The brochure says over the past 30 years, the South African government has moved 3.5 million black South Africans against their will. Pretoria's notorious "homelands" policy that has attempted to push the country's 80% black majority onto only 13% of the land is one of the most extensive forced movements of people anywhere in the world. The brochure says South Africans are resisting these forced removals. The Sister Community Project aims to support threatened communities in South Africa, while continuing efforts to isolate the apartheid regime. South African anti-apartheid leaders believe that putting pressure on the Pretoria regime will help deter the government from its removals strategy....
The brochure says over the past 30 years, the South African government has moved 3.5 million black South Africans against their will. Pretoria's notorious "homelands" policy that has attempted to push the country's 80% black majority onto only 13% of the land is one of the most extensive forced movements of people anywhere in the world. The brochure says South Africans are resisting these forced removals. The Sister Community Project aims to support threatened communities in South Africa, while continuing efforts to isolate the apartheid regime. South African anti-apartheid leaders believe that putting pressure on the Pretoria regime will help deter the government from its removals strategy. Establishing direct ties between U.S. communities and black South Africans provides a vehicle for ongoing U.S. education and organizing against apartheid. The brochure quotes Azhar Cachalia, United Democratic Front (UDF); Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Ethel Walt, Black Sash; and Frederick Van Zyl Slabbert, Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa. It discusses black spot removals, homeland incorporation, the Group Areas Act, influx control, pass laws, squatter removals, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Berkeley, Wichita, and Lawaaikamp in the Eastern Cape. • WHAT IS THE SISTER COMMUNITY PROJECT? • WHO SUPPORTS THE SISTER COMMUNITY PROJECT? • HOW CAN I INVOLVE MY COMMUNITY? • WHAT IT THE ROLE OF OUR NATIONAL OFFICE?
