African Activist Archive

The mailing says the message coming from South Africa is the necessity of increased pressure through stronger sanctions and other continuations of solidarity with the liberation movement in South Africa. The mailing discusses apartheid, the State of Emergency, political prisoners, the death penalty, the Internal Security Act, the Population Registration Act, Separate Amenities Act, Group Areas Act, and the Land Act. The mailing discusses President F.W. De Klerk; Saki Macozoma, Director of Communications at the South African Council of Churches; Nelson Mandela; and Mohammed Valli. The mailing includes information on the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the United Democratic Front (UDF). The mailing includes a copy of MEMORANDUM TO THE STATE PRESIDENT by Dr. Allan Boesak, Dr. Frank Chikane and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The mailing includes REMARKS BY DR. CHIKANE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD AFTER MEETING WITH DE KLERK. The mailing includes STATEMENT BY COSATU AND UDF ON BEHALF OF THE MASS DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT that says local and international pressure must be rapidly accelerated to secure the release of Nelson Mandela and all other political prisoners and detainees, the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) and all other organizations, the lifting of the state of emergency and the repeal of all repressive laws, an- the return of all exiles.

African Activist Archive

Re: Current Events in South Africa

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