African Activist Archive

Contents: RESPONSIVE READING • DOES YOUR BANK SUPPORT APARTHEID? • Do you disagree with your bank's policy of loaning to South Africa? • Do you want your money going to the South African regime instead of to your own community? • Suggestions on what to do • Alternative places to put your money • Resources to aid you • For further information, contact • The South African government, chosen by only white voters, totally controls the lives of 22.7 million blacks through a system termed apartheid. Whites (18%) occupy 87% of South African territory and control all of the country's resources; in the land of their birth, blacks are subjected to more restrictive laws than any group of people in the world, so that the United Nations has condemned apartheid as a crime against humanity. Dissenters are subjected to brutal police and military repression. The South African government has increased its reliance on external investors to lend it money to increase its technological and military capacities, the last five years have brought over $3 billion in loans from U.S. banks to government and business in South Africa. In spite of the severe penalties, protests against apartheid are escalating; almost every major black organization in South Africa has called for an end to foreign loans and investments until there is majority rule, and prominent members of the white opposition are pleading for an economic boycott in order to bring about the demise of apartheid. Since January 1977, the role of bank loans to South Africa has received increased attention, and churches and religious organizations have begun to look at their banking relationships as depositors or shareholders with social justice in mind. The program discusses the Organization of African Unity (OAU), the World Council of Churches (WCC), the UN General Assembly, the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the National Council of Churches (NCC), California First, Central, First Enterprise, Hibernia, Mechanics, Security National, Western Women's Bank, American City, Community, Surety National, Valley National, Women's Bank, Cache Creek, Farmers and Merchant, First National Bank of Dixon, Placer National, Rivercity, Mexican-American, Pacific Coast, San Diego Trust and Savings, Women's Bank, credit unions, savings and loans, Audio-Visuals, the Southern Africa Media Center, printed materials, speakers, a slide show, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Commission on Social Justice, Archdiocese of San Francisco, Ecumenical Peace Institute, the Namibia Peace Center, and the Northern California Interfaith Committee on Corporate Responsibility.

African Activist Archive

A DAY OF CONCERN FOR SOUTH AFRICA

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