[Johannesburg SAPA in English 2049 GMT 24 Apr 91]

[Text] Durban April 24 SAPA--Transkeian leader Maj-Gen Bantu Holomisa said on Wednesday [24 Apr] homeland states had no place in a future democratic South Africa. "These homeland structures are transitory and should under no circumstances be seen as a feature of a future non-racial and non-ethnic South Africa," he said at a luncheon hosted by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa.

"The perpetuation of ethnicity and tribalism in any guise is a doomed strategy," Gen Holomisa said. In his speech he also said Parliament would have to give way to a forum that would hammer out a democratic constitution.

"It will be necessary at a certain stage that...The South African Parliament be dissolved in favour of a truly democratic negotiating forum which should be charged with the responsibility.

"A lasting and acceptable solution will be grassroots participation by all the people of South Africa in making decisions on a future constitutional model," he concluded.