This fundraising mailing says 1985 has been one of the most significant years in the struggle to end apartheid. Protests in South Africa have been costly; over 700 black South Africans have been killed and over 4,000 people have been arrested in attacks launched against the Black townships by the South African military and police. Mounting opposition to apartheid has echoed throughout the world. Also during 1985, 26 banks including Citibank and Chase Manhattan have stopped making loans to South Africa, and 18 corporations, including Pepsi, Coke and Apples Computer, have announced plans to reduce or eliminate their South African holdings. Krugerrand sales in the U.S. are down by 75%. The mailing...
This fundraising mailing says 1985 has been one of the most significant years in the struggle to end apartheid. Protests in South Africa have been costly; over 700 black South Africans have been killed and over 4,000 people have been arrested in attacks launched against the Black townships by the South African military and police. Mounting opposition to apartheid has echoed throughout the world. Also during 1985, 26 banks including Citibank and Chase Manhattan have stopped making loans to South Africa, and 18 corporations, including Pepsi, Coke and Apples Computer, have announced plans to reduce or eliminate their South African holdings. Krugerrand sales in the U.S. are down by 75%. The mailing says the white South African business community has called for President Botha's resignation, an immediate end to apartheid, and talks with African National Congress (ANC) leaders. It also says the President's Executive Order is totally inadequate. The mailing says the Washington Office on Africa is launching an intensive lobbying campaign to support stronger legislation such as a total disinvestment and a trade sanctions bill. It also will lobby for passage of HR 2589, introduced by Representative Pat Schroeder (D-CO), to end U.S. corporate exploitation of Namibia's natural resources.
