i" -M 27 April 1990 The newspaper of the Anti-Apartheid 3 Movement / 0p Iealilam - IMeanhileI,Do low Is .. bi.. I.de.p ende by u r InCaMl m Tm Is INSIDE: 0 Namibia's 0 Zimbabwe's 10th C onflict in Natal, 0 Mandela ceebrDtion independence, page 5 anniversary, page 8 page8 page 11 to bster the1iu mad wilt oppoetfaathetid. 2 ANTITAMPSlEI E F1imR I whirfRIAN • ARMS EMBARGO Budget confirms rearmament programme On1112 April, for the firSt t InIts 78-ear h"stay, tHeANC The international news media were previously allocated to which has recently been will the ofllcally remt Sauth Africmngovernmnt at the highest haveon thewhole echoed offi Iother non-defence headings. exposed as being responsible tevl. WNdllthis Isanother inalteagn ofprges, IfIs n ciallSouthAfricanpropaganda It is notable that when for 'dirty tricks' and the assas casm er uphoria.lbe talks will be aboutremoving tire that the new defence budget referring to the so-called sination of anti-apartheid obstacls to Negotiationsaboet South Afd's future. reflects a major switch from increases in the new budget leaders. Thetwo mrst that havepared stare the sabaunlngof the security expenditure to pro forAfrticaneducationandlother Another major item of AMCad other ergualsullm have -on smo ofthe word moting social welfare. services, neither the South expenditureinthenewbudget It vlolancuI recanl yeas,and the rege mwa accept fall is ciaimed that the Pre African regimenortheinterno which has not been widely respsslbllity forthis dangarus ostins.Byhif-opnig the tea regime has announced tional media make any refer publicised is the substantial doori a Negotiatedtirsaltmdton democracy, Do Kiosk aumod 'deep cuts in defence spend ence to the high rote of increaseinpoliceexpenditre th enpe istoaw of theoppressed peopleof SeuthAfica t rise ing', but the defence budget inflation. from R2.49bn last year to aiaply, and begs msms havemoved Into acton agaist the for the comingyesr heasinfact What has also not reelved R2.gbnthis year. It is likely hatedbaMastn structure in claim their futue In a uilted and been increased to RI0.07 bit I adequate attention is the fact that this is an underestimate freeSouth Afriea - ontyin comeup agaist th old aprei lion. Although this increase of thatrmore than half of the co and that additional funds will which theyhoped was a thingof the pest. 1.3%is not as large as the Angola an d its military rentR10.07bndefencebudget again beprovidedte thepolice, Insame townsips, the Inatess pradatarsspawed by the increases of recent yars, the occupation of Namibia, the isspecificallyallocatedforthe aswas done last year. aparthld system have clashed vals"esty with cenws ad resultingallocationfordefence new defunce budget should spocialdefenceaccountwhich The militar' bras and the poitleal orgoetaanltstlng to put Iatopractise on the graed is much higher than the sum andit regime have imeen uchto smaller.project its is notThis subject secret to public 'special' inPretoriawouldhave the Iespilrngvsae of esity,self-diclpllne mill peaceful of just over R8b which was In order preferred not to make the =MltMlca which NelsomMandela has preachedconslstenly confidently predicted two 'reform' in ge, the regime defence account of over R5bn militry cutbacks announced sine bisfirst buersof hredo. ionthsasgo,whichwouldhave claims that ithe new defence is allocated for covert opera a few months ago but have TheAMC sad Mose DemoeratIc Movementhave sugit represented a real cut. expenditure representsa'cut', tions, including the destabili beenforcedbytheshortageof energetcallyin ove itat the spacecreted by Be Klirk's Taking into account the becanse the inflation rate is sation of African states, the funds and absence of loans. retreat, bet te regbNe'srefsal to allowglenuiely tree halvingofnationalservice and 15%and new ways of account- acquisition of armanents and The fact that the defence polical atlivity basobstructed tids prcess at evry tern. other rationalising measures ing for defe ace expenditure equipment from abroad in bdgethasnotheenincreased Thare itl has ben frustrain and conflet - and ft Is the reported by Anti-Apaetheid now make to eDefence Minis- breach of the UN arms substantially does not signal respensiily ofthelegime. Everyostacle It malinla tothe NewsinMarch, andtheending try directly responsible for embargo, aswellastofinance any reduction in the nilitary reation of a clilmateconducive in negotiatimowig exacasebte of South Africa's war against certain 'soci costs' which theCivil Co-operation Bureau capability of South Africa. thiscrisis. In asituation wherethe regime rmalns tn powe, sd miegred mrot to a newpartiatory arderyet exisis, the choicefor Pretoria lies betweenmilltatimeacd has. The AK canot be expactedit conrol massger whonmar questios affesting Itsretau to ope peliial aciviy remain Ferranti and, Economic unresoledl-th relea of allpltical rarsm ad dilos h ihrwlo trsfrom etommahps Ilitifinaofthe latetemfenfyandthe repeal of rpressive South Africa crisis results lenlatosn, ad theendng of politialtrls andexection. One of the biggest South glomerate which was to be Theseurgent issuee amclearly IdenutifiedIn the Harare African sanctions-husting net closely Dectarsto,and have beenrecoatnad bythe ethe linked with Armscur. in stillborn workstohavebeendiscovered Iternatisonl ceamaiftyasbeing the responsibility at the Guerin's company pro regimets addaes. Fromthoir seltion will emerge another key over the past decadehasbeen posed in 1976 to sell a classi unearthed during investiga fied radsurveelLance system eoaent, the igmtof exles to return. helicopters tions into the City of London for South Africa to use at Si WhIllt tio blamefor Not solving all theseprem quickly frsin sqouay onthe Sith Aflricanregime, it Is shaedalso by fraud scandal at Ferranti, the vermine, in association with thae of its alism Ire arded' oe fIoekfar his conesshos major British defence the US and Nato. The impact of sanctions has contractor. The CIA was anxious to Kudu, itsrole beng takenover above all bythe Thatlher govenmest. If MrsThatche ras ier been so severe as to force the The South African coanec support Pretoriainitswarwith by Puma helicopters pre may,Brsain will loadthe packIn dismitling International regime to make substantial tin was one that Ferranti Angola: SouthAfrica was able viously deployed in Namibia smclaei as asosgelmin negotiations got nderway, ad cutsin defence expenditore as and Angola backBe Kiosk agaist tie AMCat every stie thanafer. clearly hoped to keep con toget UStechnologyto outgu well as existing projects. The cealed. But they were forced the Cubans in Angola with its It Isthe respensibililtyof the British peopleto bloik this full effectofthe armsembargo * withdraw 14 Super Frelen last autna to disclose that home-grows G5 howitzer. dlsmsrm pliocy, andin giveovary poiblesuopprt to the ANC and lack of funds was helicopters based at Durban the fraud squad was being It now appears they were and I goalof a med, dmocraic and aor-aotal SmithAfrire. demonstrated dramatically at calledin toprobe their merger similarly ableto develop at 4 scrap eightWestand Wasp Thestagmis ad marials ol the 'loath Africa: FreedomNow' the '"veiling'of the 'indigo helic.puas. campaignprevide the Mdealframeor for doengjust this. We with a shadowy US corpora Kentron, with ISC's help, the nous' Xi-2 Rooivalk helicup tion, International Signal and Valkiri multiple rocket 'The Wasp and other ship restde it, and doIt effectively, if the moantm forchange I ter in January: it was intro Control (ISC). launcher, which was able to borne and-submarinehelicop to bemainlad and lntasod. Dlays will, itmally, prove duced merely as a prototype ters have for severalyearsbeen The investigations into counter the Soviet 'Stalin for which Armscor is desper few. ISC's chairmangJames Guerin based onshore because of the organ'insuseinAngola Guerin ately seeking customers. have revealed that his and ISC executives have absence of naval vessels. company's whole foundation South Africa can further hinted repeatedly at CIA by Abdul S Minty wasiteonnctions-bustingaras connivance intheir South Afi more nolonger plausiblypoint contracts with South Africa. to any Soviet naval threat in Although the project was In February, British TVs the southern oceans in order ANTI-APARTHEID NEWS Guerin and yde Ivy met started in 1984 to the specifi 'This Week' programme to obtain additional military Te Isasle of the At-4imibftd M@mm and ise two notorious cations of the South African revealed that one of ISC's top sanctfonsbe r from Pe and political support fi m the Air Force (SAAF),it can no EltTf O ie is MesdiUNStreet, Leoseift W Tel 1-37 7966 directors, Clyde lvy, had been major western powers. This torie - WloiMetele:di longer afford to buy the srly seconded to Pretoria and Colonel Hendri ota alsonmeansthatlargecatshave MMweAhe bomb Thes two. seraded Ronoica Meanwhile, spares E~A aMTINTWoeK VMMNGRKm -iita in 1977.His tesk, in the wake also been made by the navy, and components for certain of the mandatory UN pens which is also to reduce its helicopters and other aircraft manpower by almost 20%.The AsBETMeu Mesu TIONan Iy embargo, was sacessfully to were not obtained and the set up Kentepa - South Simanstown base is to be A~MM#SUOK4UMM ; the SAAFis now forced to: African government' top reduced and the marine corps MahblU- JiSWErepe - L13.5; disbanded. Eweel ($tsm)-8.50- ; omuit umrspe(air) fLe secretmissile plan 4 phase out eight very old msulitWit -f W,Eumpa 'liroughout the 1970s, Canbemaircraftwhichintorn Although the army is also