S. Africa: democracy or 'Iron Fist?'

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townships. The operation has been code-named "Iron South Africa's president now claims that he supAbly to put an end to violence between supporters of long ago was an enthusiastic supporter of white the African National Congress (ANC) and the rightsupremacy? During last month's visit to Wash- wing Inkatha movement, which is based mainly ington, D.C., De Klerk explained he had been among the Zulu people. This factional fighting is a product of the government's grand design to divide Black people according to language groups and ence in President Bush and his staff. Bush, who prowith blackened faces) have been sighted directing the mob attacks. De Klerk has admitted that a "hidden force" among the whites has been working with Inkatha. It is an open secret, however, that the the violence have been given an "Iron Fist" to keep order. "It looks like the government is arming itself to deal with the liberation movement," ANC leader Nelson Mandela pointed out. Mandela said that he had made a mistake earlier when he called for the heightened campaign to demand a constituent assembly, a body elected by all the people with the power to create the foundations of a free society in all the Black organizations that speak for the people participate. Let all shades of opinion be heard—including that of revolutionary socialists. A constituent assembly will demonstrate real democracy— Black majority rule—unlike the empty promises of What a democrat F.W. de Klerk has become!

Fist." ports (in his own words) "one man, one vote." The new state of emergency was enacted ostensiWhat has caused this turnabout in a man who not to regain control of Hong Kong, why shouldn't Kuwait be returned to Iraq?