Word: botha
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every thoughtful person has been gripped by the recent events in South Africa. The widespread violence, the mass arrests following the declaration of a state of emergency, and the stubborn refusal of the Botha government to extend full political rights to the black South African majority have deeply troubled individuals and institutions everywhere and made them consider how they should respond to such cruelty and repression. Here at Harvard, within the next two weeks, the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue a progress report and reply to several recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility will issue...
Reagan might have been able to continue resisting sanctions had there been signs that Botha was finally addressing himself to his country's political crisis in a decisive manner. But all the signs last week pointed toward continuing intransigence and spreading violence. One evening a crowd of about 60 mixed-race youths, known in the lexicon of South African racism as colored, made their way from the township of Scottsdene on the eastern fringes of Cape Town to the adjoining white suburb of Kraaifontein. There they roamed through the streets throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at the well-kept homes...
...consolation that Botha may have felt from the strike's defeat was certain to be overshadowed by Reagan's planned Executive actions. In addition, there were reports in Johannesburg that a group of leading South African businessmen are planning to go to Zambia within the next few weeks to meet with the exiled leaders of the African National Congress and that the businessmen have informed the Botha government of their intentions. In the face of such moves, Botha may well be wondering who his friends really...
...thin thread by which all this hangs is the immediate and unconditional release of (imprisoned African National Congress Leader) Nelson Mandela. State President P.W. Botha has got to release Mandela unconditionally if he wants to save the situation. I believe President Botha is a sincere man, despite what has happened. It is a good quality, but in this situation it is not enough. I don't think he has the courage to see his sincerity through...
...involved. As a matter of both principle and self-interest, we want to do everything possible to avert that explosion. Final arrangements can only be determined by the South Africans themselves. But we might give a hint: It's always dangerous giving too little too late. I told Mr. Botha in my (Botswana) border meeting with him in 1982, "You and the moderate whites in commerce, the moderate blacks in commerce form a very substantial middle group. You should together form a new structure for the country, politically, economically and socially. Once you do that, South Africa will be home...