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Edition

#13

Creator

South African Military Refugee Aid Fund

Place Created

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date

August 1983

Type of Item

Newsletter

Length/duration

8 pages

Description

The newsletter says a growing number of South African war resisters are arriving in the United States. Public resisters Billy Paddock and Peter Hathorn are serving six-year jail terms. The newsletter reports that a young Black Namibian, Mr. Erick Binga, has challenged the right of the South African regime to draft him into the South West African Territorial Force, a local wing of the South African Defence Force. The newsletter reports that Lieutenant Gerald Andreas Eckert (24), a nurse in Pretoria's military hospital, defected to Mozambique early in June. Contents: Namibian Resister Supports SWAPO • White Officer Defects • Resisting Racial Violence • The Police. Who Are These People...

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Organization

South African Military Refugee Aid Fund

Coverage Africa

Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of Mike Morgan, a former member of South African Military Refugee Aid Fund.

Collection

George M. Houser Africa collection, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections