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For more information about Aluka, please see http://www.aluka.org/. Page 1 of 38 Alternative title Sechaba Author/Creator African National Congress (Lusaka, Zambia) Publisher African National Congress (Lusaka, Zambia) Date 1982-05 Resource type Journals (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1982 Source Digital Imaging South Africa (DISA) Rights By kind permission of the African National Congress (ANC). Format extent 36 page(s) (length/size) Page 2 of 38 SECHABAMAY 1982official organ of the african national congress south africaFront Line States Presidents with the leaders of ANC and SWAPOat the recent Maputo summitFrom L to R: Nujoma (SWAPO), Dos Santos (ANGOLA), Masire (BOTSWANA),Nyerere (TANZANIA), Mugabe (ZIMBABWE), Kuanda (ZAMBIA), and TAMBO (ANC). Page 3 of 38 ALGERIA5 rue Ben M'hidi LarbiALGIERSINDIAFlat 68 - Bhagat Singh Market,NEW DELHI-1ANGOLAPO Box 3523,LUANDAITALYVia Capo d'Africa 47,00184 ROMEBELGIUM9c Rue de Russie, 1060BRUXELLESMADAGASCARPO Box 80TANZANIACANADAPO Box 302, Adelaide PostalStation, TORONTO,Ontario M5C-2J4NIGERIAFederal Government SpecialGuest House, Victoria Island.LAGOSCUBACalle 21a NR 20617Esquina 214 Atabey,HAVANAEGYPT5 Ahmad Hishmat Street,Zamalek,CAIROETHIOPIAPO Box 7483,ADDIS ABABAGERMAN DEM. REP.Angerweg 2, Wilhelmsruh, 1106BERLINGERMAN FED. REP.Postfach 1901405300 BONN 1SENEGAL26 Avenue Albert Sarraut,DAKARSWEDENPO Box 2073, S - 103 12,STOCKHOLM 2TANZANIAPO Box 2239 DAR ES SALAAMPO Box 680 MOROGOROUNITED KINGDOMPO Box 38, 28 Penton Street,LONDON N19PRUNITED STATES801 Second Avenue, Apt. 405NEW YORK, NYC 10017ZAMBIAPO Box 31791, LUSAKAPublished by the African National Congress o1 South Africa, I. O. Box 31791 LUSAKA, ZAMBIAPrinted a the Drudkerei 'Erich Weinert', 2000 Neubrandenburg, G.D.R. Page 4 of 38 WALTER SISULU Page 5 of 38 SECHABAMAY ISSUE 1982P.O. BOX 38,28 PENTON STREETLONDON N1 9PR UNITED KINGDOMTELEGRAMS: MAYIBUYETELEX: 299666ANCSAGTELEPHONE: 01-837-2012SEND YOUR ORDERS NOW TOSECHABA PUBLICATIONSP.O. Box 36, 28 Penton Street, London N1 9PRALL ORDERS OF TEN OR MORE COPIES-50% DISCOUNTKINDLY INCLUDE A DONATION WITH YOURORDER IF POSSIBLESAMPLE COPIES OF SECHABA AVAILABLE ONREQUEST IF ACCOMPANIED BY A POSTAL ORDER(OR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH STAMPS)TO DEFRAY POSTAL COSTSCONTENTSEDITORIAL:Fight U.S. ImperialismU.S. DECLARES WAR:On ANC and SWAPOLETTER TO THE EDITOR:The basis for revolutionary unityITALY PLEDGES SOLIDARITYANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONSUSA and CANADA (airmail only)ELSEWHERESINGLE COPIESUSA and CANADA (airmail only)ELSEWHERELISTEN TORADIO FREEDOMVOICE OF THE AFRICAN NATIONALCONGRESS AND UMKHONTO WESIZWE$12,00e 6,00$ 3,00-f 0,50WALTER SISULU:70th BirthdaySOUTHERN AFRICA:The Time to ChooseBOOK REVIEWSTOP PRESSRADIO MADAGASCARshortwave 49m band, 6135 KHz 8-9 pm dailyRADIO LUSAKAshortwave 41 m band, 7.3MgHz-8,30 to 9am dailyRADIO LUANDAshortwave, 40 B 30 m bands; 0medium wave 27,6 m band - 7,30 pm dailyRADIO TANZANIAshortwave 19 m band, 15.435 Khz J8,15 pm - Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday;31 m band-6,15 am Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Page 6 of 38 EDITORIAL: FIGHT U.S.IMPERIALISMThe US Assistant Secretary of State forAfrican Affairs, Chester Crocker hascondemned what he calls "terroristactivities" and other "violent efforts" bySWAPO and ANC. Testifying before theUS Senate Sub-Committee on Securityand Terrorism on March 22, 1982, he saidthat these two organisations receive 90%of their military aid and 60% of their overallaid from the Soviet Union.The derogatory reference by Dr Crockerto the just struggle for nationalindependence waged by the national libera-tion movements as `terrorism' is but afeeble attempt by the Reagan Administra-tion at concealing its role as the mainstayof terrorist regimes throughout the world.This Administration, which hasself-righteously proclaimed its mission to bethe fight against international terrorism,spends huge sums of dollars to prop upfascist dictatorships such as those in ElSalvador to continue with their genocidalpolicies. It is also the same Administrationwhich supports the Pretoria racists notonly to conduct a reign of terror against themajority of the people in our country,but also to carry these acts of terror intothe neighbouring states with completedisregard for life and property.Neither the ANC nor the Soviet Unionmade any secret about the selfless support Page 7 of 38 that the Soviet Union, the SocialistCommunity and the progressive forcesthe world over are granting to the peoplefighting against oppression, exploitationand human degradation.What, then, is the real objective behindthis `revelation' of Soviet assistance to theliberation movements?For the people of South Africa the latestmanoeuvres of the Reagan Administrationin Central America are instructive. USimperialism, having failed in its machinationsto subdue the people of Cuba and to reversetheir revolutionary gains, was confrontedwith yet another humiliating defeat withthe triumph of the struggle of the peopleof Nicaragua. Added to these defeats theUS Administration is now confrontedwith the increasing tempo of popularstruggles, namely in El Salvador and othercountries in the region. In response to thesedevelopments the US Administration hasadopted a desperate and aggressive stancetowards Cuba and Nicaragua.Similarly, in Southern Africa, imperialismwhich has suffered great losses as a result ofthe victories of the revolutionary struggleswaged in the region, seeks to reverse theseadvances by throwing its full weight behindthe racist Pretoria regime.Fearing the destruction of its strongholdin Africa by the liberation forces led by theANC and SWAPO, imperialism now seeksto find a pretext for its aggression in theregion. However this time the excuse forintervention is not Cuba or Nicaragua,but the Soviet Union for its assistance tothe liberation movements. It is now clearthat the strategy of internationalimperialism, in particular the United States,is to suppress the liberation movementsin South Africa and Namibia, and to usethe racist South African regime to attackthe front line states for their assistanceto our cause.The ANC therefore calls on progressivemankind to condemn these dirtymanoeuvres by the United States and togive all possible support to the nationalliberation movements and to the frontline states in our sub-continent. For ourpart we in the ANC shall not rest untilwe destroy the apartheid monster andcreate a South Africa that will stand forpeace, democracy and social progress.AMANDLA! MATLA!Alfred Nzo, Secretary GeneralU.S. DECLARESWAR ON ANC AND SWAPOIt is an open secret, indeed a known fact,that the US does not only collaborate withracist South Africa, it actually coordinatesracist South Africa's plans against thepeople of Africa. Up to now little has beenknown - at least outside our ranks -that the US has declared war on us, theliberation movements of Southern Africa;it is now taking measures to confront usphysically. It is true that the Reagan regimehas always confronted us at least morallycalling us "international terrorists" andattempting to view our struggle in thecontext of cold war, "internationalising"our struggle. Now they openly collaboratewith the racist regime of Pretoria in thisdirty game.Denton CommissionIn March something very sinister tookplace in the US namely the hearings onANC and SWAPO organised by a sub-committee of the US Senate on Securityand Terrorism. The Chairman of this sub-committee is no other than SenatorJeremiah Denton, a man who left Americain the mid 60's, an America which stilllargely believed in the "Vietnam war".He spent seven years and seven monthsin North Vietnam as a prisoner of warafter being shot down over North Vietnamand captured on July 18, 1965.The hearings of this sub-committeebring back memories of the UN-American Page 8 of 38 Activities Committee headed by JoeMcCarthy.Lister and his South African TripJoel Lisker is the Chief Committee aide ofSenator Denton. He together with BertMilling visited South Africa and Namibiaon January 1119, 1982 to investigate theSoviet, East German (the name they use forthe German Democratic Republic) andCuban involvement and/or control in theANC and SWAPO.It was not the first time that Lisker wentto South Africa. Formerly with the Registra-tion Unit at Justice which oversees theregistration of Foreign Agents, Liskertravelled to South Africa during theMuldergate Scandal to investigate theAmerican aspect and angle to the scandal.The one case that did come out of this wasthe Mc Goff case. Also investigated wasDonald De Kieffer, the Foreign Agentrepresenting the