Mailing of the UNLOCK APARTHEID'S JAILS campaign. The mailing says the State of Emergency in Bophuthatswana was finally lifted on March 7, but harsh emergency regulations remain in force in Soweto, Tembisa and Alexandra, where over 50 people died in fighting between Inkatha fighters and supporters of the ANC over the weekend. The mailing says on March 3, the government announced that the infamous security police would be disbanded and its 4,000 officers merged with the main detective force, the Criminal Investigation Department; anti-apartheid activists reacted skeptically to the announcement in light of similar government promises in response to the death squad scandal. The mailing discusses...
Mailing of the UNLOCK APARTHEID'S JAILS campaign. The mailing says the State of Emergency in Bophuthatswana was finally lifted on March 7, but harsh emergency regulations remain in force in Soweto, Tembisa and Alexandra, where over 50 people died in fighting between Inkatha fighters and supporters of the ANC over the weekend. The mailing says on March 3, the government announced that the infamous security police would be disbanded and its 4,000 officers merged with the main detective force, the Criminal Investigation Department; anti-apartheid activists reacted skeptically to the announcement in light of similar government promises in response to the death squad scandal. The mailing discusses the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB), the defense forces, political assassinations, Bheki Mlangeni, Chief Mhlabunzima Maphumulo, the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa), the ANC (African National Congress), the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), KwaZulu police, vigilante violence, state repression, and sanctions.
