The mailing says the Rev. Allan Boesak, world-renowned critic of South Africa's apartheid system, and the leaders of South Africa's major black trade union federations are the latest targets of the South African regime's current crackdown. The mailing says Boesak, President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, President of the Alliance of Black Reformed Christians in South Africa, and co-patron of the United Democratic Front, will be the subject of a full-scale investigation of his activities both within South Africa and abroad during recent years. The mailing discusses South African Minister of Law and Order Louis Le Grange. The mailing reports that Section 27 of the Police Act makes...
The mailing says the Rev. Allan Boesak, world-renowned critic of South Africa's apartheid system, and the leaders of South Africa's major black trade union federations are the latest targets of the South African regime's current crackdown. The mailing says Boesak, President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches, President of the Alliance of Black Reformed Christians in South Africa, and co-patron of the United Democratic Front, will be the subject of a full-scale investigation of his activities both within South Africa and abroad during recent years. The mailing discusses South African Minister of Law and Order Louis Le Grange. The mailing reports that Section 27 of the Police Act makes it illegal to comment on the activities of the South African police and that Roman Catholic Archbishop of Durban, Denis Hurley, President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, has been charged under this section. The mailing cites Dan Vaughan, Acting General Secretary of the South Civic Association. The current crackdown against the black trade union movement is the most serious ever; among trade union leaders detained are Phiroshaw Camay, General Secretary of the Council of Unions of South Africa (CUSA), Chris Dlamini, President of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU), and members of the General Workers Union, Municipal Workers Union, and the National Automobile and Allied Workers Union. People detained include members of CUSA, the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), FOSATU, Congress of South African Students (COSAS), General Workers Union (GWU), Municipal Workers Union (MWU), Transvaal Regional Stayaway Committee (TRSC), Sharpeville Civic Association, Ratanda Civic Association, Soweto Youth Congress, Vaal Ministers Solidarity Committee, United Democratic Front (UDF), Vaal Civic Organization, Detainee's Parents' Support Committee (DPSC), Institute of Race Relations, National Automobile and Allied Workers Union (NAAWU), Release Mandela Campaign, Natal Indian Congress, Transvaal Indian Congress, Azanian People's Organization (AZAPO), and the Azanian Student Movement (AZASM). The mailing asks people to write letters protesting the investigation of Rev. Boesak and the trade union crackdown to State President P.W. Botha, Minister of Law and Order Louis Le Grange, and the South African Embassy, with copies to Secretary of State George M. Shultz. People also are asked to write letters condemning the South African police activities to Secretary of State George M. Shultz and expressing support to Rev. Boesak c/o the South African Council of Churches and to FOSATU and CUSA.
