The mailing says one month after the September 14 signing of the National Peace Accord between the African National Congress, Gatsha Buthelezi's lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP), and the apartheid government, the slaughter in South Africa continues. Since then, over 100 people, including key leaders of the democratic movement, have been shot, stabbed or beaten to death by the apartheid security forces, lnkatha vigilantes, and shadowy death squads. Sam Ntuli, an officer of the National Union of Metalworkers in South Africa (NUMSA) and head of the Civic Associations of the Southern Transvaal (CAST), was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in late September; a week later, 18 people were gunned down...
The mailing says one month after the September 14 signing of the National Peace Accord between the African National Congress, Gatsha Buthelezi's lnkatha Freedom Party (IFP), and the apartheid government, the slaughter in South Africa continues. Since then, over 100 people, including key leaders of the democratic movement, have been shot, stabbed or beaten to death by the apartheid security forces, lnkatha vigilantes, and shadowy death squads. Sam Ntuli, an officer of the National Union of Metalworkers in South Africa (NUMSA) and head of the Civic Associations of the Southern Transvaal (CAST), was assassinated by unidentified gunmen in late September; a week later, 18 people were gunned down as over 12,000 gathered for his funeral. These incidents reflect the deadly pattern of state-sponsored violence since the inauguration of the "reformist" F. W. de Klerk regime. On October 13, a key Soweto labor and youth activist, Vuyani "Mpinga" Mabaxa, was executed by police as he stood wounded with his arms raised in surrender. COSATU has identified Mabaxa's killers to the authorities, but the three assassins remain on active duty. These attacks are targeting the democratic movement and its strongest component, organized labor. For those the regime dare not kill, they use the courts as a weapon. COSATU General Secretary Jay Naidoo, Chris Dlamini, NUMSA head Moses Mayekiso, and senior COSATU staffer Baba Schalk were convicted of trumped-up kidnapping and assault charges arising from the discovery of a security police agent spying on COSATU headquarters. They were each sentenced to one year in prison and fined 2,000 rand. The mailing includes PRESS STATEMENT ON CONVICTION OF COSATU LEADERS, a press statement POLICE DID IT AGAIN, PRESS STATEMENT ON STRATEGY OF ASSASSINATION, and a newspaper article "Join hands, or face mass action, is choice" by Ivor Powell. The mailing mentions the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Nelson Mandela, Inkathagate, the Soweto Media Resource Centre, Oliver Tambo, the ANC Youth League, SACP (South African Communist Party), UWUSA (United Workers Union of South Africa), the Bureau for Labor Relation Services, constable Botha, sergeant Britz, constable Mukwevho, AK-47 assault rifles, Wellington Nteyi, the Human Rights Commission, CCB (Civil Cooperation Bureau), death squads, VAT, the National Manpower Commission, and the IMF.
