§5 UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR THE TRANSITION TO A NONRACIAL DEMOCRACY.

Summary

The President can give U.S. foreign aid to help South Africa move to a nonracial democracy. The aid must help disadvantaged South Africans join political, social, and economic life. It should mainly work through local nongovernmental groups led by the majority and trusted by the communities they serve. Education help should build South African schools and programs, focus on scholarships inside South Africa for disadvantaged students, and fund new kinds of training. The aid can also help prepare for elections (voter and civic education, party building, and technical election help), back peace and anti‑violence efforts, and support human rights, democracy, and a stronger civil society. Most aid cannot go directly to the South African government or to groups controlled by it unless the President tells Congress that an interim government elected on a nonracial basis through free and fair elections has taken office. Exceptions allow aid to the Transitional Executive Council, to South African higher education institutions hurt by apartheid, and to any other group the President decides will help the transition. Groups that used armed struggle or violence cannot get aid unless they agree to suspend violence while moving toward nonracial democracy. Groups that oppose democracy or free enterprise cannot get aid unless they are actively helping the transition and the aid would support U.S. goals of promoting democracy and free enterprise in South Africa.