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Over the next month, NUSAS w i l l be urging students to say "NO!* t o the government'! Const i tu t ion 8*11 . In a masswe na t i ona l l y co-ordina­ted campaign, NUSAS aims to un i te students on a l l t i e English carouses in a clear re jec t i on of the "Sew D e a l ' . During the Bui ld-up to the referep^utf on NoveTOer 2, students w i l l be asked to Sign a p e t i t i o n re jec t i ng the new cons t i t u t i on on tne grounds t h a t ;

- i t excludes the major i t y Of South A f r i cans ;

- i t entrenches apartne*a;

- a l l Soutn Afr icans nust pa r t i c i pa te fn deciding Our cormon f u t u r e .

In t h i s way, NUSA5 hopes to show that the vast ma jor i t y o f English-speaking students Stand m c lear opposit ion t o the Const i tu t ion 3111 * and a l l that i t impl ies - f o r the correct reasons. Saying "no" to the Const i tu t ion i s , in t h i s con tex t , not a nega­t i v e ac t i on . I t is not a l i gn ing ourselves w i th the HSP and the CP, who want to keep things as tney are. I t is no saying that we want the govemnent to "go Back to th drawing-board* - the drawing board of * n i t e p o l i t i c s . Rather, i t i s a pos i t i ve step : & c lear and unequivo-

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cal statement o f our r e j e c t ­ion of apar the id ; and a s ta te-c«nt o f our commitment, as de*flOcratic students, to work­ing towards a f ree South A f r i ca in which the people shal l govern.

I t is a statement which says: How can the cons t i t u t i on be "A step m the r i g h t d i rec t i on * when i t is premised on the Ban' jstan po l i cy? Is i t gcmc to prevent shootings and detent ion in the Ciskei? !s I t going to stop shacks m Crossroads from being de­molished? Is i t going to end ^as$ removals and s tarva t ion in resett lement camps? I s i t going to mean an end to the war in Namibia where we Are expected to f i g h t ?

So, in the forthcoming re fe r ­endum, i t is not enough to vote ' n o " . A f te r a l l , what r i g h t does a "whites only* referendum have to decide on the fu ture of our country? While seeing that i t i s important to demonstrate that the government does not have the support o f even i t s own power-base - the white e lec tora te - we must see fu r the r than t h i s . I f we are committed to real democracy, and not a —

rac i a l l y - exc l us i ve par l iam­entary p o l i t i c s , we must ac t i ve l y lend our support to

the United Democratic Front .

NUSAS, as a member o f the UOfr is o f f e r i n g an a l t e r ­nat ive that goes beyond *'going back to the drawing-board". Is is r e a l i s t i c a l l y acknowledging that i f the b i l l i s implemented, the a l ready - l im i ted ro le o f par­l iamentary opposi t ion w i l l Be completely destroyed. I t *s c a l l i n g on students to get a c t i v e l y involved in or ­gan isTTToriswTiTcTrTepresent the views and needs of the ma jo r i t y o f South A f r i cans . Through j o i n i r s in the a c t i v i t i e s and campaigns of the UDF, we can take our place as pa r t i c i pan ts i n the bu i l d i ng of a u n i t e d , non-rac ia l and t r u l y democratic South A f r i c a .

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Campus feels SCANC Everyone reading t h i s news­l e t t e r , looking at SCANC informat ion posters up on the noticeboards or at tending the SCANC referendum discus­sions in the resses t h i s week, must be aware that SCANC is expanding f a s t . Whereas o r i g i n a l l y SCANC consisted of reps from each of the const i tuent organisa­

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A s l ide - tape show on the cons t i t u t i on is in the p ipe­l i n e as well as media around the referendum. The not ice-boardgroup co l l ec t s press c l ipp ings and other media on the c o n s t i t u t i o n and re la ted issues and keeps the many SCANC notice-boards on campus up- to -da te .

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A f i f t h sub-comrnttee i s soon to be set up to co­ord inate the p e t i t i o n camp­aign (discussed in t h i s p u b l i c a t i o n ) .

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I t ' s not enough to only re­jec t the c o n s t i t u t i o n . Act ­i ve l y oppose the c o n s t i t u t i o n by g e t t i n g involved in the sub-committees.

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[opposed to the new c o n s t i t u ­t i on and Koornhof B i l l s , should beccwe involved in the United Democratic Front 's nationwide campaign," said Hr Andrew Boraine. He was [speaking a t a Student Committee Against the Hew Const i tu t ion (SCANC) seminar l as t Wednesday.

Boraine, a past-NUSAS Pres i ­dent and UCT SRC v i c e -pres ident , ou t l ined four major aims of the UOF.

586 organisat ions p a r t i c i ­pated i n the UOF's nat ional launch. These Bust be uni ted on a nat ional leve l t

in working fo r democratic change in South A f r i c a . A l l groupings need to be Strengthened both organis­a t i ona l l y and numer ica l ly .

The UDF w i l l provide educa­t i ona l input to i t s a f f i l ­i a t e s , l i n k i n g grassroots problems to broader p o l i t i ­ca l issues.

H i s t o r i c a l l y , democratic leaders have been detained o r banned. For t h i s reason, the UDF w i l l systemat ica l ly t r a i n new leadership.

National p o l i t i c a l issues such as the new Const i tu ­t i o n a l B i l l , the Black Local Au tho r i t i es B i l l , consc r ip t i on , e t c . w i l l be taken up by the UOF.

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PFP-Youth Interviewed SCANC interviewed Andrew mm H i l l e r , a student from t h e " PFP Youth on t he i r stand • on the Cons t i tu t iona l p r o - ™ posals. •

Andrew i s c h a i r p e r s o n o f t h e C o n s t a n t i a b ranch o f the PFP y o u t h .

SCANC: I s the PFP Youth going to take up the camp­aign on campus in any way? ANDREW: Yes* we are showing a video of a t a l k by Dr Van Zyl S labber t . This w i l l taken down to the reses

be as want w e l l , however, we don ' t

t o c lash w i th the SCANC prograrane.

SCANC: What do you fee l about the f a c t t ha t the Sunday Times, Financial Hai l and b ig business are c a l l i n g fo r a •'Yes" vote? ANDREW: We are very b i t t e r that our t r a d i t i o n a l f r iends have turned t h e i r backs on us , but we fee l that they have been misguided. Every­body wants reform, and they are j u s t la tch ing onto any­th ing tha t is labe l led " r e ­fo rm* . They are also naive enough to th ink that blacks w i n be included a t a l a t e r stage.

SCANC: What do you fee l about the current newspaper camp­aign and the fac t that the Afr ikaans press won' t publ ish PFP advertisements? ANDREW: We're ohviously very b i t t e r , as the t n g l i s h press is p laying i t ' s t r a d i t i o n a l l i b e r a l ro le by publ ish ing a l l s ides, whereas the A f r i k ­aans press only publishes "Yes" adver ts . This proves ^o us tha t the Afr ikaans pres s con t ro l l ed by the National

-s t Par ty , and places severe l i m i t a t i o n s on our a b i l i t y t o get through to people who need to hear us .

SCANC: Do you fee l j u s t c a l l i n g fo r a "No" vote i s going fa r enough? ANDREW: No, but Dr Slabbert has ca l l ed f o r a co loured, Indian and Black referendum as w e l l *

1$ t h i s t h e l a s t w e f l 1 see o f p a r i i a m e n t a r y o p p o s i t i o n ?

SCANC: What do you fee l about SCANC? ANDREW: I th ink SCANC plays a v i t a l ro le on campus, but we would obviously like SCANC to take a d e f i n i t e "vote No" s tand.

SCANC: And UOF? ANDREW: We see UDF as playing a very pos i t i ve r o l e and the coverage i t has received should a id our campaign.

SCANC: What do you th ink the r e s u l t o f the referendum w i l l be? ANDREW: W e l l . . . t h e Nats are p lay ing on the PFP/CP a l l i ­ance, but w i th the d iss ident NRP/Nat vo te , I th ink we could o p t i m i s t i c a l l y qet a "No" m a j o r i t y .

SCANC: What do you see as the PFP's and parl iamentary oppos i t ion 's ro le in the new cons t i t u t i on? ANDREW: We c a n ' t decide that t i l l a f t e r the referendum, but i t w i l l be discussed at the Federal Congress in November.

SCANC thanks Andrew.

What do you feel about the cons t i t u t i ona l proposals?

Do you th ink t h a t the PFP's stand is going f a r enough or missing the po in t?

Why not w r i t e us a l e t t e r . Hand i t in to the SRC Desk or give i t to one of the SCANC members in res . We would l i k e to hear from you.

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Such d i r e c t n i l i t a r y , an o f t h i s b r a n s t a t e , a re c d i s p l a y e d * r e s t r u c t u r i n f a c e o f t h e s l e a d s l o g i c a e x t e n t i o n o f t i o n f o r new C o l o u r e d s an There a re o t reasons why f o r c e i s see e x t e n d consc i n t o t h e r a n p o l i t i c a l l y g r o u p i n g s , a i n p u r s u i t 0 t a i n i n g i t s 1eg i t imate 0 f o r c e t o p r o South A f r i c a e x t e r n a l agg e s s e n t i a l ro c r u c i a l f o r

l i n k s t o the d t h e needs ch o f the 1 e a r l y P o l i t i c a l g i n t h e e a t t a c k s * 1 l y t o t h e

c o n s c r i p -l y e l e v a t e d d I n d i a n s , her c r i t i c a l t h e Oefence k i n g t o r i p t i o n ks of the s u b o r d i n a t e nd t h a t i s f m a i n -image o f a e f e n c e t e c t ALL ns f rom an r e s s o r . T h i s

l e i s 1 r e fo rm 1 , .

The new c o n s t i t u t i o n and c o n s c r i p t i o n , go hand i n l a n d i n d e v e l o p i n g the t y p e o f response the s t a t e has r e g a r d e d as n e c e s s a r y , t o cope w i t h t h e deep c r i s i s c o n f r o n t i n g i t . C a l l - u p s f o r C o l o u r e d and I n d i a n men a r e , f o r p r a c t i c a l r e a s o n s * l i k e l y t o be some t i n e i n c o n i n g , b u t expose a key l i n k i n t h e c h a i n o f f o r c e s , b e h i n d tNe 'new l o o k ' c o n s t i t u t i o n .

A p o l i c y o f i n c r e a s i n g b l a c k p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n the SAOf has been p u r ­sued f o r some t i m e . I n N a m i b i a , the m i l i t a r y has t r i e d t o ' N a m i b i a n i s e * the w a r , by u s i n g b l a c k t r o o p s , and South A f r i c a n e t h n i c b a t t a l i o n s as a f o r m o f ' cannon f o d d e r 1

C o n s c r i p t i o n w i l l be an e x p l o s i v e i s s u e f o r p o l i t i c a l l y opp ressed p e o p l e . I t has a l r e a d y drawn s t r o n g responses f rom the yo t f *Ju_as one

o f the p r i m e reasons f o r r e j e c t i n g t h e new c o n s t i t u t i o n , w i t h i t s s i n i s t e r p r i c e t a g o f b e i n g c a l l e d up t o d e f e n d m i n o r i t y p r i v i l e g e s . R e s i s t a n c e t o c o n s c r i p t i o n » p r e s e n t l y e m a n a t i n g f r o m a s m a l l b u t s i g n i f i c a n t s e c t i o n o f the w h i t e d e m o c r a t i c c o m m u n i t y , wou ld s k y - r o c k e t . I t i s m o s t l y a g a i n s t t h i s p r o s p e c t , t h a t t h e government i n c r e a s e d the p r i s o n s e n t e n c e f o r o b j e c t i o n f r o m 2 t o 6 y e a r s , e a r l i e r t h i s y e a r . A n t i c i p a t i n g c o n s c r i p t i o n , and i n c r e a s e d m i l i t a r i s a t i o n as p a r t o f t h e new dea l p a c k a g e , the U n i t e d D e m o c r a t i c F r o n t passed a r e s o l u t i o n a t i t s f o u n d i n g c o n f e r e n c e , p l e d g i n g s u p p o r t f o r o b j e c t o r s and demanding the end t o c o m p u l s o r y c o n s c r i p t i o n .

When 1 go t h r 1 i k e l y o p p o s i b r o a d s a t i o n compul By so expose South c a l l e d o p p r e s i n a n

e g i s l a t i o n does o u g h , i t i s

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Don't throw our future away

WHOSE FUTURE? •We're here to s tay . Don't throw our fu tu re away- i s o l i n e f a m i l i a r to most o f us by now. The government's campaign fo r a "Yes" vote i n the November 2 referendum has been advert ised exten­s i ve l y in a l l major news­papers.

The government i s spending m i l l i o n s in i t s adver t i s ing e f f o r t which i s being run by Compton. This company i s c l ose l y l i nked t o Saachi & Saachi wtio ran Maggie Thatcher 's e l e c t i o n ' i n B r i t a i n . This was one of the nost successful campaigns

i n B r i t i s h h i s t o r y .

The s t ra tegy being fo l lowed uses s t r i k i n g adver ts , posing questions and answer­ing them i n government terras. "The government is se t t i ng i t s e l f up as the great l i b e r a l i n s t i t u t e " said Hike Loewe, co -ed i to r o f VARSITY, "The r igh t -w ing i s shown t o be narrow-winded and the le f t -w ing as m i l i t a n t and ext remis t . The l e f t ideal i s propagated t o be chaos and anarchy."

Beyond the adver t i s ing camp­a i g n , c e r t a i n newspapers are

openly advocating a "Yes" vote i n t h e i r e d i t o r i a l s . Recently the Sunday Times adopted t h i s approach. With i t s massive readership, the Sunday Times is a major f a c t ­or in the determinat ion of publ ic op in ion . Financial Hai l , The Da i l y Oispatch, Natal Mercury and Bloemfontein Friend are examples o f other pub l i ca t ions support ing the "Yes" vo te .

As the referendum draws near­e r , newspapers and other organisat ions are beginning t o show t h e i r t rue colours as they choose which side of the fence to s i t on.

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