Mr. Khalifa and Mr. Eide. Her delegation noted with interest the statement made by the President of South Africa, Mr. de Klerk, on 2 February 1990 but felt that South Africa still needed to release all political prisoners, lift the state of emergency and remove the restrictions on organization and persons campaigning for equal rights. Her delegation regretted that in his statement Mr. de Klerk had not indicated that he had any intention of dismantling apartheid: it therefore called upon the Commission to maintain its pressure on the South African Government. 17. Mr. RYDER (International Confederation of Free Trade Unions) said that President de Klerk's statement of 2 February had been a victory for the campaign waged by the people of South Africa and the international community against apartheid, but that the campaign must continue. Nelson Mandela was still in prison, the state of emergency continued and the apartheid legislation was still in force. Moreover, the black trade xrnion movement continued to be subjected to dramatic violations of its basic rights. 18. Those violations included the police raids on the offices of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU) in August 1989, the dismissals or warnings of dismissal handed out to more than 1,000 workers after the of September stayaway, the arrest of 97 members of the construction workers' union during a strike in July, the suppression of a demonstration in December in support of striking brewery workers, which had left 70 people injured, and the measures taken by police, also in December, to disperse striking dockers with teargas and rubber bullets. A more recent example was the suppression of the railway and dockworkers' strike, which had left 35 people dead and led to 23,000 dismissals. 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the political situation in South Africa, specifically the need for the government to release political prisoners, lift the state of emergency, and dismantle apartheid. The focus is on the human rights violations and labor issues, rather than economic or environmental concerns. The text also mentions specific instances of police brutality and labor disputes, which suggests that the category should be related to human rights and labor.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Employment