We, South Africans, reject conscription ™"“ ~ MARY BURTON - ...... -

I support the declaration to End Conscription because I believe that all young South Africans should be allowed the right to choose how they wi11 work for justice and peace in their count ry. I do not believe that service in the SADF is the road to the goal shared by many : 'a united where true democracy and the protection oh human rights offer a better chance of achieving justice and a lasting peace.

REV DOUG BAX - CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, RONDEBOSCH

I support the E.C.C. because: the State would not need to conscript for a justifiable war; the State has no right to conscript for an unjust- i f i a b1e wa r. Many young South Africans utterly reject being cons­ cripted into an army that is being used to deal with what - in the final analysis is a political problem: the protests of the excluded and oppressed. To be sure military forces may contain these protests for a time, but to suppose that institutionalised vio­ lence can transform South Africa into a stable, decent and democratic society is absurd. It is to the credit of those working to end conscription that they realise this, and rather than being hounded , as traitors, 1 join with many other South Africans in praising them for their vision and compassion.

SIR RICHARD LUYT - EX-VICE CHANCELLOR UCT Conscription for all the population of a country would be unacceptable to me in most circumstances; conscription of an ethnic section of the population, as in South Africa, is unacceptable in all circ­ umstances .

I § and denied denied i LAND LAND | rights are OUR prison. conscription. the land and wealth ane PEACE IN where JU S T A FDR. AN FDR. END TO CONSCRIPTION I TOR Declaration Er»W Conscription IVe IVe call for an end to conscription. We call We call for an end to A A policies. § WB C A LL of WE WE CALL

yt»u+h yt»u+h will increase conflict and. further divide our country. Wft Wft live in an unjust society where basic human We We in live an unequal society Voung Voung men ane conscripted to maintain the illegal occupationaf 1 iVe iVe live in a on society called to in fight a brother. state of civil war, where brother is § owned by the minority. Namibia, and to wage unjust war against" foreign countries. to the majority of the people. life of exile or a possible years si* in AFRICANS TO EXERCISE FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE I Voung Voung men ana conscripted to assist in the implementation defence defence AND TO CHOOSE NOT TO SERVE IN THE SADF. 1 WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE MORAL RIGHT OF SOUTH Young Young men u»ho refuse to serve ane faced with the choice of a We believe that We the to of extension believe and conscription coloured indian 1 our country and that money should rather be used in the interests of peace. peace. 1 of in the interests used be rather should money that our and country Ms believe "that the financial cost of the war increases the poverty of of "that the the cost Ms financial believe war increases [f

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Published by the Ini Conscription Committee lox 208 We. *took Printed at 131 Lower Main Road# Observatory. WHAT ARE WE SAYING ? Most people with call-ups aren’t into going - two years, in some army camp up north, getting bored out of our skulls, is not our idea of fun, Botha and his generals tell us that we are fighting to keep the communists away from our borders - to maintain law and order so that peaceful change can come about.

The point is - we no longer believe this, the thresT: that the South African government is talking about is not on our borders - it is here, inside South Africa* it is the legitimate deman­ ds of the people for a say in the governing of their lives. The unrest in the Vaal and Eastern Cap© over the last few months has confirmed our worst suspicio­ ns. The army is being used to put down protest in the townships, and over a hundred people have died as a result.

This is nothing n«w.

WHY MUST THIS In March 1980 10 000 municipal workers went on strike. The army sealed off their compounds and deported them to the homelands, where there are no jobs. During the Soweto riots of 1976 the army helped the police in their ’operations' against protest­ ing schoolchildren.

Uprisings by the black workers and students are not the result of ’communist agitators’. They are caused by the structures^ apart­ heid, which entrench black poverty and give them no rights in the land of their birth.

We d o n ’t support apartheid. We do not want to serve in an army that is defending apartheid.

It is the right of every individual to exercise freedom of conscience. It is our choice whether we want to serve in the army or not. We there­ fore call for an end to compulsory conscription, so that we are not forced to fight in an unnec­ essary war.

HAPPEW TO US? TOWARDS A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND

A Declaration K> End ConscHptfon

V& live in an unjust society where basic human righH are denied is the majority of the people.

We live in an unequal society whem the land and wealth are owned by the minority,

We live in a soaety in a state of civil war, where brother is called on to fight brother.

We csii h r an end to conbcrlptfon,

VWntf men a rt conscripted ho maintain the illegal ©ccupationof Namibia, and tt> wage unjust war against1 foreign countries,

\ o a n g m e n ana conscripted to assist in the implementation and d e f e n c e of apartheid policies,

Yovmg men uiho refuse to serve are faced with the choice op a life R e vile or a possible si< years in priaen,

We call for an end to conscription,

W& believe that- the financial cost of the war increases the poverty of eur country and that money should rather be u«ed in the Interest* of peace,

We believe that the extension of conscription to coloured and indian eiticens will increase conflict and further divide our country,

WE CALL AN BNP TO CONSCRIPTION WE CALL R)R A JUST PEACE IN OUR LAND END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN PO Box 208 Woodstock 795 Fast for a Just Peace

CATHEDRAL PROGRAMME BCC CATHEDRAL PROGRAMME: Monday 30 September to Monday 7 October

VENUE; Cathedral Crypt

MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

1 pm Video on Vietnam - protest and the building of an anti-war

movement in the United States.

8 pm Rape Crisis Workshop on " A scream from silence "

TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER

1 pm Molo Songololo Puppet Show

8 pm " Celebration of Peace " A candle-light service in St^ohn's

Chapel in the cathedral. An opportunity for all to demonstrate

their fellowship with Ivan Toms and their personal commitment

to the cause of justice and peace in our country.

WEDNESDAY 2 OCTOBER

1pm " Oppositional Art - Protest and Accomodation in Black Art ”

Slide-tape show presented by Gavin Younge of Mlchaelis School

o f Art.

8 pm " Threads * A video on the consequences of nuclear warfare.

John Weinberg of Koeberg Alert will introduce the video and answer

questions.

THUR S D A Y 3 O C T O B E R

1.15 pm Justice and Peace prayer service in the cathedral.

8 pm Detentions Workshop. Know your rights - Ad Hoc Detentions

Action Committee (ADAC). Psychological effects of detention

on detainees and family. Effects on organizations - Detention

Treatment Team (DTT).

"ART FOR PEACE" 17 SEPT-7 OCT BAXTER THEATRE FOYER

OVER 100 WORKS BY 30 OF CAPE TOWN'S LEADING ARTISTS FRIDAY 4 OCTOBER

1 pm Latin America video or slide-tape show with David Pig 6f the

OCT Sociology Department.

8 pm ECC Open Forum: " Unrest " - What the SABC Hasn't Shown Os,

Part II. Venue: Cathedral Hall. Overseas television footage

plus a short informal talk - " Impressions from the townships "

SATURDAY 5 OCTOBER

1 Dm Women Writers Workshop

2.30 pm Video on the British Miners Strike. Jeremy Krikler of the Miners

Support Group will give a short talk and answer questions.

8 pm " The Trial of Dedan Kimathi " The Community Art Project's

production of Ngugi's.play. There will be a small charge for

those who can afford it. Production of this play is dependant

upon the conditions laid down by the Publications Appeal Board.

For confirmation ask in the cathedral crypt or phone Mark at

654987.

SUNDAY 6 OCTOBER

8 pm ECC national fast day begins. Called to support our call for the

withdrawal of troops from the townships and our vision of a future

peace founded upon justice. All who are able to are invited to

spend this 24 hours, or any part of it, in St George's Cathedral

with Ivan Toms. There will be a Sunday evening programme.

MONDAY 7 OCTOBER

A programme of activities will run throughout the day, including

songs, film and art. More details will be posted in the Cathedral

Crypt or phone Mark at 654987.

Issued by End Conscription Committee 126 Chapel Street Woodstock Printed by Allies Press College Road Greenhaven 1985 PEACE RALLY

Beyers Naude

Archbishop Russell

Molly Blackburn

Mike Evans

C ITY HALL MON

8 PM OCT 7 This is not ‘just another pamphlet’. critical enough. But many of us, or our We don’t believe it can be, because we sons, brothers, friends, are not even don’t believe wliat happened in Uiten- allowed to choose where we stand on hage on Thursday 21st was ‘just these questions. We are conscripted another shooting’. into the SADF. This means we are forced into fighting on the side which The fact that 43 people were killed on is increasingly being seen by the people the very day which commemorates the of this country as the side of the enemy. killing of 69 peaceful pass protesters at Sharpeville in 1960, may just be a grotesque coincidence. Or it may Now, more than ever before, all South reflect the escalating and continuing Africans must be able to choose to unite conflict which has in no way lessened on the side o f peace and justice. The with the face lift apartheid has recently End Conscription Committee (EOC) received. therefore calls for the immediate abolit­ ion of the forthcoming July call-up. We As Alan Boesak said at a UDF meeting repeat our call for an end to conscript­ last Wednesday night, held to mourn ion and a just peace in our land. those who had died: We also ask you to speak to your friends ‘Uitenhage is not a town somewhere in and family. Tell them what you know the Eastern Cape; Uitenhage is not just a of the state of war we are facing in place; Uitenhage is the state of South South Africa. Tell them it is not simply Africa today.’ a problem of an undisciplined police force. It is a problem of the laws those And this is a South Africa deeply police (and now the army ) are obliged divided by vicious apartheid laws and to carry out; the system they must startling discrepancies in living standards defend. It is a South Africa where the govern­ ment responds to this tragedy by speak­ To use again the words of Dr Boesak, ing of ‘tougher security’ and ‘the main­ ‘freedom is a presupposition of order, tenance of law and order.’ Others speak order is based on the existence and of the need for better riot control, when respect of freedom, and justice is the all eye witnesses testify to unprovoked foundation of the law’. police killings. We in the ECC believe there will be no Such a situation of conflict, coupled end to this civil war which claims tragic with the insensitive and brutal response life after life, until the people govern in of an unrepresentative government, is the land of their birth.

c.u ,-„:n I FORTHCOMING DISCUSSIONS ' a correspo„denfs viewpoint * Thursday 18th April Personal responses to cadets at school and to call-up. Venue. Rondebosch Congregational Church Hall Members of the Advice Bureau on Military Conscription will be present. Time: 8.00 pm ALL WELCOME Eyewitness AccountJ

I t As the procession was going down The man lying next to me was shot Maduna Road, there was a Hippo in the while he was on the ground and the middle of the road in front of the police said he was a leader. people. There was a second Hippo mov­ ing along next to the people. I was shot in the foot. A white policeman then examined me The people were peacefully going to to see if I was dead and said, ‘Hy is Kwanobuhle. We were not carrying lankal dood, hierdie kaffir.’ stones and I saw no petrol bombs. Another white policeman shone a torch Some police were on the Hippo and into my eyes and he left me. The police some were on the ground. The man in then gathered some stones and put them front of the people who was riding on on the ground where the bodies were. a bicycle was shot. The ambulances came and I was put There was no warning; we were not told into an ambulance and taken to the to go away. There were no stones hospital from where I managed to thrown at the police. escape. I went to a private doctor who attended to my wounds. The doctor The man on the bicycle was passing the was Dr Peer in Durban Street, Hippo when he was shot. The crowd was behind this man and the Hippos were not surrounded. The police then fired at the crowd and I ran away. ERIC TEMBANI, 384 15th Avenue, I was hit on the head by a bullet and I Kaba Location. fell to the ground and pretended to be dead. As I was lying on the ground, I heard a black policeman say that they must finish them or they would make a claim.

AO Via O N MlUTAftY C0N6CRIf>TfON If you are worried about your call-op, conhuf ms for advice and information oiv alternatives. CAPE TOWN Barbara 7 MTI2JO Paula MJ5JU3S2 Anton WORKING FDI A JDST PEACE

ECC will be embarking on the following projects between 2 & 20 April. The projects include :

* Gardening and landscapping at the Bruce Duncan Home for Children * Helping old people * Helping retarded people * Cleaning up polluted rivers & beaches * Painting big colourful murals * Teaching people how to drive

If you are interested in participating either fill in the details below and post to :

ECC No. 1 Rhodesview 435 Main Road Observatory, 7925

or, phone Paula at 47-9170 (between 10am and 2pm) Alastair at 47-7181

Name: ...... Other ECC activities over the next month include :

* Meeting for people involved in projects, 8pm, Rondebosch Congregational Church, 1 April

* Fair at Rondebosch Congregational Church, 5 April between 8.30am & 3.00pm . * A photographic exhibition at the Baxter between 6 & 26 April

* Hosting a section of the Cape Town Film Festival as part of it, we will be screening a number of FREE films as follows at UCT :

Wed 2 April, Leslie 2B, 12.45pm “War Part I:The road to total war” Thurs 3 April, Leslie 2D, 12.45pm “War Part III:The profession of arms” Mon 7 April, ” ” ” “War Part IV :The deadly game of nations” Tues 8 April, ” ” ” “War Part II:Anybody’s son will do” Wed 9 April, ” ” ” “War Part VII:Goodbye War” Thurs 10 April, ” ” ” “War Part V :Keeping the old game alive” Fri 11 April, ” ” ” “War Part VI:Notes on Nuclear war”

(The “War” series is directed by Glyn Dywer for the National Film Board of Canada).

At the Baxter :

Wed 9 April, 3.30pm :“The War Game” Fri 11 April, :“War Part II:Anybody’s son will do” Wed 16 April, •.“Culloden” plus address by Dr Ivan Toms Fri 18 April, :“War Part IV : The deadly game of nations” Wed 23 April :“Paul Jackobs and the Nuclear Gang” Fri 25 April :“The war game” plus address by Thomas Auf derHeyde (Koeberg Alert 8c UWC lecturer)

* Organising a cultural evening at the Baxter, 8pm, 26 April.

Collection Number: AG1977

END CONSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN (ECC)

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