AA News December 1977

AA News quoted Nigeria's UN ambassador Leslie Harriman as saying the UN mandatory arms embargo was ‘too little too late’, as the Western powers vetoed economic sanctions against South Africa. It reported on the retrial of the Pretoria 12 and the threatened death penalty faced by two Soweto students. A picture centre spread featured a new IDAF exhibition on Zimbabwe. SWAPO representative Shapua Kaukungwa exposed the talks on Namibia as a charade. Kees Maxey reported on the guerrilla war in Zimbabwe.