AA News September 1976

The September issue focused on the mass protests in South Africa following the school students uprising on 16 June. It printed a statement from ANC President Oliver Tambo calling for an end to British trade and investment in South Africa, including the export of Landrovers used in the shootings. It alleged that thousands of Mozambicans had been massacred in a border raid by white Rhodesian troops. A centrespread exposed South Africa’s Bantustan policy as a sham. A feature on UK investment in South Africa accused British companies of refusing to negotiate with independent trade unions.