AA News May 1987

AA News welcomed the formation of the South African Youth Congress (SAYC), launched in April at the University of the Western Cape. It put a spotlight in British companies illegal operations in Namibia and announced plans for an international week of action against Shell in May. In a call for support for the AAM’s National Convention for Sanctions against South Africa in June, it revealed that a Marplan poll showed that 40% of British people agreed that Britain should suspend trading links with South Africa. It celebrated ANC leader Walter Sisulu’s 70th birthday on 18 May and called for his release.