The Africa Fund
New York, New York, United States
Undated, April or May 1987?
2 pages
This Action Alert was sent to student and youth anti-apartheid activists and others in the U.S. about the latest State of Emergency declared in South Africa during which some 30,000 people have been detained, 40% of whom are under 19 years old. These detentions are part of the regime’s crackdown against the youth and student movement that has been at the cutting edge of the intensified challenge to apartheid. The Action Alert says the regime has banned the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the nationwide organization of Black secondary school students. It reports that, in March 1987, the national South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed, with 500,000 signed up members....
This Action Alert was sent to student and youth anti-apartheid activists and others in the U.S. about the latest State of Emergency declared in South Africa during which some 30,000 people have been detained, 40% of whom are under 19 years old. These detentions are part of the regime’s crackdown against the youth and student movement that has been at the cutting edge of the intensified challenge to apartheid. The Action Alert says the regime has banned the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), the nationwide organization of Black secondary school students. It reports that, in March 1987, the national South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed, with 500,000 signed up members. The Action Alert discusses student boycotts demanding non-racial and equal education. The National Education Crisis Committee (NECC), formed in late 1985, is a key organization uniting student, teacher and parent organizations. People are asked to: (a) initiate letter writing campaigns to South African State President P.W. Botha calling for the release of all detained youth and student leaders, including Lulu Johnson (former president of COSAS), Vusi Khanyile (National Education Crisis Committee, NECC), Zwelakhe Sisulu (NECC), Rev. Molefe Tsele (NECC), Bill Jardine (NECC) and Joyce Mabhudafasi (NECC); (b) undertake education campaigns about the crisis in South Africa; and (c) build fundraising campaigns to support programs administered by the liberation movements for students who have been forced into exile, such as the African National Congress school in Tanzania, the Soloman Mahlangu Freedom College, and for SWAPO educational projects for Namibian refugees in Angola. The Action Alert notes that The Africa Fund has initiated an Unlock Apartheid’s Jails campaign. Contents: PEOPLE’S EDUCATION • CRACKDOWN AND NEED FOR SUPPORT • SUGGESTED ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF YOUTH AND STUDENTS [Note: The correct name is South African Youth Congress.]
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This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/
Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to The Africa Fund).
