AA News March 1990

AA News pictured Nelson Mandela walking out of Victor Verster Prison, and reprinted his speech from Cape Town town hall. It reported on the worldwide celebrations of his release. It called for support for the AAM demo planned for 25 March under the slogan ‘Tell Mrs Thatcher to Stop Supporting Apartheid’. In an article heralding Namibia’s independence celebrations planned for 21 March, AA News highlighted Namibia’s abolition of the death penalty. In the first of a series on the ‘Pillars of Apartheid’ AA News featured the Banstustan policy. It reported on the Malibongwe conference on women under apartheid held in Amsterdam.