AA News May 1988

AA News mourned the death of Dulcie September, assassinated in Paris by agents of the apartheid government. It welcomed new prospects for the independence of Namibia, insisting that the withdrawal of South African forces from Angola was an essential precondition for negotiations. It revealed that nearly a fifth of British companies operating in South Africa had pulled out in the last two years. It reported on a visit by members of the British local government trade union NALGO to South Africa and support from the Women’s TUC conference for anti-apartheid campaigns. The issue also exposed a big drop in British financial support for the frontline states.