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t a r i l y p r e p a r e d . T h e t i t le is h i g h l y e v o c a t i v e , s u g ­g e s t i n g th e p r e s e n c e o f a th r e a t , th e e x a c t n a t u r e o f w h i c h is l e f t u n d e f i n e d . O n e is l e f t in l i t t le d o u b t as to th e s o u rc e o f th e p u b l i c a t i o n d e s p i t e t h e d i s c l a i m e r c l a u s e " O p i n ­io n s e x p r e s s e d in th is is ­s u e d o n o t n e c e s s a r i l y p r e s e n t t h e o f f i c i a l v i e w p o i n t o f th e S A D F " . T h e y m a y n o t b e o f f i c i a l , b u t t h e y a r e c l e a r l y r e p r e ­s e n t a t i v e o f t h e e t h o s w h i c h p e r v a d e s th e S A D F . I t is s ‘* * y f i c a n t th a t th e m a n a a e r . < e n t a n d e d i t o r i ­a l s t a f f a r e c o m p o s e d o f h i g h r a n k i n g o f f i c i a l s in t h e o r g a n i s a t i o n . T h e p u b l i c a t i o n f u r t h e r m o r e r e c e i v e s s u f f i c i e n t e n ­d o r s e m e n t t o b e a r t h e l o g o o f th e S A D F a n d to b * ' p r i n t e d f o r th e S A D F

b y P e r s k o r " . C o n c l u s i v e e v i d e n c e o f P a r a t u s b e i n g e n t r u s t e d w i th th e t a s k o t c o n v e y i n g th e m e s s a g e o f th e S A D F is th e s t a t e m e n t o n t h e c o n t e n t s p a g e , " A m p t e l i k e t y d s k r i f v a n d i e b A W e e r m a a " .W h a t d o e s o n e s r o l e in t h e d e f e n c e o f S o u t h A f r i c a e n t a i l , a c c o r d i n g to th i s m a g a z i n e ? E v e n a c u r s o r y r e a d i n g o f P a r a t u s m u s t l e a v e m a n y a S o u th A f r i c a n w i t h th e i m p r e s s io n t h a t b e i n g in t h e S A D F is a r o l e o f w h ic h e v e r y m a n c a n b e p r o u d , as i n d e e d c a n th e s u p p o r t i v e S o u th A f r i c a n w o m a n . A b o u t n i n e t y p e r c e n t o f th e p u b l i c a t i o n is c o n c e r n e d w i t h a s p e c t s w h i c h a r e e s s e n t i a l l y se c ­o n d a r y to th e m a i n f u n c ­t i o n o f a d e f e n c e f o r c e , such as p a r a d e s , c e r e m o ­n ies , b a n d s , c e l e b r a t i o n s , sp o r t , a n d s h o w s . In f a c t , t n e i m p r e s s i o n o n e r e ­ce iv e s is t h a t b e i n g in th e S A D F is j o l l y , g o o d , c l e a n f u n . M a t e r i a f w h i c h r e ­l a te s to th e p r i m a r y f u n c ­t i o n o f t h e S A D F i s l im i t e d , a n d l i t t l e a t t e m p t is m a d e to p r e s e n t it in a n o b j e c t i v e m a n n e r . I n sh o r t , th is p o r t r a y a l o f th e a c t i v i t i e s o f th e S A D F is u n r e a l i s t i c .E x a m p l e s w h i c h i l l u s t r a t e th is a b o u n d in th e m a g a ­z i n e , a n d o n l y a f e w a r e m e n t i o n e d b e l o w . M u c h

a t t e n t i o n ha s b e e n p a i d to th e h o n o u r o f a p a r t i c u l a r r e g i m e n t w h i c h r e c e i v e d t h e f r e e d o m o f P o s t m a s b u r g in r e c o g n i ­t io n o f its c o n t r i b u t io n to t v r e d e en s t a b i i i t e i t . I t is i r o n i c t h a t t h i s o c c u r s w h e n b l a c k p e o p l e a r e r e l e g a t e d to l iv in g on th e o u tsk i r ts o f to w n s . Ess en ­t i a l l y , w h a t is b e i n g c e l e ­b r a t e d is w h i t e p e a c e , f r e e d o m , p o w e r a n d s e c u ­r i ty w h i c h a r e d e p e n d a n t o n th e m i l i t a r y .In a n a r t i c l e on th e N o r t h ­e r n C a p e C o m m a n d - the 8th S A I n f a n t r y B a t t a l i o n - th e s p o r t i n g a c h ie v e m e n t s a r e e u l o g i s e d in a m a n ­n e r w h i c n r e l e g a t e s its o t h e r fu n c t io n s . M u c h a t ­t e n t i o n is a l s o p a i d to a m a j o r c a d e t r a l l y .T h e S o u th A f r i c a n A r m y ' s P r o d u c t i v i t y A w a r d s a r e a l s o c o n s i d e r e d w o r t h y o f i n c l u s i o n . T h is p r e s e n t s a m u s i n g r e a d i n g in th e c o n t e x t o f th e i n f a m o u s i n e p t i t u d e in th is f i e l d , o f w h i c h e v e r y c o n s c r ip t na s a n a n e c d o t e .T h e r e a r e a t t e m p t s to c r e ­a t e a s e n se o f t r a d i t i o n in t h e d i s c u s s i o n o f t h e N a t a l N a v a l V o l u n t e e r s , a n d in th e p u b l i c a t i o n o f l e t t e r s r e m in i s c i n g a b o u t t h e S e c o n d W o r l d W a r - a w a r in w h ic h th e s y m p a ­t h ie s o f m a n y m e m b e r s o f t h e r u l i n g e s t a b l i s h m e n t l a y w i th N a z i G e r m a n y .

T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l n o s t a l ­g i c r e f e r e n c e s t o t h e A n g l o - B o e r w a r . O n e r e ­c e iv e s th e i m p r e s s i o n th a t th is is a c o u n t r y in w h i c h h i s t o r y e m b r a c e s o n l y w h i t e p e o p l e .T h e w o r k o f th e S A D F in n a t u r e a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o n s e r v a t i o n is f e a t u r e d . M e m b e r s o f t h e f o r c e s o r e s h o w n i n t h e i r c a p a c i t i e s as s p o r t s m e n a n d e n g a g e d in " c o m m u ­n i ty s e r v i c e ' a n d n o t as i n ­t e g r a l c o m p o n e n t s o f th e a p p a r a t u s u p o n w h i c h th e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f a p a r t ­h e i d is d e p e n d a n t . S o l ­d i e r s a r e d e p i c t e d o n h o r s e b a c k h e l p i n g w o m e n a n d c h i l d r e n a n d k e e p i n g t h e p a r k s s a f e " , w h i l s t a l s o p a t r o l l i n g th e t o w n ­sh ips a n d p r o v i d i n g r e s i ­d e n ts w i t h w a t e r . P r e s e n t a t i o n o f m a t e r i a l is n o t o n l y s e l e c t i v e , b u t s u p e r f i c i a l , l i t t l e e f f o r t is m a d e to s i t u a t e a c t i v i t i e s in c o n t e x t . E v e r y t h i n g is p r e s e n t e d in a p e d e s t r i a n m a n n e r , w h i c h is l a r g e l y d e v o i d o f a n a l y s i s o r c r i ­t i q u e . T h e r e a d e r is n o t r e q u i r e d t o c o n t e m p l a t e th e r e a l r o l e o f th e b A D F in th e w a r s in N a m i b i a , A n g o l a , o r in t h e S o u th A f r i c a n t o w n s h i p s . R e f e r e n c e s t o t h i s a r e f l e e t i n g a n d b i a s e d , a n d m a k e u p less t h a n 1 0 % o f th e e n t i r e m a g a z i n e .T h e m a g a z i n e d o e s n o t

o v e r t l y p u t f o r w a r d a p o ­l i t ic a l v i e w p o i n t , t h e r e b y c r e a t in g o s e m b l a n c e o f o b j e c t i v i t y , a n d p r e s e n t ­ing th e S A u F as a n e u t ra l o r g a n i s a t i o n . Th is b e l i e s i ts t r u e f u n c t i o n as th e b u l w a r k o f m in o r i t y ru le . T h e a v e r a g e s c h o o l l e a v ­er , a f t e r t w e lv e y e a r s o f C h r is t i a n N a t i o n a l E d u c a ­t io n , is n o t e a u i o p e d to dis ce rn th e r e a l i t y T h i s p r o d u c t i o n is n o t o n l y a n e x e rc is e in 'b a c k - s l a p p i n a ' a n d s e l f - g l o r i f i ­c a t i o n d e s i g n e d to b o o s t the m o r a l e o f th o s e w i th in its r a n k s , but a l s o se rves to i n d o c t r i n a t e Sou th A f r i ­ca n s , co n scr ip ts a n d p o ­t e n t i a I c o n s c r i p t s i n p a r t i c u l a r , in to e m b r a c i n a th e i d e o l o g y o f the S A D F . I t s u b t l y l u l l s g u l l ib l e p e o p l e in to a p a s s iv e a c ­c e p t a n c e o f th e i r c o m p u l ­so r y r o l e in the S A D F . W h a t has b e e n p r e s e n t e d in a s e e m i n g l y in n o c u o u s m a n n e r is r e a l l y a p r o p a ­g a n d a c a m p a i g n . I t b e - g u i l e s p e o p l e b y p r e s e n t i n g a p i c t u r e o f p a t r i o t i s m a n d c o m m u n i ty s p i r i t w h i c h d e f i n e s i tse l f t h r o u g h s e r v i c e in t h e d e f e n c e f o r c e . In short, it is t h e a n t i t h e s i s o f th e n o n - r a c i a l a n d p e a c e f u l d e m o c r a c y to w h i c h th e E n d C o n s c r i p t i o n C a m ­p a i g n , a l o n g w i th th e m a ­j o r i t y o f S o u th A f r i c a n s is c o m m i t t e d .

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serveAll the results of the Horse and Dog Show

INVEST TODAY Ifl A HOLIDAY FOR LIFE

"3°/ rt’ * SADF'f innovative comp call-up k H m t m provided action-pocked annual holidays for se- Partfc'P*” ** at only a handful of locations ocrotu the country... To d a y there is hardly a square inch of

South Africa w here packages bearina the renow ned SADF stamp of approval are not on offer... And, w h a t't more whereas the packages of 15 years aao w ere a mere month in duration, today's action lasts all of three months with the promise of pori>aps double by the 1990's!

But if that strikes you as unboat able, consider th is... With It's H n g «r on the pulse of the fastest growing holiday phenom enon in the w orld today, the SADF has now brought the dynam ic concept of TIME SHARING to its camp call-up program .The uncertainty regarding the location and duration of your annual call-up is now a thing of the past as the •onsational now TUEXICAMPER scheme enables campers to b u y 9 0 D A T packages at locations of the j choice. As a FLEX JCA M K R card-holder you can now be assured o f you r regular camp in, let us say, Soweto, from Decem ber to February each y e a r ... but there is no need to foar that this certainty entalb inflexibility. Lot us suppose you invest in a throe month camp in Sharpevilie to day, there Is no reason w h y in ten years' time you r annual b re a k w ill have been enfoyed there alone. W ith thousands participating in the FIEXICAM PER Dfe-styie you w ill have the opportunity to exchange yo u r regular throe month pocki sim ilar period in o ve r 8 0 to w m M p t acr oes the country, and lo u itlews throughout Southern Africa, < w ith the FLEXICAMPER action gauge.

THE FOLLOWING 90 DUDUZA N A T A L CAPEDAY FLEXIPAKS ARE KHUTSONG CHESTERVILLE KTCSTILL AVAILABLE AT TOKOZA LAMOKTVILLE LANGAR105 PER PERSON V0SL00RUS UMLAZI NYANGA

PER DAY SHARINGA p\ AAA

DO&SONY1LLEMEADOWLANDS

UMBUMBULU KWA MASHU

MITCHELL'S PLAIN KHAYELITSHAOR R25 000 DIEPtaOOF CLERMONT BONTEHEUWElTIMESHARE DAVETTON INANDA GUGULETU

PURCHASE. WATTVILLE MPUMALANGA ATXLONE

T R A N S V A A LBOHLOKONG ASHDOWN CROSSROADSATTERIDGEVILLE IMBALI NEW BRIGHTON

SOWETO MUNSIEVILLE EDENDALE WALMERTEMBISA EERSTERUS SWEETWATERS MDANTSANEKATLEH0NG MAB0PANE MPUMUZA KWAN0BUHLEALEXANDRA S0SHANGUVE KWA NDENGEZI RED LOCATIONSHARPEVILLE WINTERVELD KWA MAKHUTA KWAZAKHELEMAMEL0DI LEANDRA KWA DABEKA SOWETO (EP)SEBOKENG M0UTSE ST WEND0LINS ZWELITSHAENKELDOORN OFS MPOPHOMENI IBHAYIKATLEH0NG BOTSHABELO HAMBANATHI NONZWAKAZIKKKERSOAI THABA NCHU KTUZUMA LANGA (EP)MOHLAKENG BATH0 TATLOR'S HALT UNGELIHliKAGIS0 THABONG KLAARWATER VEEPLAAS

ALL PACKAGES INCLUDE:- FREE ACCOMMODATION!FREE BREAKFAST!FREE GEAR!FREE VEHICLES!FREE RIFLE!FREE AMMO!FREE HOSPITALIZATION!FREE BURIAL!AND UNLIMITED INDEMNITY UNDER THE EMERGENCY REGULATIONS!

THE FOLLOWING KATAL HOLIDAY SPECIALS ARE AVAILABLE OVER EASTER AT '8 7 RATES! COMMENCING APRIL TO JULY.R90 PER DAY B & B

OR R19 000 TIMESHAREPURCHASE.

ASHDOWNIMBALISWEETWATEISTAYLOR'S HALTEDENDALEMPUMALANGAMPUMUZAMPOPHOMENI

ALL PACKAGES COME WITH A SELECTION OFTEN VEHICLES:-LAND ROVERBEDFORDSAMELHIPPOBUFFELCASSPIRRATELSARACENELANDCENTURION

2 NIGHT WEEKENDERSX 45 WITHIN 1 YEAR CYCLER75 PER DAY OR R17 500 TIMESHAREPURCHASE(ALL MEALSINCLUDED)BOPHI/TATSWAMA(when available)CROSSROADSKTCNEW BRIGHTON LANGALAM0KTVILLE KWA MASHU ALEXANDRA TEMBISA DUNCAN VILLAGE KWADWESI

90 DAY SAFARISNO VISA REQUIRED R28 000 T IM & H A tf PURCHASE ' jCLUDES AIRFARE) ~NAMIBIA(fully occupied]ANGOLA(mostly occupied — but space still available) MOZAMBIQUE (enquiries to Renaroo, c/e Minister of Defence) OTHER SOUTHERN AFRICA (enquiries to Minister of Defence for details)

A ll Flcx lca m p a r par* tkipante ara »ti uwjjly a d vU a d to ta ke a d ­vantage erf our ■ p «d at B te I w i r a i m k I i m m

FOR RESERVATIONS C A Li V00RTREKKERH00GTE 012 0000001 TO D AY OR SEND THIS COUPON TO "FLEXICAMPER1 c/o THE COM M ANDING OFFICER. PERSONNEL SERVICES SADF PRIVATE BAG 1. PRETORIAFORCE NUMBER _____________________ ____________ .N A M E _________________________________ _____ ~ 'RANK .................. ............... ...................ADDRESS _________ ______ ___ _ ____ '

BLOOD G R O U P _______NEXT OF KIN ________P A YM E NT TO BE BY:teak CHfwn.'VinMeswrcart_I CERTIFY TH A T I AM A MEMBER OF THE W HITE GROUP ANDT H A T I HAVE C0M PLETE0 NATIO NAL SERVICES IG N A TU R E____ ________________ __ ________________ ____________

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tMuea by END C O M S C R lP TO i CAMPAIGN — An Press - Dc

NINE members of the End C o n sc r ip tio n Campaign are due to appear in the Cape Town M agistrate 's Court on Feoruory 16.

This follows on ap­pearance late last year in which the proj­ection was granted a request for the heonng to be held in camera.

No charges were put to them and a postponement — to next month — was or­dered pending a deci­sion by the Attorney- General

The nine, whose boil of R150 eoch was ex­tended. ore: Western Cape chctrperson Paula Hathorn, former chairperson Mike Ev­ans, regional secre­tary-general Alistair Teelmg-Smith, Crispan Olver, An a few Orpen, Josie Grmrod, Mat­thew Blatchford, Felic­ity Wood ond Mike Rautenboch.

Vol 2, No 1

Objector faces the rapCONSCIENTIOUS ob-j e c f o r P h i l f i p Wilkinson has been chorged again for foil­ing to report for an SADF comp.

Wilkinson, 22, was deferred last year from attending a comp after he pointed out the contradiction of his detention under state

of emergency regula­tions ona a call-up for notional service.

The charge he cur­rently foces is related to his objection to a camp lost April.

The cose wos provi­sionally dropped dur­ing his detention.

Clamps don't spell the end

J A M M I N G : A frowbobow d— n M ,

* * * • (See our wo, ^ ^ 4l

THE new woe roe ncyregulations ' pubi««hedin the Government .&****• M̂OmCmmbmr

' k*ti ymm* d o met, m +<**X brnti^m d,. spell

• ̂ • - -e f H t ^ r t i e i w C o n s c r i p t i o n Cofnpoigrt.

TWre b e crucial difference between these regulations or>d those pub lished in Jupe pertaining to theECC. •

In the June proclo- (4+finiho*° ‘ subversive note-

me»»r in cLH ^d : *> statement which con­tains anything which is calculated to hove the effect, or is likely »o hove the effect, of dis­crediting or undermin­ing the system of Compulsory military service.'

In other words, such a statement should hove been capable of maucing someone else to commit an oct that

u n d e r m i n e soonscnphon.

Under the present ^ regvias^ns, a'subver-

; . ply *ony statement *• - which undermines or

discredits the system oi compotsory military

of these regulations knew the differencebetween a tlatemerrf

a cptcuigted to or* is likefy to hove the ef­fect orf induong rrnu

H V a r n e y com- ; ments; *Hovmg fnitsd

in thetr attempts

T h it n e o n i th statement need have the effect of

of

This ploces o senous■•■ftiioi.wfl or> fh« ko^c of the ECC's octivities. In effect, the organisa­tion is no longer able to tockle the central is-

of its campaign: colling for an end to

compulsory militory Conscription.

Procticolly, howev- « r . no t much w ill change.

The reason prob­ably lies in the fact rtvjt only the drafters

scnptoon. and a mmnt which may n ico lly unde rm ine conscnphon bt- which would not inovce on- other person to com*

cbnscnpnon.The original defim-

.... - j » _ . J I y phrosed it wos incapa­ble of o precise meon- ing, thereby opening the way to legal chal­lenges to have it de­clared ultra vires, or unreasonable on the grounds of vagueness.

H is probably for this reason that the defini­tion was amended in the new regulations.

Meanwhile, ECC Re- g io n a f O rg o m se r ,

ever, in the woke. ot .Jhe emergency 'iup-,

receoented »C3le' ’

"We hove shown in our r>ume>ous ond in* novatrve prefects since the publication of the June regulations that we are stili olrve

'Practically all the OCtivities undertaken since last June would still be permissable and legal in terms of the new regulations. If is for this reason thatin 1987 you will be heonng ond seeing a

r lot more of the ECC.'

THE governm ent's Board for Religious Obiecrion has refused on a p p lic a t io n by pacifist Donn Edwards to be exempted from military service and to ciossifv him os a reli­gious objector.

He had 'created the impression’ in his ap­plication 'that he is not being sincere ona that he is m foct dishonesr. Justice Edeimg said in the board's judgment.

The probabilities strongly indicate that of heart (Edwards) probably is o political objector ond not a re­ligious objector and that in any event, his objection rs not o uni­versal one,' he soid.

*1n other words, if he lived in o different part of the world where the government agreed with his political views, he may well not have

Board says no to Edwards — now case under reviewobjected to militory service.*

E dw ards , a me- chonicol engineering graduate from Natal University, applied in June lost year to be classified as a reli­gious objector with

whose conv.ciions it is •n conflict to render ony military service, undergo ony military troinmg or perform ony tosk in or in con­

n e c tio n w ith any armed force.

If occepted, oppli- conrs are required to perform 'community

service' instead of ser­vice in the SADf.

Because of 'difficul­ties with the applica­tion*, Edwards wos c o lle d be fo re the boaro in July ror a for­mal hearing. Jud g ­ment was given in September, and the l e g a l R e so u rc e s Centre, octing for Ed­wards, has applied to the Supreme Court for a review of procedural matters in the case.

In papers before the court, it is argued the board wa* not proper­ty constituted as its An­

glican member was not a theologian, os

r e q u i r e d by the Defence Act. h it afso argued that the board did not oppfy its mmd to the toc?s of the cose.

Edwards said in his a p p lic a t io n to the b o a rd he 'co nn o t serve in any armed force without disobey- ing my conscience and my convictions*.

'My occeptance of Christ ond His teach­ing leads me to reject the coll to toke up

. arms, to from in their use, or even to occepf that they hove ony le­gitimacy whatsoever.'

He stated categori­cally he was a univer­sal pocifisf: 1 cannot support the notion of o lust war and I would consistently refuse to p a rt ic ip a te in any army anywhere in the wr*Hd

February 1987

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«• i,>3orI yvnrr , the End C o n s c r ip t io n C a m p ­

's r.ivcn the ca ll for a ju s t p e a c e in our

i ini reasingly resonant vo ice .

; . . r ted in 1933, when a B la c k Sash re^olut-

J .p tc d the c o m in g to g e th e r o f over 50_ * t u : . r.. ! t n : O S ”a l ie ns in a b read fron t ,

nc concerns of Sou th A f r i c a n s opposed to

-ory m i l i t a ry consc r ip t io n ?-nd th e e sca la t in g

in our land.

-ioyment of troops in the townships brought

to many the shocking realiry of a country

with itself. A growing number of conse­

rve found their role in the SADF d ifficu lt

one with their personal be liefs and con-

* ••IE c MPUSESniversity is a natural home for ECC were

is a community of young people whp are

ed by conscription and are po litica lly aware..

t̂s have enthusiastically taken forward the

_nd have established ECC as a feature of

^ life.zampus ECC’s are fronts where organisations

5 to conscription work together around the

3f conscription.

ECC’s are made up o f sub-committees

focus on areas like media, cu lture , church

schools, parents, and interna! education.

AIGNSinitiatives have always been dynamic and

ve. We work at trying to represent the

s: )f the average conscript and to cater

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for the broadest possible spectrum of opinion.

Our 'Stop the Call Up' campaign called for the

right to choose whether or not to do m ilitary

service, posing questions like 'Are white youth

being forced to defend apartheid ?' and 'Wliat

are the a l te rna t ives ?'

Our 'Troops Out' campaign concentrated on the

use of troops in the townships, focusing on the

concept of civil war.

The 'Working for a Just Peace' campaign high­

lighted the. need for viable’ alternative service for

conscripts.

R E P R E S S IO N

ECC was gearing up for a campaign focusing on

the call-up when the State of Emergency

was declared on July 12. ECC found itself at the

sharp edge of state repression- Throughout the

country the homes of ECC members were raided

and over 50 people were detained under the

emergency regulations. Some remain in detention

without trial .

Overnight it had become subversive to incite a

person to undermine the system of m ilitary

conscription. ECC put a hold on its public m eet­

ings ;ind activities to investigate the implications

of the emergency.

We disributed stickers axid pamphlets demanding

the right to oppose conscription and re-entered

public debate for the first tim e since the emerg­

ency.

In some centres yellow ribbons were worn as

symbols of hope in an increasingly repressive

c lim ate .

The issue of m ilitarisation was explored by the

Cape Town branch in a campaign called 'War is

no Solution'. Nine ECC members were detained.

In Johannesburg, Cape Town and the Eastern

Cape members were served with restriction orders.

Durban ECC ran a 'Toys for Peace' campaign,

questioning military toy's as Christmas gifts.

OUR FUTUREECC has had to adaot to challenging conditions

and find ways of taking our campaign forward.

ECC has not been crushed and there is an impor­

tant reason for this.

The issues ECC campaigns around reflect the real dilemmas and concerns of thousands of South Africans. We will survive and go forward

as long as we have a united voice caJling for a

Just Peace in our land.

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Support flows inThe Troops out o f the Townships campaign

received international support from organisations

and individuals in at least 12 countries throughout

j^lie world.

Messages of support for the ECC and the recent

“Troops out” campaign came from the Philippines

Latin America, the USA, the UK, Europe, Austra­

lia, and Zimbabwe. Among them was a message

from Denis Healey, a leading member of the Brit­

ish Labour Party and Shadow Minister of Defence.

He wrote:

"I very much sympathise with the goals of your

campaign to provide the rights of conscientious

objection for conscripts forced to serve in the

townships and Namibia. 1 hope that your fast

went well, and that your campaign meets with

success and that you will be able to convey my

support to those actively involved.”

Another message was received from 75 German

war resisters oil pilgrimage to Assissi, who heard

of the ECC campaign. Many of those who wrote

to us, also engaged in protest action - some in the

international solidarity fast on 6/7 October,

I'thers wrote letters to Louis le Grange in protest

at the detention of ECC members. An exciting

letter was received from a group of Chilean refu­

gees in Switzerland, who wrote:

“We express our solidarity with all South Africans

and with all organisations which attempt to over­

come apartheid by non-violent means and wish

you success in your efforts.”

A German peace group, affiliated to the interna-

tionai Catholic movement. Pax Christi, wrote to

express their delight at hearing part of their mess­

age to the Peace Rally read out by Archbishop

Russell in a German TV programme on the ECC.

ECC also received a surprise donation - from Hum-

anitas International, an American human rights

organisation whose president is singer Joan Baez.

They wrote: “Enclosed please find our check as

a token of our support for the very important

work you are doing in South Africa today. It is

indeed encouraging to see the contribution which

you are making towards fighting against the incr­

easing militarism of the South African state. You can be sure that we will be drawing public

attention in the US to the work which you are

doing, and the price which your officers are having

to pay for their commitment. We wish you lots of

luck in the future. Keep up the good work.”

ECC’s international contact has made an impor­

tant contribution in bringing the issues of cons­

cription and militarisation in South Africa to

people throughout the world. The response we

have attracted has been heartwarming and is an

inspiration to all of us to carry on the work of

ECC.

and the ConscriptFor two and a ha lf m onths the army and

police have had a continuous presence in Cape

Town’s townships and suburbs. Little restraint

has been shown in the way the security forces

have conducted themselves. Atrocities have been

well-documented by the press and by monitoring groups.

ECC is particularly concerned at the use of cons­

cripts in the present conflict. Both army and navy

national servicemen have been used to line the

streets of Athlone, to quell resistance in Guguletu

and even to seal off Belmont Road, Rondebosch.

Now conscripts are being used in the “cleaning

up” operations being conducted from Manenberg

police station.

The dilemma facing conscripts, who have no

choice but to obey orders, is a severe one. And

even- more so since the declaration of the state

of emergency at the end of October. The situa­

tion now exists where an 18 year old national

servieman can arrest, detain and search anyone.

And he can act with total indemnity from any

legal action. If the powers now wielded by all

members of the security forces are awesome,

how much more so when they are wielded by an

untrained young conscript?

Six weeks ago 4 000 people attended an ECC

Peace Rally in the City Hall. The demands which

echoed from that gathering have even more per­tinence today:

* that the troops should be withdrawn from the

townsliips and suburbs.

* that the system of compulsory conscription should be ended.

In addition ECC strongly condemns the recently

imposed news black-out. Now not only will the

security forccs operate with complete indemnity,

but their actions will be unmonitored and un­

reported. Only a police state in the grips of civil

war denies its citi/.ens the right to information.

£CC

ECC under attackSept 7: In Durban, deputy defence m in­

ister Adriaan Vlok alleges that ECC is being “used

by the ANC to achieve the banned organisation’s evil goals.” (Natal Mercury, 9.9.85)

* September 9: Detention of 4 ECC activists, ”

Mike Evans, Anita Kromberg, Richard Steele and

Sue Brittion. Houses raided in all 5 centres where

there are ECC branches. Detainees released after 2 weeks without charges being laid.

* September 20: Scathing attacks on ECC by

Magnus Malan at the Transvaal National Party

Congress and by Major General Van Loggerenberg,

Chief Director of Operations, at a passing out parade.

* October 6: Right-wing National Students Fed­

eration publishes advertisements in 2 Sunday new­

spapers (cost:R6 000) • insinuations and questions

mirror exactly those raised by security police

when interrogating ECC detainees.

* October 25: ECC listed among 102 organisa-^^

tions whose meetings are banned in most parts of the Western Cape.

* October 27: Scurrilous attack on ECC in

‘Rapport’ newspaper. Full of unfounded allega­

tions and libellous assertions. ECC takes news­paper to Media Council.

November 2: Ivan Toms detained and then released.

The past 2 months have seen a dramatic increase

in state action against the ECC. In the first half of

the year there was the security police raid on the

ECC national conference held in January near

Durban, the withdrawal of Cardinal Ams’ visa at

the time of the ECC Peace Festival, and the frequ­

ent banning of ECC publications and media.

But it is only over the past 2 months that the on­

slaught against ECC appeared to be concerted and

co-ordinated. What’s changed things? First, t h e ^

Peace Festival held in June and the national

Troops out” campaign held in September indica­

ted a dramatic increase in support for the cam­paign.

Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, the

W*vOverseas Tour

Cape Tow n E C C member, Pete Hathorn: carry-* ing the campaign to Europe and India.

In another exciting development 2 ECC

members are at present on a tour of Europe and

India. They have gone as representatives of ECC

to meet with a host of foreign organisations sym­

pathetic to our campaign. The two, ECC Nation­

al Coordinator, Laurie Nathan, and Cape Town

ECC member, Pete Hathorn, are to address a con­

ference on conscientious objection in Helsinki, and

the triennial conference of the War Resisters’

International in India. They are expected back in early January.

Relief FundAt the peace rally which rounded o ff the

“Troops out of the Townships” campaign there

was a call made for donations. These would be

forwarded to the South African Council of Chr-

ches Emergency relief fund, a fund for the benefit

of victims of the state of emergency. ECC is

happy to announce that the collection taken

amounted to R638,00. This money has been ed over to the SACC.

Working for Peacey

ECC has constantly asserted that it is not

opposed in principle to the concept of national

service. It is opposed, however, to compulsory military service.

However, a genuine ‘national’ service is one wliich

serves the nation as a whole. To do this, it needs

to meet die real material needs of the people.

With this in mind, ECC has decided to embark on

a national campaign in March/April focussing on

the issue of “Alternative National Service”. The

intention will be to demonstrate through work

projects that genuine national service is a real

option; and that ECC is not just opposed to

conscription, but also supportative of a real

process of peace-building.

The process of defining the work projects will be

as important as the work itself. Organisations rep-

resence and conduct ot the security iorces m

townsiiips has significantly intensified the dilemma

faced by conscripts. ECC has increasingly come to

be seen as the mouthpiece of conscripts as well as

their friends and relatives who regarded the ending

of conscription as part of the solution of their

dilemma.

^^early the government is increasingly intolerant

of this. Its actions and those of the SADF have led to growing dissent. The ECC has oecome

the scapegoat in this situation. Could this not be

a clear indication of the fear that government has

of the ECC gaining in support?

Yet ECC has shown that despite harassment and

repression, the campaign continues to grow.

ECC’s participation in the recent initiative of the

“23 organisations” is just one example of a crea­

tive response to intensified state action. And ECC

is confident that for as long as young men are

forced into the SADF, so the call to end cons­

cription will echo louder and louder, however the

authorities might choose to act.

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resentative of tiie people will be consulted over the

next few months. This is important because it will

ensure that projects embarked on are not imposed on the people.

exciting and dynamic campaigns. Following ed

ltions of ECC Calendar will provide more informa

tion on the projects, and on how readers can en list in ECC’s “Peace Corps” .

ECC believes that this could be one of our most

A R f c Y O U A F F E C T E D B Y CO N SCRIPTIO N ?

Open Forum Discussion, with: * a w ife o f a conscript* a conscript's fa ther* a Cape Flats teacher.

Rondebosch Congregational Church Hall,

Wednesday, 4 Decem ber 1985 - 8 .0 0 pm

Address:

O ur friends often ask us if there is any way in whicii they could aid the work of

the ECC. If you feel you could undertake any o f the following, please fill in the.

slip and return it to us.

Assist in pamphlet distribution in the streets.

Take delivery o f 5 extra newsletters and pass them on to my friends.

Take part in a legal, one-person stand.

Subscribe to this newsletter at R5,00 per annum.

Become a donor subscriber at:

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ECC13 March Open Forum on “Working for a

Just Peace” at the Rondebosch

Congregational Church Hall at 8.00 pm.

15 March ECC nationally collects demands

for alternative service.

1 April A meeting for ali those who are

interested in working on projects

at some stage of the next three

weeks. At the Rondebosch Con­

gregational Church Hall at 8 pm.

2 April Work on projects begins.

5 April Rondebosch ffete/fair. Exciting

shopping on a Saturday morning.

21 April Close of projects.

30 April Public meeting.

Paula Hathorn, newly employed secretary at our ECC office. The office is at no 1 Rhodesview, 435 Main Road, Observatory and the phone no. is 4791 70. The office will be open daily from 10 am to 2 pm. We hope that you will come in to the office where you can buy t-shirts, work fo r peace and sign up for a project or find ou t more ab^ut ECC )

OPEN FORU M : "W O R K IN G F O R A JUST PEACE”

Jo in us at the Rondebosch Congregational Church Hall on Thursday 13 March at Som to find out:

* why ECC is embarking on the national “ Working for a Just Peace” campaign

* what we mean by ‘construction no t conscription’

and;

* how you can get involved in ‘working for a just peace’.

Our friends often ask us if there is any way in which they could aid the work o f

the ECC. I f you feel you could undertake any o f the following, please fill in the slip and return it to us.

I could:

Assist in pamphlet d istribution in the streets.

Take delivery o f 5 extra newsletters and pass them on to my friends.

Take part in a legal, one-person stand.

Subscribe to this newsletter at R5,00 per annum.

Become a donor subscriber at:

R 15,00 R30,00 R50,00 R 100,00 per annum

SEND TO : P O BOX 208, W OODSTOCK , 7915

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rt : ' -I __ ------Some Cape Town ECC delegates at the national conference in Durban in January,

But more importantly, the conference was

forward-looking. The forthcoming “Working for

a Just Peace Campaign” was discussed extensive­

ly (see separate article). Plans were made for a

national film festival and inter-regional culture

conference in April; an anti-call up campaign

in July and a massive Peace Festival in January next year.

Criticisms, too, were voiced. In particular,

ECC’s neglect of its on-going research into issues ",

relating to conscription was pointed out — a

shG :>ming to be remedied by the establishment

of research groups in all the centres and the

publication of a.national journal.

The establishment o f a new post of full-time

national secretary (David Shandler); the opening

of a head office at Khotso House in Johannes­

burg and the creation of posts of regional

workers are all indications of the expansion of the campaign.

The conference showed once again that ECC

is not short on ideas, drive and, importantly, the ability to THINK BIG!!

Our NewsletterThis is the second year o f “ Calendar’s”

history. Last year, we brought out five issues.

This year we intend to produce at least six at

approximately six-week intervals. The focus

will continue to be ECC and its activities.

“Calendar” is dependent for its survival on

the financial contributions of ECC supporters.

Readers are strongly encouraged to assist the

campaign by subscribing to “Calendar”. We

would also like to thank all those who have

contributed in this way over the past year.

Did you know?* That the SADF gave away gifts of “armaments,

supplies and three giraffes' worth R.4,8 million

to “foreign countries and a university” in 1984/85.

* That no Africans volunteered for service in

the SADF in 1985.

* That Magnus Malan has refused to disclose the

number of conscripts who did not report for

military service in 1985. It seems that “particu­

lars supplied last year were misused by a certain

organisation which campaigns for the discon­

tinuation of national service”. No prizes for

guessing who he is referring to.

Just to remind readers - in 1984, 1 596 con­

scripts failed to report for duty.

In the January 1985 intake alone, 7 589 con­

scripts failed to report for duty. (This figures

includes those who applied for exemption on

the grounds of studies.)

In 1986 — it seems the public is not going to

know how many conscripts failed to report.

* That Deputy Minister of Law and Order,

Adriaan Vlok, said in parliament that the police

had banned the ECC sand castles on Clifton

because they were too BIG.

In response to a question from Colin Eglin, he

said that “Clifton is such a pretty area, but they

built such large castles that people could not use

the seashore” . This elicited much mirth from

MP’s — and it seems they are in for more enter-

ment as Mr Eglin has indicated that further

questions on the “Clifton castief7 will follow.From Newspaper reports.

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ECC broke new ground internationally

through a recent tour by national organiser,

Laurie Nathan, and conscientious objector, Pete Hathom.

The pacifist organisation, War Resistors

International (WRI) and the London-based

Catholic Institute for International Relations

jointly hosted the two month tour of nine European countries and India.

On his return in January Laurie enthused:

“The trip was tremendously successful. We

were invited over to attend a symposium on

youth and conscription in Helsinki and the

WRI triennial conference at Vedchhi, India.

“The time between the two conferences, we

spent travelling through Europe meeting with

church, peace and anti-apartheid groups and

doing an enormous number of press interviews.

“We were amazed at the reception we got. At

both conferences, South Africa was the ‘hot’

issue and everywhere people were very excited

about ECC - seeing us as a young creative and

highly effective organsation operating in the face

of formidable opposition.”

Asked to evaluate the impact of the tour,

Pete said:

“We set out to achieve several objectives:

— to highlight the destructive role of the SADF

in Southern Africa;

— to stress the importance of ECC’s work and

the increasing opposition to conscription;

— to consolidate ECC’s international solidarity

network;

— and to learn from other struggles in order to

enrich the work of ECC.

“At a more abstract level, we tried to pro­

mote an understanding of non-racialism and the

role of whites in the liberation struggle and to

emphasise the structural violence of apartheid

underlying the violence Europeans used to see

on television.

“Although ECC is not yet a household name

in Europe, we certainly made substantial progress

on all these points.”

In addition, the pair were able to update and

encourage Southern African solidarity groups,

to draw together a wide range of organisation^ )

around ECC and to start building links with~"v third world groups.

Other gains include an ECC tour of the USA;

the likelihood of ECC being invited to a con­

ference on women and militarisation in the

Philippines and to another on conscientious

objection in Greece. There is also the possibility

of a delegation from the international peace

movement coming to South Africa.

Asked about the highlight of the tour, Laurie

insisted on at least three - India (“despite

getting dysentry”); finding ECC posters and a

German translation of the ECC declaration on

the walls of a basic community in Frankfurt

and the Picasso Museum in Paris.

Pete managed to restrain himself to two —

India (“a complete assault on the senses”) ~

and having lunch with Archbishop Trevo

Huddlestone.

ConferenceA year ago, 35 delegates from

Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town met at

the first ECC National Conference.

A month ago, the second National Con­

ference was held, this time attended by 95

delegates from six ECC branches, including

Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown and Pietermaritz­burg.

By next year East London, Bloemfontein,

Pretoria, Stellenbosch and the Karoo are expects -

ed to be added to the list of areas represented ^ at the third conference.

Such has been the growth of the End Con­

scription Campaign — an expansion thoroughly

and critically reflected on by the delegates at

the conference held at Verulam, north of Durban, early in February.

The “Troops Out” campaign was assessed as

one of the most important in ECC’s short history

and as a good example of how white and black

people were able to work successfully towards a common goal.

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a n d o4d |M ( a b a n d . N * a rb y ru in s w o r* p o in te d w ith b r ig h t c o lo u r s , much o f ♦hit b * in g d o n * b y c h ild ren in fb* a r« « . By th * . n o o f th« d a y M > m w o r* i o n * w o o ry p o o p l* a n d s o r* b o ck s, but • o r * th a n that, r W * w o t o to n g ib l* s p ir i t o f s a tis fa c tio n o o d a d i i m m t n t .Foe th* co m m u n ity a n d ECC, tb* p o rk is a sy m b o lic a n d p r a c t ic a l a c h i* v * m * n t a n d fo r a ll th o so wrho jo in o d in, it w a s a d a y to ro w m b o r.

A d * l* g a t io « o i c o w ic il lo n • » d r o p r o s o n t a t i v o c f ro m *K**P D o rb a n Booutrfuf" r*- enntty n s i t * d th * o r o a to d is- « s * tb o p o s s ib io u p g ra d in g o f tbo C o t b o K T ria o g lo . in- t io d io y too fv r th o n n g o f a ro c ro a tio o o l p o r t o n tb o p lo t ECC b o s d o a r o d ,D o sp it* a n v m b tr o f p r o b ­lem s th a t b o v o o r is o n a o d tb* b o o u ro c ra tic p r o c e d u r e s . tfce r e s id e n ts o f S y r in g a A voou* •o v e b o o n a s s u r e d o f a p o rk . K*op D u rb a n f to a v tifv l h a v e

'a d o p t o p l o t s c h o o l* ' w hich is lika ty to b * im p le ­m e n te d . This w ill r e q u i r e tb* s o p p o r t a n d p a r t i c ip a tio n o f »b* co m m u n ity K> m a n ta .* tb* f* * * k ) p o s s ib ly ro is*♦»*od* f o r p o rk fvrn it-ur* . H ov- ••9 in it ia te d th* p r o j* d , ECC *ooks f o rw a rd to rts com p i n- 1*00.

I CRECHEA iso o n »b* d a y ECC m om - b a rs a s s is to d in th * d * c o ro t- ing o f th * D a v id C a n d o u r C om m unity C n n trn C ro ch * in ^ sh e rv ill* . A p p ro x im a te ly 30 tn th u s ia s t ic b u d d in g a r t i s t s o c iu d in g m an y o f th * k ids, lu rin g th* c o u rs * o f th* d ay , r a n s fo rm a d th * d r a b w a lls ^ c ro c h * in to a co lo u rfu l m d v ib ra n t * n v iro m * n t fo r It* c h ild ren .

VAV̂ • a*. C e c c ) H o \ s, l^\o ^ 3 & 1 .

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