SA Under P.W. Botha Flashcards
What was the total onslaught Botha spoke of
The ‘communist attack’ on SA
How did Botha say SA should respond to this total onslaught
With total strategy
He also offered reform to ‘win over hearts’
What did Botha mean by ‘total strategy’
Fight on military, economic, political and psycological fronts
What reforms did he offer to make
- recognise black trade unions
- policy of job reservation relaxed
- private schools may admit children of colour
- mixed marriages legal
- strict separate amenities relaxed
- pass system abolished
- Tricameral parliament
- offers the release of Mandela
What was the tricameral parliament
Indians and coloureds were represented in parliament. However, still no black vote
What happened when botha offered the release of Mandela
Botha said that Mandela had to renounce violence and then he could be released. Mandela declined the offer ad said he would b set free when all the oppressed have been released from the oppression of the apartheid government.
What were the repression’s tha came with reform
- army became increasingly important
- state securing council established to advise Botha
- conscription increased to 2 years
- troops sent to townships
- military spending increased dramatically
- armscor developed to provide SA with weapons
- cross-border raids int neighbouring countries to flush out MK trading camps
- state of emergency was declared in many areas: gives police power
- decades of banning, detentions, tortures and death squads
Why did Botha decide to give a Rubicon speech
The country was becoming more and more unstable and the threat of a civil war was rising
What did people expect Botha to say in his televised speech
That apartheid was abolished and that he was going to start mending the country
What does Botha say in his televised speech instead
He condemns the people who were calling for change
Declared SA will never have majority rule
Condemns the international community for their interference
