Mailing of the Religious Action Network (RAN). The mailing says in the past two years, Nelson Mandela and other prominent political prisoners were released from prison; the African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress and other political parties were unbanned; but Blacks, some 83% of the South African population, are still denied the vote; in some areas, the rate of malnutrition among black children is as high as 60-70%; some 400 political prisoners remain in apartheid jails where ill-treatment, torture, and murder by officials are still rampant according to human rights groups; and now, in addition to everything else, government sanctioned political violence threatens a just and...
Mailing of the Religious Action Network (RAN). The mailing says in the past two years, Nelson Mandela and other prominent political prisoners were released from prison; the African National Congress, Pan Africanist Congress and other political parties were unbanned; but Blacks, some 83% of the South African population, are still denied the vote; in some areas, the rate of malnutrition among black children is as high as 60-70%; some 400 political prisoners remain in apartheid jails where ill-treatment, torture, and murder by officials are still rampant according to human rights groups; and now, in addition to everything else, government sanctioned political violence threatens a just and democratic transition. The mailing discusses F.W. de Klerk, the Sharpeville Massacre, the Soweto Uprising, the South African Police (SAP), the Boipatong Massacre, COSATU, the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Council of Churches (SACC), the United Nations, the Organization of African Unity (OAU), Peace Accord monitoring teams, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Senate Resolution 301, Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker, Canon Frederick B. Williams, Rev. Frank Chikane, Walter and Albertina Sisulu, Bishop Orris Walker, Soweto Sunday, Canon Kwasi Thornell, the Union of Black Episcopalians, and Two Weeks of Prayer.
