AA News September 1972

The September issue reported on the annual conference of the black student organisation SASO, highlighting a speech by Steve Biko. An interview with the former Organising Secretary of ZANU, Michael Mawema, exposed attempts by the Smith regime to misrepresent African opinion in Zimbabwe. A special feature on Namibia reported on the apartheid government’s plans to set up Bantustans there. AA News revealed a developing two-way arms trade between Israel and South Africa.