The mailing says the Clinton administration is drafting a proposal to more than double the amount of foreign aid provided for South Africa in the next three years. The administration has refused to publicly disclose details of the program, but The Africa Fund has learned that this special almost $600 million initiative will be drawn from existing resources available for other countries in Africa. The mailing asks people to write to Senate Africa Subcommittee Chairman Paul Simon and urge him to support a special initiative for South Africa but to insist that the funds not be taken out of the Development Fund for Africa. The mailing discusses the African National Congress (ANC), Senator Nancy...
The mailing says the Clinton administration is drafting a proposal to more than double the amount of foreign aid provided for South Africa in the next three years. The administration has refused to publicly disclose details of the program, but The Africa Fund has learned that this special almost $600 million initiative will be drawn from existing resources available for other countries in Africa. The mailing asks people to write to Senate Africa Subcommittee Chairman Paul Simon and urge him to support a special initiative for South Africa but to insist that the funds not be taken out of the Development Fund for Africa. The mailing discusses the African National Congress (ANC), Senator Nancy Kassebaum, Senator Claiborne Pell, the Foreign Relations Committee, the transition to democracy, the "Reconstruction and Development Program," Non-Governmental Organizations, Nelson Mandela, South Africa's April elections, loan guarantees for housing, electrification programs, and the economic and social legacy of apartheid. • BACKGROUND BRIEF • Clinton Administration's special Initiative for South Africa • The South Africa Aid • The Importance of Separate Funding
