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...People at Harvard should be giving more attention to finding a solution [to South Africa's problems] than in pulling down what's there," Kent-Brown said. "We're doing that ourselves, only a little bit more slowly than the rest of the world would like...
...interview, which touched on a wide range of topics, Kent-Brown said that he found it "unacceptable" that most Black South Africans who live in urban areas cannot vote in national elections. Under South African law, Blacks are considered citizens of tribal homelands and can only vote for candidates for the homeland governments. But most urban areas are not in the homelands and Blacks who live in them cannot vote...
...However, Kent-Brown said he did not support a complete revision of the constitution to permit a one man, one vote system of elections...
...Kent-Brown said he though adding a fourth representative body for the Black population would not work, because Blacks' would vote solely along tribal lines...
...South African constitution would "have to be unique, and [find a way] to get different cultures and races to work together," Kent-Brown said. He added that he was optimistic that such a solution could be found, "if we didn't have people sniping at us from the sidelines...