AA News October 1981

The October issue headlined the appeal by Nigeria and the frontline states for military support from other African countries to help repel South Africa’s invasion of Angola. It carried an eyewitness account of the disruption of the Springbok rugby tour of New Zealand. It recorded Sheffield’s path-breaking decision to sever all links with South Africa.  A page devoted to trade union action against apartheid outlined plans for a Week of Action against apartheid by British trade unionists.