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,paoeS 2 AITI-APARTED 9~ mmci im ACTION 0 FOR SANCTIONS mU Fine-tuning the apartheid military

The United Nation imposed aare easy to obtain and very boration between Israel and mandatory arms embargo an much cheaper to operate. SouthAfricaintheproduction in 1977 otiaw- ofinternediate-rangeballistic ing all a,= tradingwith the NAVALCUTS missiles with nuclear capabi apartheid regime. The arms The navy is relatively small lity. Washington itself was embargo is the onlymandatoy and some of the cuts deeply concerned about this embargo internationally ap- announced also amount to a development and President pliedagaistSouthAfnieaand C rationalising rather than a Bush demanded an explana ts won, after many years reductioninstrikepower. Te tion from Prime Minister campaign ngbyai-ajeoitheid base at Walvis Bay has been Shair, whose denial of such [n O dded substantially in collaboration placed an

...... p sinflioolhstodn lrisyvl grnBl~, give us heart to atai our Gis Acmmtlie 5 51304 Seid', is a continued British support for caffingat ManchesterVctoria, campaignmsprogranmewith as our duty is IEWsEOby IwgnWd.MUo o5 TY STbyNsI nMR paign.critical Nowelement more in thanthat cam- sanctions. Our responsibility Stockport Stoke and Stafford; renewed vigour ever, istoensurethatallsupporters we must seek to have trains to mobJlise unprecedented PR31 byEast End Offset Ltd, Emtsn Stint, Landen3 XT on public ppositionto tielifting ismoogsueu theretsachallenge tousailto ofsanctionsarepresentonthat and coaches converging deliver concrete political and day to voice their anger at London from all over the ofsanctions. Our intervention practical supporttothepeople British government policy. country could be critical. ATIAPARTIE NEWS0 MAR9 : NEWS HERN AFRICA

Nelson Mandela's first speech in pI in the in 1963 is pt

ntheModay, ithima fuhewom ofnulueemtating la the Hous.af Cuomo, over 1W00 a hadulped anlEatl DyMotien at geeting to Nlon Mandela and caU- agupon thegoernimut to 'abandonItstotallymisgulided effors to lf autions'. Themaiday an adetered Ms Thatcher Insuitlngly referred to Nelsn Mandela'srltuai speech' anddead, to the amls ev of a ownside: 'I do nt thlnksanctlins have achievedanyhing.' Amdshe made it clear th two of itim's voury measures - thehuls onforeigninvsteat id anthe pmotion tdrsma - hadaiady heenahandoned. AllwhlaveS yeaned andworked for Nain Mandela's release mst now hendevery efferiteasst himIn the hugetakhad - bysupring Inevery wayhis oranlsatlon, the ANG,ahd Ma g MrsTate'efforts to dlmantle sanctions. 4 A-A5~ln K b ARGI19w &CAN WAIT NO LONGER FOR OUR FREEDOM'

NeonRolila MandeIwas WORLDWIDE CELEBRATIONS

T1Swflkni l n sS the NelsonMande'sreleasewas 1gnored the ram and wind to eCape. Iii n, d celebrated throughont the elebratewith AAMatix4sts. oxperencc have givennlws world-frmIlndiatoMadagas- Biroingham. Manchester, Ut t pcO for car in SwedOn Holland,i Newcastteli4 T l ,,, ,l US, Finland, and at least 24 and many other cities saw offer conntrics where Recep hundreds arrive at twi halls, tion Commite-s have been central squares and Mandela formed under the aegis ofthe streets and gardeas ta join in NelsoniMandelalnternational the festivilies. Reception Committee. Bernie Grant MP, in Cape It Britain, hundreds of Lown with Jesse Jackson on activists cracked champagne this fameus day, bad to battle bottles in Glasgow's Mandela through the tumultuous Place in a tarchlt celebation. crowds t dehlvergreehig, t. e previous night, the an the world's most famous ex nouncementfrom the stageof political prissner. Bersie was Mandein's impending release repeatedly mistaken for brought rounis ofapplause in Swapo's President Sam the city's thcales. Nujooma,hot he was celebrat Delegates ta the tabor ing li Wdhoek. Parts localgoveamet con InTrafhgarSquareabeim ference in CardIt broke mto ing Sonny tinphal hugged cheers an d sang Nkavi Atrchbisliop H.ddleston, and leatiers, he las the status to Sikteli Afrika' (God Bles stronglv oendemosed Mrs wied great inflence in these Africa), the South African Thatchers precipitate lifting ircles. people's national anthem. of sarctions. Afterstudyingat Fort Hare Church bells og out Tbireedays laer, rebebing College - 1hen the ontlyUni arcm Britail. and in York Msflatcher'seffortto'lan versity open ta most Africano Minastera packed congrega his viewa in sapport of her -heobtainedaahwdegree and fin hard prayers torthe theï policy, the Archbishop of setupSoutloAfrica'sfirst black soon-to-be-rleased ANC Canterbury sad it was plain legal partnetsip with his life leader. io Sheffield Cathedral thatinteraoianalpresse and longfriendand coiradeOlver 401 people allmidoedan im sanctionsagaýinstouthAlica Tambo, now president of the prompin special service to had played Ueir part in the ANC. They defended hun moar the evenl and the next release af Nelsoi Mandela. dreds of Africans charged evening over 20 gathered on -tbeeasing0franctionswoitd under racist laws. tbeCitv Hyflsepstocelchsal.to be tight only when the South tprisonin recentyearshe It was one of many'town halls African gaverment tackled has taken a further legal toaflythse A-Cflag. the dimantling of apartheid degreeo by correspondence. lo<,Brstol (Ive 400 people legislation. 11is stidy, and his previns developeds.ppla.redthn t'siniug andcourtroom expei commisiasm of his aråler thls period dates his under ecce, have given hi forini years, and since then he has otanding of the role of aoned dable skit, of argument always defended the aliance stroggle as a complement to pr.ecioeexpreooiio, andpublic of the ANC with the SACP otherforsofpoliical action. Two life-long friends preentation. These, with his agaiist iis nomerous Ie slipped out ofthe coum of speak about the generosity of spirit, have detracirs. try to visit heads of state in man behind the myth alreadywontheheartsofhard Asaresultofhiskeyrolein Africa, as well as to make a bittn joumalista in his first coovening the 1955Congrvs short visit te Britain. Folln public appearaces. of the People, which adopted ing his return later that year, His målitancy and inpa the fanousFreedom Charter, on 5 August 1962, be was MARY BENSON TREVOR HUDDLESTON tience with the slow-maving he was arrested and harged stopped at a roadblo-k and leadecrhip of the ANC as it with high treasn - oneof the What an astoanding story in the Odin Cinema in arested. He remained in aAlhul omtri esoniueinte Mandelawas ANC was in the ealy i940s made 156accused in amarthontlral prisonunil 11 February 1990. thataprisoner,afteralmost28 Sophiaton, where huudeds himadrivingfoceintheestab which collapoed igoinioi In 1985 President Botha years in South Affica's jails,inthemid '0S, be hadno then gathered inside and fa more liohment of the ANC Yoth ously for the egime with the offered to release Mndela on could enierge as a ug achioved the pre-eminent outside the cinema, where League. The result was the ultimate acquittal af al the condition that be renoance force, bringing hope ta thai leadersbrip oe which was Nelsonwastbe chief speaker, radical 1949 Programne of defendants. Personal bonds violence. Mandela made it torented country.,Raymond fouednpo.himbytheRivonia I use this incident to spel Acion, fromwhich flowedite forged during the trial with clear that be was prepared to Mhilaba has spoken of trial and by his supreme out the charismatic quality of 1952 Deflance Campaign colleaguesofallaceseonsoli recomientaceasefireassoon Mandein's patience, his capa defence in court. his leadership. pecursor of last yeao's spec datedhisconvictinäthatSouth asthegovermnentlegitinised city for listening attentively, AlthoughIneverknew him Hewasneverademagogue tacularly siccessfil mass Affica's fInturemust be non theANCandopenedtalkswith vital lualilles in the discus iäimately in the way I knew because every-thug le sdd, actions. raciat it But there was violence on sioss and heatedrguments , we came however passionately Thus, in 1952,for thle firat Following the Shrpeille the govecnient'sside to, be that preceded the elease sf tegether over what has since expresed, was based en a fIrne, Congr,-sand its suppor inassare on 21March 1960, said, and be would not humi Walter Sisul and hin other proved to be one of the most reasoned analysis of the tersdelberatelycorledarrest and the ensuing state of emer llate the ANC by sIig it ta comrades, and hisownuncon decisive actsoftbeNationalist sitaation and therefore had in order to confiront the apart gencyandbau nogftlheANC lay down itsarms mlliaterally. ditional release. goverinment inmense power. hed state, then only three and the PAC,which bad split to prison his qualities of lehs never ceased grow nus was whatis known as Since the removal of years old. Appropriately, off from theANCthe pievios pafienco, fortitude anddilgity, ig,fromthe eliglt9a,some the Western Area Removal , thiree and a halt Nelson Mandela was the year, Maádelaand other ANC untlinching even under the what hot-tempe ed young Scheine and it ifvolved the millon people have been Voltmtcer-to-Chie.He under leaderswent underground. In worst humiliation. drew many lawyer I fi-stencountered in eliminatio of Sophatown. removed t the 'omelands'. staodswellthedynamism and May 1961 he le the organlsa to Is side and closer to the 1953,to the seasaned, daring Dellnedlbythegovarament It lias been the expressin hotseadedneoo of the youth, tion of a three-day protest ANC. He also succeeded in underground leader of 1961, asa'blackspo', itWasddded of the ruthless discegud for and their importance in the agsinst South Afica's adop winning the respeof of dte then through yvears of that the wholefreehold towo human dignity and human movemeot as a whole. tionof a ivpubllcan constita prison warders, whom be eungiiisle hardahip and sh ild bedemolhd-d cighta which les at the heart In 1952 he was elected tion without any consultation 'helped with their legal and angui in prio, years in is people moved and daumped .1 apartheid. president of the Transvaal with the blrk naajority. Itwas domeoticproblrems,andwhose whiclhs passionfor educa, upon land in whatis now t was anmunderstanding of branchoftheANCandnatioal bmrtllyectshed,'andhe ANC children herInched fot-their tion, his owa and hisfamlls, of . this that broughi Mandela deputy president. Bot from had finaliy ta abandon lte school examinations. Ile proved a tremendous asset As these peopilewere my immediately inta cosflict now on he was subjected tO otrategy of nor-violent oppo learaed Afrikaans, the pre Htug, obstoaes lie ahead; parishioners and as And for myselt it was yet repeated hanning orders sitior. ferred langnang ,f South suspicion, conflict and great Sopbiatownhadsuch a unique anotber blessingin thewayof whichrestrictedbutcould not Alwys in the er Africa's rlers, the beter to dangersloom,tbu olethingis postiot, a whole wave of being allowed ta work stop his poltifcal activities. In Mandela as commanler-in understand them and meet surc:Mandela's statesman protest was started and it was alongside such a nan as this period he worked closely chicf of Umkhonto we S-we them on eqstl terms. 'the slup, Ibeatrerigthjlunnoarand at this point that Nelson Nelnn. with leoding communists like (MK), themiltitiywingofte ragedylitthe stillso tloightfulneasforothers that Mandelatent his welght to the the Inte Dr Ysuaf Dadoo. The ANC, washaried withdevel reluctanttomeetimonequal inpired fellow-prisoners on resstance movement. A privlege for which I can musiti trust and respect that opingME, capacity t.stäke t~s . will endure. Iwellrememberameeting never be too gratefil. - ~ ~r-~

ANT mI-wr. Ew uAN mlm S MANDELA I SBRITISH POLICY QUESTIONED OVER NAMIBIA'S AN INDEPENDENT NAMIBIA AAMclehaio ughes 11P,in AANM'sgaseue eraon IsleintoHlar , that allSouths a lettetoth foreign reportsthat thegoverment Afriaemfuilaersonnefeel will Ina statementanouncig the celebration setary, hsraid tbe beleve tmNatiibia wili be witbarawn from the unanimous adoption of the Describ agreement .ovent's cnerns over haae to hoaour themassive kewltor' independence constitution. overthecot prohisei facing inepeandWe ;adtat rl"AhM treasuer, Richard Hage Geingob, Swapo's step for aanaked aot a be tel Cabol MP, -s abletoraise shadow prime minister, has Swapo'spr( Brii liciy oaeso t undertinbhe now the qestlon of thu debt in invited Mr Nelson Mandela to pihsofad keyaeas. toItegrteihe ptlne as 7Fa the Republic of Naribias in- culturehav IhiIlt,UrHughes SouhetAttc Terioral raFeign Minisgster dependencecelebrationson 2 this constit lMW=ff lartshere Fore Jb s o vey Wyllln Wpdogae.Wo March 1990. He pob very part Ou~t policyHeftO t seino Eahrig mfdto nve . -t- Also invited to attend are comprehe of two-th downs of heads of state, fundament including South African section on president, FW de Klerk. 'to redrep Douglas Hurdwil represent onontic the Iitish government at the past'e. awlle ranelad.

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? nation@ 6 Mm-APnm IDuM W 0 A lmumi THE HARARE DECLARATION: HOW FAR HAS DE KLERK MOVED?

fished annually, of individuals Relations Amendment Act the repeal of repressive laws. outlined on 2 February, the who may not be quoted, still remains a major threat to ba cases of all persons on death identifies 362 persons - many sic trade union rights. EXECUTIONS row will be reviewed. Mean of whom are still political pris Thereis nowamoratorium on while, the Upington 14 and oners. Following De Klerk's Cease all political Fials and all executions, including po others linger in limbo - notat announcement, some 175 political rexcutios litical ones, pending legisla immediate risk but stillunder names were deleted from it, ive changes intended to limit the shadow of the gallows. including those of Nelson TRILS the scopeofthe death penalty. Mandela and . On 2 February there were DeKlerlspromise ofanauto Yfnegotafo break down... Animportantrestriction on about 300 political trials in matie right of appeal to those Negotiations have not begun. travel still remain: thereisno progress. It is not knownhow sentenced to death indicates When they do begin therewill automatic right to a South many of thes will be aban, that he has no intention of always be a danger that they African passport, and and donedbecauseofthe'legalisa abolishing the death penalty, will break down and the apartheid leaders are still of ion' of previously outlawed Executions are only to be apartheid state will resort to ten refused passports or organisations. Most of them suspended until new legisla outrightrepression to stem the granted them onilyfofspecific can be expected to continue. tion is passed. The death sen tideofchange. It is this obvious countries or limited periods. De Kierk's speech was silent tence can stillbe imposed, in danger which the world must on the demand for a cessation current and new cases. If par avert by demanding that De Whlstechaiagesannounced releasing current detainees. RewnmalmaopsfIm thetto" ol)otHfeal trials.the odlyg ua liament approves the new Werk complies fully with the by De lerk on 2 Febrmary According to law and order ships =ftee that they cease will be approach to the death penalty above mnesa-s. were undoubtedly significant, minister Vlk, on 8 February they fellfar short of the step there were 59 persons de needing to be taken, as laid tained without trial under the down in the iarare Declara state of emergency (the HRC tion, before negotiations can estimates 67, most of them in start. The Declaration was Natal), and 23 under theinter adopted by the Organisation sal Securi, Act (ISA). of African Unity Iast August, Powers of detention con andunaninouslyendorsedby tinue unchanged under the the UN General Assembly ISA In terms of the state of Special Session on Apartheid emergency, De Mlerk's only in December. concession was to limit the These are the measures period to six months (poten which the international comn tally repeatable ad infinitum) inunity has agreed that the and to allowaccessto alawyer South African regime should and doctor. implementii order to create a climate offree political discus RES-MCr ES sion.They provide a yardstick All ex detainees previously against which to measure De subjected to restrictions after Klerk's concessions of 2 Feb their release have had these maruy. lifted. But, contrary to De Klerks promise, nothing has Relbase all politicalpfaors been done yet to remove the and detainees unconditionally power to impose such restric andrerain from iiposingagy tions. restrictions on them Liftall bansandr isrtion tivenessof sanctions. Itis only POLMICAL PRISONERS all proscbed and resfrited because of internal and Nelson Mandela has been organisatios and pesons external pressures that the released unconditionally. regime has been forced on to Other political prisoners will ORGANISATIONS the defensive. be released only if they were All banned organisatons have Even De Ilerk's National convicted of membership of, been unhamned. However, the Party has admitted that 'oy or promotion of the aims of, powers to impose such bans, ban on alloutdoor political cotts,sanctions and disinvest banned organisations. The and other restrictions short of meetings.Andalsoresrictions waout aeusinsag any sose ment have strained the econ Human Rlghts Commission outright banning, remain in on fuaerals in over 70 ofthe Three daysbefore De Ierk other measure agreed bythe omyofthe countryand ofeve-y (HRC) in Johannesburg esti placein terms of both the ISA townships. Police attempts to anmounced the date of Man UN. business and household'. mates that 76 persons stand to and the emergency, and can enforce theserles haveled to dela's release, Foreign Secre To Mr Hrd's argument According to South Africa's benefit, some of whom have be reimposed at any time by some of the ugliest scenes of Laryto theDougleasHard Houeo proclaimedmosta that the next logical step was Trust Bank, sanctions have already been released - like ministerial edict. violence in recent weeks, to 'discuss with our parters cost South AfricaU5 blian Barbara Hogan who had Powers to restrict organi The Internal Security Act, De Klerk had'doneenoughin lifllngthevoluntarybansonew over the last four years served most of a 10-year swn sations under other lws have the cornerstone of apartbeid the mind of maostreasonable invet.ment', Sir David Steel Wehaveaeentheimpctof tence for furthering the aims not been repealed. Thos the repression. remailns in force, people to open the way to MP replied sharply: 'It is in South Africa's deepening ecoc of theANC. National Union of South Afri with its powers of banning negotiaions'. conceivable that theretofthe normic crisis in De lGerk's This leaves around 700 can Studenta and the United organisations, individuals, Just in case anybody Community will agree to lift concessions. De Ilerk is des political prisoners convicted Democratic Front are prohib publications and gatherings missed the point that Britain ing measures until those perate for new investmentand on cbarges such as treason ited by the operation of the both outdoors and indoors. wan ignoring the Harroe Dee measures of apartheid [the the nrmaliaation of South and terrorisum,plus an esti Affected Organisations Act Thin makes a mockeryof Dr laration snd the UN Declarae GroupAreasActand the Popu Africa'seconomic relations.To mated 1,500-2,000 others, (1974) from receiving money Merk's claim that the unbmi don - to which Britain was a ladoi Registration Act] are liftsanctions now would be ta convicted of offences such as from abroad, and four organi ning of organisations 'places party - he added for good lifted awel' fall in behind the regime's public violence and arson sationsaremndernvestigation everybody in a poition to measure: qhe South African As Anti-Apatheid News strategy of delay. committed in the course of under the Disclosure of For pursue politico freely'. government havetakenmaor goes to press, itisclear that for Mandela's release is defini mass political protests. Full eign Funding Act (1989), Nor istheISAthe only aw steps, opening toe way to tfs Thatcher consultation tive proof that sanctions work, details of beth types of politi which empowers the state to that should be repealed if a negotiations... When Mr with Britain's EC parters and Mandela himself has .a prisoner are incomplete monitor ad intercept monies cliatae ofirePolitial ativity Mandela is released,we hope abottendingtdevolantaryban stated categorically that sn because of the repression in from abroad. The indude istobe eatether epres that the ANC and othem will onainvestment is a token ges dons must remain. We must the and lack of in the Kagias Trust and the End sie lawsinclude thtePublc agree tojoin in egotiations in ture - she is going to do it take Mandela's message to formation in other rcuralareas Conscription Campaign. tions Act, the Police Act and conditions f peace and that whateverthe outcome of con Thatcher. She isisolatedinter such astihenorthern Cape and the PiosAc.f a thelt terwhich peetdyfilm the remaining emergency sultations. nationally in her attempts to northern tarawaa. PERSONS reastrictios willbe lifted.' The concessions made by give apartheid a breathing There are now no banned or iog of Mandela'a releaae in Mrs 'Thatcher repeated De~lerkindingtherelease space. We must show that she DEFAINEES restriitedpersonsassuch.But side the grounds of the Victor exatly the same formulain of Nelson Mandels, are the is equally isolated from the De Kerk said nothing about the Consolidated List pub- Verster Prison. The Labour letter to AAM chair Bob strongest proof yetof the efec- British people. AITI-APARTIIIDNWSO0 i 7 Pi Ilars of Apartheid

Close examination of De In confg issues of Anti-Apartheid News, various facets of apartheid forced removals on a huge terk'spholFe y Mcvrdideatscale, has sought to 'clean shows thit Filedtobaddre South Africa willbe coveredin detail.We willbe looking atthe up' the white areas. Nearly virtoallyallthepillarsofapart- political structures of apartheid, the range of repressive security 3,500,000 people have been heid. laws, the defence of apartheid by the police and the armed forces, forcibly removed to black by foreign capital " theheart of Smith momentous,Asmuchastheseuechwas ittleftagreat deal'AtheeatoSuh the policy, and the crucial role played unsaid,and,though DeKlerk in fuelling the racist economy. Africa's racial legislation is went further towards creat Once the nature of apartheid is understood, the limits of F W de the Population Registration ingaclimate for nego6itions Kierk's reforms willbe seen and the need todismantle the racist Actof 1950.Underit terms than mostpeople expected, al out Africansaregoven he has fallen farshort of the statewill be clear. a racial classification atirth measures outlined in the -tm l determinevirtually l t ter ies HtarareDeclaration. where white, coloureds and for white domination. cally-scattered 'home- every . o liie III Indians sit inracilly-segre gatedcambersdetermining does not call for the repeal of barren dumping grounds that life wil be: lie expec The Harare Laneyforwhitesat 72years their 'own affairs', while out racist legislation such as the that black South Africans Declaration tsone of thehighestin the Group Areas Act as a precon havepolitical rights This Declaration, drawn up on the periphery arethe ban world, -ut for blacks life bythe Ad-Hoc Committee on tustns,where autocrats rle dition for negotiatioos, be This racial divi s u, of expectacyis onlyfl59yevr. SouthernAfricaofthe Orgari- over their subjects is impov cause the object of thediscus re~otedla the stave trade the Group Areas the earlyrCpeandthewars Under sationofAfricanUnity (OAUID erishedtribalstatelets.Andit sions willbe nothinglessthan Art, residential areas are of the apart of conquest against the inAugust last year, identifies is still whites who determine the dismailing segregated- according to clearly that before negotia- what happens tothe African heid edifice itself. indigenous population dur isg the last century, was race. Under its terms alone, dons cantakeplace theapart- majority -who have no place over 100,000 people have other consolidated in1910. By the heid reginemustremoveone than the bantoustas in Grand apartheid been forcible removed from crci lpillarofapartheittthat the 'ownaffairs' set-p. Apartheid as it was conceived Act of Union, the British government put South their homes in areas desig ofrepression. Once the necessary and implemented by the Na natedaswhite.'White'ciies Political repression in the politcal clinate has been tionaarty is he antthesis of Africa in the hands of the white minority, who set and towns are surrounded apartheid stateis maintained established, negotiationscan the uiled, non-racial democ by separate satellite town about the disenfranchise by a swathe of laws such as proceed- negotiationsabout racy envisaged in the Harare ships for blacks, coloureds Act the transformation of menit of the indigenous the iotous Assemblies Declaration. Underapartheild, and Indians. Recently the SouthAcainto a population and the este passedin 1914,the 1950 Sup- apartheid South Africa is disunited, rac Act hasbegun to break down lishment of territorial pression ofComnumismAct, ,democraticnon-raclal ist and undemocratic. as blacks, faced with segregation. the Unlawful Organisations countr. Apartheid's major premise massive housing shortages, The 1913 Land Act hid Act of 190, under which the 'This, and onlythis,,wltibe is tha South Africa is not ignoreitsprovisions, leading any negotiation the basis of territorial seg ANC was banned, and the the object of united but consists of different to speculaton that the Act said regation.As latermodified, 1967 Terrorism Act allowing process,' the ANC in its racial groups, the so-called wiltbe scrapped. the Act reserves only 1311 for indefinite detention with- 1987 statement on negotis whites, Coloureds, Indians Government sources nut trial. finm. This Coftrasith te and Blacks. Black South of South Africa for African ,ownership and occupation have remained insistent that These Acts, and various erk's offer of an 'open Africans are further educationalsegregation will Amendment Acts, were con- aged'whichactuallymak subdividedinto Sothos, Zulus, - the rest is for whites. 'WhiteSouthAfria'has remain. Schools for black children are overcrowded tionson rights and the alwayscontaineda majority Intternal SeturityAnsendnent group On this basis the Nation and underfunded, with mi ofAfricans.TheNationalist Actin 1976. All oppositonto search for 'rotection of alists carved up South Africa poorly quali government, through teachers often apartheid was effectively nority rights'- the new code into a number of geographi- fied, shortages of basic crimialised. mateials, and separate Today, opponents of apart classes often taught in the for heid can still be jailed a same room due to lack of variety of offences, from sprege.Whilst soe private 'subversion', 'intimidation' schools are desegregated, and Terrorism' to 'causing tosend of hostility between fewblackscanafford feelings their children to then. The whitesandbiscks'.Anddeten state spends free times as ton without trial is still a i RS OF APARTHEID much on educating awhite state can use at power the child as ona black child. will. er to the wfinte colmosts State of emergency Foreigninvestment If thesestatutes were not I lot whitm 131, for Afiicans With the state controing enough, PW Botha declared Irlilt"o"riailseparation all aspectsof thelivesef the a partial 'state of emergency' black majority, investors abroad found the apartheid in July 1985, which was ex ration Act state extremely atractive. tended to the whole country to determine social states - front thp cradle to the in June1986 and, at the time The migrant labour sys of writing, still remains in tem provides investors with force. It empowered all an endless supply ofchesp members of the security unskilled labour, with none forces, including army con gation in urban areas of the overheads of having scripts to carry out atsts tihousefeedorcareforthe without a warrant and detain ct ibourers'families" theyare individuals for purposes of i rlfor blacks to ensure whita supentnity hundreds of miles away, interrogation. De Elerk's eking out a precarious liv speech left this in force, now u Self-Government Act ingin the bantustan home limited to six months. nini-states in lien at common South Ahicin lands'. This allows the security Until recently, when forces to impose curfews, sanctionshave begun tobite, the returns on investment cordon off shools and uai- 92ItrnlScrt let versities, and enforce press in South Africa have been restrictins Trosoccup 4 years of repressive laws - the Police State writ the highest in the world. the townships, brekn up lag This constant flow of capital from western inter. searchinghomes and setting Africa Constitution Act ests has guaranteed the up roadblocks. I.islature - centreptece of Botha s refiturris' white minority an unparal frorn state power leled standard of living and New constitutional provides them with the order material and technical y wherewithalto maintainthe Today, South Africa is ruled last bastion at white supremacy apartheid state. I by a tricameral parliament, 8 AufiATlHsiu NES MARCHim9 UNITA'S MILITARY CHILDREN OF SOUTHERN AFRICA MYTH EXPOSED

The nwvs on 2 February that independence process in seri South Africais a country in with arrests on school prem Jenny Warren adds: TheChlldrn ad Apatheid Angolar armed forces. had qua jeopardy. which children are routinely ies, violentassaoltsbythese tlur beeby now flalshed Its reltreupjedMavlnga, the stra- In an attempt to create a shot a od killed by security cury forces on children and scond leg. Dapie semn teglUn itabasetothenorthof climate for such intervention, forces. even killings. Unicefs recent report on the minorhiccups awdths Jambs, near the Angola- Units claimed that Soviets Itis, acountrywhichboasts Forty, per cent of those state of the world's children disastrousweather Itha Namlibiaiborder, is an impur- were fightingalongside the fitsex portsofgrainandother detained under the 1986 state puts a timely focus on the been well recevedthrogheut tant vict oy forall the peoples Angolan forces. 'This disinfor foodtuifs, yet almost three of emergency are children impact of military spending the Weasexand SleWest of South enAfrica.Ithasmade matiun was faithfully echoed million of its children suffer under 18. In 1986, 59,000 and debt repayment, with its region,with many local A it aboundlantly clear that with- by the US State Department, from ci inicl malautrition. children were held in police associated 'economic adjust groupsholding their largest out the intervention of South whichhadremained remarks It i s the country which cells awaiting tial meat programmes', on the ever metings. troops and hardware, bly silent about a CIA plane comple tedthefirstsuccesstful Black children are lives of children in the third Thetiming at thetour Unita'ss nuch-vantedmilitary loaded with arms for Units heart transplant, but thou- exploitedascheaplabourwith world. caulda't have bes better, invincib iltywas a myth. which crashed in Angola in sands of its children die from no legal protection. On white It makes a moving plea for comingeas It didacrss both late November. tuberculosis, diarrhoea, ownedtarms, forexample, itis giving first priority to meeting the 2 Febuary by Merge Hotness There are also reports on measle sandotherpreventable not uncommon for children the millions of children who mananumets ael the the presence of US andSouth disease a. over seven years old to be live and die in a state of msalnu releaseof NelesnMandela. As Soon after the ceasefire African military advisers in It isthe country of repres- required to work for six trition and ilIhealth - children such It actedas a excellent proclainted on 24 June last Jatsba, of sealed trucks from sion an d apartheid. months of the year as a who are still dying of suchill forumfor peopleto celebrate year, UtJ htaunchedan offen- SouthAfrica transportingn ili Itisaacountrywhich wages condition of their parents' nessesasmeaslesand whoop and ask questions of the sie, onn Sovimbi's orders, tarysuppliesto Units through war on children. employment. ing cough, of diarrhoea and speakers anth new aimed a toein g the strategit Namibi's CapriviStrip, andof LlastNovembertheUnited pneumonia, which can all be develoments. initiative. There were more 'demobilised' members of by Joan Lastor MP Naions adopted an Interna prevented at almost no cost. Althoughthe tour was not Units nxnassacres of villagers Koevoet, the killer unit in tional Convention on the More than 100 million chil able to bejoined by a speal and ton orist acts such as the Namibia, and some of the Seg regated education is a Rights of the Child. In it are dren,itpredicts, will die in the anmlngdirectiy from corners l990Sl. placing of bombs in civilian SADF's special battalions system. tone of the apartheid enshrined the basic rights of oMaabtque,wh withdraw at centres. being seantinto Angolato join ,Which is why state childrentoafamilylift, ahome, All the Front Line States theIt miute, therews Yet astheAngolan army's Units. violeno ehas been increaslngly educatinn, health and freedom have had to divert human and outstanding patatio defensine action started to As the Angolan counter directe e towards school frominjusticeandexplitation. financial resources to defence fromMozamblan atudents, at make it self felt, Unita's main offensive against Mavinga childre 0n. Mr Delerk'srecentassur expenditere because of South the requeatofthe allies, SSouth Africa and the gained impetos, Savimbi cut MrI DeKek has signalled ances that political change in Africa's apartheid aggressio. Mozambicanambassador. United States, called on the short a visit to Portugal to fly politicalIchange is on the way South Africa is now firmly on In South Africa itelf, the Othr speakes andemiet Angola. government to cease not to Jamba but to Morocco but so far there has been no his agenda must be viewed in regime has deliberately given figurs whojoine the teat miitary operations. Savimbi and lvoryCoast, in alast-ditch sipn ofan abandonment of the context of his priority to spending en the inciuded Bshp DonaldArden, Irepo-f flyvisitedSouthAfrica attempt to prevail upon his apartheid neducation, government's treatment of secolty forces rather than the formerlyArcbishop ter in early January to plead for remaining allies in Africa to Percapita expenditure in black children. welfare of the country's CentralAfria, LordGifford, reneweddSADFinterventionin muster support for his efforts this area is still six times Until we see genuine children, Naml Richmn, andMs Angola, a violation of the 1988 tosabotage theAngolan peace greater forwhitechildren than change in this area. sanctions SmangeleKubhoka truis the New Yo crkagreements which proces and achieve his ambi for blacikchildren. Protests at againstSouthAfricamuststay The Sfate of the World's Natalregion. would have put the Nanibian tionofseizingpowerinAngola. black schools have been met in force. Children 1990, Ufice,.£3.50.

Wakefield MDC rejoices in the release of Nelson Mandela and looks forward to the day when all South The London Borough of Hackney Africa's people will be free from thepinjustice of the evil apartheid system. ees its warmest congratulations Sunday, February 11, will be vi s the beginning of the end of apartheid, and tis Cou willdo to the le of Namibia, whatever it can do to help speedt demise, under the leadership of SWAPO, This Council remains committedtothe belie t.at on achievingull national status economic sanctions have been, and will continue to be, the key to securing reform in South Africa anit and independence will maintain pressure on the British government to for their country, uphold sanctions until the apartheid regimecolpses. as of 21 March 1990 Nelson Mandela, and all that his name symbolies, is honoured for all time in the City of Wakefield, where an important central pedestrian area has been named 'Mandela Place'.

HACKNE~Y BOROUGH COUNCIL

KYCOUNCIL to% Councillor John D Pearman C of Waield Leader 1 B City of Wakefield Metropoitan District Council Aflf-APARTHIDuiie8 . e* tIub1 NEWS 0 FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA Trials of war. Enquiry ANC leaders reunited resisters continue into Ferranti's n earlyFebuary some40,000 state. Douglas Torr, Michael SA link young white South Africans Gmaf Richard Clacey,Gary were caled up for military RathboneandtBrendanhMoranAAMchairBob HughesMP, servicein the SouthAfrican are all'on trialfor heirreftsal hasdemandedan immedite Defence Force(SADF). They to serve in the SADF. Con inquiryintomajor failures by go into the army in a climate seriptswho refose to serveare the security servicesarising dramatically different from beingtreated as criminals and outofthaFer sstocandal. ,l that of anyyear since compul therefore dnot qualifyunder aletter toMrsThatcher, Bob sory conscription was initro FW de Ierk's anmestyfor Hughes presented new evi duced in 1967. political prisoners. dence about Ferranti's South Anti-conscription groups African connections which by Matthew Temple both in South Africa and was unearthed by David abroadarecampaigaingforan Leigh of the This Week'pro The 20-yearoccupation of end to conscripion in the granme. Namibia by South African current period, arguing that The AAMhas demanded troops is soon to end, the pe this forms part of the ANC's an immediate inquiry by Cos, riod of conscription hasbeen preconditions for a 'negotiat toms servicesinto Ferrani's reducedfromifouryearstoone Ingclimate'. illegal arms trading with year and 10 months, the de Further demands are for South Africa, as well as a fence budget, has been re theestablishmentofrealalter Security Commission report duced and someweapon de native service, anend to objec on the failures by etrity velopment programmes have tor trials and the return of services.South Africa's abil been scrapped,along with the exiled war resisters. ity to penetrate one of Brit dismantling of airfirce squad The repressive capacity of ain's most important and rons andthe navy marines. the state-through the SADF, prestigiousdefencemanufa The reduction of military the and rters is a causefor grave service represents a partial auxliaryforceslikethekishkon concern. The government victory for anti-conscription stabets ensures that the gov must ensurethat investiga groups which have cam ernmentmaintainsitsdefence tions arethorough andmust paigned since the mid-1970s of apartheid andwhite minor tighten legisiation to ensure againstthemilitarisationof the ity role;the shadows of these thatapartheidcanneveragain Archb shop was givena warm country, South Africa's desta institutions loom over any haveaccess to Britain's mili welcomeand invited formally blisationofitsneighbours,and prospect of negotiations. tary technology. The occasion wasa moving to introduce all the ANC Abdal S Minty met the ANC theoccupationofNamibiaand Compulsory conscription Due to the recent events one. with exiles meeting the leaders to the meeting. This eadersat a stopoverin Oslo black townships. remains in force; the Defence in South Africawe were not leader,, somefor the first time wasinitselfagreatundistoric and pined them for the three 1However, charges against Act remains on the statute able to print this piece in foil, in three decades. experience which millions of dayvisit to Sweden conscripts who arerefusing to books. At anypoint the partial but will ive it complete co servein the SADFare being gains of the last Jew months erageinthenextisseofAnfi vigorously pursued by the canbe reveoed.. Apartheid Neon. Jackson calls for sanctions to stay

The %LLt LJng int jur UfUIIIIit1 flyingvisittoevdJesseJacksnpaida Britain on hisway The rebel cricket tourcomes distantcountry.Tbeletterals These examples sadlyil, toZambiaandSouthAfcaeariy to an undignified end this gae details of the injuries l ratea what was feared by inFebruary. The AAM andthe month in the faceof over suffered bylocalprotesters. and-partheid campaigners. Parliamentary Black Caucus whelamingopposition both in John Segoneco, who was The tragedy is that the tour (PC) hosted his visit, which South Africa and Britain. introducedtoMikeGatingon lhoildneverhavehappened. reachedahighpointonSunday Following a meeting of the the Springbok Stadiumbal- 'Mike Gatting and his 4Februarywhenheaddressed National Sports Congress cony, receivedabout 12Qpe' merenaries should now b a packed rally in Hiackney. (NSC)and the South African letbulletwoundshavingbeen shunned by the cricketing JesseJackson, founder and Cricket Union (Sacu),it was shot by police while going world becauseofthe damage president of theNtioalRin finallyagreed to play olyfour home. Charlotte Legattowas that has been done to sport. bow Coalition. gave a clear of the remaining matches alsoshot withsapellet gun in Buttherealguiltypartyisthe messagetothosewanngtolit followingthereleasef Nelson the neck just below the left primeminister. Her refusal sanctions 'Sanctions must go Mandela.InresponsetheNSC ear. After being rushed to tointervenehersilencewhen when apartheid goes.' His agreed to withdraw protest hospital, shewas discharged the South African police bru. speechlasted over anhourand action at the remaining whendoctorstoldherthatshe tally attacked peacefulpro- received aclamorousresponse matches. couliln't be operatedon be, testersandherclaicathatthe from the audience of over a tiienationalexecutiveconmit of the PBC and addressed a The rebelcricket tour had cause the bullets were too tour did not violate the Ge- thousand people, including tee of the ANC, andanti-apart press conference, before alreadyproved tobeamassive close to the main artery. leneagles Agreement, all many from the black heidactivistsBob HughesMP, meeting the prime minister at propaganda disaster forPre Twelve-year-old Yvonne servedto encourage Gatting community AAMchair, Rekha Patel of the Downing Street He madeit toriaanditsallies, bothin Sacu Mueng was shot in her left to proceedwith this disas. He said that there were AAM's black and ethnic clear to Mrs Thatcher that it andin Britain. Opposition to elbow whilst shopping in the trous tour, commented Mike strong links between the US minorities committee, Mike was far too early to lift sanc the tourhad surpassedmost vicinity of the demonstrators. Terry of the AAM. andSouth Africanblackpeople, Terry, AAMexecutive secre tions andthat there should be expectations, showing the both having had a 'long beri tary, who brought a message the samelevel of caution as developing strength of the tagef straggle'. He illustrated fromArchbishop Huddleston, thegovernmenthasexercised NSCwhich spearheadedthe this with stories from the civil then in Stockholm with the overeventsin eastemEurope. campaign with anti-tour com rights struggle in the USA, ANC leaders,.Tony BeunMP, During afullprogrammeat mitteesin each town andcity saying that the race 'wouldn't Gloria Mills of the NUPE, and the weekend, JesseJackson visited. gai the one-timepicketer but Bishop Wilfred Wood. attended a receiption hosted Althoughthewithdrawalof to those who struggle'. He JesseJackson also gavea by the West Indian Leader the tour is a successfor anti clearly saw the situation in sermon in StJames's Church, ship Council in north London, apartheid campaigners, many SouthAfrica as oneof transi Piccadilly, calling for the im andspoke ata service in Har protesters havebeen injured. tion where right would ulti. mediate release of Nelson lesdenMethodist Churchwith The United Democratic Front mately win. Mandela and the abolition of PaulBoatengMP. He latermet inBloemfontein sent a letter He was joined on the pint apartheid. There wasapplause privately the editors of The to theAAM HQ thanking eve form bymembers ofthe Paria when he paid tribute to the Timesandthe Guardianforan ryone in Britain for their sup mentay Black Cancn (PBC), workovernsanyyearsofArch exchange of views on recent port, saying it was a tremen Policebatoe erg0 a gnu-t er a ratoraft. stoppina MPs Bernie Grant, Diane bishop Huddleston. eventsinSouthAfricaandwith dons inspiration to receive plotstineed to f1orlk stgroundInKimbarey, whemeh Abbott and Keith Vaz. With On Monday 5 February, Labour leaders Neil Kinnock messagesof support from a ethelricketears plaud t first malchof theiti Picture:IOAF them were Dr Francis Meli of JesseJackson met members andGerald Kaufman. 10Afn-AKID NEWS0 MIARCH1 9 SOLIDARITY O WrH THE WORKERS OF SOUTH AFRICA & NAMIBIA Rail union's Sactu celebrates 35 years

Matfhews Oliphantanofficil Whatprpects aor o there people get k olled. e pbli sector was ses- su c es of the South African Congress unity and the foton of a The Sarhwu 4 Cannot the tablished to provide che, single-tauf fedationi seen as murderers in the nor services to the public, for ex the nearffuture? eal way. ample electricity. If private Thedivisionsarenotausimple companies are allowed to astheyimight appear Cosatu's At the last workers' summit it control these industries, then experience is that tie mem was agreedtolaunch a workers' charges will rise beyond the bersip of Nactu want unity charter. What role does it Play reach of many people Many moretian dotheleadership. eithin the ? have already had their elec The fight against the La After the formation of Coasim ricity cutoffevennowbecause bour Relations Amendment there was a move to adopt the they can't pay. Act (LRAA)brought greater Freedom Chartersan expres unity. The process is not sion of working class identity. How is Sacu caltingan work simple, but gradually Nactu Many tradeunions didn't want ers in Britain to mark its 35th membership is falling and the workers' chartcr as an al anriversay? therefore they could be look ternative to the Freedom There willbe a public meeting ingtomerge with Cosatm. Charter, but saw it as comple on 5 March in Conway Hall, mentary andmutalByreinforc London, but we also want ltyhfhave SactufJoc-sed onthe ing, allowing expansion in friends in the trade union caseof th,Sahwu 4? areas affecting workers. movement and the Anti-Apart The Sarhwu 4 are victims of heid Movement to join in the 1987 rail strike. Their Whyis Sactughting thepr'va marking die event bystepping sentence to deathisespecially isafi of services when they up their contacts with trade importantinthe context ofthe are controlledby the apartheid unions in South Africa. recent South African Trans govenent? There are still many sec portServices (Sats)dispute in White capialists are equally tions of workerswith no trade responsible for the govern omionrights and they need to killed. The Sarhwu 4 need to ment. They have benefited have that representation. be considered in the circiun from government legislation. Therefore Sactu need alkinds stancesof a war situation. However, there is more at ofsupport, materialandfinan Emotionsrunespecially high. stake than this where privati ml, for us to realise our plans It is in thisenvironment that stionis concerned. for the 19N0s.

The recent dispute between by police laid into the strikers But it has rot yet budge4 the South African Transport with iron bars, clubs, batons, on pay. Sats claimed it made k I\bAG RAP t Services (Sat) and the South rocks, kives and machetes. los in the last two years but, African Railway and Harbour Theunionhasachievedthe accorditfg to recent news 0 litH, Workers'Union (Sarhwa) has recognition it fought for. The reports, if the accounts were ended in success for Sarhwu. management grudgingly assessed in the same way as a tis aremrkbleachievement agreed to recognisethe union private company's,Sats wonld which has cost Sarhwo the in areas where it had regis show a profit of RI million in lives ofmcibeca withserious teredundr te Ra 1989. injury to mnyothers tions Act. Satsalso agreed to Nowthattheunionhaswon 'Me stilke started as alcal reinstate workers saedi for negotiating rights, its urgent ditute onstheWitwatersand$ ting part in the dispute at task now is to obtain a living in early November but son the same grades ofpay. 'The wageforitsmembers.Sarhwu The National sprea hoghout the comn corporationnone ofthe patciat promises thatbwle will also be lding the fight try. The dispute soon flared. against call privatisation. White Saspersonel abetted Graphical Unions to launch campaign to save the Sarhwu 4 Association Six transport unions have to attack the fledgling demo against Sarhwu and the strik united in a new effortto save cratic trade union movement ing railway workers that the the lives of four members of Trade union leaders were four non-strikers met their theSouth Afrcan Pailwayand detained, unionmeeting, tear deaths. Evldence presntedin says Harbour Workers' Union gassed, and union buildings mitigationofotherdefendants (Sarhwu) who are presently gutted. wasaccepted by theapartheid on death row. On 22 April 1987threeril court, but ignored in the case The Sarhwu 4 are Taklani way workers were shot dead of the Sarhw 4. David Mamphaga, Wilson as security police broke up a A joint appeal has been Freedom Now for Matshile,GeorgeMamngedso tionnmeetingatthehadquar issued by the general secre and PatrickMolefe.Theywere ters of the Congress of South tariescfthesix unlons Itsays: sentenced to hang following African Trade Unions 'We, thegeneralsecretariesof the death of four oti-sinkers (Cosatu). A group of railway transport unions representing South Africa during one of the longest and workerstravelling toa station over 15 million trade union most bitter strikes in South to investigate the news of the istsdonotbelieve thelSarhwo African history. murder of their colleagues 4 should hang. Apartheid is Thestrike started inMarch were attacked. Three more the root of violence in South 1987 overthe unfair sackingof railway workers were killed. Africa. It is this system that one worker. But because of For Sarhwu the strike was should be destroyed, not the the deeply-felt anger of the a fight for its very existence. lives of these trade unionists. Tony Dubbins Bryn Griffiths black railworkersaboutappall Severaltimes in its 50-yar We urge all concerned indi General-Secretary General President ing conditions, the strike history the union had been vidusls to campaign to save quickly spread and involved forced underground or de the lives of the Saihau 4.' over 20,000 workers. The tol stroyed due to state For details of the campaign, Graphic House, 63-67 Bromham Road, Bedford repressive apparatus of the repression. It was in this con-. write to the trade union secre apartheidstatewasbroughtin textofmountingstiteviolence tory atAAMiHQ. Affl-APMJiI NM MA 1I9 11 UPDATE 0 WOMEN IN THE IMPRISONED SOCIETY Women political prisoners The plight and oppression of 8 March is International prisoners are often not shared and Evelio de Bruin is on women under Women's Day. Women have by women political prisoners, death-row in Pretoria Central apartheid played a key role in the at least not immediately. Prison. South Ai dean women at the quently work a 14-honr shift lence. The alarming figure of struggle against apartheid, Female prisoners have Therehaveinthepastbeen histori Malibengwe confer- for as little as R40 per month, onein sixwomenbeingbeaten acknowledged by ANC Presi more difficulty, for example, two reported cases ot women enein Asn interdamnDecem- while the women and their by their husbands wasgiven. dent Oliver Tambo stating in in obtaining access to visitors sentenced to death and given ber discOaed issues such as chidre.nworkingonthearms But domestic violence and 1988 that women were 'one of and in receiving letters and custodial entenesinstead. In women as work the plight of exist virtually as slave labour. rape within marriage is not the strongest components of newspapers.Womenhaveaiso the late 1950s, Madinoge rural woe sn ad the oppres In addition, women face recogisedbythelaw,leving the mass political army of complained about insufficient Morwasole was sentenced aipe,of iii mon uenderthelaw. sexual harassment. At work figures arbitray. revolutionary change'. sanitary protection when to death for her part in the strip and body searches to Despite the formidable Asaresultofthisrolemany menstruating, and lack of widespread opposition to the by AlIson Barrett check thieving are often dangers facing them, women women have been detained, adequate dietary and medical imposition of the Bantu Au forced. Bosses compel female have been in the forefront of tortured, imprisoned and sen provision. This is of particular thoritiesAct.Hersetencewas Woms en workers are staff to take thecontraceptive the strggie aginstapartheid. tenced to death in apartheid concern where prisoners are later commuted following among tb .e most exploited in Depo Provera, banned in The story was told of the South Africa. pregnant publicprotest. More recently, South~f re Concentrated in western countries because it women of Port Alfred who Currently there are known Women prisoners have, TheresaRamashamola.oneof laheur-in tensivC, low-wage can cause infertifity and can campaigned, through stay to be at least 36 women politi however, struggled against the Shrpevilie Six, was sen incolstie " where working cer oftheervix. aways and mass action, to cal prisoners. This number is their conditions, refsing, for tenced to death in 1985 but condition " are bad, they are Women also suffer under bringa rapist to justice, and compiled principally from instance, to confortto certain foiowingnationalandinterna often the sole supporters of customary and civil law. Cus thewomenofChestervllewho newspaper reports and from regulations such as the wear tonal protests, in November their chi ldren and despite tomary arriagesteatwomer kept vigil to prevent vigilante informationprovidedbymoei ing of prison clothes. Some 1988 her sentence was con union ca mpaugns and legal asmiorswhilethestil-preva attacks. toting groups in the country. have also gone on hunger muted to 8yewarsin prison. provision sfor equal wages lent system of paying a bride Despite their strength and ltisthusinevitablyincomplete, strike. Letters calling for the thseyre. sin"unwaged price (lobela) encoursgesmen leadership, women do not of Trials are reported only There are currently two immediate release of allpoliti Ruralwomeninthe home- to treat women as their tenreachleadershippositions intermittently and in a frag women awaiting execution in calprisoners should be sent to lands', working in 'border property. in the trade unions and civic mentary fashion. Moreover, South Africa as a result of po Mr I Coetsee, Minister of industries saddomesticwork- The inhumnaity of apart organisations, and the lihers since South African law for litical activity.Daisy Modiseis Justce,lDepartnmentofJustce, eS are ewen worse off, having heid andtheconsequentintol tion ofwomen willbean ono bidsthe namingiof defendants in Mafikeng Prison in the PrivatettagX tPretotl001, little or n Suntonrepresents. erable living conditiona lead ing struggle even after apart under 18 years old, it is diffl Bophuthatswana bantstan South Africa. tion. Donnestlc workers fre- to ahigh rate of domestic vim- eid is gone. cult to determine the number of female juveniles serving Aliso Barre attended the prison terms for political of Viva Mandela! Kingston Anti-Apartheid Group Msalibongaw Women's conf fences. once and has prepared a foll In some ways, prison con NOW FREE SOUTH AFRICA THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES! accot ofthe resolutfiosant ditions for the women are discssions, availablefrom worse than for their male Tyneside Anti-Apartheid P0 Box 260, Kingston, Surrey KT1 2DU AAM HQ. Rtease senta forte counterparts. Gains made by SAE marked Malibonive"

- - - 160Falcon, Road LondonSAM12LN NASUWT w~ . eee- A.a THECAREERTEACIERS'ORGANISAiON CPSA welcomes the release of ANC leaders and The National Association of Schoolmasters other political prisoners in South Africa. We rejoice at and Union of Women Teachers salutes all the release of Nelson Mandela after 27 years in teachers and students in South Africa prison. engaged in struggle against the apartheid regime. We salute those who have made this possible - the heroic struggle of black workers, women, youth and We reaffirm our support for the the worldwide anti-apartheid movement. We stand Anti-Apartheid Movement. shoulder to shoulder with you in the struggle to overthrow racism and oppression. We applaud and support COSATU's resistance to the Labour Relations Act. We also salute the Congress, youth and workers who have fallen and struggled against Inkatha vigilantes in The NASUWT calls on the Government Natal. of South Africa to: * Solidarity with South African workers! * Free the apartheid • Form direct links with South African workers! prisoners * Towards a mass ANC! " Forward to one person one vote in a unitary • Abandon the apartheid laws non-racial South Africa! * Support to the Anti-Apartheid Movement March and practices. and Rally in London on 25 March! * Welcome home Nelson Mandela! 12 I51n.jPARTWa MM*~IMiu AU9*ARTHIDNEW 0 MARH i1

Wales Anti-Apartheid Movement Nuneaton and Hinckley AA says to Mrs Thatcher 'STOP SUPPORTING APARTHEID' Where will you be on 25 March?

WAAM, 224 City Road, Roath, Cardiff 0222-499769 Coach detals from David Crosher. 203-38504

SJews Against Apartheid Conglen an District Anti-Apartheid i roup Nelson Mandela is

We rejoice at the release of Nelson Mandela Welcome Home Nelson Mandela free from prison Now free all South African political prisoners Free all political prisoners

now free South Africa UNION OF COMMUNICATION WORKERS WELCOMES THE Tell Thatcher: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RELEASE OF PROBATION OFFICERS Stop Supporting Apartheid 3-4 Chivalry Road, London SWI 1 1HT NELSON MANDELA AND CALLS FOR THE 25 March 1990 NAPO welcomes the release of RELEASE OF ALL Nelson Mandela and calls for the release of all political prisoners and the SOUTH AFRICAN ending of apartheid POLITICAL PRISONERS

Tell Thatcher ALAN TUFFIN TONY CLARKE LeslieChriste land, Ilyle Stop supporting apartheid General Secretary Deputy General Secretary GeneralSecretary P.i

Eve of Demo CEILIDH FOR MOZAMBIQUE Cidngratulations, with Gas Mark 5 NELSON MANDELA

Saturday 24 March 1990, 7.3Opm to 12 midnight Leader of South Africa, Come early!! - Dancing starts at 8pm on your release from prison. Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1 Admission £4.00, £3.00 unwaged Organised by: Village Self-Defence Campaign Sponsored by: Mozambique Angola Committee say: Proceeds to Mozambique Village Self-Defence 0 Itensify the pressure! SMainftain Sanctions! 0 Step up the Boycott! * Total destruction of Apartheid! WE WELCOME THE RELEASE OF NELSON MANDELA. LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY NOW FREE SOUTH AFRICA! il VHACKNUYCOUNCIL =iziA- Working fto kwopI Alec Smith General Secretary 16 Charles Square NATIONAL UNION OF TAILORS London N1 6HP AND GARMENT WORKERS 14 AWI-W lEIJlM * ARCH199m

The TUC and all its affiliated trade unions rejoice at the release of NELSON MANDELA and renew their call for the early release of all remaining trade union and political prisoners in South Africa

Trades Union Congress

Norman Willis Ron Todd General Secretary Chairman, International Committee AgiTiPATHIDoEWS. MilaimO 15 ACTION 0 NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Barnet bars Edinburgh South Africa festival Fundraising news ambassador boycott Early in January, Barnet AA EdinburghAAconcludedtheir events learned thatthe SouthAfrican Boycott Apartheid 89 cam Freedom had been invited paign on 9 February by band thisyear the Anti-Apartieid Movement Is ambassador InJune and July of to speak at YAKAR,a Jewish ing in a petition to the man callingon local groups torgnise sponsoredrue, walkso agerofSafeway supermarket, of Events.Then. educational foundation in cyclerides under the umbrella 'Freedom Hendon. In cooperation with Moraingside, and reiterating events will be organsed Inconjunction withthe AAM HO and their demand that the super en10 June. JewsAgainstApartheid (JAA), will link Inwith the Freedom Run In Srockweli Park Barnet started a campaign to market chain stop selling Allproees will be split lnally andnatinally. have the invitation cancelled, South African goods. thisceries of event Isclearly to ralse the funds Theaim of writing to the principal rabbi, The Argyle Group, which which,no w ell know,are an desperately neededInOrder for includes Presto and Safeway, Isthe Michael Rosen. Letters of theAAM to runefiectively. Also of greatimportance protestwere alsosent byArch isso sensitiveto the consumer SouthAftica: Freedom Howl campaign andthe rol that the boycott issue that they felt it Asuccesoful bishopsTutu and Huddleston. FreedomEvenets will ply withinthis ceampaln. In reply, Rabbi Rosen said necessary to sendthe director selies ofnational FreedomEvents could provide the South of corporate affairs, Mr Tony ad he feltit intheinterests of free Africa:Freedom. Nowl cenpaigo with an Importantianciall speech to hold the meeting Coombes, from London to re political bnet. ceive the petition, INqftye can dir ge Intunch with year leal grop tofind et and informed us that It had ioert Sithe andJones Sweowa will playat the Festivat been arranged by journalist The 1,778-signatare peti i theyare planning a Freedom Event inyer are. Nyea have tion waspresented by thelord with Benjamin Pogrssld. Barnet South Africa Hereand Now, a rani-fealival ca-hosted by the anydifliculty contacting yar lcal group,get Intouch wrote again to say that they prvost ofEdinburghEleanor ANC regional cultural committee and Arekopaneng, will be a atAAM Hit. McLanghlln. The delegation anti-apartheid culture. Although theevents are planned for Jane and July, we need did not feel the interests of celebration of progressive 'free speech' necessitated included Des Lougbney, sec Funded by Lambeth council, it will bring together on one to start walking n themnew In order to gotmamem support providing a platform for the retary of Edinburgh Trades stage some of the best names in the South African music andfunds rled. CouncilandAlanWdkie,chair conunty. cunfinned, Ani-AparthnhfMewrepresentative of the racist Oco the evnts havebeen regime. A picket was planned of the Fellowship of Reconcili Organisers see the mini-festival as a celebration towelcome willbe disntribtlnga Ieafnt showingwhere different events for the evening of the speech, ation. the unbanning of the ANC and the release of Nelson Mandtela. listingcontact names uaenethe country are taking place,and and Paul Joseph, of the ANC The Argyle Group is the The ANC'sJonas Gwangwa and Arekopneng chairperson andnumlers. and vice-chairperson of Bar largest traderof SoothAfrican ErnestMothle. with his band Isongoma,will jointhe ANC choir, net AA, met Mr Pgrund on fruit and vegetables in ChrisMacgregor and at a major event atthe Fridge Campaign merchandise behalf of the ANC. Scotland. In rtt on25March. Mambo InaDJsJerryLyseight and Max Sanenclosed leafletfor your official MANDLARELEASED T Rabbi Rosen then offered Reinhardt wilhost the show. Efforts arebeing madeto feature shirtand merchandise, plusthe SOUTH AFRICA: FREEDOM l0f to meet a delegation from key vocalists Pinise Saul and Sonto Ndebele. T-shirt andmerhandie. Planeyear order assone as possible Barnet AAto discuss the mat The mini-festival opens on 10March at the Mambo Innin andhelp us to cileut thin namednes eoa n andto ter. They had a lengthy and southLondon with Isangoma.Aweeklater, on 17March, Jonas prmnte and fundthe crecial Campalgnshnd. vigorous discussion with the Apartheid Gwangwa and Chris Macgregor topthe bill. principalandleft with the invi airlink South Africanvisualartand resistanceposters willbe exhib The Campaign Fund tationtothe ambassadorbeing ited at the Brixton Recreation Centre in April, opening with a withdrawnh, Manchester city cnmiland r ception on 1 April where ANC and Arekopaneng poets will TheMevmet'ssitiate insdifferen from many other Greater Manchester Anti their as poetry from the townships and cenetaetlyhave to tace read own work as well campaigning orgaielane Inthat we Apartheid areto launchacam ANC camps. newand unpredictabl coutlpnetes, 0ga freshwave of pojgn against the establish Ernest difficult. ForfurtherinformationphoneMandlaon 3544799 or reprnealne.Oblavisly this mnes bdgettogmewhet ment of a weekly South Afri on 969 3475. TheCnapalg Fend wan net up with thisprble in wind. AA canAirways (SAA)flightfrom Allmeni comingtola the ftod areusend soisly feo Jazz ManchestertoJohannesburg. campaigne.Andthe best wayanyone can make a gM s by intensifies the SAA is part of the state meethlystanding ordor. Thet way you give us the BR apologise to AAM givinga owned South African Trans sneurity to implemet nowcapo ins t theknowedge thmtthe struggle Reid, chair of the with regard to the promotion port Services. SouthAfricanfi Sir Robert moneywill be thereto fundlem. Youwill fleda standieg order Jazz Against Apartheid are nancial analysts have pre British Rail Board, has apolo- of tourism in South Africa is farmIn this meth's AANems. For as lile onarend Iip a day intensifying their efforts this dictedthattourismcouldeam gised for includingofan article also fully understood and (ESa manith)youcan givea contributionthat will makeits month by announcingthestart the regimeas much in foreign advocating travel to South supported by the Board, 'It is particularly worthMt everymonth until freedom l wel. oftwo eventswhichwllhop- currencyas gold. Africa in a BR staff magazine GramStriileadterof and issued instructions to regrettable, therefore, that fullyproveentertainingaswell have TellMrs Thatcher: as sucte ll intpromoting the the ty council, sa We don't ensure that it will not happen this article should stop supporting apartheid ailti-apartheidlmovement. want to see the South African again appeared in our of our In a written reply to John publications and I am sorry WiMyour lent mouths AA New you recenmld a copy of ear Club Amandla, the 'think- fla on aircraft flying into ing percon's' dance club, will Manchester. They are very FrescottMPhesaid:'Tleplicy forany offence it may have special 'roll MrsThatcher' leaflet (of which over 500,000 were of Her Majesty's Government caused.' distrihedi). ifyou haven't yet raturned the copy you received, featuretfular live pnrforna- unwelome.' The c, ap couldyou do so now?Mnse snd a donationas well, if You anrtyuand the best ofBritish pears tobe tied by iniernae can,to helpcover the cost of the campaign. adSouth African DOs Club tinallawr to acceptlthe flight A opens with the pres The campaign aainst the VIVA NAMIBIA! entation of a cheque to the apartheid airlink will be Cassandra Davies supports AAM in Nele .oMandela Reception applying pressure on British VIVA SWAPO! London Marathon Committee to promote the Airways, the Civil Aviation HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! release of all political prison- AuthorityandtheDepartment Topathlete Cassandra havlen will be msning in theLondon era andtcelebrate the unhan- ofTransport.Apetitiorliotobe 21 March 1990 Marathonon22 April. All sponsorshipmeney raised far ningofpolticloilrgani-anins., launched imongst the people Cassandra will be split beasnher local Guildford Anti including the ANC, the UDF of Manchester. ApartheidGroup and the national Anti-Apartbald Movement. If andCosato.Allproceedsfrom In reply to a letter about Congratulations and solidarity youwould like to collectsponsors for Casnendm orother anti the Club Amandla will go to this airlink, the CAN wrote: greetings to SWAPO and the apartheid renners, pleasecontact us atAAM HO for Sponsorshipthe Anti-Aprt heid Movemet 'ThisAuthoritygrantslicences Jazz Against Apartheid are to British airlines but permits people of Namibia on winning their Thiseorm oftundreisiag wouldtake upvery little ofyour also organising the penulti forforeignairllnestoflytothis freedom timeand, together with other members,could provide the AAM mateuightoftheCamdenJauz country are the respomsibility witha subtantial sourceofIncome. Festival on 24 March. The of the Department of Trans evening willfeature a host of part. I understand from them top artists and act as a great that South African Airways JAN HOOGENDYK send-off for the South Africa: have indeed appliedfor a per died peacefully in his 78th year at Eden Hall, Marie Curie FreedomNowldemonstration mitonthe Manchester-Johan Home, on 14 February after a long iness. on Sunday 25 March. nesburg route butthis has not Club Amandla is based at at present been granted...' AA ENTERPRISES No flowers by request are urgedto write the Polytechnic of North Loen- Members Trading Against Apartheid don, Holloway Road, 01-607 to the InternaiaonalAviation Donations to the ANC, 28 Penton Street, London Ni, and PO Box 533, London N19 4SS Workshop, 2789/806 9831. Camden Jazz Division,Departmentofl'ra Tools for Self-Reliance, Netley Marsh Tel: 01-281 7878, Fax: 01-281 6861 Southampton, would be welcome. Festival,ShawTheatreEuston port, 2 Marsham Street, Lon Road, 01-860 5869/439 0807. don SWIP 3EB. 16 ANI-APFARTIIDI M oMARCH190 ACTION 0 NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL All out for 25 March CAMPAIGN This list of loceleontacts fr transport detail enSeoday 25 Marchis undoubterlynot eshaustve. Ifyur lol i not DIARY listed, do ceact yar local groupor Gard Omasta-Milsonat RMI , 01-3877966. Barnsley Betty 0226-747717 SMnday 5 March:35th anniversaryof foundation of South Butb Idris Roker 0225-315660 African Congressof TradeUnions (Sacte) In 1955. Evening , Harry Bames. NIP In, SHE READS IT Bihaligham BirmlnghamAA 621-4402623 celebration London.Detai:Sactu, 01-2813233. de-ibalo Britis5,5in Bolto ein RA 0942-B1SW -fetSHOULDN'T 0 Thursday8 March:Interational Women'sDay picket of South adod-etedStalmi950.,kooing Y U Bradford Pal Hill 027444425 bn nde l_ parlia ty YOU? AfricaHome, 5.30-7pm, argaised byAAMwomen'scommittee. democraeY. ssked Mrs Brighton See Winter 0273-66133 Theme:Solldarty with WomenPolitical Prisoners. b.te dieajuM,Hars. le Bristol Simon Detals: Comack 0272-429812 ChltraKam@, 01-387 838. Sthat he .no1 Cambidge DerekMeyer 0223-214235 %eybld he 1.r Dom.da llot.ohitloe ar otally Canterhry Mauice Mason 0227-464348 * Saturday10-25 March: South Africa Hereod NowFestial. free to wee what they please. Chetneham Just 1as toe0 ho ,edit RuthTurner 0242-243207 Seepage 15for detalis. Tibmre. Coeeleten &S Cheshire Mutye Ma 0260-274925 Derby ash 0332-362 7 * Friday16 March: Bradford Al lson MandelaFreedom Party, -5. G-&-CoasdOn, 0,1,00198S all preceedsto the ANC.6pm, The Queen's Hall, Merely Street, Durhasm orothy Hanis 091-384 530 Bradford.Contact JulesOfird, 0274-732248. Eastboune TenyPage 03212-2976 If you want the real news, views and analysis EastLancashire DavidHte 0254-774526 0 Wednesday21March: 30th anniersary of theSharpaslille from the labour movement, get TRIBUNE Every Exeter 60p. AmandaWltton 0392-79531 massacre,1960- 69 peopleon a peacefuldenstraton Friday, Harlow Buyn Morris 0279-416391 againstthe pm lowsshot dead, 178 unded. Also51h P111sen.-d -5TUM- foth501_50emonths. e I oIa -equepostIlorder Hestings JobeCur ngs 0424437020 aniversory of the Langamancre In1985- 43 peopleoa a tarrymale payableto Trbun PublicasonsLtd and crossed Arcpayee Huddersfield MelvynHoldsworth 0484-534052 funeral processionkilled by police. HllSue Oavis 0482-814523 * Wednesday21 Maci Birth of the Rpeublicof Namibia Name ...... 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Univiersity ofLondon Union, Mahi treet, African xpartheld regime d forsupport far.thes stugling for Southam~pton flavid Headley 0703-22630 Lndn MC1. oorsopen830pm, starts7pm. T ckets: E5.0,. freur and Indepedence. Seethaud gill Maclntyre 0702-35166 All NATIONALINDIVIDAL MEMBRE and NATIONALLYSouth Devon PeterWood 066-64 0 SundayI Apri: Annieersaryof thefeudaton of thieSeuthere AFFILIATEDLOCALORGAllSATOSatomtcllybeomsememtbers Swindon MarkJehnson 0753-770269 African DevelopmentCoordination Conference (SAC) in 1980. of the recoguisedlocal peup in their area.They are servicedby Taunton& W Somerset Kn Martin 0984-%8324 Membedrsam:nolat,Sotswan,Leotho, alaw, Mozambiqu, the AAMHG and receive a copyof Aui-Aparlholad Now anda Tyneslde KateBegley 6091-2749608 Swailand, Tanraa, Zamaand Zmlbabwe. members'newsletter times 10 a yearplus additlonal mailings. 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