Del Monte PROFITS FROM APARTHEID

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Creator

Southern Africa Solidarity Committee; Bay Area Namibia Action Group

Place Created

San Francisco, California, United States

Date

Undated, 1978?

Type of Item

Leaflet

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

The leaflet says the Del Monte Corporation (DMC), with headquarters in San Francisco, is the world's largest processor and distributor of canned fruits and vegetables. Its current annual sales are nearly $1.5 billion. The leaflet says DMC has two important operations in southern Africa: 100% ownership of the South African Preserving Co. and a contract with a South African fishing firm to export sardines caught off the coast of Namibia (South West Africa); DMC's Namibian operation violates a U.N. decree banning exploitation of Namibia's resources as long as South Africa illegally occupies Namibia. The leaflet says the U.N. recognizes the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) as the...

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Publisher

Bay Area Namibia Action Group; Southern Africa Solidarity Committee

Organization

Southern Africa Solidarity Committee (San Francisco)

Coverage Africa

Namibia
South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Collection

Kenneth K. Martin Southern Africa Collection