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...leading opponent of South Africa's system of racial apartheid, the African National Congress has become the embodiment of the hopes and aspirations of the country's blacks. Yet even some of apartheid's opponents harbor lingering reservations about the ANC, mainly because of its longstanding and unapologetic ties to Communists. ANC President Oliver Tambo has repeatedly said he does not know or care how many members of his national executive committee are party members. As the ANC's critics see it, the ! organization runs the danger of becoming, wittingly or not, the vehicle through which Communism could eventually gain...
...rare interview with TIME last week, Slovo spoke freely of the unity of purpose between the ANC and the Communist Party. Said he: "There are no differences in our common objective to destroy racism and to achieve a united democratic South Africa." But, he added, South Africa's Communists make no secret of their conviction that a democratic revolution will eventually lead to a second, socialist phase. Any suggestion that the ANC serves as a Soviet puppet, however, Slovo insists is a "slanderous insult...
...group that he was confident he could unify the rival black organizations and bring them into talks with the government. He stressed his commitment to a nonracial state that would provide security to whites and all minorities. Finally, he promised that once he was released, he and his ANC colleagues would tour the country's black townships, urging an end to violence and supporting negotiations...
Hope for a settlement, which had almost died, surged on news of the E.P.G.'s progress. But those efforts were quickly scuttled by the South African government, which demanded that the ANC renounce violence forever and attacked its bases in three neighboring countries. The E.P.G. soon concluded that "at present there is no genuine intention on the part of the South African government to dismantle apartheid." A glimmering hope for racial peace faded away...
...recipient, the Solomon Malanghu Freedom College, is the only school exclusively set aside for South African refugees, said Temba Vilikazi, a representative of the ANC...