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...liberal side, the strongly antiapartheid Progressive Federal Party is struggling to retain its position as the opposition party, a role it has held for more than nine years. It has been handicapped, however, by the confidence-dashing resignation a year ago of its dynamic leader, Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, 46. The party's new chief, Colin Eglin, hopes to increase its seats from 27 to about 40. That may be more of a dream than a hope. Forty seats, he speculates, could make the P.F.P. large enough that some relatively liberal National Party Members of Parliament might join forces with...
...Frederik Greeley Crocker Award--given to a Harvard letterman for his initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness--was presented to outgoing Captain Collins...
...purely advisory and blacks played no role in its formulation. "The government's basic mistake," says a Western diplomat, "is that it thinks it can, and must, remain in control of the process of change. It is trying to reform by directive, and blacks will not accept that." Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, former leader of the white opposition Progressive Federal Party, says that the government is inviting blacks to negotiate about apartheid, while the blacks are saying that if apartheid is abolished first, then they will negotiate about power...
...economic reasons. The Afrikaners have no other homeland to go to even if they wanted one, which most do not. Furthermore, an emigrant is allowed to take no more than $40,000 with him, although he can subsequently withdraw the earnings from any remaining investments in South Africa. Says Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, former parliamentary leader of Helen Suzman's opposition Progressive Federal Party: "The chap with the double garage and two kids in school is going to have to think very hard." Even among those who would like to leave, most seem to have decided that they cannot afford...
...high point of the speech came when Botha declared apartheid "outdated," causing many M.P.s to chorus "Hoor, hoor! " (Hear, hear!). White businessmen were generally encouraged, though many probably agreed with the opposition member who complained that Botha's ideas merely added up to "apartheid with a smiling face." Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert, the leader of the white opposition Progressive Federal Party, said the President's approach was "welcome," but wanted to see whether "substance will follow rhetoric...