text: 'ilrterlal disorder' slmply by declaring a! area to be operatioral. 'It[tter tbis Act, for insta4c€, tbe South Africar Defenc€ Force (SADF) or any portion thereof tnay b€ moblllzad to combat internaldisorders, atrd menbers of th€ SADF us€d for this purpose hav6 all th€ pox€rs, duties and imrulities erJoyeal by or itnposed upoa, the Soutb AfricaD Police under the Police Act,t - Th€ Irtiniatation Act mak€s it a criminal offeace to intinidate anyone by tbreats or viol€[ce. People organiziDg protest activities such as strikes ard boycotts bave been chargad uader this Act."A/44/972 English Page5 ;tillinplacethrough theenforcement ofthemyriadofsecurity legislations Lncluding theInternal Security Act. ;.2.Paragraph 6(g)oftheDeclaration callsontheregimetoremovealltroops :rornthetownships. Inparagraph 58ofthereport, theregime confirms thatthis lasnotbeencomplied with. Onthisquestion. thereportoftheOAUMonitoring ;roup.hasthistosayonpage17.paragraph 10.0.0: "According tooralevidence received bytheMonitoring Group, South African Defence Force(SADF)troops remaininthetownship ofNatalandthe 'homelands' andpersist intheirrepressive role. InthecaseofNatal, underthepretext ofseeking toarrestinternecine violence whichithas actually fomented. theregimehasinaddition sentinthenotorious Battalion 32whichhadhitherto servedinNamibia." (A/44/963. p.17) ;.3.Paragraph 6(~)oftheDeclaration called ontheregimeto."endthestateof ,mergency andrepealalllegislation. suchastheInternal Security Act.designed :0circumscribe political activity". Whilstitistruethatthestateofemergency ,asbeenliftedeverywhere inSouthAfricaexceptNatal.itscontinued existence in ratalplacestheregimeindefault withregardtotherequirements ofthe 'eclaration. Evenwherethestateofemergency hasbeenlifted. theInternal' iecurity Actandotherrelated piecesoflegislation designed tocircumscribe .olitical activity remainfirmlyoperational. TheGeneral Assembly. incalling for :helifting ofthestateofemergency simultaneously demanded therepealofthe :nternal Security Actprecisely because thelifting ofthestateofemergency rithoutatthesametimerepealing theInternal Security Actandotherrelated .egislation wouldnothavehadthedesired effectofcreating aclimate conducive :0negotiations. Onthisquestion. thecitedOAUreportonpage20.paragraph .3.0.0arguesasfollows: "TheApartheid regimehasamultitude ofotherlawsforthepurpose of staterepression. Someoftheseare: TheSuppression ofCommunism Actwhichineffectequates opposition toApartheid statewiththepromotion ofcommunism; TheSuppression ofTerrorism Actwhichineffectequates opposition toApartheid withterrorism; TheDefence Actprovides fortheprohibition ofaccesstodesignated areasandauthorizes various othermeansofcontrol toprevent 'internal disorder' simplybydeclaring anareatobeoperational. 'UnderthisAct.forinstance. theSouthAfrican Defence Force (SADF)oranyportion thereof maybemobilized tocombatinternal disorders. andmembers oftheSADFusedforthispurpose haveall thepowers. duties andimmunities enjoyed byorimposed upon.the SouthAfrican Police underthePoliceAct'; TheIntimidation Actmakesitacriminal offence tointimidate anyone bythreats orviolence. Peopleorganizing protest activities suchasstrikes andboycotts havebeencharged underthisAct." I••• Digitized by Dag Hammarskjöld Library\/44/972 English Page 6 5.4. Paragraph 6 (e) of the Declaration called on the r6girne to "cease all political trials and political executions". On this quesEion, the
analysis: This text appears to be discussing the political situation in South Africa during the apartheid era, specifically the Internal Security Act and its effects on political activity. It mentions the use of military forces to suppress internal disorders and the intimidation of individuals participating in protest activities. The text also references the Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its demands for the regime to end the state of emergency and repeal repressive legislation.