African Activist Archive

The newsletter reports on the University of Washington Board of Regents meeting about more than $3 million of its investments in corporations operating in South Africa. A campaign for divestment involved the UW Out of South Africa Committee; Study Group on Southern Africa; American Friends Service Committee; NAACP; International Boilermakers Union, United Workers Union; Church Council of Greater Seattle; and Campus Christian Ministry. NAACP President Benjamin Hooks called the recent protests against South African participation in the Davis Cup tennis matches the largest of its kind since the civil rights movement. The newsletter also reports on a campaign urging the Seattle City Council to adopt a resolution against the Krugerrand. The newsletter says that, while he was in Nigeria, President Carter warned South Africa not to reject the latest Western-backed settlement proposal for Namibia. Contents: UW Regents Vote to Support Apartheid • Sullivan Principles • Vigil at U.W. President's House • In the U.S.A…… • Krugerrand Kampaign Update…… • African Solidarity Day • News Updates…… • Namibia…… • Action Agenda

African Activist Archive

SOUTHERN AFRICA NEWS

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