ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the perceptions of each of the groups which support the different scenarios. It is in the spheres of security, labour and economics, in particular international economic relations, that the Botha government has forsaken or may forsake the policies to which it was committed in the reformist years. On a macrolevel, preparation for a siege has meant a re-introduction of foreign exchange controls and the implementation of steps to tighten import protection. These neo-protectionist measures have long been lobbied for by Fred du Plessis, chairman of Sanlam who as honorary professor in economics at Potchefstroom University delivered a series of lectures arguing that the South African economy would be badly hurt if liberalisation in the sphere of international trade and finance continues. In the preceding sections it was argued that many of the objectives of the resistance groups and of influential members of the establishment are not necessarily in conflict, and could be accommodated in a social-democratic system.
