F~EE "PETAINE't> ...,.ND ALL 1 SOuTH ~I='Rit:AN, 8~/IINE'!), IIAM1'81A/'I 8AI>/IS1-It=r:> - ANO O"n--E~ ()PEN Sow-rH ;1rR1rA's PoLJT'ICA-J... dooRS {:"oR -rH ~ P/(ISOI't/ E7t.S- FREE" RE'T1ARN o,: A.NT) AL.L. THosE At..L.. -n.IO~E f/11 E)<ll-1!: ~EN/ 1'180 'lliE SUNDI\Y POST of Soweto llas launched a campaign for the release of Nelson Manl!lela of the African National Congress - serving a life sentence at the Robben Island prison colony ,and other leaders in prison, and for the free return of trose in exile, The Rev Sam &lti and Bishop DeSTrond 'futu, president and genere.l secretary respectively of the South African Council of Churches, endorsed the campaign started by SUNDAY POST editor Percy Qoboza. The executive of the South African Council of Churches stated! 'This nation­ al executive wroleheartedly supports the call made by the editor of the POST , and endorsed by Bishop '1\itu in his personal capacity, for the release of Nelson Mardela, We recognize the unique leadership role still accorded to Nelson Ma:OOela by very many South Africans and we rote the calls being made in many quarters in South Africa for the recognition of our natural leaders, We believe that the Church, in its role as peacenaker, ~rust help the people of South Africa to avoid needless suffering and bloodshed such as have been endured by the people of Zimbal:Jwe , Such suffering can only be avoided if Mardela and other leaders in prison or in exile are enabled to share in the reshaping of a unitary South African so­ ciety oore conformed to God's will for justice and. peace, ' AME:RICANS ! CALL ON YOOR CHURCE LEADERS TO SUPPORT 'lHE SOO'lH AFRICAN CALL FOR .AMNESTY , CALL ON YOOR LmiSlA'I'ORS 'I'O SUPPORT THE SOOlH AFRICAN CALL FOR AMNESTY . CALL ON PRESIDENI' CARI'ER 'I'O SUPPORT THE SWI'H AFRICAN CALL FOR AMNESTY, EPISCOPAL CHU~IIMEN fo.- SOUTH Room 1005 • 853 Broadway, New Yorlc, N. Y. 10003 • Phontt: (212) -'n·0066 -For A ltH SoutM Alrinl- C H U~IIMEN for SOUTH Room 1005 • 853 Broadway, New York, N Y. 10003 • Phone • (21'2) 477·0066 -For A Free Southem A/rico- LENT 1980 'On this occasion, I have not onZy joined you as a daughter caZZing for the release of her father - I've joined as part of my generation who have nevel" known what a normal Zife is, what it is to be with a father and sometimes a mother, not because one's parents had committed any crimes . My genel"ation have seen grave crimes of oppression committed against the people. We grew up discussing the latest pass raids, whose father had been detained, who had lost a parent in detention, or in which prison one of your parents is, when last they wel"B visited, when the Zast police raid was in youl" home .. This brie[Zy was our childhood convel"sation. ' - Zinzi MandeZa, daughter of Nelson MandeZa - imprisoned for life - and Winnie MandeZa - banished, speaking at an amnesty rally at the University of the Witwatel"srand,Johannesburg, 20 March l980 The stunning victory of the Patriotic Front in the February elections in Zimbabwe sent a strong message to the t.l:)rld - especially across the Limpopo into the bastion of apartheid. South African whites were shaken to their roots. Prime Minister Pieter Botha warned Prime Minister-elect Robert Mugabe of Z:iJnba.bwe not to harbor forces hostile to Pretoria. Botha also anmunced he was going to assemble a national conference to weld all races together to stand ' shoulder to shoulder' to defend South Africa against comnunism. Botha reneged on that and now says that his 'states conference' really means a gathering of Southern African leaders to ~sue his dream of a 'constellation' of states - a device for control­ ling the sub-continent which now lies in ruins in the wake of the victory of the people in Zi.rnballwe. The response of free Southern African nations to that particular piece of nonsense was a meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, Where nine countries - including Zimbabwe - ratified a declaration entitled: 'Southern Africa: Towards Economic Liberation'. Zimbabwe ' s message came through loud and clear to South Africa's blacks. Exultation swept t he country. Soweto SUNDAY POST editor Percy Qoboza picked up on both the tide flowing out of Zi.mbal:liYe and Botha' s flustered reaction and launched a campaign for freedom for exiled and imprisoned leaders. The 20th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre of 21 March 1960 was marked amidst the refreshing events. An enhanced determ:i.r>.ation infuses the ranks of the oppressed and same of the oore fortunate alike. An opportunity, a hopeful opportunity, presents a path for a peaceful and just settlement in that lovely and agonized land. No such settlement can succeed without an amnesty. South Africa's 'natural leaders ' must be free , unhampered and at home so that any genuine representative national dialogue can corre about. We outside South Africa must redouble our efforts - support the movement for amnesty - without in any way relenting in pressures for economic sanctions against the Pretoria regime or in our support for the active forces of liberation. CALL ON PRESIDENT CARTER, ON YOUR LmiSLATORS, ON YOOR CHURCH AND COMMJNTIY LEADERS This is a last chance for peaceful change in South Africa SEND MESSAGES TO: Ambassador Donald B. Sole South African Embassy PHONE : (202) 232-4400 3051 Massachusetts Avenue , NW Washington, DC 20008 ,.,- .•\A< ,JI~hJ 't(.hL..,i'tt)\1 1\AND D.41L V MAIL, Friel¥}, Ma• ob !I, HIt Blacks \\iJl lliii follow Mande1a, • Police " • says Qoboza qutz "'"""'-NU Stlullll Atrium uttHruU. tuoura\Sc tC' rt•&oth.uon Daily0 Mail MAt~ llle 'Will •r lbc: black ..Ja •Pitt of ,. 7U" Dean on peoplr to k tr'tf', J~ld Wr • .,...,, froaa •ubl!c Lit.. ..-! PuCJ QulMia. ~1l0r ol Jhn!ttla Ia at•ll lht m an Release Post Tr•.:w.·uJ, bcl'eft' 1 blac-t PNplc Ytll J.oU•• Hr Ptt(J O•lttu flltk~il auctl•nt'f lr; tht ami thb h.u b'"''ft rtO\H Mandela CNat Slall 1t ttM' Uphe,. In 111•n)' tuntT' ""~ ,,,. )tal'S. 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