Sth Africa defended
An assertion by three anti-apartheid groups that the South African Consulate is giving New' Zealanders pro-apartheid information has been questioned by the South African Consul-i General (Mr P. R. Lindhorst). Mr Lindhorst said that before these groups passed judgment they should measure the performance of oilier nations — including black African nations — against that of South Africa. South Africa was more democratic and had more freedoms than other black nations. This had been dramatised bv the findings of the Freedom House Institution earlier this year, he said. The three groups — who met the M.P. lor Rakaia (Mr C. i , A. McLachlan) several weeks ago — want the Government to oppose ihe recruitment of New Zealanders as mercenaries in Ihe Rhodesian conflict. The South African Consul-General should, they say, be replaced by a representative of African States opposed to apartheid.
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