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AGAINST BOTHA'S PLANS

DEMOCRATIC TRIGHTS i r

I t f » SP!^5 r* F 141 1s hiunt1nS the apartheid*2 S ^ ^ •ti<Kfpe tre of un1ty- ln **•*e "• • "M o n struggle Mas * «rst ! h ^ progranoatic basis, those whose thinking shaped the programme realized that

*SJf2C e °f struggle was unity of the r ! SSf ^ ;n e or9anizations of the people

In the 1940s and 1950s were structured In• w y tta t was designed to build u n ity . They

H i J designed to ensure maxima Participation of th e ir members so as to DwIU democracy. The state sought to divide us- our organizations sought -to unite us The state sought to extend -rfs dictatorship over us, our organizations sought to extend democracy among us.

ltoring the 1960s the organizations of thew r « crushed. Th * s t«te Intended tot “n y ° L H I* °PPre5Sed before I t

becaae too powerful for the state to control

« f r t h £ ld Pth10d Si ? - th* ’ “P1 “ S t a t io n of apartheid theory which the state had le a illsvd

^ „ J 950s- ^ seMrate lo« “ ™ sIrf ♦ilere refflaln *n * s « « J t on the22 .«*S^TS 2f«£

STwii sj7s!™‘jr“rtty; •*“ “>««the oppressed. °f or3sniz*t i * '* a***

The 1970s revealed that riot even ten years £ s” *?e repression could break the foundations of unity and democracy which S tro w lv ’ e * organizations had la id so

g s s & ■ a - * - „

^ universities struggles was the concept of unity of the*** oppressed and its co ro lla ry, r e j « t ? L ^and 1ts °SnP2S3rof **these were liaison conrtittees, ‘ homeland- leaders, management committees,multi­national sports clubs, or "gutter* educatlor departments. I t was f it t in g that t h T S chapter in the history of the liberation struggle should have opened with the 1973

Jurtan strik e ; in this period the W rtln o

to ric in l^ i'#0Ved t0 the frontline of struggle 5 ? r " n? class organization has grown powe?.i t f0nnS* Workers h a C r ^ H ^In trade unions at the ir work places in ‘ c i v ic organizations in th e ir cownunities In non-racial sports clubs and 1n“ n ‘ s organizations. The sons and daughters of thi>

.SorkinjLclajsJiave organised in s L d e n fa g ^ S S ? - ™ ^ « T T j f g f

In * hundred ways, on a hundred levels there has been u n ity . TKere Is , f ir s t ly unity of purpose. A ll these organizations

s t ^ a o u ™ i i 0<the natlor,al liberationunion w h i r * n° P ^ r e s s iv e trade union which does not In s ist on non-

Th fi pri nciPje* f » r Instance.i trade unions in s ist on a D o litira i

unity of the.oppressed. Apartheid is r ejected, together with works and liaftnn c«»»1 tte e s . The same c o ^ n ? " ^ * 0" liberation struggle Is found in c i v i T organization. In the .Id s t o f t a e lr struggle fo r maintenance and rents we can afford, c iv ic organizations reject

^ n c l 1*

. nrsi,-s^Hrag.’srasr—democratic structures.

*1S0 been un1ty 1n action, such“ me* SWB i n '5 c m 19? ' 982- Hhe,’ the O r d e r l y1982 w s established 1 n

C 'V lc bodies, sporting organizations "omen's organizations, trade unions *

n0uth or9an12at1ons participated. Organizations have united fig h t against the enforcement of an Inhunan law. There Is nation-wide opposition to the Koomhof b i l ls and to

President's Council’s proposals. The Labour Party has been rejected for its acceptance of the PC proposals.Acceolim, these proposals means accepting Accepting the Koomhof b i lls mfanl rthe’ d* accepting apartheid. There Is no question of our accepting apartheid. The r J f e r t lS

,DeaSUreS 1s Proof °f our unity and of our cornmtment to democracy'—

The state knows that 1t has lost k .— ito divide the hearts and .? nJs of the C oppressed. I t sees resistance everywhere . l ! Ve5T organization of the p e o p lT T i^ * sees a.11 these organizations ra lly in g to the cause of the workers at Leyland fnrf Wilson-Rowntres under the banner: "An In ju ry to one Is an Injury to a ll* t* them ra lly in g to the cause of freedom of*** -ovenent under the banner of the O ^ r d e r ly 4 ™ ^ ° " Committe« - “ sees them r a l ly ,

*4 e 5ause of the ful1 franchise i£ rejecting the labour Party se ll-o u t I t

in str^ « of the oppressed sees the growth in democraticorganizations of the people. The apartheid

lB * f19« to the death.h r ® i £ “ ■“ " H * v1c1ous « the diys

d l s ^ f ! ! ^ ? ? 9n* lM S * ^ *u t e - * » jwp*nti, trl 11 resort to desperate Matur*«S * « y " « • i « f t to . p . r S ^ t h T ^ 'S# Tf dictatorship, of naked te rro r

ifirsres m*t “• ■“»I?** Proposals »nd the Koornhof b i l ls

p « s i d ^ t u i " U ! tt n*0W,ly 10 M U ± ,l lsh •Presidential dictator In the person of *n f5u t ve Resident and to Increase th*

«<2rsi"jsds; g . f c y . p s S h ’T g i a * g ? .

•"trench tne co llaborationist p e titth# ° ^ rtSie<i •coloureds

2" *“ • *•/ « the • h o w lamfc policy has entrenched the collabora­tio n ist p e tit bourgeois layers of the? ? * ? £ * ! ? A U RWL POWER remains IN THE HANDS OF THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT

NOMINATE) CABINET. He w il l be elected by an electoral college of 88 consisting of 50 "whites*, 25 " c o lo u r s "

s - ? ! " ! ; In f# c t» therefore, h t tr ill be elected by 50 V h ite " MPs, which

S S ^ S V ’i 0?!7! °f the P°P“ ’ »t1on.So ■uch for the fu ll franchise!

The real function of the trlcameral parliament, then. Is to Increase the number of collaborators who are paid handsomely to uphold apartheid, and who w ill prosecute their police work In matters of "coloured'*nd "Indian" concern 1n the s p ir it of the Executive President. We see this In the behaviour of the Labour Party already, who clala that th e ir rejection by the people Is

detent!on and imprlsomen^Tarmo^aestroy resistance. I t 1s necessary to underline the organizations of the people by under* ■w ing their power as the voices of the people. The new "local a uthorities" of the PC proposals and the Black Local Authorities A ct, with extended control Inside the locations and ghettoes, w ill seek to under* ■Ine the power of the d v l c organizations «nd sporting organizations of the people.The effective boycotting of coorwnity councils and aanagement coexaittees w ill jH K »e w re d if f ic u lt . The state knows how

V 5 ? weapon of *** boycott. The extension of the authority of local councils

f fepresenW the attempt on the pert of the state to disant us of the weapon of the boycott.

1f v?1, "° le js than on the re g ^p al and local le ve ls , the state seeks

S! ♦J*’* P°sit1 on of the working class In the national liberation struggle. Ue heve seen that the d icta to ria l authority of the Executive President w i l l allow fo r the destruction of the leadership of the

^ 1ncr« « d authorityfa r S l V ? H *S *nd counc11* w ill allow

J**truct1on of the organizations of t****PtPPle. The tricameral parliament w ill

? c 5 a . v ^ n8i t y * s o o ^ ,"° d°ubt* ^oe called a few a gita to rs". They w ill

s ' f f a s j r s A s kbpssk 9 known the price of

Ue now renew our cowitltaent to unitv in

s l i S t a r , S S 1‘W H y j S l s • '

s& ’Vsssz ? *£rg r t f . th , B i . c V S n S c ^ ' S . I T ' ' u “ »

councils and co ra ittie s a ^ e ^ i ? IDr tS ’

1 mH nn*- • ne* dlctatorshlo

'S s y s s K S S S R S jS f -

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Where were you brother?Anaooourt cflade Union rnoeriaism

b y D o n T h o m s o n a n d R o d n e y La rso n

AHhroiHM pufalm ian

In the previous newsletter (S e p t.- Nov. 1982) . the a rtic le American Assault on Trade Unions drew attention to the attenpts at subverting and corrupting sections of the working class movement in South Africa. I t was noted that

' this nefarious plot was not confined to this country alone. The book. Where Were You. Brother? te lls of toerican eultlnational ex- pioitatlon in Latin Aoerica and the so-called Third World.

TJie book gives a history of organizations such as the AFL-CI0 (Aaerican Federation Of Labour and Congress Of Industrial Unions), the ArFlD (American Institute for Free Labour Development) and the ORIT (Inter-American Regional O ffice ). The link between these organizations and the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency - America's security police) 1s exposed. Even 1f the CIA is n 't d irectlv involved. Its octopus arms are somewhere pulling the strings. Mention is nade of CIA "action* 1n the overthrow of democratic goverranentriGuatamala and C h ile ), political assassinations (T r u ji l lo 1n the Domin­ican Republic) and of the propping up and aiding of unpopular and corrupt leaders (Guyana and Htnezuela).

A l i s t of "Project Activities Expenses* of the AALC for 1975 is tabled in the book. There is also a aap of U.S. Multinationals a ll over the world. In the book we also find recorded the testimonies of those people who suffer a t the hands of local and foreign bloodsuckers. A woman worker says ■ They call us te rro rists .But they are the only terrorists. I t 's not the people who cassacta and k i l l . During the last Strike they case looking for me. They knew I was lig h t months pregnant and even went to hospital and searched 1t bed by bed. I was hiding 1p the lin e , scaetlmes in total dark­n e s s ...I was expecting twins and one of the*

'd ie d , k illed by the gas when I was in the mine:. Thev owe me two babies now...*

The book, then, 'Implies that i t is Important to know and understand that the host of ■friends* with *a1d, assistance and advice" can bedevil the trade union movement and the whole battle for freedom. Chile, Venezuela, Guyana u y be far away and foreign to South African workers struggling to make ends J meet, but the ideas and principles involved ” cut across national bour>dar£5 "An injury to one Is an injury to all* Is a battlecry of solidarity between workers of-the world. The plight of struggling tea-estate labourers In Sri Lanka Is our concern, just as the Bolivian t1n-mineri' hardships are the hard­ships of South African ■ineworters.

A failure to recognize and fight the intent­ions and a ctiv itie s of Big Business and its ■ighty wamachine can mean losing a great number of sincere fellow rank and f ile workers I t can mean the setting back of the struggle for a tru ly human and free society - here and In the rest of the world. Before the question

Jh jr^w e r^ jo u j^b ro th e r? Is asked,let us T in v o lv^ Tu rte Tv e s -T i^ Jie theory and the prac­

t ic e - of liberating mankind.

*We have need of history In its entirety, not to fa ll back Into I t , but to see i f we can escape from it .*

Jose Ortega Y. Gassett

DETAINEDThe recent detention of D rtme Williams, Zelda Holtzman, Hedley King and Michael Coetzee^jnust be seen as part of Botha's new constitutional plans for~S. A. All these people were active in organizations oppossed to the ru lers' new schemes.

I t is only through detentions, harass­ment and bannings that the rulers can hope to implement the ir fa sc is t plans. The Federation of Cape C iv ic Associations condemns these detentions and demands the Immediate and unconditional release of a ll detainees.

The saying "woman-ls the slave of the slave* h»s been refined and put Into a book by Angela w v ls . an American activist 1n the struggle against Injustice. She has seen the Inside" of ■ore than one Ja il and 1s a well-known campaigner on behalf of political prisoners. Her owt experience and study and research Into slavery, particularly as I t affects 'Black* American wonen workers, shows how sexism and rac1s» are deeply rooted In class oppression.« struggle for3wooeft*s rights

UBERATI0«m PART 0F 0NE s™ G a r F0R ;

The autnor draws on the Vietnamese experience as an example of how racism could function as a provocation to rape. U.S. soldiers were led to believe that they were fighting an Inferior race and "they could b taught that raping Vietnamese women was a necessary m ilitary duty*.. *

South African women have to give special importanceto the 'pollt+cs’ o f housework*— there they are enslaved by the system of - apartheid - and are further enslaved by their men who think 1t is women's God-^lven duty to be chained to the kitchen.Even while holding a normal 8 (o r more)- hour Job, women come hone to cooking and cleaning.

These are a-few-, thoughts'or a powerful and moving book that oust.be. read by men and - women seriously Involved 1n freeing mankind, from all the forces of,exploitation. .

A wel 1-documented chapter", *The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Birth of Women's Rights* lays bare the sick Idea that‘'*most women are mothers and l i t t le else*, and the stirrin g call Is for t *el7 onl 10 ^ n d a place 1r the practical Job of the freedom struggle.

(*e should take, careful not* of the sections on birth control and reproductive righ ts, house­work and rape. On rape: “In the United States today. I t Is one of the fastest-growing crimes of violence. After ages of silence, suffering ahd misplaced g u ilt , sexual assault Is explosively emerging as one of the te lling dysfunctions of present-day ca pful 1st society.

WORDS

Words -are f u n .........Wards like “final solution' - H it le r 's old favourite,or "nopplng-up operations’ for the slaughter of Palestinians.

Words are nice .........The Department o f "Community Development" spelt outComnunlty Destruction from D is tr ic t Six to ModderdatnThe "Orderly Movement and Settlement B ill" te l ls of arrests, fin es, and of untold human misery.

Words can be so helpful . . . to those wishing to protect the ir riches. Bulldozers become "front-end loaders". Pass raids merely “inspections"And the massacre of the innocents - "Anti-terrorist incursions"

A hungry child begs for bread and is labelled "agitator*.True fighters for human rights turn into pawns and bishops of the Soviet Union". Beware of their words - words are weapons

GLEEMOOR AREA REPORT

The Civic is involved 1n the Maintenance Problem in Allcedale. Meetings In Novasber and January, the f ir s t two meeting on main­tenance, drew about 250 and 150 people respectively.

/AHceaaie is about 43 years old, and there are problems m all the hcnes - en-ral ta­iling off baths, broken window frames and cat­ches and celling dampness. Tenants st the public meetings voiced their anger and dis­gust at this state of affa irs. People clearly realized that "ie root cause of a ll our problems was the lack of p olitica l rights. They fe lt that a ll residents « js t stand to -« ^ ! ! r j 'Uni ted !? t *le er9*n1sation. The Pre­sident s Council, the Labour Party and Ma­nagement Com i t tees were slaaaed as duiuny,

bodies, and nobody was surprised at the labour Party’ s "decision* to take part in the chambers of apartheid.

Maintenance survey forms have been circulated to build up knowledge and strength In our fight. And next door, expropriation s t i l l ' faces people. The battle to *Save Our Hoeies' is part and parcel of our maintenance struggle, and part of the struggle for fu ll democratic rights 1n the land of our b irth .

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KRIEKET- METI * n die "Engelse*. to r die *Sr1-Unkas* m dou die T*as-indi*rs*. 01* groot krlafcet geldtoare het die orda van die dag gword. 011 skyn a to t ala nsslstlesa Krlekatuine vaa Joa Paaansky ft goufeyn bealt, w a t aa* geld ontbrae* holla a la . Spacers Mord tot R100 000 v lr slags v le r Mete ' aangabled am krleket M a r U spael. Ola Engelse 1$ * t ongavaar aan a ll Joa* rand dia land u lt ; dia Sri-Lenkas net 1} a l l - Joan rand aa dia «e*-IodUrs x t dHa a ll Joan rand.

Dia vraag Mord a l gavrat Wear koa

hlerdle gald vandaan? Dia Engelse toer “» t deur S.A . Herbrooery ga6org Mas-'hat »t verlle* van_*500 000 galy terxyl daar ■fa­stens aan a ll Joe* rand op dia Srl-Lanka toar varloor I t . Ce*r. borg 1$ nog bekend fa «a k v lr dia S rl-U n ka an Ues-Ind1ese toer* M e.

*]fcooaeer aanse veraoeddat hlardla gald «1t dia staat se koffars bataal word. Olt

A il u lt ons sak, d-M.s. ons K>at ba­taal v l r dia voorreg van * p ^ k r ? ^ toalar* cm intarnaslonala sport ta genlet. Dia wraoede dat dia regerlng. n stuiMar in die ambeurs hat. Is versterk toa m nlster Vlljoan ialowa hat dat d1a rega­rlng barald sal Maes on varllasa Mat op dia huldlga toar galy M g word, ta bataal.

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In South Africa we have always managed ~ keep po lit ics out of sport*.- Mr Vorster

Hlardla fortulnsoakers van Engeland, S r l - Lanka an Wes-Indll Is nlks andars as ba- glnsallosa fortulnsoeker* nla. Hulla irll voorgea asof hulle taan apartheid Is aaar In M rkllkhald speal hulla saaa mat apart- hald oa hulla ala geldellka toekoas ta ver- sakar. Hulla ontvang dulsenda randt van V ragarlng (via d1a krleketunlej Mat ailjoena

■ansa onderdruk an burgerregte ontsi.

Hulla ry op dia rQa van die Markers van Su1d-Afrtka Mat slaaf-lone ontvang an Mat

gaen saggen'skap hat oor hoe hul belastings bastaa Mord nla. 'D n e a il joert Dense 1s •arkloos, daar 1s ti groot behulslngstekort, busgeld an huurgeld styg alMeer, m a r hulle ontvang sulk* groot sona gald.

Hlanlla spelers hat dan nog die veraetel- hald oa ta st dat die Suld-Afrfkaanse sltua- s1e nle so slag Is as Mat hulla geaeen hat n la . Varder Maag soaalge van hulla d lt nog aa v l r ons voor ta skryf hoe oa die sltua- s1a op ta los. Ons daag die spelers van Sr1-Lanka en Wes-IndU u lt oa 1n Suid- Afnka ta koa woon sodat hulla Apartnald as *SM*rtes* kan arvaar. As krleketspeler* -genlet hulla "are blanke* status en 1s dus van al die onderdrukkende en d1sicr1a1ne- rend a Matte vry gestal.

Alhoewal hlerdle toere H terugslag 1s v lr die poglngs ca rasslstlese sport totaal ta Isoleer, hoef ons nla swartgalUg ta word nla. Hlerdle toere Is aoontllk genaak deur blatante ookopery. Rasslstlese sport Mord nog me op .nomale Myse tot Intemaslonala sport toegelaat nle . 01e Judasse van Eng­land, Srt-Lanka en Wes-Ind1I het nle as halde na hul ala landa tarug gekear nla. **jlle 1s eerder deur hul naslonala krlefcat- llggaae onder straf geplaas.

Ons, die ondersteuners van nle-rassls In

sport en saaeleMing, het nog * groot oa te verrig . Daar 1s nog te veel van dia onderdruktes wat die wedstryde tussen hlerdle geldMolMe bywoon. Ons moet die boodskap ultdra dat rasslstlese sport, plaasllk of 1ntemas1onaal, nle ons beslg- heid is nle. Wat Mel ons beslgheld Is , Is die stryd oa voile burgersup en polltieka regta 1n ons land. Eers dan sal ons ge- lyke geieenthede genlet oa tan voile op sport - en andar vlakke ta ontulkkel.

KRUGERRANDE ?S S m m h b S l^ 'S * Ut * •*I bookl« t for*. The trtrmct E l ? ^ f J?1* ' ‘* 11* «P*c1fTtalTy r r f t r - J l T ? ,* • ,t?u r * Sr1 ^ "k * " cricketer*. I n d i a * * . 1' to the tour by th* WMt

s ^ rs .g s r j^ ^ -'-r& £ K ' ~ “■■M.-.s.t r™, 2?” 22: s?- "«•E S a « a &taIks and f l!u f T ? L * !? r ^ -g lP * > h4d « l y behind th* backs of

STvSTlX JnVStv. •public s c ru tin y ^ * ^ k lm ln g of th . Soutii A f r i S r . u u o T l t ■ •

It* protection

J g **>"*«; hid tfl h* used to i r i , ^ »* * # «ndS. Secondly there 1» th* Monty involved. Again no doubt backed up by

« " • " “ •'* S«rth Africa, th* p « 4 r , that be In Mch cast had to aak* sure that **** PJ^C* * * right, i t 1* aoney that brought these people to South Africa. What I I noteworthy for us Is not only that the racist cricket and football bosses used the

C ? ? L 0f " * * * * “ • * * * that t h l i M ( ** ! *r! , t *“«• ** » xonderful

i S r r r i : __I!0* y by the gnvarwant ■ M U but opposition a*d1a, racist sport parsons and canentators alike. Corruption

suDreL^Si^1? “P<U ** 1dee,‘ “ tte " “ • , , , , a "

As part of Its caapelgn against th* cricket tour to south Africa by th* West Indies. tn« Western Province Council of Sport put M tL S T ”? Amongst others, 1t nad* th* following points:

S S ' E L ? " 1^ m jo # " tr1*d to say th*^ mt 004 financing

.T ? ***]*• In tht abstnco of any tDontor *wr* thM dOM th* R4 ■H Uon ca**fra*j

Th*sr' players w uld have b**n vote lest and a»p1*t*ly without rights had they b**a♦kIH J or ° * d“p«t1o« of th* tour, they t r i l l , hw*v*r, b* 'honorary whit**',

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Th* tour Is Intended to fool ui Into ac­cepting there Is no discrimination 1* Mul­tinational sport and South African Soc“ Jy.

r » * « * This type of tour c u 2 h 2 T « I ^ • !? * 1 **<•*/ t r * of d t i - cri«1 nation artf oppression*

CISKEi DENIED -A VQIK

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woTyoMThere i n thcst who live permanently 1n the Clskel. A few i n w ell-off compared with the majority of the Inhabitants. Such •re the servants of the Set* a d rin lstre - teon - policemen, high school principal s , •jovemment* ministers. For the rest I t t t * Better of battling to survive. One of these told us Ms story. He 1s a drive r, sore than f if ty years of age. He lives 1n • shack, in a backyard 1n a. location in the Clskel.

He m s not born 1n the Clskel, but 1n the Cape. He grew up In the forties In the time when the politica l organizations of the people were legal, but he had l i t t l e con­tact with any of them before he cane to work as a contract labourer with the South African Railways In Cape Town. He remem­bers the f ift ie s - the meetings, the dis­cussions, the campaigns of the ANC, NEIH and la te r, PAC. People would debate ideas throughout the night. Then cane Sharpe- v llle -U n g a and the Emergency, and, at the same time, his exile. I t was as 1f his grief were an echo of the nation's sut-

Eventually he saw the Oirector of the Board. He was told that there was a place for him, where he could buy land I f he could pay for U , work f o r himself I f he.-had. the means-to ao sq.^build, h tj own hone If he.-cot>ld:af>i ford ,I t ; 1b,•'short, a place where^his. family would-be secure at la s t. .It soinded like '

He accepted, and-came: to Dinbaza.

Diaoaza In the sixties was a resettlement camp. There were as yet none of the tokens of "independence"; . no brick houses, no Cis- keifln Development Corporation.signs outside petty Industry factories, no Detention Centre. There were .shacks and starvation *nd unspeakable m isery.' The substance of what had sounded like a drea»1n.the de­scription 'of tne Director of the'Admini­stration Board In Cape Tom was poverty, disease and hunger. These were decreed. . by the Bantu Self-Govemaent A ct'of 1959. { Apartheid was an ideology of death. '

He decided to fight the deprivation he found. Me understood that his fight was p o litic a l. He had been deprivea of his South African citize n ship , together with *11 the other Inhabitants of Dintsaza, Alice, Zwelitsna, M dantsane.... He ‘ would oppose the lie of the Ciskeian "homeland". He would fig h t for the right, to be a South African c itize n .

there tad been the 5 T ? ! K Rep*r?,,n U t1 v * C0*"*611- ^ forces In *f%JH**hHrf °k ■ov***"t «1 1 «d for a boycott* » ,« ,*** beeaus* I t MS c r M M by th*

tS* 2 2 * ^ * ^ W P#0S th« M«d| of£ °?w r forc9S that theW E * j»u ld b* used m i platfoni against th*

to force the jon mw i t to atta 1b the country. Th* (IRC had changed

E 2 rfs’ J k J ! t* * " d th4t P«r*1e1p.t1o« had

»»• p it 1t to th* test. Together with a group of people who had decided to fight th* **1 *. tawc* of C1ske1 h« b«caa« part of an oppo­sition party to Saba. They triad to force ch*nge fro* within tha Clskelan systaa.They wanted to becsae part of tht systca to 6r «M tha systea. Thay sought to us* apart* held to break aparthald. Thay did not suc- C*ad. Tha Saba administration usad 1nt1a1- • t lo a . corruption and thuggery in tha tra ­d ition of Pretoria. Elections were attended by open coercion of tha inhabitants or C1s- U 1 . ttily Scoe's hendaan had any hope or •"taring Sebe"s administration. He knew now taat he could not flgn t against the Clskelan *fc«elend within th* fraaework of *hoae- lM d* government.

Ht w s close to despair i t that t1ae. He *"? c0T J i !**,(.*°Lt 1 9ht1n9 against the cre- ttlO T of the Clskelan ‘ hoaeland*, but he did aot b w now how to conduct his fig ht. But a w y opened In the seventies. I t was the way •f total rejection or the Clskel by total r*J*ct1 on of th* apartft*1 d plan for "s e lf- 00) li iBuit* which Sebe's adainlstratlon ac­cepted. In 1976 young people a ll over Soutsi Africa rejected a ll puppet Jovem - . M a ts , a ll puppet councils. The Black N o p la ’ l Convention rejected the ‘ Indepen-

Led by Its youth, the Clskel In 1976 was aflaae with denial of It* "independence*. * * the blaze of th*1 r ywwg herolsa l i t the future path of it r v g - Jl** We w ill not collaborate with puppet Hoaelawi gcvemaents. No to lu k e ia n i nr

. y p g ’aw'cej wo to beoe's governmenTi One azajia. one n a t i o n ! -----------------------------

W aU za, where he lives s t i l l . Is depopu- l ! ^ by f y * *°n of Inhabitants

“ork« r» 1" King W1lllaa's Tam. There are a few shops, a few smart

«< 3 »i"^ trr -tion . There are a thousand shacks Th*

STuTJ'tt d0"<niu* »•*£*<•V ? •m inistration runs I t

n « , but I t m s not b u llt ’by t h « . The Irta b lta n U of the Clskel do not forget that

“ ly***t1 on. Those reamber. Ilka th»dren o ^ » €r ,wt *1,J th*1r cM ,dr«*',S c h ll- arw ***** 1ndtp«ftd«fit Cisfctl 1$ > i u . ^i r t ^ t lz e n s of Soutfc Africa n t m . *

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There m s world-wide shock at the dettt in detention of trade unionist Dr Nell Aggatt. and now an Inquest has found that nobody was responsible fo* his death.

Condemnation m s widespread, froa trada unions or9*n1sat1ons, and even the

PFF. The general feeling could be sutned up In a Fosatu statement. Cape Argus of 22 Deceaber: T h e verdict w ill give nc those unfortunate enough to have been taken into police custody and m fear that until th*

d ,t*n t 1 °n without tria l i t abolished, no Inquiry or Inquest after tht

^ 5^i I » « t 1 sfy us t t ' t detention without tria l and the conditions arising out of detention without t r ia l are Ju s t.’

M* »JS t go on protesting to seek total •bolltlon of the systea of repressive aachlnery that has already taken the lives of so aany people, u* note, also, that veteran trade unionist Hr Oscar Mpetha and other young people are s t i l l In J a i l , after tM

■" °n-»nd-off t r ia l . And m say that only when the people of this country have a

t 1* ^ t o - d a y control of - Z ? ? *, r 1 « s affairs w ill there be a systaa "

Of hiatan Justice.

HULLE HANDLANGERS01* regee rders van hlerdle land het tl Med­ico p aan die gang oa beheer te kry oor die denke en handallng* van die ond*rdrukt*s. Mille besef dat as bull* h lerln slaag, kan hulle effektlef m r t r a ltyd regeer. Mill* ■aak van openlike metodes gebrulk soos die propoganda op radio* T .V . en die per*.Hulle naak ook van aeer suotlele metodes gebruik deur middel van agentskapp* soos SHAHCO lU .C .T .) en USKOR (Stellenbosch). Hierdl* organisasies, Mat onder die dak- mantel van welsyn wera, put dte energle u lt op aktiwlteite Met die regeerders sa stelsel bevordar In plaas van teenwert. IW le doen hulle voor as behoeders en be- skeroers van die onderdruktes aaar hulle Is nlks anders as wolwe In skaapklere, ale. R jlle *bev*g* die simptoo* van die apart* heldsiekt*. Maarvan hulle e ln tllk die oor- saak 1s

USKOR 1s Yi studente-weisynorganisasla, ver- bonde aan die Universltett van Stellenbosch. Hlerdle studente 1s ae*sta! die seuns en dogters van die Nasional* Party, Mat g'root-• 1 ks verantMoordeiIk Is v l r die aparthelds- Mette. Mi lie ouers 1s die elenaars van pla- s«» w a r wyn deel vor» van slawemy-lone wat aan die werkers betaal word. Dan mII hulle voorgee asof hulle drantaaisbrulk la ghettoes en lokasles wil bestry.

USKOR Is veral bedrywig In die Noordellke voorstede soos kraaifontain, Macassar, Eersterlvier en Stellenbosch. Hulle 1 n fil- treer die prlm ire- en sekondtr* skole o«>dar die voorwendsel dat hulle w1l help met.

sportafrlgtlng. Hulle a u k dan van hlerdle geleentheld gebrulk oa leer]Inge v lr veel- volklge (rasslstlese) sport te M erf. t

USKOR 1s v e n l bale bedrywig onder die Jeug. Joogaensa word ne jeugvereniginge gel ok,•aar hulle aakllke rekrut* v lr veelvolkige sport word. oSWMt Men hand aan hand aet ole Kaapse Korps (Weemag) en die Jeug- vercnlglngs dlen as w*rwingsterre1n v l r die Weemag. USKOR en die aeemag refcl Jeugkamp*, waann joitsefise onthaal xord en terwyl hlerdle jon^iense die -gasvryheld* van die Ueemag genlet. ontvang hulle leslngs, waamee gepoog word .oa hulle v lr

f* '!**• B1* *l»9offers van die aparthaldstelsel word nou gereed genaak

stelsel te gaan verdedlg. Ter- word hulle vocrgestel aan per-

soonllkhede en leesstof wat hull* v lr apartheidsport gereed sal aaak. Die Weer ■ag. in saaewerkln? aet USKOR, publlseer «n versprei ook ti nuusbrlef, genoea

w*t * blatant* poglng Is on on-« • ^

d*t d1* “*«rai9 >1 1 * 1 In d1 «°" t* he*r kry oor d1* denke

en handellnge van die onderdruktes. 0 1*

i t h,e^l1, ,gent# v ,rt°°5vJ£ v— ^ V * 1* 9* *1 V*B i U onderdruktes van verslaMlng vry ta hou.

In die gemeenskap Is hulla kwansuls bale besorg oor die armoede en ellende waarin die slagoffers van hulle slsteea verkeer.

b***f d1kw«l* "<• d lt ju is hlerdle -weldoeners" 1s wat v l r hul annoedi en ellende verantwoordellk Is nle. Soos ta verMagte werk holle 1n noue saraewerking aet regerlngsnasjlnerie, soos bestuurs-*'-- *

. S? ]fs P^*«<H9h«1dsveren1g1ngs Mord deur hulla v l r hulle doel mlsbnjik.

LABOUR . PARTYREJECTED

2 W " ? * f n a ^ e r Park- ia thenorth to Cloetesvllle in the south, the response of the people to the Labour Party at Its own ■cctings has shown one thing • a cooolete re ject-

new “Parllaaent*^

D*v1d 00^ •nd h1* cohorts Mere treated as tra ito rs on territo ry Mhlch Is

follP eth !° l«H Cu7 ^ 1 h°”* 9round- “* *11v l l U I T ° youI,g *"d 0,d of Cloates- ina ^ ^ bour P*rty are ooth-

2 2 tra ito rs . And trfiat about the violence that erupted at the meeting? The press- “ *te^ t «>y u.H.C. SRC put on Its p la cTa tlrt ld Js* I 1? th4t students deliberately started the violence. He a ll know tJ»at 1t wasbSt - i ° sU rted chalrthrowing,but.probably, the hired thugs who are normally brought Into such meetings to protect the

_stooges on the platfora. Tliere Is no doubt In '*bout * " ch 1s ultimately

_^££2^lble_for such violence and. 1n fa c t, all

-the’ JS S Jo f n i t ^ tTy - “*,°nly t M r ^ n 1)011ce w1th rif le s aad

standing guard cwtside the Labour

S t l o ^ o f ^ J * ^ ! ^ 11"9 (t0 keep th* unanimous T h i r . l M . J J i Policies outside the aeetlngl).

“ • ,la* « «

Ss s «>t« mtOMart^ majority of oppressedtowards the Ubour Party and Botha's updated strategy of divide and rule. That 1s. we a ll u *

5° lal>oraJ1ofl the oppressors andSle f e f ^ £ rl,!a" entS<“ d horae,4nd system. e*ture of the meeting however shows that

***** "°t yet be<n fon-ul.cea ror we , t , | | t .MJ coup1r

c le a l^ M n0" ? 016 pn!sent syste" with Clear and precise deaands. When we reject

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*Ther« w ill always be poor people* Is the tun* economists and ‘ Industrial expert*’ ^ lrc* around. And the latest excuse for unwploywent Is that I t Is a ‘ necessary •vil of the ‘ free enterprise systea*.

Z? w* bear from those who have long been ■eking profits on the backs of exploited ■asses of th* country.

•Economists" now te ll us that the South African econoay 1s threatened with the

“’ ■■Ploy-ent problea since the 2 d, £ , Wor ld “*r I r * S1nce beginning 2^1? BOtnr 1ndu*try has laid off2 0fl4 -o r k e r s ;t h e South African Transport

*** 11 iCm* 24 °°ai *** textile Industry 13 000; and further retrenchments took place over the Christws holiday period i f ;? ; S?odTHop* Textile plant In KingU ***i#t« p*d1‘""«Ploynent

600• but figures could be about3 B illio n because the bulk of the unea-SIh3 ’ “ ! T * ck*’ * Ire not registered and the rate 1n the "Independent states* has never been properly doc men ted.

An unemployed Ban or woman Is plagued by one hundred and one serious problems:

* I 0*?"9** h0** because payments cannot bt kept up

• the children are forced to leave school

. the degradation of endless Job-hunt1ng end begging for work; and ___________ ____

* scraps '*°rk T°r or for aere

’ to a * "* '1" 3 *** next “ al coalng

’ frm bein9 unable to5 S m E T “ “ -!*• ■™‘ .

• frustration and often despair. *

The past year has seen strikes for decent wages and various other demands.- froo the E. Cape aotor workers'deadlock in Ju ly , the General Workers' Union struggle for recog­nition (in the docks), the East Rand metal industry where 10 000 workers downed tools In the space of a few weeks over pay and retrenchments. U

Various unions, including the Metal and Allied Workers' Union, the General Worker* Union and the National Automobile and A l­lied Workers' Union have devised retrench­ment procedures to protect workers fra* the worst effects of the “recession’ .This 1s a step forward. But Is that a ll that we want? Shouldn't we remind our­selves that we aia not create thisof rich

___ - — ------------------ ---- systea------- and poor. We haa no part in ma­

king the rules and regulations of thi ~ systea or inequality.

should concern ourselves with building* systea where there is no unemployment, recesslorrptnflatlon and exploitation. — The Federation's newsletter of-March-Hay 1982 (Vol. 1, No. 6 ) , in ’ Inflation - The Real Cause’ , Bade i t clear that WE can control our destiny, and that WE can work towards a systea. of mutual ber£?it and happiness for all.We don't have to wait for the Oppenheimers and Ackermanns to hand out meatloaves. I t 1s only through the hard p olitica l work of every sincere and honest fellow human that we CAN one day enjoy the fru its of our sweat anTTlood.Only a new p olitica l and economic order can rid us of the evils and the aisery thct the present systea has brought on us.

Iaagine no possessions I wonder 1f you. can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of nan Iaagine a ll the people Sharing a ll the world

(John Lennon)

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