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Pamphlet about a referendum by white voters in South Africa on a new constitution supported by the Nationalist Party. The pamphlet discusses the tricameral parliament, with houses for Coloureds, Indians and whites, that is opposed by the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA); Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU); United Democratic Front (UDF); and Bishop Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. The pamphlet criticizes Reagan's policy of constructive engagement, under which South Africa is not to be threatened with isolation but rather is encouraged to reform by closer relations with the U.S. In practice, The U.S. has refrained from publicly criticizing South Africa's aggression against neighboring states, for example its bombing and occupation of southern Angola. Constructive engagement was supposed to produce a settlement of the conflict in Namibia and an end to South Africa's illegal occupation. • The Constitution • The Opposition [The pamphlet is a reprint of an article that appeared in the November 14, 1983 issue of Christianity and Crisis.]

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Apartheid's new clothes - White South Africa votes on a Constitution

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