Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign to All Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says April 30, 1991 should have been a landmark date in the struggle to end apartheid, for deKlerk promised all political prisoners their freedom by then; yet now in November, nearly seven months later, there are still nearly 1000 political prisoners in jails throughout South Africa. The mailing says presently there are 22 political prisoners on hunger strike in Bophuthatswana in a last chance effort to gain their freedom; while the authorities of Bophuthatswana try to mask their decaying state of health Pretoria continues to assert that they have no control over the homeland's...
Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign to All Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says April 30, 1991 should have been a landmark date in the struggle to end apartheid, for deKlerk promised all political prisoners their freedom by then; yet now in November, nearly seven months later, there are still nearly 1000 political prisoners in jails throughout South Africa. The mailing says presently there are 22 political prisoners on hunger strike in Bophuthatswana in a last chance effort to gain their freedom; while the authorities of Bophuthatswana try to mask their decaying state of health Pretoria continues to assert that they have no control over the homeland's affairs. The mailing includes SERIOUS DECLINE IN THE CONDITION OF BUSHY MOLEFE by the Mafikeng Anti-Repression Forum (MAREF). The mailing includes WEEKLY REPRESSION REPORT FOR WEEK No. 46 FROM 04/11/91 TP 10/11/91. The mailing discusses the "independent homeland" of Bophuthatswana, State President F.W. de Klerk, NAMDA (National Medical and Dental Association), Dr. David Green, repressive legislation, the Ciskei State of Emergency, the Public Safety Act, Unrest Areas, detention without trial, Transkei, security force actions, police, anti-VAT (Value Added Tax), KwaMashu, the ANC (African National Congress), John Koweni, vigilante-related actions, the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), Mbhekiseni Gwala, the Western Deep Levels mine, Phumuzile Mkhize, Walter Ndlovu, David Sikhonde, KwaZulu Police, Councilor Khwela, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Impala Platinum, Lesedi Kgalani, Johannes "Bushy" Molefe, St. Albans Prison, J.C. Steyn Prison, Flippie van Roooyen, Louis Trichardt Circuit Court, gatherings, the Alexandra Civic Association, James Makhosi, Obed Bapela, Fihlokwakhe Nxumalo, right wing actions, the Messina Civic Association, and the Transvaal Provincial Administration.
