In her testimony, Jean Sindab says that the South African security police have been clearly implicated in a number of political assassinations and bombings inside and outside of South Africa, including the murder of nine anti-apartheid activists in the last year. These include civil rights lawyer Victoria Mxenge, Eastern Cape UDF leader Matthew Goniwe, and the entire senior leadership of the Port Elizabeth Black Community Organization. The testimony reports that 12 South African refugees and Botswanan citizens were killed in aSouth African raid on Gaborone. Also, the Release Mandela Campaign offices in Durban and a Lutheran school in Namibia have been bombed, while the Council of Churches of...
In her testimony, Jean Sindab says that the South African security police have been clearly implicated in a number of political assassinations and bombings inside and outside of South Africa, including the murder of nine anti-apartheid activists in the last year. These include civil rights lawyer Victoria Mxenge, Eastern Cape UDF leader Matthew Goniwe, and the entire senior leadership of the Port Elizabeth Black Community Organization. The testimony reports that 12 South African refugees and Botswanan citizens were killed in aSouth African raid on Gaborone. Also, the Release Mandela Campaign offices in Durban and a Lutheran school in Namibia have been bombed, while the Council of Churches of Namibia offices in Windhoek have been prohibited from reopening after they were destroyed by arson in January. The government has also co-opted Black vigilante groups, prompting a dramatic increase in attacks against apartheid's opponents. Sindab discusses a September 1985 report by Profs. Don Foster and Di Sundler of the Department of Criminology at the University of Cape Town that revealed that an estimated 83 per cent of all detainees are tortured. The testimony discusses Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Inkatha, the UDF (United Democratic Front), the National Party, the ANC (African National Congress), the Detainees Parents Support Committee, District Surgeon Dr. Wendy Orr, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), the State of Emergency, the South African Dutch Reformed Church, the World Council of Churches, UN Resolution 435, the Churches Emergency Committee on Southern Africa, PAC (Pan Africanist Congress), the Sullivan Principles, Control Data Corporation (CDC), General Motors (GM), the Frontline States, MNR, the National Education Crisis Committee, State President Botha, Apple (computers), Helena Rubenstein (cosmetics), Motorola, International Harvester, South West African People's Organization (SWAPO), Decree No. 1, United Nations Council for Namibia, Security Council Resolution 435, Rep. Ted Weiss, HR 3690, Rep. Hamilton, HR 4276, and the Southern African Development Coordinating Conference (SADCC). It also discusses the role of the church and a statement entitled "Challenge to the Church," also known as the Kairos Document. Sindab discusses the Reagan Administration policy of "constructive engagement." Sindab urges Congress to impose a complete trade embargo against South Africa, prohibit all corporate investment in South Africa, and prohibit all commercial loans to the South African government, parastatal institutions and private sector. She also says the recent US shipment of Stinger missiles to UNITA will only increase the suffering caused by the war and ensure Angola's dependence upon Cuban troops to help defend its sovereignty. The testimony discusses Rep. Patricia Schroeder's Namibian Natural Resources Protection Act, HR 2589. [Note on date: The year is incorrect on the cover page but is correct in the heading on other pages.]
