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Volume XVI Number 5 ASOUTHERN RICA $1.25 December 1982 The Mozambique National Resistance: South Africa's errorist , zi 8 Tanzania 8 shs. Mozambique 35 Meticals. UK 60p. Act In Solidarity With Black South Africal The following entertainers have performed in South Africa. must not let them perform in our communities. America Francis Grier Tim Reid "Venus Flytrap" Bob Anderson Richard Hatch Richard Roundtree Paul Anka Goldie Hawn Telly Savalas David Baca Isaac Hayes Leo Sayer Josephine Baker Joe Henderson Shirley Scott Cliff Barnes Howard Hesseman George Shearing Shirley Bassey "Dr. Johnny Fever" Sha Na Na George Benson Jimmy Bo Home Frank Sinatra Brook Benton Susan Howard Percy Sledge C.L. Blast Janis Ian Jimmy Smith Ernest Bourgnine David Jackson Diane Solomon Beach Boys Millie Jackson The Staple Singers Gwen Brisco Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson Edwin Star Shirley Brown Jack Jones Candi Staton Nina Burrell Tom Jones Dakota Staton Glen Campbell Fern Kinney The Supremes Colin Carr Eartha Kitt Brian Tarff Clarence Carter Louis Lane The Temptations Monk Channing Jiame Laredo Rufus Thomas Ray Charles Mary Larkin Timmy Thomas Cher Jerry Loren Bross Townsend Jimmy Cliff Main Ingredient Tina Turner Billy Cobham Peter Mancer Dancers & Reborn Stanley Turrentine Pete & Conte Condoli Ann Margaret Two Tons of Fun Rita Coolidge Johnny Mathis The Variations Chick Corea Mattison Brothers Village People Andrew Crouch Curtis Mayfield Lovelace Watkins Henry "Manolito" Darrow George McCrae Al Wilson Joe Dolan Mighty Clouds of Joy Jimmy Witherspoon Lou Donaldson Stephanie Mills Betty Wright Lamont Dozier Liza Minelli Robert Wright The Drifters Monk Montgomery The Younghearts Jack duPree James Moody Effrem Zimbalist, Jr. Ecstasy Passion & Pain Olivia Newton-John Carla Fontana Linda Oliphant George Forest Osmonds This list is based on a list compiled Midel Fox Charles Pace by two New York City based organ Buddy de Franco Wilson Pickett izations, the Patrice Lumumba Aretha Franklin The Platters Coalition and AJASS, based on re Gloria Gaynor Barbara Ray search done by Michael C. Beau Terry Gibbs Helen Reddy bien. For further information see Della Reese Nikki Giovanni article in this issue. Boycott Entertainers Who Visit South Africa * SOUTHERN CONTENTS SPECIAL REPORT AFRICA Cultural Boycott List lume XV Number 5 (Inside Front Cover) December 1982 3 US Entertainers; In Step With Apartheid MOZAMBIQUE 5 South Africa's Terrorist Army CEUTA MELILLA 10 The People's Counteroffensive CULTURE 8 Malibongwe ANC Women: Poetry Is Also Their Weapon SOUTH AFRICA 13 Wage Gap Grows EDEPARTMENTS AI 2 Update -;7 14 Publications Received 15 News Briefs A. Front Cover: Woodcut by Reginald Woolery S*EYCKILL~f I9 . v ,cto, Oil Is ll-. t Members of the Southern Afica collectIve who contributed to the production Subscrlpton: Individual (domestic)/S10.00 Institutional/$18.00: Individual of this (for Issue: Mark Beittel, Jim Cason, Jennifer Davis, Asma Feyijinmi, Mike eign)/$13.00: Institutional/$21.00; Airmail: Africa. 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Third World Distributors: Chicago: Prairie News Agency: Minneapolis, MN: Rainbow Distribution: Atlanta, GA: Guild Southein Africa is published monthly except forJanuary-February and August News Agency, Cabal R.News; Detroit. MI:New Directions Enterprises. September, when bl-monthly by The Southern Africa Crrmitte, 198 Broadway, New York, NY 10038. ISSN 938-3775 DECEMBER 1982/SOUTHERN AFRICA 1 American vice-president that Black UN observer Theo Ben-Gurirab ni Africa did not support the linking of dryly, "Yes, we have finally reached Cuban troops with Namibian indepen agreement over Namibia. We all al dence and appealed to the Reagan ad that the current negotiations are c ministration to "side with Africa" on the pletely, unconditionally and uneq issue of Namibian independence. ocally deadlocked-on all issues." . at press time, nearly all parties to Prisoner Swap talks were pronouncing them sta Bushed over US and South African demandi the withdrawal of Cuban troops f United States Vice President George After two years and four false starts, a Angola, and the rejection of those brought Bush visited seven African countries complicated prisoner swap has mands by virtually everybody eh Angolan soldiers from last month as part of an administration the release of 94 including some members of the Wee effort to polish Washington's tarnished South African prison camps. The sol "Contact Group" negotiating team. image on the continent. diers, captured over the course of South African leaders are unhappy with the Africa's six-year war of aggression Everybody, that is, except Wash Africa adviser, Dr. Che Reagan administration's policy of "con against Angola, were freed in exchange ton's top a Novembei structive engagement" with South for two American mercenaries captured Crocker. Following with South African official Africa. Despite America's public accom by MPLA forces during the CIA effort to meeting t modation, with Pretoria, they note, overthrow the Angolan government in Pretoria, Crocker denied that the trouble. "The negotiations apartheid is alive and well in South 1975, and a suspected CIA agent cap were in of Africa and, to date, Pretoria has shown tured in Angola in 1981. continuing," he said, "and none that they wii no measurable interest in relinquishing Two Soviet airmen held by South parties have indicated control over Namibia. African-backed UNITA guerrillas, as the effort to halt." Before his trip, which included stops well as a Soviet technician and a Cuban But perhaps he should have a in Cape Verde, Senegal, Nigeria, soldier held by South Africa were also South Africa's defense minister, 1 Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Zaire as well as released. Pretoria's return of the bodies eral Magnus Malan, for a second opir told a gro Kenya, the vice president said his tour of four Soviets killed during its massive In late October, Malan would focus on US economic relations "Operation Protea" invasion of Angola Cape Town businessmen that & any settler with Black Africa. But, except for de in 1981, and the release of the bodies of Africa would not accept fending US backing for the recent $1.1 three South African troops killed in leading to a victory by SWAPO, Namibian liberation movement. R billion International Monetary Fund Angola completed the intricate deal. said, "If t loan to South Africa, economics were Commenting on the US role in the ring to SWAPO, Malan Al way down on the list when Bush gave swap, a State Department source told was a free election in South West what was described as a major address Southern Africa that US officials I am certain which party would v anxietie on US-African relations in Nairobi, seeking the withdrawal of Cuban troops Appealing to Cold War c Kenya, on November 19. from Angola had raised the issue of a Pretoria and Washington, Malan organizat 'he withdrawal of Cuban forces from trade for the Americans, mercenaries SWAPO "a communist raise a "red flag" in Angola in a parallel framework with Gary Acker and Gustavo Grillo, and that would Windhoek. Namibia's "I South Africa's departure from Namibia former Globe Aero pilot Geoffrey Tyler, capital of is the key to the settlement we all de with MPLA officials in August 1981. Malan argued, would doom Botsv sire," said Bush. "My government is not The same source said the US was par and Zimbabwe. South Africa was ashamed to state the US interest in see ticularly active in persuading UNITA to prepared to withdraw from Namibii ing an end to the presence of Cuban participate. concluded, because the "operati ni forces in Angola." He attributed the success of the ex area," which currently includes ern Anj Before he left on his trip, Bush had change, which also involved the Interna Namibia and southern south to Si billed the tour as a chance to "learn tional Red Cross, to "progress" in the would simply move what key African leaders are thinking." intractable Namibia negotiations. He Africa's own borders. to the coi But Bush apparently wasn't interested also noted that the deal offered some Malan's remarks, added in learning. In October, the Angolan thing for everybody, ranging from prop uing American and South Africar government had reaffirmed its rejection aganda value for UNITA, to an oppor stinance over the Cuban presenc views .of the Cuban linkage, noting that with tunity to make points in the Western Angola, tend to corroborate b South African forces openly operating press for both South Africa and Angola. South Africa, with Washington's inside Angola a withdrawal of Cuban *'ing, is stalling until conditions ir enoug troops would be tantamount 'to national Namibia Talks Namibia become favorable suicide. push through an apartheid-spona And at a press conference in Nigeria Deadlock independence. Recently, South A while Bush was visiting, Nigerian Vice conceded the failure of attempts t4 current white-led internal President Alex Ekwuemre also openly When asked in late October to com place the opposed the American policy towards ment on US reports of an imminent con ernment with a Black coalition he the Cubans in Angola. Zi.nbabwean clusion to the drawn out negotiations by South African-appointed Ova Prime Minister Robert Mugabe told the over Namibian independence, SWAPO chief Peter Kalangula.