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Sechaba, May 1986 Sechaba, May 1986 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. Permission must be sought from Aluka and/or the applicable copyright holder in connection with any duplication or distribution of these materials where required by applicable law. Aluka is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to creating and preserving a digital archive of materials about and from the developing world. 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 1986-05 Resource type Journals (Periodicals) Language English Subject Coverage (spatial) South Africa Coverage (temporal) 1986 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 SECHABAofficial organ of the african national congress south africaMAY 1986MOSES MABHIDA 1923 - 1986 Page 3 of 38 SECHABA and other ANCpublications are obtainablefrom the followingANC addresses:ALGERIA5 Rue Ben M'hidi LarbiAlgiers.ANGOLAPO Box 3523Luanda.AUSTRALIABox 49 Trades Hall (Room 23)4 Goulburn StreetSydney NSW 2000.BELGIUM9c Rue de RUSSiC 1060Bruxelles.CANADAPO Box 302Adelaide Postal StationTorontoOntario M5C-214.CUBACalle 21aNR 20617Esyuina 214 AtaheyHa\ ana.DENMARKLandgreven 7/3 1301Copenhagen K.l1i't P 15 Ahmad I%hmat StreetZanlalckCairo.ETHIOPIAPO Box 7483Addis Ababa.I R \\('I18 Rue des Petites Ecuries75010 Parisl&ll\IA\ DLMOCRAIIC RLPI 1iLILAngerweg 2WilhehnsruhBerlin 1106.FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANYPosttach 1901405300 Bonn I.INDIAFlat 68Bhagat Singh MarketNew -Delhi I .ITALYVia S. Prisca ISa00153 Rome.MADAGASCARPO Box 80Tananarive.NIGERIAFederal GovernmentSpecial Guest HouseVictoria IslandLagos.SENEGAL26 Avenue Albert SarrautDakar Box 34 20.SWEDENPO Box 2073 S-103 12Stockholm 2.TANZANIAPO Box 2239 Dar es Salaam.PO Box 680 Morogoro.UNITED KINGDOMPO Box 3828 Penton StreetLondon NI 9PRUNITED STATES801 Second Avenue Apt 405New York NYC 10017ZAMBIAPO Box 31791Lusaka.LISTEN TO:Radio FreedomVoice of the African National Congressand Umkhonto We Sizwe, the People's Army.Radio Luandashort wave: 30 & 40 in. bandsmedium wave: 27.6 in. band7.30 p.m. daily.Radio Lusakashots wave: 31 m. band. 9580 KHz7.15-8.00 p.m. Monday to Friday10.05-10.35 p.m. Wednesday10.30-11.00 p.m. Friday7.00-8.00 p.m. Saturday8.00-8.45 p.m. Sunday, 17895 KH/.Radio Madagascarshort wave: 49 m. hand, 6135 KHz9.30-10.00 p.m. daily.Radio Ethiopiashort wave: 31 m. band. 9545 KH/9.30-16.00 p.m. daily.Radio TanzaniaShort wave: 19 m. hand. 15435 KHzSunday. Monday. Wednesday. Friday.8.15 p.m.31 m, band,Tuesday. Thursday & Saturday.6.15 a.m.Published be theAfrican National Congress of South AfricaP.O. Box 31791, LUSAKA, ZAMBIAPrinted by the Druckerei 'Erich Weinert',20011 Neubrandenburg, G.D.R. Page 4 of 38 SOUTH AFRICAN AND MOZAMBICANSHONOUR A GREAT REVOLUTIONARYHAMBA KAHLE MOSES MABHIDA Page 5 of 38 ECHABAMAY 1986EDITORIALLiberating Education .....................................................IPEOPLE'S WAR, REVOLUTION AND INSURRECTIONRonnie Kasrils speaks to Sechaba........................................... 2STATEMENT: COSATU, SACTU AND THE ANC ............... I IANC INTERNATIONAL ........................................... 13APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA DESTABILISES ZIMBABWEBy Jeffrey Khensani Mathebula ...........................................14CENTRE PAGEMake May Day a Paid Holiday ........................................... 16BOOK REVIEWS ..................................................24OBITUARYHamba Kahle Comrade Moses Mabhida .................................... 28Back cover, top: (from left to right) Steve Dlamini, OR Tambo,Dorothv Nvembe, Gladys Manzi, Josephine Bhala and Jean Noel.Bottom: A guard of honour from the Mozambican Armed Forcesat the coffin of Comrade Mabhida. Page 6 of 38 EDITORIALLIBERATING EDUCATIONThe December 1985 Consultative Conference onEducation decided that pupils should return toschools after a lengthy boycott where, in someschools, attendance was bordering on zero. Thiswas subject to Pretoria fulfilling certain demandswithin three months.The Second National Consultative Con-ference, which met in Durban in March, was call-ed to assess and evaluate progress in this regardand to decide on what action to be taken.Before the opening of this important con-ference, which was attended by 1 500 people,the delegates stood with raised fists and observ-ed a minute of silence in memory of the recentlydeceased Comrade Moses Mabhida.The National Education Crisis Committee(NECC) had convened the conference, but themain force behind the committee was the UDF.The NECC meeting this March decided not toboycott the reopening of Black schools on April2nd. But several demands were made: free tui-tion and books for children of all race groups(free tuition in South Africa is only for Whitesup to the age of 16); the rebuilding of all schools;the unbanning of COSAS; the removal of troopsfrom the townships and that the state should pro-vide creches, nursery schools and after schoolcentres for all children.The NECC conference did not erect an ar-tificial wall between educational and politicalmatters. It went further and called for a stayawayon June 16th, 17th and 18th to mark the tenthanniversary of the Soweto uprising. June 16thwas declared a National Youth Day. The con-ference came out with a call for a May Daystayaway to celebrate the centenary of the day.It condemned Reagan's support for UNITA anddemanded the release of all political prisonersand detainees, including students and teachers.New and creative techniques were discussedand adopted, such as taking control of schools,using them as a base for political organisationand introducing a liberation-oriented "people'seducation." The consumer boycott of Whitebusinesses, refusal to pay rent and work andschool stayawys were all part of thesetechniques.There were disturbing incidents at the con-ference -the Buthelezi-Muzorewa option. Gat-sha Buthelezi said the NECC did not concernitself with educational matters, and indeed theychose Durban as a venue because they wanthdto mobilise Black pupils there to do their politicalwork for them. Rather full of himself and ex-pressing an inflated and exaggerated opinion ofhis importance, he said the conference was aim-ed at giving evidence that it was possible "to at-tack me from bases very near my home."The NECC conference suffered sporadic at-tacks by Gatsha's Inkatha; people who were arm-ed with sticks, rocks and assegais; people whowere ferried by two PUTCO buses hired by In-katha to storm the delegates four hours beforethe start of the conference. These Inkatha peo-ple are supposed to be as concerned about theirchildren's future as any parent should be. Twoof them died during the attack, and the conferencedeclared that Inkatha is an "enemy of the people"which has to be exposed, isolated and foughtagainst because it is in league with the racists.This conference was not just another meetingat which political slogans were shouted.7herewas a recognition of the link between nationalliberation and a liberated education; an educa-tion system initiated by the people and accoun-table to the people. The students, parents andteachers do not want an education equal to thatof the Whites, but are fighting for a new educa-tion system that is free, equal, democratic anddynamic. This is all the more so because theBlacks see the present education system aspreparing them for subservience and dividingthem into classes and ethnic groups. No visionof a better society. The future of Black educa-tion must be decided by Black parents, teachersand pupils rather than by the state. This unity inaction helps to destroy social stereotypes suchas young rebel street fighters versus confused,conservative parents.It is this unity in action that the ANC calls for.We must fight the enemy on all fronts. Theeducation front is an important battlefield. Page 7 of 38 PEOPLE'S WAR.,REVOLUTION 8INSURRECTIONRonnie Kasrils speaks to SechabaRonnie Kasrils, a member of Umkhonto weSizwe from its beginnings, spoke to Sechabaabout the development of MK and the unfoldingof the people's war.What can you * tell us about the growth ofUmkhonto we Sizwe over 25 years, in numericalstrength, arms and training and influence amongthe people of South Africa?MK has made tremendous strides in admittedlya long period, but a very difficult period of ourhistory. It has grown out of a few small sabotageunits which were based in the main centres of ourcountry in 1961. A couple of hundred bravecadres constituted the vanguard of the people'sarmy-to-be, and performed heroic deeds. Severalhundred more were recruited in that period fortraining abroad, and left the country.We were based inside our country, rootedamong our people. We had the political base ofthe ANC and the SACP to rely on. We were link-ed to the people and to the political organisationsand
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