AA News July–August 1972

Under the headline ‘Who is kidding who?’ this issue exposed the British Government’s failure to implement sanctions against the Smith regime in Zimbabwe. It reported on the state of emergency imposed by the regime and on the formation of a joint guerrilla command by Zimbabwe’s liberation movements ZAPU and ZANU. In a report on the Brussels International Conference on Namibia held in May, AA News listed boycott targets. A centre spread featured South African student action against apartheid. The newspaper carried extracts from ANC President Oliver Tambo’s speech on South Africa Freedom Day on 26 June calling for united action against racism.