African Activist Archive

The newsletter says in January of 1985, ANC leader Nelson Mandela was allowed his first interview for the press since he was first imprisoned in 1964; the interview was conducted by Lord Nicholas William Bethell, the Chair of the Human Rights Group of the European Parliament. The newsletter incudes a review of the book None But Ourselves: Masses vs. Media in the Making of Zimbabwe by Julie Frederikse. The newsletter discusses Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress (ANC), Peter Davis of Villon Films, Bridgette Dennis-Sarabi of the National Black Programming Consortium, Winston Churchill, Pollsmoor Prison, the Red Cross, Robben Island, bantustans, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, US Assistant Secretary-General E.S. Reddy, the Unit Against Apartheid, John Meiring, Eddison Zvobgo, the Rhodesian regime, ZAPU, ZANU, the African National Council. The Rhodesian Broadcasting Corporation, Robert Mugabe, ZANU-PF, Bishop Muzorewa, Winnie Mandela, President P.W. Botha, the OAU (Organization of African Unity) Liberation Committee, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Bophuthatswana, the Namibian Territorial Council, Willie van Niekerk, the township of Craddock, Oliver Tambo, SWAPO, Zinzi Mandela, Seisoville township, the Nkomati accord, the National Union of Mineworkers, Emmerson Munangagwa, UNITA, the South African Medical and Dental Council, Steve Biko, the Nationalist Party, an international oil embargo against South Africa Crossroads, police, Sam Nujoma, Reverend Jesse Jackson, the New Zealand Rugby Football Union, Prime Minister David Lange, William Gray, Foreign Minister "Pik" Botha, Defense Minister Magnus Malan, Albertina Sisulu, Rev. Frank Chikane, Thozamile Gqweta, Sam Kikine, Sisa Njikelana, Isaac Ngcobo, Cassim Saloojee, Ismail Mohamed, Paul David, George Sewpersadh, Mweda Ramgobin, M.J. Naidoo, Essop Jassat, Aubrey Mokoena, Curtis Nkondo, Sipho Stanley Ngwenya, joseph Boitomelo Leepile, Helen Joseph, Justice Mafa Ngidi, jabu Marines Ngabese, Xolani Nduna, Zanemvula Mapela, Mathlane Lesotho, Mathews Dime Kekane, Kingsley Stephen Sithole, James Dubase, Jongumzi Sisulu, Happy Mkhefa, David Matsose, Joseph Mafa, Geoffrey Moselane, Rev. John Walker, Gerrit Viljoen, Thami Mazwai, political prisoners, PAC (Pan Africanist Congress), Polaroid, Chrysler, UDF (United Democratic Front), Louis le Grange, the National Council of Churches, Dennis Goldberg, Proclamation AG28, SWANU, Ciskei, Rev. Allan Boesak, Sharpeville, Javier Perez de Cuellar, human rights, Secretary of State George Shultz, the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference, Commission of Police Johan Coetsee, Beyers Naudé, SACC (South African Council of Churches), and Langa. Contents: Mandela Interviewed • The Propaganda War • End of an Era • Southern Africa News Calendar February and March 1985 • TREASON TRIAL DEFENDANTS • TRAILS AND DETENTIONS ARE CONTINUING! • News Notes Needs Your Help • Acronyms and Abbreviations

African Activist Archive

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