The ANC dismissed the allegations made in the document as ”rubbish” and their headquarters in Lusaka said the organisation had no intention of assassinating rightwing politicians or any other individuals. It also emerged yesterday that the Conservative Party, which made public the existence of the document, does not have the original in which the plot is outlined – nor have they seen it. What the CP has is a report which, according to them, comes from within government circles and makes references to the document.
In a press statement issued by Andries Beyers, the national secretary of the Conservative Party, the party said: ”The wording of the State President’s (FW de Klerk) statement indicated that his office is hesitant to deny the existence of the document.†The government has asked the CP to give the police full details so that a probe into the authenticity of the document can be held. The CP said it was ”giving attention to the safety of its leadership”.
The CP alleges the document was sent to President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia and Nelson Mandela, before the latter’s recent visit to Lusaka. They say it outlines strategies to assassinate rightwingers, establish alternative structures to Inkatha, use violence to make homelands ungovernable and monitor rightwing protest.
This article originally appeared in the Weekly Mail.
