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Country/entity: South Africa
Region: Africa (excl MENA)
Agreement name: Fax from Security Branch
Date: 23 Oct 1990
Agreement status: Multiparty signed/agreed
Interim arrangement: Yes
Agreement/conflict level: Intrastate/intrastate conflict
Post Apartheid South Africa and Namibian Independence (1990 - 1994)
South Africa – internal. The roots of the modern South African conflict are found in the British and Dutch colonization of Southern Africa, which resulted in the introduction of a white minority who soon held power in the region. The South African state emerged following a hard-fought pact between the British government and the white Afrikaner minority. ‘Apartheid’ – the Afrikaans word for separateness – became official government policy after 1948. Resistance to this system was widespread and took diverse forms. In 1912, the African National Congress (ANC) was formed to push for reforms in the country. After the 1960 Sharpeville massacre several organisations around the ANC took up arms and began to fight the Apartheid government using violent means. During the 1980s, President P.W. Botha introduced a reform policy that enabled the post-1990 peace agreements, which paved the way for the end of the apartheid system.

South Africa- Namibia. One set of agreements relates to the independence of Namibia which followed from the end of apartheid.
Stage: Pre-negotiation/process
Conflict nature: Government
Peace process: South Africa peace process
Parties: Brigadier R P Mcintyre
[Fax only appears to be signed by Mcintyre, although both the South African Government & the ANC appear to be parties]
Third parties: -
Description: A short agreement detailing the setting up of Liaison committees between the South African Police & the ANC.

Agreement document: ZA_901023_Fax from Security Branch.pdf (opens in new tab) | Download PDF

Groups

Children/youth: No specific mention.
Disabled persons: No specific mention.
Elderly/age: No specific mention.
Migrant workers: No specific mention.
Racial/ethnic/national group: No specific mention.
Religious groups: No specific mention.
Indigenous people: No specific mention.
Other groups: No specific mention.
Refugees/displaced persons: No specific mention.
Social class: No specific mention.

Gender

Women, girls and gender: No specific mention.
Men and boys: No specific mention.
LGBTI: No specific mention.
Family: No specific mention.

State definition

Nature of state (general): No specific mention.
State configuration: No specific mention.
Self determination: No specific mention.
Referendum: No specific mention.
State symbols: No specific mention.
Independence/secession: No specific mention.
Accession/unification: No specific mention.
Border delimitation: No specific mention.
Cross-border provision: No specific mention.

Governance

Political institutions (new or reformed): No specific mention.
Elections: No specific mention.
Electoral commission: No specific mention.
Political parties reform: No specific mention.
Civil society: No specific mention.
Traditional/religious leaders: No specific mention.
Public administration: No specific mention.
Constitution: No specific mention.

Power sharing

Political power sharing: No specific mention.
Territorial power sharing: No specific mention.
Economic power sharing: No specific mention.
Military power sharing: No specific mention.

Human rights and equality

Human rights/RoL general: No specific mention.
Bill of rights/similar: No specific mention.
Treaty incorporation: No specific mention.
Civil and political rights: No specific mention.
Socio-economic rights: No specific mention.

Rights related issues

Citizenship: No specific mention.
Democracy: No specific mention.
Detention procedures: No specific mention.
Media and communication: Rights related issues→Media and communication→Media roles
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1. In accordance with paragraph 5 of the Groote Schuur Minute, the Minister of Law and Order, Mr Adriaan Vlok and Mr Jacob Zuma, information chief of the ANC, met to discuss the creation of efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC.

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3. The object of the exchange of names of liaison persons is to ensure a line of two-way communication. Up to date the S A Police has received only 29 names of ANC liaison persons.

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4. Please furnish the S A Police with the rest of the names of your liaison persons so as to ensure the efficient functioning of the channels of communication.
Rights related issues→Media and communication→Other
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2. After an in-depth discussion it was agreed that:
Liaison committees be established on a regional level and also on a district or local level depending on the needs that are identified. The objective of the committees is to maintain regular contact between the S A Police and the ANC.
Both the S A Police and the ANC will, as soon as possible, provide one another with the names and addresses and telephone numbers of persons they appointed as liaison officers on the different levels so that the system can become operative by 30 October 1990.
Mobility/access: No specific mention.
Protection measures: No specific mention.
Other: No specific mention.

Rights institutions

NHRI: No specific mention.
Regional or international human rights institutions: No specific mention.

Justice sector reform

Criminal justice and emergency law: No specific mention.
State of emergency provisions: No specific mention.
Judiciary and courts: No specific mention.
Prisons and detention: No specific mention.
Traditional Laws: No specific mention.

Socio-economic reconstruction

Development or socio-economic reconstruction: No specific mention.
National economic plan: No specific mention.
Natural resources: No specific mention.
International funds: No specific mention.
Business: No specific mention.
Taxation: No specific mention.
Banks: No specific mention.

Land, property and environment

Land reform/rights: No specific mention.
Pastoralist/nomadism rights: No specific mention.
Cultural heritage: No specific mention.
Environment: No specific mention.
Water or riparian rights or access: No specific mention.

Security sector

Security Guarantees: Page 1,
1. In accordance with paragraph 5 of the Groote Schuur Minute, the Minister of Law and Order, Mr Adriaan Vlok and Mr Jacob Zuma, information chief of the ANC, met to discuss the creation of efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC.

Page 1,
2. After an in-depth discussion it was agreed that:
Liaison committees be established on a regional level and also on a district or local level depending on the needs that are identified. The objective of the committees is to maintain regular contact between the S A Police and the ANC.
Both the S A Police and the ANC will, as soon as possible, provide one another with the names and addresses and telephone numbers of persons they appointed as liaison officers on the different levels so that the system can become operative by 30 October 1990.

Page 1,
3. The object of the exchange of names of liaison persons is to ensure a line of two-way communication. Up to date the S A Police has received only 29 names of ANC liaison persons.

Page 1,
4. Please furnish the S A Police with the rest of the names of your liaison persons so as to ensure the efficient functioning of the channels of communication.
Ceasefire: No specific mention.
Police: Page 1,
2. After an in-depth discussion it was agreed that:
Liaison committees be established on a regional level and also on a district or local level depending on the needs that are identified. The objective of the committees is to maintain regular contact between the S A Police and the ANC.
Both the S A Police and the ANC will, as soon as possible, provide one another with the names and addresses and telephone numbers of persons they appointed as liaison officers on the different levels so that the system can become operative by 30 October 1990.

Page 1,
3. The object of the exchange of names of liaison persons is to ensure a line of two-way communication. Up to date the S A Police has received only 29 names of ANC liaison persons.

Page 1,
4. Please furnish the S A Police with the rest of the names of your liaison persons so as to ensure the efficient functioning of the channels of communication.
Armed forces: No specific mention.
DDR: No specific mention.
Intelligence services: No specific mention.
Parastatal/rebel and opposition group forces: No specific mention.
Withdrawal of foreign forces: No specific mention.
Corruption: No specific mention.
Crime/organised crime: No specific mention.
Drugs: No specific mention.
Terrorism: No specific mention.

Transitional justice

Transitional justice general: No specific mention.
Amnesty/pardon: No specific mention.
Courts: No specific mention.
Mechanism: No specific mention.
Prisoner release: No specific mention.
Vetting: No specific mention.
Victims: No specific mention.
Missing persons: No specific mention.
Reparations: No specific mention.
Reconciliation: No specific mention.

Implementation

UN signatory: No specific mention.
Other international signatory: No specific mention.
Referendum for agreement: No specific mention.
International mission/force/similar: No specific mention.
Enforcement mechanism: No specific mention.
Related cases: No specific mention.
Source: On file with author. Also available at: Buthelezi, Jabulani (2002) Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Nelson Mandela: An Ecological Study. Victoria: Trafford Publishing, p. 363, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dy_aBlwBYacC&pg=PA363&lpg=PA363&dq=fax+from+the+security+branch+23+October+1990&source=bl&ots=d1HMIC1oMK&sig=ACfU3U0HaH4yaHoi1hxAjmyYrErCbRVykA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjjjp_b3K3nAhWmTBUIHWtyCc8Q6AEwAHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=fax%20from%20the%20security%20branch%2023%20October%201990&f=false (Accessed 31 January 2020).

Fax from Security Branch, 23 October 1990

1. In accordance with paragraph 5 of the Groote Schuur Minute, the Minister of Law and Order, Mr Adriaan Vlok and Mr Jacob Zuma, information chief of the ANC, met to discuss the creation of efficient channels of communication between the government and the ANC.

2. After an in-depth discussion it was agreed that:

Liaison committees be established on a regional level and also on a district or local level depending on the needs that are identified.

The objective of the committees is to maintain regular contact between the S A Police and the ANC.

Both the S A Police and the ANC will, as soon as possible, provide one another with the names and addresses and telephone numbers of persons they appointed as liaison officers on the different levels so that the system can become operative by 30 October 1990.

3. The object of the exchange of names of liaison persons is to ensure a line of two-way communication.

Up to date the S A Police has received only 29 names of ANC liaison persons.

4. Please furnish the S A Police with the rest of the names of your liaison persons so as to ensure the efficient functioning of the channels of communication.

Signed:

Brigadier R P Mcintyre