African Activist Archive

Letter to member of the Religious Action Network (RAN) discusses the agreement reached between the African National Congress (ANC), the Nationalist Government, and most of the other parties involved in negotiations. This paves the way for establishing a Transitional Executive Council with a mandate to "level the playing field" in the countdown to democratic elections, now scheduled for next April. The mailing also includes Dear RAN Members and Friends by Aleah Bacquie and STATEMENT BY KONRAD RAISER, SECRETARY GENERAL, WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. The mailing discusses political violence, the South African Council of Churches (SACC), the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Programme to Combat Racism, Thokoza, Black townships, the East Rand Crisis Committee, Rev. Frank Chikane, Peter Mokaba, the ANC Youth League, the South African Defence Force (SADF), automatic rifles, Rev. Gift Moerane, Charles Ndabeni, peace, the role of women, the role of the ecumenical community, Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Daniel Ntoni-Nzinga, and John Newbury.

African Activist Archive

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