AA News May 1980

Under the headline ‘Freedom for Nelson Mandela’, this issue reported on the South African Sunday Post’s petition calling for Mandela’s release. It featured a meeting held by the AAM’s Health Committee and plans by AA local groups to hold ‘Soweto walks’ to raise funds for the ANC’s Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College. A centrespread highlighted South Africa’s treatment of political prisoners, and the campaign resources produced by SATIS (Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society), the International Defence and Aid Fund and the AAM. The issue featured the AAM’s ‘Call to Action’, demanding that the government support UN economic sanctions against South Africa.