Contents: REPRESSION OF MINERS IN NAMIBIA • 30 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA FACE EXECUTION • COSATU HOLDS FIRST CONGRESS AND CALLS FOR SANCTIONS • On August 2, 5000 copper miners went on strike against the Tsumeb Corporation, which is one-third owned by Newmont Mining. The United Mine Workers of America, National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa, African National Congress (ANC), and United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid have appealed to save the lives of 30 activists condemned to death during the current political upsurge in South Africa. Two prisoners were hanged - Moses Jantjies and Wellington Mielies. South African authorities have arrested Ben Uulenga of the...
Contents: REPRESSION OF MINERS IN NAMIBIA • 30 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA FACE EXECUTION • COSATU HOLDS FIRST CONGRESS AND CALLS FOR SANCTIONS • On August 2, 5000 copper miners went on strike against the Tsumeb Corporation, which is one-third owned by Newmont Mining. The United Mine Workers of America, National Union of Mineworkers of South Africa, African National Congress (ANC), and United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid have appealed to save the lives of 30 activists condemned to death during the current political upsurge in South Africa. Two prisoners were hanged - Moses Jantjies and Wellington Mielies. South African authorities have arrested Ben Uulenga of the Mine Workers Union of Namibia, Anton Lubowski of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), Alphons Pandeni of the Namibian Food and Allied Workers, and Daniel Tjongarero, Hendrik Witbooi, and Nico Bessinger of South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO). People arrested in South Africa include Tyelovuyo Mgedezi, Solomon Mangaliso Mogwanti, Paulos Tsietsi Tshehlana, and Robert McBride. At its first congress, held in Johannesburg in July, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) voted to adopt the Freedom Charter, the guiding document for the liberation struggle in South Africa and the political program of the ANC, and advocated for sanctions. The document also mentions H. Asheeke, Katatura, the Detainees Parents' Support Committee (DPSC), the Durban bombing, Joseph Garba, the Sharpeville Six, Secretary of State George Schultz, State President P.W. Botha, the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), the Anti-Apartheid Movement, British unions, and Norman Willis of the Trade Union Congress of Great Britain (TUC).
