African Activist Archive

The mailing says the final count-down on apartheid is underway. The mailing says the people of Namibia and South Africa will achieve majority rule. The mailing says a recent general strike in South Africa was staged by nearly one mission persons, half of them workers, half students; and that in retaliation the apartheid regime arrested 2500, detailed over 1000, and fired 6500. The mailing says recent escalation of American protest has brought the issue of apartheid to the front pages, as members of Congress and other well-known figures offer themselves for arrest, with thousands on the picket lines in opposition to apartheid and U.S. support - economic, diplomatic, military. The mailing discusses President Reagan and Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu. The mailing says for the past four years, volunteers working with the Southern Africa Resource Project have tried to offset the ignorance and apathy so prevalent in Southern California and urges people join the Unity in Action at the South African Consulate in Beverly Hills on Monday, Dec. 17th. In the mailing Warren 'Bud' Day says he will soon be leaving the volunteer position as coordinator of the Southern Africa Resource Project to assume the role of representative in Zimbabwe for Oxfam America. The mailing urges people to work with the three new coordinators - - - Bobbie Hodges-Betts (community organizer), Tony Hall (attorney), and Ruth Belonsky (music educator).

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friend, The final count-down on apartheid is underway. Joining with people in non-racial neighboring states, the people of Namibia and South Africa will achieve majority rule.]

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