IMGpapers 1976–79

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1976–79

Interview with Barney Mogatle Why should they stop now when so many have beenkilled?'

Socialist Challenge No. 4, 30 June 1977 · p. 11 of the scan · 963 words

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National Union of Students. Mashinini.

Recent news from South Africa moscates that the strugale Recently we heard ahout the serined. The pe have ice thought tha The people themselves think has corne to a stage where they can't tolerate it and they are BARNEY MOKGATLE, the former secretary of the their bberation, and liberation is soweto Students Representative Council, left Britain going to come former leaders of the SRC by the Executive of the thing shout bow they see the After the exclusion of Soweto representatives from in cole are still maliants, and we the platform of the 18 June South Africa solidarity are still demonstration. Before he left, Mokgatle spoke to Socialist Challenge about the present situation Executive's prepared to fight until liberation comes. Because why should they 1 you stop now when so many students have already been killed? They must also embark on the road of violence language the white man in South Africa will understand is the barrel of the century the Zulu state). He said that the nots showed him the white mar coming from the sea, talking the anguage of the sea, and that b s going to grab the land and th aple are going to resist ight the foreign intruder. Thi shows that this is not a struggle that only started now, tarted in the age of Shaka. Jus going lo come, and he cane, so he said the people will fight unti struggle developing?

The students who we have met What they are afraid of is tha they might geT in caught in of forgetting the strug DUSEKE LENE DURANCERS attacks back to the country and heig those who are still there. Because the students still in the country say that they are going to carry on the struggle until those who have left come back and reinonly don?

Firstly 1 would like to say that wben 1 came I thought that I was going to speak to the whol who said they were pledging their South Africa. But it seems that some of the organisations use the South African struggle to gain their own needs, because they are not yet prenured to unite themselves with other organisations so that they can be one and fight the TERImE In South Alr What happened on Saturdas was to build solidarity and show people in South Africa that there CIL COULSICH concerned about them. But there were organisations who were not prepared to withdraw their insults and allegations Mashimini in order tudents. I said, "if these peopl are prepared to pledge solidarity and agree that we must unite, why can't they withdraw thei were to speak on the plarform from which Mashinini was withTHAT I MOUL DENT LOSE U ere breakine my solidarity ai Mashinini and splitting us into IND HIS BEY COME TEETH! who I war fighting with in South Africa, how with him when I come nutside? But most of the people became Find preparine lo were on a platform that Their main priority is 10 go going by what the thing. the people to work with and decisions.

who Lula Continua' you to tbe SWP organise boble m could 1 not stand ings what side they abould students who come. going to follow their name, but the majority came to pur side, because they were nor just interestod in who carne froen South frica but who was determine peopie were not going to come to my side because was speaking Was nor official. But the people "official o official but by the truth o Is there any message you'd like te leave before you return to Afri The mesage a like to tel cople is that they must never ! Fight. They ent be spare that They must be sure that something is going to happen What we believe in is not how many people there are, bur how najority of people can be ther and doing nothing, and a ming Ity can be there and doing something. And it is those peopis South Africa are only prepared who are So they must keep to their course Those people who put thos around didn't get them from the horse's mouth; it wat only people who are not in favour of us. because they are not ready to - and we are ready to o home. The struggle continue as they say in Portuguese, "P We don't know whether we'll be coming back to Britain, since seems now that our place 1s it Aluca, so l'd like to say thank and the TMO because they are the people who made an effort to support us an meerings CHAISSE LOT : were not in the ANC SWP and the IMG were prepared to assist us and organise meet Blain today betate at he m what we and I wish to say bank you to Sarumay before pubicalier and Poses a Kamn Ban MULTI-RACIAL CAST required for piny on immigration E30 per wook. Write now to:

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demonstration, Mogatle spoke on an alternative they shouldn't stay out of th platform which won the support of the majority of the country for a long time, in case

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