The memorandum says that activity on South Africa in Congress is at a virtually unprecedented level; not since the aftermath of the Soweto uprising in 1976 and the banning of 18 major organizations working for change and the police murder of Steve Biko in 1977 has Congress taken such interest in South Africa. There are currently three major legislative issues before the House of Representatives: (1) a requirement that the U.S. representative to the IMF oppose future loans to any country that practices apartheid (H.R. 1083); (2) a mandate that corporations that invest in South Africa comply with fair employment practices, a prohibition on commercial bank loans to the South African government...
The memorandum says that activity on South Africa in Congress is at a virtually unprecedented level; not since the aftermath of the Soweto uprising in 1976 and the banning of 18 major organizations working for change and the police murder of Steve Biko in 1977 has Congress taken such interest in South Africa. There are currently three major legislative issues before the House of Representatives: (1) a requirement that the U.S. representative to the IMF oppose future loans to any country that practices apartheid (H.R. 1083); (2) a mandate that corporations that invest in South Africa comply with fair employment practices, a prohibition on commercial bank loans to the South African government (with some exceptions), and a ban on importation into the U.S. of South African gold coins such as the Krugerrand (H.R. 1693); and (3) an amendment restoring export controls on sales to the military and police and sales of computers to the South African government that have been lifted by the Reagan administration. The memorandum mentions Representatives Julian Dixon, Jerry Patterson, Stephen Solarz, Howard Berman, Bob Mrazek, Bill Gray, and William Broomfield, H.R. 1392, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Africa Subcommittee, the Export Administration Act, and the D.C. City Council. • Summary • Three issues • House resolutions
