Contents: TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE • BOTHA ON DIVESTMENT • TUTU PLEADS FOR UNITY • NO BACKSLIDING • US SAYS SOME TORTURE IN SALVADOR IS OK • The newsletter says racist South African Foreign Minister Botha claimed that his country can survive without U.S. investments and that American lawmakers are mistaken if they believe that they can punish whites without hurting the black majority. So if divestment is no threat to the apartheid regime, why is it treason to advocate it in South Africa? The newsletter reports on bills in Congress that would prohibit new loans to South Africa, restrict new investments, prohibit computer sales, and ban the import of Krugerrands to the U.S. The back of the...
Contents: TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE • BOTHA ON DIVESTMENT • TUTU PLEADS FOR UNITY • NO BACKSLIDING • US SAYS SOME TORTURE IN SALVADOR IS OK • The newsletter says racist South African Foreign Minister Botha claimed that his country can survive without U.S. investments and that American lawmakers are mistaken if they believe that they can punish whites without hurting the black majority. So if divestment is no threat to the apartheid regime, why is it treason to advocate it in South Africa? The newsletter reports on bills in Congress that would prohibit new loans to South Africa, restrict new investments, prohibit computer sales, and ban the import of Krugerrands to the U.S. The back of the newsletter advertises a rally and march demanding housing for the homeless. The newsletter discusses Pik Botha, factional violence, Bishop Desmond Tutu, the UDF (United Democratic Front), black consciousness, AZAPO (Azanian People's Organization), Inkatha, a funeral, the Mothers of the Disappeared in El Salvador, San Salvador, and human rights.
