Africa Fund Welcomes Reports of Collapse of Bophuthatswana

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Creator

The Africa Fund

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

March 10, 1994

Type of Item

Press Release

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Jennifer Davis, Executive Director of The Africa Fund, welcomed reports of the overthrow of Lucas Mangope, "president" of the Bophuthatswana bantustan. The press release notes that The Africa Fund distributed the money raised by the anti-apartheid album "Sun City"; the lyrics to "Don't Play Sun City" became a rallying cry for musicians not to perform at the Sun City resort located in Bophuthatswana. The press release notes that Mangope had threatened not to allow people who live in Bophuthatswana to vote in South Africa's first democratic election in April 1994. Davis notes that this increases the pressure on other holdouts, including Inkatha leader Gatsha Buthelezi, to participate. The press...

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Organization

The Africa Fund

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/

Rights Management

Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to The Africa Fund).

Collection

Africa Action Archive