text: Page7 I ••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld LibraryL/ 44/97 6 English Page 8 Apartheid The international conmunity still speaks of "dismantlinqt aoartheid" . I understand the international corununity's p;eoccupation with dismantling apartheidi it is -aIso e' lreoccupation of ny Government. Already nore lhan hundred discriminatory laws and regulations have been removed trom the Statute -Book. OnIy three major area5 remain: the Population RegiEtration Att, the GrouP Areas Act and the Land ecis. rhe Latt two will be addressed when Parliament meetingearly in 1991. The intention and conmitment to do so, waspublicly announced by the State PreEident in ParliamentLarlier- this year. The Population Registration l9t is inseparabl€ froh the Present cbnstitutlon and will fall away nhen a ner constituiion i3 adoPted - thiE is what the envisaged negotiationE are designed to do. what is importint, hoiever, is that ny Govertrnent's commitment to reinove the last plllars oi Apartheid is final and irrevergible . Securitv Legiglation The South African Governnent has undertaken to revier existing security legislation to bring it into line rith the new dynimic situltion developing in South Africa in order to ensure nornal and free political activities. llembership of the National Party A very Eignificant develoPment occurred on 31 August 1990, when Lhe State President propoaed that the Natl'onal Party, the governing party, ahouid - open its ranks to all South Africlns. lle - staled that t[e existing restrlctiona on nernbership of the National Party eere in conflict ttith the Party's d6clared Point of vier against- raclal discrimination 'This is clear c6nfiraration of the irreverglbility of the Gon"ttt ent'a comlitment to remov€ racial discrinination' The National Party CongreEsee of Natal and the Orange Fre€ State have already -endor-sed the State President's proposal-' Tl"congres""s 'of the caP€ Province and the Transvaal' wiII conilder the proposal rithin the next tro monthE.
analysis: The text discusses the efforts of the South African government to dismantle apartheid, a system of racial segregation and discrimination. The government's commitment to remove the remaining pillars of apartheid is emphasized, as well as the review of security legislation to ensure normal and free political activities. The text also mentions the proposal to open the membership of the National Party to all South Africans, which suggests a shift towards a more inclusive and equal society. Given these themes, it is likely that the text is related to the categories that deal with human rights, social justice, and governance.