African Activist Archive

The newsletter reports on South Africa's election on November 30, 1977. The White minority government has a strong economic hold on most countries of Southern Africa and totally dominates Namibia. The newsletter discusses the news that that South Africa was preparing to detonate an atomic explosion until the U.S., the Soviet Union, Tanzania and West Germany dissuaded it; South Africa has recently escalated political, military and commercial links with a several states that are on the threshold of nuclear capacity but have not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty---Israel, Chile, Brazil and Argentina. The newsletter includes a newspaper article that reports that the ABC, CBS and NBC television networks have decided to stop running advertisements for the South African Krugerrand gold coin. The newsletter says the AFSC Southern Africa Study/Action Group is launching a campaign against the Krugerrand. The newsletter says Sipho Buthelezi from South Africa will be in Seattle February 5-9 as part of a nationwide speaking tour. The newsletter discusses Prime Minister Vorster, bantustans, United Nations, International Court of Justice, Turnhalle, OAU (Organization of African Unity), SWAPO, SAFARI-1, Westinghouse Corp., Uranium, Rossing, American Committee on Africa, and the Black People's Convention. Contents: SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION • NAMIBIA: SOUTH AFRICA'S COLONY • SOUTH AFRICA'S NUCLEAR CAPACITY • VOICE OF GOLD TELEPHONE PROGRAMS • S. African Coin Ads Banned • ACTION AGENDA • CALENDAR OF EVENTS

African Activist Archive

Southern Africa News

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