A CRY FOR PEACE

[ANC ADVERTISEMENT IN SOWETAN, 15 APRIL 1991]

ANC Deputy President, Nelson Mandela said:

"The success of the peace process depends, above all, on mutual trust between the major actors and confidence in the peace process by their supporters. Every single demand we have made is designed to restore confidence in the peace process. It is not too late. If the government shows a reasonable response to our reasonable demands we, on our side, will not be found wanting".

THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS HAS
PLACED THESE REASONABLE DEMANDS
BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT TO SAVE THE
PEACE PROCESS AND ADDRESS THE CRISIS IN
OUR COUNTRY

We say:

there should be no carrying of weapons—traditional or otherwise—at public gatherings
removal from public office of ministers Adriaan Vlok and General Malan, and the dismissal of all SADF and SAP personnel involved in CCB and other hit squads
all counter-insurgency units such as the CCB. Askaris, Koevoet etc., should be publicly disbanded
all police personnel implicated in massacres such as at Sebokeng be suspended, legal proceedings be instituted against them and an independent commission of inquiry investigate the Daveyton and other massacres
the SAP and SADF give assurances that they will use civilised methods of crowd control, and that there will be no issuing of live ammunition on such occasions
effective measures to phase out the hostel system and labour compounds and begin providing proper family units and single occupancy flats
an independent commission of inquiry be established to look into complaints of misconduct by the police and security forces

ALMOST 10,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED SINCE 1984.
IN 1990 ALONE 2,900 PEOPLE DIED. SO FAR THIS
YEAR ALMOST 600 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
LOST THEIR LIVES. THIS IS THE SCALE OF THE
CRISIS FACING OUR COUNTRY. NEGOTIATIONS
CAN ONLY SUCCEED IF THE VIOLENCE IS
ENDED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY. THE
PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA WANT PEACE NOW.

[Issued by the Department of Information and Publicity, P.O. Box 61884, Marshalltown 2107]