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1984: FROM NEW DEAL TO CIVIL WARflr

X...:' O p e ra t io n T h u n d e r C h a r io t ' - i f t.okm

EDITORIAL 'Troops In th« townships The c o a t fo n r r i i l •■ U j o f ihe S A D F Into a ail wat Ion r>t d * k and political unrest haa cun fU ra rJ ou l gravcel doubta about tha I Ok o l South A f ik a ’e m ilitary I be • U ti l rcaponac to ■ situation which clear­ly required negotiation and coaciliatlon haa set It further upon a co u n t o ' viol eace Tba meeting piece fot South A fr i­ca'# people la clearly not to ba at a conf ercnca table, but over tha barrel o f a gun. Through conscription, young South Afrlcaa men arc being forced to partic­ipate In this b loody co n flic l, for a cause that » a believe la amoral and unjutl

Campaign to tnd conscription ’Ob jector’ therefore wishes to reaffirm Ita aupport for the ‘Pnd Conscription Campaign* which haa boldly tahen up Ita taak at a time o f auch disquiet. We

PFP on conscription

Tha vaciUalione o f the P F P on thia lasu* have reached a poaition o f compiom iae While it la Indeed encouraging to observe the widespread opposition to conscript­ion, certain fundamental statements muat be questioned. O f what nature u this profeaaional arm y that they support? I it fulfills the function of eupporitn i a separated and unequal society, through violence, out abhorrence la no ieaa than It la for a conecrlpled army Only a free and democratic aoctety car ensure that their army la not an Inrttum enf of dom in­ation In the handa of a m inority.

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We note w ith extreme concern that William Archer was tried by court martial and sentenced to 75 months In priaon for refuting to do hit m ilitary service He la the first person to suffer the conaequencea o f the hush legislation brought In by the Defence Amendment of 1913. Despite this there has been no newa or publicity about his trial or aent- enclngla no one worried or even Interested that) a 19 year old conscrlptee will spend the neat 6 yeare o f hla life lucked up for hie' beliefa7I hat he waa rejected by the Board aa insincere* and yet la prepared to serve

euch an e itrem e ly long prison sentence In order to remain true tr> hie bellefa, In order to remain true to tut principle* forces ue to quesiion tha aound iudge mefil o f the BoardWe would tik* to aapieae our solidarity and support for W illiam la hla courageous

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Aa 1994 draws to a close there Is one theme which dom inates the y e w 's activi­ties: eacalating c iv il war. F rom early In the year it emerged that tha police and the m ilitary were gearing up foe Its- tenaifled Internal conflict. B y the end o f the year they had conducted a violent onaltughl OB Sooth A frica 's townahlpa, kavtng vver 160 dead and many more wounded

Thle escalation o f civ il conflict haa occur­red against a background of ongoing deat- abUiaatlon throughout Southern A frica A a o a e the frontline states o f Angola, Zim babw e. Sw artland M ozambique, Lesotho and Botswana, tha South African atata haa e ie r t t t ' its aggressive Influences

SADF IN SO UTHERN A FR IC AAs the y e w opened, the S A D F waa In tha midst o f a maaaive operation In aouthern Angola, coda-named Askari. In whal amounted to a defin ite shift In atrategy from previoua operations, the S A D F aimed Its attacks more at the Angolan armed forces, than at S W A PO bases.

The rationale eoon becomes clear. South A frica was able to force the M P L A government to the negotiating table. The outcom e was the Lusaka agreement, w heicby South A frica agreed to w ith ­draw lit troops from Southern Angola, while Angola hi turn agreed to prevent S W A P O o p e ra t in g f io m the la m e t a r r i t o i y .

Sim ilar tactics were employed in M ozam ­bique. The S A D F , through Hs surrogate Mozambique National Resistance (R EN - A M O I bullied the I 'R f c l IM O government In to Sul mission, and then engineered a ■'peace aettlem ent" at the Nkom atl negotiating table if Mozambique w an t'd peace, li would have to w ithdraw in support for the A frican National Con- grcae.

While lu u th A ( i l l a made definite dlplo m ath and propaganda advances thiough these agreements, the concrete galna have bern le u obvtooa l>ie I tuska agreement

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haa sot curbed SW A PO operationa, ao that by lata November the S A D F la still atatlored at Nglva, nearly 50 km Into Angola - and thia eight months after the supposed final dale fur troop w ithdrawal In the m eanwhile, SW A PO activ ity has IncTraaed

S im ilarly , the N kom all agreement seems to have had little effect on A N C opera­t io n According to Michael Hough, the director o f the Pretoria based Institute for Strategic Studies A N C activ ity hat.If anything, intensified since the signing o f the accord. This would appear to coziflrm A N C claims that the South African wslt la being fought from w ith in South A frica, and that neighbouring statea are not relied upon In provide baect

CONVENTIONAL M IL IT A R Y BU ILD -UP

J f the South African government's rhet­oric Indicatea a commitment to regional peace, !ta concentration on the develop­ment o f the S A D F 't conventional weap­onry would suggest the opposite

The offic ial defence budget for I9 M / S waa R 3 7 J J m illion, up 21 percent on the figure for the previous year. Vet much delence spending falls undet different government departmenta* S A D F housing, for evample. It financed by the Depart- , j menl of Com m unity Development, Imcli- Igem e gathering through iha Ireaau ry Vote/ mote realistic figure could ba A 4 J0 0 m illion, o* over R I2m illion ''per day.

M uch of thl* haa been directed towards the “ devclopm rnt, production a id com d lt.n lrg uf a new {enerettor. o f main grm am rnte” fD efenc* P s re r1984). M ult o ! :hla wosk ha* i>. *•» t a n I 'd (H.t i t re 11 y through An* and its aubitdai'es |.u i |r » r i r «•••*In particular Ihr tj cst : ( the , , ,t|V‘4 arm* smugeler#, in ttcateg that S« .'K Africa at least ?em *lut de,<er *ent on fo ie ign technotog> acd de* t *»

Tha question P ’ ighI well ba at*ed ?re t* this massive ro n v tn tk jn * ’ .4 t-p d irected? Tha sophisticated nature •*! the weaponry would preclude It* use In guerilla warfare The an w e t . peihaps, is p iovided by recent events

r ir s t ly , O peietlon Thunder ( Hap I. carr. led out In August. * a t a massive show o ( strength on the p a il oi the S A D F O v nI I 000 troops were Iriv rhed Ui 'he laiges: m ilitary s a m ise f m e w -.,m W ai I I The w«.nipg ••-i^hbourmg Hates * at :le*» " S t ( j i OKI H* I t w l»rra< b our peace agreements, and >.»» wlit *eel the fu ll might o f the S a D F ”

Then, in Sept*m b*« %•>,> O ctober, the S A D F jo ined the co lira lr> *b* tow n. »hlpa of the frar.svasl and the P o « r*n l spe Acatn, the Im pUta'ton was rie»* that, i r i*e< esw ry ».*i,ventionsl w e tru ii ty n*ighi be »oe J to cruali Interns! res«»*- enre

SAD* A N D IN TF M N A ImrnEssioN :

I be m ilitary presence m r.ne townships, and In particular Operation fahnW -1 oi*

October J J , Indicates ihc rteparcdneu o f the au lho ittira to use the m ilitary f c curb Internal tetsstance t Jn that occasion a combined force of 7 OftO f . t j i e r i and poU«.eincn was used in V e h « ii,* j to riK il out *’p a it nffeodert** and tlo.w tetu ien lr tt.e "big s tlrk '', I in* ••■old t«e Yielded ii they perns'ed

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i»* *h<lr resisteme Io rent increases. i«nequal cducathm and undem ocratic local authentic*.

The operations In the Veal Triangleovet Septeinl»et/Oeiohr* alto corfirrned •he Itureaiingtv t lot« working r» lation- ahtp * e 'ween the mMitary and Ihe poltce

In *pr*f. the government had made a tiansparent attempt in ita le fe n ce A m -ndnunt Act, to sirett the a>parate rnl*« »-f |b f delenef forte and l ie p o llie All tiiis wat uvetlu ttifd lalet In the y*ai '•> • number of staicu.ents ftot.» I a» and Order Minister fo u ls le (-range l ie it r r« e d that ch>*>‘t co o p n e tio n between the polite and the m ilitary *•*

pari o f a rationalisation programme aimed at optim al use o f m anpower in the aecunty field. Thia “ co-operation" w at eoon pu l to affect.

RES ISTA N C E TO CONSCRIPTION

While lha over-riding theme of the year has been the escalation of c iv il war and the growing m illta iite lIon of our society , there have been some an coutaglng developments, in particular, the m ounting resistance to conn.rip lion

This hat taken tw o forms There hat been a growing number of concnpla who have tefused to participate in the S A D F M any o f these have appeared before the Boa id for Religious Objectors, which came Into operation earlier this year F a r ly indications ate that tha stale 's attem pts to divide the conscien­tious ob jection movement and clamp dow n on resistance, are failing d itm ally

Bu t there has been another si-ic to Ihe S A D F 't attempts to cu ih internal resist ante. This hat involved the tc tiia ting o f local tom m ando’i in an effo rt to prepare Ihc S A D F fot area based wa» fare The I^ S i Defence Amendment Act had legislated tha< anyone up Ihe age of <5 could l»e rev rutted into com m ando units

B y A p ril seven areas in Natvl andthe Transvaal bad been active*-:* m tins w ay The W hite Paper commented th*t12 more would be In operation by the end o f the year The recent intensifica­tion o f confbct teems to have hastened Ihe process M any new a ieat in ail Ihe provinces have been earm arked for Ihe establishment o f com m ando units to counter increasing A N C activity snd repress local resistance

S e .o n d 'y , 1984 haa teen the emergence of S broad-bated m ovem ent o f lesistanre to conscription in the form of the Tnd Conscription Campaign Throughout Ihe country tha F C C hat attracted extensive Support Ih e im pact o f the campaign hat already bad ita e flcct notably, ihe shift in po licy o f the Progretslve V-ednal Party But more Im portantly, the tj*up algn has provided a vttmn of a broed bated * ar resistance movement * i lh fa: teaching implications. partlci:ta*ly once conscript-on la e i'en d e d to cotcur- eds and indians

Herein lies *>ur hope for ihe future that at lb# t A D f playa an botaetingly aigiestlve to la, v ltloualy dafenJlng arid Implementing apartheid po lU lc t, to more and more South Africans w ill stand up and aay: No to the SA D PT No to con u tlp t io n .

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• AH AKTI-COI.SCaiPTIOIl CATFA1CN.

IHTRODUCTION

The covcrr-rent hns threatened to extent conocrlfctlon to coloured ond

Indian youth, and It is systematically Increasing the role the anoy

plnys In South Af ienn society. In tho UDP Ant1-Conscription Cnmpolgn

*»• alo to canbnt both of t h e m state strategies nnd to put foruwrd our

own eo.ivnit tacnt to build a poacefu) futuro for South Africa. The

Anti-Conscription Committee's (ACC) ohort tern prograsimo lntecratea an

anti-conscription campaign into the UDF nntl-election atratogy. But

UDF also needs a long term programme. The SADP will continue to try to

win the hearts and ninds of the people and will continue to be used

acalnot our people in their atruggles inside the country.

LOIIG TFRT. P R O G R A M ®

UDF ia building a national consciousness in opposition to Apartheid or.d

exploitation. Our aimo aro to b u i l d s broad r.ass opposition to tha

extension of conscription into tyia consciousness of the poople of

South Africa.

To do b o , *.e d u o t build a ride spread understanding of how the 3ADP •

oppressea us. It is important that the focus of our campaign la not

llnltod to conscription. The anr.y already reaches our oosvounitleo

through TV, propiganda newspapers, youth and ochool camps. As a result,

it la making some progress in winning the hearts and minds of people

both in the African townships and in the so-called coleured areas.

And, the gAD? is used to crush opposition to Apartheid and in the

forced removals of people.

VWe rust build a popular undcrotnnldng of what the SADP is defending!

nnd of who it is fighting against and «bat their demands are) and of

what the'conditions for peace are In'South Af.lea.

In tho Anti-Conscription Campaign, oust ensure that v.o build

progressive orgpnisntion. Student and youth organisations are

particularly important because these are the groups who will be

conacripted first. All org&niaation oiuet be appropriate to local

conditions. The Antl-Conacriptlon Campaign oust popularise ond

strengthen UDF, and build alliances with other groupo like the churches

.teachers c;nd affiliates of the End Conscription T^nnltteen^FCC).

The ODP is eetabliahlng area committees In the arena It calla 'the ru

"fylhpjy' .

rural areaa'. The government ^ Q0 ucod thece areas as its train couree _•

of recruitment for the police and the SADP, especially from those

cla 'sifted colourod nnd Inldlan. Ovor 9o? of tho re. rulta for tha

Cnpa Corps ooiso front the rural areai, especially from son-.e of the

smaller towns like Panrl, Stellcnbosch and Snldenha."It Is likely that

the extension of conscription will have Its cost irunaitate effect In

the rural areas. So it ia necossray for us to work out appropriate waj

In »lilch to extend our campaign to thoot areus, and to assist in.built

ing orf.anloatlon in these areaa.

All the organisations affiliutod to the UDP - conr.unlty, youth, atu d o

and w o m e n’a organisations, and trad* unions - must develop approptlat*

ways to counter tho long term effects of the SAPP'a propaganda and

its attempts to conscript our youth.

Wo must start creches, day care centre nnd Junior yo.th groups In aa

many areas os possible, where alternative education progrnnr.es can be

organised. We cniinot sinply oppose the SADF'a attcr.pta to win over ou

ohlldron. VJe must help our children to understand that an alternative

society where we onn live together In peace and friendship la poaiibl

The SADP hos identified the schools and other educational institution

os their target. We too should pay special attention to school commit

pnrent-teschors nsaocio*. 1 on and parent committees. Where necessary

such orgonicationn should b* started by civic, women and youth bodies

to work nlongcldo tho tainting organisations in our areas. Thia is ve

Important bocauso the parents themselves nust fight the attempts by

tho SADP to indoctrinate and influence their children.

An tho Antl-Consrriptlor. Campaign develops, it may be useful to

out a regular newslettor dealing eepclfically with the problems relat

to conscription end ths S/.DP. »or the nortent, it is more sonvenlent

to uon space In the UJif !’'>■'» «nd o.her community papers to perfora *

this function. • >■

The prograr<ne of action oust cover both urban and rural areas. Altbou

tho dynamics of th»ng oreus diffor and tho campaign will have to take

theoe conditions Into nccoiuit, there muat be a unifying focus. Tt\l« *■

must be borne in mind wlion ehjoaing slogans and demands, and in

produolng oodla.

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17. n..d to know exactly shot th. SADP Is doing and plnnln g to work out

•n affective progranao of oction. We need to etort research In all

aspects of SAD? work and programme* b o thot we can respond meaningfully

to it* win the hearts end mind* campaign.

SHORT TERM PROCI?AK.VE

At each stage In the campaign, we nuat not ourselves identifiable abort

terra objectives which will nove ua closer to our long term objeotlvea.

In order to do this wo must a) carry out work amongst our afflliatea

b) integrate an understanding of conocription into all UPP wofck

c) carry out work in our areas aimed ot the general public.

We must build an understanding of the role of the SAPP and of the

importance of the conscription campaign s^oncot TOP affiliate*. The

ACC will continue to have open evorjlng* in varlouo areas. The unsuccess­

ful experience of the Athlono open avoning last yoar nhould be built

on and improved. The A C C must assist the Signature campaign Trulnlng

•ub-coranlttee to integrate thlo understanding into the education of

activists around the Signature Campaign and the Anti-Eloctlon

Campaign. The ACC eiust make it* rcjourco* ncceesibl. to the orpanlsa-

tlons and to activists, and ohould inform them as to what r.eourco* aro

available. The ACC will oolleot as muoh Information no posolhle about

the activities of the SADP in our oomnunitlos by nppraochir.g the tn>P

affiliates, and too nroa and regional corai.il t tec o . m this way the ACC.

can try to draw the link between tho oxtcnslon of conscription Rnd

the new Constitution and to integrate opposition to conscription as

part of the UDP-s Anti-Election Campaign. v

Tho ACC must educate tliq public about the Defence Force•* roj. in

maintaining Aportohld a: d on the importance of democratic change

in South Africa as a pre-oondltlon for peace. Poster. can *>» made to

popularlso the Anti-Conscrlptlon Campaign. Tim ACC can organise

paater-np.klng workshops to ooalt with this.Prom time tc t<n>«. the ACC

will organioe a jally or cultural event to focus "n conr.cflpt }.o n .

The ACC should ensure wldenpreud publicity on relnti:^. to

conscription and should write article* for pro^re.jjv, newspaper#.

The UDP logo and the slogan 'Ho to Apavtehld Conocription* will a o r v .

to identify th* Anti-Conscription Campaign, Th. SUP? cnmpn must be

oppooed a* widely on po.slhl. 1„ orJ.r* to bulid ,.r nn u j . i * r s t ,ind 1 ng of how th* SADP is using th.ei OOinpO *

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OTHER PACTORS TO DE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IH PLANNING THE CAI.iVAIGH

Tho g o v * m m * n t know, that their* 1* already a growing reslatanc. to th*

• xtonolon of oon*orlptlon. It way implement conocription for Coloured*

and Indians in iruch a way that it attracts least attention.

The Labour Party ha* decided to go into the Trl-Ctmeral Parlltraetn, y*t

they claim to reject conscription for youth classified Coloured and ̂

Indian. U D P should exposo this contradcition. ̂ j

The SADP is capifcJlllinff on the high unemployment amongst Black* to

attract young people to Join its rnnksl Slogans must bo carefully **1

selected to develop overtime, a rejection of th* 3ADP as a r/holt. But

this cannot be aasumod as th* *tartlng point. _

This 1b pnrtloularly tru* of th* rural ar*aa because th* SADP ha* focust

on thoss areas as a supply of peopl* for its various soctions and tap

ospoclqlly for the array.

Tho peoples attitidos nr* important in planning a campaign. Peopl*

d 1 otlr.frulsh between the army and the nivy. T h e navy is not seen in th*

same unfavourable lleht as the army end tho Cape Corpo.

Our communities no longor only exporlenco the army as an * x t c m a l fore*

The SADP •ncourages it morabors in the black comr.:unltloo to wear their

uniforms when th®y co»no homo frora bordor duty.

School* and *o on need to b* aware that th. registration process pr.d.d

conscript ion. And it is not illegal to not register.

T.ople do not have a clonr rejection Of tho 3ADP and aro scared of 4t«_

pov/er. Th* caropQlcTi isuct take this into account.

I Tho role of the SADP lo n vciry aenaitlve Issue In South Africa. \1o ousl

X antlclpato the reaction of the atate, and understand the legal pooitio:

v i b a vlo tho Official Secretw net and toe Defence Act.

Tho role of tho SADP is constantly chancing. »«•' Dofenco Ar.dnenent

Act rrfl.cti. n significant ohong*. f.» NVo®at1 Accord end th. chs'gln®

situation witfc. gard to Namibia alter the >.uy In rhlch th* SADP •

interaota with the people of South Africa.

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• AH AI.'TI-COI.SCRIPTIOri CAJ-TTAICN.

INTRODUCTION \

Th* government ^ n * threatened to exton* conscription to coloured and

Indian youth, and It la systematically Increasing tha role tha army

ploy* lit South Af loon aooiaty. In the UDP Ant 1-ConeorlptIon Cnmpalgn

f'« aln to combat both of these state strategies and to put forawrd our

own co.nmit tmcnt to build a peaceful futuro for South Africa. The

Antl-Conscriptlon Committee's (ACC) short term programme integrate* art

ont1-conscrlptlon campaign Into the UDP anti-election stratogy. But

UDP also needs a long term programme. The SADP will continue to try to

r/ln the hearts and minds of the people and will continue to be used

against our people in their strug^lis inside the country.

L0I1C Ti:Rr. PnCCRAl3.cE

UDP ia building a national conscliusness in opposition to Apartheid ru-.d

exploitation. Our aims are to b u i l d b r o a d mass opposition to the

extension of conscription into t(Jis consciousness of the poople of

South Africa,

Jo do so, re muot build a rJdespread understanding of how the SADP <

oppresses us. It is important that the focus of our campaign Is not

llclted to conecrlptlon. The army already reaches our cozminltleo

through TV, propaganda newspapers, youth and school camps. As a result,

It ia mntcing some progress in winning the hearts and minds of people

both in the African tovmahlpa and in the so-called oolsured areas.

And, the SAD? is used to crush opposition to Apartheid and in the

forcrd removals of people.

>. V

lie cust build a popular underatanidng of whnt the SADP la defending;

and of who it la fighting cgainat and what their demand* arej end of

what the conditions for peace are in' South Af<lca.

• • *In tho Ant 1-Coiiscrl pt ion Campnlgn, we must ensure that we build

rrOarrofiive orgnnleation. ' Student and youth organisations ore

particularly important because these are the groups who will be

conscripted first. All organisation must be appropriate to local

conditions. The Antl-Conseription Campaign muet popularloe and

strengthen UDP, and build alliances with other groups like the ohurch^a

. teaeheis affiliate* of the End Conscription ''nrr.l 1t ee n(ECC).( )The tip? is eetnbUshlng area coaolttees In the areas It call* 1 th* ru

n#*

pneo Tv/o

■fural areas*. The g o v o m m o n t has uaed theco areas as its icain cource

of recruitment for the police and the SADP, ospoclally from those

cla sifted colourod and Inldlan. Ovor 9o£ of th* r* ruits for th*

Cups Corps oomo from the rural aril*, eapaetally from aoite of th*

smaller to'vna like Pacrl, Stellenbosch and Saldanha. It la likely thi

the extension of conscription will have its most iraoeitate effect In

the rural oreas. So It la neceearay for ua to work out appropriate w<

in which to extend our crvrapalgn to thest areas, and to asclst in. bul;

ing organisation. In those areas.

All the organisations afflliatod to the UDP - coca/.unity, youth, atud.

pnd women's organlaotlona, and trade unlontr - must develop approptia

ways to counter tho long term effects of the SADP's propaganda and

Its attempts to conscript our youth.

He must start orcches, day care centro r-nd Junior yo. th groups in a*

many nr*o* as possible, where alternative education progronr-.ea can b

orcaniaod. We cannot sinply oppooe the SADF's attcr.pts to win over o

chlldron. We must help our chlldron to understand that an o l t e m a t l v

society where we can live together in peace and friendship la possib

The SADP has identified the schools and other educational instltutlo

as their tsrgot. We too ohould pay special attention to school cornel

parent-te»chnr« association and parent committees. Where necessary

such orgor.iEations should be started by civic, women and youth bodle

to work alongtldo tho existing organisations in our ureas. This is v

important bocauso the parents themselves Duat fight th* attempts by

tho SADP to indoctrinate and influence their children.

As tha Anti-Conscription Cajnpalgn developa, it may be useful to l}rl»

out a rogular nowsletter dealing sepclflcally with the problems reli

to conscription and the SADP. Por the moment, It la more convenient

'to uoo space In the UDP News and other community papers to perform

this function.

The progrc-ru.’.s of action must cover both urban and rural areas. A.11 h

tho dynamic* of these o r e m differ and tho enrop»lcn "111 hnve to ta

theue ooiidi*‘%n* Into account, thtre must he a unifying focus. This

must be borr.» In mind when chooalng alognns and deatande, and in

produoing modi*.

A

pap* Thre*

H* need to toow exactly «hat the SAD? is doing end planln g to work out

an effective' p r o g r a m * of action. We need to start reeenrch in .11

aspects of SAD? work end program,.,*, eo that we can re.pond s.a0 nlngfully

to it» win the hoarte and mluds campaign.

SHORT TE»U' PflOCnAiJ.T

At each stag* in the campaign, we must set oureelvea identifiable short

t . m objectives which *111 nove ua cloaer to our long tern, objectives.

In order to do this wo oust a) carry out work amongst our affiliates

b) int.gjat. an underttandlng of conocriptlon into all UDP wotlc

c) carry out woik in our areaa'aira.d at tbe general publio.

We must build an understanding of the role of the SAD? und of the

importance of the conscription campaign amongst TOP affiliates. The

ACC v/UJ continue to hov. open everjlngs in various areas. The unsuccess

ful experience of the Athlono open evening last year should be built

on and improved. T*. ACC must assist the Signature campaign Training

sub-conMitt*. to Integrate thin understanding into th* education of

activists around the Signature Campaign and the Antl-Eloction

Campaign. Th. ACC o.usi iouk, ite rejourcon accessible to the organisa­

tion. and to activist* o*d should inform theo. to what r.sourco* are

available. The ACC will collect as much information a 0 posoibl. about

the activities cf th. SADP I n c u r oonvnunlti*. by appr.oohlng the TDp

affiliates, und *,«. a ^ a and regional oonusltteo.. l„ this way th. ACC

can try to drow the link between the extension of oonsoriptlon and

the new Constitution c.nd to Jntegrat. opposition to oonsoriptlon a.

pert of the UDH's Anti-Eleotion Campaign.

Tho ACC must educate thq publio about the Defence Force's role in

nulntainln/t Apurtnhid a: d on th* importnnco of democratic change '

n South Africa . pre-condition for peace. Posters can be made to

popularle. the Ant1-Conacription.Campaign. Th, ACC can organise

raoter-naldn* to en.it with this.Prom time to time, th. ACC

will organic* n rail/ o- cultural *v*nt to foous on oonsoriptlon.

Th. ACC should ensure widespread publicity on i.eue relating to

i n s c r i p t i o n e„3 should writ, ertlol*. for progrosslv* newspapers.

The UDK lrc o and the -Xognn 'Ho to Apart.hid Conocriptlon' will eer^e

to identify the Ar.t I-Conscript 1 on Csmpalgn. Tht 3ADP 0BJnpB Bu<t b>

oppoe.d e. w u . i y n8 possible in order to bu up an understanding

of how th. SADP Is using th.e6 caaps.

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OTHER FACTORS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN PLAJIIII1IC THE CATPAICN

Tho governroent knov/* that there is already a growing resistance to th«

extonolon of oonsoriptlon. It i.iay implement connnrlptlon for Colouredi

ond Indians In each a way that it attracts loaat attention.

Th* Labour Party ha* deoided to go into the Trl-Ceraerel Parllc/netn, y.

they claim to rejeot conscription for youth classified Coloured and

Indian. UDP should exposo this oontradeltlon. »

I

The 3ADP is capi*;li=ln* on the high unemployment amongat Blacks to

attract young people to Join its ranks! Slogans must bo carefully sel

selected to develop overtime, a rejection of th* SADP as a whole. But

this eannot be assumed os the starting rolnt.

This Is particularly true of the rural aroas becaus* the SADP has foe

on those aroee as a supply of people for its various scctlona and esp

especially for the array.

Tho peoplos attittdoe ore ljportant in planning o canpnlgn. People

diotinguieh betv.ccn 5h* ernv and the navy. The r.avy is not seen in tl

oarae unfavourable light us the arm} end tho Cape Corps.

Our* ooirununl 11* 3 x»c ) cr.r,3T onl) oxporience the army a* an external fo;

Th* SaDP * n e * u n c » e 11 numbers in th* black cofw.sunltloo to wear tholi

uniforms when thiy co-ne homo frou border duty.

School* smfi ea or need to be aware thut th* registration process pr*

conscription. And it i* not illegal to not register.

People do not have a clear rejection Of tho SADP and aro scared of d

power. The coi.iinlgn iruut tuV* thlr into account.

^ Tha rol* of th* SAT!? in a very sensitive Issue In South Africa. Wo o

antlcipatJ the r<».-\c<ion of tho state, ond understand tho legal poolt

vis a vis tho Offlol'l Secrets Act nnd too Dufenco Act.i

Th* rol* of thi> SAfjP is constantly changing. The n«w Def.neo Andnent

Act refleo*- significant change. I*:* ICcoaatl Accord and th* chargl

situation with regard to Ne.<slbia alter the way in which th* SADP •

Intnrrirtn with tha uoool. of South Africa,

Collection Number: AK2117 DELMAS TREASON TRIAL 1985 - 1989 PUBLISHER: Publisher:-Historical Papers, University of the Witwatersrand Location:-Johannesburg ©2012

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