AA News December 1989–January 1990

AA News hailed SWAPO’s election victory in Namibia as a new phase in the anti-apartheid struggle. It again exposed Israeli-South African collaboration in developing nuclear missiles. It condemned the new deal by international banks to continue lending to South Africa. In an exclusive interview, Walter Sisulu thanked supporters of the international solidarity movement for campaigning for the release of South African political prisoners. The newspaper exposed the Thatcher government’s refusal to back the sanctions measures imposed by the Commonwealth at its meeting in Kuala Lumpur. A report by Ian Bray featured South Africa’s proxy war in Mozambique.