AA News March 1979

In a lead article on the execution of more guerrilla fighters by the Smith regime, AA News called on the British Government to reject the ‘internal settlement’ in Zimbabwe. It announced a Zimbabwe Action Conference on 3 March. ANC President Oliver Tambo explained the role of armed struggle in the context of the ANC’s overall strategy. AA News reported on a conference on the links between the EEC and South Africa, where Tambo accused the EEC of being ‘the lifeblood of apartheid’. Industrial chaplain Julian Eagle described how he had seen at first hand the intensification of apartheid on his recent visit to South Africa.