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SOUTH AFRICA'S white electorate decided last week to vote in favor of Prime Minister P.W. Botha's plan for limited constitutional change, an outcome Botha hailed as a "victory for South Africa." But the measure made no provision for the 22 million Blacks living within South Africa's traditional borders, and will further enshrine apartheid rule...
...controversy over the constitutional referendum in South Africa is a sign that the regime recognizes that it will have to change in the face of Black opposition. The change Botha chooses to adopt is one which will strengthen the Government's base of support by increasing the manpower for the South African Defense force...
Proposed by Prime Minister P.W. Botha to the dismay of some white nationalist supporters of the apartheid regime, the constitution would attempt to change South African politics by rendering them dependent on class interests rather than racial concerns. This has naturally led to fierce political infighting among leaders of the Afrikan Nationalist Party. Yet the practical effects of Botha's proposal, which has already been approved by the white Parliament, would be negligible, at least in relation to addressing the issue of Black rights...
NEVERTHELESS, the white regime has been promoting the constitutional changes as a "starting point" in an "open-ended process" in help coat Westyern support. Many conservative Afrikaners see the creation of a fourth chamber in parliament for Blacks as Botha's next move...
South African Prime Minister P.W. Botha, who proposed the reform, has pushed the bill with an "Adopt or Die" slogan, while critics have responded with a slogan of "Adopt...