AA News September 1978

The September issue led on the campaign to stop the imminent execution of Solomon Mahlangu after the South African courts had refused him leave to appeal. It reported on British Government-backed computer firm ICL’s contract to supply equipment to the South African police. It published SWAPO’s response to proposals by Western governments for a UN-organised transition to independence in Namibia. A centre spread highlighted the apartheid government’s plans to pull down the Crossroads squatter camp in Cape Town. A first-hand account from Zimbabwe told of the widespread rejection of the ‘internal deal’ imposed by the Smith regime.