SOUTH Africa's apartheid government is running scared. The invasion of three townships, Sebokong, Sharpeville and Bopatong by 7000 armed soldiers police was not in response to what has been happening Vaal triangle in the imPolice attack crowd in Sharpeville mediate past, but a preemptive bid by the Botha regime to try and ward off trouble to come.
This is the first time that members of the South ' Africa Defence (sic) Force have been used in actual police operations. past they have only played a 'stand-by' role.
The period since the mid-1970's and particularly since the access to the premiership of PW Botha in 1978. has seen a rapic extensive militarisation of the state.
Top military commanders strongly represented on the State Security Council, which replaced BOSS as the principal security apparatus of the state. They play an increasingly important role, not only over the narrowly defined security policy, but over the total strategy of the state.
Gelderen The Nkomati Agreebetween South Africa and Mozambique, the first positive achievement of the set-up. Having, allegedly, secured their against any infiltration from without, the Botha government is now turning its attention enemy the masses fighting against apartheid and all it stands for within the country.
The derisive vote in the elections for the so-called Coloured chambers of the new tricameral parliament showed that the white ruling class had failed miserab v in its attempt to split these sections of the black community from the officially designated black majority.
It became clear to the
THE CONTINUED strength of nationalism poses problems for socialists, and among them are some Socialist Action 2 November 1984