-~EHO(RA(l' NTHE OFFICIAL NEWS BULLETIN OF THE INSTITUTE FOR ADEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE FOR SOUTH AFRICA

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'UIKlu. .. ..or~ ...t mo... th .." wti, .f,K'oflly ,..nd "llifT\E'<>~.~ ••d ·iogly. Highligh.. irdudo.od : AmOC.MAt,hu< CMl..hon. ....lioNl di'e<1o<of .Itt- l eg" t Il:l'WO fCft Cl'nl'" ond..mo< ,.<·y .nd the 1" .... , M. J~t ..r"gom.l . editor o f Tot' !>o....eran,o n d..mt..·. ,l{ ¥ a nd the m..di,, ; M r.Mvuyu R"I"...(" of Nf USA un d..mo­Holey ..od educa tio n: Mr . Aod r......8m ain.. 0 1 rh.. UDf ....ho " 'ad apoopt·. o n b.·ha lf of lhe o.g.an;""'l ionon uc·monaq and gOH' rn m(' nl , Agood df'al of ~l jmu l'll i n g d i!o("u"ional,," lollm'it'd c:on"o~...~" 1 POOP""pI....-rn..d b,.' Mf. leon lOll>O- ,dotl'('\Ofo lthl" r ree ~r lt'l Fo undat lon, o ntk-moc:.oK) .00 blf'i"....~, ..nd 0. .Ot.lr~ Simlio\ of SAl DtlU al UCT.on df'mOC,aq and gO\-('f nln(" nl.~~ ..nokJuCho.d

oU ...idt'-\P'"f'ad r~lof'lo alT"OOtl8'otd..lt'g.at.... "''f'fl'' Prof ibt'rl Adorn,Ihf' b' illianl \OCiologi\l nal) \ 1and..uthor !CU"l"ntly al UCTl , ..nd Dr,

Idasalaunchednationally

THEbirth of IOASA .....1\ brought10 huil ion ..·i th in .I ,f'.l' of 0 ...!il.lbbt-rI.rId Bo'.line \t>.l, ing P.l, l.,.IT\t"nl. It 'oo~ .h",pt' of .. ....'io""lconft>.t' nu· 0 ·' t ....o d.ly\ 18 ..od ')Moly 1'117) whirh I'ffOOM>Iy Liul"K"ht-dtb e OIJI.loi,.';oo "' " f,lci li td . ingin , titUll' .

OH" 400 dt'll'Kdle>' from "I Iow'SOl,l lh Afriu m('l in Por t f liz" l>t· th/0' " p' OK,,,mmt' of lectu res."or~ ­shops . ff'po n bn h ..od g(' " .. ,.1di..-u"ion,

0,.... of lhf' ITlO'>I \lriking If'al u. f'\ in lim<.' 10 the i\ ....... 0 1d ..mo.-rM)'.011 c:onk"I"IlCf' ..."" ,be I.I' gf' com- M................c tht- i,..pliulicn. ofdemo-po nl 01 dc-k-8"tt'!> h om Iht' 8 LK l nKy in \ot"\'t'O nwjof "'l""" 01 'oOC~y ;communily , ..1 Ii".,.." con\li".f1ong .. gO\'t'ln l , l.lbour , bu,,;......~. f'd u-

dl-Im~f' nw;onty "m<>ng\l tht- poolllO_ ca lion , 1.1 me-d.. and Ihf' ch u' ch.pann. Thi\ 8""f' Ihf' confeterxe .. A kf'ynoll" IN,u'l'' on l"oK h a' l""con<; tt'le o,erl\(, 01 'Nlify in .. \OCit'I~ ""~~ folkJ . 't'd by .. /omwlpl.Jgued by I~ iUuWornol ..... i1 0...... , pun\('. An eoq u.o l ..moun,ol lim<.'~k a p". Anolhf'f unu 1INlult· IOf ".,de>0Il'd 101..... ......orhhopping ..rn..ny panic: ipa nl\ \ lhf' \ lt i( 1 0 1 l"..ch atea follOWflf by .eport-d ..moc t..lic; b.l~ i\ on hic;h il .....\ b..ck\ a nd ge n e ta l di \c u\ \ io n infun - dlf'C' i~ .. ly ..nd fairly! p lf'na,y ~,jon al Ihe e nd 01 ....c h

S/fu<l U'''Uy Iht·(oof............,It'\oOtro day. conlin...-.l on p.>Rt' ~

Th., luI' l~hl" ~I th, ' 10.-'1 5.-'1 naliulI~1 •" " I.."·,,, .. in P",l 1I1l~1"', h , /o,', tI,· 1.1" c...,,~ .. Po'I/,·, ,''' ,h.. ""' ..m" ,i~tll• ..h., j, ,h ,'' ..~i"n~1 tli"'1 lor "I ,h.. 5<,,,,h,',,, f ,.,,,•••1_ .ntl "," I t" him Ih,· "·~ i, ,, ,. 1 ,I"..rt", I", th,' l~ ,lt'''' C.fN'- Mr, M~. M~m~". 0"0 " 8",~i",'" ,i~hl .... h.... 1.1 , W~Y"" Mir,- h..11 (".f1ilJ,,~1 ('( l_" " /i" . " ,, I. ..ho . /,,, n >-,,,tI,,,",,,tI th, ' ..mi,.. COIII<'l"''' , .

T HIS is the fir!;l issue 01 Democr.:teyIn Action and serves as ~ rem inder01 our i n f~ ncy and 01 our growth.l ittle mo«' than ~ ye~r ago, we st.1rted10 dre~m 01 the possibility of anInslitute which would locus onDemocr~cy. Since the n, we haveesl~briW1ed our head office inC~peTow n and have regional offices inPortEliulbeth, E<lst london,Johan~burg, Pretori~ ~nd Stellenbosch.

I would Jike 10 take this oppor­tunity 10 than k our m~ny sponsorswho have assisted us so generouslyduring the I~st lew months.It wouldbave been impossible to have grownand developed as we have donewilhout their support.

The emphasis th rougho ut is on~clion and al! our branches aredeveloping, pl~nning and execct­ing projects which are desc ribedelsewhere, Essemi~lIy, IDASA is lrying' 0 promole a culture, or ~ climate,of democracy in ~ time when almostevery vestige of democr~cy h~ s dis­~ppe~red .

Some 01 the highlights 01 Our~etivit ies up lill now include ourn~tion~1 con ference in Port Hizabethand our Seudent Leadership confe r­eoce in Stel1ffibosch. The widespft'~d

represent~,ion ~l both these eventsw~s encou r~ gi n g and wi ll p rovidescope fo r the future.

I am writing this mess~ge on theeve 01our dep~rture lor West Africa.I want to stress that our decision 10take ~ group 01 South Afr ic~n s 10meet Wi lh re presenl~l i ves of theANC f~lI s §qu~rely within the object-

ivesoilDASA.Wehaveboeenmeeting~ wide cross-section of people .. .but there are South Alric~ns oul5kJe01our counlry who are not able toreturn. We bel ieve il is import~nl

10 meet with them ~s well, pa-ucu­1~ r1y as these same people havecon side rable support inside SouthAfric~ .

II IDASA can m~ke accembuuontow~rds lhe resolution 01 our presenlcontllct, our effo rts witt heve beenworthwhi le. Negouenon is ~ Iw~ys

prefer~ble 10 vio lence and coniron­tation .

Eswmi~lty democracy is not ~bout

vOling every live years [and I amaware that the m~jorily 01 SouthAfr ic~ ns do nol enjoythat privilege).Democracy means having contro lof one 's lile ~nd pilrticip~ting in thedecisions which ~ffect us. IDASAseeks to f~ci l il~ le th is goal. A non­raclal democracy is a worthy anddi/flCU k objective, w e are oerermired10 make the effon and to ensurelh~t the proceu low~rds rhargoal isitse lf democratic.

Dr. Nlh.l ro Morla rt> d ..bal.., Ill.. i,,,,,,, wirll rocal New B,;glllOn comrad<>, duringrht- nal ional rau~II of IDA-SA .

Andre Odend~~l , the hi stori~ n IromUWC.

Bul il was participalion Irom thefloor which added unusu~ 1 zest andsparkle 10 lhe discussions, primdrilyfrom the Bl.K:k delegates. Prominent~mongs' the While delegates wereAfr i k~ ner!; such as Dr. Christo Neland English-speakers such ~s thew atson brolher!; from Port Elizabeth.The latter's theories startled many.but appear'o hold more trul h I h~n

w~ s at fir Sl apparent!There is no doubt that the con­

ference , given lhe Iimi'~lion s of timeand size, w~s most successful. Wh,l1made il unique was the degree 01co nsensus areongsttbe vast majorityof delegates. This became evidenton issues such as the irreversiblecommilm'm t to de mocracy in lull ,the unquestioned acceptance 01non-racialism as i nlegr~110 lhat pro­cess, and the reward of increasingj,() l id ~ r i l y amongst the mdny whoembr~ced these principles in theirsearch fo r a fasling peace wilh justicein South Alrk~!

These line achievements werelarge ly brought about by the con­fidenl guid.1nce of both Drs. Slabben

and 80raine as lhey 'ook turns incha iring the sessions.

Needless 10 s.a y, the birth 01 IDASAand the conseq uent visit 10 Dakarprovide a c1e,usign,,110 lhe N~lion_

"list government ,hal these lwo men

are comrmned to slra tegies whichare innovalr.e, rekvanland supportedby a much wider cross-section ofSouth Alric~ns than they cou ld evermuster ! No wonder the con fe renceended wilh cries o l "Viv" IDASA",

Dakar Press StatementWEmel with representatives ofthe ANC in Dakar because of ourdeep concern at the escalating vio­lence and a drilt toward sauthonta­rianism in South Africa.

The conferen ce in Dakar wasplanned by lDASA but the groupconseo of people from many walk$of life, including academia, teachen,pofitJdans, churchmen, lumen,architects, lawyers . writers, arusts,journalists, stud en ts and business­tren, Most but not all, are Afrik.Jnen.What unites us is ou r total rejectionof ap.mheid and minority domina­tion and our commitment to a multi­party , non-racial democracy.

We never imagined that we couldnegotiate with the ANC. We donorhave the power, nor do we have amandate to do so. Wedid no! tTy tospeak on anyone's behalf exceptingour own. Indeed, we differed amongourselves on many key Issues. Whatwe do share, howevt'f, isacommonbelief that serious discussions withthe ANC must form part of the searchtor the resolution 01 wnnict and thetransition toward s a peaceful andjust future.

We believe that as a resuk of ourconference In Dakar, we have de­monstrated that such discussionsca n take place and that the y can beco nstructive. We ho pe that whatbegan in Dakar will continue insideand outside of South Africa and willt'\Ientually Invol'o'e the South Africangovernment itse lf.

In our discussions, we /ound itWillS possible for South A/ricans, whoare in many willys /ar apart, to havefrank and cordial e~changeson 0\.Idalissues /acing our country. Weagreedthat we are all South A/rkans, that

As the offlclal news bulletin ofIDASA this publication "";11appearon abi-monthly basis. ltwi ll be mailed,freeofcharge, to all ou rdonors,i1ssoOate

weshare one cou ntry with ill wmmonhistory and iI common destiny andthat our commitment WillS to worktoWards a non-radald~whichoffers ho pe and opportunity /or all.

In fild, there weremany differencesbetween ourselves and the ANC,particularly in te rms of strategiestowards change. Amongst the issuesaddressed and explored were the/ollowing:

• The ANC's historical commitmentto the armed strugg le as a responseto Slate repression;• The dangers posed by the prcll­teration of uncontrolled politicalviolence /rom wha tever source;• The problem 0/ White fears andAfrikaner cultural and languageconcern;• The §erious obstacles to nationalunity as a ccrseqceoce at entrenchedethnic, raci al, economic and id eo­logical c1eavilges;• The importance of ill Bill o/ Rights ,an independent judictalY and a multi­ple party system to safeguard humanand civil righlS and to ensure a futurepolitical democracy;• The ne ed fo r dis tribu tive justice,the redistribut io n of wealth andco ncre te ly righting the historicalinjustkes which have scarred ournat ion;

• The jmportence of economic growthas a determinant in planning a trulyliberated economy.

We did nOl expect to fi nd consen­sus o n all these issues, nor did we.But the importance of these d is­cussions cannot be undererstimated.

We realised /rom the beginningthat this initiali\te would be misunder­stood by many. Also !hilt the pern­ment would be h ighly critical andthat o ur objectives would be mis­represented by some of the SouthAfrican media. However our con-

members and OU f entire m.liling llst.Copies will also be avaita bte fro mour niltionill and reg iona l offices .

This first issue focusses on newsabout recent JDASA a<.1ivilies,stdffingand pertinent issues re lated to theDakar delegation. The next (bumper)is\.Ue will be devo ted to /u ll coveraseof the Dakar encovmer. Don't rntssit. Should you want to re ce ive it.andfurther co pies, kind ly send yourname, full addre ss and te lep honenumber to the nationaloffice addressreflected below. Given that ou r mail­inKlist is growing to a"ceiling-Ievel",

cern for our country, Iaclng as it doesa grave politica l crisis, outweighsthe risks involved . We firmly believetha t It is our duty and that of everyconcerned South African to exploreevery possibility to find a way OUIo f the ever-deepening con/lid ino ur country,

f inally, wewere greillly encouragedby the enthusiastic and warm recep­tion we re ceived from the Pre§idenland government of Senegal, Presf­dent Diours wekome iIInd encourage­ment iI1ustrillte the readiness 01 BladAfrica to Assisl: Blade and White SouthAfricans in lheir common sea rch fo ra non-racial democratic alternativeto the system o f apartheid.

In the same way the support givenby Madame DaniellI' Milterand, thewile of the President of france,demonstra tes the ea gerness o f theinternilltional community to assistin moving South A/rica away fromthe abyss of violence.

The fad tha I the ANC was pre­pared to meet with a group of p re­dominantly White Afrikaners is alsoa cause fo r hope. The prevail ingmyth is that the AN<: i1nd the Afrika­ners are sworn enemies and cannever meet except in wnnid and onthe battle fie ld.

We have experienced an open­ness and ill read iness to talk and thiswill redouble our efforts towards anegotiated settlement rather thanthe inevitability of inconclusive andesCillating violence.

FURTHER TRAVEl IN AfRICAfollowing the conference in Dakar,the majority of panicipants visitedBurk ina Passe and Ghillnill. OlKeagain, we were struck by the war mreception we rece ived fro m thePresi dents 0/ tho se countries andthe wide cross-section o f peoplewe met during our stay.

it is adv isable to get o nto it whi lethe re is still space .

Please no te that any letters to theeditor, intended /or pu blication, aremost welcome. The y should be ad­dressed 10 the edi to r at o ur nationalo ff ice , l Penzance Road, Mowbray,7700. We trust you will find this bulle­tin in fo rma tive. We launch it in thehope that we ca n publish - soonerthan later - the ne ws about a newd awn in SA, that isa dawn heral dingiI non-racial, fully democratic societyfor all!

The Editor

NEW VOORTREKKERS_

em. lkI"ine ~n<l SI.bber! with B"'yren Breyrenb..,h and rhe P'elid..nl 01 Bu,li""F."o _ Thoma, Sanla••

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9. Proceed ing fro m rhe co mmonbasis thar there isan urgent neces­sity 10 realiloe th.. goal of a non­racial de mocracy, participantsagreed that they ~II have ~nob­ligation to aCI fo r the ac hieve­me nt of thi s o bject ive. Theyaccepted that different strategies.....st be used inaa:ordanc.. withthe possibilities availa ble to thevar ious forces o pposed to thesY""'" 01 ~panheid . They aa:epI­ed thai in itsconduet, thisstnJgg!emusl assist in the furtherancebolh 01 democratic pr~aice andin the building of a n~t ionof allSouth Africa, Black and White .

10. II was accepted between thetwo deleg.atiom that furthe< cce­l.Kt! 01 this nature were~ry.

Equally, it waS importa nl thatsuch co ntacts sho uld invo lvemore and wide. sect;ons of theSouth Africa n people in orderto d ispel misunderstanding andfe~ r ~ nd to re inforce Ihe broadd..moCla tic movement.

11, Ccotereece expressed proloundappreciation to his exc.. llt<ncyPreside nt Abdo u Dio uf , thegovernment and people 01 Sene­gal, fo r the w~rm welcome e x­tended to the delegates as wellas the as!iSl;lnce afforded to themto ..nsure the wecess of the con­ference. It fu rther exp.",sedg'~titude to Madame DanielleMittetrand for he. assistance inorganising Ihe co nfe rence andext..nded th~nks 10 all othergoyernmenlS aod individuals whocontribu ted material . esourcE'Sto make the conferenee possible,

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~II ~a unity of pur pose a, ising froma shared commitmt< nl towardst he ' e moval of the ~ par1 he id

syst e m and the building o f aunited , democratic and ~ non­r.cia l South Africa.

7. The group I;'tened to and closelyqUE'Stioned the perspecuves.goals, str ategy ~nd t~clics of IheANC. The main ~",asof concem

arose over Ihe ANC's resolve tomaintain and intensify the ~rmed

struggle. While the group accept­the hisloriu l reality of the ~rmed

m uggle, although t 'lOt all couldsupport it. they w", re deeplyconce rned over Ihe prolifer~ ­

tion of uncontrolled violence.Howeve•• • 11 pa rticipants recog­nised that the source of violencein South Africa de.ives fro m thefact that the use of force ;. lunda­men t~ 1 to the ex iSie nce andpract ise of raci~l domin~ tion.

The group deVt'ioped an under­standing of the oonditions whichh~ ve gene raled a widespr ..adrevo lt of the Btack people andthe deep resolve of Ihe ANC.

8. Conference una nimo usly ex­pressed p refe renee fo. a nego­liated . eso lu tio n of the Sou thAfrican questlon. Parlicipan tsrecognised th~t the ~ It;tude ofthos.. in pow..r in Soulh Africais the principle obstacleto pro­g"'" ;n this rega rd. It wasfurther~a:epled that theufKonditionalre lealoe of all po litica l prisonersand the unba nning of o ' g,m ;..­Ii"", ;. a funda me ntal p<erequi ­si te for such nego tiatioos to takeplace.

1. A wnference <J<&olnisedbylDASAlook place in Dakar, Senegal,from 9 to 12 July 1987. Part id opant. were made upof 61 Sou thAfricans of which the majoritywNe Afrikaans·'pea king per­"'''\ who had come from SouthAfrica.od a 17 person delega­tion f,om the ANC.

2, His E:ccellency Pr...ident Abdou0t0uI. _ Icoml.-d the partkipanlland gave the m.... c..ptional h",­pitality.

3. The p,midp,mts from SotJthAlrica look pa rt in theirindividualQp¥iriel. They .......ed a corroroncommitme-n ' of having rejectedboth ,he ideology and practiceof the a""f1h eid system. The ywe re drawn from theaudemic,profes,ional, cuku••l, religiou,and bu.;""" field•.

4. "'ltho<Jgh the group rep~nledno organi,ed formation wit hinSouth .-.t.iea. ,he ir ptace wnhlnparticularly the AfrikaanHpea k.ingcommu nities and the /actlha!that they were I1"I€'eting wi th theANC. mvested the conferencewith ~n overwhelming ~trTlOS­

phe ,e th~ t this was pa rt of theprocess of the SoUlh Af ric~ n

people making history, In simiLa rmanner. the in te rna tional com­munity focussed its ~nenlion

on the confe rence. Participantscould noc but be aware that some01 the ~dheren" of apa rthe idregarded the pa,ticip.l1ion ofthe g'oup as an act of be1f~ y~ l ,

not only 10 the ~ partheid state,but also to the communit y ofAfr i k~ne.dom.

5. The ccore-eece was organisedaro und four princi pa l topics:(a) Strategies for bfinging about

fundamental m.nge in SouthAf.ica;

(b) The building of nationalunity;

Icl Pe~pect ives with regerd tothe ~ruetures of the govern­ment of a free Sout h Africa;,,'(dl The economy of ~libewed

Sout h Africa.l>. The d iscussions took place in

an a tmosphele of cordia lilY ~nd

DakarCommunique

M any people attended in thei rpe rsonal capaci ty as well.

IDASA, Stellenbosch, pre~en led aQudenl conference during the week­end of 26 to 28June at the Wine RouleHotel nea r Stellenbosch. The titleof the conference was: Studentsand Democracy.

The conference broeghrtogetber173 stu den ts fro m different cnen­rauons nationwide and all were in­vo lved in discussions focussing o nthe problems and process o f demo­cr atiza tion in S.A.

This confe re nce must be se e n a~

a fi rsl attempt. M ista kes made willbe rectified in future activities. Onepoint o f cr il ique wa l lhal the co n­ference, according 10 Or. Boraine ,was a bit top heavy. More stude ntlpeake<s will be used in future. How­ever rT'lo1ny positive repor1S Il.M:o beenrece ive d . Studen ts welcomed Iheun ique opportunity to mee t andtalk 10 many others. The value of theconference lhetefote lay in the know­ledge acqu ired from the spea ke rs.

PTO/, A.bo-~h~m Viljo{>n, ,..gion~1 difl'<:lor for r"" Northl'Tn Tr~nsv~~1, in con_sationw;lh Mr. I~m", 5<,11<, ~ t th<, rf.'<:<,nI 5tud<'n" Conl<'r<'oc<';n 51<,II<,nbo<ch .

the new friends made, the richness Repff'St'nl.11ives from :

of d isc.ussio n and the deepening of NUSAS, SANSCO, Concerned Stu-COmmllmenI IOa nOn- rao al, de mo- d · P'SCQ' L do Y hnatk futu rel ems. '..a~t c:>" n o ut

~~ed~ollowing groups were repre- g;~~t~~~I~~~I~~:aIS~=~se . f ederation , Youth fo r S.A., PEYCO ,from the SRC', of the fonowing Stehenbcsch Studente Cesprek.Un i~ er§itiel: Be lydend e Creep.WITS, UCT, lJO\IS, Namibia Academy,RAU, Stellenbosch, UPE, Univer~it y

o f Pre tori a.

E RIC MNTONGA WilS mur­de, ed on Friday24luly in the(;,,1 l ondon-King Williams­lown ~ ,e~. The drc umo;taoc",of hi, dealh . and at ,uch ayoung age, came as a brutal.ood< to hi< family. colleague<an<! "",ny friend. thlOughotJIlhe IIor<kr region and be,oond.

0 " Ale. Baraine. n l.'CU1i....d i'eo:lor 0110A5A "",de Ihi<SIa'e""",' to the pr",, : " II w'"with ,hock and g,eal dim ""Ihat I learnt of the d eath 01Erk Mntonga o....... lheweek­end. Eric joined use~r lie, Ih i<year a. co-ordinator of ourEa" l ondon office and hasbeen a ha' d_work ing andd<odicaled co lleague. We wereall horrified al hi< brulal mur­de '. This kill ing has alilhehallmarks of an e" 'cut ionand is Ihe rna" recent of anumbe r of appa rent ly un_"" t.ed dealh, of ac1 ill im inlhe Border a,ea.

We a' e all deeply,hocked. t the loss 0/ Eric;os acoI..... gueand a friend .nd condemn inlhe ...ongesl lerms lhe kill ingof . m.nwho wa.commitled10a f\/)n_r acial de mocracy inou, COIJ n11y. Our ,;nc""econ­dolence<; go 10 Eric', wife andchild<en in their be<ea"enlent:

In our ne Xl i" ue . full tri­bute will he paid 10 him by

Mxolisi

EricMntonga

hi, colleagu"' , but we sha'ethi, brief o bituary wilh youas we moutn hi< los,.

Eric w'" bor n in DuncanVillage, u.. london . nd malri­ru laled lhere i" 1972. He soonbecame ael i.... in wor ker 'sco mmittee" fi'" al Pick andPay whe'e he wa, e lectedchairman, an<! 1~I ..... at Wil~nRown"...., In 1960 he joinedIhe SA. Allied Worke... UnionlSMWUf .nd ....tlled a, lhelocal branch chairman from1961 -1 963. He then joinedElegant Dinir1l~s.ale. Managerlrom 1961-198€>, joining IDASAin M.>rdl 1967.Hew~appoiol­

ed '" lDASA co-dired or forthe Border Region H;, leader­,hip abilily . nd wid",prN d,acial Con«', ns were furthe,...pr",>f'd in a range of alh.....a,e..; he was a chai, man ofthe Comminee of Ten,a form-

er member 0/ the U.O.f , lieldwork commi" .... and . mem­ber of the Mdantsan.. R",i­denc.. A"ocialion.

He .1"" di,tingui, hed him_....If in Ihe . porting .,ea: ~ amember 01 the " on-radalTembu Rugby Footha ll Club.nd lheir ..".."""'tatiYe 10 lheE.L Rugby Union - the<....fter ...",ing on ""'eral corn­milte", 01the union. He w••a l~ active • • m.n.g..... of lheA"",teur Boxing d ub, andla,er .. .v....... i>nd jXllicycon­suhanl to the oon-raclal Mdanl­........ A""'leu, bing Council.

In lhe SOCtf'f WOfId [rio: wasIhe founder ~ nd Vice-Pre.i­dent of Ihe Md.ntsane non_,acial seec..... Board . He was..Iecled as. delegate lo bolhIhe Border sccce-Board andi>nd the S,.... Socm- Federat ion

Ericw~ dNrly . "",n 0/ the

communily, both in . leoHler­, hip and .erllKe capacily. Inhi, brief thirty-five ye." heconlribuled more Ihan t"flO'tmen do in. life-time. Hew~a deeply ' Mpeeted commu­My leader and a trU<1l'd friend.He leaves his wife Fiki,waBukan i and two children.O ur deepe" ,ympa thy i, e. ­tended 10 Ihem. thei, wid.....family .nd friend, . • nd wecommit ou....,""" to mainlainthe line work he started a, aliving memorial 10 his spirit.

Aswe went 10 print tribu,eswe,e pouring in . . . Of1e ofthem from Mr. Thea Heflerof lhe Ptemier Group (HumanReso urces]:

" It is wilh deep sadness thatI have Ie. rnt 01 the tragicdeatttof M.o li. i Er ic Mnlong• . I1i...1came 10knowand respecTE,ic a. a 5AAWU unioni<1during the heighl 0/ the......-:rl­1" "" muggle in (a" Londonin the eao,ly eighties. I willalw.Y' ,e me mber his ch....' ­fuln"". n<! hi, un", lfi,h de­dication to the se"'ice of hi,fellow-"",n , I mou rn Ihe un­timely los, 01 a genlle"",nwhom it was a privilege 10know. Ple..e convey mydeepen sympalhy 10 Mrs.MnlO ng•• her children andfamily . you.....ncerely, TheaHefler."

f~"'ern Cape )/all. ~ronr (Ie/' 10 r igln): Mr. W~yn" Mil chell(national cOoordim'or. now b.llf'd in Cape Town); M" ,Sylvia Mi,chell (regional booHe"p<"), BKk (1,,/, 10 righl):M r< , Vivian 5onrwnga; Mr< f/inll<'lh M'''''lie (regioml,,,c''''la'y): M'. Mond", Mt~nga (regional co-ord ina/Qr):M r. Kevin Wa ke/ord (,egional co-ordinalor); M r. GavinBrad,haw (,,,,,ea,ch) and editorial con,u/la'" : M r MaxMam~,e (r"' lIio,.,.1 dirE'f:'or ).

R CENT staff appointments havebeen made and IDASA wishes thefo llowing all the ve ry best in theirnew appointments:Prof. Abraham Viljoen

- Regtc nat Director , N. Tvl.Mr. George Peffe r

- Regional Director, S. Tv!.Mr. Thaa bit Albertus

- Regio na l Director, W. CapeMr. "Pro" Jack

- Regional Co-Ordinator, W. CapeMr. James Polley

- Media and Publicatio ns Con­su ltant, Natio nal O ff ice

Mr. Peffer and Prof. Vi ljoen willbe involved in groundwork and thesening up 01 their offi<:es in johannes­burg and Pretor ia respectively. There­after furtber 5taffing -equ jreroe ntswill be met.

In the interim we ta ke plea5urein introducing some of our slaff 10you pictorially. further w ch "intro­ductiom" wi ll appear in subsequenlMue!i as well as news regard ing 'olallactivities in the various regions. Given

the importance of the Dakar Con­ference we have given space topernner adocuments related to lhatevent Consequently we have had10 de lay our regio nal news columnfo r anothe r monlh.

W HEN IDASA began with ilSplans and bud ge ts for 1967 it wasnever envisaged that the organi5a­tion would grow at lhe rate at whichit has done .

The inilial idea wa510open threeregional offiCe!i in lhe WeslernCape,Easte rn Cape and Bo rder as we ll asa National Headq ua rters in .CapeTown. Stafling for tbe regional officeswas to con5iSl of two d irecto rs anda secre tary per region.

The first priority before l.elling upreg ional offices was 10consult withth e local civic o rganisa liom as towhe th e r IDASA did in fact have arole 10 play in the regionsconcerned.Lengthy consulta tion also occurredat the national level as lhe politicalproblem facing Sout h Africa is o neof a natio nal na tu re .

The first o fficial IDM A ollice wasopened in Port Elizabeth d uringDecember 1966 and due to the head­stan which this office has had ove rthe other reg ionaloffit:e5, it i510 datethe most adva nced with regards toproject identi fication and imple­mentation . The office ha5grown in

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proportion 10its workload and nowhas a 5talf of seven. As a re!i ult of itsSUCCe55 and achieveme nls as wellas its sound relationship between theEastern Ca pe Offi ce and the localcommunity o rganisations. this o fficeserves as an example o f how, withtime, IDASA wo uld li ke to see allofits regional offices o perate .

The second office to be opened,Wa5 in East London. An incredibleamo unt of groundwork was initiallyneeded so lhal sound rela tionship5were built up between IDASA an dthe community in the Border Region.This Regional office is still compara­tively new and has o nly been fu ll yo perational since May 1967.

With the Borde r and Ea5ternCapeoffices fully established, it wasdeddedto co nsolidate and tie the o rganisa­lio n logelhe r a t th e national leve land he nce the headq uarte rs wereesablehed in Cape Town under thedirectorship of Dr's Slabbert andBoraine. The headquarters a re occu­p ied by the National Co-ordinatorand adminetratlve stall, toge the r

with a fu ll -time media and publica­tions co nsu ltant.

During May, a ppointments weremade in the Southe rn TransvaalandNort hern Transvaal. Initially, theappointees will do the U5u~1 ground­work and make the necessary 5t~ 1I

appoinlmerll':'i before 5elting up officein Johanne5burg and Pretoria respect­ive ly. IDASA foresees tha t the lworegio nal otnces in these regions5hould be fu ll yoperatio nal bymid­August 1987.

As from the h t June, IDASA re­crui ted 'olall to perform the regio nalwork in the Western Cape and h0pe­fully by mid-Augu'ol we shall also findtbe w estern Cape regio n fully func­tional.

Req ue!i ts have been made forIDASA to e!i tablish regional office!iin Nalal and the Orange Free State.Alte r careful co nside ratio n, thenat ional office has decided thatdu ring its fir5t year IDASA has ex­panded beyo nd its o riginal inten­noos and therefore it is felt that o nlyduring the fir'ol ha lf of 1968willcare­ful considerat ion be given 10 theexpa nsion into Nalal and the Orangefree Slate.