This Action Alert calls for support for two bills imposing comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and Namibia and providing aid to member countries of the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). The alert reports on a press conference of Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA), Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA), and the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) announcing introduction of H.R. 1500/S. 556, comprehensive sanctions legislation against South Africa and Namibia. Also, Congressmen Julian Dixon (D-CA), Bill Gray (D-PA), and Mickey Leland (D-TX) and Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Lowell Weicker (D-CT) have taken the lead in sponsoring legislation that...
This Action Alert calls for support for two bills imposing comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and Namibia and providing aid to member countries of the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC). The alert reports on a press conference of Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA), Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA), and the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) announcing introduction of H.R. 1500/S. 556, comprehensive sanctions legislation against South Africa and Namibia. Also, Congressmen Julian Dixon (D-CA), Bill Gray (D-PA), and Mickey Leland (D-TX) and Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Lowell Weicker (D-CT) have taken the lead in sponsoring legislation that would give aid to the SADCC nations through international organizations. The nine black-ruled nations of SADCC (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) have suffered $15-16 billion in damage between 1980-1986 from South Africa's war of regional destabilization.
