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Mahlangu

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1992-07-16
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1992-07-16
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  1. “On behalf of my leader, His Royal Highness the Prince, I should like to say that we appreciate your generosity in listening to our side of the issue, and we further ask that when you come to South Africa you consult ali the parties involved. Indeed, as I said earlier, there are parties that will not condemn apartheid as long as they are in positions of power. However, the opinion of the people within a particular jurisdiction is certainly a relevant factor; hence the importance of consulting all the parties involved.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  2. “We are now making an urgent appeal to the United Nations Security Council to consider our situation as warranting urgent international intervention, and to send a high-powered monitoring committee with the following goals: to monitor, investigate and report to the Secretary-General on the violence in South Africa, with special emphasis on its causes and perpetrators; to make recommendations to the Secretary-General on decisive steps that need to be taken by the United Nations to end the violence and thus make way for effective negotiations; to investigate and report to the Secretary-General on the advisability and necessity of having permanent United Nations observers in CODESA; and advise, report and make recommendations on any matter that could ensure South Africa's smooth transition to a nation that will offer a better future for all people.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  3. “Our decision not to continue with CODESA was therefore based on the (C) following conditions: a decisive end to the violence; establishment of an international violence-monitoring body: the effective disbanding of private Government operations such as Koevoet; and the Government's abandonment of its intransigent position in CODESA, while undertaking to enter into good-faith negotiations as a true partner. This decision was simply a response to the frustrating political state of affairs prevailing in South Africa.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  4. “Considering that most indicators point to the Government as responsible for much of the violence; that it is difficult to believe that this Government is now prepared to completely abandon apartheid and apartheid-created power; that it seems unlikely that it is negotiating in good faith, and that it seems as if the Government is trying to manipulate CODESA in order to entrench its position in the future dispensation, as well as ensure maximum economic advantages for the white minority, it became evident to us in the Intando Yesizwe Party (IYP) that CODESA was not going to deliver the goods. We believe that CODESA will not succeed unless the international community intervenes.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  5. “It stretches credibility even further to ask the people to believe that the Government is unable to control the violence, considering the military and security forces it has at its disposal. The people tend to believe, therefore, that since apartheid has served the interests of the Government since 1948, its continued existence, even with some minor, well-managed though mostly ineffective changes, will still serve those interests best.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  6. “We who participated in CODESA, and our followers, came to believe that a new era of negotiations was dawning; that South Africa was moving away from apartheid towards an era of democracy. We were hopeful that peace and stability would come to our land. But the Peace Accord and CODESA only fanned the flames: violence flared as never before. Examples of this violence, such as the Boipatong massacre, have been mentioned by other speakers. Credible sources report that the principal source of conflict and violence in South Africa is the policy of apartheid, which since 1948 has been planned, nurtured and even financed by the very party that is governing South Africa today. It is therefore extremely difficult for the Government to convince anyone, save itself, that it is no longer doing this.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  7. “This list, which clearly reflects South Africa's social inequities, is too long for this Council to listen to, so I will cut it short. The National Party, which has ruled our country since 1948, still governs on the basis of apartheid. As it is logical that one should protect the policies one believes in, the South African Government has over the years effectively protected apartheid at all costs, be it by military means, with security forces or even through other, non-public operations. As we have seen in the media, those who object to apartheid are subject to arrest, conviction, torture, harassment and even execution. With the signing of the National Peace Accord by many parties and organizations in September, as well as the establishment of CODESA last December, we were decidely optimistic.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  8. “The policy of apartheid, or racial segregation, has not only brutalized and dehumanized the black people of South Africa, but also forcibly plunged the majority of our people into abysmal socio-economic conditions and forced blacks into economically and socially unviable ethnic entities - known as homelands, national states or Bantustans - in stark contrast to the living conditions of whites. These unbearable, apartheid-specific conditions still prevail. All political power is still in the hands of the white Minority, and all economic power is still in the hands of a few whites. The majority of blacks are still on the side of the job-performers, while the majority of whites are on the side of the job-providers. Most blacks are Still inadequately housed or even homeless. Different races still have different educational systems.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  9. “For us to address this social disorder in a more meaningful way, the contribution of the international community has become indispensable. I will emphasize this point later. The people of South Africa are faced with a serious challenge: moving from an era of apartheid, in which political power is exclusively in the hands of the white minority, to an era of democracy in which the majority of the people have input into how their country is run - and this includes the currently ruling whites. Regrettably, the move towards the latter era has been effectively thwarted by those whose political Survival depends on either delaying or blocking outright the democratic process.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  10. “I do not think that is the aim of coming here, but of course the National Party's allies would have it no other way. On behalf of His Royal Highness the Prince, it gives my Party immeasurable pleasure to be afforded the rare privilege of addressing your highly honoured and credible body. May I then, on behalf of the Intando Yesizwe Party, extend our unreserved gratitude to His Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his highly sensible response to our cries in South Africa. We also thank all those who put their weight behind the convening of this body. This meeting could not come at a better time. We wish to state in no uncertain terms that there is serious social disorder in our country which we are trying to address.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  11. “I am not defending the African National Congress, but we in the Intando Yesizwe and of course the Patriotic Front led by the African National Congress have always said that we have to go for a fair and free election in our country so as to allow our people to have a Say in the constitution that affects their lives on a daily basis. Then the African National Congress of course would be attacked because most of the Parties and Government-backed Structures are regional, and the African National Congress is national or international, Another point I want to make is that the people of South Africa will, at the end of the day, have to decide who is to rule or govern them - not the people who will come to the United Nations Security Council to give an impression of how bad the other organizations are.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source

  12. “Mr. MAHLANGU: Before I salute you, I should like, in brief, to give my perception of an impression given. There are no different voices coming from the black masses of South Africa. The question is that there are two voices caused by the Government. There are those people who would speak for the Government because they are Government-backed and Government-supported; and there are those who speak on behalf of South Africa's suffering, oppressed masses. I could go further and indicate when someone actually began to attack the African National Congress, because that, from his position, would be defending the apartheid-structured base. This is a cause for concern.”

    1992-07-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.3096 (1992) · source