Pressed by the withdrawalof public companies whose share value and reputations were under withering attack by anti-apartheid activists, the government in Cape Town ultimately abandoned its racist policies and surrendered power.
They may well feel that the disproportionate shareof political power held by blacks is a greater injustice than the withdrawalof affirmative action programmes.
All of them share much common ground on policy public ownership, higher taxation and public spending, withdrawal from Europe and repealing anti-union laws.