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Among South Africa's Afrikaner politicians, it is axiomatic that kragdadigheid, a show of strength, wins elections. With that strategy in mind, the National Party government of State President P.W. Botha has been preparing for the May 6 whites-only parliamentary elections by pouring on just about as much kragdadigheid as the country can bear. His government last week was threatening to strike at neighboring countries that might be harboring anti- Pretoria guerrillas and was attempting to enforce harsh new regulations against opposition demonstrations at home...
With a defiant mood of apartheid now, apartheid forever, Botha said in a BBC interview that he would never countenance a black majority government, a black head of state or a scrapping of segregation in residential areas. "I am not prepared to sacrifice my rights so that the other man can dominate me with his greater numbers," Botha declared. "The other man," of course, is the 26 million blacks who live in South Africa and its "independent homelands" and who outnumber the whites by more than 5 to 1. Botha said he was prepared to grant "the other man" equal...
...prizewinning Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu runs a close third. Even some whites received approving nods, from the opposition politicians Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Helen Suzman to Communist Party Chief Joe Slovo, the sole white member of the ANC executive committee. But most surprising of all, State President P.W. Botha turned up in 14th place...
...fundamentalist, you are blessed in His eyes. I trust you won't let the devil Satan restrain you from generous contributions. And don't forget that donations of three thousand dollars or more will receive a free calculator and an autographed photograph of me shaking hands with president Botha of South Africa...
According to Botha, no blacks applied to become white, and no whites became black...