(in;: nmfliclhut abo ac commodating diversitvhy allowing a greeter vanetv ofpolrncal. econcmrc and welfareI ~ ) I roes 10 funrtron srnudtancouslv,
,1..1 , K.>ndilll rcmrluded bv refer, inl: 10 referenda 01\ Ihp 1ll0S1 rd i·o1h l" WilY of d cterrnirunu whal ernzens wanl 1:0\'>'1/1 m,'nl to do ,q:..,d ·inl: particutar iss llt' s. "Ord inarvIlt'opll' 01 ..II ran', would I,.. ecliveIv involved III Ih" fm mu l" l io n o fpohcn-v "fft":'I"'!: Ihl'm. " This 'v' ·rem woul d <lutonMticaliv provid"pmll'lliun for hoth minorities andmajorltl"' , Ihp I" tt." hping no 010''''th,,,, I:IOUpS of ",d,v,d"ill, h"v",;:r Ommo n valu." , p"'fpre nre, .1nOinll'''' ' h .
Dr Tom LodgeDr Lo,IW', " w dduillp of the Umver"Iy 01York. Engla nd . CUrrt'nIIV It..:. luft" '" Polilil',,1 Stud res "I WitsUniw "ilv and is 't'nowrl''':! for h i ~
"""Mch and writing, on Ihl' Ai,i( "n Nationa l Co ngre" (ANCl.
In thts discusvion . D, Loo ge outli"" o th,' Mgum.·"I, '" f"vo ur of .'I
un'tarv majoritarian um'lilut'on"II IS u)n(e lv.,hl,' Ih;ll 11I'oflh' COu Idhl' educated 10 find m",i l in vuch" p I io ns " ~ "<Jn~o.: iationa l i sm , ca nto n" fl~l<" illism <l nd so on , hUI Ithink il i~ tml ikl'lv tha t :I", h .",1", al ion wil l fI"ve much S"IC"" _ nol,IS lonl: es the chief advo<:atp, ofsu.-fI ,<:IlPmt'S arc ncb , whil" ilndp, ivii<'g,...-t : ' hl' ~a id,
IJr Loog" though t th<ll a h''' ' l'p" ",:onrl ilion for the l'xi<'II'nc<' ofd ,'me ""dCVii that dll cit i' l'n, i hou ldhdVI' a uniform St'l o( po lil ica lrighl '. Hf' could !lot b"lipvl' thatat cordHlg group r1l:ht" i.l'. IIghlswh,ch ,u e enjovod bv O1"mI1l"5 o iparti, 'ula, races . cornmunit i, 'i , Ioca lilies or '''1('''''', co u ld <:nn fm 01wllh th l' nrtnctple of unoformilYl h., pmvision of I" ,li li<:ill ,ighl, toSo uth Alricil'i blad, wo"lrl have10 hl' accc.nca nn-d by iI la "Iy ;:'ealdegree ot r-conom ic "",ltstrlhution"1h i, " .'llisl rihu llun could t"ke " 'v" ' il l form, _ fro m Ihl' polincatlvpOflular hut ,'u",om i<:i1l1v dantagIn;: option of forc,.d n mfi'cal inn .Ihmu!(h v"r iou, form, u f sta te ta ke" v" IS '" parI ic ipal" '" '" f'nt"'pri....,
Frilnce" Kt'nddll. loint author ofSouth Africa , the SolUlion.
w ith c.cmpe nvatioo 10 for merowners. 10 redumbunon throughIht' Iisr al 'yStNl! <t nd tnu<.h monambit rous Ii'P'" of p uhl lc soci,,1 in·v,'stmenl lh.m p"",' nll" ..xi,!. AllIhl's,' would r,"-lU"" a ~()v.'rnm"nl
wtth >lmn" 1'0""'" - and fa" lvu'n l,a li,..d on"" in ",d,', 10 ov,',com" " 'l(io n.11 dl·v.·lopml'nt o i, IM,il i." .
"So ulh Afril'iI" chacactensncsrio" 't suggest a particu I;Hlv p r.'s~in ll
""Iui 'em.'nl 10 ' tederal forms ofadm",i~t,alion ," he continu..d. ·'CN ·Id",lv there I~ a great c ultura l andl i ngu i ~t 'c div('fSltV - bUI memb...,o f different comrnunmev inh"h ilmor,' Of ltoss t11<' sa m" 1l' ''''Il'dph ilal~p.1r:p
"Why d" ' 0 nMny 11I..,p l" hawproblems wilh tiIP notion nf m<lim·ity f" l"r D, l od l(" asked "Whilesunder majority fUl .. in pml-ap<lfl held Sout h Al,ic" il,eunlik..lv to 1)('th.' ohj,..:.,t oj , y, tpmal;c pe',,'r:unon On d ,ar ial h",i , ; th"y " '" suffi·c ienl ly num..r",,, dnd monopolist'sk ills 10 a n ('xt.'nl 10 ma ke thisralh,' , unilk"ly un less an extremelv'dc i,l n l,Kk adnumstrunon ta k..,OV('r.
"Th., ht,,1 guarantor thatthe pestdpolrll"'id ildrmn i'llation will res(wet ", ,, ,Iil'" frp('<1om, is the eXlent10 whkh Iho, .. freedoms r"m,li rldlivt· wh"n II ,l('{", 'rl<" to power,EVi"V tlm\ ' " fl'OWSp<lJwr is rio" ..:!down. t'v."y urue d man, wo ma n orc. h il rl ts he ld w"houl t' i.1 1. "very
ti "'••a Imli" ",man gOt'S unpuni ~h('d
fm lorturing or killing .'I flI i~"ner,
"v"'y 11m,' a filmily is a,h, tra'ilyl'vi(:!<,,! from II, hom,\ ",""ry l imp abuok i ~ hilnn('<1 , and everv lim.' a no'llani ,ation i, " ·'I,ict<>d. pl',marll'nt d"milg.' milv Ill' being inflirt..don Ih" politi c<ll culture o f th iscc untry. fOf a democratic cu lture th rivestwit in d democratic environment- it IS difficult 10 incubate demo
crilCY undt'< repressroo h" conc lud ed .
rrof O.. wid ....n WykProf V"n V\/vk i ~ P'ofessor of Con-rltutional LdW <II Ih., Unive rsity o fSouth Afnca hu t h<l' b,,,'n s.....",d,>d10 the I\w<tZulu Nal.lllnd"h" whl' '''he is D,rffl",
Prof Van Wyk ,,,,,I h,' wo"ld hesurpnsed if th.. co n, l ltut io n of thefuture was not "o ne hig I'o mpromise", which , I", acknowledged.would 1)(-> lJnlik"ly 10 '<ltisfv thepu,i,l , <l nd th", id"ologUl". II willnot he ,",~"h>d oul end/or "'Iroouct'<! hv the '·so l.. and dulh"nlicrepresemauvo 01 th.. 11I>oplp" o fSooth Africa lwcauSl' 11I,hlicdl plura usm in South Alr;e" Wa' fa r toost ' o ng for thaI. A flJlu,,· consntulion is likelv todl'v"lol' in a otecemeal fa i h ion w ith continuousc han;:",;: "ml ",d m "'",g".
Prof V"n Wyk wa, sceptical of a"nillio nill solu tio n" 10 tl.... "n"lion,,1flrohl,·m ". slaling Ih<lt only ideoIO!ly and i1n obsession with powerwould iI'gue <lgainsl a high degreeo f dp<:t'nl'dli~at ion in SOUl h Africa,rht> gravest dang,·, of this nationalapproach ii th<lt the acnit'Ven1l'ntof the solu tio'! will be delerminf'dhV Ihe ~lowlo'Sl "reform" 0' changef..<:tors in South Afri<:<1 Th is meansth a t " , igh t wing", CO rl S<',v" t iv.·wh ites in o ne P.1M of Soulh Af,i c"wil l rtic tan- Ihe spe"d of c hilnw' inth ,· ,,·,1 of the land.
K.'{"rr",g to the IfwaZulu NatillIndah.l , h" ,aid rh.rt il d"monslraledthai il is possibl.. lor PPOfll", withhighlV tliVt'fllt'rlt fluliti cdl viewlH>inh and a,pi ral ion, In co me upWIth an agr.,.,ahlp I'omp'om iSt", andtunhermor.. shov...,j the vi"hllilv ofregtonal oplion, wilhoUI threatening o r impilirinll th., search for a"national" solution Proi v a n WvkS U~''''lt..: ! thilt a fut lHt> con sutunonwould Ih' V" tn "":t:ef'd, <IS the InddlM had oonr' , in rpconciling Iht'two ost<''!sihlv c o ntredic torv f(~
"u""m"nls of vmversal and g"JUpparticrpaunn. with prev-rvauoo o ff"..:'llom of <I,,,,,r ta non.
M5 Hele n Zillt"11.1, lil l.. ";In ,ml,'p. 'ml, ·nt " 'S,',Ht h·'" """I t",,,I<ln((' juu'nd li ' l m C,J P"Tu",n . Shl' "';I' r""'H'dy il Ilol itic ill"' ''''.'' IKm rl"nt rm tht' Rand f)" ilyMa d ,lnd now .,<lih th,. Bld,-k <;",hM"l\illint, _
'T on' l itut io nal ,tah ility 1\.'n" ' ;lIIv ,e,u lt, trom an a lt",na t ing andtnteracuve process 01 co nlhct andnegonauon . uM d lilt' poin t "reached where the nlolj", ,mt,lgoo·i<;t, Ilt' li t.'w comprurruw to Ill' p,..terahle to o nl:" ing conthct." Mvlill", \ij irl She ronnnued hv to,I",rlnl\ t o> thi, , t ri l\" as th,' "<; Il.>rt'd 1""n'ptio n o j 51" lpmit t,," ; " muturi lI" ',u 'p t,on tllat ,,,It' " a n <lell,,'v, 'more by n-ac Illnl: a set t I"ment Illanh y c o n t ln u, ng t he '!fugg l,· 10'poWt'"
Til" only t il ing that cou Id he 1"'''ditcH'o witll r ertaintv a bout a iutuft·convntunon wa, that nu mod" 1pl"rf'd on the ba,gainml( tahl" atthe o utset would Ii kel~' ezn.. rg" in·1,,<:1 " t Ille end oi the ba rgam, ngp",n's<;, M_, Zille thought. "Ih..mod..l that I'm"'g" , will h,> a retlecI ion ot Ih., , o mp 'o m i, e reached."
,\ h l ill, ' fplt Ihat although rbenwa, nO , ho rtagt' oj " id"a l" modelsior a lutu' " South Alri"a, th.' n-alpmhl,'m in o ur "Ki"ty i, tha t wehave Ilot o onl! l'noul(h " " rk on thl'I,ut" '",, , "0" t,,,, j"'I: a way lt1 wh,,:hWI' call get from wh",,-, we a re nowto a poiot wh.'re the m"im arlO"will be p,epa,,'o , ind,'ed sl'r iou,lvccmmun'd, 10 d i' r u" ing th e "h.,, ·niltiv" " and wht'", th e , hart,<l p, ' r-
cepnon 01 stah' Ill at" I, , u,-h th"t aCU'l' IJ Ultll'''' i, po " ibl,,_"
K.'f" ,,'nn ' w"s m"d., 10 a loca lin il iilt i"", oj l ilt' C.lllt' l ow" ( ityCoun",1 wh it h wa, prt'n", tun' ly in!t'rruplt~! 1" ',:aLI<;e ,t Wit, d ,'><:ow,edth" t th.· c1 i"M I,' tor n"l(o t l,ltlo n,d id nol ., ~ "t.Jt t ilt' 10.-.11 1"",,1. " A,th "'Il' rur rt'nt ly st.md. th" "'I,,""ts ,o bi""tiv", ,>nO id""o l" gi(', of them.. ior ;Ktm, "n' too wid"ly rl ivl" I:enl , "",j th., ,,,n,,, oj trust , und... ·,tandlOg dnd u 'gt'nr~' to" lim it, ,,lto ,·,,,,hl ., "'''' ' t it ut io " ,,1 ",'go ti,, nons to he I,' ,,,ibll'," 11.1, Zill ,· rC'm",kt-d
Zille urgesconference to use"every chance thatcomes up to resolveconflict andproblems bynegotiation. "
SIll' Ielttba t it W.J, til":" ,,,,,, ,,, thaiWI' t'tmt't'n trilt .. on creatmg th, ' " 1'propr i,' ll ' di m""" whi r h n,.."nlu, inl( ,'v,·,,· ,:h,lIll'l' t h,ll co n"" up10 ,,,, ,, lvI' ",,,, tr in and prohll'm, Ity"" I-\()t ,,, t i,,n rh", wo ul0 hl'lp to <'5
tablish Ih.. n,~fi hi " t y' .lnd i"a" h ility of th, ' u mct' pl " j n,'gol ial ,o n," p,ltl it u larlv if il It,,! to Ih., 1'1llpowernwnt o f com munil i." tu di rect and control their o wn d.,,'iny,",'1.1 , ztn« concluded.
Till' second pM",,1 o i<;<:'""ion had a'it, theme :
A future economy
Mr Bobby Godwll,\I , Gutl,,, I1,,, I\"'''P mdu-tnal ,eld 't ,,,n, a nd p"hl" alia lr<; "oll, ,, It,"'1for th,· ,\ nl:lo Ao'"'oeiln Corl l< ll,ltio n " ",I is (Ul ft>ollv , h" i,m"n " ttl'lt' SA{mploy"" Cor\vuh"t ,Vl' Comrn i l!l~' on l" lx>Ur AN,tl r, (SACCO LAl_H,' is nh,uth" r o t l ill' t 'u rr ..nt Ilt"I ·,.. II. ... A {lllm e S(wth A Irlc" V"""",5tr.l t<'~w, .",d I?" ,'/ir""
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10.1, G,,,h.,11pOl nlt,,! OUI th,lt twotvpes of "COnom,,: .'q u" lit\ r an h,'di>lllll(u i~h,~! _ ''<lu.. l i t~, fit opportu tutv and ' '<I u" lil y o t ..ntill ..n\t'ntEqu.J lilv 01 opl""tu"'tv nlt'd" , qu,t<'<;imply that all Pt",pl. , , 11 " uld h""""'1" ,,1 accevs tu Ih" ""If"" o fwl'allh, " nrl ' onw p",g"", 11.1, ,>t:C"rrt~! hI" " in th,· J",1 t .... " dl"dd."How,·v. '" int"-1u" I' ti,,, III Ih., ,'nt,t ItL
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"In this regard therise of massunionism in SouthAfrica is alreadyachieving the mostsignificant shift ofpower in thecountry 's history, ..
Bobby Godsell
P,of S.. mp ie Terrebl..ncheI' rot I " ",'hIM",I", ,; a p'oi""or inEconormcs at t h,' U",ve,~' ty oi ~t" l ·
Il'nno5ch f rom 1~7Y 10 1'Ill'; ho wasa n",ml,,', "j l h.. l ...mo",J(' Adv,, urv 13,,,, rd 01 th, ' St dT ~' P"-,id,,nt
p,oi Tt.'If ,·hl<1,,,,I,,· 'a"· Ih ,,'.,~t"ll" S in th,· tuture t'{:",,,,m~ - th ..
"''''' phas". th" t,a'."'t,o,,,,1ph "w"",i th.. l''''l -il lla rth,',,1 ph",,· ,
TI, .. ~ "-'" IJh,,-,,, I' roj T,' r,,...blanchr- \,11\ Ill<' d"din, ' in th,Smuh ,\ f, i, an .. ,-mwm\' ,,, vI.'r yIlIUf.h iI ,trul'l,u ,,1 plwnonwnn".r" th," tha n a"v' Ii,·"I ph"no",.." , ,n,1\ ,on,,· ~"",' rn m"nt ~I'ok",nwn•• II ,·g,·. Th" ,Iluetu,al ,' h",a.-t."d' OW nut oi tht· IHllh ",h -" ", t"", ,,1dqJt'nd,-n,'V 01 the Sout h Ameen" ,-ooomy- "nd Ilw I:"'''''''A inw,''''l",nal ISI/I" t,un thill " "'IM',i,,"':....1 "Ow , the I".t .\0 \"t'.", Ih,,-...",omy· has h,,,.on,,, f,,, too C"pitill Inll""i" ,-a nd t"n "'~l "..ntlv " Vt,,\,
It-",vdl in Ih,' ,,,, ·o no m,. C"'lSI" ", h,,,p inCH''' ''' in th,' ,mporl oihI'" ' \''' Cilpitdl equ,pmenl ," Pro!I ,- m~,I"nc h" ,-,pl" i",...1 ..10 , 'U-ford"",." w,th Ih~- V,-rw, ,,-,, Ii,ln dream.lahou' was mad,· " ' p" n" "" a"d" ,','n <J nava il" hl,· wI" I.. f'dIHt" I Wd,m,,,I,, ,,,t il i,-i,-,II\, . h('.lp lw d lowint,·...l t Mh' I" ,li,·v, <1" overva!u..dRa nd " m l hv " II ~i "d , of 101 \ ("(>11
U'I\I"f1S ' ''' '!I\",-,t", ,-nt. ·· h.. i1dd,,,,1.
"Th.....e is no rt'a'>OO to ~~pt'Ct
t h ~ . ituat",n 10 rrnpmve and eveevreason 10 fear that th" fl....""m ded int' will conlint,l(' as lanl! a. thep.~t or a llorh", aPdrthl'id gcv....-runellt is in powe.,~ hl' wa rned.
Thj. ltilll SIFjon~1 ph~t" This" ha!.e .....ould only com~e oncea nt""" and lru lv ,..IOJJll-()Iie<llatedgove .nm",nl ma k..... c . ed itablecommllment ahout 1""-' dismantlingo f .ap¥1 d and starU 10 ta ke vi...ible me res 10 that t"tfl"Ct In thi Spha§(' ecoooroc llroo-th WO<.Ild bedt'Wt'fa lely.-.df.d 10 u eat e maumum iob o p puJlun it i" s and tocall§(" a Y>alp inc~w in the ta~
Capacity of lhe economy. " MoleIhan just norltl<tl's,nll economic relat ions wilh Iht" ' f"St of the wo<Id.....,11 be needed.~ ....'ill all.O need aMarshall Aid pruwam",,-,, ~ PoolT("ITehlanche sa Id
'TIu ri1l1t lhe t.a nsiliona l phaw wewill be faced with a w ry difficu lland on-Itoinll t rad ...."ff be t.....eeneconomic cond it io n, c.onduc ivl' toa high economic Ilrowlh rate a ndpol it ical cond itio ns conducive tothe d osing of th t" "w..lfare" spe ndinlt Itap. i. e. for rt>d im ibut ion pu rposes: ' h~ said
Tht' polt-ap.lrfht' id phaH' , Thisphaw could only br _ tewd once alullv developed non-.acia l coesnluliona l s",l~ with a c oocu r...nl.....e lfare slale svstem W;lS in p l<>ee.~Although I am not optimist ic thatthe posl-apa rtheid st;lge will bereacbed in Ihe forx......t>1e fUlme. Isl ill hop(' 1I\,)llhe Iuluft! K Unomvof 1"'1StilICO' will haw-lhe followingcharaclenstlCs. ~ Prof Terteb!illlc.....c oocluded .~( a ) Amarkt't-on..ntatedKonomy.l b) A la bou''';ntel'lsive e«>nomv
bawd on aPPFOfI'Iil I~ lechnology .(c ) An economy .....ith a .....ell-deve
loped and w(>lI -orltdn lSt'd ......Ifar'"state Sysl....-n (includinlt a ......t l~
loped edIXa hona l s",lern ).(d ) An economv .....ith a nt'Ct"Ssary
large (bul nOI I<Ml larg..) bu rt'au cracv with 01 fa ir d,'gr!'t" o f {'ffic rencv.
(e) A full ente rndlion" tty infegrated economy an d al le ast part of aSoulh"", African Econo mic Confed"rdtion(f) Afa irly st"ble, prosperous and
u nita ry )V) lern o f [)emouatic Capi"tallsm Slrue tu,rd 10 fit Ih" Si lu..t ion In SouII'1 Africa that in a ll prob..bilih will sh ll be d..)( ritJ.,;>d as..unlq oe
ExploringPort Elizabeth'sforgonen past - first inhistory workshop series
Jant1 O "rrv
os 11'1.. """",ing of 16 Augu)l, agroup o f 70 slud<onlS, dCademicsaed mteeested nM'mbo;>o oi lhe publoe came 10Kt'!...... to crilical ly <"XoIm
i~ I..... hiSlOt'\' of POOl E!iZdbelh ,Th is pwi<'ct w~ In.. ftrsl in a seriesof "HtSIOf"\IWork~· E'WfIt!, .... ichIOASA Ea)wl"O Capt' ' PXlon is roeve-ning Tn.. .11m ottbe proj.<"Ct is 10proeeote. dl"hd t.. and Slimulate rew a,,;;h on the much-nt'Itlected hklory ol in.. £aSl....n Cap".
Tilt, tilt'""' n i thIS St-'fllina. wasthe hlsto<y o f .{'§istdnce _ a rMt "'~were most lorlUnolte to have JoyceKirk. a 1t'< lu'<'f in " I,ican History a tOll io Slate Un;\f{'"i IV , preseot olpepe on "African R... lstence toIh ·sid ..nt i..1SeIl ....Il,ll ioo in Port Eliza beth in the lwly 1900's"'_ tovce. ablack A"",rit:a" hi'tmi"n, wrote herDoctora l If",sls o n th,' hi)lory o fPort Eliubt,th. dnd w.ls in SouthAfrica dt the tim.. doing fu rther r...search. Olh l-" Inpuls Wl" l' given bvC"", Ba inl'5, lec lurt'f in historv a tVista Untve nl lv , who spo ke on" The Of:o.I",lopmenl of Worke r Re§I S1al'K" in Port Ehlo1lwth, 1650 1920", and by 1a....1 CherTv, whospook.. on "Women's Ro le in Po litic a t R~S1ance en KorSlen in the19'iO's ~_!l-'U Pl'lIfl , leclur.... in Hislory oil Rhod<'S Univ!'f" ty. cha iredthe me-ef"'ll
The p.l>J(:"U ~rt' fo llowed bvque!>t~ and d i)(union a mongthoso<" P'l"§l-nt _ roc lud i"ll studef1 uhom Vista UniVf.'f5' ty oInd rte Un i"' '',, 'Iv o f Port E1 iu bl-'th , h igl'1scllool students dnd history teecbers, membo.'fS of the Port EliubethHislor ical Socit'ty, acado.-mics fromboth unrveNli.... oInd a local muw um r ueatoe Hopt-'Iullvsuch opend isc ussion w,1l )llmula te lhe creat ion 01a truly noo-, a(ial h,lotury 01Po rt Elizabeth _ cne which ta kesinlo account t h l' l'~JM' nl'ncps ot tbemajo..ty of r l:'~idt'nh 0/ the cttv.
This fiM Sl'minol r, which IWne-rated consid"fil hl{' interest ill thesuhjli'ct. will Ill' followed by ora ll'1 istory researc h ll" lUp l invo lvi ng~ tudt-nh, SOd,l l hi' lory tours of PortEliza bl-'I I'1 , ffit'l:'I inll' of l'1i gh scboolh istory t" .x:h<'f}, and lurther semina rs where '~<l.{ h will be pre....nted
Negotiation Seminar
THIS ..,....,inar wa, he ld under llwduspices 0 1 t l", UPE Nf'tlOlta l inl(Unit .un by Md.k AnSlt"'l . tbe seemna r ....as held beroo. ....., 1&-20 Augu,11'l68, Commun,ty-baSt'd organisations and hade UnIOns as well asIDA""" ..,f' ,,,pH'w ntoo The p<'O-
pie tilulthl dbou t "'-'KOIiallOl1skilk and pro(es'lO-"S
Paffteip,ml ' ....~ft" gi""" l'>.l"fCi".,.,for ~prac'i<e~ PUIflOSl"S, ThE-' r"'P'OviM'd demorn. t rdllOOS _ ,,"dIC.Ili.... of intl'fn.ah...-d .... avs of nt"ltOl ia110M whic h iIIf'" a copy-book of theS<MJlh Afnun siluation_ This is 01P<J!olllonal rvpe 01barga",ing which..Iways loICE'S pot'OPle 10 bonomlint'\, a nd som..lImE'S deadlocks .P..upll' .......... tilul!ht how 10 negonate o n Ihe hasis 01mt' rits O' stand ards . This is called "pr inc ipledn<'t:ol ial io ns".
Sum.. of th l' {-'~ercises were 100se ns iti vf' lu. polit ica l co nsumpt io n. It was cteer lhal tht' peoplewho prl'JM't'Cl th.. material reliedmost ly un what the vecuntv departmli'n l uses to Inlorm the wh ile pu~
lic. This mdle, ial mt't wit/> .es istance lIum I..... comradt'S bf<causli'they _r~ poIlrolyinll an incoo•...:1imag.. a bout OUI o' llan isat ioos .AflN long dt' libe.al io ns pec p teagreed 10 do thest-' .....""cise<>. l'1ol\1inllnoted the.. objeclioM.
Township factfinding lours
ON 1 September 10 ASA lOok nine-teen scholar} and ntne reachersloom All"landef Ro ad High Schoofo n a facl·l indintt minion. Thesetours o rittinal l'd in con junCllon withIht' educalivt' role o f 10 AS A, Thep<'Oll' wert' asto nishl'd to 5<'C thesoclQ-poliliCdI oI nd economic cond it io n, o f Ih'Cl l ociltion
This ae-a IS",I",nallonallv known/0 ' tn slum o utluok, Red Locationhad its m ill,n as occup ied barracks(in 1899) by B. iti,h ...,Idi{'". Afte rth .. Anglo-6ot'r Wa r in 1902. R..dlocati on was evacuated by lhf' setdit'rs. ln 190 31he l ocat ion Act wilSint.od ucl'd and non- racial iI' l'ilS Iil eSouth-End and I..:O"It'n were deastKa ny aftec red by the Act. The AI, ;-
n
can, t ro m both those Meal .....'>removed to Red Location. Today allt he houses dre dilapidated, Tbe first45 blocks are now oc:ctJpit'd by 389d isa bl,'d people and art! j n a shocking condit ion. The people on thi smp therefore have vivid images ofThis SItuation and its hutoncal backgmund.
They also spoke to rPsid" nt, whoshared their experiences of winlerra ins and cold days with them. ThpYsa id thai they are suffering the conw quences of the South AfricanGovernm..nt 's negk'Ct but that theyare callm!: lor inte rnatio na l compre he nstve/me nde to rv sancuonsto he imposed un the Borha Cov" rnm(>nt, 10 that they ca n also expenence thi s co rrosiv e pove rtv.Th" tour passed on to Sowetc (PortfliLaheth)
Thi, is on" of the a rea, that islaCI ng forced removals. Th" a,ea i,occ ur ied by a bo ut three huodredthousand people : there a re noschools and no c reches. Soci a lc ond it iO lls a re path"tic. Needlessto say, this was a most pducat iv"expe rie nce lor a ll th.. part icipa nts.
People's EducationSeminar
THIS Sem inar was he ld at RhodesUn;vprsily o n 19 Septemb..r 1988.Therc we rc e ighty-seven part ic ipant , includ tng acad em ics. The, ,,m ina, was add ressed by Dr NeilMcGurk and Sue Krige.
Dr McGurk said that People 'sfduG.tlon IS .a stru ggle allainst theAfrikan"r educa uon system whi chdomina tes po li t ical and econcmrcpewee in this country. The Afri·kam'r education sy,tf'm is rejectedby the m.Tjor ity o f th.. people inthis co untry , This co he rent wh,teculture has resulted in the mon opoly 01 the executive boardroomsof ou r la nd Hf' art lCulatf'd P<,ople'~
fd ..Kiltion as an in tl'!:,at i"", ~~tt'ffl ,
a d" mocraticalJy based soc ial s~·tern ..... hich ..... ill enable the African sto be free irom 1M- bondalle oiBantu Nlueati<)Il . The debate o nthe subjec t was out l1anding
Histo ry cur riculum deve lopmentwas anillysed by Su.-, Krlg... Shesa id tha t as far as she was concerned . no Individual can reflect
any particu lar history a lone ; therc~for e h i,tory writer~ have to si tdown with people o f tha t btstc ncal e~per if'nce so as to analyse anda rt iculate their h istory, Sh,> c rit lc ist'd a uthors who have writt"", hislOry books without consulting th ere lev ant peop l.. conce rn(>d , andcited a "u mbe r of history bookswhi c ro, ir'l her o pin ion, were irre leva nt.
" rousing debar.. follo wL>dr
Church andPoliticsWorkshop inEast Londons teve Fourie
"IN a ll my trawls a round th" worldI have nO'ver, ('Ver come across anation where so man y peop le wantto be known a, Cbrtstiens." Thisobservation by Dudley Weeks, an..uthor on co nflict management.and the fact of the cc ntlic t-ndde nnaTure of ou r society provided theimpetus fo r a group of approxima te ly lorty pL'Ople to spend a daytogether e \plo ring the role of th..church as a n ager'lt of change.
IDASA a nd Rhodes Umve rsuvjoint ly facil itated the wor ks hop o ntke theme , "Hop.. t rorough theChurch; MiSSIon TodaY'. It was h..ldon a Saturday during AUllust , MrGerald Hawkes led the works ho p,whi ch was bu ilt around three p r....seorenons: "Two sides of the Frontipr" by Dr Margaret Donaldso n,"Domin ation a nd Love" by Dr Felic ity fdwards a nd "Gospe l and Con·f hct" by Mr Tom Cunningham. Allfour teach in the Divinity Ea cuttv .Rhodes u mve rsuv. Gra hamstown.
The fi rst presen tatioll capturpdthe imagination of the part icipants,who soon found th emselves oemc ipat ing lu lly as t hey grappled withthe d il..mma s raised by conflict illsoci"ty, The unl ikely vehiciefor thi Simmediatf' and enthusiastic involll('rne nt was a look Into the past. DrMa rgaret Donaldson presented thePilrticipants WIth \WQ iecidents iromthe tIme oi the Fronti..r War<; an dasked them to rewrite these in sucha way that they could be used in a
sc hool in a fu ture no n-racial SouthAtrica. Partic ipant s SO<lO discoveredtha t the ir atl"mpt, to accuretelvportray these even ts from a previousperiod oi co nflic t in o ur land WIt hout t he bias of aov segment o f oursociety led to in-depth d.scusstona bout the pf('S(>nt conflict. Writingtor his c hurch n""""I"lIer, o ne ofthe delegates co mme nt.,.j that thed iscuss ion "p rovo ked ir'l tel lig.. ntand inc isive comment from bo thblacks an d wh ites at the semi nar" ,In fact some suggested that th isex,,,,ripnce ot looking at conflic tl rom o the, pt'fsp"ctives was a liberat ing experi..nco. No doubt. manya lso had a nt'W apprecia tion olthf'slUd y oi historvl
Dr fdward's address on "Dominat io n and love", in which she SUIlgested the need fo r a paradigm shiftin tk inki ng about relationship> Irom the paradigm of domination10 that of communion, provoked agrpat d<'al of d-scussion. She Jndir <Tted that the key to the new pa radigm is the concept of "mutu al indwelling". For most 01the delegatesthese o bsf'fllat io ns offe red a verynew way of lookingat lhe relevanceof The Chri stian faith, hence thO'great interest in them , Thf' call forfaith which is radicill, ooeo aod prophet ic was particul<Tdy well received,
In his presentat ion , MrTom Cc nnmgham argued tha t the c hurcllhad au thority to proc laim tho gospel bUI co uld e xpect to ' 'flcoun terco nflict in thi s process of proclama tIon He cited tbe coetrovesvwtuch101I,>W<'(/ the w orld Alliance 01 Reform..d Churches' declaration 01a pa rthe id as a herf'sy as an ....""mpl..of th is confl ict . Because Christ ianity is a "conflict·e ngaging" religionChri stia n~ sho uld leek to changestructures of injustice rather thanexp ..ct miraculous cha nge Delega tes we", e nco uraltc>d to (»(amint'the ways in which they respond tosuuattons 01 conllict
A fea ture 01 the workshop wasthe amount of time spent in sma llgroups so that much of th.. learningtook plac e through the inte ract ionbetwt'<'n partic ipan ts. In designingthe workshop the whole focus wason faci htati "ll a n experience rathe rthan ITT<:'rely arranging for add ressesto be d" lilll'red .
The hIgh leve l of pamctpanona nd the numerous posit ive co mments and requt'sts for more suc hworkshops a ll point to a successfu lworkshop.
WESTERN CAPE
lOASA, in conjunction ...ith Ih.....h ite schools' O'!l..niulion PUPAlPupili Unit.-d for Puc.. . nd A ,I'_nl' ssl hl'ld • conte...nce a1 the n ...e ducat ion buildinll . t Ihe Uni" ..,sity ofC. pt' To ...n on 1 & 20ctobe, .Th.. conl.....nc.. brought tog.. th..,pupils f,om .11 0".., Ih.. W~t..,nU pi'. Through pan",1 discussions," ideos, ...orkshops, simulationg.m.-s. cul lur. 1;oc li" ily and p",rson.1 inl..,ulion Ihl' d l'll'g.tl's 1'._plorE'd. myri.d o1Spl'<IS of Ih", i, lif",in South A/riu lod.y.Al the crack of rl ,lwn on SaturdavIhe N"w Educdl,on Auildinll rett'illed firlili lo uc·hc", of p,e lMT.ll ion1m Ihe (oni,',e'Kl' . PUPA and IDA·SA membe-rs stood nervousfv at the,pglsl' al J(Hl table awaJlrnll th" MfI
va l of th l' i i,st dl' lt'gat.·s_Thutv six hou's tate th.· sa m,'
p, '(,plp I"ant pxh"u,t<'(/ "g",nsllh.'s"m" t"hlps_ thp month, oi h",dWOf~ hdd I,, '('n worth it
from If".. opl'm og itlJd,....,. inwhich jm van Eck urged the SIU,dent, to re-spect each "I her's h<lckRrol.lOd". tn thp c1O'> ing ' (" l' mony",h,'", Ih,· n ln fc·r..n,-p choi r h'd Ihl', ing inllo f '" kos i Sikc,h,l", iAf,ika th.·d.'I"lId l'" ",p,,' , ha ll''f1 g. '(1 hI' nt......
exp,', i, 'nn>;Th,' co niN,'nn' WitS lh.. h' lI h·
1_"'HlI of a pro'YSStro<ll W<IS i " h 'nd , ~1
to snmulate the gro,",1h 01 " ud..m .pol " 'lit and teac h, ', organ isalion, inth,' white schools oi th., W""tNnCape .
IDASA w orked (10"'1" wil ll Pur"l sUn in-d for P" ,IU' a nd Awa,e" "" inconc-e plu ,IIIS lllg. 111 .IIlIl' nil alld rull ·ning th" n ,,, f'·" " Ke.
" 11 was a reallv good e xp,'r ",nn'for us," satrl Finn <l Sass. Co-." u ,na ·to' oi PUPA "'AI Ilw samr: 1I000' •.ISgiving U~ 11ll' <hanc t ' to 1" 'lI n " ,g,m i<anonat ski lls. the confer..n...'dllmwd us to '"acro pupils trnm~ r: h,x,b all " ill" Cape Town : '
Nic Bo'a,n . tro" I DA.~A m nil" -onu ' "'I\"n""" '.1,,1. " f or m,' Ih",n ust ,'' ' itmg thing W4S to WI'
p1lpils fro m ,uth v,,,t lv d ifh''''nlhac ~Ilrnund s dnd hf.. l·\ p" , i, 'OI.,-'t:onlro nt each "th,-, w,trolh"i, 1"1'judic"s dnrl mi,conn'pt lons dnrlh"v, ' th<'", chdng,'d lro ,o ugh "\1"'""n...'
" At " fl!' p0lJ11 on th,' S,l l urdavaft"mo"n I stood I<XJ~IJ1!: "'''' th. 'q lMcJ o f tl", Ed u"a t io o Build",!:wh",,' " I,. ,ut 70 wh it l' and hl,K~
sch'X JI ,1 udt'nt ~ w",.,!r'am, og iI trad il io n..1 d" on' ; s" ml'wh",1' "mwl'me dl1otro," group W iI ' I, '",n ingN~", i Sikel"II' , aml lrol' noh·" of OI'Wsongs h,'",g w"tt,'n h" ,,"v, ' r<II otlll"smalllo(lOUIl" of part lcip.lOlS f ,h, 'n '(jup to n", ~V,' w,'" , ", d t'" ,lv inAI, icd " nd II... I,tullro t" r "ml Ih, '"nging ,,,,d th<, ' Iitmping il'l't ... '('m·,'<1 ' 0 opt imisl ic .' ·
Ilow.-ver . 'I wa, Il<>t a ll p l,lin " ,il·iog There wa s a rtxu.taru t"nSl" n
Iwtween th,' h l,Kk l'up,I; ' (~,l ttic.,1
" Io'~' ~nd whilt th,' Whlll' pup, l,we,,' prep,ltl'd to ,'n t..,til in
"You mu,t "'m"ml""t!,,,t manv"I t l,.. \I![ CSCO 1\"'..·.t,·roC<lp"· SIUd,'n" Cong,e,, ) p... ,pl .. ,m ' Vt·t,·ra n, "I d,·t,·n t ion, po lice '''P''''"ion "nd h"al irill', ,. "" id Fion~ Sa"."So m.· o( tlw m hav,' "v" n Ot'en"ho t , \v" have ht....n w,y "hpit.. ,Pd .!lut ",m.' how. th,' mort' a,gum"nt,we h,ld th,' mOf" we Cil lll,. to und.. ,vtand ilnd .lg r('t' w ith e~eh nt he, "
A l"ilch.'r who ob...·' v."'l al lh,'eonf""'ne,' summed up II... f......lilli' 01 many w hn .11 t" nd,'d "Th",W <I" il rea l , ill" 01 h"I"" Th,..... l'upi l,It'ach.",l " ileh nt h", ,In n" <In innedih l" Illlh , Th,· (·onfe re n,..· dewlot",d" ellt iq u., of th., f'd u r ~ l ion
pupi!'> ,,'cel ...' ~nd ilt llll' ",n,,' t, "'••wa " i l ~ lt , .. concrete ..ltl"lna li yl!'_ an "dUc<l ll o n~ 1 ..xp"",·nc" th" thp lped Rod r",.. t ht' lililinlo( in bothth.. hl,l( k a nd wh,I" educanonal e~pl' r,,'nee,..
All in ~II. ~ "m ind-l. h,l nginl: " ,nenence" wa.. t h,· un,m in\<J ll, verdiet of all pup il, r
Understanding conflictin South Africa -an IDASA series
Thubil Albe rt uo
SOUT H Africa i.. a conflie t· .iddenwei"ty w ith iI 1' ''!l,RY of apilrtlwidstranded upon pnl il, i""1ion "nd vioI"nt conf lic\. f or \-om.., th" d' '5t rucI i"" mod.· ot conti ict i.. deter minedby ,' Ih nlcitv , whdst for ot hf><" II I ~
d<'lerminPd b~' ,aLe, lawo and/",c1a'i Wh,'n conlron tl"tl w,th theimm.... , .. im pilct o t coniliet p-t~]p lp
b"u,me c~'nicdl 01 th.. w"y.. andm"an~ of Pllah linR iu ndam..mal~()"iu..'(ono mic c hang". Alw lnat i....tv, th,·y Jr" ..impl\, inc.,paci talt'dby tbe ch" l le n~" to resolve thrs violent ~t"ll'm a l"
In o,der tu contr ibute to th ..u nd...~til n d mJ: o f t h i~ ph"no n1('non, IDASA ii cu rrent ly hos tlnlt asene, 0 1 ",'mind" " nt rl l,"tl , "und..,standing C,miliet in South Ai ri ca" ,Th,' following roplcs will I.,.. ad d,,·ssed1 F.ilm"work for Ih!.' Study of Conflicl 21 Sept,'mh.... 1'l882, IU'l in ' , F",,'dnm dnd P..""."
26 Septembe... 19863 Id"olog;cal Conflict in Mod,·",S<>cil'iv A ",oul h Af, iciln ( n fll<'xt-
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Die Vryheidsideaal in Suid-AfrikarANlIEBENBERG
u ~I ; S<ll lon 5 October 19884. Prejudir l" in HUlTJ<l n Sodetv: Th..Soulh AI. ;c"n Cast' 12 O ctober 19885, IntNpl:'l'Wn,,1Co nflict : A Socia lP~v<:hok>Ki~rs \liI"w 19 October 19680_ St,alt' j(I t"S ilnd TCKtic~ for Pt'ilU>lu i Ch" nl(t' 2 NovE'mbl-r 1968
Scx'iI.~ who ha"'" paRlcip.ltt'dIn Ike '\('fie Ihu~ la' clnd who willbe particip.a1..n& in Ihe forthcoming~,nan i...d t.Jde Prof Amp it' Muller(U" i..t'I"sity 0 1 Ihe Wesl~ Cilpt').Prof H.W. van de< ME'M-e (C....t relor- lntt'Jgroo p Stud i('!o. lIniv~i(v
o f Clpt' Town), Prof !.Jnnit' Malan(Un ;......s'ty of I~ wene..." Capel.Prof PI"I('J du Prt't'l ( Un l ver~ity 01Capl" Twoo}a nd M, lan nit' Gagiano{Un~ilv o f SIt'llenboschl ·
The two wrn'roar5 ....Id thUl; larbeve been "llt'Oded by .10 and -40partic iPdnh rt'loP<'<:tivt"ly . Tile wrieswill hop('fvUy conlribult' to .. betterunde,~'andinll ..monll~1 a ... everg,owin j( numbl>r o f attendees.
Second objC'Cl lvl" of Ih.. scnes is10 mot iv"le people not only 10 become informed about Ihc' n" turt' ofco nflict es a sccla l ph..no menon,but "I so to encourage pt'ople totransform pOll'nt i,llly destr uctiveconflict i"'o pos itive trilflsfo'm.lt iveconflict . II is said that conthc t is...ot Inh.......ttv ne ga tive. bul 'hal ithas a pos it ive side too
Furtht'J. il is an import..nt aim oft he St'l"it's to h illhlillhl tht> fact l ha tit ~ ...."u..,.sary 10 m..nage conflictby tac" hnll I.... roct-cacses Theseobiecuves are thus ..n i ...lewal pertof th is st'Ji{"s ..nd co-<ktl"l'mint'S thep eram<>t.....s01 th(>c~ subjects.
It IS ertVisaged Ihal a weekendsemInar will .... arranl/l"'d i... conJu nct oon with acadt"rnic sl ..ff involved in confliC1 stooit'S 01' lM'Cand t .... Ct'fl ll'lt /0. 100ergroup Stodies al UCT for p..rt ic ip.1 nls in Ih lsp ,ogr..mme. Pracl ical s" iIls in them..n" R("ffienl of conflict will belaugh! i11 lh,s SE'mina, ThISwill ta"ep la c.. in Nov("mb.or 1988 . Tho....who ,,",uld I,.... to eonro l Ml' oq:ed10 a!lend the ,emaining midw("{"kse minars ht>l d at lOASA's o lf ice-s inMowbray
II ;s in l hi ~ way th" t IOASA hopes10 conlr ibult' to Ih.. un dersl and ;ngof "u, ( o nfl iet-, idd",n soc i..ty. IIIlm her hopes to a~~i s t p{'()ple tobeco mt' informed and invo lved int he tra m formative process. Wet n,J~t t haI ptoOple w ill bellin to de ·f ine therJl'K"lvt"S ... p..rt 0 1 Ihe sol ul ion a nd aU accor-d inltly. ,,,therIh"o ,,,,,,,,,,nob.......("f$ of I~ prob-.=
OP Soa lerdaR 10 S"-'Ptem ber he! d iewmi g.. t,It"ld. " Oi{" Vrv~id~-
ide aa l i SuHf-Ah ik.. ·• i Srellen-bosch pla.tsgeviod Oil Is ngebieddeur doe Stel lenbosche Aklut'l.. AilngPleemht"ids "'ti ng (SAA"') ""'" '0OOrIroI..aP va n 10 ASA.
Die Sl'ffli...a ar ....1 aeiokus up diev{"r5"i lleode man iere waa 'OP d ievrv....ids KM.·...l toe vitonll aekom beti... Sullf -Af, ik.. Our IS ook gel<yk ...a'n Yt'fg<"lykooR IUS dl{" Af" ka nerse Vf'(hI"idsstrvd d ,e huidl~V'Y-he idsst rvd in Suid·Af". ..
In syopl"ni...~t"de he! Prof . Col i...Bundy va n d ie U...iversi lt'i l van"'..apslad da..,op Itl'WVS dill SuidAlri kil vi...n iR bt-sig is om eee vandoe mees reprt"Ssicwe samelewingsin die hv idigt· cr.. It' word Binned oe konteks fTKlt't d~.. r gPl<yk wordnif bl"V'Yd lO lt
"Die par/ementhet eerder 'nstruiketb/okgeword op diepad na vryheid."
Adv_Johnny de l ange
Mor. And.evan [)eovpnler va... di..I n~htuol v" Sowietstuches nel gefmus op d ... piI.allelle IUSse... d ieAfr ika ....... en die hVld ige bevrvdingssl rvd · Sy r..ferilill w..s geueld"Comradl-s in Combat _ Af.ic.anand AIrikanef nation.Jliwa·· , Ni(" netis d ..ar duid..li k a..ntoonb.lrl' Pilrif l1....1e ... oe : oak dO(" str..l o>g lt'P om bevryd' '''R WflOOfl CIOI'l"'en komsl... AIbei het hulp van builelandse moont ·hedt' oro"'a ng ..n hel _ a .., ftt'leuno p RUl'f llla -OOlloaw oering . TensloUe was sv l ooklvsoe Hdill die \1"1'he idsid" iIiIl i... ",Ibei va n die Ilroepe, ing.. ." i...st rumenl ka n wees omhulle bymekaa , tt" bt inRH
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Die rol va n di .. polrlement in die« rewe na Il,,'f'ltli lth..jd e n as m idd..1tot v...rset. ISd eur mm. WynilndMa lan van die Nasionale Q.,mu krat i.. ... B"",..glnKu ilge llg. Hy wa s va nmenin lldat d ie parle ment 'n belang" ke rol ka n sPK"1 in d ie stryd teeno m t1: In ,eil" si.... op d ie stl" lling hetAdvo ka" l lohnny de l ..nR" R..arguIT\('ntee. dal d ie parlement eerd..r.... S1rv,k..lbfok llewfJ,d ...... op d iepad na vrvheid
Oie m l v..n onde rwvs het 00"o nder d oe sot."kl ig It'' ''om tvdens d IE'w m,,,,,,,, . Oil is j.. mmc-r dill d ,..spre .t'" van d,.. Qoomok,al lese Ondl'f'WV'ol"fSo"'ie 'lie l....nwoord ,g w ","
nie , 0,. ),apte CoetzN' van d ie Sid ·I t''nbo~ch o..p..rt l"me nt van Opvoed" o nde twt ...ngeeoon dill ' '1
'·lI:'X"ie Vt'f1ll'1<pon' · sou Wf.'t'S omminst~ 'u lm l.. te ladt vir skoiE'va... n PO(' "eust'~ ef'I ~oop" ",01e . Oithet aan lC;difllt Itt1lf'l' toe 'n warmv~bo-.pr""inlt..... Groot deel va ndoe Sl'ffl'naarRang~ hI1: onomwon-d e !t"'IOOO dill die Ivd vir eenUnit t'O ·n n ie-ressiltl'~-
~i~t in Suid-Afrik.. lankal .-.an-gebr hE'1.
Nil m lddagl"le is d il" video ··Cryo f R....son··, 'n prof ,..1Viln dr. (\eyer<;N..ud(o. vetoce. Die video hel klemge le o pd, NauM st' lK-wuswordingv..n " nfC'!t in Su id-Afrika I"n floe sybelrokkcn roe id by die bevryd ingspro, ..~ 1tt" le i h..1 tot sy inpe rkingdeur d ll" relte" nll , 011 het egter ooka.lnlletoo n dat lIy onder 'n grootdee lva n Su'd·Atri karw,s rooe a lltin llRenie l
0,.. ' 01van n.UionilhWlt"bet ookondc-r d ie loep ge kom Mm. PhaIhe .,le Viln CAWU hl"I .-.angelOOnd ..t n~ion.. lisme 'n i ...UoSi.......e beg, ip i~ en ddl almal in Suid-Ahi ....eef'l OdS'e IS. of bebcort Ie -...s.
Prof. Wilhe Br......leob.lch het onrt"'SPO'" hit"l'op aanKt'toon dar na s ionillisme as 'n H,.......... ted mvth H
~~ 'n funlo.si......n Yt'fVul . H y ""YSegt... ook daatop d al n.asionalisml'i ... Suid· A/" k.. Vf'fdt-Iend opgetr~
her in di.. v... lede.Oit" l.ustt" ~ssi.. he1 dil!' ekona
m il'St' deb.1I a.aflg..fOt'I"' , Do{" \1,....he idshandwos is d eu, een spfe ke r\fOOfJtehou as .... befang".... modelvi, ekooorn l("st' bt'vrydinlt eo It....' l"gtigh..,d Francis Kt'nda ll van d ieG,ou...ds~II-bf>y,,-t'g i...g het m inde,~laalsinmenging e n ~, vrye/ info, mel .. rnark!\t'1 ....nthede bepleit a~m idd..l tOI bt"vryd ing KrilieM"' vraei~ gevra e n ' 'I 1(''''''1'' vlclt·.o..spr... k;nghe t Itevola
Tt" n , I" tte : Heelwat mlnd..r men·~e ( ± 70) het opgedaall .ls wal vel"wag is t"O daar was vft"1 , uimte virko"<"dine rl'nd.. "'I o' lIdn;S<l tori eseverbele rinll· TOil ""ilS di (o ee'~te
oef.... lopi l' nu ltig . Dil ON daaringt'5laag om d ,e ,iei'l.. konflik in (JrlS
same!ew,nR uil te lig Oa.., is ooka" ng..tooo ddl .... n l('-'ils~l ge bena-
dpring kan bvdea om die noodsaak·li ke , nodigl' veranderingp teweegte bring DiE' blote Ieit dat so 'n, emin""r pl"" ,gevind her op Srellenlx)',{,h, i~ 'n bewys van d' e btohoelte by SUld·Afrikane" o m seamna so 'n o.e-ress.ac op loss in!: tesook.
NATAL
NATAL REPORTS ON THIS PAGEBY PAUL GRAHAM
Natal Regional Officeopening
DR Van Zyl Slabbert receettv opened the Natal r<'ll'on,,1 office i1t areeepl inn he ld in the new otftce inDurban ,
Introduci ng IDASA to a gath erinll 01 community and c hurc hIpdde", academics. politicians. andconsula r staff he ..xplained Ih.,t theIn~titUle w." committed to the concept 01fret! a,,,,c iation .,nd wouldhI' wor king towa rd s a non-racia ldcmocrecv.
Mr Paul Grahdm, regional director. introd uu'<l so me of th.. pla rl'o f the local regio n and announcedt h.,t IDASA was o rganising ., conterence on "The Right to Spt'ak" inNov"mher. Th is wou ld hi' th " firstlarge-scale public ed ucat ion ewotin Nata l o rg.,n i>eU by IDASA.
Th.. r..c"pt,on wa , fo ll""" ..d by apuhl ic "",et ing at t..nded by a bout8{.:J pt-'Opl.. (report bt' low)
PeaceinAngola/Namibia
SWAPQ was coniid•."'t th.,1 Nami·bia wo uld become Indepe nde nt asa re,u lt of thelate,t peace talk, _800 peocle heard this vic'W outlinedrecpn tly at a publ ic flJl't·ti ng organ 'tsed hy a Durban coalition in theC;ty Hall.
Advocate Anton Lubow, ky, aprom inent Irade un ion lawYl'r andSWArO m..mb.. , l rom W imJhe>oek .expl .,ined th e co ndmons w h'chmade it un li kely thai the presentpl'ac .. ta lks would fa ,l,
These we r.. the financia l po,it iono f South Africa , the w tbac h uf th..
war, the resolve o f the in1<'m al ionalc ommunity, and Ih <.- gruwinK inter na l resistance to South Afric an occ upation with in Nam ibia it",lt ,
HI' was lalking, "iter a rc<:ept ionby IDASA d ireLtor Dr Van Zyl Sla bbt'rt, of the history o f SADf andgovernment irlVo lvem,'nt in Anlto laa nd Namib ia
The mpeting was organ ised by acoahnon whic h Included IDASA,t he Durban De moc ratic Associ,, ·t ion, Black Sa,h , NUSAS, Dtakonia- " church-based soctal actiona genc v, a rld, p rim to its restrio ion,t he End Con", . ipl ion Campai gn.
Providing people with an oppo rtu nity to recetve first-band inforrnat ion about the situation in Angolaand Nam ihia, t he meeting was att("nded by a broad <:ross-,eClion u(people from the ci ty,
It was 1".. l i"t l a rg.~sc al l' 1T1t'e\.iog on the peace ta lks and the regional war 10 bt:> held in Durba rl .
Swapo speakerconfident thatNamibia willbecomeindependent asresult of latestpeace talks.
SHAPING OURFUTURE-a pioneering workshopseries takes off
A SERIES of worhhop, tor P"opleinterested in shapir'lg their future isbeing ron by the Nata l r<>ginn .
rheworhhops , wh iCh take placeo nce a mOrl th, Ilrl'w oul of a Univ"rsi ty conference Shaping 0 0 ' Folur", h.. ld ..arl ipr Ihi, year. This cont erence ide nt ified the fa ct th" tma ny w hile South Africanl fp ltoverwhel med by even t, a nd btoc ame iso l.,ted and p.,,~ i ve.
The monthly meeting~ under theg"npral l,l le Shapini/ ou, futun' pro·vid., people with a way o ut of th" "pass ivity, They provid<.- a me<.>t inllplace whert" tntormanon not eas ilyfuund in the m" dia i, give n " nd
where people can Ilt' pOI III touchwith organi,ation ~ working for anon-rada l democrecv.
The li"t meet ing focused On Ihestn...t child'en of Durban, th.. ""'o nd "n tllp munic ipal .. I",.t i"n,.
Twenty-two participants discussed wh..t her Ih <.-y , hou ld vote ,whethe' not voting allowed thoseof o thpr pol it ic.,1 persuasions tol ak.. over . a nd the manner in w hichthe State of Emergency ,,· , t r;<:11'dinformal io n and d eba te,
Aft<.>r t hese in it ial d iscossions,during whic h particip,mts got toknow une an"ther and express t heirown res ponses to issues. Durba nCi ty Co unci llur ( ri, pi n H..rnsonspoke of hIS exper ience in the Coonc iL
Explain ing thaI h", had ' toad forCouncil in 1'J78 10 try to promote, a m", change in Cily ( o unc il , Iruc lu res. he told of work ing wrrh agro up of PFP-related Counci llors onva ri"us c ily proi..cu.
HI' a l>o d j~c us",d Ihe Rt'llionalService Covnctls a od the manne' inwhich thp N.,liunal Stocurity Management System was ta king poweraway frnm local authoril il's.
Ian MkhiLe ul the tow nship-basedloint Rent Act ion Commill .... 00RAC) t raced the histurv of thecrgenisanon. e xplaini ng tha t hl.,ch hadfrfXI uent ly tr ied to wor k wilh in Ih<., ystpm witho ut success
To have really democrati c eleeliun" h.. '>d id . three condi tionsneeded to be m..t.
Th..,.. wprr> tbe f reedom 10 ooenIy ""pouse any caUle, free ly .,va il·ab le inlorm"t ion, and the ellmlna lion of factors that in hibited dpmo<:racy suc h a s racia l clauil ica tiuo,
In the a bs"nce of these condit io ns, townsh ip people que,tiunt'dIhe mot ives behind the erecuonsw ei ng Ihl'm ." " a publ ic relancnsexe rci", for the stale ".
(undi tions whi ch made the present m un ici pa l el ec t ions uo ,ati , ·factury wt'rl' the State of EITll' rgl'ncy,restriCtions on info rmat io n, rac ialcla " ificalion, dl'\<.- nt ions and "ra mpa nt vigilan te acttvrrv".
Mr Mk hize's lalk It'd to a lengthya nd animated debate on th.. qUt>5tio n of parl icipa tio n,
,hi/ping our Future i' an o ngo ing' ''fie, ., nd partic ipanlS a'" ,nv l\('<lto SUg,g<'S1 IO PJCS and partlc ipat" inthe p lanninl< uf ml'NinJols, Tht" nextm<.-e! inlt will dpal wl\h quesllOn, ofdemo<:ra<:y " nd wllat th is mean, forwhite po litics
fDASA has Just published the book displayed above,THE FREEDOM CHARTER AND THE FUTURE.It contains the proceedings 01 the Freedom CharterConference held in Cape Town in J uly 1988, compris ing20 lecture presentations, the Freedom Charter itself andsome pholographs.The book can be ordered from:
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,Il(' t llf>t' ha§ come.~ t he wa lrus§aid, ··for VUPPI~ and trade unioni§ts 10 mt'l'l ~ So armed wilh openmind<. ilnd y rnllOg fac::l"'S we '\.et o ff
into dark Mam('lodiwIth l oui§ Rr...denkamn Iro m lOASA a~ ou r guide .
Wewt'l'e w('!comed inlo Oun§ie'§home ol§ ,f we were the long-lost~on . After h,l,,;nlC mct h; ~ familyand wmt' friends _ le rry. joe andMorri~ from NUMSA _ we were invued 10 ~il dc_n for a djKu§~ion
o n South Af.. c.n probl.-rm.A~ the t"\oen inll w..nl on. in be
h"een 'Illach and te~ we ita rtedqU~lOtllOg t........ on all a!'pecb oft he trede Unlon~. Of,lic.al.. w bt.-ct§(lO U) il lo«11...<d) I.keforeogn financing.. v~inu on violence andANC ~upporl w...(' anIMewd w il:h-oul t\e1.11allon We _ e wrpri§ed
to hear that they had Ihe same sadfeelinR we had about tht- bann ingof the ECC.
Tim., won alw spent la lkin!:. d i<;cu~~inR. a'!tuin g ..od complilininga bout the forthcoming municilJdle lKllo O') and the rol.. o f th", Conn ·r"ali"t· Pilr1V In Soulh AlricaMa nv co nclu§;on§ were mildI'.lhoudll o f or dilCarded.W('q~.oned N ch oc:her about
whal WI' can do to make a betterplace 10 Ii ... in. MoITi~ wilnlS 10 bemy net r;hboor. Donsl(' ond hl~slop
slrf'f't/mboU h.ao. h i<, own way 01showing doomc lCl oIl"Y . Mildred (loui~'
wile ) wanl~ a hou..... in Marnl'looiGa rd<m and Louis i~ a p.m-tirner;ardt>flt>f in t he lowO')hipo;
Towards lhoe end of the eveningDon~ie gave a blow to o ur frilgil!'yu ppie e~ wilton he said t hat hewould uke ro rtlf'E'! more inlluenlialp 1i'(>pw nt'~l l lme. I mean really ~o ne engineer, ont> doctor. on!' vel." nt' English IK lur... from Tukkieo;and mvsdf, a jo urnill i. l _ whillmore t ou ld h('wilnt l Ko bus N'-""IhIinll'
WI.": d id somehcw feel like theo ld farm... in Morris·s joke, astoundI'd by Don~ ie'~, jerry's, joe ' andMo,ris· ~ k/1(lWledge a bout world atfili ~
So V' M.! don·l know lht' iol<('l
The schooheachee wanl lOr; Iued uca t<·~ dl'lj nquenl~ aboulSoulh African hlHature saId 10 h i)d an; ""'.1' aft' a ll Yd oJ.boul lh..dNihoflhtogfl'ol.lw. il.... Alan PatonNow. clons. someone pl.._ leUIll<'
who wrole Ill(' book, .Cry tlMo Beloved CO',"lrv·f ~
Accornp.an.oo by IIw.- "glill eddoughnUI~ Iool< Ihl' iln§\\1"f carne:-o-e_oet l"' . ~
Very upSt'l wilh lhoe hilpp.m ingsof the d"". tbe leacher wentto theo ld f ilrmef on w~ property heSlil.".
"Yo u "now,~ "" loiI id to IhI' larme r, ·' , 1"" chIldren 0/ todav knownolhinll. Todav I am slilnding infront o f my cl iI>S and I ask th..mwh o wrote the book. 'Cry the B...loved Country' ..nd they all a nswered ·o n) wei.'t ie .' ''
'"Dis nOll niks." said the f..rm...puffing hi~ pipe . ··lI.i>tera<l nd h..1rem..nd my mle lll'§ ges tecl. Viln·o Rgl'nd r o..p ek tee al jou sko lierebv rnekaar en vraof bulle weet wathf't my mil' lif'§ lI!'>t..... Hull", an twoord tOt> ook, 'o ns weeue ' [k seio u nou d iS hull!' wa t d ie boek liP.skryj he!.~
This is an edited version of Prof, A. du Toit 'sinaugural lecture delivered at UCT in lateSeptember (edited by himself). The lecturewill be published in full by VCT in the nearfuture.
Prof. du Toit is a valued member ofIdasa's Boa rd of Trustees.
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THI hi'lol)' of di, co",,,,, "huut t,ut hand i, j';f iu! in Soulh ,\ f,ic" b m,,, k<'(1hI' " II th l' inherent "mb,valpnc....iln u <lmbi!:u "i, ,,, eh,Har tt,,, , t ,,, otIh" Io I><' ,al t,,,d ,t lon mom colo n,a land po,tcoloniJ.1SUCi'1Y. 1o h" I(''1w,th 'I W,,, Vl"y much tl", , tmy o f" lJ rm ,h Il' ., tic ,,·' impo,l'(j by tIll'n"..... co lo nial I)o w" r imm th" n,.I:mn inl; o f Ih" 14th century on th ,·" ' ''l ing ,acial vtatuv hi..'a'chi", ofcolorual >oci" l\" and villnfOu,l~
1''' ,t",tcod by th.. tr..H~ IN UHnmunill' as intolerable "lIl'Iykstl'l linl: '" (Of
I" VI'IIin!:). QUIl'" ,(~)n . thoul( h. t,ulhand JU ' I"'" w"", umSl,t 'mtly <'Spoused by IOGI I A["kan,', otl in"I"th .. Viln Ryo""e lds . T' ut"" andSlud "'n,lfilm, , whow pofincalthink ing cam" to 1><. 'l,onl;ly' intlvenced hI' " '\t'm in,,1 wi" oi lawid,,, ,I,, !:\-' . l " t us I'x, k .,t om' su<·hamhi!: uou, mon,.,nl a,s<>ci<ltl'd withth.. li" t "nlry uf tht' 11<'W and mUrt'vill""'U, nJltl\h 1" l(aI IOadlmt' andI h" "tm" g,'nn' of a di,t inct iw p ublic di,co"".. about I" ,t,n' and t'u thm South AtriCil On 1'J lanuary 181Sthe OIow C",m Huu,," in C' IWTown ,whic h had b<.'<:om" n~"'''''dty wh..nth .. procPftling, of lilt' CUUlt ......." .op,' m'd to , h" p uh lic in 181 4, W.I'in"u~",at,od with .tIl .,d d ,p~~ by tht,C hief I U ~II U", 1hh w", loh"nn(',And ,il" 1m"", ~Ol ,n to becom .. th,'firsl South Ai,i';an to ,p<:eive a Brilbh kn'l(hlhoo d ,IS Si, lo hn Trul"r,and he chow a, 1",1 fo r hi, "dol,,,,,a ,ayml: t",m Crcero :"£\'(', vrh 'ng 15orecencus the moment IV" [mc'." ghl <)1 /l"IOC (,"
In hi, hoo k /IJ."' ''" ,n 50tJlh AilIC.:l,Alhi,· 5itl;:h, twot"" i rom thi, ii",'I'" " al:" , hut .11", ,..mind, u, thatt h, ' Ill",,,, Cuu,l Huu ,,' had h",'n.. rected in th ,' vard of til.. i",n""Gov~~nnwnt Slavc' Lodge and that
~ Trut", him",l f had !-x~'n under it
clo ud fOI h" part on luolinl: the
I Tft'a, u"" .1, th,' Bnnsb troop, ap·preached Capt' Tow n m lf10b (PI' .
l 11, 14) More ",' iouIIV, Ill' I:Ot', oni to ana ly,,, Ih" politic,,1 ,ill nificanc"... o f th,' ·'t'"I,'rn"llu~I ''' '' s< >a,,,>ciated
with t h" ad minimation of iu,ticl'it , d ha~it: in'l,unwnt o f rul .. . Thpo('lI ,'iI"CI ot tl... Ch" rt" " o f IU'1ict'"n <l th .. accumpan,'io!: nll',"ur.."which", apl'" Ihod many of tt", Af,,k.l n('f co lo ni' t , ,', mlo le',lol ,' " I: ' LIyk,wl ling". w,~,' much m",,' ambrval" nl rn Sach,' ~ account In ~ho'l.
the discourse a bout rosuce servedl<t 1,* ,t imat P a parw:ul.1r w~t,.m otdomina tion I don"' know wh,,'h,',or not yo ", will 1)(" lH'rsua d,od of thpt,ulh oi thi ,d"im, hut I , ho uld wll
you that Ih i~ work, lustiCe in 50uth"'Irrc~, I~ .I banned pub!iut ion, InIace. il is .I bae ned p ub llU l lOnI...see <""-"'", onc~ bot d<><:n>e o f thePubloc ollions Beard and dlso bot theDeparlrT"lE'f11 of jcst.ce ~Ince Alb,eSac~ _ who had 1....-ce btoen det",......:1 ie. Il"tlgthy pl."iods befe.ehe w..nt .nto ....i l~. dnd whow IdilDi.., y i~ 0 .... 01 the ffiQSI moving"od humane document \ of receetSo ulh Africa n po lit ic,, 1h i~OfY _ isa .'lisled pef!;on" , It i~ ;II \.(, releva mto add that. mo re rlK("f1 tly. Sachshas mad.. an Importanl co ntfibu t ion fO 1m- d ebate. so d..a' to thelibt.-r,lI trad it i<Jn, about the n..ro lora BIll 01 R ight~ by a,gu ing that th l ~
IS ....holly compal ible with the aimsa nd ~,".it 01 the frf.'O.'dom Chart""'.f ina lly. you should 1<....- lha t th is~arrK' Alt>;,. 5.lchs e..,her th i~ yea,"'a s thf! victi m of • c..,.·born b inMaputo : \IOU will 1'10doubt VIvidlyrecen that horri lic flOot·PilIt" pictU'I" showing him Cfdwling awayfrom his c er after his 'lfm had beoenblown o ff in the e xplosion . We aretal kmg o f just ice and I,uth in SouthAf,ica,
lei us ' dtht'!" retuen. h o m this alltoo ba'ha,ic and d ist u,bmll. presffil.to t h~' comforting d istance of 19l:hlJl!'Olury poIilio when the diKOU''''of t. uth and just ice «>uk! S! IIl bemor~au ured even in the COf'l te'W.t ofh oot ,,,, wa rs. Moor~ Ihan a r woee..I.... ' I witS And, ,,~s Slockenstr6m.the most significant and COf'II'OIIersia l Co lonia l pol itica l figu~ 01 thefirsl haU o j tbe 19th century. whomad!." ju " in ' and t rut h his""'" poli·neal creed. Cmghl up in th~ viole nl and part isan co nflic ts wh ichbrought front i"" pol itics ,..pt'atedl yinlO 0l",n wa'. StockM st,6 m ferv('nl ly bt:-l ieved I hill h IS politic alconduct could be guided by u ni" ...sal p rr nclples: HI have the ceoseo f tluth to serve; I ilm 10 ca ll 'murder. mu,do,>(, aod ·plunder. pl....dt'r'. whalt>'Ver be t he roIOUf of t h~
P ('f'JW'l, a1....~ ~k in. -
Hert' wl' mil\' su~ly hear tbeaurh....uc voice o f the Univl'f'Sill i~1
ilod humanist commltm....t wh.chh il ~ conneoed to I nsP;f~ the bestpart of I~ 'moral tradil ion ' in o urIi txo' ill J)(,l ihc~ . and w hich ~Ii ll findt hl' irco nlt>mporary ,..prl'st'nl at ivesin suc h e~emplil'y IIj;\u,~ oD HelenSulman 0 ' Ofg,anisat ions such asthe Blac. k Sash.
Bu! it hds tobeadded Ihdt Siockt'nstrom·~ ac tU<l l liberill pol ItiCS was.. muc h mor~ amb<guou~ matter ,Hl' d id flO!:. and could not. fac~ up
to the lull soc ial. cultural and pont iu l implica t ;otls 01 t' uth end just in ' in a post-eolonia' soc icty. Thaiwas the n)ck on which Hoernle'slIberal sp,rit would also come tofourn:l.... at the Omt"l o f frlOlk'fnSouth Alf ica.
In his South "'nlC,'" Ndl 'v t' Policyand lnt' l ibefdl Spm l HI....nlf. atle<11plt'll to ft"think t he theort'tica lfoundations o f hbe..a! politlo in Iht'specIfIC cond It ions of Sou th Africawilh a vit'W to find inj;\ a bas i ~ fo r its"possibilit ies"
In th .. event . Hoernle was nola ble 10 follow tr....ugh o n hrs rad ica t cnl iqut' 01the postcolomal ~ys ·
tNfl o fdomlfldtion. oor to d'ilw thelu ll Coost'quences o f hISQUI"lot '<)I\ing o l the mora l a nd pollt lCdl~o f a I,beral ideology '" the eceteoo f (onQuest ilnd incorporat IOn. Hilldhedon~so . he miJ\lwefl hd..... loundr ~alOfl to link up with, a nd to carryforward . the l'art ier d iscourw of jus·nee and I,uth. We a't' tho> poorerfor his Iadu re io whal ,,,millftS ade, pl" al"l y needed p,o il'C!'
Let us. in conc lusion. fake a ha rdloo k at what I have ca111"1:1 the c risisof con f idenc~ in the "moral" trad il ion of li beral pohlio III Sou th Af·rica. .I llene... li\.ed I... boll 01 mora lwill thil t has lIliIdl- u ....creasinglyd llflcult for us to l"\Ien tdlk aboutl ruth And jU\l ice In South Af. 1Ca at" II. Tl\at criSIS o f c""f,do>nce hoIsb........ a long t im{'co m.0lt. and I willnot d etaio VOU ", ith Its va, ious ,ea ·sons and CAuses which a,e manva nd fam Iliar. Suf/ ict' 10 \ilY thdl llSs ign, are all arcced us. As I(OOd ant'~amp l .. as any may be folJnd inwhilt is current ly no doubl tile mostin f lue nl iill and in ci sive politicalco mmt'f1 l i1 rv to appeee in our lih<c' ill press. thai by Ken o--n In lucidilnd enlt'rtal mng P'os<> MJ Owenhas sust,II ned iI powlo'ful Ii ......a lcnt iq u~ 01 the milny ('>.cesst"S andm atlOna!it l{'S o f a n inc ,,,,asinglyauthor ,tar ia n ~ernrrwot . In \IanZyl Slabbe'f't ·s words. Hl' is "t hemost t' loqut' nl ( nglish-IdoguallePrt'Ss chronicler of thl" SlISlilloroa nd massiv~ ""'aull o f thow whoogovl"l'1l o n whilt has ,ema lned o ftbe ~al u t'S and ioS! ;l ul ion s wh IChcould make lJP illitx-'a ldomoc racvin South Africa" ( l ~ild ...sh lp. 1988.Vol . 7/ 3. p .20). A worlhy rl!p'l'Sental iV('. th..n, 01 Ihe t rad ' tionil l d isCOU'Se ilOOut just ict' ilnd t ruth' Thatwould ht' iI serious m.~und~tilnd
109. Th", domina nt to ne of MrOw",n·s coruscat ing wII and o j hisd"",a\ latlng pol emiCA l shafts is nor.
Let us take a hardlook at the crisis ofconfidence in .._liberal politics inSouth Africa, ageneralised failing 01morel will that hasmade it increasinglydifficult lor us to eventalk about truth andjustice in SouthAfrica at all.
t ....t of serIOUS mordt commitmentbut of a eomprl'l>ensiv",(yn i",1d IS·ill usion HIS ISnot ildlSCOUfWabouttruth and tust ict' . It would noI beu nla.. to say Ihilt Mr Owen will not1('\ a ny ovemding conn -rn lo rnua nced and u ncomlo' labl.. tru thspoil a K'IOd po l{'ffil cal sa lly Andwhe n Humiln Rights spo ke smenand m hefS mount a Cil mpilignallain~1 th.. esecutsono f tht' "Sftarpf'ville 51"... Clwt'!n will typically ,a jseqUl'Sl ions about lhe ult...,... mot NeSo f ilny such mora l cr..-fe, ;ffi istthill t""i••ecneve or out m uS!b ilS.",fly b.. a PQl,t 'CdI dl"cision,ilrId argUt' that the t-I ground fe.c lf.mo.ney is t ill' cy n.tal one thilt 11is flO!: io the Il(lVeI'Onl('O'lt"s inl...estto crNte politlul marty", (CapeTrmlos. 4(7186 ), Thi~ is a lon g way;od...."1:1 ffom a stand SI mply 00 thegro unds 01 justice and I'u,h
Th.. sam.. d istrust of moral d is·cou.... bas b..come iI p""vasivt' tealu re of many acadt'mics ill our Ii~
",'a l uo iversities ilS wcl l. Tn",", aremiln~ '''iI'iOn~ for th IS ' lhe in fl Ul'Ocl"o f the posiliv ist idl'al '" the socia lSClt'nces. the spr..ad 01 the technoc rat 'c 'rthos. the many hiS!Oficil ldt'fNts of Ir bt'ra lism in Soo..oth "mea.a nd so on. AI presem til..... IS cert a inl~ no lack of aceoem« involverT"IE'f1l in th~ st udv o f local SOCIa la nd pohuca l d"",,,,lopml'ots. ilndacilderniu conmbute In a va,i{'(yo f ways to tt". making of pu blicpo licy as wl'l l a, to dev l ~ inlJ, strete ll;('S of o pposition . Out they illsot ilk(' iocreas ing pains nOI to do soo n any e>.p licit m(>rill basis, Con ·s idto' a ' eprt"SeOtaliW' ""amplt' '" a","C('OI publ icill l"" by <......o f SoothAlnca·s most 1T'lpe'CtO'd~laJ scier>t lSIS. wilh iI d 'st iolluisnt'll c a' eoer '"liberal circles. 11'I()S1'l"£enlly as Pre-
sident of the tnstitu te of Race Relat ions: Lawrence Schlemmer. Professor Schlemmer has recent ly assumed the pos itio n of Directo r ofthe important new Centre lor PolicyStudies at Ow Uni".. "i tyof the Witwa ters rand. which has just published, a lmost as a manifesto, apapN called "Bcvond Protest.Thoughts on Change Strategies inSouth Africa '", As we are wont toexpect from hi m, Schlemm er"spap<!< givC$ much sober food forthoullht. Prec isely for that reason ,we shuuld take qu lte seriously whathe has to say about mura ldiscoursei1nd puhlic poli<.y ForSchlemmer'sposition parler amounts to an O UI
right rejection of thedilf....ent variet iesof what h(, ca lls the "moralists".Apart from revolcncnarv confrontation, Schlemmer d ist inguishesthree main forms 01commItted andsuslained opposit ion to the racia lorder in South Africa These are(1) protest and the express ion ofmoral outrage; (2) strategies of pragmatic mora l pressures; and (3) strategic an a lysis (p.l). Like peterBerg...- and Bobby Godsell in theirnew IxKlk, A Fuwre South Africa 'Visions, Strategies and ReaJities,Schlemmer is primar il y concernedwith arguing for the need for stratcgic ana lysis, and warns against thedang"" and confusions inherent ineither ve rsron of the "moralist "approach . Schlemmer is preparedto grant that t he mo ral pressure approach "may have some strategi c
Moral outrageand protest is ...a rna/or sourcefor the socialand politicalprocesseswhich give riseto and sustainresistanceagainst theinjustice of theapartheid order.
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ability if il is used wit h careful disc ipline" (3) , However for (1), theexpression 01 mora l outrage andprotest. he has no usc whatsoever.The mora lprotest position. he says,"need not necessari ly imp ly con crete obiecttves since a morill posture is often its own reward " (p. 1).To Schlemmer morill prot"SI andoutrage is no mo re t han a quest ionof "achieving immediilte l'fT1ol ionalrelease", of futile "l'fTIOtionalcarharsis"' (p.2). Sch lemmel loo ks to aform of stra tegic analysis apparently purged irum all moral connotations whatsoever This position is"based on carefu l ilnalysis and theassessment of strategic opportun rues" (p.2l; it is concerned wit hident ifying o ngoi ng " process..swhi ch ta ke chilnges and reformsbeyo nd the Iimils intended by decis ion-m~ kcrs" (p,b); it recognises theessential "inte r",sts" of the part iesconcernf'<!, dist inguishing between"core" and "marginill"' interests; itseeks to devise mechanisms whichcan "seduce" Of "rewardvreacnona ry po litical groupings into accepting reform and change, If there isilny mura l component to the strete!'lic task of "facil itating" tf>e slowand pa inful process of change, thenit is resolute ly suppressed. In thisperspacnve the phenomenon ofmoral outrage appears simply a' alamentably dysfunctional and irrationa l factor
Perhilps, if we are still even restdUillly concerned wilh truth andjustice in South Africa, we need totake the social s ignificance andpol itical functions of "moral outrag(''' rathe r more senouslv. Schlemmer is right that, both internallyand internationa ll y, moral out rageis a miljor component of the commilled and sustained opposit ion tothe apartheid ord er. But it wouldbe wrong to dismiss that simply asmoral post urlng, or as irrat ionalemotional gtat lficanon. Part of theproblem is that we tend to thin k ofmora l protest in terms of actualorganised demonstra tions or petit ions. typically by students Uf othermarginal grouping, . But this is tolook at o;omf'of the attendant symptoms. not at the underlying so c ia lforces and exper iences. In it, mostbasic forms the experience of mora loutrage and protest which sustainsopposit ion to apartheid is tn b..found at qu ite a different lwe i, It isto be found in the struggles throughwhich m,&rant labourers and the irfam ilies rdused to reruam separated
by the JlaS~ laws and iniluxcontrol ;it is to he found in the exper ienceof whole communities uprooted b~'
the Group A' eas Act which hasmild", District Six into such a sedring public symbol ; it is to be foundin th", indomilable resistance of traditional rural communities like I(Wilnccma or Magopa to their forcedremoval as "black soots": it is to befound in the will of squatt ing communities such as Crossroads andKTC not to be moved, com ing backagain and again atter thei r shackshad been destroyed o rrazed; it is tobe found in the traumati c experiences of indtvid uels and fam il ieswho fel lvictim to the Race Classilication and Immorality Acts; it is tobe found in the moral couragewhich enables a soli tary Black Sashmember to stand in silent protest inthe midst of uncaring subur banbust le; it is to be found in thatw t uch brmgs vocng white conscriptsto declare in public t hat Ih.'Y cannot fight an unjust war or go withthe troops into the townships, evenif this would cost them six years ofthe ir li ves I could go on, but thepoint should be clear. Moral outrage and protest is not an irrationalencumbrance to strategie<; forchange: it is a ma jor so urce for thesocia land politica l processes whichg ive rise to and sustain resis tanceagilinst the in justice of the apartheid orde r,
What might be concluded fromthis for our tupi c of truth and just ice In South Airicil? At least t his; ifthe liheral tradnion of d iscourseabou t truth and justice has provedhighly ambiguous and more oftenthan not abortive. men the strugIl les of our recent history have cer:ili nly established a popula r andeffecti ve R'n,e 01 injustice Fromt his, there cannot be any goingback, but it also does not ensurethe achrevemenr of truth i1 nd just ice.
But if our li ;x,ral tradit ion of dls .course ab out tru th and justice canfind appropriate ways of re lat ing tothe current histor ical exper ience ofinjusti ' :e, it may yet be able to contribut.. to the Hberanng rather t hanrepressive components of that popular moral nutrage. Todo th at ir willhave to come to terms with its ownideological functions and histor ica lfailures. Perhaps Wt' may yet lea rnhow we might else be empoweredby the inte llectua l and pol it icaltrad itions that have too often imprisoned us in the past.
L nd R' Barry T,'""blanch,' (v" m), DdniPl M"I,m, L",ri .. Ack ",milnn pnPi"/f(' J ,' \ 'os _ ,l/mall"d<' V.l1l d ,,' , Iud"ntt· groPp.
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Tweedens " 'n onafhanklih, program self gereN, 1m van drc oifis i!'I,'F'el imo 'e-('linlol'
Daa r was dicpn- g.",;prt·kk,· 01"1die Ame,i ka,m,,' ..n 5,,~'..(h.· am·hassadcu rs, n1('1 hulpv" rl,'ni nll'werkers ..n weste",' j",·rn..lislt', e nmet diplomate en I""rnali, t.. vand if' 5owit't Unie. laa,g('no,'md" lwtg<.>haodel 00' d ie Russiesc pcrscp,ip Vdn Suine,-Alrika en d.e nuweht'l.. irJ v..n s!asno<;1.
En d..,d"n, was daar tw.... disonde-like u nt01 ,)(>l ings m,>! ' 0 vyf-mand.-Iega,i" van dip ANC onde' lei<iin!: v" n hul Map uto wrt,'"nw,,"' dilt ..r King, I....., Molop!' O"k dit wasop ell' in i, ;at it'! g...."I:.. nlS,'<·,d Oieges p rekke bet >:'·Io\,/..n oor 'n ver·sketd enheid van sake-. 01....' v.. ,..1n or die nu we ANC &mndwplli k..voorstelle en di .. kwes,i.· van 10\" .weld a, 'n slrat" llie ,
'n Skokkende e-n Dynllke erv,lri nilva n hierdfe ionl: Afrikaners 01' hu lody,,,,v pn eeme ht>soe k a an 'nAfri ka ,I"a t was di e ht>~.wk aan dteMaputo h" ,pil <la l ..n aan d i.. 0" skuldige stagotters va n goedbeolanlie Rename terreurdade . BurgerIike i, l:t'S kiN en kinders i, 1:....m.. 'It,1 d.'u,n"t !lu i vingl'rs <lfR"k"pi, " Old ..t hu ll., nie hul ere <>U,'f$wou v...moor ni.. , ~n daar was ",Ievol jo nK b..b", pn kl" ," kInde r<; ,stagotters van ond",v""dinl(.
Mar k Bchr van St" II "nl){)<;lh, d i..uit"rlike vterk en taai I,'i... van d,..g""'p, het nanc in 'v n,' IWh"d ~
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het g.,..n keuse a, o m hulle tt' 10\1"n i.. . Maa r wit' gaan on, le' ug inSuid-Af'i ka ato wannee' o n, v,' ,kla 'inlo\' maak d i,..k in ,I ,yd mplrel:'" ing'-p" 'p ol ga nda I "
Om d..a,d i" "od.. is dM ' oo k he-,Iu It om gp,p,,,kke m,,1 no n· F,..Iimobronnl' te 'epi 0 01 'odo"nd.. d,'u,o nathankhk e w.... 'n..m.." <i i.. in liRI inRVan F,,,I imo I" kUllt'QI,,<.. . Daa'was verbasmg dat sc ,m",il:<' v,'rte..nwno ,d il:e rs v..n \'V",I,'"'' land...,ommig<' m'~t k"n""wali,we '''Il'~,inR', nOll m,,,,, Uit gesproke wa, 'K>rd ito destahll ,~"S l " str..t,~ ft' van 5uIdAfrika
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Ma," 1~1 iaa' lalt'f in St"pll'm!x',1'188, vinu da..,w,..', 'n ht-s,...k pia,,,van wal no" I.,.· kt>nd i, a, Maputod,'ur na,al ,· van ti,,' Yo"'I't'kktOf>;,
1I ""d", h l'l;le' 'n h"eI anck-rseI"·,, d, 'u , '11 nuwt" 1ol,."lag io ng AI, ik,lIlt'" 0 1' >;ll, ~ ke na l1u l pl,-k in 'nIH",I'a l'"rth"id SUid-Ai' ika, OJ) >;(H'k,n" 11\11 ,01 "' hu l v....bondenherdm"1 SUld-A trrka 0 1' w" g n" swart111 ....,d,·r1w'u"eg'"ing, ••" "I' "",1.."n" d i., waarhetd OV' di,' " ·a li l. ' il ..van d i., , u h-ko " lil\eJll wdal in htllI,,,' f.
Die h,',,,,·kv,m ti,>rt l,'n Alrrk""n,>prt·h ·"de 'Iudenl" van tii" Univ," ,11('l\e van SI.·II.'nb""h, Por i El,za Iw'h , Ill, ...miontf'm "n Plel",i" aa n,\-\o'am h"'k W,l' 'n h"anbr",k", w~Iwu rt..n". Y",a l g.",lagllg ""n ti,,·1,'11 dal d lt· n".." I.. van ,10'-'" Afrika" '" Nasionahstu-se fami lies kom,
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