AA News October 1979

The October issue called for support for the Zimbabwe Patriotic Front in the Lancaster House constitutional talks. It reported that at least 7000 people were still held under martial law regulations in Zimbabwe. It exposed the sale of radar equipment by the British electronics firm Plessey in contravention of the UN arms embargo. A centrespread highlighted plans to protest against the South African Barbarians rugby tour of Britain. Basil Davidson remembered MPLA leader Agostinho Neto, who died on 10 September. SWAPO representative Shapua Kaugungua again accused Western governments of undermining negotiations for Namibian independence.