withaprovensupport baseshould beincluded inaconsensus body. Onwhatbasis wouldtheGovernment propose todetermine thesupport baseofSouthAfricans? IntheAssembly's meetings laterthisweekIurgeittoplaceitssupport firmlybehindtheonlyprocess thatcanensurethattheSouthAfrican peopleare thedrafters ofthenextconstitution, andthatisanelected constituent assembly. Anything shortofthatwouldbeabetrayal oftheSouthAfrican people andwouldcontradict theessence oftheresolution adopted lastyear. Inclosing, letmereaffirm ourcommitment tocontinue tomaintain pressure on theapartheid regimeuntilsuchtimeastheprocess hasbecomeirreversible. Keep thepressure on. TheCHAIRMAN: IcallonMr.BojiJordanoftheAmerican-South African Peoples' Friendship Association. Mr.JORDAN: Allowmetoexpress thegratitude andappreciation ofthe American-South African Peoples' Friendship Association forthisinvitation tomake astatement beforetheSpecial Political Committee onthecurrent situation in racistSouthAfrica. Theopening ofthepreamble ofourAssociation's Pledgereads: "Wewillworkinallwaystocreate andexpress support between the peoples ofSouthAfrica andtheUnitedStates. Wejoinwithalloppressed SouthAfricans frcnallwalksoflifeincalling fortherighttodetermine theiroWl:.future. Wecallforanendtoexploitation andracism." r;-;:---­ ~,EMS/6 AI~PC/44/PV.26 12 (Mr.Jordan) Letmehastentoaddress thepresent political morassinthatGod-forsaken racistenclave. First,theso-called black-on-black feudwhichhassofarcost about600livesinlessthanamonthisadirectcreation oftheracist regimein itsdivide-and-rule manoeuvring tactics. Theracist Government hasbeensecretly andopenly arming onegroup,Nkata,toprovoke andattacktheopponents ofthe regime. Theyhavebeenplaying oneethnicgroupagainst another bysegregating themindifferent residential hostels andthereafter offering themdiffering treatment intheareasofjobcategories, livingconditions andsocialbenefits so astocreateenmity andjealousy amongthem,thereby shifting theblamefromthe whiteracistauthorities, whereitbelongs. Theovercrowding, squalour, poverty andunemployment thatprevail wherever blacksareconfined arereadyoutlets forlatentantagonism toexplode. Wejoin withthePanAfricanist Congress ofAzania (PAC),whichwasthefirstliberation movement tocallonthewarring parties tositdownatthetableascompatriots, brothers andsisters, toironoutwhatever differences therewere,realand imaginary, evenbeforethehavocofkilling on3another movedfromNataltothe Transvaal. TheGovernment ofthedaymustdoawaywiththesystemofethnicpolluted hostels wheretheycrowdmigrant workers likesardines intoaresidential setting. Theretensions areonedgeandreadytoburstintoriotous violent expression at thefirstopportunity toventtheirfrustrations following yearsofoppression, exploitation andhomesickness. Thehostelsituation isbutoneaspectofthe apartheid racistsystemwhichhasworkedagainst theharmonious development of blacksinSouthAfrica. Realchanges musttakeplace. WeviewDeKlerk's invitation toblackstojointherulingall-white Nationalist Partyasanother ploytodupethepeopleintohanging themselves. Almostallthelawsthatstrangle theblackpeopleofAzaniaintonothingness were I 'L_~_----~EMS/6 A/SPC/44/PV.26 13'" (Mr.Jordan) eputintoplacebytheNationalist Partysinceitsascenttopowerin1948,andthey havebeenkaptinplacetothisveryday,thisverymoment bythatsameNationalist Party. Andthatmonster politician DeKlerkexpects theoppressed peopleofAzania tojoinopenlyintheirownoppression! Howpolitically arrogant andinsulting can aracistbe?Thosewhomthegodswouldoestroy theyfirstmakemad. Onnegotiations, wesaynotyet.Whilst weagreethereshouldbenegotiations aboutthemechanisms forestablishing aunitary, non-racial constituent assembly on thebasisofoneperson, onevotetodrawupademocratic constitution foranew Azania/South Africa, thetimeiscertainly notripeorconducive tosuch negotiations yet,solongasthefollowing pillars ofoppression stillstand;these mustbeuncompromisingly removed, astheyarenon-negotiable. Theyare:first, the1913and1936LandActs,whichgave87percentoftherichest partoftheland totheminority whitesettlers, nownumbered at5million, andgave13percentof thepoorest barrenlandtothemajority blacks, nownumbered at30million -the GroupAreasActisbasedonthoseallotments; secondly, thePopulation Registration Act,whichclassifies andcategorizes peopleaccording totheircolour andethnic origin; thirdly, so-called bantueducation, whichstipulates thatAfricans mustbe giveninferior education toprepare themforservice underwhitesettlers; fourthly, thetricameral parliamentary system, whichrecognizes 178whitesinthe Assembly, 85"coloureds" intheHouseofRepresentatives and45AsiansintheHouse
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a speech or statement about the political situation in South Africa, specifically focusing on the struggles of black South Africans under apartheid and the need for change. It touches on themes of oppression, exploitation, and racism, and calls for the removal of oppressive systems and institutions.

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