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Officials of WHRB had originally planned to host a panel discussion with Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, but eventually decided against it. Said Mendelsohn, "If Kent-Brown was to debate any one, it should be the African National Congress. To let him feel he was participating in a debate when he could set all of the terms was foolish...
News Editor for This Issue: David S. Hilzenrath '87 Night Editors: Kristin A. Goss '87 David S. Hilzenrath '87 Editorial Editors: J. Andrew Mendelsohn '87 John N. Ross '87 Nicholas S. Wurf '87 Feature Editors: Shari Rudavsky '88 Thomas J. Winslow '87 Sports Editor: Jonathan F. Putnam Business Editor: John P. Siracuse '87 Copy Editor: Chrystia A. Freeland...
First, Professor Mendelsohn claims that government failures in reform have so polarized the country that there is "no middle ground." I do not believe that this is so. The white liverals in the PFP, student groups, large sections of the colored and Indian populations and such non-violent multi-racial groups as the UDF represent a very broad middle ground, one on which I and many other South Africans of all races pin our hopes for the future...
Professor Mendelsohn also agrees that disinvestment will further promote the Afrikaaner "laager mentality" but dismisses this point as unimportant. I believe he severely underestimates the stubborness that this involves, as evidenced by the state President P.W. Botha's statement to business leaders last week that he would not increase the pace of reform as it would look as if he was giving in to international pressures. The Afrikaaner desire to forcefully assert independence intensifies opposition to local reform...
...answer is "maybe yes." The real answer is definitely yes, and it is already happening. With each withdrawal it is Black, unskilled labor that must be cut to retain profitability, worsening the astronomic 25 percent unemployment rate in a country that has no Social Security or state welfare. Professor Mendelsohn uses as justification the fact that Black organizations are willing to make sacrifices to achieve their goal. While this is true it appears to hold water only in the theoretical statement, as evidenced by the recent strike by GM workers after the company's withdrawal. As Mr. Wilson Jonas...