FBIS3-43830
"drafr011_c_94016"
FBIS-AFR-94-011
Document Type:Daily Report
18 Jan 1994
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
IFP Opposes Withdrawal of Stability Units on East Rand
MB1601115894 Umtata Capital Radio in English 0900 GMT 16 Jan
94
MB1601115894
Umtata Capital Radio
Language: English
Article Type:BFN
[Text] Inkatha will oppose a proposed withdrawal of the
police's Internal Stability Unit [ISU] from the East Rand
townships. Transvaal IFP [Inkatha Freedom Party] leader Themba
Khosa says his organization will also oppose the planned
replacement of the controversial ISU with SADF [South African
Defense Force] units. He was reacting to a statement by the Law
and Order Ministr?}he 'overnment is considering red ucing ISU
members on`? Ra6d because of the continued instability in the
region. The ministry said it's possible that the ISU could be
replaced by soldiers.
The announcement is thought to arise from Tuesday's meeting
between Nelson Mandela and President F.W. de Klerk. The ANC
[African National Congress] leader went to that meeting with a
number of proposals to end violence. Khosa says the IFP has
made 7Hcomplaints about soldiers killing 10 of its members in
December last year and 3,000 ?ere fired at civilians in a single
incident. The IFP leader says it's well known that th?e causing
problems in Katlehong are mem bers of the ANC's armed wing and
its self-defense units.