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NPR'S ANN COOPER REPORTS FROM SOWETO OTHAT ALTHOUGH APARTHEID HAS OFFICIALLY ENDED IN SOUTH AFRICA, THE APARTHEID "MENTALITY" STILL EXISTS IN THAT COUNTRY'S POLICE FORCE.

As the House prepares to vote on rolling back the "Great Society" welfare programs of the 1960's and to give states the power to run their own assistance programs, one state-based program -- child support enforcement - is likely to become a federal one. NPR's Peter Kenyon examines this exception to the devolutionary trend.

Daniel talks with Bowdoin College economics professor Rick Freeman about how one goes about doing a cost benefit analysis. The Republicans would like to pass legislation that could require such an analysis for every federal law that would have a major economic impact. Mr. Freeman explains exactly how the process works.

2: Poet LI-YOUNG LEE. He's written two volumes of poetry, Rose, (Boa Editions), and The City in Which I Love You, (Boa Editions). LEE's won many awards for his work, including the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He's just completed a memoir about his family's refugee experience in America, The Winged Seed (Simon & Schuster). LEE was born in Indonesia. His parents were from China, where his father had been private physician to Mao. LEE's father became a political prisoner in Indonesia, and escaped. After traveling through Southeast Asia, the family ended up in a small town in Pennsylvania, where his father headed an all-white Presbyterian church. LEE was six years old then. One reviewer writes of the memoir, "a powerful attempt to conquer the past and--with compassion--to sign a truce with it."

NPR'S ISABELLA ALEGRIA REPORTS THAT RAINS HAVE ABATED AND FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING IN CALIFORNIA, LEAVING BEHIND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGED AND RUINED CROPS. MANY SMALL FARMERS AREN'T INSURED AND CONSUMERS ALREADY ARE SEEING HIGHER PRICES IN LOCAL MARKETS.

SCOTT SIMON AND DANIEL SCHORR, WEEKEND EDITION'S SENIOR NEWS ANALYST, TALK ABOUT THE TOP NEWS STORIES OF THE WEEK.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews some film music.

Former U.S. President JIMMY CARTER. He's written eight books since his presidency, including several memoirs. His newest book is a collection of his poems, Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems, (Random House). In this half of the show, Terry will talk with him about his diplomacy work, most recently negotiating agreements in Bosnia and Haiti. (This interview continues in the second half of the show, after the interview with ROSALYNN CARTER) (REBROADCAST FROM 1/17/95)Former First Lady ROSALYNN CARTER. She has a new book, Helping Yourself Help Others: A Book for Caregivers (Times Books). She talks with Terry about helping others and about her life since she and her husband left the White House. (REBROADCAST FROM 11/

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH DAVID MASON, DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS ASSESSMENT PROJECT AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND STEWART TAYLOR, SENIOR WRITER FOR THE AMERICAN LAWYER, ABOUT ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AFTER THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ASKED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF AN INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT SECRETARY HENRY CISNEROS.

Documentary film maker WINFRIED BONENGEL. In 1993 BONENGEL made the film "Profession: Neo Nazi," which follows Ewald Althans, a rising leader on Germany's neo-nazi scene. Althans is different from the stereotypical neo-nazi: intelligent, successful and well-dressed. The film ignited one of the fiercest debates on documentary film making in Germany's history. The film was barred from many states and the distributor was forced to withdraw it from circulation

SIMON/RAPOPORT: SPORTS: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION SPORTS COMMENTATOR RON RAPOPORT TALK ABOUT THE NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, WHICH BEGINS THIS WEEK.

SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH FILM REVIEWER AND AUTHOR PAULINE KAEL ABOUT HER NEW BOOK "FOR KEEPS - 30 YEARS AT THE MOVIES" PUBLISHED BY DUTTON.