Jennifer Davis; American Committee on Africa
New York, New York, United States
February 21, 1990
10 pages
Testimony by Jennifer Davis before the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy and the Subcommittee on Africa in support of HR 3458, the South Africa Financial Sanctions for Democracy Act, and HR 21, The Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1989. Davis says the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) has directed much of its efforts over the last 30 years to campaigns to cut that economic lifeline, along with the cultural, academic, political and social links that allowed the apartheid society to survive, even thrive within the world community. Davis discusses the detentions of thousands of South Africans under the State of Emergency in February 1988 and the...
Testimony by Jennifer Davis before the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy and the Subcommittee on Africa in support of HR 3458, the South Africa Financial Sanctions for Democracy Act, and HR 21, The Anti-Apartheid Act Amendments of 1989. Davis says the American Committee on Africa (ACOA) has directed much of its efforts over the last 30 years to campaigns to cut that economic lifeline, along with the cultural, academic, political and social links that allowed the apartheid society to survive, even thrive within the world community. Davis discusses the detentions of thousands of South Africans under the State of Emergency in February 1988 and the government's effective banning of 17 organizations, including the United Democratic Front. One year later, hundreds of detainees organized successful hunger strikes, which forced the state to release them. Davis points out that virtually all U.S. banks, including even Citibank, had stopped making new loans to South Africa by the time the U.S. banned new loans to South Africa in the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. She also mentions Prime Minister Voster, P.W. Botha, F.W. de Klerk, the Reagan Administration, Nelson Mandela, the Harare Declaration, Cuito Cuanavale in Angola, Chase Manhattan Bank, the ANC (African National Congress), Walter Sisulu, the Commonwealth, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Jay Naidoo, and COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions). • Background to the Financial Crisis • The Crisis Is Not Over • The Path to Negotiations? • The Financial Sanctions for Democracy Act • Exit Loans • Correspondent Banking • Credit Facilities • International Monetary Fund • Sanctions Until Democracy • Conclusion
American Committee on Africa
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