BRITAIN IS the only country that is standing between us and our total freedom. If Britain were to agree with the proposals to go ahead with sanctions we are sure that a lot of pressure would be put on the South African regime and apartheid could start crumbling.
"The message that we have for the British labour movement is that their support in our struggle for liberation is important. And by support we don't mean only verbal support. We don't only mean words. We mean sanctions.?
With these words, made in a speech to this week's NUM Cyril general secretary of the South African National Union of Miners, smashed to pieces all Thatcher's arguments against sanctions.
He went on: 'Sanctions will never hurt us. Because today we are nothing. We have nothing to cose. •When we have achieved our liberation we will not forget what Mrs Thatcher is doing. We will not forget what president Reagan is doing. always remember?
When asked by reporters what he replied to Thatcher's claim that sanctions would hurt the black majority Ramaphosa said: 'We cannot deny that there will be hardship. But workers in South Africa are prepared to pay the ultimate price to get Their Treedom. The slogan that is going now is "Freedom first. Then the rest will follow.
*If sanctions are applied, yes, there will be suffering. But the end result far outweighs any other short term benefit that we can get. Many politicians the world over have been at the "diplomatic pressure" game far too long. That has not brought us freedom.
'We are under no illusions that we will get our freedom through the assistance of western coun tries or any other countries. We know that we have got to suffer ourselves. But we also believe that any form of pressure against the regime trom other countries does contribute to our cause.' asked what Sir Geoffrey Howe's visit to South Ramaphosa said:
Alrica woula produce, thing. We've had missions such as the one you contemplate coming to South Africa. And they have achieved virtually nothing.
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