How does WOSA assess the strength of Inkatha? Is Its campaign of mass terror against the liberation movement? Inkatha has port in Natalot mass sup and in the Iransvaal among the migrant workers in the hostels.
The migrant workers were relatively socially isolated, and Inkatha was clever enough to see the possibilities to organise them. ts campaign on the theme of Zulu nationalism has been very effective, even affecting people of Zulu origin inside The campaign of terror con• tinues, especially in Natal. But such is the state of the mass movement, that really the murdersare just accepted. The ANC don't want to be seen as disrupthere is no effective selfdetence. The murder of 10 people in one night hardly gets reported in the press anymore "In black schools the teacher-student ratio is Have other forces inside the liberation movement, for example the Pan African Congress (PAC), been able to take advantage of the 'rightist' position of the ANC to bulld themselves? Originally the PAC came out with a very militant opposition to the negotiating process, using a rhetoric of armed insurrection.
They recruited on this basis, especially among the youth. eroded by the decision of the PAC to meet with the government and become involved the negotiation process. PAC's youth wing AZANU and its student wing have both opposed this, and there have been a number of splits in the PAC, especially in the Transvaal; now the youth have split from the PAC. The recent statements of Joe Slovo that there had to be an "historic compromise' seemed to be a sharp rightward turn for the SACP. Is this accepted throughout the party? How big is the CP, and is it the dominant left force? Joe Slovo's statements has not been received very well
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inside the rank and file, but there seems to be agreement in the Communist Party leadership, with the excep tion of a few leftist leaders like Chris Hani.
Once again, the youth have rejected this position, and they are the strongest sector of SACP support outside the organised workers movement.
We think that Slovo is trying inflation is 19 per cent. WOSA tries to root itself in these struggles.
The youth in South Africa are decisive, because it is such a young country, with the majority of the population under 30 years old. Youth unemploy. ment must be over 3 million, and that in a country of 30 million! These youth are angry. As tne transition process continues, and fails to bring either democracy or prosperity for the of the youth will be very sharp. That is the importance of continuing to build an alternative, revolutionary, leadership in Interview by Phil Hearse