AA News July–August 1977

Under the headline ‘Thousands march on Soweto anniversary’, AA News reported on mass protests in South Africa. It highlighted hangings and massacres in Zimbabwe and the AAM campaign for the release of 12 people charged under the Terrorism Act in Pretoria. A report on the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting held in London noted that its communique accepted that armed struggle in Zimbabwe and Namibia was inevitable. AA News quoted SWAPO President Sam Nujoma as condemning the talks on Namibia between five Western powers and the apartheid government. Playwright David Edgar defended the cultural boycott of South Africa.