matthews, the head of the anc in capetown, as he explained to matthews, "many of us have vigorously opposed any further loans to the union of south africa until that government observes orderly and democratic government." yet eugene black had now painted a portrait that assumed the loans benefited africans more than anyone else. incredulous, white could only ask, "how true is this?" matthews, although he suspected that the government would open his mail, fearlessly replied, i have no hesitation in saying that it is unwise to assume anything that helps the whole economy to grow, actually creates more job opportunities at higher pay for everyone." south africa was not your traditional capitalist economy, he explained. in fact, with the strangling control of labor flows into the cities, with the refusal to educate the majority of the population, to be prepared to take full advantage of industrialization, with all of the road blocks against africans, "these loans bolster racialist policies which violate economic principles or sacrifice them on the altar of a political ideology which is diahmetr