newnwsration newnwsration o arrange for the distribution of the poster and leaflets which are now available 0O help to distribute leaflets at anti-racist and other events. Furthe informtiofrm: AAM, 89 Charlttfe Street, London W1. Tel 01-580 5311

/~ Glasgow' A SOUTH African Government Minister, Marais Steyn, was met by about 50 demonstrators when he visited Glasgow's Labour Lord Provost Hodge on a 'courtesy call' on June 15. Leaders of the Labour Group on the local Council were among the demonstrators and, after strong# potsts from the District Labour ry' Hodge agreed to consult the Labour Group in future about cotoesa engagements. ; Glasgow AA Group members : attended the anrnual general meetipgof the textile multinational Coats Patons. The Chairman gave an assurance that no new funds from the UK would be invested in the company's South African operation At Glasgow Collage of Technology, students are planning to contestnxtterm a ban byite COllege Princilml on AA NEWSand other anti-aparteid itertre. Glasgow AA plansto hold a sponsored alk to raise fusnds for AAM on Sunday September 17. Contact: John Nelson, 3 Rosevale Crescent, Hamilton, Lanark,shire. Tel Hamilton 26781. Manchester MANCHESTER Anti-Apartheid Group is holding a conference for trade unionists and yong people on Saturday November 11 at Abraham Moos Centre, Crumpsall, Manchester. The conference is being sponsored by the North West TUC. The Group mounted a stall at the Northern Carnival against the Nazis on July 15, selling 60 copies of AA NEWS and distributing over 2000 leaflet. One of the speakers at the Carnival was Sean Hosey. On June 15 'Scenes fror a play by Steie Wier, was psuton at Selfford University' The play will be presented again in Manchester by Contact Theatre, November 29-December 16. Manchester AA held workshops at the UN Youth Cnference in Manchester at the end of June; at the Campaign against Raciem in Education conference on June 24; and att he May 21 Anti-Fascist Conference. Contact: Frances Kelly, Secretary, Manchester AA Grotip, 59 Tintern Avenue, Manchester Coventry COVENTRY nti-Aparsei Group held a public meeting to welogme home Sean Hoseywhospent the last five years in gaol in South Africa, on July 2. A resolution was circulated at the mneeting asking thsepresent to takfeusolidarity work wihSuth African workers in their ktreins. ovietry AA liislnning telhold an anti-paretheid exhibition inv September and to take part in a Carnival organised by Covrentry Anti-Rtacist Anti-Fscst Commilttee,. st uTh etls Thursday ofevery month in Ro m at45pr fap Contact: Georg Richeps, SscreOliver Streat, Covetr CV6 5B. Hafnley HARINGEY Anti-Apartheid G~roup is collecting gsood sedr clothing, sports equipmenteand indr gansigs for Zimbabwean refugees. These will be sen to ZAPIJ and ZANII. Offers to: Margaret Linjg Secretary, Haringey AA Group, ; Venetia Road, London N4. Tel 3486657. Leicester' LEICESTER Anti-Apartheid Group will hold a public meeting on ZibaweonSnday September 10at7.30Pmatthe Richard Ill pub, Hi1gh Cross Street. Speakers will include a representative of ZMA (imbabwe Medical Action). The Group held a special sale of AA NEWS in August near the Clock Tovr fpolowingthegran; of a newspaper licence for AA NEWS by Leicester's licensing authority. It is now planning to hold regular Saturday mornipales. Volunteers nededl Lecse Ahlsmeeings at heRich r ill* :. ... . For more information, contact: Shnr Seth , 18 St AlanRad AA local A WorkshIop for representativres oflocalAA grous wll be hl i Leicestetemer$9-O0 It will 5 ro on Sunay ' !errg current AAM ampaigns and one mAmbil bethconqerwed Mwfrh trade uno work. AMemers oAAM Executive Comitteean Trsad Union u Committrev willIalso be present, on Zimbabwe on September. 8 a Westway Luncheon Club, neer Ladbroke Grove tube station, A speaker has beeni inavited from ZSaU, together with the ZAPU Singers. I. The Group plans to hold monthly discsmson metings - the first two will be o thje situaion of African workers on September 18 and on investment links whth South Africa in October. West London AA holda street sale of ANTI- APARTHEID NEWS at Notting Hill Gate on the second Saturday of every mtonth. Volsuntears welcome. Contact: Peter Jones, Secretary. West London AA Group. 92A Heather Park Drive, Wembley, Middx. Tel 902 2117. ,Camden CAMDEN Anti-Apartheid Group held a placard demonstration asking for support for Solomon MahlangUo in Hampstead High Street on August 12. It attracted a great deal of attention and the Group collected over 800 signatures for the AAM petition calling for Solomon Mahlangu's release. Contact: Det Glynn, 7 New End, London NW3. Tel 794 3546. Barnet BARNET Anti-Apartheid Group held a sponsored walk on July 2 and raised over £300. Twenty-seven supporters took part - among them children from the Woodcraft Folk. Group membert sold AA NEWS at Finchley Carnival on July 15. Barnet AA is now working to win support among local churches and is planning an initial meeting with local clergy, where antiapartheid Policies and campaigns can be discussed. Contact: Frank Edwards, Tel 446 4065, or Liz Backhurst, Tel 449 1818. Lamnbeth LAM BETH Anti-Apartheid Group raised £200from its sponsored walk around Clapham Common on June 24to sark the second anniversary of the Soweto uprising. The Group has mn several bookstalls at local festivals during the summer. Another stall will be moun~td at the Aniti Nazi League festival in Brtsckwell Parks on Septemrber 26. Lam beth AI havjlbbied the threelocal LaboM ,topu pressure on the Foreign Secretary, David Owen, to intervene to stop the execution of Solomon Mahlangu by the South African Government.~ Confct: Barry Luuckock, Tel 670 4039. Exeter EXETER Anti-Apartheid Group mounted protsests against a mfin itour of Devon cricket clubs by the all- white South African Grasshoppers team in July. The Grasshoppers played games against Sidmouth. Taunton and Exeter cricket teams. Exeer AA wroteto all three clubsappealing to them to call off the matches. In Exeter, AA supporters staged a 20-strong picket outside the ground fand handed outlaflets expling theirtand. Inside the ground, three other protesters walktd onto the field carrying a banner declaring 'Victory to the Freedoms Fighters'. Scotland SCOTTISH Anti-Apartheid Committee is holding a conference on 'Women and Apartheid' on Saturday September 16 at McLellan Galleries, Glasgow. Speakers will include Shirley Talbot,Nkosazana Dlamini. David Hemson, Janey Buchan and Joyce Sikakane. AA public meetings will be held in East Kilbride nd Clydebank on September 14 and 15. t is hopvd that new AAM branches will be formed as a result. Scottish AA Comm ittee has published a 4-page broadsheet on South Africa and its links with the UK. Copies are available at £4 per 1000. ASTMS ASTMS West End (London) branch held a fund-raising dance for the Anti Apartheid Movement on Juie 9 Which raised £238 50. The South Ajican group Jabula was the main attraction. A raffle to which record prizes were donated by Colletts, Our Price Records and Harlequin Records raised £33. ThebranchalsoarrangedascreeningofthefilmNamibioaArmed. . . aa groups THE Anti-Apartheid Movement has grolps in thefollowing areas. For details of how to contact them, contact the AAM Office. Aberdeen Hastings Bantead Huddersfield Barnet Ipswich Birmingham Lambeth Blackpoo Leeds Bradford Leicester Brighton Liverpool Bristol Loughborough Burnley Manchester Cambridge NewblemandSouthEssex Camden Northampton Canterbury Norwich Cardiff Nottingham Chelmsford OldTrafford cranbtrook Oxford Colchester Penarth Coventry Poole Croydon ReigateendRedhill Dundee Rugby Eastboume St Austell Edinburgh Sheffield Epsom Skelmersdale Enfield Highway Southampton Exeter Stoke on Trent Glasgow Sutton Greenwich West London Hackney West Lothian Haringey Anti Apartheid Movement 89 Charlotte Street, London WIP 2DQ Tel 01-580 5311 ANTI-APARTHEID ACTION -NATIONWIDE Rye A NEW Anti-Apartheid Group is being formed in Rye, Sussex. Anyone interested in joining the " group, contact: Ms Mary Sagar, Round Chimney, Playden, Rye, Sussex. Methodists THE Methodist conference held in Bradford in June voted unanimously to call on all Methodists to boycott all South African goods. The resolution called for a boycott aca way of marking International Anti-Apartheid Year. Ireland Tennis AN4TI-apartheid suporters demonstrated lt the Irish Open Tennis Championship held in Belfast in May to protest against the participation of threSouth African tennis players. Among groups represented on a picket outside th grounds ofthe~ Boat Club inBelfast on the first day of the cham p serethe Student Christian Moveienthie World Developmenrt Group, the Connally Youth Association andI students from Northern Ireland Polytecholoandf Quseens University. Contact: Staleyi McWillims Derry World Development Group, 45 Clarendom Street, Derry, Womenns Day NEARLY 110 womenprominent in public lifein Ireland signoe a deda ration in upport of the women of South Africa, to mark South Africa Women's Day on August 9. The dleclaration pledged solidauity with South African women who 'have nsever been subduied by en evl racist systemnswhichs con5demns African women tosffer a do uble discrimination, both vas blacksand as women'. Among the signatories werp actress Siobhan MoKenna, Betty Sinclair, former General Secretary of the Belfast Coyncil of Trade Unions, Edwina Stewart of NICRA and churhwomen, parliamentarians, writers and academics, Irish AA is campaigning against South African participation in the world Tug of War championships to be held in Dundalk in September. On July 27 ithelda public meeting in Dundalk jointly with Dundalk Trades Council to put the case against the invitation to South Africa, irish AA has also urged Bard Failte, the Irish Tourist Board, to withdraw its representative in Johannesburg. South Africa is the only country in which the Board has representation. Contact: Iish AAM, 20 Beachpark Road, Foxrock, Dublin 18. Tel Dublin 895035. SURREY AAM Annual General Meeting Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road. Croydon, Surrey Wednesday September 20 8 pm sharp All AAM members in Surrey are invoted (including parts in GLC arei)

ICL sells system Computers are not covered Hill Samuel attacked for S African loans THE merchant bank Hill Samuel distribute special leaflute. cemeunderattackatitsannual Thnet cilsarebeing shareholesmeeting on Julyr 25 for ure tocnw thrtcl its loans to the South African orgi awall as their own Government and stale corporations. a The actin is being .it. h irm~an defended th organised in conjunction with bank's role in South Africa and said that it had no intention of with- AAM. drawing. , Hill Samuel is one of the blggest TRADE unionistt five East nmerchantbanksin South Arca. In Anglian firmshaveben aked to 1976 itsSouth African subsdlary investigate their companies' claimed to have neotiated inter- involveent ins Sgssth Africa. national loans worth f240 million The local orgaisler of the for public sctor borrowers (22 per Transport and Geerl orkers cent o South Africas net capital Unionhasask enmberstomakeinflow). .publictheirempiloyera'South The Methodist Central Finance African interests. Board , Lanmbeth Council, Itotntree Among localfirms with Trust andi the Sacondary Heads subsidiaries in SouthsAfrica are Assoiao he ll anounced Anglaenn s nsocae of their intantion of withdrawing Ascitd tishFoo;Maul investments in Hill Samuel because 1 of the role wehichs the bank ply in Capb ll an u1in-ansparenSouthAfrica. c n elmonteFoods. BARTON ndScot,teWest REE Inrnatnahassldits Midlands ing,gup,Iha SouthAfricanpackasusidiary, sold ist South African subsidiary to Namak, toSouth fricanV Metal Rolling andl Tubs for £3.4 conglomierate, Blarlowr Rand. million. IRead will retain big stakes in a , numnber of other South African THE touth East Regional Council conceristoeer with itt holding of the TUC is holdilng a Week of company, Reed Corpration [Pty) Aton against apartheid, October Ltd. 3O'Novkmberi5, asite contribution It seems that Reed, like a to Internationial AA Year. nunmber of other UlKfirmrs, has In that wilek, trades counhcils in foundl South Africa's restrictionscon the South lEauwill be asked to taking capital out of the country lieket Barlays Bank, pickets a ihibiting. Iaehsof a major chain store "Hing South Mfit goods and to Holborn Asembly Hall, John's Ma Saturday October 7 1978 Entrance: 5p Childs Organised by ANC, 28 Penton Street, L benfciaryof th aiyreiere, explaining its objectionis to the film . Barclays Action 11 NOVEMBER I1wil beeanothier Day 1.30 Pint of Action against Barqleys Bank's 3 oi~rationstin South Africa. A special at will be available. If you ca drganise a picel~t of a Barclays branch, contact AAIIL V it in ,Junoe selection criteri'laid down by the agency. The IUEF said that the South African regime had demomtated 'its total intransigence and deternination to rest democratic change by all maaams'. THANKS! A SPECIAL appealto LabourMPs raised almost £500 for the AntiApartheid Movement funds, in the final few days of the last parliamentary session. Around 100 MPs contribute. Another f300 was raised by a Raffle of two gold sovereigns which were generously donated by two AAM rnerne Winners were Mrs Elizabeth Terry and Mrs H Sach. Thanks to all those who contributed to both col/ection5. The Movement is stil in need of funds: please send donations and Fund raising ideas to the AAM office. Tories back Smith TH-E Smith regime has been working hard to win friends in the Tory Party - arid they were well to the fore in the House of Commons debate on Rhodesiaon August 2. At least 19 Conservative MaPs have visited Rhodesia in the last 12 months - everal of them as guests of the regime. One ofthem, Nicholas Fairbairn MP, described Rhodesia as ... finest ship in the world'. shortly after his visit. 'There is more love and goodwill there than I have ever experienced,' he sid. He intervened in the Commons debate to ask the Foreign Secretary what form of government he thoughstthere wou Id be ins Rhodesia if the Patriotic Front won elections there. Anoither Tory, Nicholas Winter-ton who traeled to Rhodesia in October 1977, said juist after his visit that it was 'the most profitable, the most progressive, and the most beautiful country in the whle of Africa'. One of the regime's staunchest alies is the Member for Brighton Paviliqo. Julian Amery. Hie han paid two vis~is o Rhodesia in thielast year and after the second - in May 1978 - wrote an article in the Daily Telegraph calling for the lifting of santion . In the August debate he attacked the Patriotic Front anid the Pibsidents of the front-line Staites as 'thugs who kill and murder end inentr. In anearlier debate in May, Blackpool MP Peter Blaker raid that during his triphe had been convinced that Smith was 'sincere in his wish to move rapidly towards majority rule'. He went on to call for recognition for the 'internal settlement'. It was left to Tory Foreign "" Affairs spokesman, John Davies, to steer the narrow line between opposition to the immediate lifting of sanctions and support for the 'internal settlement'. He said that he had learnt a great deal fronshis recent visit to Rhodesia, but that he had 'ot been without information througsout, because countless of my hon Friends have been there'. He admitted that the 'internal settlement' was 'faltering' but argued that this was because the British Governmenthad opposed is. He threatened that if the Rhodesian regimewent ahead with its promised December elections, he could not see the Conservative Party giving its support to the renewalof sanctionsi in Novmtber. Ue tative to NAMIBIA'S FUTURE implemenlt proposals ON July27 the UN Security theyagreedi to proceedtothe inents necessaryforthe CouncilaskedtheSecretary UNtoimplementWestern, implementaa theU General of the UN to appoint proposals for a1tansition to : curityCouncil resolution. aSpecialRepresentativeto Namibianindependence. OnthispageAANEWS ensure the early indepen- Subsequently the LIN prints part of the text of the denceofNamibiathrough Secretry a ItdGeeneera o sand freeelectionstobeheld testerfor rotpoas by under UN supervision. Namib~ia, artt Ahttisaarias Sam Nio4ta, President of i Themovefollowedtalks his Special Representative. SWAPOtothe meetigof in Luanda, July 11-12, ,HetravelledtoNamibiain "OAUHeadsofStatein betweenSWAPOandthe thefirstweakofAgustto Khartoum,inwhichhe fiveWestern powers onthe makea surveyof thearrange- explained SWAPO's position. Security Council at which 'FREE ELECTIONS -THE KEY' THE proposals open with an prepartibon of voerrolls, and Sooth African troops w thin twelve Introduction stating that their otherasp:ctsof eletorlroce- s'eeks and prior to the official start object is t bring about a trans- duri will be promptlydecided of the polial campaign The itiontoindependencefor ososs tgvealpolitial remainingSouthAfrinfarce Parties adistesons, wouldhe restrictei to Grootfountein Nawita n 1978 within a - hout regrd toelt icl o 0 velorbothapdwouldbe Ct.... framework acceptable tothe viewsafull and fa op t vithdrawnafter the certification of Childre at pimarys t hipw people of Namsibia. so orseadpaticipaftein the theelection. memberof SWAPO'sNational Executive Theycontinue:'Thekeyt n eectoralprcs.Flreo f C h smii.mro h to indepedence is free elections for prssall be guaasceedo the w1ole of Namibia as one politi- 'The official elora campaign cal entity with anappropriate UN .li comec nloy after the TIN roleisaccordancewithResolutionsecial~ cea efie -N ujona saisie 385. hislas"mthfarnsu ceas fire -Nuj 'A resoluatin will lie required is appropriateriss 9f the electoral N M B AINhisstateenttotheOAU supporct and principled oi the Secuity Coon il requesting the procedures. SecretaryGeneral to appoint a UN 'The im tationah suohmmitmeeting in Khartoum eniurethat Specialrepresentativewhosecentral elecbr1parocessi inJuly,SWAPO PresidentSam ETheWesternpoe task will be to make sure that con- proper rpifoteatiod f nd Nujoma set out SWAP saesoliuitoeintie ditioos are established which will the proper and timely tabulation t Wstern SecurityCouncil 9 allow free ans fair elections and an and publicon of voting rests. their commnd structures:lsfr ba. ingthatWalvisBay impartial electoral process. The will batoso proposals for Namibiam interal part of Na special representative will be assis- the satisfactionof the specald SWto D personwil betsade ofthe He statedthat the talks between commit thmsel ted by a UN transition assistance representative. Tereitorytoreturnpeacefullyto SWAPOand thefiveWestern m st$elr group. 'Thefollowingrequieemesttwill Namibiathroughdesignatedentry ecrity Council powersheldin tonintoNiba 'The purpose of the electoral be fulfilled to the satisfaction of points topartlriptc freelyli the Luanda, July 11-12, had centred on process is to clct representatives to the UN special representative in political process. 0reutletion of k issu Theremainingou ? wiic -w l daw P an adptte an et °sre...etgotiatioonlt ofN ke dmes ourt. forces.ae lcartod, a Nmibian constituent assembly order to meet the objective of free E) A e ~litalyjection of the UN ding in the Western plann.stl dil whichwill draweupsod adoptthe sod fairelections: Transitions AssistasnceGroupto 'The clarictionldsandria unepeesttirioai constitution for an independent 'A) Prior to the beginning of the make -ssthat tse provisions of the tion. were notpes -ct,hem .t theirr,boftn a sovereignNassmihia electotal campaign the Amin otra- agreed soliAion will be obsservediby' t e reptaistoof t 'In carryinguts isnresponaihili- torGeneralwiltrepealallreaitsning allParties. 'yeStAhe we sastry.' hiannpeopleand ag tieathespecialrepresentativeWill disceriinatoryorrestictelaws, t pe procseet the UN agai ntseighboure work together with tei official regulationsoradntministrative appolitedby South Africa (she Aeassues wie minghtabridge ra 'Primary rsponsibility for sn- SecuityCouilths e the 0TheUN,theaohIt Admnistrator General ) to ensure inhibit that objective. tee nsng law sod erin N ibia way touanearlysienwtional Speciaepraosen the orderly tedsoion to indepen- B) The Adsiniteato General halt curing the transition pertod shall accepale serlement of the ques- N ai pro dsccnt' snakesiapesents afor the release, .est th te existing Police Fresf. eioc of Namibia(.ad Election priortothebeginningoftheelec- The dfoeeatoretratothe Svjs stesedlthat there approveorclllap toalfttn oftltapNs allbign lamibian satisfaction of the U ppecial , ha b mitagina nrth orat re tle oSoal colo 'eccdacewithrSerity polticalprisnesioleaise ld ertavesleouethe fire.Ce fla o l o S CouncillResolution 385, freerelec- by the South African autliorlties, o gooldconduct ofthse Police Forces. exerciseewl comeectivei~ tions will be held for the whole of that they mac participate fully sod ... The Special Representative the Secuity Cocil afton, whent Namilbia as one political entity, to freely in that process without risk shall maket arragemensa when she timetable is uanfolded as con-ancotlovrr ,eable the people of Namiibia freely of art, detention, intimidateion or approp at for peon to . taini the p admnistl ese ratin *th adfairlytodetersinetheirown impsonmeot. accompanythePoliceForcesitsthe He expleined'Whatweagreed massa ..Anydisputes conicerningtherelease dschargeoftheiduties.The!Police upeoni Luandaw thenelessary H o u 'The 'The eeftions will he under the of political prionrers or detainee Forces would be liitedo the fit tp in proes which tthet eto so~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ eexrvoisentandcotooahU oitetta ierto sPerainsdcnto fteU shallheresolvedtothesatisfactiont carrying of small armts in the normalI end only after independence haes. aexclntndpoi in that, as acondition to the of thespecia representative acting perforaceof theird e . een proclalne in NaOmiia. T realisllnto Asand poiei condurt of the electoral process, on the independent advice of a 'Inmmediately after the certifica- d,, io ubt, is freight with indeedecy ta wilh tom the lections theselves, sod the jurist of international standing who ton of election results, thed certification of their results, the UN shall he designated by the Secretary constituent assembly will meet to diffiultles and unceetainties to Naiia, at it must, i special representative will have to General to he legal adviser to the draw up and adopt a coinsttution especally as the occupetion regime en .e f which satisfy himself at eachstageasto special esati oa dependentNanibia.It.will isalsoexpectdtop sinepart hae sfered, sacrificed the fairness sod appropriateniess of C) All repbnresee conclude its wrek as soon055 in the tnitional admninistration ______ll meesin g the po itic Nanosieas daied os ere penit whatever and in the electoral ooesIA psrcs aet igtePbti anbasdtidmohrwe a ll-f adininistra- outside the Territory of Nansibia additional steps may be necessary He apptealed to Africanleaders SW P adIL, tonu before such measures take shall be persmitted to return peace- prior to the installation of an inde- feir'vsblesolidarit,vigorousr THELondonofficeofeffec. fullyandparticipatefallyad pNdent government of Namibia (South West Afic e oElection will beheld to select a f reely son te electoral process' during 1978.' Organsation) hasmoee ronstit .ut assmbly which will North Go'Srt adopt a coostitutiot ftor an ile- Cessationofhostilities mrR Ed8Telow, a r pendenttotia. The constitution 'A comprehensive cessation of tll 1h estenpeloss Church epeue dPrtoria Nai S o 3 willdetemio etheorganisation sod hostileactsshallbeobservedbyal =Nibi dl,' i ve nothenan ae adr powors of all levels of government, parties in order to enure that the ANGLICAN Church delegates from securing their continuing eploita- inc hese electoral process will tr free from Namibia acced Sosuth Africa of tin of Namibia's mineral wealth. 0 -385539. Voting interference oad intimidation.' mountinga'msivebuildtipof Aweek af rtene d ng,the 'eery adult Namibian will be eligible, without discrimination or (Anne. A so the proposals des- weapons' in their cciunr, at a Anglican l/icar-Generid in Narmtbi a, fear of intimidation from soy celbes provisions for the boplemen- meeting in Maseru, Les ,othso Reed Ed Morrow, and Father Heinz MANCHESTER AA soue,toa vt, campaign sod stand tatio. of a cease-tire.) Inoahardhlttingdecaration, Hunkeofthe RomanCatholic Fund-raising Party far election to the constituent 'These proviions call foe: they sid that the Wsternproposals Church wereexpelledfromthe Saturday Septeritber 30 assembly. Voting wilt he by seort A) A cessation of all hostile acts by tot Namibia could only be effective country by Souith African 35 Bffild odWs balint, with provisions nmade for all parties sod the restriction of if there was trust and good faith on Admsinistrator-General Steyn. Manchester those wh asoedo rt, SouthAfricansodSWAPOarmed alltides.TeEaglenLt~a ~ s£ 'Th date foe the beginining of forcestobase. Thsecurchmenaecusedthe Chturchin Nensibiacondemned M~s ods e the lec toral campaign, the date of III Thereafter a phased withdrawal Western powers of being motivated South Atrica's attetmpts to register Msc Fo a elections, the reetoral systeis. the, from Namibia of all hot 15 00 , .., ..s..n. - - - - - vsae,-,,n i 0,, Mr .oes as 55 a.otsaYlv y 1 - a....prma voters,atanextaordina y Synod in June. sunsel' to rs pport UN arantesSis an mnibia end to eintegreth African st one bae ions to used foe haessnng Sates he UN endeant ty tot oves acts by epraisentec, anW 'to pn anitlual security conduct of f Namibia ing: we ns that the inally comse ur people end diedI' dress -WAPO Ito: i D80/9. Th. ittee has sa - Tel *GROUP r- a pm Didelsury, - r ng a tt a

N Ar IBIA RPm 2 September 1978 Page 2.30 pm ad, London N7 1-j ref Fourthly, there are thought to N be large oil reserves in the offshore Re '-op Political Committee DOmmitee, 188 Nosrth G~ower

,---paga d pteaews T CROSSR le - over 3,000 families - BuIIdozers mowa n, near the D F Malan inter- shelter in the opt At Unibell, wh p, where the people have demolition begar of corrugated iron, wood settlement was re protection against the cold Like Ctossrmc on and water supplies, and where residents 1committee to pd of Crosroads the alternative In the weekfa usbands in the remote rural rebuilt their hom 1o guarantee of foodand housesagaindestrchildren. Thisisthethln s to move to Cape Town's Crossroads. Aao le-sex hostels, away, from 100 of the estirrA elife. entitled to rettal !rnment says that Cross- theTranskei dsquattercampsthat The authorfith n when the economywas settlement be rneeded.Butnowthat OnJuly301h nemployment is growing, it Day of Solidarip briefing sessio 1 sin Cape Town have been have been vistl sere 10,000 people lived, Germany. the ground in July1977. They are asi oyed was at Warkganot, support of pedsl i over 400 people lived in around 600'(d I' SlteY WTU is. RiLEFUGEES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY --THE

Svu'ATTER OF CAPE TOWN 7 WOADS! Y in last August, leavingwhole families to open under cardboard and plastic sheeting. which housed around 20,000 people, tgafi in January this year. In five days the is razed tq the ground. reads, Unibell was a well orgaised settlement its had built a school and orgaised a watch police the camp. Iofollowing the demolition, some residents ioies. Around 40 were arrested and their destroyedi threat which now faces the people of =ording to the Government, only around timited 3000 families at Crossroads are sbiri in Cape Town: the rest will be sent to &W Ciskei Bantustans. rides have said that they will destroy the 4ore the eid of this year. )-the people of Crossroads called a National ally in South Africa. They have also held a D or the diplomatic corps in Cape Town and ilby the Ambassadors of the US and West sking for, and deserve, the sympathy and udpte all over the worl. iMart in the Fields, London, on July 30. One of those present was Bishop Desmnond Tutu (above), Secretary General of the South Af rican Council of Churches, wiso travelled to Britain to attend the Lami eth Confarence of Anglican Bishops. Outlde the church a street theatre goup re-enacted the destruction of Cape Town squatter settlements (above, topand middle). Right: Poster issued by by the Ministers' Fraternal of Lange, Guguleou and Nyange, who called for a National Day 6t1olarity with the people of Crossroads on July 30 Pictures by Roy Cook A hope, r5G poort I 1 1, Pege5 a "WU >es-Iue-' - D, n er lar gi beenmade underdureess.Thejudge ence. refused to hold an inquiryinto are their allegations of assault and they gpor- vee later soneicted of es. rVdhd given gaol sentences. they d[stributed pet forced workers to t demonstrated for the release of detainees. Ten of them are young men, aged between 18 an 22 years old; the one woman i22-year old Susan Mthembu. The magistrate turned down a request by Defence Counsel for more time to preare its case. T'he hearing will resumse on Septembeir I . beco shop

SMITH REGIME HAS ITS BACK Mass meetings in imbabwe reject deal- 7 AM On a Sunday morning. The place is Highfields, one of the townships on the outskirts of Salibusry. People are already assembled outside one of the matchboxes that pass for home for the residents of Rhodesia's 4lack townships. By 7.30 amthe meeting is under way, It i one of sany beingbeld in townships all over the country. Theyeare the mobilisation meetings of th ZAPU wing of the Patriotic Front. I attended four mobilisation. mgetngs that Sunday morningin three different Salisbury townshil~r, The numbers attendingranged from about5to weIlo e 10se ,nd women, young and8id. The first thing that strikes a visitoris the excitemntaand rat attentiont that the audience give to the speakcers. And the degee of participation, from the greetings giver to the speakers to the singing that swell oultover the early morning atmosphere of the streets. Por many people. these meetings are the first occasion since ZAPU wat banned in 1962 at which they have been able to expreastheir true poltItl allegiani, Many of the audience are of course too young to have been politically active before ZAPU was banned. They are the youth whoe first experience of political activity was the campaign organised against the Pearce Cornl si There is no doubt that their support is now openly with the Patriotic Front. The same scene is repeated at the public rallies being organisedby ZAPU every weekend throughout the country. Membert of the National Executive travel hundreds of miles to thate platforms wpith the local district officials. Unlike the UANC and ZANU-Sithole meetings, where hundreds of people are' bussed fron Salisbury to wherever thermeetings are, ZAPU sees no need to waste scarce resources on the hiring of bums The ban on ZAPU was lifted on May 2 this year. The first major ZAPU rally since 1962 was held at White City Stadium in Bulawayo a few weeks later. It is estimated by municipal officials that at least 70,000 people passed through the turnstiles to attend it. Of courrjethe authoritiesdo nts accept this situation with indifference. Their tappoath varies from IT IS becoming more and more clear thq there is little support for the 'interna settlement' amng the people of Zimbabwe. A SANA correspondent who recently visited Zimbabwe describes how the peoplere rallying behind the Patriotic Front. outright banring of public rallies, as in the cew of the ZAPS rally that was to have aarenheld at Gwartcura Stadium in Salisbury on July.1, to altering thetimes requested fo the ralliesattthe last minute Lo as to make it ipossible for workers to attend. Despite all the attempts by the regime to sabotage the effortsof ZAPU to mobilise the people, the message of the Patriotic Front is obviously getting through. The contradictions of the Salisbury Agreement of March 3 are carefully analysed. The effectiveness of theta meetings in explaining these contradictions became quite apparent from the discussions that I had with countless people during my three-week stay in Rhodesia. There is no doubt that 2APU's orgalisational abilities throughout the country to politicise and mobilise the people are playing a decisive role in the struggle Whilethe meetings and rallies still reflect the willingness on the part of the Patriotic Front to continue the search for a genuine negotiated settlerent, the loudest cheers are reserved for the speakers who point out that the time for talking is rapidly running ot. The people of Zimbabwe, united behind the Patriotic Front. know that they are winning. NEW Smith forces accused of murdIer, ZAN' is scou edal .t.i..Ss regime Securnty Forces of masqueredanq~es freedom fighiters end wantonly murdering white missionaries in R~hodesia. In.a stitenent made soon after the murder of 12 Eflr mssionaries from Britain in June, ZANu mid: 'Freedom ighters and missionaris are fighting thse sme, Mi that Is racism, fascsm and all formsof humsan injustice ansd oppresabon 'The mssigonaries amongst the white popmulations of Rhodeia are theoly ones who have coffe out in open spprtpofthe l berntion struggle in Zimbabe.' t It was teinirfo bsurd, h statement wn oto suggt1~esta freedom fighters vinsldtea inee suchs ass alliance by ass 'aS massacre'. Its %momaent went ons to msy that missionarla ea popular weith the people of Zimbabwe because of the wae they had shown for them. 'The Zimnbabwean liberation forme ea'& aware of this end they would never attempt to dastroy thas trust by the masses by destroying some of the only people who have champlomed the betterment of the living condiltions of their foters end mothers.' Movement gets WCC grant THE World Councilof Churches ha~s made a further S4,400 grant to the Zimbabwe PatriOtic Front from its special fund to combet racism. The money Is for food, health, social, educationaf and agricultural programmes for Zimbabean refugees in Botswane, Mozambique and Zambia. At the Lambeth Conference, Anglican bishops from all oveq the "orld reaffirmed their support for the World Council of Churches and its Programme to Cmbat Rac/n TO THE THE Smith regime's Iatest hit and run attack against camps deep inside Mozambique is a reaction to its failure to stop the spread of the war within Zimbabwe. On July 29 the regime launched its fourth major attack inside Mozambique\- attacking a school and killing 12 people. A communique issued by the regime described the invasion as a 'pre-emptive strike' - but the facts of the military-situation inside Zimtbabwe show how far the military initiative has passed from its qesurity Forces to the guerrillas, At the OAU summit meeting in Khartoum, Joshua Nkomo declared that about 95 per cent of Rhodesian territory is regarded by the forces of the regime as operational areas in which fighting is going on round the dlock.In a report in The Tises on July 24. thpAfrica Secretary of the British Council of Churches, James Mike, sai: 'Vast areas of the country ula ander the control of the guerrillas of the Pat iloti Front who m8ecide which transport, public or private, may move on the roads.' Recently ZANU announcedithat it will open sch os in sosmef the areasunder itscontrol, because in many areas the educational structure hascompletely broken down. The regime has admitted that around 200,000 children have been affected by closures of primary schools and that 29 secondary schools have been forced to dose. Several large retail companies are no longer selling goods on credit in the ue of white customers, because of thIe riig white exodus. The compfanies are afraid that WALL customers wl leave without paying. In the case ofblack customers, the firms sy that it is no longer possible to g into some Tribal Trust Lpnds to collectoistanding debts. Acuding to one credit manager, there are some places where Court Messengers will nt go because of the armed strglle g In the Marange ribal Trust Land in eastern Rhodesia, a' National Registration Unit has been moved to the town of Umtai because officials are frld to work in the countryside. The Unit is pert of a scheme under which the regime is trying to register the names and birth dates of peopleofallraces. .. . . In the waritself there'lre many indications of the shift in the balance of forces. Guerrillas are operating in larger units. In March, for example, a group of 445 guerrillas - incmding the firs 50 women comatants -- entered the countrysousth of Umtali. Operatiom are becoming more ambitious: arecentZAjii comnunique described the destruction of a 'protected village' in the NItoko area last April. The camip wa attack~ed by 12 guerrillas workingin cooperation with underground supporters inside. The camp was burnt down and the people who had been moved there srattered inti the surrounding country. Another ZIPA (Zimb bwse People's Army) unit attacked Mataka military base in the Belingwe district in the south east of the country. Over 30 members of she security forc were killed in theattac and others wounded. The base was used to protect the big Shabani asbestos mine. Rhodesian churches condemn harassment THE Christian Council of Rnodevia has protestedf against the continued haapoent of people by the security force& f In a statement on July 24 it said that this had in no way abated. 'Following any incident involving guerrilla activity,' the Council alleged, 'the Security Forces take harsh neas ure agaitst the people of that area. 'It is common practice to remove people to army centres for interrogation and this often results in great physical and mental suffer, ing. The Council also called on the regime to dismantle the 'protected villages', saying: 'We cannot accept that hundreds of thousands of our.. people continue to be held against their will in keeps reason for the psolicy ofsecret executions and asked tha r notiv o f execuNn da ts shoudhbe given to the next of kin of eondemned men. Unless this was done, the Council argued, it could hae no confidence in the regime'sassuzranom that executions for political ofences, had been stopped The statrenent said that in some rural areas crops had failed and people faced starvation. In other areas people were leaving their homes and fleeing to the t6ieess because of theescalation of the war, It expressed doubt that the regime would be able to cope with the emergency and called on overseas orgenisations, such as the Re Cross, to provide relief. NEW PIBUCATIONS ZAPU Leaders speak on Internal Agreement Available from ZAPU, 39 Goodge Street, London W1 Includes speeches by Joshua Nkomo, Josiah Chinamano, Ariston Chambati, Willie Musarurwa and Cephas Msipa Masmacre at Kaanga Includes list of people detained under Proclamation AG 26 Illustrated 26.pp Available from SWAPO, 188 North Gower Street, London NWI

- I ITh in, ments and c cannot be e: PEACE NEWS for non-violent strugles and making alternatives. Information, analysis, strategies for change. £5.50 for 12 month subscription,£3.00 for six months. £1.00 for 5 issues (trial sub). From: 8 Elm Avenue, Nottingham. LABOUR'S independent monthly - LABOUR LEADER - for socialism and the Labour Party. Annual subscription f£200. Send for a sample copy to: I LP, 49 Top Moor Side, Leeds LS1I 9LW. SANITY, bi-monthly newspaper ofthe Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Subscription £1 annually, or specimen copy (free) from: CNO, 29 Great James Street, London WCIN 3EY CHALLENGE, monthly paper of the Young Communist League, Prce15. ubscriptionl~ E.0pa. Send to 28 Bedford Street, London WC2 PHOTO CRAFT 4 Heath Straet London NW3 Photographic dealers and photographsera weapons, Ilan may have and Brazil is probably next on the list. As The Nuclear Axis shows, they all have received helpS fromtrthe South African whiltes. Finally, we might well wonder whsat the W(est Germnans are up to. It is understandable that the largely still intact Nezi network should want to support those of like mind in South Africa. But The Nuclear Axis shows that the German army has nusclear weapon amistions of its own. Under the terms of its NATO membership, West Germany is prohibited from developing nuclear weapons. But military leaders, miany of whomn had dashing careers under thw Third Reich, are now puttlng the screws on for a West German bomb. At a Non-Proliferation Treaty signatory, the FRG would find it quite difficult to sacretly manufacture weapons and so, Crvenka and Rogers maintain, it is using its links with South Africa to make this possible. Nuclear weapons are not the most pleasant things to think about. They have no ideological or racial preference, but destroy everybody and everything in mammoth explosions of heat,last and radiation. In a nuclear wa, wio stands flr democracy and national liberation is an academic point. The Nuclear Axis reminds us that the threat of this war is growing quickly and that if we just ignore it, it won't go away. BIANd DEER The Nuclear Ais by Zdasak fereanae anid Barbara Rlogers is Published by Jullaa Friedmann Bok, E7.95 Coenspiracy to Arm Apartheid Continues: FRG-SA Collaboration. Documentation of the African National C gress, is available from ANC, 28 Pentm Street, London N1. Price 30p. SOUTH Afrsilaacounte-for at least 90 per cent of the known xeoutions n thse4Western world -withs 90 people hanged in 1977. Thvis amounrts to nearly one execution every four day. In 1976, 61South fricasi were hanged and itn 1975, 57. THE giant US multinational Intermanetic Corporation has - ened a tape cassettet and magnetic tape factory in the Transkei which is expected to make Southern Africa 'salf-trufficlant in taes. The factory cost over f600,000 and was budt in conjunction with the Transkei Devlopment Corpora rion. int r agnetiis the first US corporation to invest in the Transkei. THERE ware 'no immediate Prospects' of identifying the murderer of Rick Turner - accord ingto the coronerat a informal inquest into his death. He said that there was 'no need for a flrmaI inqvest'. Rick Turner - a banned Ourban university lecturer - was assassinated earlier this year. SOUTH African student pubflications were banned at the rate of one a weak over the last 18 months. Last year more than 60 student magazines and leaflets on Englishspeaking campuses were declared undesirable. POLAROID equipment is still available in South Africa, despite the US corpoation's announcement earlier this year that it wousld ban sales there. The Managingp irector of Frank and Hirsch, the firm which distributes Polaroid products in South Africa. says that it will be able to purchase them from sources outside the US and that anyway there is no restriction on enterprising retailers importing them direct.

___ RViS REVIEW Pamphlets Smith's ettlement: Events in Zimbabwe since 3 March 1978. Fact Paper on Southern Africa No 6. Publhed by lDA,5 104 Nevgate Street, London ECI , 50p THIS pamphlet examines the performance of the 'transitional government' set op in Zimbabwe by the Smith regime. It shows how the 'internal settlement' has ben accompanied by a clear commitment on the part of the Smith regime to stepping up thei war against itspolitical opponents. Despite the new Executive Council's announcemntof the lifting of the banning order on the liberation movements ZAPt and ZANU and the release of several hundred politicl detainees, psolitical represln h~as continued since te tbeginninsg of March. On the besis of previoussly urnsublished evidensce, including details of over 20 people k~nown to have been arrested on security grounds since the sgning of the internal agreement', the pamphlet suggests that the regime's harassment of its opponents is becoming increasingly violent and uncontrolled. Malny suspectshaesedisappared withut aRace after being taken into police or security force custody, and are feared dead. Other officials andsupporters of the Patriotic Front of ZAPU and ZAN U have lost their live, in unexplained circumstances. The pamphlet also examines the transitional government's developing links with South Africa, including the deployment of armed South Af rican police units inside Zimbabwe and the indications of further military collaboration. It concludes that the internal settlemesnt is a recipe for widening ,conflictJn defence of white supre, macy in Southsern Africa. From Rhodesia to Zimuw:' Silled Labour anal FutureNeeds, by Col n Stoneman. The U+lssployment Crisie, by Duncan G ' Clarke. Puslisheld by Cathlsoic istituate for lntelsiatlonal Relatios, 1 Camlbridge Terrace, London 4W1, 40p-each. THESE two pamphlets are the latest in a series from the Ciff, under the general title 'From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe'. They all examine some of the likely difficulties ansd opportunities facing an independent Zimbabwe, The two reviewed here deal with the central questions of jobs and wages, and how a new government will have to tackle the waste caused by high unemployment. The Rhodesianeconomy has for many years been distorted by dis- which tell the story of its fight for liberation in Namlbia. The second, wich deals witht the two years uplto November 1977, isesp elly iriteestnand contaln ample evidence of the 'truly revolutionaryconscosness' which SWAPO argues is ddeltping among Ndmibian.s It discuse the crucial relationship bteyen guerrilla activity end the political moiliisation of the mas. The former Political Commissa of SWAPO's armed wing, PLAN, explains: 'When we go into a region where there has been no previous PLAN or SWAPO activity, we first engage in political education. We tell the people what our~ objectives and programmeas are. We ate very careful about hi w act, to counteract thes Boars' propaganda that we are bandits and thieves.' The Historical Profile outlines early resistance to colonial conquest and the steps leading5to the founding of a national liberation movement in 1959. It describes the development of the struggle in the 1960s aid 1970s up to the end of 1977, when it became dear that the Namibian people's fight for liberation had entered e new stage. Both of these reedable short pamphlets contain excellent photogrsaphs. STUDENT CONFERENCI ADOPTS ACTION PLAN SIXTY dlelegates from 30 colleges attendedthe AAM-NUS conference held at Manchester Polytechnic, Jluly 14-16. They sew the film 'Six Days In Sowtto', followedby a talk by the prducer, Attny Thomas, end a lively discussion onthe-role of the media in presentingthe-Southern Africean situation. The cultural unit of the African National Congress, Mayibuye, presented a programme of songs and poetry. Sean Hosey, recently released from gaol in Pretoria. described conditions in South African prisons. Another guest speaker was a Lampeter College SAINT David's College, Lampter, is to sell its holdings in ICI and GEC because of their involvement in SoUth Africa. The college has already disposed of shares in Guest Keen and Nettlefolds, BAT Industries and Courtaulds beczause of their South representat ve trom the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid, In drawing up dprogramme of action for the coming year, the conference decided that a priority should be to inject a national perspective ito the disinvestment campaign. It resolved that immediate priority should be given to the campaign to save the life of Solomon Mahlangu. It also stressed the importance of counteracting the distorted reporting in the national pres of the situatin in Zimbabwe and Namibia. It called for regional meetings to pull outof El African operations. In July its Investment Committee reported that it had refrained from reinvesting in companies with an interest in South Africa representing more than 10-15 per cent of total turnover. which would involve studnts and local AA groups. It also decided to step up the material aid campaign. The conference gave a big vote of thanks to Bob Bruce of the NUS Interpational Department, wpho recently resigned after four years of work, much of it on Southern Africa. A full report of thfecenference and programme of action will be circulated in the NUS-AAM Network mailina. Students wisin Black and green en yellow Price 30p - Published by International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, 104 Negate St. London ECI. Available from AAM. Meeting to link Arab and African struggles A conference in solidarity with African and Arab liberation struggles will tae plece in Addis Ababa, September 15-17. An International Preparatory Committee for the conference was convened last April by the Ethiopian Afro- Asian Solidatity Committee. The conference will discuss solidarity actiop with liberation struggles in Africa and the Middle UCW to sell SA investments THE Court of Governors of the University of Wales is to recommend to the university's seven constituent colleges that they cease to invest in companies operating in South Africa. The Court will advise them toswithdraw funods currently invested in such firms. Students at the University of Wales are to campaign for the implementation of the new recommendations. East. One of its special aims will be to find ways of strengthening the unity of anti-imperialist forces in the two areas. Loundon off ice for AA body TH-E first meeting of the Secrtrariat set up to implement the Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Apartheidheld in Lisbon last year, met pCyprus, June 29-30. It decided to set up a permanent office in London and appointed a full-time administrative secreary. It will poblish a bi-monthly bulletin to be sent to participants in the Lisbon Conference and sympathetic non- governmental organisations throughout the world. The Secretariat'stsmemlbers are the officers of the Lisbon conference andjrpresentetives of the Souther African iiberation movements. FOR THEIR TRIUMPHS AND FOR THEIR TEARS Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein This pamphlet explains how apartheid affects South African women and describes the part they are playing in the liberation struggle. Revised edition Third reprint 71pages Illustrated Price:90p Published by International Defence and Aid Fund, 104 Newgate Street, London EC1. Available from AAM. ANTI-NAZI LEAGUE Carnival against Racism Sunday September 24 Assemble at Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park; at 11 am AAM supporters: assemble behind AA banner March to Brockwell Park, Brixton Volunteers to help distribute AA leaflets, sell AA NEWS etc, please contat AAM - Tel 01-580 5311 Anti-Nazi League, PO Box 151, London WC2 hip e:E-,ss/a~retie Reolutions wilbe circuated with the Octobe su o )ny:.UKErp E3;ouside ~ Closin date for aretinnt:G I tobe 2 f1978 JS525,armailE5(USS75) oiainoh A atoaomtehudb Charlome tLond"iWP2P umte ySetme 217