Not black or white

MONTHLY JOURNAL OF THE INSTIT UTE FOR A DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE FOR SOUT H AFRICA AUGUSTISEPTEMBER 1990

Not black or white

• • • but green

Albie Sa chs Ursuta Eid

By Sue Valentine

A L THO UGH

'he ANC d,,,-,,

n,~

^h.we

,," ,,,wi...,,,m,.,,,.,, p"licy " ,hi, '"~'''ad,.. "

"n,'i","m,'"' "'u" bo' ,," ;mp" r"'", i"u,' "n Ih,' p',lilic,,1 "j;"nd", """,rd,"~

,,, ...

urn..tl

",ile I'm! AI~;,'s"ch"

<;p""kin~.lt ,," Id"'a/E""hl d,, Atri.."

""um "n 'he ec"I,,~y in Cal'" To"'" in

Au~u", s",'h, ,,,id " "''' a pri"ri'y ,,, pu' ,... "~...,'n· i",u,' ;". s<"" h !ltric"n ","".".

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",,,n','<1 a p',lluh'<l ,'m';...",m,'n ' , hu' on ' n!\-i"Ju" ,,,,' tn"," ^{w . .} m~ "',«","'Til, d,."ir.hl,·<'i,h,~

"i',;.lt u", con bo· ..."'1 ,,"d ',·rribl,· i"

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"wry h"u,,', we ne,'tJ ,'I,""icity, we ne,>tl

antib,,~ic> and , • .-"i",,, . . II><' n'al plllb- I,'m i,

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do ",n\<."lhin]>; ,h.,' ~,'I' d""'n

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"y"u d"n', h.",,' ,,, bo· ,,-hi'" ,,, n.,]>;n " n,"

he ,'dd,'tJ. " ...",,;n~ 'he p"in' 'h,,' 'h,' ,'m'j·

' T h e AN C d ep end s o n

th o se in th e fie ld to adv ise it on env iro n menta l i ss ue s '

...",m,'n' ,h"uld 0.' ,h..

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all

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!ltric.n,_"Th,' p',,,r P'~'pl,' are "f','n ,'e,y mu,'n in '"uch ",,' h 'h,' ,',,,,ironm" nl b,x-au""

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in on 'h,'m."

s"cn" wh" i'a m,·mn." '" 'h,' ANC, <<In·

" i'uh"n.1 com m itt.e .n d 'e.ch o. at Ih,' h" ,i' u h ' 0' Cumm"n"",,,lth 5t udto·, i~

l~, nd"n, ca"Jid', a,·kn",,'1.'<Iw'<l hi, I.ck ,~­

,·wlo~IC. 1 "'P""i,,', .,nd ,t""""d 'hat th,' A!'>;C "'. . opon '0 - "nd d" P" nd od ,,~ - ,"'.... in ,"'." fid d ,,,.,d,'i"" it ,,~ 'h" i"u.·

H,' .. ,d d;..~,,·,' n,..~' ,'nd eritj,';,m d,d n,,' m.·,n one w,,, n,-c,..,a , ily ant,-A NC. It

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Not a great day for women

By Sha una Weslco"

IT WAS ·a ~n' .t d.y ", A N C

",ti'lO.1 ,·<t" " ti" e .."m mi '''''' m,' mb,.", C"nrud o Slu'P" 'old 'h,' rrowd '" . bo"" ~1__' ~.,I",n'<l.t

<.'urri,,, h,unlai~ in DU'~a n '0

"' launc h 'h,' A!,>;(' W"rn" n ' ,

tm~ue,

lit

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a S."'day .ft,~n,~'n in

Au]>;~,' ",ith . rn,'.n wind bl"",·

m~ and ha lt ,h,' P"''''' ," ,""umbo

in~I" flu.!

It ^{w " ,}a ]>;n·.t ,t,y,Shop" "'id,

"h,'oa u ,,· it ha' uni",d . 11 ,h,-

w"m,' n0' St'ulh At,i ,.-.

StICh i' ,"'." d,·ti,ium u' ,,,'h,,,, ,h,· " ,.110 of ' h,' ,1"l\a n, and ,Ik·...' wa, k'" ,~- ,I,~.n,~'lin~.t

,h. I.ur..-h. \1,,," ~ i' c.m,' ln'm 10 Pa!1"4

'In this hour

01

exaspera- tio n and exhaustion ,

l et us stand up and be cou nted like ou r sisters of the B ible'

Lett: The ANC

Women's tcaglJe

ISIau r>che d tn

Durban

ldasa: the road ahead -PAGE6-

Make or break in the cities - PAGE 10-

Fort Hare lights back

- PAGE 12

• • •

M rs Ade laide T ambo at the launch 01 tbe ANC's W omen' s League in Durban in August

W OMEN

Not a great day

from Page 1

m,'fl. ~"t muc~ of it h..ld a"ytl" "l\It> dt> with

th~>tru~I,',>/"'"rnt'n ,

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^{We willld' .it by form"}

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",tl", Ii",,',ad di "l\' "T"Jay I knn w i, 'x" my

day.

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,ti,> ",,,,,,,'n', day: s..ou,,,dly, " >day "

Su nday, wh.-,. m",1 of our disc " " i" " i, ,<'Iat...J tu eliu K h "nd the hibl,' '-

Ite lh,,,, pwn nl<,J with a 'wa r .md l\un,"

'l"'t'Ch. t<""inl\ in I...." ,,'ma , k> p"-,,umab ly ain...d at ...","'''''><101;''1'

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th,' day ,h"

w,'n" ,,,.

^hi,_

0.,., wa,. n1,-"""..,'n I",' biblical injun....

lion to "tum 'he o,h,', eh,,<'. " , wh ich b","]

,,,,,~~hl y in lo tl>e wa,ta l.,

"That ,im" ,~ ,iappinKchw",ha, 1'."",,],'

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liK"'wifh AK-47"

5<, m""h fn, Su,kl.-

A, fm Ihe wom"n,'IK'd,'<·m.,,] it ,ulb'''''''n' to chMad"me us as the "I;" n,·s,,·s· ,h.t n·"",in "'·hir.J

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1'"",,<1 ,I>e yuunKwh,'11 Ihe

"Ii"m " ",n aw"" ", a""rnalivd" a, ,h,,,,,

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"'·tray ,1K'n \ wlK'n ,IK·

·d,arrh,~'a"01panic "'i",,,hI' m.l1,'S

T HE NEXT

m''''''J('' f,um ,h,· ""'n in Ihe mowm,'n' cam.' f",m p""id,' n'

Oli,,·,

Tam"'" It w"' ""d by hIS w,f,' Ad,'l.>id,' and ,iffe",,] IiUi,' beyor.J ,late m''11 ls of in'enl 'hiI, . ",~inninJ(

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httletatt ,·" ,,]

Tom"" "-,,,.Ik"] ub,.,,,'inKat a 1'11t1 wnf,'T-

"nco' of A,",C ....um'·n t~ . t, "11 we a,e tr,

"")\olJ(e,,'" full P'",'n'''1in I"'''uit ,if "'v,,lu- I,on.,y !:""Ii, ,h"n, ^AS "·,,,Iut io n.,,,,,, w,' sh" u ld "0 1' p"'wnd mK Ih., w"n,,'n in "ur m,,,,em,'nl h.w the ",m,' "pl"'rtuni ti,'s ",

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a ~,inl pled!:e mad e ^In 1'1>15l>y him,,'lfand rs;.mit>idn p"",d enl Som

Nu~>m. thilt tlK'y "wo u ld nu' ",n,id," our

"b~,,"'i"'S .chi,·",,], "ur ,.". ,o m p1<-' ,"], ,,'

"ur ',,,,U',·.,

^{an ,'nd unti l ,h,' .... nnwn "f}

St'uth AI,i,'. and Namib.. a,,' furry

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Fin. rr " h,' ob-t'" ....

,h.t in M"y 'his

yea,

th,' nali"nal e",,"uti,e rumm,U"" of llie ANC

""....mph.,i,,'<1 tl>e f",1 ,h., "'"m,'n . ",

nn ,

p"' '''n' in su fh " .'n' numb,'," in Ih,' struc· 'UT<'S of "u, '>lKani...

Ii"ns, especially at d,s'i,ion-ma kinK Ie,'els, . n d

,h., os.

"o n"'·

qu" ",~· w.' hiI... _,~it y'1

fully inh 'K.. ','d

w"m,'n', c"n"e rn, . nd

,IK',·m.l nc'p-llio n of wnnwn in'o

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f"a,,'''-'' OIOUT libe,.""'" ""'l(I;le".

While ,orne would a'l;ue Ihal we ,Ii"uld t>o.. J(, . ' d ,,1 fo r ,u"h pl,'<IKes and ob""va- lions, "",ny

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v. "'n "u' uf patiffiCl' with f",mul.>tinn, ,h., bt"l\

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Far from

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^{"n' it y,~} iu lly in""l\r.'.'<I"", wom"n' s concerns Ii",'e ba rd y made Ihe

' Far Irom being " not yet f Ully Inte- graled" , women's concerns have bllrely made lhe agenda of lhe ANC o r other org anisations In the MOM. '

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5inlwity musl be1''''''' '<1 in pr.~1i"',as ,I>e ANC le.d,·"hip i, f"nd "f lelhng llie rs;.' k,....l P'''y. Wh<'''' '!>en is Ihee,'id"nn'of ,hI' ('omm itm,'n, ,,, n'Ift·"',;'m of lh" ANC

""d ,hI' MDM'

Cer"'inl " n,~ ,,, bt' di,,~'m.>,j

0 '

Sundoy'.

rally, Which f,'alu,,'d • 'qu.d <>f drum

ma~lI'<'th'" in ANC c"l"un; ",ho, h"l'I'ibl,' ,,, ,<'Iale, we", a wdco",e dislrach"n fmm 'Ii,' m.I,· A!s;C "'aden; wli" p",i"dica lly c"m -

"'" ,kl,'<I,h<.m i""'ph<,"" ,

A. fm ,h,' ...."m'·n w'h"

'I",k ",

^AI\>t·,hna

Sisulu d,d m.'" 'heP',in, ''''" """, .l'" II>

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^{fo' <In,' m.n, one} v"t,· trot 1<"

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be imp,,-'S.,,-'<I up''" ' ' I.·. " hillf

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tlie SAlle. Ihe p,ess . nd • I.rge numbt'r "f ,!>ep""p le wli,,,,, views 'liey f"i ,'up" n u"o ,,-'lentb,ly,

lIu, ,hI' only P'·""n wh" ""nveyed an y.

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sl",!\!;le "f w"""'n w",.n un""",,>,j 'l"·' '''r fmm "at.1 who k'<l Ihe"""mbly in a pr.ly.'r

"in llii, hou, of e,a. pe'.l1t"n and exha",·

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"L..i u, ,' .n,] up . nd bt· <'<lun','<1 Ii..·"'"

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e.. mpk'Sof o.."""a h. r.J Esth<·r•• w"m,'n who '0 ' " ab<,,'" tlie ,triclu ,,'S of the pall;•

•n:hy.

IT MUST

^be ",i'] lb. , Ihe r.ny "'••

p"-~

...'<1 l>y a w", h h"p a" end,'<!l>y. bo.",' ;lllO d,'k'J«'''''' f,om .e",ss tlK' country. The hop"

"'maln, th.. ,hi, was ,x,",t",,1i,'e and tliat 'hI' f"undati"n, ^W"fl' I.id fo' .n df,"'hv~

pmgram m.· ,h., will

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^{"I BMW, lin,>,j up} 1<> bea r awa y. tl>e I;littffah, and., the sl.,dlUm emp- h,'d 01l"i'ple, hop" """m ed a sm.1I lliin g og. ln, t th" wo,t<'land "f littff Mt bt'liind,

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m"...·r' C'",w, "i1'<'I,"] .nd ,,'!-

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Shoyno We""oll wo," in 'h. mod iodo",,".

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c,,"stnJctiw ,·,itici,m fmm th,...· .... h<, ....,... "''''~'rn,'<I .b<'ut wh,'''' t"'·wuntry wasg"ing,

"Th,''i" ,,,,ho n ,if talki"l;.nd Ii,h'ning t" ,ah,'" i, ('nJMaI.y,,,, h...., ,h<' "'l"'Jti"" advi", us" IK' said,

Sh.rinK ,h.: pl.>tf,it'm witli So.lis was an MP of th,' W<'S' (''''rman (;"",n, I""r, I.;" u l. Eid, .... h" ",id ir.J i, idu. l, w"ld not wait fOT p<,lihcian, ti>gi,'e ,b.· k'. d, WIK1h,... ,h,'Y ~,in,s;j P',iilical pa"i." ,it' civic I;n>up' , individu"ls n,"'<I,oJ ,,, bt· inv<ll"'d in ,'nvin'nm~nlal

i"u","a' I;'ass- ,,~~, levd ,

CitinKtht· ,", >l' 'l'ica l d"p.d.tio nin £a,t G"'m.lny. a, on,' ,·,. mpl,', Ekl ",id

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Gni'n, t>o.·Ii,,,,,'<I 'he lin,,, "f confli,1 we,,' m'l ""Iw","

capi ,.Ii , m .nd ,od.ti,m, b", bt" .... "'·n II'" in,]u"ria l ">ci<1 y .nd nature,

5h"add.... Iha lmany I"i'pk' ,'" ,Ii,' k·ft hlam,'<I ir.J" ,try hll

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Ihinl; but ']id n,~ ackn""",I,'<Ige

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ml,'of 'IK'ind ivkl ual in "nvin,n- m,'n'al d,.,t",ehon. TI>e Gn"", belie",,] ,h,'

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P'" ilk.t,"It I ., ...y, bI3"'" ,~IK..." tli"nI"""II ""vera m"de r my own n>k."

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(;Inb.l l pn<bl,'m, ""'<I,,, j<,;", wo,klwi,i. o<1i,,,,wliieli sht'uld ,1.1It ., 1 wmmunily k'vd,It "",as .1", n,~ "n" ugh t" "'1"'i, ".i,linK p"t>- Itoms.'lieea u" " ...,] I" be er.,dic.lh'<l

Eid said S"ulh Afric.n, had a "n>ng tr.,di linnof dvil di,,<b,'<I;" llw .nd ",n,,,m,...boy",lts wliic li wuld be ext" nd ,'<I ,,, t>o.'yalll ,hop' .r.J "",nul.",u",,,, wh<, pnoJun'<l ,,-,,k'l'kally-.l3tnal;i nl;pnklueis,

"b'.v<

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w.,hin~ f~,wd,'" wilh I'h<"p~a"., on tho< ,h,'lvr,,; ,he u'K ed,

An ,'C<>I"l;ically-<II'It'11 ''''''<I ">C~iy, ,hI' ",id, wa< ",~·,...",rily link,,, t" a pa"i,;pal"'Y d""">cTacy "",Ii,'I'I' p"'>ple had tlie riglil ,,, . n" w, 1r,'<.'<Iom "f'I~wh .nd ol);ani",ti"n,

So. V. len,ine i. '>1....i. Assis" ,,' wit h td...,