of the white race. E/CN.4/1990/SR.16 page 2 5. Anyone who opposed that doctrine must be destroyed, physically or - even worse - psychologically. All South Africa's Governments since 1948 had practised such State terrorism, as was shown by the massacres of Sharpeville, Soweto, Durban and the Cape, or the bantustans. where 81 per cent of the South African population had been penned up. The economic system of the pirate republic was based on the exploitation of the pool of cheap labour formed by the black majority - as a result of the apartheid system which had been set up primarily to sustain it - as well as on credits from foreign countries, which were thus aiding and abetting the apartheid system. 6. To be sure, it was up to the South Africans to rid themselves of apartheidt but the international community must help them to do so by imposing mandatory sanctions, and it must understand that the ideals that guided those who fought against apartheid in South Africa were the same as those that had impelled the English revolutionaries of the seventeenth century, the Founding Fathers of the United States of America or the French revolutionaries of 1789. 7. As the example of Zimbabwe had shown, the white minority of South Africa had no reason to fear the advent of a democratic régime. The only enemy of all South Africans was the apartheid system itself. 8. The recent statements by Mr. de Klerk were a major step forward along the road of national reconciliation. However, if he really wanted to help to create peace and a truly democratic régime, Mr. de Klerk would have to move from words to deeds; he must completely lift the state of emergency, release all political prisoners, allow political refugees to return, repeal all the 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the apartheid system in South Africa, its effects on the population, and the need for international action to end it. The focus is on the political and social aspects of the situation, with brief mentions of economic exploitation and the need for sanctions. The text also touches on the theme of national reconciliation and the importance of moving from words to deeds.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International trade