Doug Collins @ get this straight ® THE DAY President Samora Machel of Mozambique died in an air crash just inside the border of South Africa £ was in Cape Town, starting my tour of the country. And I knew that Pretoria would be blamed for the accident, whatever the facts. Within hours, Kenneth Kaunda af Zambia was rattling the bones in his nose over yet another crime committed, he said, by the ‘white racist’ regime’. Devilish con- trivances operated by Pretoria had lured the Russian plane off course. South Africa was to blame even if it was not to blame, because Machel! had been fying back from a “frontline states’ conference. But for South Africa, said the brilliant Kaunda, it wouldn't have been necessary to hold such a meeting. the International Red Cross, Ute World Boxing Association and much else, even though boxing in South Africa is wide open to all races. Pretty soon, no doubt, we'll be secing bumper stickers reading: “Have you kicked a white South African today?" Western misconceptions abound. tn the Stellenbosch wine country [ met Jan Coetzee, an Afrikaner) grape grower and former Springbok rugby star. In the opinion of lackwits like our “Anti-Apartheid Network,"’ peo- “South Africa is not without fault and has often acted clumsily. But we do not understand the massive problems that face it a? In Zimbabwe, mobs stormed the South African Airways offices carrying signs that said ‘‘Botha must hang'’. Which was ironic, because it is in the great SAA plant in Johannesburg that Zim- babwe’s aircraft) are repaired. Without South Africa, too, Zim- babwe's economy would collapse. The government behaved im- peceably in the Machel affair, agreeing to an international in- quiry and inviting Russian scrutiny of the wreck. But anti- South Africa hysteria knows no bounds, and black countries whose human rights records are even blacker have succeeded in having the country tossed out of (ids Need Public Affairs Mgr, Canada Safeway 3 terms Mayor, N. Van. Dist 1977-1982 3 terms Dist. Alderman, 1971-1976 Served on Council Committees: Advisory Planning Commission —N. Van Recreation Commission —Library Board —Lions Gate Hospital Board GM.R.D. representative 1977-1980 Former director, Urban Transit Authority Married with 4 children Resident of upper Capilano area “{ believe my experience in municipal government will assist me in making 4 positive contribution to School Board affairs.” “{ support the provision of a good edica- tion for our children as being fundamen- tal fo a healthy society.” BELL, Don x ple like him are Simon Legvees. But Mr. Coetzee runs a housing estate for his black employces in which many a Canadian would be pleased to live. He is philosophical about Western madress, however. “If we are worth anything,’’ he said, ‘we will survive’’. South Africa is not withoul fault and has often acted clumsily. But we do not understand the massive problems that face it. How many of us know that 20 new classrooms a day have to be created just to keep pace with the increase in the black school population? We are not told, either, that education for blacks Certified fy Accountant Degree in Health Services Management Vice President of Finance, Lions Gate Hospital . Volunteer director and treasurer of Lions Gate Medical Research Foundation * Married with two young children * Blueridge/Seymour area resident * Active in little league baseball “We must maximize the benefit trom the dollars available in order to continue providing ‘he high quality of education which has earned our Schoo! District a fine reputation.” “t believe our children must be well pre- pared to meet the challenges of the future.” MARTINS, Gerry in South Africa is superior to any on the continent. TV is che main distorter. Just before | went on my trip | saw the downtrodden Archbishop Tutu on the box, He sas at Crossroads, the shantytowa in which there had been # big riot. With him was Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury. This,’ Tutu told Runcie and the world, ‘is apar- theid in action.”’ lt was nothing of the sort. It was the Third World in action. Thousands of rural squatters have gathered there, domestic and foreign, providing local govern- ment with a near-insoluble pro- blem. And the fighting that took place was between rival black fac- tions, Wipe out white rule tomor- row, and Crossroads would march on regardless. | too visited Crossroads. Ted Kennedy, the hero ‘of Chappa- quiddick had also been there and | was told that the mayor of Cape Town asked him to visit some good black housing, too. Kennedy declined. He wasn't in the Cape for that, but to suck up to the black vote in the U.S. There is rage because local and foreign TY crews are not able to shoot what they like. But who films riots in the USSR, China or Iran for world-wide distribution? And where is the rage about that? Since the TV clampdown, violence has decreased. In May, incidents ranging from simple stone-throwing to ‘necklacing”’ numbered 2,645. In September they were down to 641. In a coun- try like South Africa it is likely that the less violence that's seen, the less there will be. While [ was there a man admit- ted at his trial that he had staged violent acts for the benefit of forcign TV cameras. That is not to say that mast such acts were staged. But it did happen, despite denials by Western networks. Viore Than Care” Vote For a Co-operative & Responsible Approach to School Board Richard WALTO Chartered Accountant » Masters Degree in Education Graduate of U.B.C. and Simon Fraser University Experience teaching and administrat- ing in the B.C. public school system. Married with two children. 30 year North Shore resident Active in youth sports organizations. 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