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Anti-Apartheid News The newspaper of the Anti-Apartheid Movement 1 Plan to buy into UK publishing firm n takeover bid Jritish press I .arcay.NationalaBac Ls-4.-P. 1 r, it, JOH.ANNIESBURG X / .. . .. : I LOUIS L nit Lfyl e0*0,?? ' O5&9$ s: 4,1?3&tohe 0 .n Bacaaseen Lt wBrd -sNaslonale Bank Spt. z5-19-(15-0 I fri~ft JOIIAktESBUtStoI ~ "' "" -~ Left Two -7 71_ 1 dcleqeto13million, -'.--'. c~a~a,. lRI.s ~ ook Louoyl LOUIS ~ numsbier of &3k?380 01.Abramsod DOI G 1:,I S 0051;bomerc F SA i fori T THE UK publishing adventes o two South African businesmen are becoming central to the Department of Information scandal currently rocking South Africa, Bit, for ome meon, the British pre orkinoredthwIue. Sc= sAffica newsapers hae focused attentfon on the UK busi ,ses activities of a Johannesburg* based financial tycoon, David Abramnon. :11 his paresr, Stuart Pow The Johannedsburg Rand Daily Mail and Sunday Times hase reported extensively on the numerous attempts by Abramson and Pe to buy Into the Britih publishing worid. Reports have also shown how Abramson is linked to a key fitoa in the Department of Information activities, Louis Luyt, founder of the pro-Government Citizen newapepr. Abaas usd Page attempe a teka-over bid for the lnvestors Chronicle in Use UK, as wall a. the Investors Review; they have also attempted to take over Drum magazine, based in East and South Africs. All thes bids failed - but Abrameon'$ comections with the Departnt of Information have raised the question whether they wer part of S South African Government attempt to take over media sMd publishing cocems on a worldwide scale. In 1976 Abramson and Pae bought a 20 par cis share in Morgarn-Grmpian, the UK firm which publishes over 40 magazines in the UK, mainly catersing for the over £10,000 pa income bracket among them are The Engineer, Over 21 end the medical journal, The Practitioner. However, at the end of 1976 they sold this sharm. Abramson now has his own UK publishing company. The evidence for Abramson's Information Department connec tiara was published by the Rand Daily Mail on November 9. It published photographs of post-dated dked chequas worth nearly R14 nillion drawn from the personal agont of Louis Luyt, made out in f r of a bank accoint belonging to Homerus Finance Corporation, a than 130 seoret projects to present 'a more favourable linage'of South Africa abroad. This not only entailed gaining control of newspapers and publishisg companies in Britain and the US, but also the creation of organisations supposedly independent of the South African Govemmant, to arrange for important visitors to come to South Africa. Two of these organisations have recently been unmasked: the South African Freedom Foundation and the Foreign Affairs Association. The Foreign Affairs Association was disbanded in late November in the face of imminent disclosures by the press of its real nature. Founded in 1975 and ostensibly financed by five leading Afrikaans businessmen, its declared purpose was to promote 'dialogue both on internal end external levels It had links with the Club of Ten, and four of the five named sponsors of the Club of Ten are past or present members of the board of trustees of the FAA. A few days after this expose, a second front body, the South African Freedom Fousndtion, announced that it had received about £90,000 a yew in seat funds from the nowdefunct Department of Information. The Foundation invited prominent people to South Africa, including the British and NATO General, Sir Waiter Walker, Reer-Admiral Morgan.Gilis, and a US Governor, Mldrim Thomson of New Hempshire. The Department of Information was run by the now-disgraced Dr Eshel Rhondia, whose flamboyant and often bizarre schemes are being revealed in the unfolding scandal. It also gave US publisher John McGoff RIO million from secret Information Department funds to help finance his abortive bid to acquire control of the Washington Star newspaper. AAM Chairman Bob Hughes MP has written to the Prime Minister James Callaghan asking the Government to make a full enquiry ;nto the South A frican Government's propaganda activties in Britain. company controld by the Joharasebug busineasmen Abramson and John Heinrich (who, like Luyt, is a member of the Club of Ten). Abramson vehemently denied .any links with Louis Luyt. Howaver, he gave . the bank account number of Homerts Finance the same number that Louis Luyt made the cheques payable to, The evidence suggests a dear link with BOSS and the Informstion Dartment in their attempts to mount a worldwide pro-South African propagand campaign. For example, General van den Bebgh, head of BOSS, was involved in the attempt to take over the South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN), which publish the English-language morning group newspapers in South Africa, including the Rand Daily Mail and the Sunday Timep Only pieces of the South African plan have emerged so far, but they show how the Department created Iront' bedies through which funds could he channelled to take over newspapers, publishing companies and other media groups. It is estimated that the Deportmert of Information founded more In this issue: Why Britain bust sanctions 1WHY did successive British Governments fail to enforce oil sanctions against Rhodesia? What is the Government's real attitude to Ian Smith? In a special interview with AA NEWS, ARTHUR CHADZINGWA, Westem European representative of the Patriotic FrontZAPU, accuses Britain of aiding the Smith regime. Page 5, Report from the refugee camps THOUSANDS of Zimbabweans - many of them children - have fled to neighbouring countries to escape the Smith regime's security forces. An International Defence and Aid Fund representative, who recently visited refugees in Zambia and Mozambique, describes life in the camps. Page 4. How African leaders see UK policy BOB HUGHES MP recently visited the front-line States as a member of a delegation from the Continuation Committee of the Conference against Apertheid, held in Lisbon last year. He reports on his visit and on how African leaders see Britain's current role in Southern Africa, page B. Namibia's rigged election- report IN December South Africa will stage fraudulent elections in Namibia. AA NEWS reports on how people are being intimidated into registering to vote, page 9. SA's new threat to Angola SOUTH Africa is planning a major invasion of Angola. AA NEWS reports o the latest threat to Angolan independence and on how the country is preparing to defend itself, page 8.

Page 2 - Ant-Apaatheid News ANTI-APARTHEID ACTION- NATIONWIDE Barnet BARNET Anti-Apartheid Group's campaign in local churches is now well under way. Links have been established wish individual clergy as a step towards reaching a wider ,section of the church-going community. The Group supported a demonstration at Brent Cross Shopping Centre organised by Barnet Trades Council, during the TUC South East Region Week of Action against Apartheid. Leaflets were distributed calling for a boycott of South African goods. The protest was reported in she local press. Group members have spoken to several local organisations recently, including two branches of the Labour Party. Barnet AA will hold a Musical Evening to raise funds on December 9 (see ad for details). Contact: Liz Backhurst, 449 1818, or Frank Edwards, 446 4065 Scotland THE Scottish Committee of the Anti-Apartheid Movement have produced a special 4-page tabloid broadsheet to mark International Anti-Apartheid Year. It contains statements from Scottish MPs, trade unionists and churches and information about firms which collaborate with the apartheid regime, Scottish AA has also set up a special Trade Union Liaison Committee, The broadsheet is available from: Scottish AA Committee, 3 Rose. vale Crescent, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Tel Hamilton 426781. Islington iStff4NGT~eAni'Aprthid Group Is planning to hold a publicimeetasg at lsliegtaCossrl Library on January 24. The Group collected signatures to the 'Free Solomon Mahlengu' patitin and sold AA NEWS to Sturday morning shoppers on November 2 Thirty-three Islington Councillors have signed the petition. Contact: Simon Kaplinsky, 45 Fairmead Road, London N19. Glasgow MEMBERS of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce trade delegation to South Africa in November were left in no doubt as to the arguments against their collaboration with apartheid. The Church of Scotland's Church and National Committee, the Iona Community, Glasgow District Trades Council and the Glasgow District Council Labour Group were among the organisations which wrote to the Chamber urging cancellation of the trip Although the time of departure was kept a close secret a demonstration was arranged by the AAM outside the Chamber's offices at the nearest convenient lunchtime. A letter was also sent to John Smith MP on his appointment as Secretary for Trade, urging an end to the- Govermment subsidies still given to trade missions to South Africa, Contact: John Nelson, Secretary Glasgow AA Group, 3 Romvale Crescent, Hamilton. Tel Hamilton 426781. which sell South African goods. On November 11 it distributed over 1000 leaflets asking shoppers to boycott South African exports outside the Brixton branch of Teso. The Group is also collecting waterproof boots in response to the Namibia Support Committee's appeal for footwear for Namibian refugee Contact: Bacry Luckock, Tel 670 4039. Southampton BRITISH trade unionists were urged to take action to end economic links with South Africa ata public meeting organised jointly by the Southampton Trades Council and Southampton Anti-Apartheid Group in October. Speaking in support of the South East Region of the TUC's Week of Action Against Apartheid were Edward Ramsdale of SACTU, Bob Wright, Assistant General Secretary of AUEW (Engineering Section) and Bob Hughes MP, Chairman of AAM. Later local trade unionists picketed a local Safeways supermarket and gave out leaflets asking shoppers not toboySouthAfricangoodu d Southampton Trades Council and Southampton Labour Party have joined the opposition to the sending of Hampshire police cadets to South Africa. The Labour Party has also deplored the support of Southampton Labour MP, R Mitchell, for the police action. Southampton Community Reitions Coun~il, which originally uncovered this police link with apartheid, has asked other CRCs to take the matter up evith the Home Office. THE Anti-Apartheid Movement has written to Home Office Minister Lord Harri, asking that no mor police cadets are sent to South Africa for training. Church shares THE Anti-Apartheid Movement has deplored the decision by the Church Commissioners to retain its holdings in companies with interests in South Africa. The Commissiners administer around £300 million worth of shares for the Church of England. The First Commissioner, Sir Ronald Harris, announced ata press conference on the Comnissioners' Annual Report that: We are not trying to inluence companies to come out of South Africa. We feel the enlighten- Newham Colleges sell shares in aj NEWHAM Anti-Apartheid Group will launch a new programme of THREE more universities have Southern African liberation moveactivities with a Social at Newhm annousced that they will sell shares merits at NUS conference in North East Labour Hall, 241 High in companies in protest agaent December. Street North, East Ham, on Decem- their operations in South Africa Student unions will be asked to bar 1. Aberdeen Universityis to sell en alia fund-raisno.terget for Anyone interested in supporting shares In Berdays Bank, as a result the year. Several Unions have the Group's activities, contact: of along campaign by the Student glreedp Pledged that they will raise Newham AA Group, c/0 108 Earl- Union and the Anti-Apaetrlsd £500 - towardse ambulances for ham Grove, Forest Gate, London Secity to persuade the aetrtiseli "te lftt evesli movoms. E7. .tno ees sfvromalf Is...... d Lambeth LAMBETH Anti-Aparthied Grop is mounting monthly pickets of, msor supermarkets in the area in Southern Africa. TheUaeitoW, h-s a%* polled et of ,ias other compnies wbI.I heve South African subsdilaries, IIn tLondon Bldbeck College has waithdrawn funds from Consclidated GoL icds In response to the dis. investment campaign launched by Birkbeck studeints The College's Finance Committee has also agreed to pall out of Csrilfunds - a Trust Fund wlich has a big holding in Conaolidated Gold Fields Leeds University has sold shares in 20 companies with South African links, after a big student -campaign. At the Universities of Leicester, Durham and East Anglia students are planning to present submissions so their Finance Committees in support of their call for disinvestmest. The Vice-Chanellot of London University, Lord Annen, has rejected demands by London students for the sale of the university's stake in firms profiting from apartheid. A seminar on the national student disinvestment campaign took place at the University of Warwidelon November 25, to coordinate activity and plan new initiatives. The NUS-AAM network of student AA activists Will launch a campaign for material aid for the Nw poetera -e and udges wiN he prodsd fer the material -aideespalpa 'r The NUSAAM P -twegis plenningtold Regonel Confor' ences to discuis the prors of both the disvestem and materiel aid campaigns oer .iJn the Spring Term. AAM sent speakers to ovre 30 collages in November, and the demand for films and photographic displays for student events has set an all-time record. Cambridge CAMBR IDGE University Students Union has voted by a big majority of 261 votes to 16 to demand that the University and Colleges sell their shares in companies with South African subsidiaries. The Union also called for the withdrawal of College accounts from Barclays Bank. The vote followed a week-long picket of Barclays Bank, which is estimated to have persuaded at least 200 students not to open accounts there, In several Cambridge Colleges - among them King's - student unions have passed disinvestment motions and are now beginning to make approaches to the College authorities asking them to sell holdings in firms with South African interests. ment they can bring does more than anything else tO influence the people of South Africa for the better. The AAM charged the Commis sioners with failing to respond to the growing appeals made by black people in South Africa to churches land other institutions to sever economic relations with South Africa. Southwark SOUTHWARK AA members have set up a new Anti-Apartheid Group, It meets on the first Tuesday of each month at The Bookplace, 13 Peckham High Street, London SWI5, at7 po. The next meeting will take place on December 5. All supporters welcome, Contact: Steve Spencer, Secretary Southwark AA Group, 62 Overhill Road, Dulwich, London SE22. Tel 693 2527. THE London office of SACTU (South African Congress of Trade Unions) has moved to: 38 Graham Street, London N. Tel 01-253 9283. THE AA Office will close'for the Christmas and New Year holiday on Friday December 22 and reopen on Tuesday January 2. )artheid Loughborough LOUGHBOROUGH Students Union Rugby Club has turntd down an offer of £500 from Barclays Bank towards a planned tour of the US. -The Student Unioi says that when the Rugby Club began to 1 for financia sponors for its tourBalys was qi ltoce forward with the biggest offer - in return it asked for lots -of psblvdty, The Rugby Club Tour Committee asked for the advice of the Student Union Executive and thenttook Its decision in the light of Union policy in support of the Barclays boycott. The Student Union comments that Barclays' offer shows 'how desperate it is to regain a foothold in the student movement, and the extent to which it is feeling the pinch of the boycott campaign Students at Loughborough hae welcomed the news that the South African firm Roberts Construction will not pay a recruiting visit to the Loughborough campus this year, after the disruption of last year's interviews by AA protestors. Swansea SWANSEA Anti-Apartheid Group, supported by Swansea University Students Union, picketed a local branch of Barclays Bank on November 1. The picket was part of a wider campaign to persuade the College authorities to disinvest from companies which operate in South Africa. aa groups THE Anti-Apartheid Movement has groups in the following areas. For details of how to contact them, contact the AAM Office. Aberdeen Edinburgh Norwich Banstead Epsom Nottingham Baret EnfieldHighway OldTrafford Birmingham Exeter Oxford Bradford Glasgow Penarth Brighton Greenwich Poole Bristol Hackney Reignte&Redhill Bumley Haringey Rugby Cambridge Hastngs St Austell Camsrden Huddersfield Sheffield Canterbury Ipswich Skelmarsdale Cardiff Lambeth Southampton Chelmsford Leads Southwark Crenbrook Leicester StokeonTrent Coventry Liverpool Sutton Croydon Loughborough West London Dundee Manchester West Lothian eastbourne Northampton Anti-Apartheid Movement, 89 Charlotte St, London W1 P 2DQ Dec~mber 1978

AntiApr dNews December1978 Page3 More Governments say 'Release THE Govermmnts of Sweden, Belgium and Austria have appealed for clemency for Solomon Mahlangu, the 22-year old South African freedom fighter sentenced to death in Pretoria. They join West German Chancellor Hlmut Schmidt, French Pldent Gicerd dEstaing and the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands who have already intervened. But there is still no news about the outcome of Mashlngu's appeal to South Afir'a State President and he i still waiting for the find verdict in the death call in Pretora Central Prica lihe British Foreign Secretey, David owen, has rfad to tenor. rne diretly wih the South African ethausias eon behalf of the BrItish .Goveenmet - alnhoigh h sE TUC AA Week NINETY Trides Councs hr London and the South East of England took action last month in support of an antl-apsmhad Week of Action omlarnsed by the South East Regional Council of the TUC. The theme of the Week wag 'End Lnks with Apartheid' - and action ranged from piccets of Barclays Bank brancha and photets outrde shops iling South African goods to public meetings and theatre shows. Daring the Week 0,00 coes of a spodily-moduced lefletwere distributed, a well as other leafts winch sewv producdWI viu l Trades Coundils. Action took pece throughout the Region - fromBan/bunyto Besingestoke and Ashiford to Bedfor A new AA Group - in Steney -wee formed as readt of the Week of Action and a member of other AA Group have foagpd deser Blks wisldrade unioss o aften taking pert in lont gev.ty, The SE TUC Regional Dmanda,has asrasgeda apacal measing at mthehagiesof Dcmasb, at which representative of Trades C+ ecit in the Region sIl diss * hew,.to.e tite, ao I .Is. Jack Dismay. SERTUC Semtery, sy that the Week of Action was 'the first step of a majr campaign by the trade union move ment In tie South East to show our spport for freedom in Southern Africa and our opposition to all forms of collbor n with the apartheid regime'. Mahlangu' associated the Goveranet with an- demand a reprieve for Solomon appeal made on hehalf of Common- Mahlngu. As AA NEWS goes to wealth countries by the Commns- Press, the pickets have been held wealth Secretariat for 24 weeks. The Anti-Apartheld Movement Leaflets about the background is holding weekly pickets - every to Solomon Mahlang's case and Wednmy. 1-2 pm - of the South postcards sking David Owen to African Embassy in London to Intervene are avallale from AAM, 89 Charlotte St, London WIP 2D0. Three on murder charges TWO Sowato students, 21-yeir old also been charged with murder isa Linda Mogale and 22-year old trial which started on November 5 Jimmy Mabeso, face charges of in Klerksdorp Circuit Court. He is murder in a trial which willopen accusedofthrowingapatrolbombonDecember4. n February 2, which started a fire Theyie aocused of petrol which killed the wifeof a Soweto bombistiimmes in Sowmto - chool psinci* aneds.ir two starting fires in which people died, children. An unnamed 1M-yarold has Netherlands -processes Namibia uranium Honling uranium mine THE Netherlands is importing 'because the Government of the uranium from Namibia - in breach Nethearlasds is the only West Euroof the UN decree which forbids the pan government which recognises exploitation of Namibia's natural the UN Council for Narmibia's resources. 'Does Number One, promulgated At a press conference oan Novem- to Protect Namibia's natural ber 14, four Dutch anti-apartheid resource. Paragraph 4 of the organistions revealed that same of Decree empowers anyone acting the uranium from the Rtossing mine with the authority of the Council in Namibia delivered to the Wet to ize products Illegallyexported German companyVEBA is from Nanibia and hand them over Procoesed at the URENCO plantat t t she Counal to be held in trust Alnslo I the Netherlands, for the Nanlbian people. The orgnisations have calledon has pas ed t the the Dutch Government to forbid Dutch Government and has asked exchanges between Dutch and the UN Council to insist that the South African nuclear scntis and Gvernment now i entsds to support action against nuclear Pargraph 4. collaboratilwithSouthAfricaat BritishNuclearFuelsalsohasatheUN. , contractforthe enrichment of its They have also protested against uranum with URENCO. This will the supply of nuclear technology to also be affected If the Dutch South Africa by US, France and Government acts in terms of Britain and at the way in which the Decree Number One. West German Government has Further informon and leaflels allowed West German institutions about the campaign to stop the to pass information to South Africa export of uranium from Namibla which gives it the capacity to from: CANUC (Campaign Against produce a nuclear bomb. the Namibion Uranium Contract), The revelations am significant o/o NSC, 188 North Gower Str. London NWl. Tel 01-388 5B3g. US stops Eximbank guarantees THE US Congres ha voted tossup for deals with South Africa in the contracts with the South African all financal guarantees by the last few years has been relatively Government end stete-owned government-run Export-import low - SIB23 Million in 1977178. businesses. This shold stop Bank for trade deals with the South But the decision is important as lnwediatey. African Government and its thefirst-ever economic sanction It quotes a State Department agencies, votedbytheUSCongresagainst officialasspeculatingthanthe Ithasalsobanneditfrom theapartheidregime. restrictiononfinancefordealswith backing business between US firms The Washington Office on Africa other purchasers will have a aigniliand South African companies which estimates that more than one cnt effect - because many US ae not implementing the Sullivan quarter of the total guaranteed by exporters may decide that the Code of Conduct theBankfordadswithSouth delaysandpossibledenialof The level of financial support Africa has in the pat been for guarantees make it not worth given by the Export-ImportBank theirwhiletoapplyforthem. IRELAND MEETING: ON EEC IRISH Anti-Apartheid Movement will host a major conference of Wastam European anti-apartheid organisations in the Now Year, on the relations between the EEC and South Africa. It will take place in Dublin, January 27-28. The conference will disoos " military and nuclear collaboration between EEC member countries and South Africa " trade and investment In the apartheid economy El sporting links with South Africa l msrcenaism in Soathern o reatons bitawen the EEC and South Africa it will focus attntion on the need for positive action in support of the liberation strugle and on demands for an end to all collamtion between the EEC and South Africa. African National Congress President Oliver" Tambho, has been invited to give the keynote addrs at the conference Further information: Irish AAM, 20 Baschpark Road, Foxrock, Co Dublin. Tel Dublin 888035. UK money in racist film FOLLOWING 'Wild Gem' comes 'Goes for Vultures' - an een wore mixture of racism, ndism and jingoism. The film is Brltish-financd and is curranly being shot on the estate of millionaire mine-ownar Jak Scott in South Africa. it stae Richard Harris as maronery smngling S0 American hdlnptm Into Rhodesia and cntres around an attack in which gueeile' sneeore white suti,0atso and their children at a Rhodeisn misaon station. Those Involved make no secret of thi flm's Poi-tical purpos. Screenwfriter Phillip Saird, who ise Rhodesion-born fonner Wear, so"s: 'People will relat to the killihil. I iom-. That Ieralt hoe This film is a political thrilLr. It may Wall be controvemr b case We so Accordin suits direcotr, Jsiwas Fargo, 'This fim Isa violent film about a violent time and a violent peope.- Whet I'm going for her is total rmaism.' Th flm is heing produced by Hazl Adeir - a former scriptwriter who was reaponible for the TV series Crossroads and Compact, She commented on the macre sam: 'Tere mno punds being pulled hem. This scene is horribly true to life. We left it in because it's the sat of thing that is happening now.' , The film's black lead - describld by the Evening News's film critic as 'a fanatical guerrilla leader' - is played by Shat hero Richard Roundea. He eatte: 'I'm not a political anmal.' Altogether the film looks like being the nastest plae of political propagada to come out of the British film industry for a long time. Apartheid or Health' 'APARTHEID - or Health'is the theme of a national conference to 'be held by the Anti-Apartheid Health Committee at Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, on February a The conference is being sponsored by health sector trade unions - among them NUPE, COHSE, MPU, NALGO GMWU and TGWi. Speakers will include a representative of the World Health Organisation, Bill Hoffenberg, 'Professor of Medicine at Birminghem University, and a representative of the African National Congress of South Africa. The purpose of the conference rk to inform health service workers of the effect ofeloartheid and recrs on heath care in Southem Africh and to set up workrig groups in three important areas: material ait collaboration - both between the British and South African medical establishments and between the South African medical eastablishment and the Security. Police; organisation and education - to discuss how to mount ongoing campaigns The AA Health Committee for Liberation in Southern Africa was formed earlier this year by a group of indieduals working in the health service and the Anti-Apartheid Movement On November2 the Committee held the first in a series of open meetings through which It hopes to win support for its work. 'The AA Health Committee has acked AAM supporters to help publicise the February 3 conference among health workers in their area Leaflets and posters are available from: Conferenc Ogrianiser, Ant-Apartheid Health Committee, 89 Charlotte St, London WIP 2D0 Nuclear aid to SA condemned ANTI-apartheid Organisation, all over the world were asked to earn. pelgo against the r0leof West Germany in supplying nuclear tehnology to South Africa, atp conference held in Bonn, Norember 11-12. The conference was organised by the West German Anti-Apartheid "movenqt together with ASK (Anti- Imperialist SoldarityCommittee), the.Young Socialists and other political, church and youth organisations. The meeting was attended by, over 400 representatives of West German organiations, delegations from the Southern African liberation movements and from Zambia, Tanzania and Angola, representa. tives of AA groups in the Netherlands. Austria and Britain, and of the UN Special Committee Against Apartheid, Among the speakers was Abdul Minty, Han Secretary of the British AAM. The Conference called on the West German Government to establish a Commission of Enquiry, which would consider the evidence of nuclear collaboration with South Africa presented to delegates. It demanded that the Government stop all deliveries of equip ment to South Africa's uranium enrichment plant and end all forms of nuclear, military and economic collaboration with South Africa.

Page 4 Anti-Apastheid News December 19M Building a new future Zimbabwean refugees THE first camp I visited was a at home was that Nkomo had killed inspection in what I would have ZAPU men's transit camp in these boys in order to give meat to guessed was about 110 degrees in Zambia, about nine km outside his army. They laughed heartily at the shade. I w taken into some Lusaka. There were some 11,500 this. She said that she was happy to larger huts which served as school young men from 16 years upwards, see them alive and well and rooms and dormitories. The girli' average age 19-20 years. studying. The boys then sang a few 'dormitories had beds made of Sats On entering the camp, we beautiful songs before our departure, of bamboos, fairly high off the crossed a small river and the first From here we visited the Victory ground. I walked over a dead rat, sight was of men's clothing hanging School for girls - 6500. Like the and could see the point of elevating over the bushes to dry. I looked other camps, there were armed the beds. Chickens were running in back and saw several naked youths guards at the gates. In this case, the and out of the huts too. below at the river's idge. They soldiers were young women in Food is brought into the camp These pictures of bombed buildings in a camp for Zimbabwean refugees couldnotemergeuntiltheir Militaryuniform, threetimesaweekfromTete.Two nowLusaka show the destruction unleashed by the Smith regime's attacks clothing had dried out, as that was At this school conditions were meals a day are served and there am all theyhad to wear., very similar to theJason Moyo the same primitive cooking arrangeAs we went furtherintothe meritsintheopenair. camp, I noticed hundreds upon A FEW weeks beforethe Montofthechildrenwereatthis hundreds of tinyhuts made of bombing attacks on Zimbab. time awayfrom the camp, chopping reeds.Thesewerethetemporary weanrefugeecampsin treesto erect asaw choasroom shelters of the inhabitants which Zambia, a representative of which had recently been bombed they had erected themselves, It had the International Defence by Smith's forms. just come through the rainy season, ,and Aid Fund visited some of: The sanitary arrangements are yet theyhad all slept in these the camps near Lusaka She different here from the other abodes, lying on the floor with one also visited a camp in . camps I had seen. The others had blanket to each man. Mozambique. The following trenches away from the main body The next sight was of an endless is part of her report on her of the camp. But this one had a queue of men, all holding a plastic visit, small hut-type lavatory adjoining plate.Thefood,maizemeal,was eachinhabitedhutInallthecamps, being cooked in.the open over a School, but a little softer. There sanitation had to be strictly log fire in two huge cooking pots. were already some permanent observed. It took from 3 am until the evening structures and others in the process The teachers here are mainly of being built - dormitories, class- FRELIMO people, bet aststed by oomsandsoon. ZimbabieanswhohadaHigh LABOUR'Sindependent monthly There was a thriving machine School education. They said they - LABOUR LEADER - for factory with 36 female machinists had on severaloccasionshadto socialismandthe Labour Party. Then we noticed some beautiful and 50 male tailors. Out of the remove the entire camp into the Annual subscription £2.0Q Send nevay-erected barrack-style huts material that had been donated bush when there were air raids, for a sample copy to: I LP. 49 Top which the men were building them. they were making practical African- Although they are getting help SANITY bi-monthiy newspaperof Moor Side, Leeds LS1I 9LW. solves as their new living quarters. style shirts for the children and from UNHCR. WCC, etc. they are Campaign forNuclear Disarms- CHALLENGE, monthly paper of They had first to chop down trees, repairing old clothes. desperately short of everything, mth SC pin Nnualr theaYun CHmont Lage. then carry in the tree trunks from I spoke to three young women There were no visible signs of any Mont Subscription El annually, or the Young Communist League. many kilometres away. Four had at random and asked them why recreational or cultural or oter specimen copy (free) from: CND, Price 15p. Subscription £2.20 pa. lefttina Zibaw Ontua dr other 26 Great James Street London Send to 28 Bedford St. London already been built and a fifth was in they had left Zimbabwe. One Said activities of any kinds. 29 N 3e WC28 B theprocessofgoingup. thatshelivedin avillagenear WC1N3EY WC2. "Some men showed us carvings Plumtree One daythe guerrillas Material aid for Zimbabwean THE 1979 Africa Liberation PEACE NEWS for non-violent they had whittled out of bits of came and asked for food. She said refugees can be sent through: Calendar features themes from the struggles and making alternatives. wood, mainly animals and faces. they were very polite, they did not Patriotic Front-ZAPU, 39 African revolution: guerrilla war, Information, analysis, strategies for Nearly all the men had also hewn threaten, and the people could see Goodge Street, London W1; socialism, women's liberation, and change. f&50 for 12 months suboy guns oct of pieces of wood, they were hungry and gave them Patriotic Front-ZANU, PO culture. Dynamic poetryand quotes scription. £3.00 for six months. £1 These were curved and attached to n food. Theythen left. Box 106, 21 Caledonian Rd, fre African militants complement for 5 stem (trial sob). From: 6 Elm pieceofstringandslungovertheir Shortlyafterwardsthepolice. o O,2Cldna drmAfia iiat opeet fr5sus(rau)rm l poulders arrived, rounded up all the parents London Ni; International the colourful photos and drawings Avenue, Nottingham. Nexto was taken to the Jason and interrogated them. But no one Defence and Aid Fund, 104 for each month. 10" x 14". USS Moyo School for8000boys. he knew wherethe guerrillashad comteN St,Londo,ECI. 2.95plus 5d postage and handling. AA activists need free usable oyoitschooleforwer000oboys.tThe knew where they had oe . Makechequepayable and send to: second-hand furniture. Table, conditionshereweresomewhat fromnorwheretheyhadgunse back LSM Information Cehter, PO Box Isairs, wardrobe, chest of drawers, better. The boys were sleeping under They beat the parents unconscilus: 12077, Oakland, CA 94604, USA. etc.WillcollectinLondonarea. canvas tents but overcrowded, when they came to they burnt Contact: Debbie or inn, 560 5311. Tents for B-10boyswereinhabited themwithcigarettes,thenbeat W TAKING RACISM PERSONALLY: by 12-14 boys, whose ages ranged them again. Finally, theywereallVV g WhiteAnti- Racism at the CrossroadL PHOTO CRAFT from 6-16years. roundedupandtakentogaol, THEBitishCouncilofChurches NEWPeace News pamphlet Single Many of the boys were orphaned, where she understands they still Assembly voted to sapport the copies 30pincp&pfrom:8Elm 4HeathStreetsomehavingbeenfoundhidingin are. Worl CoioCurhe Avenue,Nottingham.Bulkorders LondonNW3 the bush, too young to even know Theytold the youngsters and World Council of Churches, from Publications Distribution their names. They receive two meals children to remain there and each decision to make special grants to Co-Owratlve 27 Clerkenwe Close, Photographic dealers and per day, lunch and supper. Food day came to harass and question liberation movements in Southern Co-oEC1. photographers consists of maize meal, fresh meat them, till finally she and others Africa, at its m ing at the end of Ldon I ' p ORA oncaweek,otherwiseproteindecidedtoflee. October. ANG The Assembly adopted a remiss. MOZAMBIQUE ANOLA GUINE INFORMATION 4nriched beans, some vegetables and (The IDAF representative then tion which urged member churches CENTRE powered milk. I was mazed to visited camps nun by the African to give serious attention to the 34 Percy St London Wl. Tel 01-636 7108 learn that therehad not been a National Congress and Pan WCC Programme to Combat single death in this camp. Africanist Congrmn in Tanzania) -acsm and to encourage support Discussion Meetings on Angola Classes were in sessionwhenwe N p , Mzambique, foriF arrived. The boys sat on tree tunks NextstopMapto, Moza87.300m The Politics of MPLA with their books on their laps. Two where ZANU has itsmainbase'I FridayDecember 15 7.30pm Angola's Foreign Policy boys were at desks which theyhad purchased an air ticket for Tete. Red Cross to aid built themselves out of oddments of The FRELIMO representativemet i dission:50 Light refreshments wood. These were 12-year olds and me at the airport and arranged to ' os ian whte Were having a lesson in simple fetch me the following morning for Photographic exhibition of Leyland vehicles in South Africa biology. thejourneytothePatrioticFront THERedCrossInternational byHANS HAACKE Suddenly there were three blasts refugee camp, Mabvudzi. Gnmmittee is to open an office in on a whistle, and the entire school At this camp there are 3760 Pretoria to deal with 'a possible Museum of Modern Art, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford assembled in a huge square. It was a people of whom approximately influx of people fleeing Rhodesia, 19 November - 24 December blazing hot day and no shade. But 000 are women from 18 years according to the National President the boys were tremendously upwardls. The rest are babies and of the South African Red Cross .'No other vehicle ever produced can claim the international disciplined. There was not a sound schoolchildren. The camp is entirely Society. He said it was normal admiration and fame that surround the Land-Rover: overseas as they listened to the.speakers. FRELIMO- run. The living quarters practice for the Red Cross to open military authorities, in particular, continue to rely on this A visitor from within Zimbabwe are all thatched huts with tre suds an office when 'an impending famous cross-country vehicle despite ever-increasing told them that Smith's propaganda bases, built by the refugees them- *nflla siution't ei feared, competition from motor manufacturers worldwide.' seves. British.Leyland press release, Aldershot 1976 I was taken on atour of 'Smith wants to destroy \us much as he can' What is yiour assessment of the motives of the Smith regime in launching the recent attacks on ZAPU camps inside Zambia? It is significant that the attacks ware made while Smith was visiting the US. The first reason was to impress the Americans - to show that the white minority forces are still tough, that they are not collapsing. Smith wanted to make out that he could talk from a position of strength. The raids were also an indication that the regime canrn contain the situation inside the country. It has declared martial law in areas where its administration has broken down and the security forces cannot go in on the ground. * Smith is having to face reality and try to come to tersns with surrendering Power: hut before he does this he is determined to destroy as much as he can. Wat have the aefcts of the attacks been? The raids were all on camps housing non-combatants. In the attack on the F C refugee camp on October 19.,226 men were killed and at least 629 more ware injured. At Mkushi camp 192 refugees remain unaccounted for - nearly all of them young girls. Ninety were taken to hospital, of whom 81 were girls. These killings cannot stop the momentum of our struggle - but at the same time they produce tremendous bitterness because the enemy has attacked refugee amps and people who are unarmed. They show that any negotiated settlement will take place in the context of the war - that the colonial situation in our country cannot be resolved outside the context of the war and the role of the Patriotic Front The Patriotic Front must be in control of the armed forces during the transition to independence. The attacks have destroyed the atmosphere for all-perty talks and show that the Smith regime cannot be built into any plan for an. independent Zimbabwe: it must be completely dismantled. They have also emphasised the role of Muzorewa and Sithole as puppets - they hait been used to approve the raids and the killings of our people. They have no real say: their role is just to approve what the regime does. What are the needs arising from the raids? Many people were injured and some permanently crippled in the attacks. We need drugs and medical supplies for them. In the latest raid workshops were bombed and also many of our supplies - including a big quantity of blankets - were destroyed. These supplies wil have to be replenished. So we urgently need practical aid. What is your assessment of current British policy? Owen has no policy now. He is talking about putting forward three options, but earlier the British Government said-t-wouid not depart from the Anglo-American proposals. It has departed from the proposals. Smith says he wants to 0 to a conference with no conditions how can we go to a conference like that? Minority racist rule must go - that is our condition. Smith must go- that is a condition. The British Government cannot persuade us to go to a conference that is open-ended. What Owen really wants to achieve is to persuade Smith to make apparent concessions which ARTHUR CHADZINGWA is the chief representative of the Patriotic Front-ZAPU in Western Europe. AA NEWS talked to him about the Smith regime's latest attacks on ZAPU camps in Zambia and about British policy on Zimbabwe. will make him seem reasonable. He knows that otherwise the problem will be solved by the war and that then the West will have no control over what happens. So his aim is to make Smith seem reasonable, so that the Patriotic Front can be forced into a compromise. Britain wants to bring Smith into some new set-up, so that ne-colonial rule can be established. What is your reaction to the discloysres of oil sanctions busting made in the Bingham Report? The Bingham Report shows that right from UDI the British Government did not want the Smith regime to collapse. It knew 4at oil was going to Smith. There is much documentary evidence that exposes British hypocrisy. The regime's aircraft came originally from Britain: they get plenty of spare parts. The armed forces get everything they want to get from Britain - it is just a question of the route. What is the significance of the recent declaration of martial law over large areas of the country? Martial law was already there in practice - but now it has been formaised. It confirms the free hand given to the security forces by the Act of Indemnity, which says they cannot be prosecuted for anything they do in the prosecution of the war. In the areas they cannot get to on foot the security forces are now launching bombing attacks against the people. The regime is also trying to destroy ZAPU's structure inside the country. It is difficult to get precise information, but we know that 500 of our cadres were 'arrested in one day in the latest arrests. They are members of our Executive Committee, branch and district office bearers and supporters. How can people in Britain support the struggle for liberation in Zimbabwe? It is tin' 5"or the British people those" f .- afiends of Zimbabwe - to take a blear position in support of liberation. This does not mean that they should give us guns or take part 11 violence - but that they should clearly support democracy in our country. In other Western countries people and governments have registered their support by collecting medical and other forms of aid. But this is not-happening here - at least not on any significant scale. Maybe this unwillingness to perticipate is because of the colonial link. - But we want all our friends to know that the future helongs to the people of Zimbabwe. Arti*Apmisukmwe Obn~ r16M Pelo5 SA helped Smith -Commonwealth THECommonweailSecrtary African concurrence, to put it at its General, Shridath Ramphal, has lowest, 'he said accused South Africaof being 'Certainlya deepening South involved in Rhodesian attacks on African involvementis widely " Zambia - and appealed for military believed throughout the frontline aid to help Zambia withstand African states' teraids Earlierhesaidthattheattackon On his return from a meeting with October 19 made all-party talks President Kaunda in November, he much more difficult to achie said that there were strong gounds 'It is senseles as well as brutal for believing that South African to have launched it, because what Mirage jet fighters had been used in lan Smith and his colleagues should the November attack and that South now beidoing in the self-interest of African helicopters had been used in their white compatriots is to the raids on October 1920. educatethem inthe realities of the I Pople find It difficult to transfer of power to the African believe that Mr Smith would have majority, not try to sustain their escalated the war without South resistance to that reality/ " 125 Tories and Unionists vote against sanctions THE House ofCommons voted for' ford-Holt (Shrewibury), Latham the renewal of the UN Sanctions (Meltni, Lawrence (Burton). Lewis lRutland Lloyd IHasant), Loseridge Order against Rhodesia on Novem- lHavaring), McAddm Soethend E), bar 9 - with 116 Conservatives and Maefarane (Suttn & Cheami, MacKay seven Ulster'Unionists voting lStechford), Macmillan (Farnham), Maves (Petersfield), Mauding (Barnet, against. The following MPs voted Mawby (Tornes). Mayhew (Tunbridge against sanctions: Wells), Meyer (Flint W), Mitchell (Basingsatoke, Mouse (Favershem), Conservatiees MontgomerylAltrincham&Sale), Aitken (Tbenet, E), Amery IBrighton Morgan (Denbigh ,Morgan-Gies Pailion), Atkinson (Bournemouth), Iinhester) Morris (Northampton S), Pinalni. Atisun lfodBersthl. Mudd IFalmouth, Nelson (Chichester), endall lRedbridgn Ilfnrdi, nnaet Newton (Braintree), Normanton (Torbay), (enygn Foekingham), B iss- (Cheadle), Osbom (Sheffield Haiale, Dasisun lopping Foresti, eoaawen Page (Harrow W) Pattie (Cherteavi. Wets), Braine (Essex SE), Brotherton Pink (Portmouth Si, Prim (Eetlelss); (Louth) Brown (Bath), Burden (Gilling- Res-Davies (Thanet W), RhyeWilliam ham), Channon (Bouthend W) (Kensington & Chelsea), Ridley (ChenChurchill (Stretford), Clark (Plymouth seater Ridsdale (Haniih), Rodgers Sutton), Clark Cmydon S). Dodsworth iSevinoaks Rost tJterbys SE), Siet(Hets Sati, Draysen (Skiptn, Durant Hopkins (Darbys WI, Shaw Pidsy), (Reading NI,.Edesn Bournemouth), Shelton (Lambeth), thephed (Hereford), Fairbairn iKinois & W Perth=}. Parry Shersby (Hillinrdon, Sims (Bromley), IHarborough), Fell Yarmouth), Fooke Skeet (Bedford. Smith (Warwick), IPlymouth Drake), Fraser (Stafford & Spehem (Think), Spicer (Worm), Sproat Stone), Fry lWellingborough), Galbraith lAberdeen) Stainton (Suffolk), Stokes (Glasgow Hillhead). Gardiner Reigatal (Haleesaoevn, Taylor (Croydon NW), Gilmour (Fife E), Glyn (Windsor & Tebbit (Waltham Forest Wakeham Maidenhead), Goodhart (Bromely), Meldon), Walker-Smith lHerts), Wall Geadhew (St Albans). Gorst (Barret (Halternprice), Warren (Hstings), Hendon N), Gow (Eastlournel Wells (Makistone), Whitney (Wycombe), Griffiths (Bury St Edmundel, Hastings Wisein (Wettstnper-Mara), Winterton (Beds Mid) Hawkins INorfolk o, (Maclesfield), Wood (Bridlington), Bell Holand Ca ton), Hardern Iorsham & (B-ensfieldl, Budgen (Wolverhampton Cre,1 dayo. H ol;lNl,.Hutci- SW) s.n rouearnnb , siint (Cheltenham). James Dorset NI, Jessel Richmond),. Jones IDetry) Kabery (Leads NW), Kellest-Bnaman fLaecaser), Kershaw (Stidi. Ki mball nsbomushi. Ki P.nrat Si. Kniht IElsdgartim), Lang.s Ulster Unionists Powell IDown S), Craig (Belfast El, Dunlop (Ulster Mid), McCusker (Armagh), Molyneaux (Antrim SI, Paisey (Antrim N), Rosa (Londonderry). WHITE emigration from Rhodesia is soaring - reaching an all-time record of 1776 white emigrants in September 1978, with only 286 immigrani In the first nine months of the year, there was a net loss of 68 "hite engineers, 66 accountants ai uditors, 121 teachers, 53 nur and 420 artisans and tech- nicians. Rhodesia's white population was estimated at 275,000 in 1975: by mid- 1978 it was down to 260,000 and the figures suggest that it will have fallen to 252,000 by the end of this year. Black 4imbekates pow putnumber whitlviy nearly 27 toone. as against 22 to one three yeers ag Stamp Collectors! Christmas Stocking Fillers 50 attractive stamps, specially packed for AAM Only 40p including p&p Please indicate your choice; Southern Africa; Europe, Asia; mixed From: AAM Stamp Offer, 8 Venetia Road, London N4 THE ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT URGENTLY NEEDS voluntary shorthand typists/audio typists to help with an ever-growing volume of correspondence. All offers will be taken up - even if you can only help for an hour a month! Contact: Chris Child, AAM, 89 Charlotte Street, London WiP WiP 2DQ. Tel 01-580 5311. White Rhodesian population falls 10 X in three years

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'Pa*gW8 Anti-ApartheidNews be; ambor 1978 S Africa renews aggression as Benguela railway re -opens ON November 7 the Angolan Ministry of Defence issued a major statement to the Angolan people warning of a renewed military threat to the People's Republic of Angola from the South African army of occupation in Namibia A new invasion was being planned, the communique stated. Alt the main population centres near the Namibian border Menongue, Ongiwa, Lubngo were at risk; but s6 were cities further north - uambo, Benguale, Lobito and ven the capital, Luanda, itself. Angola is now on a war footing, with the popular militia as well as theregular armed forces placed on alert A curfew has been introduced in all the areas considered as under threat President Agostinho Nato he reminded the people of Angola of the duty of each citizen to be a soldier when the need arises. The threat of a renewal of South African aggression coincides with the opening of the vital bridge at Luau on the Angola-Zaire frontier. With this bridge back in operation, as a result of the improved relations between Angola and Zaire, the Benguela railway can once again be used to transport Zeirois and Zambian cooper out to the Atlantic port of Lobito. This will sharply reduce Zaire's and Zambila's dependence on South African ports for their exports something which dearly displeases Pretoria. Disruption of the Bengala railway is therefore a significant political objective for theSouth African Government. The South African puppets in Angola, UNITA. have declared their intention of destroying the railway. Reports of fully-laden planes leaving Namibia, flying into Angola and retuning empty suggest that the South Africans are flying arse to the few UNITA bands still in existence In the w ooded hills of central A ngola. i l a a irspace i The Angolan authorities report into Angolan airspace: indeed what aggressie intentions by the failure increased inflltration anroe the appear to have been reconnaissane of the Western powers to respond Namibian border: for over two flights have been made hundreds of adequetaly either to the Smith years now the South Africas iner ,,, l I nto Angolen territory. regime's repeated incursions into maintained training camps for EvidentlyanySouth Africa Mozambique and Zambia, or to the UNITA in northern Namibip, and attack on Angola would alao.be horrific maseecre of Neamiblan have used them to meintaintension divested at SWAPO. The fraudulent refugees at Kassinga by the South on the border and force Angola to l"ectio"n which the Batha regime African security forces last May. keep large numbers of troope in the in planning for Namibia would thus The passivity of Western govern' ares. be complemented by an attempt to ments, our own included, will be There has also recently been a eliminate, militarily, SWAPO's taken by Botha as evidence that no significant increase in incidents of presence in southern Angola. international action will be taken South African aircraft intluding The South Africans will against South Africain the event of undoubtedly be encouraged in their aggression against Angols. AAM Chairman on African tour asked 'Whose side is your Government on ?' BOB Hughes MP, Chairman of the Anti-Apartheid Movement, recently visited the front-line States as a member of a delegation representing the Continuation Committee -of the World Conference against Apartheid held in Lisbon last year. Here he reports on his visit DURING the early part of October, it was my privilege to pay a visit to Angola, Mozambique and Zambia on behalf of the Continuation Committee of the World Conference -against Racism, Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa. The Continuation Committee was set up following the Lisbon Conference in March 1977 on the initiative of the front-line States and the liberation movements. It was recognised that the struggle was entering an intensive phase and that it was necessary to establish a body to coordinate international activity, especially in Western Europe.with the objective of maximising support against apartheid. London was chosen as the key centre for the establishment of this new body. I. believe that an important factor in this choice is the success of our own Anti-Apartheid .Movement The Continuation Committee is not-a substitute for our own work, it is a necessary supplement to it Our experience in Britain is significant and our advice is essential to the success of it. Our visit to Southern Africa had two objectives Firstly, to seek both financial support and the active participation of those who urged the setting up of the Continuation Committee. Secondly, to survey the scene at first hand and to discuss with those who have the experience of defeating colonialism, and with those who are still fighting imperialism. On the first count we were successful beyond our expectations. Financial and active support is forthcoming from MPLA and FRELIMO, and UNIP is to consider how it can help. On the second count, the visit was an invaluable experience. In analysing the situation, I can of course give only my own political assessment, but I doubt if it radically differs from my travelling [companions. My overriding impressions were of a sense of realism, allied to an optimism and determination that the peoples of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa will be free. There is realism, for none of the people we spoke to ware under any illusion as to the strength of the enemy and its allies. There is optimism, for the experience of Angola and Mozambique in defeating Portuguese colonialism is an inspiration to the Patriotic Front, to SWAPO and the ANC of South Africa. There is determination, for the demand for freedom grows stronger as each month passes and there is an awareness that the march of progress cannot be denied. Optimism and determination do not push realism into the back- ground. It is believed that the If Angola is invaded. thevtwe. Western Powers are not serious irn most rally to its defence, I have wishing to see a genuine transfer of already demanded in the House of power to the majority. Western Commons that the British Governpolicy is seen as stemming from the ment declares in favour of the basic principle that investments are territorial integrity of Angola and important and must be protected at called for help to defend Angola all costs. This is not the place to against the aggressor. discuss what political system is During the tour, I was constantly desirable for Zimbabwe, Namibia asked a number of related quesand South Africa. My own views on tions: 'Whose side is your Governthis will be shared bysome ment on?' 'How can we trust your members of the AAM and not by Government when at the time it other members. What is important was publicly calling for sanctions it is that the peoples of these was simultaneously conniving to countries should have a free choice, supplysoil to the enemy Smith?' not only on political Independence, 'When will your Government realise bat in many ways the more signifi that it will soon have to choose cant choice of economic indepen- betweensupportforthereactionarydance. South African regime and freedom What is cear above all is the key for the people?' role of South Africa. People in We cannot be surprised that such Southern Africa understand what questions are asked. What we can many politicians in Britain, Europe be assured of is that with or without and the USA have failed to see - the help of our Government, the that South Africa regards anyform peoples of Southern Africa will be of compromise as weakness. free. We in the Anti-Apartheid I was told of daily incursions by Movement cannot fail them, for the South African Air Force into they have an abundant confidence Angolan airspace. I was told of the in our capacity to help and an airlifting of sophisticated weapons appreciation of our efforts. Their to UNITA by South Africa. This is tasc is to fight for their freedom. evidence of further attempts to Our task is to mobilise support for destabilise the Angolan Government them in the difficult and crucial by fomenting civil war and possibly times ahead. even by direct invasion. It is not They expect us to redouble our surprising that this activity has been efforts so that Zimbabwe. Namibia intensified following the abortive and South Africa will soon be free 'visit to Pretoria by the so-called to build, each in its own way, 'contact group' of five Western scitiesbased on the needs of the Forelgn Ministers. Angola is people. We must not fail them. expecting an invasion by South Africa and, as I write, Angola has ,gone on a war footing. NEWS IN BRIEF SOUTH African Labour Minister, Fanie Botha, has told South African employers to resist foreign demands for changes in their labour relations. With an implicit rejection of initiatives such as the EEC Code of Conduct for firms operating in South Africa, he told the annual banquet of the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation: We will find South African solutions for South African problems.' ONE of South Africa's main Afrikaas churches, the Nderduitse Gereformeerde Kerk has unanimously rejected proposals for a merger with its sister black Dutch Reformed churches. One of its leaders, Dr J Vorster, assessor of the Cape Synod, said: 'They want to integrate. We must not give them an opening.' SOUTH African naval officers in plainclothes attended the French exhibition of naval weapons held at Le Bourget in October. The officers were given 'observer status' at the exhibition, where the latest developments in French military technology were on display. TUCSA'S iTrade Union Council of South Africa) annual conference refused to discuss the recent police raids on Crossroads squatter camp during its debate on human rights. The Chairman upheld an objection to the raising of the issue - on the grounds that the raids were unrelated to the motion, which condemned the worldwide erosion of human rights. A move to reverse the ruling was voted down. NEARLY 60 per cent of black South Africans who cannot find jobs are under the age of 30 according to a survey by the South African Department of Statistics. A further 20 per cent of unemployed Africans are aged between 30 and 39. The Department estimates total African unemployment at 554,000 in April 1978 - as against estimates of up to 2,000,000 made by other research organisations. According to the South African Financial Mail, the Department's figures are a serious under-estimate - partly because it defines anyone who has worked five hours or mor in a week as employed. A MEMBER of the Young Christian Workers, Joyce Mokhesi, has been goled for 12 months for possessing banned literature published by the ANC, SASO and the Christian Institute. Two other YCW members, Petrus Makao and Jacob Tlndima, am standing trial on charges of sabotage. Twenty seven YCW activists ware arrested in a recent clampdown against the organisation - twelve am still being held by police. BARCLAYS National'c'ofits rose to nearly £25 million after tax for the year ended September 1978 - as against nearly £22 million last year. Barclays National is the biggest bank in South Africa and is 64 per cent owned by Barclays Intemational, Barclays Bank's overseas wing.

Anti-ApartheldNews Decemer1978 Paes 'Elections spread terror'- churches LEADERS of six of Namibia's major churches have sharply criticised preparations for the South African- organised 'elections' in Namibia, to be held December 4-8, in an open letter to Prime Minister Botha. The churchmen say that the registration process leading up to the 'elections' has caused "widespread fear and further loss of confidence' in the South African Government's intentions. They also accuse the authorities of turning a blind eye to serious .'irregularities' in the registration operation - such as the registration of Angolan refugees. Registration of voters formally closed on October 20. According to the Chief Registration Officer, L V de Kock, the final registration figure could be as highas 95 per cent of those eligible to vote. According to the Englishlanguage Wlndhoek Advertiser, commentikg within a week of the close of registration: 'It seems quite inconceivable that nearly 90 per cent of the population hase already registered. Nine out of ten people approached say they have not registered, and do not intend to do so.1 The same newspaper has laid charges of widespread intimidation by employers and armed thugs. It alleged: 'Political intimidation is the order of the day. Certain firms are firing workers for not having registered. There seems to be the 'idea that a man is a traitor unless be has registered and supports either the OTA or Aktur. 'Uttle combat groups have been orgenised, sometimes with the knowledge of the authorities who simply turned a blind eye to these developments. Blacklists are in existence. 'Political thuggery is rearing its head, a vast, well-coordinated system of coercion has been initiated, all under the guise to protect South Africa from communism.' According to the UN, at least 40,000 Namibians are currently out of the country as exiles or refugees. These obviously have not regitered. SWAPO has reported that over 400 people are leaving the country very week to scape'wid scale intimidation and harassment' linked to the registration process. Official estimates of Namibia's population figures are highly suspect. Between 440,000 and 443,000 people have been variously estimated by official sources as eligible to vote. The Chief Registra tion Officer has admitted that this figure is based on the 1970 Census and is in large measure 'purely guesswork'. The 1970 Census gave Namibia's total population as 762,184including 99,000 whites. In October 1975 the Afrikaans newspaper Die Suidwes-Afrikaner published further figures attributed to official sources, which estimated Namibia's population at 917,000. But the population in 1977 has been estimated by outside sources as between 950,000 and 1,010,000 people - at least 11% per cent larger than the 1975 official figure. As far as the South African Government is concerned the smaller the official figures for Namibla's black population, the less obvious it becomes how much - or how little - is being spent per head on education, health and other social services. The low population figure also means an underestimate of those eligible to vote, and hence an inflated percentage for those alleged to have registered. The information in this article is taken from FOCUS, the bulletin of the International Defence and Aid Fund FOCUS is available from IDAF, 104 Newgate St. London ECf. Subscription: £3 for six issues a year, -More boots wanted for refugees THE appeal for Wellington boots for refugee childrn, launched by the Namibia Support Comnittee has got off to agood start -but mom boots are still wanted The boots are needed to prevent children - and adults - in SWAPO camps from con eracting ringworm and other paisitic diseases now that the rainy season has started The NSC is asking for boots and cash -so far it has collected £-00 towards its initia target of£1.000 by the end of December. Over200 offers of boots were received in two days in resmonse to Arfeed DTA bodyguards - private armies are proliferating in Namibla SWAPO deplores Western Ministers trip to Pretoria IN Windhoek SWAPO's Publispy and Information Secretary Mokgenedi Tlhabanello, deplored the meeting held between the Foreign Ministers of the five Westein UN Security Council powers and the South African Government in Pretoria and described it as a 'complete deviation' from the Waldheim Report He emphasised that South Africa had giien no guarantee that an SWAPO members gaoled for blowing up rail line THREE SWAPO members have been convicted in a Windhoek court of derailing a train and sabotaging a road bridge earlier this year. Johannes Pandeni and Peteus lilongo were sentenced to 18 years imprisonment and Willem Biwa to six years. The fate of another man arrested with them is unknown. The first two were charged with damaging a bridge on the road between Keetmanshoop and Grunau - 600 miles from the Angolan border - on May 19. They also faced charges blowing up the railway line to Swakopmund between Karibib station and Kranzberg - 300 miles inside Namibia - on June 21. According to the police, the train was derailed by means of 'an estimated 100 kg of plastic charges L to R: SWAPO members Johannes Pandeni, Petro liloni which 'folded the beams ofthe Biwa bridge as if they were matchsticks', were arrested in June, apparently helping 34 youths1 Willem Biwa, the third accused, also in connection with the country illegally fo is a farmer from Gibean in the sabotage incidents, but they have trial took place at ( Name 'homeland' and is accused of not been brought to court. Windhoek, near the 'harj)ouring terrorists'. In another trial six members of border. Four other SWAPO members SWAPO have been convicted of to leave the r Botswana The Gobabis, east of Botswana election would take place under UN supervisior, The December 'elections', he said, were meant as a face-saving device for South Africa, and secondly were aimed at withdrawing the entire UN settlement plan. by giving the impression that it would then be an issue between the UN and the socalled elected authorities in Namibia He stressed that any return visit to Namibia by the UN SecretaryGeneral's Special Representative Martti Ahtisaari, would be 'an exercise in futility' unless there was a clear-cut acceptance of the Waldheim Report by all parties Themes Talelisfon programme W'elp'. Local collecdon centras have bese setup The deadline for the next airlift of boots is December 1 I-and another batch will go in January. Phone the NSC for the address of your nearest collection cane. Appeal leaflets and posters are available free fbum: Refugee FootwearAppeal, co Namibia Support Committee, 18, North Gower Streat, London NWI. Tel 01- 398 5531 Cheques and POs" should be made payable to: NSC Medical Aid (FootwearAppiel). Bankenr Co- operative Bank Ltd, 78180 Cornhill, London EC3 Account No 5014008a West German money for pro-apartheid party BIG money is being raised in West Germany for the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance in Namibia. fhe DTA is the pro-apartheid party which, together with the far right-wing AKTUR, will take part in the fraudulent elections to be staged in Namibia in December. Seven West German organisations have launched an appeal for funds ostensibly for 'cultural and educational' purposes. The appeal asks for contributions 'to promote adult and professional education in South West Africa, to support German linguistic cultures in South West Africa/Namibia and similar projects'. The only party mentioned in the appeal is the DTA which is des cribed as 'the largest grouping of moderate political forces at the present time'. The campaign's chief sponsor is the Afrika-Fordergesellschaft (Society for African Promotion) which shares an address in Bonn with the German-South Africa Society. Other backers include the Human Rights Association in Frankfurt and the Society for German Cultural Relations Abroad in Munich. It is linked to the South Africa Fundarion via Dr Rudolf Gruber, who is Director of the Bonn branch of the Foundation and of the Society for African Promtiowo The appeal aims to raise US115,000 from participating .orgeesisations, and then to extend its campaign to the general public. It says that 'eeeryone who is opposed to foreign influence, particularly that of theSoviet Union, in this area and who really wants the Nemibian people to have the right of self-determination and to aspire to a peaceful and free volution, is called on to help support moderate democratic forces in that country'.

Pap10 AsitAparlheidNews December17 How the Club of Ten gets its money BIG FINES FOR CROSSROADS~ THE scandal concerning the Department of Information in South Africa has given the South African political estabishment one of its biggest jolts or many years, and has led to the resignation of the Minister of 'Plural Relations', Dr Connie Mulder. Mulder, who was Minister of Information Until recently, narrowly missed becoming Prime Minister after Vorster resigned The scandal has not only tainted Mulder but also General van dea gBergh, recently retired BOSS chief , 4andformer right-handlwus of t Yorter, and even Vo ilmself. The English-speaking press has been playing up the affair to-its fullest to attack the Nationalists, but interestingly much of the Afrikanspeaing press has also been giving the scandal a lot of publicity. Only the South African Broadcasting Corporation has been solidly protecting the Govemment. The evidence of misappropria tion of milliom of rends of public money, of "corruption in its widest sense' was revealed at apress conference on November 2 by an Afrikaner judge, Anton Mostart, who had recently been appointed as a one-man commission to investigate the highly sensitive subject of exchange control violatinns. He was sacked by Prime Minister P W Botha soon after holding the press conference, s Bothe had specifically warned him not to disclose his findings and had made a public appeal to him not to do so. One of the disclosurds made by Judge Mostert was that Dr Eshel Rhoodie, former Secretary for Information, hadjent Louis Luyt R12 million to start the rabidly right-wing Citizen newspaper, which is the only English-speaking daily which supports the Nationalist Party. The Citizen, based in Johannesburg, was aimed particulady at undercutting ivhe Rand Daily Mail. The loan was made through a Swiss company named Thsaurs Continental Securities Association, which like another 'company', Thor Communications, was used as a front for channelling money by the Department of Information. sFsdd werechannaled Into various overseas South African propaganda schemes dreamt up by Rhoodie, including the Club of Ten in the UK. However, money also sent for private use by many of the 1seneficiades: from going into the financing of commercial f lms to the buying of a half share lb Citizen editor Louis Luyt's private jet for R1.5 million when The Citizen needed a further injection of funds. The decision to set up the whole clandestine operation of the Department of Information was taken by Mulder, 'to outsmart and neutralise South Africa's enemies'. Perhaps the most damaging evidence has concerned the cover-up of the scandal. It has been revealed that General van den Bergh talked of 'saving' both Vorster and Mulder when the first hints of scandal surfaced earlier in the year. Of all the crimes committed by the apartheid regime, these are hardly the worst - yet they have been enthusiastically seized upon by the South African press. But black South Africans are hardly likely to see the issue as the most pressing. In all this, one bizarre incident has received some coverage. A few weeks ago the Afrikaans newspaper Die Vaderland reported that it had been inundated by calls from its readers asking whether there was a connection between disdosures about the Inft rmation Department and the murder of Dr Robert Srit, candidate for the NationqlVt Pt in last year's general elactibs, Smit ad his wife were brutally killedin NMenber shortly befoe the election at their home ane evening ina 'mystery' murder. Newspaper articles at she time pointed.out that evidence suggested that Smi buoh knew and tussted his killer(s) as he set up a secret meetingwith them at his house that evening. Smit was an up-and-coming Nationalist economist and South Africa's representative at the IMF in Washington. South African press reports are now saying that five weeks before he was murdered Dr Smit said he would approach a senior Cabinet Minister about a matter which would 'rock the nation, and said he would make the matter public after the general election on November 30 1977. Apparently senior members of the Nationalist Party believe that Smit knew of large-scale and illegal movements of foreign corrency out of the country, possibly by Department of Information personnel. 'COMPUTERISING APARTHEID' -ICL S ROLE EXPOSED THE AntAparthwid Movoebt has asked the British Government to Sextend the arms ibargo to Include compu e 1e - ompel ICL, In whic the National Enter" Boaird has a 24.4 per goat stake, to freeze its expansion plans in South Africa andf St pulling S oul "".. . ff rry ota fui ="ieton into sanctions busting by ICL in Rhodesia. At a press conference called to launch an AAM report on ICL's operations in South Africa. AAM Chairman Bob Hughes MP displayed a a computer printout Wltch listed the company's 588 systems in operation in South Afr caetthe endof 1977. Backing the demasjseade at the eonference were gS, irman -jul Secretary of the trde union joint negotiating committee at ICL, Ian Benson of AUEW(TASSI and Tim Webb of ASTMS, -.d the National Secretary of the ACTS section of the TGWU. The AAM report is based on confidential information about ICL's operations in South Africa. It gives the first complete picture of the firm's role in implementing apartheid. Among the computers supplied by ICL to South Africa are 0 two 2960s sold to the South African Police in autom 1978 including enquiry terminals to be established at border posts to check for stolen cars. Thes will be used by the security pollce hi stop wanted people Isivpi an re-enterisn SouthAfrica O three 2903 supplied to Bantstan authorities in 1976 and 1977 - the.Transkei, Ciskei and KwaZulu o two computers installed as - Atlas Aircraft Corporation manufacturers of the Mirage jet fighters, some of which were used in the Smith regime's recent attacks against Zambia o at least five computers supplied to offices f the Department of Bantu Administration (now 'Plural Reltionsl which are used to administer the Pass Laws o four computers sold to the South African occupying authorities in Namibia - two to the South West Africa Administration, one to Windhoek Municipal Council. and one - supplied this year - to the Okahndja Municipality. AAM also draws attention to ICL's operations In Rhodesia. International Computers ICA) (A) is listed in the Association of Rhodesian Industries"1978 Register and Buyers Guide as a supplier of computers. At present ICL has no manufacturing capacity in Rhodesia or South Africa - so AAM infers that computers made in Britain are being illegally exported to Rhodesia via South Africa. 'Computerising Apartheid ICL in South Africa' is published by AAM, 89 Charlotte St London WIP 2Da Price 20p plus p&p. ' reetlem"t aomp? IN a new move to haas the people of Crossroads - the big squatter camp outside Cape Town - the Cape Divisional Council is threatening to withdraw essential services andto demolish the settlement if big service charges are not paid. Crossroads residents ala having to raise over £1500 a day to stave off the threat At the same time they am having to pay fines for offences under the Pass Laws, following the dewn police raids on the camp, in which two people were shot dead in September. They have already paid!a total of over E24_000 The Government is now building another resettlement camp - this time on land due to be transferred to the Ciskei 'homeland' - where it hopes to forcibly remove the people of Crossroads. It abandoned work on the camp it was building on land earmarked for the Transkei - apparently because of opposition from the Transkei Bantustan authorities. The new camp is being built at Whittlesa, near Queenstown, on 'white' land which is due to be handed over to the Ciskei 'hemeland'. It is near the Thornhill camp, where people were dumped without any proper foclities some years ago I Crossroads residientsasy that there is no work in the-area. The nearest town is Oueentwn which already has a ig unemploy., ment problem. They point out that the land is a 'weet grass area' so that If they were forced into subsistence farming their livestock would quickly graze the pasture to ground level. The report of the Lambeth Confernce of Aglican bishop cells on the Sooith Alfric Government not to destroy the Crossroads Settlemnt. It lso condemns the datenton adlier this year of the Anglican Dean of Botiea. A coordinating group has been set up in Britain to campaign for support for the equatter at Crossroads It will hold a launching meeting in December. Organisetons involved include Chrisrtians Concemed about Southern Africa, Christian Aid, Chriatiensagaairat Racism and Fascism, IDAF and rhe Anti, Apartheid Movement Furdhr informafon: Heather Gamer, c/o Chritan Action, 50 Blackfriss Lane, London EC4 TelOt-248 4793. ISOUTH AFRICA - THE RIFLE, THE SARACEPJ AND THE 0ALLOWS AAM Open Door programme Includes instrviews with Moc Maharai, Nkoilana DisniiL, Bob Hughes MP and Nell Kinnock MP 25 mine Film now available on hire: £7 From Cososrd Film Council. Te 0473 76012. STEVE BIKOI WRITE WHAT I LIKE A selection of his writings edited with a personal memoir by Aelred Stubbs C.R. 'We invite the world to look into the tender mind of a young South African patriot and martyr. The Movement here commends-this work... this is Steve himself speaking' - Chris Matebane, UK rep. BPC and SASO 'I found Aelred Stubbs' own portrait profoundly moving, shatteringly evocative' - Donald Woods R a 224pp £4.95 (cased) ISBN 0 906097 07 X THE 8OWERDEAN PRESS, 15 Blackfriars Lane. London EC4V SEN. Tel. 01-248-4783

Anti-ApIrthei Nes Dcme 17 Ie~1 ...... !ii:: rEV IEW S II community', and of those like Joshua Nkomo and Robert .up.be Kissingerwhoseemtothinkthey onthetruesituation, the commuhave a divine right to own and run nist bogey and colonial interests. the world. In this connection, his It is made clear that if Britain In Search of Eneasies. A CIA Story chapter on American business and and America really want to see an b John Stoakwll. Publistad by corporate interests, and the end to the war theymust first AndreDeitsch,£6.50. influencetheycanexert onpolicy- agree to end minority rule and the AS oe surveys the recent past of making, is very much to the point system of exploitation and that the Central Intelligence Agency, In Seach of Enemies concerns that is what the striuggle i about, the wonder is not that there have itselfchiefly with Angola, but it is Commenting on Western attibeen so many defections but that not confined to it. There m some tudes is this statement bya there have not been very many lascinating sidelights on history - SWAPO official: 'Though South rore. Pos.the simple question: especially on the murder of Patrice Africa's Western allies may feel 'When did they last get anything Lumumba - and on contemporary embarrassed or even indignant right' (end exclude political African politics. Anyone interested abdot the cruder aspects of apartmorality if you wish) to we the in the background of, for instance, held, their major concern is to forceofthepoint theShabaconflictwouldbewell blunttheradicalizingeffectofthe It is an organisation riddled with advised to torn up this book. As a liberation struggle on the Namilbcorruption, deceit and illusion, case history of imperialist bullying lens. which nevertheless once hadthe and brutalityit is hard toimprove 'Theirintentions are dear powertoattractidealisticyoung upon. enough."Theyarereallytalking Americans who wereinterested in ChristopherHitchsem withtheirally(SouthAfrica)to the way the world ran.Asit find...howaregimecouldbe graduallystrippedthemoftheir establishedthatwouldprotect youth, it also forced them to ask thei interest. questionsaboutthewayitranthe AninterviewwithSWAPO world. woa m bje-1President, Sam Nujoma, covers a John Stockwell was we of wide spectrum of the struggle these. He is no pissed-off small fry, Neniel: S APO Fights for past and present, international butaveryseniorexecutiveoperator Freedom pressuresand future prospects. who was given charge of the whole Zimbabwe - Th. Finld Advance Another interview with CIA effort in Angola during the Both publsed by Liberation Kakauru Npangone, political post-revolutionary civil war. His Support MOverment hormation commissarof PLAN (the dissent developed pragmatically at Centrs., PO Box 2077, Oakland, Namibian people's liberation first,withrevulsionfromthe Calforia9404,USA army),gives insight into the cynicism and greed which BOTH these booklets have valuable militaryaspects. surrounded him. But he soon came information and up-to-date docu- The booklet has variety in its to more extensive conclusions' mentation on SWAPO and the documentation on SWAPO, about the wrongness of such activi- Patriotic Front, with concise, history and struggle, the South tiesInAfrica. backgroundandfactsaboutthe Africanregime's propaganda, el. In summary, he argues that the struggle in Southern Africa. treatment and torture and the Arfericans had got themselves The introduction to the 124- political programme of SWAPO. politically on the wrong side of the page booklet on Namibia tells you Expressive-drawings by Selma Angolan revolution (ever since the that Southern Africa today is the Walman illustrate several chapters days of direct Portuguese rule) and stage for one of the greatest dramas that a political mistake of that of our era and that the efforts of Abodei after the Internal magnitude cannot be put right by others to recaptrretheirfreedom gette t thedby injections of dollars and dirty from colonization and oppression Sttarm t Report pblished by tricks. hasprovidedawealthofexperience tenalR tlalfor ntrif Stocwell was handily placed to from which Namiarhis, Zimbab- national Relation, I Cmbridge observe the cynicila of his masters. weans and'South Africans am Terrace, Loesdon NWI 4JL Aithough they often talked in tenefit as their nations move to the THIS latest CUR report on the public as if thelPLA was merely a centre of this historic-g .flict. situation In Zimbabwe cOncluq* shadow thrown hV-Russan and agl-ero ii also a moet illkalnetingl tha the Internst sewgr has Cuban interveition, in private they letter from Robben Island' whee 'in effect collapsed' were fully aware ofits extensive hundredsofblackSouth African It-argues that the March 3 popular support and opaisetien and Namibian prisoners are SalisburyAgreeelt Provides no Inhdeed, StockweB was commis- incarcerated, guarantees for the transfer of power sloned at first to do no mom than - After 90 years of Colonial from the white-mnority to the harass the MPLA in its conquest of occupation, Zimbabwe is poisd for black majority and that the three power - to raise the cost of its liberation and the final return to black parties to the Agreement, led victory in human and material African control through the drive byBishop Abel Muzorewar - terms. The sheer vandalism of such of the Patriotic Front Ndabaningi Sithole and Chief a policy takes the breath away - a The war is felt everywhere. Chirau, arenowseriously comprodeliberate decision to slaughter Patriotic Front guerrillas have mised by their partnership with the large numbers of people and infiltrated to the strategic extent of white minority regime. devastate a backward post-colonial having entered the African town. The report goes on to describe economy,withnoteventhe ships aroundSalisburyand how the majorityof Africans in pretence of 'saving' Angola for Bulawayo. Smith's last-ditch Zimbabwe regard the 'internal 'democracy, attemptstostemthetidehave settlement' as fraudulent and worthLater, underpressurefrom failed anditis a'no-win situation' less and how the guerrillas of the Kissinger,thepolicyhardenedin forthesettlers. PatrioticFront, despiteheavylosses, favour of a UNITA/FNLA victory. However, this book points out, are paining ground. This was the point at which the there are still the neo-colonial CII Rarguesthat theonlywayof South Africans were persuaded to hurdles to dear with capitalist avoiding . further dramatic escalacommit troops; their subsequent perpetrators trying to undermine lion of the war and ensuring some discomfiture, and the cynicism and split the Patriotic Front The future for white Rhodesians is for with which theywere duped and Liberation Support Movement has Smith to realise that he must cede then dumped by Washington, make produced this 50-pegs booklet to authority to the British Govern, the only enjoyable reading in the counterthis. mant book. A forthright introduction traces Its report concludes: 'Once Stockwell has a genuine feeling the background of the Patriotic authority has been ceded to the of solidarity and affection for Front and its determination and British, the opportunity will again Africa and Africans - his portraits continued solidarity. Supporting arise for a cease-fire to be proare sympathetic and useful and he interviews with the liberation claimed, for a UN Force to be writes with disgust of those who see leaders follow in which they also established, for freeand fair Africans as pawns and 'bargaiting discuss the progress of the war and elections to take place and for counters' One of the virtues of his the future Zimbabwe society, subsequent independence to be book is the insight it gives into the There is some straight talking by granted.' mentality of the Intelligence New Books South Africa Land and Racial Domination in Rhodesia by Robin Palmer Analyses in detail the way in which white settlers in Zimbabwe from the early days of conquest used TheNuclearAxis:Seet controlOverlan tosecurea Coiaboraien between West position of economic and social, Germanyand South Africa dominance forthemselves.The , byZdane kCarvenka & Barbara book concentra On the perio Roi IBMsto1936ON isofdirect Thirty documents on the secret relevance to the liuation today. ageements on nuclear technology 307pp oopperation, set in the context of Hi - , 0 brlasnatiesal nuclear weapon development andcontrols. Also N a covers the connections between m ibia South Africa, the US, Netherlands, Nmlisi: The effects of aparthei Britain, Israel, Iran and Brazil. o clture Endeduc~allen44pp, byMarionO'Ca/aghan Julian Fedeerin S.A. How the South African occupyi g Bilk ,regimehasusedschools,libraries, byDonaldWoods thepressandothereducationala Psudiaease Pres 95.95 cultural institutions to entrench No 46 - Sieve Bike white tupremay in Namibia. 16 p byHildsBersein UNESCO.AvailabletmeielhHMS; lDAF, V a50 .25 The first of these tells you more ,cEnonic Deveiaperst in Na about Woods than Biko; the - Towards Aceptable Dealo second concentrates on the meet Strategist frInopeodt inhumanityof the securitypolice Namibia who killed S1ke, the 48th political bk H detainseetoed in police custody, KdeWoaver va- a ¢ using verbamextracts fromthe "taiedstudyf Narnibia's inquestproceedings. economyunderSouthAfricannde Fardm-sLabou in South Africa and prospectsor the future. Prof editedbyFrancisWilson,Alide Thomas was Director oftheInstiKooy&DeliaHendrie tute for Social Development at the An editedselection of papers from University of the Western Cape in the conference on farm labour South Africa and served as finanial organised by the Southern African adviser to the Turnhalle constituLabour and Development Research tional talks before being deported Unit (SALDRU) at the University by the regime in March 1977. of CapeTownin1976. 226pp 368pp David PhiI10 Ltd. PO Box 408, ClOancit South West Africa - Namibia 7735. Seth Aides, R12.50 Prlm pearae byGerhard Toreaeyer How Longill South Alfrica The author was dxpelfed from tM Survive? NaionalistPaS outhAfri -4 ota of South Africa't - Namibia ca -' .internal s tiras the tlamgt pliticalty wrnrfil eslts~ suga nrf the Conrontatio h'e concudedtfASyP hd the' betwentl apartheid state aid the sapport of the I"geaajovity of liberation Iwhich art dis- elite groups in trfiothof Namta missed ),buta wide end that no p e suent ettiewvt ranging through interrna nal was possible without it. diplomatic moves in relation to Distriure in th ub Rea Caiip,81 Southen Africa - gold, detente, E..0 Angola, Rhodesia. Plausible but p ~ - ~~o ihplt incoheretwithnosources.notes eil orindex, 327PP byCo/inWnre lei a t3 BishopWinterwasdeportedfrom Namibia in 1972 This autobiogra, phical account of the church's work in Namibia includes a detailed Mambo Press Socio-Eonomic accountofthemassive strikeby Series: blackcontractworkersin December 1971-February 1977, No 10 234pp. The Economics of African Old Age Luttenworth Press, as Subsistence in Rhodesia by D G Clarke South African Labour Bulletin A report to the School of Social Vol 4 Nos 1 and 2, JanuaryWork in Salisburyon the growing February 1972. Special double numbers of destitute and poverty- isse on Namibla stricken old people in Zimbabwe. Includes i large number of graphici 71 pp interviews with black workers in different parts of Namibia, The Land Problem in Rhodsia recordedin early 1977, as well as byRogerRiddell R theoreticalarticlesonthecontract labour system and position of the See review October issue of black labour force. 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Page 12 Antf-ApertheidNe D e World-wide action to mark International Anti-Apartheid Year TIRE intemationl AA Year Coordinating Committee will hold a series of meetings in centres around Britain during the lest three months of AA Year, January-March 1979. It will also hold a big public roasting in London in February, at which the Foreign Secretary, David Owen, and ft Commonwealth Secretary General, Shridatih Ramphel, will speak. The Committe.has recaivad a gov rment grst of £l1,400 to Nause eords ad publicity marieeals to merk the~ Yaw. It is also arrangiag forea UN exitibltionon 411athisid to go on sieen major cilies. Represanted on tie Committee e a Wide range of organisatios - emng them the British Counicil of Churchs, British Youth Couacil, UNA, Catholic Institute for International Relations, NUS, the UN International Year Against Apartheid is being marked in many different ways afl over the world, AA NEWS reports on some recentevents. Moravian Church, Christias Concined about Southern Africa, the Irternstlonal Dapartmant of the Methodist Church nd the Rone Catholic Diocese of Waitmiscer. Its chairmen is Labour MP Frank Hooley. Ass elgh-pqe l lelet, 'This I International Ant-Apartheid Ye"r is available fes from the Internationa Anti-Apartheid Mo ent Benef it Concert Saturday February 10 Camden Town Hall Euston Road, London NWI Music by JABULA - THE IMMIGRANTS Food Tickets: £1 From: AntimAuar-heid Movement 89 Chariotte 3 London WIP 2D Tel 01-eg0 5311 Barnet Anti-Apartheid Movement Musical Evwing Saturday December9 8.15pin 6 Hadley Road, New Bam t with the Goldsmiths Chamber Ensemble Programme: Celloduet ...... Telemann Three Madrigals ThreeMadrigals Cellosolo...... Bach Violinsolo. Bach StringQuintet .Schubert HornQuintet. MozartCellosolo. Bach Tickets: £1 efreshments From: Liz Bachurn Tel 449 1818 West London Anti-Apartheid Group Social to raise funds for the Anti-Aparthed Movement SATURDAY DECEMBER 9 8 pm Flat 4, 20 Queen's Gardens, London W2 Entertainment- Food Tickets: £1 From: Peter Jones, 92A Heather Prk Drive, Wembley, Mkidx. Tel 902 2117 AA Year Committee, do AAM. A badge and poster are being prepared. THE Australian Government has circsleted all national sporting organstions in Australia reaffirming its policy that it will not make any grants for sporting competitions in which South Africa or Rhodesia participates. THE Canadian Government Will refuse visas for South African pilots trying to take part in the World Pilot Championships to be held in 1979. The went was moved to Canada after Yugoslavia barred South African competitors. HUNGARIAN Radio is carrying special anti-apartiseid programmfies throughout Anti-Aparthiid Year. JJN Year exhibition THE London Co-op Educarion Departmen has poduceda special exhibitior to mark UN Year against Apartheid It uses photographs and slides preparedby the International Defence and Aid Fund, mounted ondisplay stands with a selfcontained sound on tide display unit and screen, The exhibition is wailable on loan - free of charge within tise London Co-op's tradiing area. Any group wishing to use the exhibition, or wanting further details, contact: Memyn Wilson, Astant Education Secretary, London Co-op Education Dept, 129 Seven Sister Road, London N7 70G. Tel01-263 1127. SEND them a cardl A list of the families of political Prisoners and bannd people in South Africa, to whom Greetings Cards can be ant at ChrisV ms and the New Year, is available from: Anti Apartheid Movement, 89 Charlotte St, London W1. Tel 01-580 5311. African National Congress GREETINGS CARDS Six cards with different designs, 50p -- -l The Hungarian Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee organised a week of meetings and other events In September in solidarity with the people of Southern Africa. INDONESIA and Cape Verde have issued special stamps to mark International AA Year. THE Govemmefit of the Seychelles has imposed-a ban on all trade and Itrhm ties with South Africa. THE Austrian Anti-Apartheid Movement has orgaid a special Seminar in Vienna on the struggle in Southern Africa A SOUTH African canoe tour of Spain has been cancelled in protest against-apartheid in sport. PEGGY SEEGER& AN EacCOLL Realists. Wifebattering Thse Ncear Threa. Lawed Orde (propen as .. Apartheid... E2,75 tai li1 Frem elarusran 8tossd 35 Sianley An., getksshev .n BRa 23 2FU December 9 AAM LOca Groups meeting. NALGO Offices, 118 Blythwood Street, Glasgow. 10.30 am. Followed by AAM National Committee meeting. 2.30 pm. Details: AAM. Decamber 9 Musical Evening. 66 Hadley Road, New Barnet 8.15 pmn. Organised by Barnet AA Group Deceimtberg Social.Flat4, 21 Queen's Gardens, London W2. From 8 pm. Organised by: West London AA Group. December 13 Picret for release of Solomon Mahiangu. South African Embassy Trafalgar Square, London WC2. 1-2 pin December 15 Discussion meeting on Angolan foreign policy. 34 Percy Street London WI. 7.30 pr. Organised by MAGIC. December 16 South African Heroes Day Meeting. Friends House, Euston RId, London NW1 2.30 pm. organbad by ANC of South Africa. December 20 Picket for release of Solomon Maahlasg. South African Embassy, Trafalgar SSquare, London WC2. 1-2 pin. Dewmber 31 New Year's Eve Party. Holborn Assembly Room%. John's Mews. off Northington St London WC. Fro pm. African National Congress of SouttPAfrica. Jasary 27-28 Conference on the relatiosjetWeen the EEC aed South Africa, Oubfis.Ogansedi by Irish AAM. February 3 'Apartheid or Health' Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WCI. All-rconfer.. ence organised by Anti-Aparihid Health Committee. Details: AM February 10 AAM Benefit Concert. Camden Town Hail, Euston Road, London W -1. 8 pmn Tickets frome AAML The Anti-Apartheid'Movement As Well s pi.Oising Anti-Aprtheid Neaws monthly, AAM has a Wide, range of pamphlets, posters and other information misteril aboute Motion in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. Literature list maileble on request AAM will s nd a speaker to any group which wits to discuss any spect of British Involvement in Southern Africa Lo"I 0Omups AAM hps activelocal groups in most mom cenres". Ust, page 2. Contact addressee available on request Affigation As well as individualinembersAAM has affiliated rgenisetions. asciudial locefl political partis. trade, unions. church o'ups,and Studet orgaoisetioma. Affiliation feesfor local organisations £6; for studnt union$s £25; trade uniom-didingscalefrom£5dependingonmembership . 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