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Ironically, the government touched off the renewed anxiety over communism when it legalized the party last February, along with the rest of South Africa's outlawed political organizations. Longtime party leader Joe Slovo returned in triumph from exile in April and scheduled a huge welcome-back rally in Soweto this week. Since the communists have long been a powerful part of the black nationalist movement, Slovo was named to the five-man A.N.C. delegation slated to meet with De Klerk this week...
...government claims that Slovo and other leading communists in the A.N.C. met secretly in the Natal province town of Tongaat last May to discuss a plan code-named Operation Vula to seize power by force if negotiations fail. The meeting, De Klerk suggested, violated the agreement between the government and the A.N.C. to create a peaceful climate for negotiations. Government officials say that in smashing the plot, police uncovered weapons such as rocket- propelled grenades and AK-47 assault rifles...
...year-old Communist Party has influence with the A.N.C. as well as powerful black trade unions, which seems likely to give it a considerable say in negotiations. The party's utopian ideal of economic equality holds a powerful attraction for the millions of blacks disadvantaged ) by apartheid. But Slovo says his first priority is enfranchisement of South Africa's blacks. "I don't believe that communism is on the agenda," he told TIME. He says he now favors multiparty democracy and a mixed economy...
Written by Shawn Slovo...
...British film A World Apart places another child, a 13-year-old white girl (Jodhi May), in another social war zone: South Africa, 1963. Shawn Slovo's semi-autobiographical script sketches a poignant dilemma: a crusading career woman (Barbara Hershey) whose cause takes precedence over motherhood. The film, though a bit of a plod, earned a thrilling reception at the festival. It took the Special Jury Prize (second place) and an award for three of its actresses, including Hershey, the first performer to win Cannes laurels in consecutive years...