'Pro-apartheid' draws comment.

In reply to Mr Lowes attempt at dispelling the one sided version of events in Africa, I would like to disagree with his comments on the situation in Africa and the inconsistencies he sees in the Anti-apartheid movement in N.Z.

Firstly, what must be understood is that the present African nations were formed as a result if colonialism and so their economic, political, and social structures are presently distorted for the benefit of foreign capital.

South Africa and Rhodesia are the worst examples of imperialist oppression Africa, which is manifested in a system of violence called Apartheid. The contribution of tribalism is another form of division which is employed to divide nations, the best examples of which is the Bantustans in South Africa. For while the Black population in South Africa has increasingly become proletarianised, it is only in the Bantustans that tribalism is forced to continue.

So the issue for us fundamentally in N.Z. is to oppose imperialism by anyone in Africa and to defend the right of national independence. The mechanism of sport boycotts and the like, is the only significant manner in which N.Z. can fight Anglo-American imperialism in Rhodesia and South Africa and its lackeys. The fascist Government of South Africa can be exposed and condemned

Wherever imperialism occurs in Africa, we should expose it, but South Africa and Rhodesia are special cases. They are effectively the last 'colonies' remaining on the African continent—it is our duty to support their struggle for independence.

Oppressive dictatorship whenever it occurs in Africa is the result of the oppression of foreign capital. When imperialism is eradicated, it is only time until the oppressed people, not just the Blacks, gain control of their nation. In fact many Black African leaders have said that white people will always have a part to play as equals in the majority ruled South Africa.

To oppose imperialism on all fronts is the matter of importance, and so the demand to withdraw visas for South African sportsmen coming to N.Z. is an important one. But as Mr Lowe accuses, we have never demanded the withdrawal of N.Z.ers right to travel, even to South Africa.