South African policies

Press, 15 February 1982, Page 12

South African policies

Sir.—l do not know what Kenneth Gray’s society has to do with South African policies (February 10) but I am sure if I ask the Hereford Street office of the S.I.S. they will employ an out-of-work graduate to investigate all these new Rightwing societies that explode on to the scene. As a foundation member of HART in the years when it was not so respectable and fashionable to be in the anti-apartheid movement as it is now, I object strongly to Kenneth Gray’s statement that HART leaders are agents provocateurs. For Mr Gray s edifi-

cation, if he obtains the readily available propaganda from Pretoria or Wellington, he would find out that Ciskei is not an independent state, but a further step toward complete apartness by the Boers from the homelands. Ciskei is just a puppet state of Pretoria, with a Pretorian Commissioner-Gen-eral. No nation on earth has acknowledged Ciskei or Transkei as independent states. Long may Mr Minto and his colleagues carry on being the conscience of our politicians and citizens on‘this subject. — Yours, etc., M. O'NEILL. - February 10, 1982. Bottle thrown in stream Sir,—Today while I was driving with three friends be? tween Wanaka and Omarama on the Wanaka side of the Lindis Pass it was my misfortune to observe a fellow traveller throw a glass bottle into a nearby stream. For the benefit of anyone, interested, the culprit was in the 50-60 year old group and was travelling with his wife. Unfortunately we were waved on by the Ministry of Works traffic controllers before we had an opportunity to return this broken bottle to the gentleman in question. - Yours, etc., RICHARD ROBINSON. Geraldine, February 10, 1982.