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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER 28, 1984
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Given the appalling state of affairs in Black Africa, one would think that
the last thing anyone in his right mind would want is to "liberate" the only
viable society south of the Sahara, South Africa. Nevertheless, the push
is on, especially in the United States, to try to force the Republic of
South Africa to restructure itself as a unitary, "majority rule, one man
one vote" government. This ignores the fact that South Africa is in Africa
and must be viewed in the context of Africa, not of North America.
If there is any slight ray of hope for Africa, say the experts, it is that,
as some of the above comments indicate, there are perceptible beginnings of
self-examination underway.
Not all aspects of the pre-independence era
were bad, for example. Also it is dawning on many that there was too much
post-colonial reaction. Many countries adopted various forms of state-con
trolled economies, partly out of reaction to the capitalism of the Western
European societies. But everywhere on the continent, state socialism has
failed economically. Hence the growing calls for a "new system of govern
ment."
Unrecognized by African leaders and populaces today
germs of that "new system" have already been planted.
ca, God has called and is in the process of educating
leaders" of the continent.
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--Gene H. Hogberg, News Bureau