ECSA Bulletin

Contents: UNITED STATES ANT-APARTHEID LEGISLATION - ON THE BRINK • NEUTRALITY OR CO-OPTION? • The newsletter says Ronald Reagan has vetoed the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, despite overwhelming support for the bill in both chambers of Congress. To avoid an override of the veto by the required two-thirds vote in both houses the Reagan administration is giving special attention to the Republican-controlled Senate. The newsletter asks people to phone or telegram their Senators and their Representative. The newsletter includes a review of the book Neutrality or co-option?: Anglican Church and state from 1964 until the independence of Zimbabwe by Michael Lapsley. The newsletter reprints newspaper articles including: "Transvaal Blacks Face Dilemma" by William Claiborne, "Jobless figures may reach 6-million," "Amcham urges bursars: Write against sanctions" by Rafiq Rohan, "Pace, pupils burn American flag" by Sefako Nyaka, "Soweto chairman defends 'god-given job'" by Patrick Laurence, "Rugby Stars on Defensive For Stand Against Apartheid" by Allister Sparks, "Beyond the hedge of bitter almonds" by Allister Sparks, "A sorry tale of death and deception" by Jim Jones, "Mine union anger at 'white fears' clause in new Bill" by Sefako Nyaka, "Mine dispute board meets again" by Sefako Nyaka, "Sanctions debate hurts Pretoria as unrest hits economy" by Simon Segal, "Oil embargo proves costly for Pretoria" by Lucy Kellaway and Fay Gjester, "The power of the state goes on trial" by Anthony Robinson, "SA policy close to collapse" by David Beresford, "WORSHIPPERS IN DEMO AFTER PRIEST IS SACKED," and "Anglican church backed Smith's rule, says author." The newsletter discusses Frans Tema, Tom Weichelt, farmland, the Transvaal, Rust de Winter, the Bloemfontein council, Parliament, the Borders of Particular States Extension Amendment, Bophuthatswana, KwaNdebele, citizenship, the National Party, forced removals, homelands, protests, Professor Jeremy Keenan, Michael Sarakinsky, Winterveld, Khayelisha, Charles Simkins, Transkei, Venda, Ciskei, unemployment, American companies, the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (Amcham), NCR Corporation, Ken Mason, Pace Commercial College, the South African Defence Force (SADF), Oswald Mtshali, Letsastsi Radebe, the Comrades, Dr. Nthato Motlana, the Soweto Civic Association, Gavin Watson, Daniel Watson, Ronald Watson, Valence Watson, Archie Mkele, a consumer boycott, Geoffrey Nocanda, the ANC (African National Congress), the Western Areas gold mine, mine disasters, collieries, the Chamber of Mines, the Mines and Works Act, Cyril Ramaphosa, NUM (National Union of Mineworkers), the Draft Mines and Works Amendment Bill, James Motlatsi, Elijah Barayi, Cuban Pillay, Marcel Golding, De Beers Mine, Nufcor, Union Carbide, Tubatse Ferrochrome, Barlow Rand, The Employment Bureau of Africa (TEBA), South African Reserve Bank Governor Gerhard de Koch, gross domestic fixed investment (GDFI), capital outflows, the anti-apartheid Shipping Research Bureau, coal, oil tankers sailing to South Africa, South Africa's judiciary, emergency regulations, the Commissioner of Police, newspapers, Lechesa Tsenoli, illegally detained, the Public Safety Act, Peter Kerchoff, the State President, John Dugart, the Center for Applied Legal Studies, the United Party, General Smuts, Hendrik Verwoerd, John Vorster, internal security laws, the Afrikaner minority, the Federated Chamber of Industries (FCI), Frederick van Zyl Slabbert, the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Helen Suzman, Kobie Coetsee, a bill of rights, Marinus Weichers of the University of South Africa, Raymond Wacks, the Group Areas Act, banning sex across the color line, the Immorality Act, Deputy Minister of Constitutional Development and Planning Piet Badenhorst, Bishop Desmond Tutu, St. Michael's Anglican Church, ZANU (PF), Rhodesia, Ian Smith, and President Canaan Banana. [Note: the correct names may be: Letsatsi Radebe and Marinus Wiechers.]