Action alert on sanction bills introduced in Congress, including the first bill to mandate corporate disinvestment from South Africa. South Africa has become a major issue in the 99th Congress, and support for sanctions has come from unprecedented corners of the House and Senate. The mailing discusses HR 997, sponsored by Rep. Ron Dellums, which mandates immediate corporate disinvestment from South Africa, a trade embargo, and additional sanctions; HR 1460, co-sponsored by Rep. William Gray, Howard Wolpe, Steve Solarz, and Walter Fauntroy, which bars new corporate investment in South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, Krugerrand coin imports, and computer exports to the South...
Action alert on sanction bills introduced in Congress, including the first bill to mandate corporate disinvestment from South Africa. South Africa has become a major issue in the 99th Congress, and support for sanctions has come from unprecedented corners of the House and Senate. The mailing discusses HR 997, sponsored by Rep. Ron Dellums, which mandates immediate corporate disinvestment from South Africa, a trade embargo, and additional sanctions; HR 1460, co-sponsored by Rep. William Gray, Howard Wolpe, Steve Solarz, and Walter Fauntroy, which bars new corporate investment in South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, Krugerrand coin imports, and computer exports to the South African government or it agencies; HR 1133, sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel, which bans nuclear-related exports and cooperation with South Africa; and HR 1135, sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel, which prohibits coal and uranium imports from South Africa and Namibia. In the Senate, S 635, co-sponsored by Senators Edward Kennedy, Lowell Weicker, William Proxmire, and Paul Sarbanes, bars new corporate investment in South Africa, bank loans to the South African government, Krugerrand coin imports, and computer exports to the South African government or its agencies. The mailing asks people to urge their Representatives and Senators to support these bills, organize delegations of community leaders to meet with them, write letters to the editor in local press, organize rallies and demonstrations, and call the anti-apartheid action hotline for updates.
