AA News July–August 1978

‘Release Nelson Mandela’ was the front page appeal in this issue. It reported that the British Government had rejected calls to intervene on behalf of condemned ANC freedom fighter Solomon Mahlangu. A centrespread revealed that over 800 Namibian refugees had been murdered by South African soldiers at Kassinga. Sadie Forman described a day in Nelson Mandela’s life on Robben Island in the month of his 60th birthday. Christian Institute of Southern Africa representative Horst Kleinschmidt explained why Christians should support the ANC. AA News reported events remembering the school students killed in the June 1976 Soweto uprising.