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ILIZWI LASERHINIGrahamstown Voice -'. March 1983 Vol.7 No.I

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"AS WE STRUGGLE, LET US'; CONTINUE TO BELIEVE; *»*;.; THAT- FREEDOM SHALL. COME.T h a i j u s t i c e "s h a l l o n e ,>

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ignore m ajorityare’ making th e ir vo ices ; h e a r d T h e y a re saying:.' "We cannot accept a . '.new . deai*.'which makes. Apart-rf. held work better.'','. We‘ cannot accejpt a . f vtu re ~ , .» for^our people"'when'-we>.-i; bad,'no .day-' in '’i t .;•* -And;.. we cannot- and w il l-n e t .£ accept V- 's o ln tionwhich" s a y s y ’esf to 'home-'- lands Vi.;, y es . to-: the v.;l£ GrouT> Areas Ac tf-'yes/to*£ laws : thafcMiiake^ us.-.be^i?^^ lie v e , tha^. w e ^ re :^ e p a -W

This* was said^by Dr A lan ' ra te and 7ime’cnSaTr " V

VIOLENCE - SHALb CEASE ifc ,Th a t , r a c i s m a n d Ap a r t - ;;HE ID SHALL BE A.BAD '>J’.- DREAM NOT REMEMBERED y0R .m o u r n e d . An d ,,t h a t < v ;HATRED: WILL,HAVE MADE

leans. You 'haveLyour. - . political rights; in -the ; : heme 1 ands t .* they^ say,. -:; - A > N 5 \j\%- r ^ : *v * ; vThe congress in Johan-, nesburg decided 'to form, - the’ UNITED ‘ DEMOC RAT I C FRONT- (UDF)';to.-oppbseS »$•*. the President *s_ Council^’.' "We say no to’ passllaws>'y ahd,a life ’of ., s ta rvation. ;___3 w - - 1*1 i orranH c

w * ___ ____ ^ ,in Johannesburg earlie^ •; a, further >step byt> the

'"i,- ' | this year .; The congress government’- to jtry and'V’c■• I: • 1 _.a 'Pi-sane — P - - - - ! ' ~. v , was .cjalled by the Trans- Givi^e- the oppressed^-'-- '.yaal'Anti-SAIC Committee'.people.'^ThiS; ;isj £Ke.;/;'~;.

'V^f-SATC is short; for1 South.* / government ’ s'fresponsei ; African- Indian - Council' p • - -'*•

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■ v-*1«»people vfrom orgahisa- -.'/.;1 tions all; over the coUn- I try attended the cong— iressj .to, show that' the |people reject the-Presi- dent'.s Council, proposals. The people spoke with y;‘■} one voicer "REJECT and v RESIST.the government's constitutionals propor:'^^s a l s ;; -y

I in different' parts' of -I the country.,trade VIunions, community .orga- Inlsations, sportingjT-,Ibodies, women^s.groups, • 1 churches and students -ir..

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The ‘congress resolved.tov *Call upoh^ali: sections'^', of. our people €o|reject'j arid • res is if the '^overBr^^j ’

L rThis ;is f a e-£;~______jent' s ::resp‘onse;v ^to- the people’s pro tie st v : The proposals suggest a - parliament - which vin-,-^.-.... c l u d e s X " ^ t e ^ - / ^ ^ ; > ^ ; \ "Coloureds" andv"In- '. < -diansT-V;- = But this .'par^r^-1 lament''w£ll: have -a ma- jority of ■ whites5->.>'It.? will .-also have, very;-: little power because; r. *: \ more power, will be gi- ;^ . ven* to 1 the .President.0 'T, More importantly, ,the' i r

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merit' s-P. CL. proposals/^: ^Condeom .'the Labour-v Party1 s unpopulardeci-Jv * sXon to accept the P.C. propos ai s' *> *Condeam 4* the ISouth - Afri-f; caiT government (and its V.- r* allies for organising,> - sell-out tours 'and spenT >‘ ding millions'of rands eatned' through-the -hard jwork*,off the'; people .V' ;'f>: -. .♦Reject /participation in~management" commit- '.I.'-

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The 'congress'/re- ... affirmed^ the people’s -r.- commitment to build,"^ ‘.'Vr strong people * s' organic.- £ sat Ions. " in' the cbmmur*?*! V nities where, we livev^j^' and at pur places of work"*.*; ;*«v«

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1982 meant different things for different people in South Africa." The few rich people, the apartheid govern­ment and its puppets still had power and wealth. For most people- workers, the unemployed and those who are forced to stay in the 'homelands' - it .meant more suffering and a greater struggle to sur­vive. , * - .:But 1982 was not like just any year. Things became more difficult for the oppressed people. Some of the struggles and organisa­tions of the oppressed did not grow as much as in previous years. -ilf we want to change the apartheid system we must look carefully at last year. Only by - knowing what is happen­ing and by learning from our mistakes can we go forward in the struggle for democracy and equality.Let us first look at some of the important things that happened in 1*82.in-1982 and the first months of 1983 the gov­ernment has proposed and passed many laws in parliament. The most ' important of these laws

are those that aim to change the face of apartheid. But they also aim to make apart­heid .more harsh. „So the government is trying to maintain the system by making small changes on the surface. The"reforms" that the government offers do not mean the end of poverty and oppression for the majority. The rulers of this country will not ~ive away their power. They want to make them- - selves stronger. They cannot stop resistance to the injustice and in­equality in South Africa. So .they want to make it harder for people to protest toge- , ther.,'

So far only one of these - the Black Local Authorities Bill - has become a law. The other two were with­drawn because of pro­test from the people.It is likely that the government will change these two bills slight­ly, and make them law in 1983 or 1984.With these "Koornhof Bills", the government want to make life a bit better for "urban" Africans (those wit! Sec­tion 10.1 (a), (b) or (c) rights). -

K O O R N H O F ' S N E W ' L A W

So the government is trying to divide the oppressed people. And the government is.look­ing for black people to help it to do this.The so-called "Koornhof Bills" were three im­portant laws introduced in 1982. They are: the Black Local Authorities Bill, the Black Communi­ties Development Bill, and the Orderly Move­ment and Settlement pf Black Persons Bill.

But at the ■same time the bills are to make the ''.homelands' system work better by increasing influx controlSo the "Koornhof Bills"* were introduced because the government is try­ing to_divid£ those Africans who stay per­manently in townships around "white" towns from those who are forced to remain in the 'homelands' or work on one-year contracts.

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Reform and RepressionLooking for partners in Apartheid

The government thinks that if it makes things just a little better for those who live a- ro'und "white" towns, these people will not join in the struggle against apartheid. But the people demand equa­lity for everyone in a free societv.

NO SOLUTION The government does not realise that it is im­possible to "buy off" some people with the promise of better beer- halls and 99-year lease­hold houses, while apartheid stays the same- And as long as . there is apartheid- capitalism, the majority of the people willsuffer. _The government recently announced its Presi­dent's Council Propo- s?ls for changing the constitution.- As with the Koornhof Bills, the government wants to use the P.C. proposals to make a few black people into junior partners in apartheid. But the ma­jority will' still suffer.With the PC proposals, the government is try­ing to further divide "Indians", "Coloureds" and "Africans". But if the constitution is changed according to these proposals, it will not mean the end of

apartheid. Some of the ODDressed people, like the Labour Partv lea­ders, might accept the proposals for their own benefit. But this will make it harder to win u the struggle to end ' .apartheid-capitalism and bring freedom to South Africa. *So the P.C. proposals will not take away the daily problems of the workers of South Africa.The P.C. proposals and Koornhof Bills are part of the -government' s a attempts to "reform" apartheid. This "reform" means changing the apartheid system so that it continues to work."Reform" means making apartheid-bapitalismseem better. This "reform" needs some of the black people to be- •* come junior partners in apartheid if it is to work. "Reform" is an attempt to divide the oppressed. "Reform" is * trying to stop resist— tance to apartheid, while at the same time making the system moreharsh. •

DIRECT ATTACKSThe government wants more control over the black people. But "reform" is only one of the things that the government uses to try » to stay in power. As resistance to the system

grows, and as people see what "reform" means, the qovernment has begun touse more direct attacks: attacks on organisations and individuals fight­ing for democracy Many people were de­tained by the South African security police in 1982. Two of these detainees, Neil Aggett and Moses Dipale, died in detention. And the courts are getting . crowded with people charged for Treason, for "terrorism", or charged under the Internal Security Act.'The Pretoria'government is also getting the "homeland" leaders to do more and more of its dirty work for it.,Sebe and the Ciskei se­curity police (CCIS) are feared throughout Ciskei. They try to terrorise the people to make them accept apart- heid and the suffering it brings. So the CCIS detain people, threaten people and kill people. By doing this they show that they are puppets of P.W.Botha and the Nationalist government.

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• 7.-In the ylast; year the - things happen the way South African capitalist-.they did? How ran up economy has had severe * / respond to

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'But the^dally'- life of" ,"i those' who' suffer under ; • apartheid has often*

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'recession has made life,* worse, for. working;.,/ 4- 'Ypebjple.' V The' prices of [yj basic foods^ have risen >:

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so that we become stronger in our strugale? To understand the events of 1982 we must first.look at the years 1979, 1980 and 1981.In these three years the

-struggle.; to;survive has-;., people's organisations ^become more"and more" . . .,9rew quickly. Trade i diff iCult^^V*.This..- v., UDion| (like SAAWU ... .- - - - ... grew fast. Community

organisations grew,. : . under bodies like CAHAC (the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee) and DHAC (the Durban Housing Action. Committee).. Stu-

mobilized during 980 schools . boy- - and COSAS and

^ittieX; Many workers V x T AZAS0 became more power- ave'-lost their j o b s ’;f ul * - Women also began* • ■ organising in bodies

^ ? S ^ § ^ ^ ^ ^ ‘.such as UWO. (United - 'CSfpitalist system"'hasV^. Women’s Organisation). ;3troubiesfit is t h e N a t i o n - w i d e political

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angejthe'system'we Sjhust .ask What do the* ,'rthings. that happened in; ** ' mean . for - the .^struggle; in .1983-'a n d .

-SAIC(South African Indian Council) campaign were .- ’very successful.,But there were some * problems with the way these people's organisa­tions were growing. In 1982 people began to see what these problems

were. They began tcask: How strong are our organisations? What kind of organisations are they?people were spending too much time on nation­al political campaigns. There was not enough grassroots support for organisations. Grass­roots support means that the masses of the people are involved in organisation. The people must be making decisions for them selves, and must not leave all the work to the leaders.Because there was not enough grassroots orga- sation from 1979 to 1981 1981, the people's orgaf- sations suffered. They suffered when there were problems in the South African economy (when the recession started)- They suffer­ed when the state tried to divide the oppressed people. And they suffered when the government used more repression to try to stop people's resis­tance to exploitation and oppression. Be­cause' grassroots sup­port was not strong enough, the people's organisations could not always resist these attacks of reform, re­pression and recession.

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S ^ ’-Tabantii baphiie;ngayo. . kwi-DELTA, iqela labantu I Izindlu; ezithe ngqor » base Rhodes. Kodwa ezi* iiungelo lokuzakhela' ngcinga zezabo. AbanyeI fmibvitho yabasebe'nzi ‘ , abantu bangacinga n9°"

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fSSE? ’1 bawalahle iuRhulumente^ nemiphunga. - '“n°y® ne^i-^^TaMlunl' ukulb jbawafumane neengcinga zabantu I Write us stories

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More Xhosa,more Sport,more oftenDear G'town Voice- J I have been reading the 'Grahamstown Voice' when it comes out, and it has qood thingsxand bad things. I would like to see more stories in Xhosa Some of my friends also said this. We would also like the Voice to come out more often. There isno other newspaper thathas things that concern us in the township. I like the sports stories because I play soccer.

We are trying to have _ more Xhosa stories but this is not easy. We haven’t got enourh people to translate for us.’But we are trying to' get more.We know there weren't enough editions of the Voice last year. There were six, and they w^re very irregular. I'his year we hope to put out eight. More important, if you would like to write stories,' just send them to us at: Delta

c/o SRC Rhodes UniV.

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THE VOICEDo most South Africans look forward to 1983?Ke ail know that condi­tions are still bad.The things the people want will not come soon. We war.t political rights for everyone in one government, a gov­ernment chosen by all the people. Wages people can live on. • proper houses. The right to form trade unions. We want the right to meet together and say the things that must be said to help make'a better South Africa. v , - -These are the rights of all people. But they wil;l not be given to us. The peocle who are rich and powerful will not give them away. The government and the bosses do not want people to have these rights. People must fight and win them through struggle.,'iViWAV

In'1982 the struggles of. the people continued, as they have for many years. But the repress­ion also continued. In this VOICE we try to say some things -about 1-982.We talk about government repression and community struggles. We talk about the -recession and the "Koornhof Bills". We look at the President's Council and the Labour Party. We look at the trials of people fight­ing, for a better South Africa.' * ‘We must see and under­stand what has happened so we can prepare our­selves. - We must look at what others do so we can decide what we can do. It is by working together that we.can win our rights.

TRIALSBarbara Hogan was given a 10-year jail sentence in October 1982. This was for high treason, and being a member of the banned ANC.- Treason means someone is a traitor to their country, like Lt Bomba from Mozambique who brought secrets from Mozambique to South Africa.

Barbara Hogan admitted she was an ANC member, but was not involved in violence. She spoke t<? ANC officials. She work­ed with a group helping rural people. She devoted herself to help­ing those who oppose race oppression and class exploitation in South Africa.According to the govern­ment, Barbara Hogan

The VOICE gives some ideas. These ideas come from Delta, a group .of people at Rhodes . But they are only our thoughts.Other people may have different ideas because they have different ex­periences.The VOICE knows that it can sometimes be far from the people, and sometimes closer. It can only become a voice if it has lungs and air - and the lungs and air are the feelings and ideas of the people of Grahamstown.Let us know what you think. ' Write the stories.

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committed treason.' But. she did nothing violent. She worked for the people Her sister Sally said, - "We feel she is in no way a traitor. .-It is a tragedy that someone like; her who is on the side of the majority of South Africans, should be treated like this."Many people go to jail for their beliefs.Barbara Hogan is only one

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