In this issue: Regulars: Readers speak out, Editorial, News roundup, Film review: Sweet and Short; Current scene: Photo page: the People’s Parliament, Edging closer to the Union Buildings, No free political activity: a look at, Bop, Northern Natal and the Eastern Transvaal, Ecodesa: can it deliver?, Miners overturn bonus agreement, Transition in El Salvador, Halt the SABC: media control in the transition; ANC: Preparing for elections, Youth broadening horizons ANC Youth League resolutions; FEATURES: women: not yet in from the cold International Women’s Day; Nawal el Sa’adawi on the women’s movement in Egypt; and the absence of women from Codesa, South African Jews, Eliminating illiteracy, Taming the SADF: how to build a legitimate defence force, Opinion: negotiations are not just a new site of struggle; SERIES: Constitution: ANC proposals on regional government; Organisation: the key to democracy; THE LIGHTER SIDE: Those 30 years, The return of Nxele: a short story, Xword competition