Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign. The mailing says The Africa Fund has just been alerted that Mkhosi Jama, one of the Alexandra Civic Organization members, was murdered in the early morning of Wednesday, November 6th outside the civic office by Inkatha members. The mailing says on Monday and Tuesday, November 4 and 5, COSATU and the ANC (African National Congress) called a highly successful 2 day national strike involving 3.5 million workers. This action was in protest of deKlerk's recent imposition of a new regressive national tax system, Value Added Tax (VAT). The mailing asks people to call South African Ambassador Harry Schwarz and demand that the Alexandra Civic office be...
Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign. The mailing says The Africa Fund has just been alerted that Mkhosi Jama, one of the Alexandra Civic Organization members, was murdered in the early morning of Wednesday, November 6th outside the civic office by Inkatha members. The mailing says on Monday and Tuesday, November 4 and 5, COSATU and the ANC (African National Congress) called a highly successful 2 day national strike involving 3.5 million workers. This action was in protest of deKlerk's recent imposition of a new regressive national tax system, Value Added Tax (VAT). The mailing asks people to call South African Ambassador Harry Schwarz and demand that the Alexandra Civic office be defended from attack. The mailing includes information on Bophuthatswana, hunger strikes, and Soweto. The mailing includes a newspaper article Campaign to kill ANC activists. The mailing includes WEEKLY REPRESSION REPORT FOR WEEK NO. 43 FROM 21/10/91 TO 27/10/91. • FORMAL REPRESSION • REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION • FORMAL REPRESSION OF PERSONS • Detention without Trial • Deaths in Police Custody • Political Prisoners • REPRESSION OF THE MEDIA • SECURITY FORCE ACTIONS • PWV • WESTERN TRANSVAAL • NATAL • EASTERN CAPE • NORTHERN CAPE • CISKEI • INFORMAL REPRESSION • VIGILANTE-RELATED ACTIONS • RIGHT WING ACTIONS • UNCERTAIN ACTIONS
