Witness for South Africa
Alternate Names: W.I.T.N.E.S.S. for South Africa, WITNESS for South Africa
Location: Oakland, California, United States
Duration: Unknown, about 1981 - Unknown, apparently existed in 1989
The Working Interfaith Taskforce for New Expressions of Social Service (WITNESS) for South Africa was established by Stop Banking on Apartheid. WITNESS for South Africa was an anti-apartheid organization. WITNESS for South Africa supported dockworkers in San Francisco who have refused to unload cargo from a South African ship. WITNESS for South Africa...
The Working Interfaith Taskforce for New Expressions of Social Service (WITNESS) for South Africa was established by Stop Banking on Apartheid. WITNESS for South Africa was an anti-apartheid organization. WITNESS for South Africa supported dockworkers in San Francisco who have refused to unload cargo from a South African ship. WITNESS for South Africa supported the boycott of Shell Oil. The staff people of WITNESS for South Africa were Miloanne Hecathorn and Rosemarie Bolte. (Source: WITNESS for South Africa and Stop Banking on Apartheid documents on this website; December 1984 Monthly Report Southern Africa Program, American Friends Service Committee, about January 1985, available on this website; and "RESOLUTION ON 10 U.S. CORPORATIONS KEY TO APARTHEID" "Resolution on Shell Oil Boycott", Northern California Ecumenical Council, March 20, 1986, available on this website.)
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